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Soothing piano music for quiet moments

Soundtrack your quiet moments with a soothing piano mixtape featuring music by John Cage, Mel Bonis, and Taz Modi.

Tune out the noise, unwind, and settle into a soothing sonic journey. This seamless piano soundtrack features music by groundbreaking composers such as John Cage, contemporary voices like Taz Modi, and Romantic-era masters including Mel Bonis and Frédéric Chopin.

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

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Music Played

  • Frédéric Chopin

    Waltzes, Op. 64: No. 1, Molto vivace in D-Flat Major "Minute Waltz"

    Performer: Joshua Spacht.
    • Chopin & Spacht: Chopin at midnight.
    • Signum Classics.

  • Taz Modi

    The Weir

    Performer: Taz Modi.
    • Involuntary Memories.

  • Roger Eno

    Tributary (Satie Rework)

    Performer: Roger Eno.
    • Tributary (Satie Rework).
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • George Bogdanov

    Unbound

    Performer: George Bogdanov.
    • Big little.

  • Alanna Crouch

    Reflections Of A Garden

    Performer: Alanna Crouch.
    • Reflections Of A Garden.

  • John Cage

    Dream

    Performer: Carolyn Enger.
    • Resonating Earth.

  • Yuka Akatsu

    Improv. sui

    Performer: Yuka Akatsu.
    • Botanic.

  • Joaquin Walker-Roman

    Cantabile

    Performer: Joaquin Walker-Roman.
    • A Sinking Fish.

  • Lindley Evans

    Fragrance

    Performer: Tamara Anna Cislowska.
    • The Enchanted Isle: Australian Piano Music.

  • Thibault Ravina

    Canada Water

    Performer: Thibault Ravina.
    • Balades.

  • Mahdi Salehi

    Mother

    Composer: Arash Sanee. Performer: Mahdi Salehi. Performer: Arash Sanee.
    • Mother.

  • Frederic Mompou

    Impresiones intimas: V. Secreto (Secret)

    Performer: Olena Kushpler.
    • Mompou: Preludes - Canciónes y danzas - Impresiones intimas.

  • Yasushi Yoshida

    Prayer For A Dawn

    Performer: Yasushi Yoshida.
    • Heavenly Me Last Days.

  • Barry Hudson‐Taylor

    Flutter

    Performer: Barry Hudson‐Taylor.
    • Flutter.

  • Dorothy Howell

    August (The Harvest Field). Lento e languido

    Performer: Hiroaki Takenouchi.
    • Carwithen, Dring, Howell & Reinagle: Works for Solo Piano by British Women Compo.

  • Mel Bonis

    Étiolles, Op. 2

    Performer: Jean-Michel Serres.
    • Étiolles, Op. 2.

  • Rosey Chan

    Jasmine Flower

    Performer: Rosey Chan.
    • Jasmine Flower.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    The Lake in the Mountains

    Performer: Mark Bebbington.
    • The Piano Music of Ralph Vaughan Williams.

  • Garreth Broke

    Bird

    Performer: Garreth Broke.
    • Coping Mechanism.

  • Franz Liszt

    Consolations, S. 172: No. 3 in D-Flat Major. Lento, placido

    Performer: Isata Kanneh‐Mason.
    • Liszt: Consolations, S. 172: No. 3 in D-Flat Major. Lento, placido.

  • Daniela Mlčúchová

    Sky in Motion

    Performer: Daniela Mlčúchová.
    • Sky in Motion.

  • Nicholas Scott-Burt

    24 Preludes for Piano, Book I: No.1 in C Major

    Performer: Da-Hee Kim.
    • Nicholas Scott-Burt: 24 Preludes for Piano.

  • Alisha Redmond

    ONE (RED)

    Performer: Alisha Redmond.
    • THREES.

  • Amy Woodforde-Finden

    Woodforde-Finden: 4 Indian Love Lyrics: No. 3, Kashmiri Love Song (Arr. Hough fo

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.
    • Her Sonic Realm - The Creative Legacy of Women in Music.

  • Annelie

    In Time - Morning Take

    Performer: Annelie.
    • Northern Lights.

  • Frances Cameron

    Solitude

    Performer: Frances Cameron.
    • A View of the Bay.

  • Howard Blake

    Lifecycle: 14. The Music Box

    Performer: William Chen.
    • Howard Blake: Lifecycle.

  • Alexander Gadjiev

    Variations V & VI from Theme and Variations, Op.18b

    Performer: Alexander Gadjiev.
    • Johannes Brahms.

Broadcast

  • Thursday12:00
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind