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Riders of the Dead Playlist

20 tracks

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Oct 26, 2026

The instrumental opening evokes the breadth of the steppe, the discipline of cavalry, and the encroaching threat of Chaos, shifting between spacious folk-inflected colors and tense orchestral motion. The vocal half moves from brotherhood and the pull of home toward battle, estrangement, and the human cost of choosing sides.

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Finlandia, Op. 26

Jean Sibelius · Sibelius: Finlandia; Valse triste; Tapiola; The Swan of Tuonela

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Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, Op. 95, B. 178 "From the New World": IV. Allegro con fuoco

Antonín Dvořák · Dvorák: Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, Op. 95, B. 178 "From the New World" / Smetana: The Moldau

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Four Sea Interludes, Op. 33a: I. Dawn

Benjamin Britten · Britten: Orchestral Works

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Karelia Suite, Op. 11: III. Alla marcia. Moderato – Poco largamente

Jean Sibelius · Sibelius: Finlandia; Luonnotar; Karelia Suite

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The Protecting Veil - The Protecting Veil - The Nativity of the Mother of God - Annunciation - The Incarnation - Lament of the Mother of God at the Cross - The Resurrection - The Dormition of the Moth

John Tavener · John Tavener, The Protecting Veil

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