Minimalism

Minimalism

Apple Music Classical

Updated 1 week ago

Originally used to describe the late-'60s work of experimental downtown Manhattan composers like Philip Glass and Steve Reich, minimalism has since become shorthand for classical music at its most hypnotically repetitive, rhythmic, and precise. But don't let the apparent simplicity fool you: These compositions tend to work subtly, covering great musical distance, seemingly without moving at all. We regularly update this playlist. If you like a piece, add it to your library.

No. 16 (Edit)

3:41

II. —

CS4

3:42

Section II (Live)

Anne-Claire Baconnais, Les Métaboles, Léo Warynski, Yoan Héreau

6:20

Sonic Samba

Armin van Buuren

2:56

Jay

Ludovico Einaudi

3:12

And Some Will Fall (Edit)

4:11

The Heart Asks Pleasure First (From "The Piano") [Arr. by Alexis Ffrench]

2:32

Prelude for Organ (Live at Notre-Dame de Paris)

4:01

No. 16 (Arr. for 2 Guitars by Roxane Elfasci)

Roxane Elfasci, Baptiste Erard

3:44

II. –

Lukas Geniušas, Anna Geniushene

3:00

No. 2

6:58

III. –

Anna Geniushene, Lukas Geniušas

6:43

No. 2 (Edit)

3:31

No. 14

4:52

China Gates

Daniil Trifonov

4:18

Time

Bernie Sherlock, New Dublin Voices

3:44

No. 1, Lent

4:00

L'Après-midi (From "Amelie") [Arr. for Guitar by Sérgio Assad]

Plínio Fernandes

3:36

Nocturne

Bryce Dessner, Katia Labèque, David Chalmin, Marielle Labèque

3:01

Closing

David Chalmin, Bryce Dessner, Katia Labèque, Marielle Labèque

5:45

Single Section 74 (Theme I) - End

Gwyneth Wentink

3:42

II. Calme

David Galoustov, Grégoire Korniluk, Jean-Charles Gandrille

5:12

Movement, Before All Flowers

4:17

I. Invocation

Niklas Liepe, Erina Yashima, WDR Funkhausorchester

3:15

Pt. 10 (Single Version)

4:31

I. Genesis 28:12

New York Philharmonic, Synergy Vocals, Jaap van Zweden

4:05

II. Vayachalom (And he dreamed)

Jaap van Zweden, Synergy Vocals, New York Philharmonic

2:27

III. V'hinei, sulam mutzav artza (And behold, a ladder set up on the Earth)

Jaap van Zweden, Synergy Vocals, New York Philharmonic

3:20

IV. V'rosho magia hashamayima (And its top reached heaven)

Synergy Vocals, Jaap van Zweden, New York Philharmonic

3:41

V. V'hinei, malachei Elokim olim v’yordim bo (And behold, messengers of G-d ascending and descending on it)

Synergy Vocals, New York Philharmonic, Jaap van Zweden

5:35

Hibari

Masako Ohta

4:42

The Poetry of Earth (Geophony) [Edit]

3:39

Music for Airports, 1/2 (Bows Version)

4:17

III. La chambre d'Orphée

Katia & Marielle Labèque

1:59

Mishima / Closing (Arr. for Piano and Vibraphone by Pascal Schumacher)

Pascal Schumacher, Danae Dörken

2:20

Etude No. 6

Máire Carroll

5:21

Music for Airports, 1/1 (Radio Mix)

4:33

Petrichor

Tommy Baldu, Daniel Stelter, David Orlowsky

4:41

II. Variation 14

Vienna Symphony, Joe Hisaishi

11:19

Waves

Sebastian Schütze

2:03

Scene 8, Death

Mimi Doulton, GBSR Duo, Kate Howden, Tom Kelly, Edmund Danon, Jack Sheen, Oliver Leith, Jimmy Holliday, 12 Ensemble, Patricia Auchterlonie

5:33

I. Foundation

Atom String Quartet

5:24

II. —

2:59

Lux Aeterna

Kronos Quartet, Clint Mansell

3:54

Part 3

Dalia Stasevska, BBC Symphony Orchestra

4:07

II. Europe - During the war

7:30

Bacchanale

Bertrand Chamayou

6:56

Primitive

Bertrand Chamayou

2:48

Pt. 6

3:26

III. Islands (Arr. for Vibraphone by Pascal Schumacher)

Pascal Schumacher

4:11

Seveight

Otto A. Totland

3:33

The Geometry of Time

Francesca Guccione

3:05

Spiegel im Spiegel (Version for Cello and Piano)

Lisa Strauss, Anastasia Rizikov

7:45

We Like Our Friends

2:31

Pt. 9

2:46

III. Intense

Grégoire Korniluk, Jean-Charles Gandrille, David Galoustov

2:02

Opening

5:57

Movement 1

Vienna Symphony, Joe Hisaishi, Antoine Tamestit

11:23

Life of May

Paul Leonard-Morgan

2:23

Tranceformer (feat. Francesco Tristano)

8:03

Mallet Quartet (Arr. for Marimba and Vibraphone by Kuniko)

15:15

Pt. 1

7:34

Light in the Dark

Paul Leonard-Morgan

3:10

Sonata No. 5

Mina Gajić

1:57

No. 4

Paloma Kouider, Lola Descours

4:11

The Unavailable Memory Of

Bertrand Chamayou

2:39

De profundis

Estonian National Male Choir, BBC Philharmonic, John Storgårds

6:55

No. 2, Stokes

Vanessa Wagner, Alexandre Tharaud

3:31

IV. A Final Shaking

4:10

Movement 2

Antoine Tamestit, Vienna Symphony, Joe Hisaishi

10:04

No. 16

6:11

I. Toccata

Candida Thompson, Amsterdam Sinfonietta

2:52

All at Once

The Untold Orchestra, Rory Storm, Bill Laurance

5:13

A Sparrow Alighted Upon Our Shoulder

Francesca Guccione

2:27

In a Landscape (Bonus Track)

Josquin Otal

8:24

Nagoya Marimbas (Arr. for Marimba by Kuniko)

4:57

II. Arpeggio

Sophia Jani, Teresa Allgaier

8:05

Silouan's Song

Amsterdam Sinfonietta, Candida Thompson

5:37

No. 16

6:11

Movement I

4:19

Spring 2

Stift Festival Orchestra, Daniel Rowland

3:40

Et Lux

4:36

Short Ride in a Fast Machine

Kent Nagano, Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal

4:06

10

8:19

Written on the Sky

1:58

Nautilus

Dalia Stasevska, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Anna Meredith

5:31

II. Tide Pull

Christine Lamprea, Qing Jiang, Ariana Kim

5:04

Sodalis (II)

5:03

Truman Sleeps (Arr. for Guitar by Cousins)

Alexandra Whittingham

2:28

Melancholy Waltz

Carsten Bo Eriksen, Rudersdal Chamber Players

3:48

hibari

Ryuichi Sakamoto

9:03

IV. Sfumatore

Joseph Houston

2:13

IV. Promenade dans le jardin

Katia & Marielle Labèque

7:38

V. Earth

Niklas Liepe, Erina Yashima, WDR Funkhausorchester

5:10

Sunrise of the Planetary Dream Collector

Belinfante Quartet

13:01

Circles

Takács Quartet, Julien Labro

5:49