The vocal arrangements from Atelier Ayesha hit completely different when you pull them out of the game. Kazuki Yanagawa and the Gust Sound Team built these nine tracks around this earthy, folky warmth that fits the whole "dusk" theme perfectly.
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Flower Marks opens soft and builds into something genuinely moving, and by the time Mystic Pendulum kicks in you're locked in. Stargazer has this floating, almost celestial quality to it. Then MARIA just goes somewhere darker and more intense.
Dream Weaving House feels like coming home after all of it. The PS3 Atelier era had some of the best vocal albums in the series, and if you've only heard the in-game versions you owe yourself the full recordings.