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Dreamy piano to soften the day

From impressionist masterworks to ambient minimalism and contemporary experimental piano, this mix moves gently across eras, genres, and imagined worlds.

Impressionist piano classics dissolve into ambient minimalism and reverb-softened contemporary reflections, drifting across eras and genres. From the shimmering waters of Maurice Ravel and the nocturnal lyricism of Ottorino Respighi to the suspended textures of Harold Budd, Kara-Lis Coverdale, and Christina Vantzou, the programme unfolds with a dreamlike sense of motion and stillness.

Produced by Áine Devaney.
A Reduced Listening production for BBC Sounds.

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Music Played

  • Maurice Ravel

    Ravel: Gaspard de la nuit, M. 55: I. Ondine

    Performer: Walter Gieseking.
    • Ravel: Complete Works for Solo Piano.

  • Aphex Twin

    aisatsana [102]

    Performer: Richard D. James.
    • Syro.

  • Emily A. Sprague

    Piano 2 (Mount Vision)

    Performer: Emily A. Sprague.
    • Mount Vision.

  • Thibault Ravina

    Songes

    Performer: Thibault Ravina.
    • Songes.

  • Adriano Spampanato

    Tifa's Theme (Final Fantasy - Piano Version)

    Performer: Adriano Spampanato.
    • Tifa's Theme (Final Fantasy - Piano Version).

  • Shida Shahabi

    Smygkatt

    Performer: Shida Shahabi.
    • Homes.

  • Lili Boulanger

    Prélude en Ré b/Des

    Performer: Antonii Baryshevskyi.
    • Prélude en Ré b/Des.

  • Delphine Dora

    Où descend le ciel

    Performer: Delphine Dora.
    • As Above, So Below.
    • Recital.

  • Irena Havlová

    Ukolébavka

    Composer: Vojtěch Havel. Performer: Irena And Vojtech Havlovi.
    • Tenderly To Light.

  • Ottorino Respighi

    6 Pezzi, P. 44: No. 3. Notturno

    Performer: Konstantin Scherbakov.
    • Respighi: Piano Music.

  • Takagi Masakatsu

    Marginalia #71

    Performer: Takagi Masakatsu.
    • Marginalia III.
    • Sony Records Int'l.

  • Daniel Blumberg

    Library

    Performer: Daniel Blumberg.
    • The Brutalist (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).
    • Milan.

  • Ashley Wass

    Contes Barbares (Homage to Paul Gauguin): No. 5, Nevermore

    Performer: William Alwyn.
    • Alwyn, W.: Piano Music, Vol. 2 - 12 Preludes / Contes Barbares / Movements.

  • Sarah Neutkens

    Hexagon

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

  • Christina Vantzou

    Phantom Tunnel

    Composer: John Also Bennett. Performer: Christina Vantzou. Performer: John Also Bennett.
    • Landscape Architecture.

  • Kara‐Lis Coverdale

    Turning Multitudes

    Performer: Kara‐Lis Coverdale.
    • A Series of Actions in a Sphere of Forever.

  • Harold Budd

    Excerpt from Preludes for Solo Piano

    Performer: Harold Budd.
    • From The Kitchen Archives, No. 5 - Pianos in the Kitchen.

  • Jesse Hackett

    Nocturne 12: Pyjamas

    Performer: Jesse Hackett.
    • Nocturnes.
    • Hive Mind Records.

  • Jonny Greenwood

    Alma

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

  • Coby Sey

    Passengers

    Performer: Coby Sey.
    • Passengers.

  • Joaquín Pascual

    Cumpleaños

    Performer: Joaquín Pascual.
    • La Frontera Scores Vol.2.

  • Frédéric Chopin

    Larghetto from Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Minor, Op. 21

    Music Arranger: Earl Wild. Performer: Alexander Gadjiev. Performer: Consano Quartet. Performer: Jan Zahourek.
    • Larghetto from Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Minor, Op. 21 - Transcriped by Earl Wil.

  • Tomas Wilhelm

    Embrace

    Performer: Tomas Wilhelm.
    • Embrace.

  • Iryna Gould

    Nostalgia

    Performer: Iryna Gould.
    • Nostalgia.

Broadcast

  • Yesterday 12:00
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind