[Piano] BGM played on piano. Classic and popular tracks recommended as background music for work or study.

Sonatine in F-sharp minor, M. 40: II. MenuetMaurice Ravel

Sonatine, M. 40: II. Mouvement de Menuet

A piece I recommend for times when you want to quietly face your inner self is one from Maurice Ravel’s piano work Sonatine.

While it takes the elegant form of a classical minuet, this movement blends a hidden melancholy with refined sonorities, making it exquisitely beautiful.

As you listen to the melody, you can almost see a scene that maintains dignified grace even amid sorrow.

The work as a whole, including this piece, was choreographed as a ballet in 1975, and its narrative quality stimulates the listener’s imagination.

Rather than stirring intense emotions, it will surely stay close to your heart when you wish to surrender yourself gently to the piano’s delicate timbre.

When It RainsBrad Mehldau

When It Rains

A gentle, beautiful melody that seems to paint the scene of a steady, drizzling rain on the piano sinks into the heart.

It’s a piece by Brad Mehldau, a pianist at the forefront of contemporary jazz.

It appears as the first track on his album Largo, released in August 2002.

With Jon Brion as producer and woodwinds added to the usual trio, the arrangement creates a distinctive atmosphere, like a scene from a film.

The recurring phrases never disrupt your thoughts, instead guiding you into a pleasant state of focus, making it ideal as background music for studying or writing.

Why not spend a calm moment wrapped in the work’s rainy-day quietude and lyrical resonance?

F.T.B.Robert Glasper

F.T.B.

Pianist Robert Glasper, a leading figure in contemporary jazz known for his genre-crossing musicality.

This piece is included on his March 2007 album In My Element, which expanded the possibilities of the acoustic trio.

True to Glasper’s boundary-free style, it’s a track where a hip-hop-derived groove breathes within a relaxed atmosphere.

The repeating piano riff and sticky drums are highly addictive, making it an ideal BGM when you want to boost concentration.

It’s a celebrated performance that’s garnered support from creators—sampled by track makers and the like—and it’s sure to help your desk work flow, as if you were in a stylish café.

God’s Medical RecordsTsujii Nobuyuki

[ANA’s Thanks to Everyone] Nobuyuki Tsujii × BLUE SKY NEWS [Kamisama no Karute]

The gently embracing piano melody really resonates in the heart.

It’s an original piece composed and performed by one of Japan’s leading pianists, Nobuyuki Tsujii.

It’s included on the album “Kamisama no Karute ~ Nobuyuki Tsujii Jisakusshu,” released in July 2011.

The piece was written as the theme for the film “A Heartful Doctor (Kamisama no Karute),” starring Sho Sakurai.

Tsujii visited the filming location in Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture, and is said to have crafted the melody while sensing the local air and wind.

Why not listen to it during quiet, focused study time or when you want to pause your work and relax? Its crystal-clear tones will gently soothe feelings of haste and restlessness.

Nocturne No. 2Frederic Chopin

NobuyukiTsujii / Chopin: Nocturne Op.9 No.2 May 16th, 2022

This piano piece, with its gently flowing beautiful melody and delicate ornamentation, seeps into the heart along with the stillness of night.

Composed by Chopin in 1831, it superbly conveys dreamlike, fantastical scenes and inner emotions.

The world woven by the graceful right-hand melody and the harmoniously balanced left-hand accompaniment evokes the beautiful singing of Italian opera.

It has also seen extensive use in media, arranged as the theme song “To Love Again” in the 1956 American film Rhapsody, and featured in the anime ClassicaLoid.

It is a perfect piece for quiet focus or calming the mind—an inspiring classic that serves wonderfully as a companion for study or reading.

Two ArabesquesClaude Debussy

Debussy / Two Arabesques No. 1 / Performed by Ichiro Kaneko

A piano piece composed by the French composer Claude Debussy, it is considered one of his representative works.

The piece consists of two movements and follows the ternary form typical of Romantic music.

Although Debussy is known as an Impressionist composer, Impressionist music is characterized by evoking scenes as if turning landscapes directly into sound; many pieces are ideal as piano-played background music and are highly recommended.

Each note can be imagined as the sound of ocean waves or stars visible in the night sky, and the gently enveloping timbre is deeply soothing.

I want you (Je te veux)Eric Satie

Satie: Je te veux — Kentaro Haneda

This is a piece by the French composer Erik Satie.

Born in 1866, Satie was an innovative composer often called the “enfant terrible” of the music world.

Composed in 1900, this chanson is characterized by its elegant waltz melody.

The lyrics depict a passionate confession of love, and the song has a charm that resonates deeply with listeners.

Satie’s own solo piano version is also widely known.

He referred to the very idea of music blending into daily life as “furniture music,” aiming for music that could exist without disrupting everyday activities—music not meant to be listened to consciously.

This piece is also recommended as ambient music that enriches daily life, warmly enveloping those who listen.