Listen on Spotify ↗
Book Playlist
The Passion Playlist
This playlist mirrors the rich emotional tapestry and historical depth of Jeanette Winterson's 'The Passion.' The instrumental selections evoke the sweeping landscapes and tumult of the Napoleonic Wars, as well as the intimate, complex character dynamics. The vocal tracks traverse romance, identity, and fate, reflecting the novel's intertwining destinies and the passionate, often surreal atmosphere of the story.
Your reading session
Press play. Turn the page.
This player plays the saved playlist. Save your mix to listen to the replacements together.
Want a timer? Open the Reading Room for candlelit reading sprints with this soundtrack, a little ambience and a library card that tracks your pages, reading pace and daily streak. How reading sprints work.
Your changes aren't saved yet. Choose Save my mix to create your own Spotify playlist.
Track List
39 songs
1
Einaudi: Elegy For The Arctic
Ludovico Einaudi · Solo Piano
Replaced in your draftPress play in Spotify to listen. Playback availability depends on Spotify.
2
Song for Jesse
Nick Cave & Warren Ellis · The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (Music From The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Replaced in your draftPress play in Spotify to listen. Playback availability depends on Spotify.
3
Ambre
Nils Frahm · Eighty-Eight Days
Replaced in your draftPress play in Spotify to listen. Playback availability depends on Spotify.
4
La Strada
Michele Galdieri · Filmmusik - Berliner Philharmoniker
Replaced in your draftPress play in Spotify to listen. Playback availability depends on Spotify.
5
A Stream With Bright Fish - 2005 Digital Remaster
Harold Budd · The Pearl
Replaced in your draftPress play in Spotify to listen. Playback availability depends on Spotify.
6
To Be Sun - Reworked by Leo Einaudi
Ludovico Einaudi · Endless Summer
Replaced in your draftPress play in Spotify to listen. Playback availability depends on Spotify.
7
Waves
Lindenberg · Waves
Replaced in your draftPress play in Spotify to listen. Playback availability depends on Spotify.
8
The Imitation Game
Alexandre Desplat · The Imitation Game (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Replaced in your draftPress play in Spotify to listen. Playback availability depends on Spotify.
9
Glassworks: I. Opening (Arr. for Gothic Bells, Strings & Theorbo)
Philip Glass · STRUES (Online Version)
Replaced in your draftPress play in Spotify to listen. Playback availability depends on Spotify.
10
November
Max Richter · Voyager - Essential Max Richter
Replaced in your draftPress play in Spotify to listen. Playback availability depends on Spotify.
11
An Ending (Ascent) - Remastered 2005
Brian Eno · Chill Soft Rock For Kids
Replaced in your draftPress play in Spotify to listen. Playback availability depends on Spotify.
12
Opening
Philip Glass · Opening
Replaced in your draftPress play in Spotify to listen. Playback availability depends on Spotify.
13
Open Eye Signal (under the fabric)
Jon Hopkins · 9 months & 50 hours
Replaced in your draftPress play in Spotify to listen. Playback availability depends on Spotify.
14
We Played Some Open Chords and Rejoiced, for the Earth had Circled the Sun Yet Another Year
A Winged Victory for the Sullen · A Winged Victory for the Sullen
Replaced in your draftPress play in Spotify to listen. Playback availability depends on Spotify.
15
First Breath After Coma
Explosions In The Sky · The Earth Is Not a Cold Dead Place
Replaced in your draftPress play in Spotify to listen. Playback availability depends on Spotify.
16
The Promise
Michael Nyman · Gentle Classical Music
Replaced in your draftPress play in Spotify to listen. Playback availability depends on Spotify.
17
Fragments
Rachel Catherine · Fragments
Replaced in your draftPress play in Spotify to listen. Playback availability depends on Spotify.
18
Divenire
Ludovico Einaudi · Piano Movie Lounge
Replaced in your draftPress play in Spotify to listen. Playback availability depends on Spotify.
19
Horizon Variations
Max Richter · Classical Study Mix
Replaced in your draftPress play in Spotify to listen. Playback availability depends on Spotify.
20
An die ferne Geliebte, Op. 98: 1. Auf dem Hügel sitz ich spähend
Ludwig van Beethoven · Schubert: Die Schöne Müllerin; Winterreise; Schwanengesang
Replaced in your draftPress play in Spotify to listen. Playback availability depends on Spotify.
21
The Night We Met
Lord Huron · Strange Trails
Replaced in your draftPress play in Spotify to listen. Playback availability depends on Spotify.
22
Love Will Tear Us Apart
Joy Division · The 70s
Replaced in your draftPress play in Spotify to listen. Playback availability depends on Spotify.
23
Young And Beautiful
Lana Del Rey · Van Vibes
Replaced in your draftPress play in Spotify to listen. Playback availability depends on Spotify.
24
Breathe Me
Sia · In Your Feels
Replaced in your draftPress play in Spotify to listen. Playback availability depends on Spotify.
25
Take Me To Church
Hozier · Musik zum Lernen
Replaced in your draftPress play in Spotify to listen. Playback availability depends on Spotify.
26
Runaway
AURORA · Emotional Pop
Replaced in your draftPress play in Spotify to listen. Playback availability depends on Spotify.
27
Wicked Game
Chris Isaak · Best Of Chris Isaak
Replaced in your draftPress play in Spotify to listen. Playback availability depends on Spotify.
28
Dog Days Are Over
Florence + The Machine · Feel good vibes 2020
Replaced in your draftPress play in Spotify to listen. Playback availability depends on Spotify.
29
The Killing Moon
Echo & the Bunnymen · Best of British 80's
Replaced in your draftPress play in Spotify to listen. Playback availability depends on Spotify.
30
No Rest for the Wicked
Lykke Li · Melodic House
Replaced in your draftPress play in Spotify to listen. Playback availability depends on Spotify.
31
Forever Held
Jon Hopkins · Forever Held
Replaced in your draftPress play in Spotify to listen. Playback availability depends on Spotify.
32
Wolf
First Aid Kit · The Lion's Roar
Replaced in your draftPress play in Spotify to listen. Playback availability depends on Spotify.
33
Awake - Com Truise Remix
Tycho · Awake Remix
Replaced in your draftPress play in Spotify to listen. Playback availability depends on Spotify.
34
Shake It Out
Florence + The Machine · Indie Classics
Replaced in your draftPress play in Spotify to listen. Playback availability depends on Spotify.
35
Elegy
Lisa Gerrard · Immortal Memory
Replaced in your draftPress play in Spotify to listen. Playback availability depends on Spotify.
36
To Build A Home
The Cinematic Orchestra · Ma Fleur
Replaced in your draftPress play in Spotify to listen. Playback availability depends on Spotify.
37
Holocene
Bon Iver · Bon Iver, Bon Iver
Replaced in your draftPress play in Spotify to listen. Playback availability depends on Spotify.
38
The Mystic's Dream
Loreena McKennitt · Celtic Moments
Replaced in your draftPress play in Spotify to listen. Playback availability depends on Spotify.
Same book, another mood
Another mix for The Passion
Discover more
More playlists like this
Book soundtracks with a similar reading feel, ready for your next session.
Lights Out
by Navessa Allen
View soundtrack
Reverend Insanity 2 : The Demon Leaves The Mountain
by Gu Zhen Re
View soundtrack
Yesteryear
by Caro Claire Burke
View soundtrack
Crime and Punishment
by Fyodor Dostoevsky
View soundtrack
The Talisman
by Stephen King, Peter Straub
View soundtrack
Harry Potter
by J. K. Rowling
View soundtrack