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Piano Meditation

With its 88 keys connected to hammers striking steel strings, the piano is strictly speaking a percussion instrument. In the hands of great performers, though, it can charm, beguile and soothe like few other instruments. This is what this playlist offers: the might of the concert grand distilled into music that conjures up a sense of quiet and peace.

  • Kats-Chernin
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    Naive Waltz, for Piano (2008)
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  • Glass
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    Etudes for Piano, Book 1 (1994)
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    Etude No. 5
  • Pärt
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    Pari intervallo (Version for 2 Pianos or Piano four hands) (1976, rev. 2008)
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  • Satie
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    Gymnopédies (1888)
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    Gymnopédie No. 1 in D major (Lent et douloureux)
  • Liszt
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    Consolations S 172
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    1. Andante con moto in E major
  • Chopin
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    Nocturnes op. 27
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    2. Nocturne in D flat major. Lento sostenuto B. 96
  • Satie
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    Gymnopédies (1888)
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    Gymnopédie No. 2 in C major (Lent et triste)
  • Brahms
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    Intermezzi op. 117
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    Intermezzo No. 1 in E flat major. Andante moderato
  • Field
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    Nocturne No. 5 in B flat major H 37
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    Cantabile, assai lento
  • Chopin
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    Berceuse in D flat major op. 57 B. 154
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    Andante
  • Satie
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    Gymnopédies (1888)
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    Gymnopédie No. 3 in A minor (Lent et grave)
  • Pärt
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    Spiegel im Spiegel (1978) (Arr. for Piano)
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  • Beethoven
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    Sonata for Piano No. 14 in C sharp minor op. 27/2 “Moonlight Sonata”
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    I. Adagio sostenuto
  • Debussy
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    Suite bergamasque L 82 (75)
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    3. Clair de lune. Andante très expressif
  • Liszt
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    Lieder von Franz Schubert S 558
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    3. Du bist die Ruh
  • Ravel
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    Pavane pour une infante défunte M 19 (1899) (Version for Piano)
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    Assez doux, mais d’une sonorité large
  • Handel
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    Suite for Harpsichord No. 7 in G minor HWV 432
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    IV. Sarabande
  • Debussy
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    Préludes, Book I L 125 (117)
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    8. La fille aux cheveux de lin (The Girl with the Flaxen Hair). Très calme et doucement expressif
  • Debussy
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    Préludes, Book I L 125 (117)
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    10. La cathédrale engloutie (The Submerged Cathedral). Profondément calme
  • Carreño
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    Souvenirs de mon pays op. 10 “Nocturne”
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    Souvenirs de mon pays "Nocturne"
  • Fauré
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    Requiem in D minor op. 48 (Arr. for Solo Piano)
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    VII. In paradisum
  • Silvestrov
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    The Messenger — 1996 (Version for Piano)
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