Fresh Water for Flowers

Book Playlist

Fresh Water for Flowers Playlist

by Valérie Perrin

20 tracks

balanced

Oct 13, 2026

A French-leaning playlist for Violette Toussaint’s life among the graves: its instrumental half moves between the stillness of a cemetery, memories that refuse to stay buried, and moments of hard-won warmth. The vocal songs trace grief, enduring love, and the fragile possibility of beginning again, with French chanson at the heart of the book’s cultural atmosphere.

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Track List

20 songs

1

Sicilienne, Op. 78

Gabriel Fauré · This is Fauré

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2

Liebestraum No. 3 in A-Flat Major, S. 541/3

Franz Liszt · Liszt: Piano Works

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3

Recuerdos De La Alhambra

Francisco Tárrega · In The Spanish Style

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4

We Had Today

Rachel Portman · One Day (Motion Picture Soundtrack)

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5

Una Mattina

Ludovico Einaudi · Una Mattina

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6

Dawn - (From "Pride And Prejudice")

Dario Marianelli · Hollywood Classics: Music From The Movies

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7

Gnossienne No. 3

Erik Satie · introspection

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8

Prélude in E minor, Op. 28, No. 4

Frédéric Chopin · The Pianist (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

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9

The Gravel Road (from "The Village")

James Newton Howard · Imitation Games Vol.4

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10

Ne me quitte pas

Jacques Brel · La Valse A Mille Temps (Vol.4)

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11

L'aigle noir

Barbara · L'Aigle Noir

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12

Quelqu'un m'a dit

Carla Bruni · Quelqu'un m'a dit

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13

Éblouie par la nuit

Zaz · Zaz

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14

On brûlera

Pomme · À peu près

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15

Hier encore

Charles Aznavour · Que c'est triste Venise

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16

Les feuilles mortes

Yves Montand · Chante Prevert

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17

Lover, You Should've Come Over

Jeff Buckley · Grace

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18

Fourth of July

Sufjan Stevens · Carrie & Lowell

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19

Pink Moon

Nick Drake · Pink Moon

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20

Both Sides Now

Joni Mitchell · Clouds

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