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Cien Años De Soledad Playlist
This playlist moves between Colombian and wider Latin American musical traditions, atmospheric instrumental passages, and songs that evoke Macondo’s founding, the Buendía family’s repeating patterns, and its eventual solitude. Its shifts from playful and expansive to intimate and mournful follow the novel’s magical, generational sweep.
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20 songs
1
Macondo
Óscar Chávez · 15 Éxitos
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Bachianas brasileiras No. 5: I. Aria (Cantilena): Adagio
Heitor Villa-Lobos · Bachianas brasileiras No. 5: I. Aria (Cantilena): Adagio
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El Sombrero de tres picos, Parte II: Danza del molinero. Farruca
Manuel de Falla · Falla: El sombrero de tres picos
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El Amor Brujo: Danza ritual del fuego
Manuel de Falla · De Falla: Noches en los jardines de España & El sombrero de tres picos
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Danzas Argentinas, Op. 2: No. 2, Danza de la moza donosa
Alberto Ginastera · Ginastera: Danzas Argentinas, Op. 2
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Milonga Del Angel
Astor Piazzolla · Tango: Zero Hour
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Adiós Nonino
Astor Piazzolla · Collector (Edition spéciale 20 ans)
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La Cumparsita
Gerardo Matos Rodríguez · Pasión
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Danzón no. 2
Arturo Márquez · Danzón
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Estancia, Op. 8a: IV. Danza final (Malambo)
Alberto Ginastera · Ginastera: Estancia, Variaciones Concertantes & Concierto Para Arpa
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5 Prelúdios, W419: No. 1 in E Minor
Heitor Villa-Lobos · Villa-Lobos: Guitar Works
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12
La Llorona
Chavela Vargas · Mi Mundo Raro
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13
Ojalá
Silvio Rodríguez · Al Final de Este Viaje...
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14
Gracias a La Vida
Violeta Parra · Las Últimas Composiciones
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15
Volver
Carlos Gardel · El Album De Oro De Carlos Gardel
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16
El Preso
Fruko Y Sus Tesos · Fruko el Grande
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17
Cumbia Sobre El Río
Celso Piña · 10 Exitos A Bailar Cumbia
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18
La Casa en el Aire
Rafael Escalona · Homenaje a Los Grandes Compositores de la Música Tropical Colombiana Volume 3
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La Gota Fria
Carlos Vives · Clasicos de la Provincia
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