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This instrumental sequence moves from spare, medieval-tinged textures and the privations of the abbey toward music with greater warmth and scope, reflecting Marie’s changing relationship to power, devotion, and communal life. Quiet chamber music and measured ambient pieces keep the atmosphere focused while giving room to the nuns’ intimacy and Marie’s fierce inner resolve.
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Matrix
Chick Corea · Now He Sings, Now He Sobs (Expanded Edition)
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Tavener: The Protecting Veil: I. The Protecting Veil
John Tavener · John Tavener: The Protecting Veil
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Tavener: The Protecting Veil: III. The Annunciation
John Tavener · John Tavener: The Protecting Veil
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Vladimir's Blues
Max Richter · The Blue Notebooks (15 Years)
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Horizon Variations
Max Richter · The Blue Notebooks (15 Years)
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The Departure
Michael Nyman · Gattaca (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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saman
Ólafur Arnalds · re:member
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A Walk
Tycho · Dive
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Dayvan Cowboy
Boards of Canada · The Campfire Headphase
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Remembrance
Balmorhea · All Is Wild, All Is Silent
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The Light
The Album Leaf · Into the Blue Again
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The Lark Ascending
Ralph Vaughan Williams · Vaughan Williams: Tallis Fantasia; Fantasia on Greensleeves; The Lark Ascending etc.
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Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
Ralph Vaughan Williams · Vaughan Williams: Tallis Fantasia; Fantasia on Greensleeves; The Lark Ascending etc.
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Sicilienne, Op. 78
Gabriel Fauré · This is Fauré
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Chacony in G Minor, Z. 730
Henry Purcell · Purcell: Fantazias
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Les tendres plaintes
Jean-Philippe Rameau · Rameau: Les tendres plaintes
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Pièce de viole, Livre 2, Suite No. 3 in D Major: No. 63, Les Voix humaines
Marin Marais · Voix humaines. Marais: Pièces inédites pour flûte
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Oboe Concerto in D Minor: II. Adagio
Alessandro Marcello · Bach, C.P.E. / Marcello, A.: Oboe Concertos
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Adagio in G Minor
Tomaso Albinoni · Albinoni: Adagio in G Minor
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Sonata in D minor, K. 141
Domenico Scarlatti · Domenico Scarlatti: Sonatas
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