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“Mad Mabel” turns a quiet neighborhood into a slow-burn mystery about secrets, time, and the people who notice more than they say. This playlist leans into melancholic, restrained classical textures—lonely strings and haunted piano—so the music mirrors Elsie’s concealed past and the story’s creeping dread without pulling attention away from reading.
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20 songs
1
Valse triste
Jean Sibelius · Les grands classiques de Mozart à Beethoven
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Kinderszenen, Op. 15: VII. Träumerei
Robert Schumann · Schumann: Kinderszenen; Kreisleriana
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Lieder ohne Worte V, Op. 62: VI. Allegretto grazioso, MWV U161 "Spring Song"
Felix Mendelssohn · Mendelssohn: Songs without Words
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Largo - from Symphony No. 9, Op. 95 "From the New World"
Antonín Dvořák · Dvořák: From the New World (Arr. For Trombone & Organ)
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Rhosymedre
Ralph Vaughan Williams · Organ Spectacular from St Paul's Cathedral
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Rhapsody in G Minor, Op. 79 No. 2
Johannes Brahms · Brahms: Piano Pieces, Opp.117, 118, 119
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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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Gymnopédie No. 2
Erik Satie · Erik Satie & Friends
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Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D Major, BWV 1068: II. Air "on the G String"
Johann Sebastian Bach · Karajan A-Z: Adam - Bartók
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10
Spiegel im spiegel
Arvo Pärt · Arvo Pärt: Portrait
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Turandot, Act III: Nessun dorma!
Giacomo Puccini · Puccini: Turandot (Highlights)
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Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007: I. Prélude
Johann Sebastian Bach · Bach: Cello Suites Nos. 1, 5 & 6
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Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 27 No. 2 "Moonlight": I. Adagio sostenuto
Ludwig van Beethoven · Beethoven: Piano Sonatas, Vol. 3
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String Quartet No. 15 in A Minor, Op. 132: II. Allegro ma non troppo
Ludwig van Beethoven · Beethoven: Complete String Quartets
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15
Gymnopédie No. 1
Erik Satie · Erik Satie & Friends
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16
Elegy
Lisa Gerrard · Immortal Memory
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Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, Op. 95 "From the New World": II. Largo
Antonín Dvořák · Dvořák: Symphony No. 9, From the New World
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The great gate of Kiev
Modest Mussorgsky · La Memoria Delle Pietre
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Requiem in D Minor, K. 626: Sequence: VI. Lacrimosa dies illa
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart · Mozart: Requiem / Exultate, Jubilate / Laudate Dominum
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