Book Playlist

The Secret History Playlist

by Donna Tartt

36 tracks

mysterious

Sep 10, 2026

5 mixes for this book

This playlist leans into the claustrophobic elegance of an elite New England classics world—Greek-tinged, beautiful, and increasingly destabilizing. Instrumental pieces dominate to keep a steady, high-focus atmosphere, while the four lyrical tracks sit like brief flashes of obsession, secrecy, and moral drift.

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Track List

36 songs

String Quartet No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 131: III. Andante moderato

Ludwig van Beethoven · A Day with Beethoven

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Piano Trio No. 2 in C Major, Op. 87: Andante con moto

Johannes Brahms · Brahms: The Piano Trios

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Dvořák: Serenade for Strings in E Major, Op. 22, B. 52: V. Finale. Allegro vivace

Antonín Dvořák · Dvořák: Serenade in D Minor, Op. 44, B. 77 & Serenade in E Major, Op. 22, B. 52

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Piano Sonata No. 11 in A Major, K. 331: III. Rondo alla turca

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart · Klassik Wunderland - Klassische Musik für Kinder

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Symphony No. 2 in C Minor "Resurrection": II. Andante moderato. Sehr gemächlich

Gustav Mahler · Mahler: Symphony No. 2

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Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43: Variation XVIII. Andante cantabile

Sergei Rachmaninoff · Rhapsody

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The Young Person's Guide To The Orchestra, Op. 34

Benjamin Britten · Britten: The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra; Simple Symphony, etc.

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Gaspard de la nuit, M. 55: III. Scarbo

Maurice Ravel · Ravel: Gaspard de la Nuit / Prokofiev: Piano Sonata No.6

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Violin Concerto in E Minor, Op. 64: II. Andante

Felix Mendelssohn · Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto Op.64; Piano Trio Op.49; Violin Sonata in F major (1838)

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Streichquartett Nr. 3 D-Dur Op. 44/1: III. Andante espressivo con moto

Felix Mendelssohn · Mendelssohn, Schumann: Streichquartette

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Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Major, Op. 102: II. Andante

Dmitri Shostakovich · An Introduction to Dimitri Shostakovich

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Studio da concerto

Giorgio Federico Ghedini · Italian Guitar Rarities

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Nocturne No. 2 in E-Flat Major, Op. 9 No. 2

Frédéric Chopin · Chopin: Nocturnes

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Piano Quartet in C Minor, Op. 202, No. 2: III. Larghetto

Joachim Raff · Raff: Piano Quartets

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Scent of a Woman: Tango (Por Una Cabeza)

Carlos Gardel · Cinema Serenade

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Spiegel im spiegel

Arvo Pärt · Arvo Pärt: Portrait

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Nimrod (From the Enigma Variations)

Edward Elgar · Australia (Music from the Movie)

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Pavane for a Dead Princess

Maurice Ravel · Legendary Artists: London Symphony Orchestra

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La Campanella

Niccolò Paganini · The Best of Violin

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String Quartet

Krzysztof Penderecki · Lutoslawski: String Quartet (1964) / Penderecki: Quartetto per archi (1960) / Mayuzumi: Prelude for String Quartet (1961) / Cage: String Quartet in Four Parts (1950)

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