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The playlist moves from intimate, wintry piano and spacious campus-like textures into uneasy drones, tense rhythms, and unsettling orchestral colors, reflecting Arthur’s shift from scholarly idyll to danger. Its quieter passages leave room for reading, while the darker turns evoke the rare-book theft, the pressure on Arthur and his friends, and the story’s fantastical horror.
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40 songs
1
Venter
Ben Frost · A U R O R A
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2
Adagio in D Minor
John Murphy · Adagio in D Minor
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3
Atonement
Dario Marianelli · The 5 Browns In Hollywood
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4
The Host of Seraphim
Dead Can Dance · A Passage in Time
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5
Gymnopédie No. 3
Erik Satie · Entremont Plays Satie
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6
Gnossienne No. 4
Erik Satie · Satie: The Magic of Satie
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7
The Carnival of the Animals, R. 125: XIII. The Swan
Camille Saint-Saëns · Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the Animals: The Swan
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Handel / Orch. Hale: Keyboard Suite No. 4 in D Minor, HWV 437: III. Sarabande
George Frideric Handel · Academy of St Martin in the Fields - Handel
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9
Cello Suite No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1008: I. Prélude
Johann Sebastian Bach · Bach: Unaccompanied Cello Suites (Remastered)
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Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Aria
Johann Sebastian Bach · Bach: The Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (1981 Gould Remaster)
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11
The Unanswered Question
Charles Ives · Ives: Symphony No. 3 / Washington's Birthday
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12
Metamorphosis: Two
Philip Glass · Philip Glass: Solo Piano
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13
Bibo no Aozora
Ryuichi Sakamoto · Playing the Piano 12122020
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14
Dirt dance
Colin Stetson · All the light in the world
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15
Polymorphia
Krzysztof Penderecki · Penderecki: Te Deum - Hymne an den Heiligen Daniel - Polymorphia
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16
Chimeras
Tim Hecker · Harmony in Ultraviolet
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17
String Quartet No. 1
Krzysztof Penderecki · Penderecki: Complete Quartets
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18
Poppy Nogood and the Phantom Band
Terry Riley · A Rainbow In Curved Air
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19
Atmosphères
György Ligeti · Ligeti: Violin Concerto, Lontano, Atmosphères & San Francisco Polyphony
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20
Continuum
György Ligeti · György Ligeti Edition, Vol. 6: Keyboard Works
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21
De natura sonoris No. 1
Krzysztof Penderecki · Penderecki: Fonogrammi - Horn Concerto
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22
Concerto Grosso No. 1: I. Preludio
Alfred Schnittke · Schnittke: Concerto Grosso No. 1 & Trio Sonata
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23
Rain Tree Sketch
Toru Takemitsu · Takemitsu: Piano Works
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24
Plan & Elevation: V. The Beech Tree
Caroline Shaw · Caroline Shaw: Orange
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25
In C
Terry Riley · In C / Djembé
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26
Music for 18 Musicians: Pulses
Steve Reich · Music for 18 Musicians
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27
Piano and String Quartet
Morton Feldman · Morton Feldman: Piano and String Quartet
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28
The Banshee
Henry Cowell · Piano Music
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The Tides of Manaunaun
Henry Cowell · Piano Music
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30
Black Angels, 13 Images from the Dark Land, Pt. 1 "Departure" (Arr. J.P. Izquierdo for String Quartet & Orchestra): No. 1, Threnody I. Night of the Electric Insects
George Crumb · Crumb: Black Angels & Music for a Summer Evening "Makrokosmos III"
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31
The Miraculous Mandarin, Sz. 73: The Girl's Dance
Béla Bartók · Bartók: The Miraculous Mandarin Op.19; Two Portraits Op.5 / Prokofiev: Scythian Suite Op. 20
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The People United Will Never Be Defeated! (36 Variations on ¡El Pueblo Unido Jamás Será Vencido!): Theme, With determination
Frederic Rzewski · Frederic Rzewski: THE PEOPLE UNITED WILL NEVER BE DEFEATED! ／ SIX NORTH AMERICAN BALLADS
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33
A Rainbow in Curved Air
Terry Riley · A Rainbow In Curved Air
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34
In a Landscape
John Cage · John Cage: Early Piano Music
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35
The Garden of Fand
Arnold Bax · Bax: Tone Poems, Vol. 1
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36
The Four Temperaments in E Minor: II. First Variation. Melancholic
Paul Hindemith · Camerata Fukuda - 20 Anos
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37
Lontano
György Ligeti · Ligeti: Violin Concerto, Lontano, Atmosphères & San Francisco Polyphony
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38
The Four Seasons: Concerto No. 4 in F Minor, RV 297 "L'inverno" (winter): I. Allegro non molto
Antonio Vivaldi · Vivaldi: The Four Seasons • Concertos for Bassoon & Violin 'in tromba marina'
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String Quartet No. 15 in E-Flat Minor, Op. 144: I. Elegy
Dmitri Shostakovich · Shostakovich: Quartets Nos. 11-15
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