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The music follows the novel from the stark solitude of the moors and manor to the garden's gradual awakening, with intimate chamber and piano pieces alongside expansive, nature-inspired orchestral music. The closing songs echo Mary's and Colin's transformation and the story's movement toward belonging, healing, and renewed family bonds.
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Track List
20 songs
1
On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring
Frederick Delius · On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring
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2
The Garden of Fand
Arnold Bax · Bax: Tone Poems, Vol. 1
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3
The Banks of Green Willow
George Butterworth · Butterworth: Orchestral Works
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4
The Swan of Tuonela, Op. 22 No. 2
Jean Sibelius · Sibelius: Finlandia; Valse triste; Tapiola; The Swan of Tuonela
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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 Blue Danube Waltz, Op. 314
Johann Strauss II · Johann Strauss: Waltzes and Arias
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Arietta, Op. 12 No. 1
Edvard Grieg · Grieg: Piano Sonata, 14 Lyric Pieces
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8
The Sprig of Thyme
Percy Grainger · Percy Grainger: Folk Music
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Piano Concerto in G Major, M. 83: II. Adagio assai
Maurice Ravel · Ravel: Piano Concertos; Valses nobles et sentimentales
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10
The Moldau
Bedřich Smetana · The Moldau
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The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, Op. 34: Theme
Benjamin Britten · Britten: The Young Person's Guide To the Orchestra / Variations On A Theme of Frank Bridge
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The Planets, Op. 32: IV. Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity
Gustav Holst · Holst: The Planets
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13
Piano Sonata in A Major, D. 664: II. Andante
Franz Schubert · Schubert + Beethoven
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14
Nocturne in E-Flat Major, Op. 9 No. 2
Frédéric Chopin · Chopin: Nocturne in E-Flat Major, Op. 9 No. 2
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Piano Concerto No. 23 in A Major, K. 488: II. Adagio
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart · Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 23 K. 488; Piano Sonata K. 333
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16
Wuthering Heights
Kate Bush · The Kick Inside
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17
In the Garden
Van Morrison · No Guru, No Method, No Teacher (Bonus Track Version)
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18
First Time Outside
Zbigniew Preisner · The Secret Garden (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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Clarinet Concerto in A Major, K. 622: II. Adagio
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart · Mozart: Clarinet Concerto
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