Contemporary classical: the most relaxing piano music
The piano – that familiar box of wood and wires – has provided inspiration to composers for over two hundred years and remains a source of fascination to composers today who revel in its special sound world, and its wide-ranging expressive possibilities.
Read more…From the spiralling ribbons of notes and subtly shifting harmonies beloved of Philip Glass, Ludovico Einaudi, John Adams and Nils Frahm to the pared-down minimalism of Arvo Pärt and Howard Skempton or the jazz-infused music of Peter Maxwell Davies and Alexandre Desplat, contemporary composers offer player and listener a vivid range of music for piano.