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Rebalance and rekindle calm with a luscious mix of piano music

Drift away with this luscious mix of piano music selected from across the centuries. Featuring masterful film score music by Johnny Greenwood and a classic from Erik Satie.

Immerse yourself in a soothing selection of piano pieces that transports and restores. This carefully curated mix features timeless works by classical masters such as Maurice Ravel, Amy Beach and Gustav Holst, alongside contemporary artists like A Winged Victory For The Sullen, Tiago Sousa and Emilie Levienaise-Farrouch.

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Music Played

  • Roger Quilter

    3 Pieces, Op. 16: No. 2, Summer Evening

    Performer: David Owen Norris.
    • Quilter: Complete Piano Music.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Gaspard de la nuit, M. 55: II. Le Gibet

    Performer: Ivo Pogorelich.
    • Ravel: Gaspard de la Nuit / Prokofiev: Piano Sonata No.6.

  • Thomas Newman

    American Beauty

    Performer: Thomas Newman.
    • American Beauty (Original Motion Picture Score).

  • Adam Wiltzie

    We Played Some Open Chords and Rejoiced...

    Composer: Dustin O’Halloran. Performer: A Winged Victory for the Sullen.
    • A Winged Victory for the Sullen.

  • Erik Satie

    Première Gymnopédie

    Performer: Alexandre Tharaud.
    • Satie: Avant-dernières pensées.

  • Sarah Neutkens

    Hexagon

    Performer: Sarah Neutkens.
    • What Is Sarah Neutkens Thinking?.

  • Hans Otte

    The Book of Sounds: Part 2

    Performer: Carlos Cipa.
    • The Book of Sounds.

  • Sophie Hutchings

    Promise Of Sun

    Performer: Sophie Hutchings.
    • Echoes In The Valley.

  • Shida Shahabi

    Janvie

    Performer: Shida Shahabi.
    • Shifts.

  • Edwin York Bowen

    24 Preludes in All Major and Minor Keys, Op. 102: No. 7 in E-Flat Major

    Performer: Nuron Mukumi.
    • Portraits of Bowen: 24 Preludes in All Major and Minor Keys, Op. 102.

  • Jon Balke

    the facilitator

    Performer: Jon Balke.
    • Discourses.

  • Ulrike Haage

    Himmelsbaum

    Performer: Ulrike Haage.
    • Himmelsbaum.

  • Thibault Ravina

    Horizon

    Performer: Thibault Ravina.
    • Songes.

  • Ana Vázquez Silva

    Greetings', Miniaturas para Piano: 2 Palabras: 'Siempre Adelante'

    Performer: Irene Cantos.
    • Women Composers Edition, Vol. 1.

  • Jamie Halama

    Just Below the Surface

    Performer: Jamie Halama.
    • Just Below the Surface.

  • Stray Ghost

    Two Steps Too Often Aside - Early Variation I

    Performer: Stray Ghost.
    • Two Steps Too Often Aside (Early Variation I).

  • Amy Beach

    From Six to Twelve, Op. 119: No.5 A Camp-fire Ceremonial

    Performer: Kirsten Johnson.
    • Piano Music, Volume 4.

  • Gabriela Lena Frank

    Sue?os de Chambi: Snapshots for an Andean Album: V. Adoración para Angelitos

    Performer: Ensemble Meme.
    • Gabriela Lena Frank: Compadrazgo.

  • Jonny Greenwood

    House of Woodcock

    Performer: Jonny Greenwood.
    • Phantom Thread (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).

  • Chilly Gonzales

    Gentle Threat

    Performer: Chilly Gonzales.
    • Solo Piano.

  • Yumiko Morioka

    潮风

    Performer: Yumiko Morioka.
    • Resonance.

  • Clarisse Leite

    Lendas... E Nada Mais: A Nuvem e o Lago

    Performer: Cristian Budu.
    • Pianolatria.

  • Claude Debussy

    Préludes, Book 2: Canope

    Performer: Tom Borrow.
    • Préludes, Book 2: Canope.

  • 金子巧

    This World Today

    Performer: 金子巧.
    • Unwind.

  • Tiago Sousa

    Overture

    Performer: Tiago Sousa.
    • Angst.

  • Richard Laurence

    Brand New Day

    Performer: Richard Laurence.
    • Brand New Day.

  • Lisa Bregneager

    Et Lille Klaverstykke

    Performer: Lisa Bregneager.
    • It's Already Dark Out.

  • Emilie Levienaise Farrouch

    Katabasis - solo piano edit

    Performer: Emilie Levienaise Farrouch.
    • Ravage.

  • John Rutter

    What Sweeter Music

    Performer: Wayne Marshall.
    • The Piano Collection.

  • Gustav Holst

    The Planets, Op. 32: II. Venus, The Bringer of Peace

    Performer: Robert Chamberlain. Performer: Len Vorster.
    • Holst: Music for Two Pianos.

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