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A bright, nimble mix for Batter’s leap into New York’s guarded world of poetry: quicksilver classical dances and contemporary instrumentals suggest the city’s motion, the journal’s eccentric bustle, and the lively work of shaping words. More reflective passages leave room for the book’s tenderness and its many doubles, while the final three lyric songs nod to writing, books, and the stories people tell.
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20 songs
1
Violin Concerto in E Major, RV 269 ("Spring" from "The Four Seasons"): I. Allegro
Antonio Vivaldi · Vivaldi: The Four Seasons, Sinfonia "Al Santo Sepolcro" & Concerto "Alla Rustica"
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Solomon, HWV 67, Act III: The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
George Frideric Handel · The Essential Handel
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The Hebrides, Op. 26, MWV P 7 "Fingal's Cave": Overture
Felix Mendelssohn · Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E Minor, Symphony No. 4, Athalie & The Hebrides
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William Tell: Overture (Finale)
Gioachino Rossini · William Tell: Overture (Finale)
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The Flight of the Bumblebee
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov · The Piano Player
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Jeux d'enfants, Op. 22: No. 12, Le bal
Georges Bizet · Bizet: Jeux d'enfants / Fauré: Dolly Suite / Ravel: Ma mère l'Oye
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Hungarian Dance No. 5 in G Minor
Johannes Brahms · The 99 Most Essential Allegros
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Piano Quintet in A Major, D. 667 "Trout": IV. Theme and Variations (Andantino - Allegretto)
Franz Schubert · Schubert: The Trout
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Symphony No. 8 in G Major, Op. 88: III. Allegretto grazioso
Antonín Dvořák · Dvorak: Symphony No. 8 & Symphonic Variations
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10
The Barber of Seville: Overture
Gioachino Rossini · Rossini - Ouvertures
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Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 11: III. Rondo. Vivace
Frédéric Chopin · Chopin: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2
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12
Sonata in D minor, K. 141
Domenico Scarlatti · Domenico Scarlatti: Sonatas
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Concerto for Two Violins in D Minor, BWV 1043: I. Vivace
Johann Sebastian Bach · Bach: Solo & Double Violin Concertos
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Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, Op. 95, B. 178 "From the New World": IV. Allegro con fuoco
Antonín Dvořák · Dvorák: Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, Op. 95, B. 178 "From the New World" / Smetana: The Moldau
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The Planets, Op. 32: VII. Neptune, the Mystic
Gustav Holst · Holst: The Planets
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The Nutcracker, Op. 71: Miniature Overture
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky · Russian Ballets
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Tchaikovsky: The Sleeping Beauty, Op. 66, Act I "The Spell": No. 6, Waltz
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky · Intense Tchaikovsky. Russian Masterpieces
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18
The Moldau
Bedřich Smetana · The Symphonies II
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Mia & Sebastian’s Theme
Justin Hurwitz · La La Land (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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