Luminous piano works to still your mind
From Mel Bonis’s late-Romantic lyricism to Kara-Lis Coverdale’s contemporary restraint, immerse yourself in a carefully curated mix of melodies designed for focus and reflection.
Spanning more than twelve decades, this mix glides from the gentle reverberations of British contemporary Erland Cooper and avant-garde innovator Felicia Atkinson to timeless voices like Harold Budd and Jean Sibelius. Seamlessly weaving reflective melodies that have brightened quiet moments across the ages, this collection celebrates the piano’s enduring power to console, uplift, and transcend.
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Produced by Áine Devaney.
A Reduced Listening production for BBC Sounds MM.
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Mel Bonis
Les Femmes De Légende: No. 3, Ophélie, Op. 165 No. 1
Performer: Mengyiyi Chen.- Bonis: Complete Music for Solo Piano, Vol. 1.
- Toccata Classics.
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Johannes Brahms
Intermezzo in E Major, Op. 116, No. 4 (Upright Piano)
Performer: Víkingur Ólafsson.- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
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Edwin York Bowen & Raphaël Epstein
Berceuse in D Major, Op. 83
- Berceuses au piano.
- Continuo Classics.
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Llywelyn ap Myrddin & Aisa Ijiri
Sakura - Original Mix
- Sakura.
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Arthur Rubinstein
La Plus Que
- Classical SoundScapes For Film, Vol. 2.
- Blue Pie Records.
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Elijah Fox
Lari
- Lari.
- PLYGRND.
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Ryuichi Sakamoto
Before Long
- Playing the Piano 12122020.
- Commons.
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Nikolai Girshevich Kapustin & David Brain
Sonata for Piano No. 1 (Sonata-Fantasia), Op. 39 II: Largo
- Kapustin Twenty-Four Preludes, Op. 53 and Sonata No.1, Op.39.
- Ringwood.
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Kara‐Lis Coverdale
Suspension of Swallowed Earth
- A Series of Actions in a Sphere of Forever.
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Félicia Atkinson
Mauve
- Promenades.
- Shelter Press.
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Erland Cooper & Simeon Walker
Kittick - Simeon Walker Rework
- Holm (Variations & B-sides).
- Phases.
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Joaquín Turina & Jordi Masó
Poema fantastico, Op. 98: I. En el hall del hotel
- Turina: Piano Music, Vol. 6.
- Naxos.
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John Lunn & Alessandro Simonetto
Downton Abbey Suite (Version for Piano): VII. Taking Leave
- John Lunn: Downton Abbey Suite (Version for Piano).
- OnClassical.
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Alex Kozobolis
Red Threads Over Grey
- Moonlight.
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Sova
In Our Softening
- In Our Softening.
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Lili Boulanger
Prélude en Ré b/Des
- Lili Boulanger: Hymne au Soleil. Chorwerke.
- Carus-Verlag.
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Philip Glass & Vanessa Wagner
Etude No. 2
- Etude No. 1 → No. 8.
- Infine Music.
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Sarah Neutkens & Alma Quartet
Hexagon
- What Is Sarah Neutkens Thinking?.
- Decca.
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Federico Mompou & Jordi Masó
Ballet: V. Temps de Blues
- Mompou: Piano Music, Vol..
- Naxos.
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Jean Sibelius & Håvard Gimse
5 Pieces, Op. 75, "The Trees": No. 5 Granen (The Spruce)
- Sibelius: Piano Music, Vol. 4.
- Naxos.
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Harold Budd
How Vacantly You Stare at Me - 2013 Remaster
- Avalon Sutra (2013 Remaster).
- Darla Records.
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Willem Nyland
337.B2
Performer: Willem Nyland.- Piano Studies 337.
- Mississippi Records.
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Frank Bridge & Ashley Wass
Miniature Pastorals, Set 1: II. Tempo di valse
- Bridge: Piano Music, Vol. 1.
- Naxos.
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Yumiko Morioka
Komorebi
- Resonance.
- Green & Water.
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Rachel’s
Egon & Wally Embrace and Say Farewell
- Music for Egon Schiele.
- Quarterstick Records.
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Ironomi
葉衣
- 琹の葉.
- Kitchen. Label.
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Johann Sebastian Bach & Alim Beisembayev
Prelude from Prelude & Fugue in E-flat minor, BWV 853 (Das Wohltemperierte Klavi
- Prelude from Prelude & Fugue in E-flat minor, BWV 853 (Das Wohltemperierte Klavi.
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Dylan John Sparkes
Wholeness
- Wholeness.
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Sam Watts
Mirror
- Mirror.
Broadcasts
- Thu 9 Oct 202512:00BBC Radio 3 Unwind
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