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A warm, intimate instrumental journey for Thao Thai’s story of three Vietnamese American women carrying family memory, grief, and inherited silence across generations. Gentle piano and chamber textures make room for the tenderness of home and the ache of loss, while more searching passages echo buried histories, fractured bonds, and the possibility of renewal.
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40 songs
1
Aqua
Ryuichi Sakamoto · Playing the Piano 12122020
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Kiss The Rain
Yiruma · From The Yellow Room (The Original & the Very First Recording)
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May Be
Yiruma · First Love (The Original & the Very First Recording)
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Ab Ovo
Joep Beving · Prehension
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The Book Of Love
Peter Gabriel · Scratch My Back (Special Edition)
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The Gravel Road (from "The Village")
James Newton Howard · Imitation Games Vol.4
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On the Nature of Daylight
Max Richter · The Blue Notebooks (15 Years)
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The Departure
Max Richter · The Leftovers: Season 1 (Music from the HBO Series)
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The Blue Hour
Federico Albanese · The Blue Hour
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In a Landscape
John Cage · Der Bote
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Pavane, Op. 50
Gabriel Fauré · The Secret Fauré 2
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Gnossienne No. 1
Erik Satie · Gnossienne No. 1
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Gnossienne No. 3
Erik Satie · introspection
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14
Intermezzo In A Major, Op. 118, No. 2
Johannes Brahms · Brahms Intermezzi
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Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 27 No. 2 "Moonlight": I. Adagio sostenuto
Ludwig van Beethoven · Beethoven: Piano Sonatas, Vol. 3
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Prélude in E minor, Op. 28, No. 4
Frédéric Chopin · The Pianist (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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Clair de lune
Claude Debussy · Träumerei - Liebestraum - Für Elise - Clair de lune - Gymnopédie - Sony Classical Masters
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Gymnopédie No. 1
Erik Satie · Erik Satie & Friends
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The Lark Ascending
Ralph Vaughan Williams · Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending
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The Moldau
Bedřich Smetana · The Symphonies II
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Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major, K. 467: II. Andante
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart · Mozart: Piano Concertos, Vol. 6
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Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 18: II. Adagio sostenuto
Sergei Rachmaninoff · Rachmaninoff: The Piano Concertos & Paganini Rhapsody
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The Planets, Op. 32: VII. Neptune, the Mystic
Gustav Holst · Holst: The Planets
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The Planets, Op. 32: V. Saturn, the Bringer of Old Age
Gustav Holst · Holst: The Planets
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The Firebird Suite: Berceuse
Igor Stravinsky · STRAVINSKY: Firebird (The) / The Rite of Spring
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The Unanswered Question
Charles Ives · Ives, C.: Universe Symphony (Completed by L. Austin) / Orchestral Set No. 2 / The Unanswered Question
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Atmosphères
György Ligeti · György Ligeti
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Requiem for Dying Mothers, Pt. 2
Stars Of The Lid · The Tired Sounds of Stars of the Lid
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Endless Falls
Loscil · Endless Falls
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Poa Alpina
Biosphere · Substrata + Man with a Movie Camera
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Weightless
Marconi Union · The Ambient Zone Just Music Cafe Vol 4
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The Blue Notebooks
Max Richter · The Blue Notebooks (15 Years)
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33
Song for Jesse
Nick Cave & Warren Ellis · The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (Music From The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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Song for Bob
Nick Cave & Warren Ellis · The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (Music From The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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Laura Palmer's Theme
Angelo Badalamenti · Angelo Badalamenti, David Lynch: Laura Palmer's Theme from Twin Peaks
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The Shape Of Water
Alexandre Desplat · The Shape Of Water (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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The Mission
Ennio Morricone · The Mission: Music From The Motion Picture
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The Ludlows
James Horner · The Ludlows
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The Secret Life of Daydreams
Dario Marianelli · Pride and Prejudice Songbook
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