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Transcendent piano sounds to anchor your mind

Allow this carefully curated piano mix to melt away worries and invite calm with the best of classical and contemporary piano music.

Dreamy repose meets elegant refinement in this selection spanning 10 decades of classical and contemporary piano, carefully curated to ease the mind and invite calm. From the softly yawning reverberations of Shida Shahabi to a rare glimpse of Gy枚rgy Ligeti鈥檚 more Romantic sensibilities, each piece offers space to breathe. British composers Fiona Brice, Duval Timothy, and Conrad Clipper reflect the depth and diversity of the UK鈥檚 modern piano landscape, while Isaac Alb茅niz, C茅cile Chaminade, and Reynaldo Hahn bring their own European idiosyncrasies to this delicate, immersive journey.

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Music Played

  • Cyril Scott

    Two Pieces, Op. 47: 1. Lotus Land

    Performer: Adriano Spampanato.
    • Two Pieces, Op. 47: 1. Lotus Land.
    • Etymology Classics.

  • Shida Shahabi

    Remain

    Performer: Shida Shahabi.
    • Living Circle.
    • 130701.

  • Carlos Cipa

    Stairwell, 1130 p.m. (on Zierold Grand, 1900)

    Performer: Carlos Cipa.
    • Correlations (on 11 pianos).

  • C茅cile Chaminade

    Po猫mes proven莽aux, Op. 127: II. Solitude

    Performer: Olga Kopylova.
    • Miniatures: The Music Of C茅cile Chaminade.
    • Azul Music.

  • Tigran Hamasyan

    Rays of Light

    Performer: Tigran Hamasyan.
    • For Gyumri.
    • Nonesuch Records.

  • Volodja Brodsky

    Yellow in Red

    Performer: Volodja Brodsky.
    • Raindrops.
    • Miraa啪 Records.

  • Sun Eye

    One with the Universe

    Composer: Fauxe. Performer: Christopher Grosse.
    • Piano Solo Improvisations 2021 - 2023.
    • Clementi Sound.

  • Gy枚rgy Ligeti

    Sonatina for Piano 4 Hands: II. Andante

    Performer: Pierre鈥怢aurent Aimard. Performer: Irina Kataeva.
    • Gy枚rgy Ligeti Edition, Vol. 6: Keyboard Works.
    • Sony Classical.

  • Isaac Alb茅niz

    Mallorca, Op. 202

    Performer: Miguel 脕ngel Rodr铆guez L谩iz.
    • Alb茅niz: Piano Music, Vol. 8.
    • Naxos.

  • John Alexander McClung

    I Surrender All

    Performer: John Alexander McClung.
    • By Streams of Water.

  • Thibault Ravina

    Souvenirs

    Performer: Thibault Ravina.
    • Balades.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Ravel: Pavane pour une infante d茅funte, M. 19

    Performer: Bertrand Chamayou.
    • Ravel: Complete Works for Solo Piano.
    • Erato.

  • Ryuichi Sakamoto

    Bibo no Aozora

    Performer: Ryuichi Sakamoto.
    • Playing the Piano 12122020.
    • Commmons.

  • Duval Timothy

    vera

    Performer: Duval Timothy.
    • wishful thinking.
    • Carrying Colour.

  • Giorgio Koukl

    Sonata appasionata, Op. 6: II. Theme and variations: Variation 3: Con moto

    Performer: V铆t臎zslava Kapr谩lov谩.
    • Kapr谩lov谩: Complete Piano Music.
    • Naxos.

  • Sir George Dyson

    Concerto leggiero (Version for 2 Pianos): II. Andante

    Performer: Simon Callaghan. Performer: Cl铆odna Shanahan.
    • Dyson: Complete Music for Piano.

  • Conrad Clipper

    Heron's Book Of Dreams

    Performer: Conrad Clipper.
    • Heron's Book Of Dreams.
    • Luau Records.

  • John Cage

    All Sides of the Small Stone, for Erik Satie

    Performer: Bertrand Chamayou.
    • Letter(s) to Erik Satie.

  • Harold Budd & Brian Eno

    First Light

    • Ambient 2: The Plateaux Of Mirror (Remastered 2004).
    • Editions EG.

  • Joanna Brouk

    The Space Between (Glimpse)

    Performer: Joanna Brouk.
    • Bliss Out: For Days.

  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Andante spianato from Andante spianato et grande polonaise brilliante in E-flat

    Performer: Eric Lu.
    • Andante spianato from Andante spianato et grande polonaise brilliante in E-flat.

  • Fiona Brice

    Prelude 6

    Performer: Fiona Brice.
    • Piano Preludes.

  • Iryna Gould

    Swift Dream

    Performer: Iryna Gould.
    • Swift Dream.

  • Janine Hutton

    Share My Soul

    Performer: Janine Hutton.
    • Share My Soul.

  • Reynaldo Hahn

    Le rossignol 茅perdu: No. 8, Liebe! Liebe!

    Composer: Pavel Kolesnikov. Performer: Pavel Kolesnikov.
    • Hahn: Piano Music - Po猫mes & Valses.
    • Hyperion.

  • Deaf Center

    Eloy

    Performer: Erik K Skodvin. Performer: Otto A. Totland.
    • Pale Ravine.

  • Annie Hogan

    Earth

    Performer: Annie Hogan.
    • Honeysuckle Burials.

  • Sarah Davachi

    Chanter

    Performer: Sarah Davachi.
    • All My Circles Run.
    • Students Of Decay.

Broadcasts

  • Thu 31 Jul 2025 12:00
    91福利社 Radio 3 Unwind
  • Sat 30 Aug 2025 12:00
    91福利社 Radio 3 Unwind
  • Fri 16 Jan 2026 12:00
    91福利社 Radio 3 Unwind
  • Wed 8 Apr 2026 12:00
    91福利社 Radio 3 Unwind
  • Sat 30 May 2026 12:00
    91福利社 Radio 3 Unwind