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“Shield of Sparrows” blends vow-bound duty, hidden strength, and a romantic undercurrent that keeps turning against fear and prophecy. This playlist uses steady, warm strings and chamber/classical textures to mirror kneeling-to-courage—then lets two lyrical tracks punctuate the shifts from obedience to self-determination.
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20 songs
1
Allegro from The Four Seasons: "Spring"
Antonio Vivaldi · The Most Uplifting Classics in the Universe
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Summer: Allegro Non Molto (From The Four Seasons)
Baroque Academica Orchestra · Classics Italiano with Vivaldi
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Largo from the Four Seasons (Winter)
Antonio Vivaldi · The Secret Room
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Largo from Xerxes - Ombra Mai Fù
Beatrix Benedict · Small Ensemble: Sorrow and Reflection
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Adagio for Strings
Samuel Barber · Classic
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Spiegel im spiegel
Arvo Pärt · Arvo Pärt: Portrait
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Elegy
Lisa Gerrard · Immortal Memory
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Arioso from Cantata No. 156
Johann Sebastian Bach · Arioso from Cantata No. 156
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Gymnopédie No. 2
Erik Satie · Erik Satie & Friends
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Clair de lune
Claude Debussy · Träumerei - Liebestraum - Für Elise - Clair de lune - Gymnopédie - Sony Classical Masters
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Ave verum corpus
William Byrd · Beyond Chant: Mysteries of the Renaissance
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Make You Feel My Love
Adele · 19
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a thousand years
Christina Perri · a thousand years
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Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 18: II. Adagio sostenuto
Sergei Rachmaninoff · Rachmaninoff: The Piano Concertos & Paganini Rhapsody
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Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 18: III. Allegro scherzando
Sergei Rachmaninoff · Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2
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Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, Op. 95 "From the New World": II. Largo
Antonín Dvořák · Dvořák: Symphony No. 9, From the New World
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Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 77: I. Allegro non troppo
Johannes Brahms · Brahms & Stravinsky: Violin Concertos
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Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 77: II. Canzonetta. Andante
Johannes Brahms · Tchaikovsky & Brahms: Violin Concertos
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Symphony No. 3 in E Flat Major, Op. 97 "Rhenish": II. Scherzo. Sehr mäßig
Robert Schumann · Schumann: Symphony No. 3 in E Flat Major, Op. 97 "Rhenish": II. Scherzo. Sehr mäßig
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