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Mayakovsky’s poetry moves between the clamor of the modern city, revolutionary spectacle, tenderness, and estrangement. This instrumental sequence follows that shifting scale: brisk rhythms and sharply outlined harmonies evoke Futurist energy and public address, while spacious electronics and intimate piano make room for lyric vulnerability and solitude.
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40 songs
1
Prélude in E minor, Op. 28, No. 4
Frédéric Chopin · The Pianist (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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Étude in C Minor, Op. 10, No. 12 "Revolutionary"
Frédéric Chopin · Horowitz: Favorite Chopin [Expanded Edition]
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3
The Planets, Op. 32: VII. Neptune, the Mystic
Gustav Holst · Holst: The Planets
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Symphonie Fantastique, Op. 14: IV. Marche au supplice
Hector Berlioz · Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique, Waverley
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Bartók: String Quartet No. 4 in C Major, Sz. 91: V. Allegro molto
Béla Bartók · Bartók: String Quartets Nos. 1 - 6
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Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 36: II. Non allegro. Lento
Sergei Rachmaninoff · Rachmaninov: Sonatas
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7
Gnossienne No. 2
Erik Satie · introspection
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8
The Heart Asks Pleasure First
Michael Nyman · The Piano: Music From The Motion Picture
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9
The Gravel Road (from "The Village")
James Newton Howard · Imitation Games Vol.4
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10
The Ludlows
James Horner · The Ludlows
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11
On the Nature of Daylight
Max Richter · The Blue Notebooks (15 Years)
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12
Says
Nils Frahm · Spaces
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13
A Walk
Tycho · Dive
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14
First Breath After Coma
Explosions In The Sky · The Earth Is Not a Cold Dead Place
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15
The Landing
Justin Hurwitz · First Man (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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16
Light Through The Veins
Jon Hopkins · Insides
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17
Xtal
Aphex Twin · Selected Ambient Works 85-92
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18
Roygbiv
Boards of Canada · Music Has The Right To Children
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19
Cirrus
Bonobo · The North Borders
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20
Two Thousand and Seventeen
Four Tet · New Energy
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21
Phaedra
Tangerine Dream · Dream Sequence
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22
Love On A Real Train
Tangerine Dream · Dream Sequence
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23
Blade Runner Blues
Vangelis · Blade Runner (Music From The Original Soundtrack)
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24
The Blue Hour
Federico Albanese · The Blue Hour
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25
Eden
Hania Rani · Esja
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Glass
Hania Rani · Esja
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27
Sleeping Lotus
Joep Beving · Solipsism
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28
Threnody
Goldmund · The Malady Of Elegance
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String Quartet No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 110: I. Largo
Dmitri Shostakovich · Shostakovich: String Quartets Nos. 1, 8 & 14
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Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 18: I. Moderato
Sergei Rachmaninoff · Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 18 & Piano Concerto No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 30
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Prelude in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 3, No. 2
Sergei Rachmaninoff · My Favorite Rachmaninoff
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The Firebird Suite: Berceuse
Igor Stravinsky · STRAVINSKY: Firebird (The) / The Rite of Spring
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The Firebird Suite (1919 Version): Finale - 2017 Remastered Version
Igor Stravinsky · Stravinsky: Firebird Suite - Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet (Remastered)
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34
Boléro, M. 81
Maurice Ravel · Ravel: Boléro
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35
Pavane pour une infante défunte, M. 19
Maurice Ravel · Destination Paris - Ravel: Pavane pour un infante défunte
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Daphnis et Chloé Suite No. 2, M. 57b: I. Lever du jour – II. Pantomime – III. Danse générale
Maurice Ravel · Debussy: La Mer; Prélude à l'après-midi / Ravel: Pavane; Daphnis et Chloé No. 2
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37
Gymnopédie No. 3
Erik Satie · Erik Satie & Friends
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38
Clair de lune
Claude Debussy · Träumerei - Liebestraum - Für Elise - Clair de lune - Gymnopédie - Sony Classical Masters
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Préludes, Book 1: VIII. La Fille Aux Cheveux de Lin
Claude Debussy · The Complete Debussy: Préludes pour solo piano
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