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A gathering of sea-dark orchestral pieces, intimate chamber music, and restrained piano reflects Highmoor’s windswept isolation, its once-crowded halls, and the sisters’ doomed, dreamlike dances. The selections move from ominous tides and family grief toward folklore and individual longing, with the final songs giving voice to the book’s haunting themes of sisterhood, danger, and the sea.
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20 songs
1
Britten: Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes, Op. 33a: No. 1, Dawn
Benjamin Britten · Britten: Four Sea Interludes, Passacaglia from Peter Grimes & Sinfonia da Requiem
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The Swan of Tuonela, Op. 22, No. 2
Jean Sibelius · Sibelius: Karelia Suite; Swan of Tuonela/Grieg: Holberg Suite
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Schubert: String Quartet No. 14 in D Minor, D. 810, "Death and the Maiden": II. Andante con moto. Theme
Franz Schubert · Death and the Maiden
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Serenade for Strings in E Major, Op. 22: II. Tempo di Valse
Antonín Dvořák · Klassik für Kinder
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The Protecting Veil: The Incarnation
John Tavener · Tavener: Protecting Veil / In Alium
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Entr'acte
Caroline Shaw · Caroline Shaw: Orange
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Kol Nidrei, Op. 47
Max Bruch · Sir!
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Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes, Op. 33a: III. Moonlight
Benjamin Britten · Britten & Elgar: Sea Interludes, Violin Concerto
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Valse triste, Op. 44, No. 1
Jean Sibelius · Sibelius: Music From Timo Koivusalo's Film
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Piano Sonata No. 21 in B-Flat Major, D. 960: II. Andante sostenuto
Franz Schubert · Schubert
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Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes, Op. 33a: IV. Storm
Benjamin Britten · Britten & Elgar: Sea Interludes, Violin Concerto
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Piano Sonata No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 13 "Pathétique": II. Adagio cantabile
Ludwig van Beethoven · Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos.8 "Moonlight", 14 "Appassionata" & 23 "Pathétique"
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13
Ab Ovo
Joep Beving · Prehension
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14
Buka
Hania Rani · Home
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15
Under Ice
Kate Bush · Hounds Of Love
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16
The Bonny Swans
Loreena McKennitt · The Mask and Mirror
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En saga, Op. 9
Jean Sibelius · Sibelius: Finlandia
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Tavener: The Protecting Veil: II. The Nativity of the Mother of God
John Tavener · John Tavener: The Protecting Veil
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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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