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Grim Tidings is a small-town romance threaded with unease, so this playlist leans on lush, cinematic string writing and warm-but-haunting harmonic textures that feel like lingering porchlight shadows. The reading flow stays steady with mostly long-form instrumentals, punctuated by two softly romantic vocal moments that mirror the book’s budding connection and slow-burn tension.
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20 songs
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Brahms: Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 73: II. Adagio non troppo
Johannes Brahms · Brahms: The Symphonies
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Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 in E Minor, Op. 64: II. Andante cantabile, con alcuna licenza
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky · Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 in E Minor, Op. 64
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Schumann: 8 Fantasiestücke, Op. 12: I. Des Abends
Robert Schumann · In Between
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Claude Debussy: Estampes (1903); I. Pagodes
Claude Debussy · Debussy: Images / Estampes
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Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 18: II. Adagio sostenuto
Sergei Rachmaninoff · Big Russian Music Box
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Pachelbel: Canon in D Major, P.37
Music Lab Collective · Chilled Piano Vol.3
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Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker, Op. 71, Act 2: No. 13, Waltz of the Flowers
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky · Last Night of the Proms
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Ravel: Pavane For A Dead Princess
Maurice Ravel · Fantasia Cubana: Variations On Classical Themes
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Thaïs, DO 24: "Méditation" - Arr. for Piano Solo by Jules Massenet
Jules Massenet · Massenet: Thaïs, DO 24: "Méditation" (Arr. for Piano Solo by Jules Massenet)
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Sibelius: Finlandia, Op. 26
Jean Sibelius · Sibelius : Karelia Suite, Pohjola's Daughter, The Bard, Finlandia & Tapiola
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Make You Feel My Love
Adele · 19
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Stay With Me
Sam Smith · In The Lonely Hour
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Landslide
Fleetwood Mac · Fleetwood Mac
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Tangled up in Blue
Bob Dylan · Blood On The Tracks
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Adiemus
Karl Jenkins · Adiemus - Songs Of Sanctuary
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Romance
Arthur Honegger · The Most Relaxing Flute Album In The World... Ever!
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The Carnival of the Animals, R. 125: XIII. The Swan
Camille Saint-Saëns · Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the Animals: The Swan
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Spiegel im spiegel
Arvo Pärt · Arvo Pärt: Portrait
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Thaïs, Act II: Méditation
Jules Massenet · Poème
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Phaedra
Tangerine Dream · Dream Sequence
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