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Calm classical music
Twelve slow, quiet pieces, from Chopin's lullaby to Pärt's Fratres.
Chopin → Liszt → Wagner → Debussy → Massenet → Fauré → Grainger → Delius → Williams → Rachmaninoff → Pärt
Fratres
This guide follows Pärt’s Fratres “for violin and piano” (1977) in one part (theme and variations).
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Follow all 18 sections as they play
Hear the same pattern nine times. The , the and seven variations ( 1 to 7) each last six , and a two- , the tolling piano note, separates them. The each in a different octave, while the violin line changes. The last is much longer than the others and closes the piece.
Section boundaries in music are not always sharp; a transition may be felt over a pause or a held chord.
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