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The Knave and the Moon Playlist
“The Knave and the Moon” moves through cathedral ruins, political dread, and intimate, dangerous longing—so this playlist leans into shadowy harmonic motion, echoing piano, and chamber textures that feel like secrets being kept. The arc follows from brittle, ruined stillness into tense, tournament-like momentum, ending on two quiet vocal tracks that underline the book’s promises, bargains, and grief.
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Track List
20 songs
1
String Quartet No. 2 in G Major, Op. 18 No. 2: II. Adagio cantabile
Ludwig van Beethoven · Beethoven: Complete String Quartets, Vol. 1
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Handel: Suite in D Minor, HWV 437: Suite No.15 In D Minor For Harpsichord, HWV 447: 3. Sarabande
Daniel Hope · Classically Chilled
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Pergolesi: Stabat Mater: I. Stabat mater dolorosa
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi · Pergolesi: Stabat Mater, Laudate pueri & Confitebor
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Clarinet Concerto in A Major, K. 622: II. Adagio
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart · I Love Relaxing Classics
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5
The Night We Met
Lord Huron · Strange Trails
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Love Will Tear Us Apart
Joy Division · The Best Of
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Cello Suite No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1008: IV. Sarabande
Johann Sebastian Bach · Bach: Cello Suite No. 2
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Theme From Schindler's List
John Williams · Schindler's List
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9
nostalgia
Ryuichi Sakamoto · out of noise
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Hymn for the Weekend
Coldplay · Top Songs Radio
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Piano Trio No. 1 in B Major, Op. 8: Piano Trio No. 1 in B Major, Op. 8: II. Scherzo. Allegro molto - Trio. Più lento
Johannes Brahms · Brahms: Piano Quartet Op. 60 & Piano Trio Op. 8
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12
The Girl With The Flaxen Hair
Claude Debussy · The Most Relaxing Classical Music In The Universe
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13
The Girl From Ipanema
Stan Getz · Getz/Gilberto
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14
Somewhere Only We Know
Keane · Hopes And Fears
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15
One More Night
Maroon 5 · Overexposed Track By Track
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16
Hallelujah
Leonard Cohen · Various Positions
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Canon in D
Johann Pachelbel · Pachelbel: Canon in D - Bach: Air on a G String - Handel: Largo from 'Xerxes' - Hallelujah Chorus - Clarke: Trumpet Voluntary
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18
Clair de Lune
Claude Debussy · Encore
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Solveig's song
Edvard Grieg · Souvenirs
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