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A night-quiet journey from the close, human warmth of the inn to the immense, unsettled waters of the flood. Piano, chamber music, and restrained ambient textures follow Malcolm and Alice’s tense passage with Lyra, balancing wonder and tenderness against the threatening forces gathering around them.
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40 songs
1
Valse triste, Op. 44 No. 1
Jean Sibelius · Sibelius: Finlandia; Valse triste; Tapiola; The Swan of Tuonela
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2
Andante Festivo
Jean Sibelius · Sibelius: Finlandia; Luonnotar; Karelia Suite
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Esja
Hania Rani · Esja
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4
Motion
Goldmund · SMM: Context
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Long: Porcelain
Helen Jane Long · Porcelain
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6
Truth
Balmorhea · All Is Wild, All Is Silent
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Penn Ar Lann
Yann Tiersen · EUSA
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8
Where Is My Mind
Maxence Cyrin · Novö Piano
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9
Nuvole di luce
Roberto Cacciapaglia · Quarto tempo (Fourth Time)
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10
In The Morning Light
Yanni · In My Time
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11
The Pearl
Harold Budd · Wind In Lonely Fences 1970 - 2011
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Remembrance
Balmorhea · All Is Wild, All Is Silent
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13
Kobresia
Biosphere · Substrata + Man with a Movie Camera
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14
The Blue Hour
Federico Albanese · The Blue Hour
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15
Eden
Hania Rani · Esja
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16
Glass
Hania Rani · Esja
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17
Sicilienne, Op. 78
Gabriel Fauré · This is Fauré
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18
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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19
Kinderszenen, Op. 15: VII. Träumerei
Robert Schumann · Schumann: Kinderszenen; Kreisleriana
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20
Intermezzo In A Major, Op. 118, No. 2
Johannes Brahms · Brahms Intermezzi
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21
Gnossienne No. 2
Erik Satie · Satie: 3 Gymnopédies; 6 Gnossiennes etc.
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22
The Moldau
Bedřich Smetana · The Moldau
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23
Finlandia, Op. 26
Jean Sibelius · Sibelius: Finlandia; Valse triste; Tapiola; The Swan of Tuonela
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24
String Quartet No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 110: I. Largo
Dmitri Shostakovich · Shostakovich: String Quartets Nos. 1, 8 & 14
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The Garden of Fand
Arnold Bax · Bax: Tone Poems, Vol. 1
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26
The Door
Hildur Guðnadóttir · Chernobyl (Music from the Original TV Series)
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27
Biesy
Hania Rani · Esja
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The Planets, Op. 32, H. 125: VII. Neptune, the Mystic: V. Saturn, The Bringer of Old Age
Gustav Holst · Holst: The Planets; Bax: Tintagel
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The Planets, Op. 32: III. Mercury, the Winged Messenger
Gustav Holst · Holst: The Planets
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The Planets, Op. 32: IV. Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity
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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String Quartet No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 110: II. Allegro molto
Dmitri Shostakovich · Shostakovich: String Quartets Nos. 1, 8 & 14
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Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 27 No. 2 "Moonlight Sonata": II. Allegretto
Ludwig van Beethoven · Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos.8 "Moonlight", 14 "Appassionata" & 23 "Pathétique"
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Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 27 No. 2 "Moonlight Sonata": III. Presto agitato
Ludwig van Beethoven · Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos.8 "Moonlight", 14 "Appassionata" & 23 "Pathétique"
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35
The Protecting Veil: The Protecting Veil
John Tavener · The John Tavener Collection
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36
Erupting Light
Hildur Guðnadóttir · Without Sinking
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37
The How of it Sped
Bing & Ruth · No Home of the Mind
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38
In the Fog III
Tim Hecker · Ravedeath, 1972
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39
dlp 1.1
William Basinski · The Disintegration Loops (Remastered)
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