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This sequence moves from the warmth and restraint of a 1950s small-town surface into strange, circling sounds that suggest Mike’s unseen birds and growing unease, before returning to the intimate stakes of his love and protectiveness. Instrumental pieces come first for the book’s uncanny atmosphere; the vocal half traces its tenderness, isolation, and insistence on holding fast to someone.
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20 songs
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Murmuration
GoGo Penguin · v2.0 (Deluxe Edition)
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The Swan of Tuonela, Op. 22 No. 2
Jean Sibelius · Sibelius: Finlandia; Valse triste; Tapiola; The Swan of Tuonela
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Spiegel im spiegel
Arvo Pärt · Arvo Pärt: Portrait
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Vivaldi: The Four Seasons, Violin Concerto in E Major, Op. 8 No. 1, RV 269 "Spring": I. Allegro
Antonio Vivaldi · Vivaldi: The Four Seasons
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The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, Op. 34: Fugue
Benjamin Britten · Britten: The Young Person's Guide To the Orchestra / Variations On A Theme of Frank Bridge
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Gnossienne No. 2
Erik Satie · Satie: 3 Gymnopédies; 6 Gnossiennes etc.
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Préludes / Book 1, L. 117: No. 8, The Girl with the Flaxen Hair
Claude Debussy · Debussy: Préludes / Book 1, L. 117: No. 8, The Girl with the Flaxen Hair
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Fantasia on Greensleeves
Ralph Vaughan Williams · Vaughan Williams: Tallis Fantasia; Fantasia on Greensleeves; The Lark Ascending etc.
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8 Part Songs, Op. 118: No. 3, The Bluebird
Charles Villiers Stanford · The Bluebird
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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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Dream a Little Dream of Me
Ella Fitzgerald · Music Legends Ella Fitzgerald : The Queen of Jazz
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I'll Be Seeing You
Billie Holiday · Billie Holiday
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13
Blue Velvet
Bobby Vinton · The Best Of Bobby Vinton
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14
Love Me Tender
Elvis Presley · Elvis 30 #1 Hits
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Unchained Melody
The Righteous Brothers · Just Once In My Life
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Ain't That A Kick In The Head
Dean Martin · Georgia On My Mind
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17
If I Loved You
Shirley Jones · Carousel ( 1956 Film Score)
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I Only Have Eyes for You
The Flamingos · Flamingo Serenade
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Nature Boy
Nat King Cole · Nat King Cole for Fall: Autumn Leaves
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