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The instrumental pieces move between the abbey’s hardship, the weight of its rituals, and the widening imagination of a community shaped by Marie’s will. The vocal songs bring in the book’s tensions around women, faith, authority, exile, and chosen kinship, while shifting in mood with Marie’s changing life.
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Les Barricades Mystérieuses
François Couperin · Couperin: Les Barricades Mystérieuses
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The Big Ship - 2004 Remaster
Brian Eno · Another Green World (2004 Remaster)
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Gnossienne No. 4
Erik Satie · Satie: The Magic of Satie
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The Magdalene Laundries
Joni Mitchell · Turbulent Indigo
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The Queen And The Soldier
Suzanne Vega · Suzanne Vega
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Boadicea - 2009 Remaster
Enya · The Celts
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Song To The Siren - Remastered
This Mortal Coil · It'll End In Tears (Remastered)
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A Case of You
Joni Mitchell · Blue
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The Book of Love
The Magnetic Fields · 69 Love Songs
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The Tower
Vienna Teng · Waking Hour
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The Mother We Share
CHVRCHES · The Bones Of What You Believe
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The Joke
Brandi Carlile · By the Way, I Forgive You
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Sisters of the Moon - 2015 Remaster
Fleetwood Mac · Tusk (Deluxe Edition)
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Pièces De Viole Du Livre II - Les Voix Humaines
Jordi Savall · Marin Marais: Pièces De Viole Du Second Livre
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Suitte D'Un Gout Étranger - La Rêveuse
Jordi Savall · Marin Marais: Pièces De Viole Du Quatrième Livre
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Les tendres plaintes
Jean-Philippe Rameau · Rameau: Les tendres plaintes
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Pièces de clavecin: Suite in D Minor - Major: VI. L'entretien des Muses
Jean-Philippe Rameau · Rameau: Harpsichord Music, Vol. 1
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Chaconne in G Minor
Tomaso Antonio Vitali · Vitali: Chaconne in G Minor - Tedesco: The Lark - Fauré: Sonata No. 1, Op. 13, in A
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Canon in D
Johann Pachelbel · Pachelbel: Canon in D - Bach: Air on a G String - Handel: Largo from 'Xerxes' - Hallelujah Chorus - Clarke: Trumpet Voluntary
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Vivaldi: The Four Seasons, Violin Concerto in F Minor, Op. 8 No. 4, RV 297 "Winter": II. Largo
Antonio Vivaldi · Vivaldi: The Four Seasons
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