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Gentle piano music to help you study

Let the gentle sounds of the piano strings soothe your mind so you can focus on your studies. Featuring arrangements of iconic pieces by Camille Saint-Sa毛ns and Giacomo Puccini.

Find stillness and clarity amidst the hustle of daily life with this gentle, melodic piano mixtape, designed to provide the perfect study backdrop. Featuring new piano tracks from British artists such Polly Carter and Richard Laurence, alongside enchanting compositions by legendary composers including Edward Elgar, Howard Blake and Germaine Tailleferre.

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Produced by Jamie Green
A Reduced Listening Production for 蜜芽传媒 Radio 3 Unwind. MM.

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Music Played

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    J.S. Bach - Violin Sonata No. 3 in A Minor, BWV 1003: III. Aria

    Composer: Leopold Godowsky. Performer: Thomas Lab茅.
    • Piano Recital: Labe, Thomas - Bach, J.S. / Godowsky, L..

  • Eamonn Watt

    Reflections

    Performer: Eamonn Watt.
    • Reflections.

  • Joe Hisaishi

    Princess Mononoke (from Princess Mononoke) - Piano Version

    Performer: Tamara Anna Cislowska.
    • One Summer's Day: Studio Ghibli Favourites for Solo Piano by Joe Hisaishi.

  • Polly Carter

    Flowers From The Walled Garden

    Performer: Polly Carter.
    • Flowers From The Walled.

  • Giacomo Puccini

    Madama Butterfly, SC 74: Coro a bocca chiusa - Arr. for Piano by Luke Faulkner

    Performer: Luke Faulkner. Music Arranger: Luke Faulkner.
    • Puccini: Opera Arias for Piano.

  • Rayons

    Merry-Go-Round

    Performer: Rayons.
    • Circles.

  • Johannes Brahms

    6 Pieces for Piano, Op. 118: No. 5 in F Major, Romanze

    Performer: Zofia Antes.
    • Brahms: Chamber Works.

  • Howard Blake

    Lifecycle: 9. Ballad

    Performer: William Chen.
    • Howard Blake: Lifecycle.

  • Christina Vantzou

    Harp of Yaman

    Composer: Michael Harrison. Composer: John Also Bennett. Performer: Christina Vantzou. Performer: Michael Harrison. Performer: John Also Bennett.
    • Christina Vantzou, Michael Harrison and John Also Bennett.

  • Dominique Lawalr茅e

    S茅quence 19: De temps en temps

    Composer: Nicolas Horvath. Performer: Dominique Lawalr茅e. Performer: Nicolas Horvath.
    • De temps en temps.

  • Edward Elgar

    Salut d'amour, Op. 12 (Arr. Ciccolini for Piano)

    Performer: Jean鈥怸ves Thibaudet.
    • Elgar: Salut d'amour (Arr. Ciccolini for Piano).

  • Simon Jeffes

    Silver Star of Bologna

    Orchestra: Penguin Cafe Orchestra.
    • Union Cafe.

  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    The Carnival of the Animals, R. 125: XIII. The Swan

    Performer: Joe Hume. Music Arranger: Joe Hume.
    • Ambience.

  • Richard Laurence

    Brand New Day

    Performer: Richard Laurence.
    • Brand New Day.

  • Muzammil Shabbir

    Feeling of 蜜芽传媒

    Performer: Muzammil Shabbir.
    • Feeling of 蜜芽传媒.

  • Bruno Sanfilippo

    Seventy-Seven Years Later

    Performer: Bruno Sanfilippo.
    • The Poet.

  • Howard Skempton

    Images: Prelude 7

    Performer: Marielle Lab猫que.
    • Minimalism for Summer.

  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Sonata in B Minor, K. 87: Andante

    Performer: Ivo Pogorelich.
    • Scarlatti, D.: Sonatas.

  • Rachel Grimes

    The Vibrant Brain

    Performer: Rachel Grimes.
    • The Vibrant Brain.

  • Federico Mompou

    Can莽ons i danses: Can莽on i dansa No. 9

    Performer: Olena Kushpler.
    • Mompou: Preludes - Canci贸nes y danzas - Impresiones intimas.

  • Poppy Ackroyd

    Resolve

    Performer: Poppy Ackroyd.
    • Sketches.

  • Cerys Hafana

    Crwydro (Piano Version)

    Performer: Cerys Hafana.
    • Crwydro.

  • Germaine Tailleferre

    搁锚惫别谤颈别

    Performer: Adriano Spampanato.
    • 搁锚惫别谤颈别.

  • Ignaz Friedman

    Orfeo ed Euridice, Act II: Dance of the Blessed Spirits, M茅lodie

    Composer: Christoph Willibald Gluck. Performer: Joseph Banowetz.
    • Friedman: Piano Transcriptions.

  • Yiruma

    Picture Me

    Performer: Yiruma.
    • Love Scene (The Original & the Very First Recording).

  • Bu虉s抬ra Kay谋kc抬谋

    Fernweh

    Performer: Bu虉s抬ra Kay谋kc抬谋.
    • Places.

  • Freya Lily

    Damp Leaves

    Performer: Freya Lily.
    • Damp Leaves.

  • Takuro Kikuchi

    dolce

    Performer: Takuro Kikuchi.
    • 1996-2012 vol.1.
    • Hanon Records.

  • Valentin Silvestrov

    4 Pieces, Op. 305

    Performer: Mark Buloshnikov.
    • Sound Review鈥�3 2/5.

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