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A chamber-like blend of Spanish and European early-music textures, shadowed modern classical, and restrained ambient sound evokes Madrid’s courtly intrigue and the ever-present threat of the Inquisition. The instrumental sequence keeps a measured pace for focused reading; the three closing songs bring in Spanish-language voices and themes of fate, longing, and resistance.
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20 songs
1
Sonata in D minor, K. 141
Domenico Scarlatti · Domenico Scarlatti: Sonatas
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2
La Sonnerie de Sainte-Geneviève du mont de Paris
Marin Marais · Le Parnasse Francais
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Les sauvages
Jean-Philippe Rameau · Debussy – Rameau
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Quintetto No. 4 in Re Maggiore "Fandango" per Corda e Chitarra, G. 448: Grave Assai - Fandango
Luigi Boccherini · Luigi Boccherini: Fandango, Sinfonie & La Musica Notturna Di Madrid
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Romanian Folk Dances, Sz. 56: I. Jocul cu bata (Stick dance) - [Arr. A. Willner for String Orchestra]
Béla Bartók · Bartok, B.: For Children / Divertimento / Romanian Folk Dances
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Musica ricercata II. Mesto, rigido e cerimoniale
György Ligeti · Ligeti: Piano & Harpsichord Works
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Piano Sonata No. 9, Op. 68 "Black Mass"
Alexander Scriabin · Scriabin: The Complete Piano Sonatas
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The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, Op. 34: Theme
Benjamin Britten · Britten: The Young Person's Guide To the Orchestra / Variations On A Theme of Frank Bridge
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String Quartet No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 110: I. Largo
Dmitri Shostakovich · Shostakovich: String Quartets Nos. 1, 8 & 14
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10
Gustave Le Gray
Caroline Shaw · Caroline Shaw: The Wheel
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11
Elevation
Hildur Guðnadóttir · Without Sinking
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12
The Middle of the World
Nicholas Britell · Moonlight (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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Valse sentimentale, Op. 51, No. 6
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky · Valse sentimentale, Op. 51, No. 6
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Suite bergamasque, L. 75: III. Clair de lune
Claude Debussy · Debussy: Suite bergamasque, L. 75, 3. Clair de lune
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15
La llorona
Chavela Vargas · Las 30 grandes de Chavela Vargas
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16
Les tendres plaintes
Jean-Philippe Rameau · Rameau: Les tendres plaintes
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Keyboard Sonata in E Major, K. 380
Domenico Scarlatti · Scarlatti: Keyboard Sonata in E Major, K. 380
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Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta, Sz. 106: III. Adagio
Béla Bartók · Bartok New Series 10 - Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta - Divertimento - Hungarian Sketches
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A Flock Descends into the Pentagonal Garden
Toru Takemitsu · Takemitsu: Flock Descends Into the Pentagonal Garden (A)
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