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A shadowed route through post-Independence Mexico, this playlist pairs Mexican orchestral and folkloric colors with chamber music and unsettling film-score textures to evoke Hacienda San Isidro’s isolation, Beatriz’s longing for a home, and Andrés’s dangerous, forbidden bond with her. The final three songs draw on Mexican song traditions and the haunting pull of love, memory, and the supernatural.
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Track List
20 songs
1
Sensemayá
Silvestre Revueltas · The Music of Silvestre Revueltas
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2
Estrellita
Manuel Ponce · Bravo! Virtuoso & Romantic Violin Encores
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3
Entr'acte
Caroline Shaw · Caroline Shaw: Orange
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4
The Door
Hildur Guðnadóttir · Chernobyl (Music from the Original TV Series)
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5
Love
Mica Levi · Under the Skin
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6
The Bear
Ben Salisbury · Annihilation (Music from the Motion Picture)
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7
Dance For Me Wallis
Abel Korzeniowski · W.E. - Music From The Motion Picture
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Oblivion
Astor Piazzolla · Piazzolla Tangos 6
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9
Danza del Molinero
Manuel de Falla · Bailes y danzas españolas
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10
Danzas argentinas, Op. 2: I. Danza del viejo boyero
Alberto Ginastera · Ginastera: Complete Piano Music
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11
Rain Tree Sketch II
Toru Takemitsu · Water
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12
String Quartet, "1931": III. Andante
Ruth Crawford Seeger · Crawford / Hindemith / Janacek: String Quartets
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13
Polymorphia
Krzysztof Penderecki · Penderecki: Te Deum - Hymne an den Heiligen Daniel - Polymorphia
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14
Requiem for my friend : Lacrimosa
Zbigniew Preisner · Classics for Farewells
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15
Nautilus
Anna Meredith · Varmints
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16
Requiem for the Static King, Pt. 2
A Winged Victory for the Sullen · A Winged Victory for the Sullen
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17
The Unanswered Question
Charles Ives · Ives, C.: Universe Symphony (Completed by L. Austin) / Orchestral Set No. 2 / The Unanswered Question
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18
Tavener: The Protecting Veil: II. The Nativity of the Mother of God
John Tavener · John Tavener: The Protecting Veil
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The Alien
Ben Salisbury · Annihilation (Music from the Motion Picture)
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