Dewy piano music to bring clarity and calm
From the French romanticism of Marie Jaëll to a rare reflective moment by German producer Christoph de Babalon, threading together the most soothing strains of piano music.
Embrace the meditative power of the piano. Spanning four centuries, this collection weaves together Romantic-era elegance, early modern expressiveness, post-war avant-garde, and contemporary experimentalism. British composer York Bowen’s Rêverie in B Major drifts like a late summer daydream, while newcomer Cerys Hafana’s airy Eiry sketches a vast, muted landscape from above. Whether rooted in ambient, classical, or minimalist traditions, each piece invites deep listening, quiet reflection, and calm.
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Produced by Áine Devaney.
A Reduced Listening production for ѿý Sounds MM.
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Miloslav Kabeláč
Eight Preludes for Piano, Op. 30: No. 3, Preludio sognante - Moderato sfumato
Performer: Daniel Wiesner.- Kabeláč: Piano Works.
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York Bowen
Rêverie in B Major, Op. 86. Andante espressivo e rubato
Performer: Nuron Mukumi.- Bowen: Rêverie in B Major, Op. 86. Andante espressivo e rubato.
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Mary Sutton
Remember Spring is Coming
Performer: Saloli.- Ghosts: Music For Piano Vol. 2.
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Betty Jackson King
Seasonal Sketches: I. Spring Intermezzo
Performer: Maria Thompson Corley.- Soulscapes 2 - Piano Music by Women of African Descent.
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Sergey Rachmaninov
Moments musicaux, Op. 16: No. 1 in B-Flat Minor
Performer: Elisa Tomellini.- Rachmaninoff & Piazzolla: Piano Works.
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Elfrida Andrée
Four Piano Pieces: III. Andante cantabile
Performer: Oskar Ekberg.- Elfrida Andrée: Complete Piano Works.
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Habischman
in the brittle quietude
Performer: Carolyn Enger.- Resonating Earth.
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John Ireland
3 Pastels: A Grecian Lad
Performer: John Lenehan.- Ireland, J.: Piano Works, Vol. 2 - Decorations / Sonatina / Leaves From A Child'.
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Madison Willing
Coda
Performer: Madison Willing.- Coda.
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Sophia Subbayya Vastek
Lost Histories
Performer: Sophia Subbayya Vastek.- In Our Softening.
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Mary Druganova
longing
Performer: Mary Druganova.- dreamscape.
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Marie Jaëll
Ce qu'on entend dans le paradis: No. 2, Voix celestes
Performer: Cora Irsen. Music Arranger: Cora Irsen.- Marie Jaëll Complete Works for Piano, Vol. 2.
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Zbigniew Preisner
Eminent Domain - piano version
Performer: Dominik Wania.- My Life Preisner’s Music (Live in Bielsko - Biała).
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Cerys Hafana
Eiry
Performer: Cerys Hafana.- Eiry.
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Oliver Patrice Weder
Village Talk
Performer: Oliver Patrice Weder.- Grand Piano Works (Vol. I).
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Sir Henry Rowley Bishop
Bishop - ѿý, Sweet ѿý
Performer: Konstantin Scherbakov.- Godowsky: Piano Music, Vol. 13.
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Masabumi Kikuchi
Little Abi
Performer: Masabumi Kikuchi.- Hanamichi.
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Pedro Nobre
Os Avós
Performer: Pedro Nobre.- E Depois....
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The Vernon Spring
For All We Know
Performer: Sam M. Lewis.- A Plane Over Woods.
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Tan Dun
8 Memories in Watercolor: No. 1, Missing Moon (2002 Revised Version)
Performer: Warren Lee.- Touches & Traces.
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Anton Batagov
Piano - September 1996
Performer: Anton Batagov.- Early Piano Works Revisited.
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Michelle Moeller
Nest
Performer: Michelle Moeller.- Late Morning.
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Gigi Masin
Butterfly's Tale
Composer: Jonny Nash. Performer: Gigi Masin. Performer: Jonny Nash.- Postcards from Nowhere.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude & Fugue No. 2 in C Minor, BWV 847: Prelude
Performer: Alim Beisembayev.- Prelude & Fugue No. 2 in C Minor, BWV 847: Prelude.
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William Alwyn
Fancy Free: III. Twilight
Performer: Ashley Wass.- Alwyn: Piano Music, Vol. 1.
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Christian Bernard
Ascension
Performer: Christian Bernard.- Ascension.
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Lucinda Gallant
Secret Melancholy
Performer: Lucinda Gallant.- Secret Melancholy.
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Alvin Curran
Dead Beats: IV
Performer: Reinier van Houdt.- Dead Beats.
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Christoph de Babalon
Wishful
Performer: Christoph de Babalon.- Soon I'll Run Out of Air: A Colourful Storm 2024.
Broadcasts
- Thu 14 Aug 2025 12:00ѿý Radio 3 Unwind
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