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This instrumental arc follows Dante from the fearful descent through the stark, otherworldly landscapes of Hell toward the possibility of spiritual renewal. Dark orchestral and chamber works evoke the punishments, moral gravity, and Virgil’s steady guidance, while more spacious, luminous pieces suggest the journey’s gradual movement back toward light.
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20 songs
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Années de pèlerinage II, S. 161: VII. Après une lecture du Dante (Fantasia quasi Sonata)
Franz Liszt · Liszt: Années de Pèlerinage
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Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14, H 48: V. Songe d'une nuit du sabbat. Larghetto - Allegro
Hector Berlioz · Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique & La Mort de Cléopâtre
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Requiem: Dies Irae
Giuseppe Verdi · Ich mag keine Klassik, aber das gefällt mir!
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Tristan und Isolde, Act I: Prelude
Richard Wagner · Wagner: Tristan und Isolde
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Chacony in G Minor, Z. 730
Henry Purcell · Pachelbel: Canon & Gigue / Handel: The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
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Musica Ricercata: II. Mesto, rigido e cerimoniale
György Ligeti · Beethoven: Complete Variations for Piano, Vol. 3
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The Noon Witch, Op. 108
Antonín Dvořák · Dvorak: Symphonic Poems & Overtures
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Symphony No. 5 in C-Sharp Minor: IV. Adagietto
Gustav Mahler · Mahler, G.: Symphony No. 5
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Symphony No. 3 in F Major, Op. 90: III. Poco allegretto
Johannes Brahms · Brahms: Symphony No.3; Tragic Overture; Song of Destiny
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Kinderszenen, Op. 15: VII. Träumerei
Robert Schumann · Schumann: Kinderszenen; Kreisleriana
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Symphony No. 7 in E Major: II. Adagio. Sehr feierlich und sehr langsam
Anton Bruckner · Bruckner: Symphony No. 7 in E Major: II. Adagio. Sehr feierlich und sehr langsam
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The Planets, Op. 32: VII. Neptune, the Mystic
Gustav Holst · Holst: The Planets
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Piano Sonata in B Minor, S. 178: Andante sostenuto
Franz Liszt · Liszt: Piano Works
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String Quartet No. 14 in D Minor, D. 810 "Death and the Maiden": II. Andante con moto
Franz Schubert · Schubert: "Death and the Maiden" D. 810 / Beethoven: String Quartet Op. 135
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Symphony No. 3 in E Flat Major, Op. 55 "Eroica": II. Marcia funebre. Adagio assai
Ludwig van Beethoven · Beethoven: Symphony No.3 "Eroica"
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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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The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38: Part I Prelude
Edward Elgar · Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius
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The Garden of Fand
Arnold Bax · Bax: Tone Poems, Vol. 1
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Symphony No. 1 in D Major "Titan": III. Feierlich und gemessen, ohne zu schleppen
Gustav Mahler · Leonard Bernstein: The Complete Mahler Symphonies
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