She Walks in Beauty
Warren Ellis · 2021
46 min · 11 tracks
A delicate interplay of orchestral textures and evocative melodies that weave through the essence of classic poetry.
Top tracks — play these first
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She Walks in Beauty — The title track encapsulates the album's essence, merging rich orchestral soundscapes with a hauntingly beautiful melody inspired by Lord Byron’s poem.
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Ode to a Nightingale — This piece stands out for its expansive emotional range, evoking the themes of mortality and beauty found in Keats’s original verse through Ellis's lush instrumentation.
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La Belle Dame Sans Merci — An intricate interpretation of Keats's narrative poem, this track combines melancholic melodies with poignant strings that reflect the poem’s themes of longing and despair.
Moments worth listening for
Where the writing does something specific.
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Ode to a Nightingale
The moment shifts from serene reflections on nature to a poignant confrontation with the inevitability of death.
This transition deepens the emotional impact, juxtaposing fleeting beauty against the backdrop of mortality in a way that mirrors Keats's original intent.
Tracklist
Best experienced from track one — press play and let it unfold.
Disc 1
- 1 She Walks in Beauty 2:40
- 2 The Bridge of Sighs 4:55
- 3 La Belle Dame Sans Merci 4:15
- 4 Ode to a Nightingale 6:49
- 5 To Autumn 3:16
Disc 2
- 1 Ozymandias 3:08
- 2 The Prelude: Book One Introduction 2:50
- 3 Surprised By Joy 2:08
- 4 To the Moon 2:21
- 5 So We'll Go No More a Roving 2:20
- 6 The Lady of Shallot 11:46
Reference: MusicBrainz · Wikidata
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