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Enchanting piano pieces to soothe and sharpen the mind

Find relaxation and focus with this enchanting mix of piano music selected from across the centuries and around the globe.

Find relaxation and focus with this enchanting mix of piano pieces carefully selected from across the centuries and around the globe. Featuring works from today¡¯s new crop of visionary composers such as Duval Timothy, Martha Skye Murphy and Ann Southam together with the music of past greats like Arthur Louri¨¦, Edward Elgar and Camille Saint-Sa?ns, this is a journey in sound to soothe and sharpen the mind.

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Music Played

  • Camille Saint©\Sa?ns

    Le Carnaval des Animaux, R.125: 9. Le coucou au fond des bois

    Performer: Christopher van Kampen. Performer: Pascal Rog¨¦. Performer: Cristina Ortiz. Orchestra: London Sinfonietta. Conductor: Charles Dutoit.
    • Saint-Sa?ns: Le Carnaval des Animaux; Pha¨¦ton; Danse Macabre et.

  • Franz Liszt

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

    Performer: Daniel Barenboim.
    • Liszt: Dreams of Love; Consolations; Sonnets of Petrarca; Rigoletto Paraphrase.

  • Irena And Vojtech Havlovi

    She Is Dissolving

    • Hata H..

  • Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith

    Clear Sky

    • Piano Day Vol. 2.

  • Duval Timothy

    Older than we used to be

    • Brown Loop.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Opening theme from Piano Trio in A minor, III. Passacaille (Tr¨¨s large)

    Performer: Mithras Trio.

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Andante from Piano Concerto No. 2, Opus 102 (arr. Kaviani)

    Performer: Arsha Kaviani.
    • Accents & Echoe.

  • Gabriela Montero

    Improvisation in the style of Bach

    Performer: Gabriela Montero.
    • Gabriela Montero: Piano Recital.

  • Ann Southam

    Pond Life I - Southam

    Performer: Christina Petrowska.
    • A.: Pond Life.

  • Simeon Walker

    Impromptu No. 3

    • Three Impromptus.

  • Roger Quilter

    2 Impressions, Op. 19: No. 1, In a Gondola

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

  • Yumiko Morioka

    ³±·ç

    • Resonance.

  • Kara©\Lis Coverdale

    Fireflight

    • Fireflight.

  • James Heather

    Passing Soul

    • Reworks: Vol.2.

  • York Bowen

    R¨ºverie in B Major, Op. 86. Andante espressivo e rubato

    Performer: Nuron Mukumi.
    • Bowen: R¨ºverie in B Major, Op. 86. Andante espressivo e rubato.

  • Henryk Pachulski

    Prelude in C Minor

    Performer: Christopher Ferreira.
    • Miniatures and Collectibles.

  • Tiago Sousa

    waking morning

    • Oh Sweet Solitude.

  • Dan Baboulene

    Voyage

  • Meredi

    Aryan Kanch

    • Piano Day Vol. 2.

  • Roedelius and Arnold Kasar

    Ybbs

    Performer: Roedelius and Arnold Kasar.
    • Einfluss.

  • Alexander Scriabin

    Feuillet d_album Op.45 no.1_Alexander Gadjiev

  • Lucinda Chua

    An Avalanche

    • Antidotes 2.

  • Martha Skye Murphy

    Dust Yourself Off

    • Um.

  • Josiah Steinbrick

    Every Night from Now

    • For Anyone That Knows You.

  • V¨ªkingur ?lafsson

    For J¨®hann

    • Bach Reworks (Pt. 1).

  • Dustin O¡¯Halloran

    Opus 21 -Silfur

    • Silfur.

  • Arthur Louri¨¦

    Daytime Routine: No. 2, Walk

    Performer: Giorgio Koukl.
    • Louri¨¦: Complete Piano Works, Vol. 2.

  • Daniel Gregory Mason

    Sentimental Sketches, Op. 34: Swan on the Lake

    Performer: The Rawlins Piano Trio.
    • A World Premier Recording.

  • Christina Vantzou

    Harp of Yaman

    Composer: Michael Harrison. Performer: Christina Vantzou. Performer: Michael Harrison. Performer: John Also Bennett.
    • Christina Vantzou, Michael Harrison and John Also Bennett.

  • Edward Elgar

    Enfants d'un reve (Dream Children), Op. 43: I. Andantino

    Performer: Ashley Wass.
    • Elgar: Piano Music.

  • Thibault Ravina

    Winter Waltz

    • From a New Distance.

  • Elliott Smith

    Bye

    • Figure 8.

  • Yehezkel Raz

    Continuance

    • Preludes, Book 1 - Streams.

  • Arrowsmith

    Soar 432Hz

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