[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.

Gymnopédie No. 2Erik Satie

Gymnopédie No. 2 (piano) — composed by Satie

The French composer Erik Satie is known for his distinctive musical style.

His life and music, full of humor and innovation, stood apart from the trends of his time.

Among Satie’s representative works are the three Gymnopédies, composed in 1888.

Of these, No.

2 is especially striking for its serene demeanor and its beautiful melody tinged with a certain melancholy.

If you listen to this masterpiece, which quietly stirs the listener’s heart, you will surely enjoy a soothing moment.

sunlight filtering through the treesmoppī saundo

Komorebi @ Free BGM DOVA-SYNDROME OFFICIAL YouTube CHANNEL

This work, one of Moppy’s signature pieces, is a composition notable for its gentle piano tones that beautifully evoke the image of sunlight filtering through trees.

Released as free BGM in January 2015, it has been used in a variety of video works on platforms such as YouTube and TikTok.

In 2022, it earned high acclaim both in Japan and abroad, reaching No.

11 on iTunes’ Japan Instrumental Top Songs chart.

With its soothing, healing atmosphere, this piece is recommended for times when you want to relax or enjoy a quiet moment.

Give it a listen and experience the calming piano melody for yourself.

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.

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.

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?