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This playlist traces occupied Amsterdam through the intimacy of a professor’s choices, the danger of resistance, and the grief and hope of human connection under Nazi rule. Its instrumental first half moves between restrained chamber music and spacious score-like pieces; the vocal half brings in wartime longing, remembrance, and songs of solidarity without losing sight of the story’s emotional weight.
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20 songs
1
Sicilienne, Op. 78
Gabriel Fauré · This is Fauré
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2
Nimrod
Edward Elgar · Crown Imperial: Coronation Music
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3
Simple Symphony, Op. 4: II. Playful Pizzicato
Benjamin Britten · Britten: The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra; Simple Symphony, etc.
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Romanian Folk Dances, Sz. 56: I. Joc cu bata. Allegro moderato - Arr. for Violin and Piano
Béla Bartók · Kopatchinskaja - Say
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String Quartet No. 13 in B-Flat Major, Op. 130: V. Cavatina: Adagio molto espressivo
Ludwig van Beethoven · Beethoven: String Quartet, Op. 130 / Grosse Fuge, Op. 133
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6
Morning Mood
Edvard Grieg · Morning Mood
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The John Dunbar Theme - From "Dances With Wolves"
John Barry · 100 Greatest Western Themes
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8
We'll Meet Again
Vera Lynn · Silver Memories: Our Vera
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9
The Partisan
Leonard Cohen · Songs From A Room
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10
Amsterdam
Jacques Brel · AMSTERDAM (Edition limitée maxi 45 t)
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11
Strange Fruit
Billie Holiday · Billie Holiday
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12
I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free
Nina Simone · Silk & Soul (Expanded Edition)
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13
People Have the Power
Patti Smith · Dream Of Life
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14
Both Sides Now
Joni Mitchell · Clouds
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15
The Rose
Bette Midler · The Rose
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16
Imagine
John Lennon · Voices Of The Valley: Home
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17
What's Going On
Marvin Gaye · What's Going On
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18
Where Have All the Flowers Gone
Peter, Paul and Mary · Peter, Paul and Mary
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Le Temps Des Cerises
Yves Montand · Le Temps Des Cerises
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