
Gentle piano music for a peaceful mind
Soundtrack your focus time with beautiful piano pieces from across the centuries, featuring Halim El-Dabh, Eva Tiedemann, and Dmitri Shostakovich.
Fade out distractions and find a peaceful, centred headspace with this specially curated mix of beautiful piano pieces from across the centuries. Featuring the meditative piano work of early electronic pioneer Halim El-Dabh, an ethereal performance of Mel Bonis’s Les Gitanos, Op. 15, and contemporary gems from Alexis Ffrench, Ollie McGill, and Amina Claudine Myers.
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Ernest Bloch
Enfantines B. 49: X. Dream Bloch: Visions and Pr
Performer: Margaret Fingerhut.- Bloch: Visions and Prophecies Five Sketches in Sepia Piano Sonata Enfantines In.
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Jordan Ireland
Starring
Performer: Jordan Ireland.- Spirit Walking.
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Alma Deutscher
I Think of You
Performer: Alma Deutscher.- From My Book of Melodies.
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Sherwood Roberts
The Retired Dancer
Performer: Sherwood Roberts.- The Retired Dancer.
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Dmitry Shostakovich
Pezzo in C Major for Piano Solo
Performer: Eugenio Catone.- Shostakovich: Complete Piano Works Vol. 1.
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Béla Bartók
Andante - Variation
Performer: Garreth Broke.- Bartók Felt.
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Eva Tiedemann
Nachteule
Performer: Eva Tiedemann.- Alles Wird Gut.
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Mel Bonis
Les Gitanos Op. 15
Performer: Michel Serres.- Mel Bonis: Morceaux de piano - Tome 2.
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Matthew Bourne
Désinance IV.1 (for Tommi Grönlund)
Performer: Matthew Bourne.- This Is Not For You..
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Leslie Howard
Harmonies poétiques et religieuses S. 172a (1st Version): VII. Hymne de l'enfant
Performer: Franz Liszt.- Liszt: Complete Piano Music 47 – Litanies de Marie.
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Alexis Ffrench
Reverie (Solo Piano Version)
Performer: Alexis Ffrench.- Classical Soul Vol. 1.
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Ollie McGill
The Clouds
Performer: Ollie McGill.- Beach House.
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Felix Mendelssohn
Mendelssohn: Songs Without Words Book I Op. 19b: No. 1 Andante con moto MWV U86
Performer: Daniel Adni.- Mendelssohn Songs without Words etc..
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Rosey Chan
Autumn
Performer: Rosey Chan.- Autumn.
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Marlies du Mosch
Voyage Vers La Mer
Performer: Marlies du Mosch.- Tale of a City.
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Chris Abrahams
The Sleepings and the Drifts
Performer: Chris Abrahams.- Climb.
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Bonifaz Krug
Pensieri musicali La vita di Gesù Cristo: No. 1 Nazareth
Performer: Silvia Vaglica.- Liszt & Krug: Opere sacre per pianoforte.
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Yiruma
la mia notte
Performer: Yiruma.- la mia notte.
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Joe Collier
Reverie Breath You Take
Performer: Joe Collier.- Reverie Breath You Take.
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Kelly Moran
It's Okay to Disappear
Performer: Kelly Moran.- Moves in the Field.
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Cécile Chaminade
Pas des ésharpes Op. 37
Performer: Eric Parkin.- Chaminade: Piano Works.
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Samuel Félix
Juin
Performer: Samuel Félix.- X Waltzes For Silver.
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Edward Elgar
Sonatina: I. Andantino (Revised Version)
Performer: Peter Pettinger.- Peter Pettinger plays Elgar Piano Works.
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Halim El‐Dabh
Blue Coral
Performer: Halim El‐Dabh.- Piano Music of Halim El-Dabh.
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William Byrd
Ut re mi fa sol la - Fantasia (Fitzwilliam 101; Nevell 9; MB 28/64)
Performer: Kit Armstrong.- William Byrd & John Bull: The Visionaries of Piano Music.
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Amina Claudine Myers
Song for Mother E
Performer: Amina Claudine Myers.- Song for Mother E.
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Tanya Ekanayaka
Seiri
Performer: Tanya Ekanayaka.- 18 Piano Sutras & 25 South Asian Pianisms.
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Margaret Bonds
Spiritual Suite for Piano: No. 2 The Bells
Performer: Samantha Ege.- Black Renaissance Woman.
Broadcasts
- Thu 10 Jul 2025 12:00ѿý Radio 3 Unwind
- Sat 9 Aug 2025 12:00ѿý Radio 3 Unwind