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Timeless piano tracks for mindful listening

From Franz Schubert to Shida Shahabi, embrace nearly 200 years of piano music鈥攃arefully curated to help you relax and unwind.

Explore the best of piano across the centuries, from early Romantic-era classics to freshly unearthed gems of the contemporary classical canon. Showcasing British excellence, Cyril Scott soothes with his gentle melodies, while London-based newcomer Thibault Ravina impresses with a masterful touch, proving himself a composer in the lineage of the Romantic greats. Electronic pioneer Joanna Brouk brings experimental finesse to classical form, blurring the boundaries between ambient minimalism and composed structure. Meanwhile, Catalan composer Federico Mompou grounds the journey in impressionist stillness and spiritual clarity.
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Produced by 脕ine Devaney.
A Reduced Listening production for 蜜芽传媒 Sounds MM.

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Music Played

  • Federico Mompou

    El pont

    Performer: Jordi Mas贸.
    • Mompou, F.: Piano Music, Vol. 4.

  • Jeroen van Veen

    Picture Me

    Performer: Jeroen van Veen.
    • Yiruma: Piano Music "River Flows in You".

  • Peter Garland

    Nostalgia

    Performer: Vanessa Wagner.
    • Study of the Invisible.

  • Tan Dun

    Film Music Sonata: IV. Only for Love

    Performer: Ralph van Raat.
    • Tan Dun: Piano Music.

  • Takashi Yoshimatsu

    Two Romances: No. 1 "Romance of a Name"

    Performer: Kyoko Tabe.
    • Takashi Yoshimatsu.

  • Joby Talbot

    Camille

    Performer: William Howard.
    • Sixteen Contemporary Love Songs for Piano.

  • Marina Baranova

    White Letters

    Performer: Marina Baranova.
    • White Letters.

  • Caroline Shaw

    Gustave le Gray ; Carolyn Enger

    Performer: Carolyn Enger.
    • Resonating Earth.

  • Mashu Hayasaka

    May 20 III

    Performer: Mashu Hayasaka.
    • Piano Etudes I.

  • Franz Schubert

    4 Impromptus D.899, Op.90 for piano, No.3 in G flat major - Live

    Performer: Eric Lu.
    • 4 Impromptus D.899, Op.90 for piano, No.3 in G flat major - Live.

  • Spencer Vanderkley

    Alpenserenade, Op. 3

    Performer: Spencer Vanderkley.
    • Alpenserenade, Op. 3.

  • Dylan John Sparkes

    Wholeness

    Performer: Dylan John Sparkes.
    • Wholeness.

  • Cyril Scott

    Lullaby, Op. 57 No. 2 (Arr. R. Elkin for Piano)

    Performer: Malcolm Archer.
    • Thus Angels Sung.

  • Skye Whenever

    Prelude in E Major, Op. 53, No. 9

    Performer: Skye Whenever.
    • Kapustin Twenty-Four Preludes, Op. 53 and Sonata No.1, Op.39.

  • Thibault Ravina

    Nocturne

    Performer: Thibault Ravina.
    • Balades.

  • Irena and Vojt臎ch Havlovi

    Velvet Wings Of Serenity

    • Melodies In The Sand.

  • Joseph Guy Ropartz

    Nocturne No. 3

    Composer: St茅phane Lemelin. Performer: St茅phane Lemelin.
    • Ropartz: Musiques.

  • Leo Svirsky

    Field of Reeds

    Performer: Leo Svirsky.
    • River Without Banks.

  • Bianca Piana

    Mirror

    Performer: Aviya Kopelman.
    • I.

  • Olivier Messiaen

    20 Regards sur l'enfant-J茅sus: I. Regard du Pere

    Performer: H氓kon Austb酶.
    • Messiaen: Vingt Regards Sur L'Enfant Jesus.

  • Shida Shahabi

    All In Circles

    Performer: Shida Shahabi.
    • Shifts.

  • Ryan Teague

    Piano Study I

    Performer: Ryan Teague. Performer: Semra Kuruta莽.
    • Four Piano Studies.

  • Joanna Brouk

    Going Through the Veil - Becoming a Swan

    Performer: Joanna Brouk.
    • Hearing Music.

Broadcasts

  • Thu 3 Jul 2025 12:00
    蜜芽传媒 Radio 3 Unwind
  • Sat 2 Aug 2025 12:00
    蜜芽传媒 Radio 3 Unwind