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Unwind with a soothing piano soundtrack

Soothe your soul with healing piano melodies from classical masters including Pyotr Tchaikovsky and Claude Debussy.

Unwind with this soothing piano soundtrack, where the music of classical masters meets contemporary creativity. From the timeless works of Pyotr Tchaikovsky, Claude Debussy and Sergei Rachmaninoff to the evocative compositions of modern artists such as Garreth Broke, Eva Tiedemann and Snowpoet, this mix offers a peaceful space for focus, reflection and creative inspiration.

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

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Music Played

  • Snowpoet

    forest_bathing

    Performer: Snowpoet.
    • Heartstrings.
    • Edition Records.

  • Claude Debussy

    Clair de lune (Film Edit)

    Performer: Stephen Baysted.
    • The Impressionists: And the Man Who Made Them (Original Motion Picture Soundtrac.

  • Rachel Grimes

    In the Parlor

    Performer: Rachel Grimes.
    • Marion County 1938.

  • Christian Blandford

    Cloud Étude

    Performer: Christian Blandford.
    • Cloud Étude.

  • Daniela Mlčúchová

    Simple Life

    Performer: Daniela Mlčúchová.
    • Simplicity.

  • Tiago Sousa

    waking morning

    Performer: Tiago Sousa.
    • Oh Sweet Solitude.
    • SicknessUntoDeath.

  • Cyril Scott

    Berceuse

    Performer: Nino Gvetadze.
    • Cyril Scott: Visions.
    • Challenge Classics.

  • Franco Albertini

    Asteroid Mountain 3

    Performer: Franco Albertini.
    • Asteroid Mountain.

  • Adam Josef

    Memories of Arcidosso

    Performer: Adam Josef.
    • Music to Soothe the Soul.

  • Frederic Mompou

    Charmes: III. Pour inspirer l'amour

    Performer: Elena Riu.
    • Piano Icons for the 21st Century.
    • Linn Records.

  • Robert Thies

    Farewell

    Composer: Damjan Krajacic. Performer: Robert Thies. Performer: Damjan Krajacic.
    • Blue Landscapes.

  • Tanya Ekanayaka

    B - Of Vannam & Zhuang Tai Qiu Si

    Performer: Tanya Ekanayaka.
    • Tanya Ekanayaka: 12 Piano Prisms.
    • Grand Piano.

  • Pyotr Tchaikovsky

    18 Pieces, Op. 72: II. Berceuse

    Performer: Axel Gillison.
    • Tchaikovsky Slow Motions.

  • Yukiyo Nakamura

    Home

    Performer: Yukiyo Nakamura.
    • 光と水の旋律.

  • Alanna Crouch

    Spring by the Lake

    Performer: Alanna Crouch.
    • Spring by the Lake.

  • Margaret Ruthven Lang

    Twilight

    Performer: Carolyn Enger.
    • American Ethos.
    • Metier.

  • Eva Tiedemann

    Ein Offenes Fenster

    Performer: Eva Tiedemann.
    • Heimweh.

  • Oswald Russell

    Three Jamaican Dances: No. 2

    Performer: William Chapman Nyaho.
    • Senku: Piano Music By Composers Of African Descent.
    • Musicians Showcase Recordings.

  • Matthew Bourne

    Only When It Is (In Memoriam Bill Kinghorn)

    Performer: Matthew Bourne.
    • This Is Not For You..
    • The Leaf Label.

  • Francesco Messina

    Untitled

    Performer: Francesco Messina.
    • Reflex.

  • Mel Bonis

    Au crépuscule, Op. 111

    Performer: Myriam Barbaux-Cohen.
    • Mémoires d'une femme.

  • Johannes Brahms

    6 Klavierstücke, Op 118, No. 5

    Performer: Eric Lu.
    • 6 Klavierstücke, Op 118, No. 5.

  • Kristján Martinsson

    Friður bræður

    Performer: Kristján Martinsson.
    • 1035.

  • Cerys Havana Hickman

    A Feeling for Snow

    Performer: Cerys Hafana.
    • Crwydro.

  • Julie Cooper

    Ascensio

    Performer: Rebeca Omordia.
    • Julie Cooper: Oculus.
    • Signum Records.

  • Helen Hopekirk

    2 Tone-pictures: No. 2, The Seal-woman's Sea-joy

    Performer: Gary Steigerwalt.
    • Hopekirk: Piano Works.

  • Garreth Broke

    Lifted

    Performer: Garreth Broke.
    • Life Through Loss.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    2 Pieces for 6 Hands - Romance

    Performer: Anna Miernik. Performer: Julian Ricci. Performer: Guillermo Muñoz.
    • "054 Classical Music Essentials": Far Blue.

Broadcast

  • Thursday12:00
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind