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Lords and Ladies Playlist
A fireside soundtrack to the witches’ confrontation with the beautiful, dangerous elves: rustic strings and folk-tinged instrumentals suggest Lancre’s hills, old customs and Midsummer revels, while shadowy drones and tense chamber music evoke glamour as a weapon. The sequence moves between Granny Weatherwax’s iron resolve, Magrat’s uncertain transformation, and the coven’s hard-won solidarity, keeping the energy measured enough for focused reading.
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40 songs
1
The Carnival of the Animals, R. 125: VII. Aquarium
Camille Saint-Saëns · J'aime pas le classique mais ca j'aime bien
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Mother Goose Suite: V. The Fairy Garden
Maurice Ravel · Maurice Ravel - Mother Goose Suite
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The Planets, Op. 32: II. Venus, the Bringer of Peace
Gustav Holst · Holst: The Planets
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The Planets, Op. 32: VII. Neptune, the Mystic
Gustav Holst · Holst: The Planets
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The Four Seasons: Concerto No. 2 in G Minor, RV 315 "L'estate" (summer): III. Presto
Antonio Vivaldi · Vivaldi: The Four Seasons • Concertos for Bassoon & Violin 'in tromba marina'
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Danse macabre, Op. 40
Camille Saint-Saëns · Saint-Saens: Symphony No. 3 / Dance Macabre / Bacchanale / 3 Rhapsodies
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Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 18: II. Adagio sostenuto
Sergei Rachmaninoff · Rachmaninoff: The Piano Concertos & Paganini Rhapsody
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String Quartet No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 27: I. Un poco andante - Allegro molto ed agitato
Edvard Grieg · Grieg: String Quartets Nos. 1 & 2
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The Nutcracker, Op. 71, Act II: No. 14, Pas de deux: Var. 2. Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky · Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker
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The Nutcracker, Op. 71, Act II: No. 13, Waltz of the Flowers
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky · Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker
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The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Paul Dukas · Fantasia 2000
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Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46: I. Morning Mood
Edvard Grieg · Grieg: Peer Gynt Suites / Sibelius: Valse triste
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Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46: In the Hall of the Mountain King
Edvard Grieg · The 99 Most Essential Allegros
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Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 16: II. Adagio
Edvard Grieg · Grieg: Piano Concerto; Lyric Pieces
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The Lark Ascending
Ralph Vaughan Williams · Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending
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Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
Ralph Vaughan Williams · Vaughan Williams: Tallis Fantasia; Fantasia on Greensleeves; The Lark Ascending etc.
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Greensleeves
Ralph Vaughan Williams · The Most Relaxing Classical Music In The Universe
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English Folk Song Suite: I. March "Seventeen Come Sunday"
Ralph Vaughan Williams · British Wind Band Classics
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English Folk Song Suite: III. Intermezzo "My Bonny Boy"
Ralph Vaughan Williams · British Wind Band Classics
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St Paul’s Suite, Op. 29, No. 2: IV. Finale (The Dargason), Allegro
Gustav Holst · St Paul’s Suite, Op. 29, No. 2: IV. Finale (The Dargason), Allegro
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Brook Green Suite: I. Prelude
Gustav Holst · Gustav Holst: Brook Green Suite
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Brook Green Suite: III. Dance
Gustav Holst · Gustav Holst: Brook Green Suite
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The Banks of Green Willow
George Butterworth · Butterworth: The Banks of Green Willow; A Shropshire Lad/ /McGunn: The Land of the Mountain and the Flood/Coleridge-Taylor: Symphonic Variations on an African Air &c.
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The Planets, Op. 32: I. Mars, the Bringer of War
Gustav Holst · Holst: The Planets
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The Firebird Suite (1919 Version) [Arr. R. Earles for Wind Ensemble]: VI. Berceuse
Igor Stravinsky · Russian Classics
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The Firebird Suite (1919 Version): Finale - 2017 Remastered Version
Igor Stravinsky · Stravinsky: Firebird Suite - Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet (Remastered)
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Pulcinella Suite: I. Sinfonia
Igor Stravinsky · Stravinsky: Apollon Musagète & Pulcinella Suite
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The Rite of Spring: Part One: Adoration of the Earth: Introduction
Igor Stravinsky · Stravinsky: Le Sacre du Printemps
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The Rite of Spring, K15, Pt. 1: II. The Augurs of Spring
Igor Stravinsky · Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring / Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra
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The Rite of Spring, K15, Pt. 1: III. Ritual of Abduction
Igor Stravinsky · Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring / Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra
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The Rite of Spring: Part Two: The Sacrifice: Ritual Action of the Ancestors
Igor Stravinsky · Stravinsky: Le Sacre du Printemps
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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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String Quartet No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 110: III. Allegretto
Dmitri Shostakovich · Shostakovich: String Quartets Nos. 1, 8 & 14
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String Quartet No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 110: IV. Largo
Dmitri Shostakovich · Shostakovich: String Quartets Nos. 1, 8 & 14
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The Planets, Op. 32: IV. Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity
Gustav Holst · Holst: The Planets
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Vivaldi: The Four Seasons, Violin Concerto in E Major, Op. 8 No. 1, RV 269 "Spring": I. Allegro
Antonio Vivaldi · Vivaldi: The Four Seasons
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Vivaldi: The Four Seasons, Violin Concerto in F Major, Op. 8 No. 3, RV 293 "Autumn": I. Allegro
Antonio Vivaldi · Vivaldi: The Four Seasons
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Vivaldi: The Four Seasons, Violin Concerto in F Minor, Op. 8 No. 4, RV 297 "Winter": II. Largo
Antonio Vivaldi · Vivaldi: The Four Seasons
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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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