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Centre the mind with transcendent piano sounds

From Richard Reed Parry鈥檚 tender minimalism to the sweeping romance of Jonny Greenwood, this blend of contemporary and classical piano invites calm, clarity, and quiet.

A meditative journey across the piano鈥檚 diverse canon鈥攚here classical forms meet cinematic minimalism and ambient textures. Ruth Gipps鈥� luminous Opalescence opens the set, followed by quiet gems from Ferruccio Busoni and Maria Thompson Corley. Contemporary composers like Kelly Moran and Alice Boman bring a touch of modernity, while Nils Frahm and John Cage gently shape a contemplative soundscape.
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Music Played

  • Ruth Gipps

    Opalescence, Op. 72

    Composer: Duncan Honeybourne. Performer: Duncan Honeybourne.
    • Ruth Gipps: OPALESCENCE Piano and Chamber Music (1921鈥�1999).
    • Prima Facie.

  • C茅cile Chaminade

    Suite de piano: III. Pas des 茅charpes

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.
    • Stephen Hough's Dream Album: Piano Bonbons.
    • Hyperion.

  • Jonny Greenwood

    For the Hungry Boy

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

  • Saloli

    Hearth

    • Ghosts: Music For Piano Vol. 2.

  • Richard Reed Parry

    Fast Cloud: A Love Song

    Performer: William Howard.
    • Sixteen Contemporary Love Songs for Piano.
    • Orchid Classics.

  • Constance Warren

    Idyll in G-Flat Major

    Performer: Duncan Honeybourne.
    • A Hundred Years of British Piano Miniatures.
    • Grand Piano.

  • Aaron Tagliaboschi

    Nighttime in the Office

    Performer: Aaron Tagliaboschi.
    • Spare.

  • ML Buch

    getting to know each other

    • getting to know each other.

  • Ferruccio Busoni

    7 Elegien, BV 249: 7. Berceuse

    Performer: Gianluca Cascioli.
    • 900 Italia.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Mashu Hayasaka

    May 20 I

    Performer: Mashu Hayasaka.
    • All Night Flight.

  • Hayato Sumino

    Nocturne I - Pre Rain

    Performer: Hayato Sumino.
    • Human Universe.
    • Sony Classical.

  • Christopher Grosse

    One with the Universe

    Performer: Sun Eye. Performer: Fauxe.
    • Piano Solo Improvisations 2021 - 2023 Piano Solo Improvisations 2021 - 2023.
    • Clementi Sound.

  • Richard Strauss

    Ramble on the Last Love-Duet from Strauss' Der Rosenkavalier - Live

    Composer: Percy Grainger. Performer: Yekwon Sunwoo.
    • Cliburn Gold 2017 - 15th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition (Live).
    • Decca Gold.

  • Howard Skempton

    Images: Prelude 5

    Performer: Marielle Lab猫que.
    • Minimalist Dream House.
    • KML Recordings.

  • Lauri V盲inmaa

    Sisask: Starry Sky Cycle Op.52 : 25. Ursa Minor [Peace]

    Performer: Urmas Sisask.
    • Sisask:Starry Sky Cycle.
    • Finlandia Records.

  • Oliver Brouwer

    Improvisation II

    Performer: Oliver Brouwer.
    • LP 1.

  • Isaac Alb茅niz

    Alb茅niz: Recuerdos de viaje, Op. 71: No. 6, Rumores de la Caleta

    Performer: Alicia de Larrocha.
    • Alb茅niz: Iberia, Suite espa帽ola No. 1, Recuerdos de viaje & Cantos de Espa帽a.

  • Maria Corley

    Fullness of Joy - Arr. for Piano

    Performer: Maria Corley.
    • Fullness of Joy - Arr. for Piano.

  • Jenny McLeod

    Tone Clock Piece IV

    Performer: Michael Houstoun. Performer: Diedre Irons.
    • 24 Tone Clocks.
    • Rattle.

  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin, Alexander Gadjiev, Consano Quartet & Jan Zahourek

    Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Minor, Op. 21: II. Larghetto [arr. for String Quintet]

    • Larghetto from Piano Concerto no 2 - Gadjiev Hatchlands encore.

  • Simon Lowy

    No need to Cry

    Performer: Simon Lowy.
    • No need to Cry.

  • Joe Hume

    Dolce Piano

    Performer: Joe Hume.
    • Dolce Piano.

  • Ernest John Moeran

    Irish Lament

    Performer: Gerald Peregrine. Performer: Antony Ingham.
    • Folk Tales.

  • Harold Budd

    Sweet Earth Flying

    Performer: Clive Wright.
    • Little Windows.
    • Darla.

  • Nils Frahm

    Four Hands

    Performer: Nils Frahm.
    • Solo.

  • Clearance

    Celia Hollander

    Performer: Clearance.
    • 2nd Draft.
    • Leaving Records.

  • John Cage

    In a Landscape

    Performer: Raffaele Grimaldi.
    • In a Landscape / Dream / Haiku.

  • Alice Boman

    17

    Performer: Alice Boman.
    • piano1.
    • Section1.

Broadcasts

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