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The Name of the Wind Playlist
A mostly acoustic, neoclassical thread evokes Kvothe’s music, his studies, and the intimate framing of his story, while measured ambient and orchestral pieces open out toward the roads and the larger mysteries around him. The sequence moves between curiosity, resolve, loss, and quiet reflection without relying on vocals or abrupt shifts in intensity.
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20 songs
1
The Gift
Joep Beving · Prehension
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Tchaikovsky: The Seasons, Op. 37a: No. 10, October. Autumn Song
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky · Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6, Op. 74 "Pathétique" & The Seasons, Op. 37a
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Consolation No. 3 in D-Flat Major, S. 172
Franz Liszt · Liszt - My Piano Hero
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Handel / Orch. Hale: Keyboard Suite No. 4 in D Minor, HWV 437: III. Sarabande
George Frideric Handel · Academy of St Martin in the Fields - Handel
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Shéhérazade, Op. 35: I. The Sea and Sinbad's Ship
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov · Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Shéhérazade
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The Firebird Suite: IV. Infernal Dance of King Kastchei - 1919 Version
Igor Stravinsky · Stravinsky: The Firebird Suite (1919 Version) - Borodin: Overture & Polovetsian Dances from Prince Igor
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The Moldau
Bedřich Smetana · The Moldau
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Piano Sonata No. 11 in A Major, K. 331: III. Alla turca. Allegretto
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart · The Masterpieces - Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 11 in A Major, K. 331 "Alla Turca"
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Prelude in C Major, BWV 846
Johann Sebastian Bach · The Piano Album
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10
The Swan of Tuonela, Op. 22 No. 2
Jean Sibelius · Sibelius: Finlandia; Valse triste; Tapiola; The Swan of Tuonela
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The Lark Ascending
Ralph Vaughan Williams · Vaughan Williams: Tallis Fantasia; Fantasia on Greensleeves; The Lark Ascending etc.
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12
The Planets, Op. 32: IV. Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity
Gustav Holst · Holst: The Planets
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13
Spiegel im spiegel
Arvo Pärt · Arvo Pärt: Portrait
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14
Written on the Sky
Max Richter · The Blue Notebooks (15 Years)
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Aerial Boundaries
Michael Hedges · Aerial Boundaries
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Vivaldi: The Four Seasons, Violin Concerto in F Minor, Op. 8 No. 4, RV 297 "Winter": II. Largo
Antonio Vivaldi · Vivaldi: The Four Seasons
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Scheherazade, Op. 35: III. Andantino quasi allegretto "The Young Prince and The Young Princess"
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov · Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade
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18
Night on Bald Mountain
Modest Mussorgsky · Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition & Night on Bald Mountain
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Romanian Folk Dances, Sz. 56: I. Joc cu bata. Allegro moderato - Arr. for Violin and Piano
Béla Bartók · Kopatchinskaja - Say
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