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Restorative piano music to unwind this winter

Ease your mind and recharge as you drift through a gently flowing piano soundtrack featuring musical gems from across the eras.

Immerse yourself in a gently flowing, winter-bright mixtape of restorative piano music and tranquil field recordings from the natural world. This festive edition blends new works by contemporary British artists such as OKOI, Alexis Ffrench and Bill Laurance with timeless pieces by legendary composers, including Ryuichi Sakamoto, Howard Blake and Hildegard von Bingen.

Produced by Jamie Green
A Reduced Listening Production for BBC Radio 3 Unwind.

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Music Played

  • Hildegard von Bingen

    Columba aspexit - Marie-Luise Hinrichs Rework

    Performer: Marie-Luise Hinrichs. Music Arranger: Marie-Luise Hinrichs.
    • Visions.
    • Raumklang.

  • corneliuuus

    Calme

    Performer: corneliuuus.
    • Calme.

  • Martin Romberg

    Tableaux Fantastiques: IX. The Winter Wave

    Performer: Aimo Pagin.
    • Valaquenta Tableaux Fantastiques.
    • Lawo Classics.

  • Yiruma

    Nocturnal Mind

    Performer: Yiruma.
    • Sound Of Winter.
    • Mind Tailor Music.

  • Roger Eno

    Winter Music

    Performer: Roger Eno.
    • Little Things Left Behind 1988 - 1998.

  • Valentin Silvestrov

    3 Bagatelles, Op. 1: No. 1, Allegretto

    Performer: Margaret Fingerhut.
    • Ukraine: A Piano Portrait.
    • Somm Recordings.

  • Ryuichi Sakamoto

    Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence

    Performer: Ryuichi Sakamoto.
    • Playing The Piano.

  • Helen Hopekirk

    Iona Memories: IV. A Twilight Tale

    Performer: Gary Steigerwalt.
    • Hopekirk: Piano Works.

  • Hans‐Joachim Roedelius

    Regentropfen

    Performer: Hans‐Joachim Roedelius.
    • Wie das Wispern des Windes.
    • Bureau B.

  • Thibault Ravina

    In a Serene Light

    Performer: Thibault Ravina.
    • In a Serene Light.

  • Sharon Okoi

    Well?

    Performer: OKOI.
    • MOODY.

  • Erik Satie

    Je te veux

    Performer: Pascal Rogé.
    • Satie: 3 Gymnopédies; 6 Gnossiennes etc..
    • Decca.

  • Alexis Ffrench

    Sanctuary (Solo Piano Version)

    Performer: Alexis Ffrench.
    • Classical Soul Vol. 1 - The Solo Piano Collection.
    • Sony.

  • Cyril Scott

    Three Little Waltzes, Op. 58: II. Andante Languido

    Performer: Leslie De’Ath.
    • Scott: Complete Piano Music, Vol. 1.
    • Dutton.

  • Helen Ottaway

    Round & Round, 2. Red Violet

    Performer: Helen Ottaway.
    • Round & Round, 2. Red Violet.

  • Lydia Clapperton

    Scottish Walk (Variation)

    Performer: Lydia Clapperton.
    • Scottish Walk (Variation).

  • Francesco Messina

    Untitled

    Performer: Francesco Messina.
    • Reflex.
    • Superior Viaduct.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Moment Musical, Op. 16: No. 5

    Performer: Ruth McGinley.
    • Reconnection.
    • Lyte Records.

  • Polly Carter

    Winds From The North

    Performer: Polly Carter.
    • The Seafarer.
    • Sea Ash Records.

  • Howard Blake

    Lifecycle: 9. Ballad

    Performer: William Chen.
    • Howard Blake: Lifecycle.
    • ABC Classics.

  • Alanna Crouch

    The First Snow

    Performer: Alanna Crouch.
    • The First Snow.

  • Eriko Uegaki

    Bloom

    Performer: Eriko Uegaki.
    • Ephemeral Piece.
    • Musicacallada.

  • Germaine Tailleferre

    Romance

    Performer: Adriano Spampanato.
    • Romance.
    • Etymology Classics.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Sonata No. 13 in B-flat major, K. 333, II. Andante cantabile

    Performer: Eric Lu.
    • Piano Sonata No. 13 in B-flat major, K. 333, II. Andante cantabile.

  • Tanya Ekanayaka

    Yuhuma

    Performer: Tanya Ekanayaka.
    • 18 Piano Sutras & 25 South Asian Pianisms.
    • Naxos World.

  • Bill Laurance

    What You Always Wanted

    Performer: Bill Laurance.
    • Lumen.
    • ACT Music.

  • Poppy Ackroyd

    Flutter

    Performer: Poppy Ackroyd.
    • Pause.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Piano Sonata in E flat, H.XVI No. 49: 2. Adagio e cantabile

    Performer: Alfred Brendel.
    • Haydn: 11 Piano Sonatas.
    • Decca.

Broadcasts

  • Sat 13 Dec 202512:00
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind
  • Sun 21 Dec 202512:00
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind
  • Christmas Day 202512:00
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind