Classical Music for Love

Classical Music for Love

Apple Music Classical

Updated 2 weeks ago

Love is a powerful inspiration. Some of classical music’s greatest works, from symphonies and concertos to sonatas and songs, have been composed in the throes of passion, requited or otherwise. Here’s a collection of arrangements and original works, from simple, heartfelt piano pieces to ardent operatic moments, all of which encapsulate the heart’s deepest feelings. This playlist is updated regularly by our editors, so if you like something, be sure to add it to your library.

No. 5, Lilacs (Transcr. Rachmaninoff for Solo Piano)

Alexander Malofeev

2:50

Love Story

Alberto Giurioli

3:23

No. 7, How Fair This Spot (Transcr. Volodos for Piano)

Nobuyuki Tsujii

2:35

Berceuse

Emmanuel Despax, Piatti Quartet

3:40

I. Aria. Lent

Susanna Stefani Caetani, Charlie Siem, Oleg Caetani, Philharmonia Orchestra

2:01

Barcarolle No. 1 in A Minor, Op. 26

4:46

Nocturne No. 13 in C Major, H. 45 "Rêverie-Nocturne"

5:35

X. October. Autumn Song. Andante doloroso e molto cantabile

5:55

Capulets and Montagues (Arr. Grjunes for Violin and Piano)

Nemanja Radulović, Laure Favre-Kahn

3:49

Pavane pour une infante défunte, M. 19

6:38

Love Theme (From "Spartacus")

Jean-Michel Bernard

3:59

Once Upon A Time In America

Philippe Guilhon-Herbert

5:52

Thème de l’absence (From "Joyeux Noël")

Duncan Ward, Les Siècles, Renaud Capuçon

3:51

Variation 18. Andante cantabile

Yannick Nézet-Séguin, The Philadelphia Orchestra, Daniil Trifonov

2:54

No. 5, Schmücke dich, o Liebe Seele (Arr. for Piano by Ferruccio Busoni)

2:04

Estrellita (Arr. Heifetz for Violin and Piano)

Augustin Hadelich, Orion Weiss

2:58

III. Clair de lune

5:30

II. Intermezzo. Meno mosso (Excerpt) [Live from the 2022 Cliburn Competition]

Yunchan Lim, Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, Marin Alsop

2:14

Var. 6, Andante

Martin Fröst, Pablo Ferrández, Svenska Kammarorkestern

2:53

II. Prière. Adagio cantabile

Edgar Moreau, Tanguy de Williencourt, Raphaëlle Moreau

4:54

II. Adagio sostenuto

Paavo Järvi, Czech Philharmonic, Khatia Buniatishvili

10:55

Gentle

4:29

No. 1, Andante

Guillaume Bellom

4:51

No. 2 in E Major. Lento (Arr. for Cello & Piano by Julian Riem)

Olga Scheps, Raphaela Gromes

2:59

No. 3 in A-Flat Major (Classical Session)

4:46

No. 22 Blue Tears

2:50

Du bist die Ruh, D. 776, Op. 59 No. 3 (Arr. for Double Bass & Piano by Laurène Helstroffer Durantel)

Roustem Saitkoulov, Laurène Helstroffer Durantel

4:40

Julia Florida

4:20

Prelude in B Minor, BWV 855a (Transcribed by Alexander Siloti)

1:39

"Una furtiva lagrima"

Prague Philharmonia, Benjamin Bernheim, Emmanuel Villaume

4:39

Beau soir, L. 6 (Arr. for Violin and Piano by Jascha Heifetz)

Manon Galy, Jorge González Buajasán

2:30

III. Andante

Simon Callaghan, Sinfonieorchester St. Gallen, Modestas Pitrenas

8:02

I. Andante sostenuto (Arr. for Cello & Piano by Julian Riem)

Olga Scheps, Raphaela Gromes

5:00

No. 8, La fille aux cheveux de lin

Jean-Paul Gasparian

2:49

No. 3, Daisies (Arr. for Piano Trio by Alexander Panfilov)

Christoph Croisé, Andrey Baranov, Alexander Panfilov

2:21

III. Scene in the Garden

Yeol Eum Son, Svetlin Roussev

7:01

No. 2, Liebesleid (Arr. Rachmaninoff for Piano)

Aurélien Pontier

4:35

II. Andante con moto tranquillo

Steven Isserlis, Jeremy Denk, Joshua Bell

6:12

Over the Rainbow (Arr. for String Quartet by William Ryden)

3:39

Langsam (Version for Violin and Piano)

Svetlin Roussev, Yeol Eum Son

5:14

Kashmiri Song (Arr. for Piano by Hough) [Classical Session]

Martin James Bartlett

3:47

III. Tears

Sergei Babayan, Daniil Trifonov

5:15

The Way It Was

3:20

Autumn Leaves (Arr. Jérôme Ducros)

Jérôme Ducros, Gautier Capuçon

4:16

Londonderry Air "Farewell to Cucullain" (Arr. Kreisler for Violin, Cello & Piano)

Nicola Benedetti, Benjamin Grosvenor, Sheku Kanneh-Mason

4:17

Main Theme/Love Theme (From "Cinema Paradiso") [Arr. for Guitar by Sérgio Assad]

Plínio Fernandes

4:05

Salut d'Amour, Op. 12

Julien Quentin, Pablo Ferrández

3:01

No. 12, Abendlied (Arr. Golka)

Mariam Batsashvili

3:10

No. 1 in E-Flat Major

4:19

No. 5, The Dream (Arr. for Piano by Earl Wild)

3:36

Les chemins de l'amour, FP 106 (Arr. for Flute, Cello and Piano)

Haruma Sato, Cocomi, Miyuji Kaneko

3:17

La chanson d’Hélène (From "Les choses de la vie") [Arr. for Violin & Chamber Orchestra by Cyrille Lehn]

Renaud Capuçon, Les Siècles, Duncan Ward

2:28

"Mon coeur s'ouvre à ta voix"

Yves Abel, Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Elīna Garanča

6:15

Old Faithful

George Hart

3:38

Together Without You

3:27

When I Fall in Love (Arr. Evans) [Transcr. Trifonov for Piano]

Daniil Trifonov

2:59

Something Almost, But Not Quite

3:41

II. Adagio molto espressivo

Antje Weithaas, Dénes Várjon

6:59

Landscape to Light

James Ross, Maxwell Quartet

4:11

No. 3 in E Major "Tristesse"

4:14

Cantabile, MS 109 (Arr. for Violin and Acoustic Guitar by Andy Poxon)

Anne Akiko Meyers, Jason Vieaux

3:38

Reflets (Arr. for Cello & Piano by Anonymous)

Laura van der Heijden, Jâms Coleman

2:47

Une vie d'amour (Arr. for Cello and Orchestra by Martin Ulikhanyan)

Sergey Smbatyan, Armenian State Symphony Orchestra, Camille Thomas

3:59

Kiss the Rain

Robert Ziegler, London Symphony Orchestra, Simon Rhodes, HAUSER

4:24

Elegy (on a song by Sayat-Nova)

Jean-Paul Gasparian

4:05

Yo te quiero siempre

Pierre Solot

2:00

Cry Me a River (Arr. for Cello and Piano)

Sheku Kanneh-Mason

2:25

The Windmills of Your Mind (From "The Thomas Crown Affair") [Arr. for Violin & Chamber Orchestra by Cyrille Lehn] Approved

Duncan Ward, Renaud Capuçon, Les Siècles

3:16

Hier encore (Arr. for Cello and Orchestra by Mathieu Herzog)

Camille Thomas, Armenian State Symphony Orchestra, Sergey Smbatyan

2:49

No. 1, Chanson de nuit

Roland Pöntinen, Ulf Wallin

3:54

A Walk with You

Yoojung Kim

2:20

Beau Soir, L. 6 (Arr. for Cello & Piano by Nicholas Canellakis)

Nicholas Canellakis, Michael Stephen Brown

2:41

VII. In Paradisum (Arr. for Piano by Hayato Sumino)

3:34

L’amour c’est comme un jour (Arr. for Cello and Orchestra by Martin Ulikhanyan)

Camille Thomas, Sergey Smbatyan, Armenian State Symphony Orchestra

3:48

V. Sarabanda amorosa (Adagio)

Thomas Dunford, Théotime Langlois de Swarte

2:28

No. 8 in D Minor

3:56

No. 4, Lied der Mignon III (Arr. for Violin and Harp by Anja Linder)

Laurent Korcia, Anja Linder

3:06

Flower Duet (Arr. Naoumoff for Piano)

2:13

An die Musik, Op. 88 No. 4, D. 547 (Arr. Pontier for Piano)

Aurélien Pontier

2:30

No. 1, Storiella

Andrea Boscutti

2:49

No. 6, Valse sentimentale. Tempo di Valse

Khatia Buniatishvili

6:03

La chanson des vieux amants (Arr. for Mezzo-Soprano & Guitar by Gabriel Bianco)

Gabriel Bianco, Marina Viotti

4:39

I. Adagio sostenuto

5:23

Carried by the Breeze

Francesco De Grazia, Arielle Krebs

2:33

Nessun dorma

Carlo Rizzi, Prague Philharmonia, Jonathan Tetelman

3:01

Romance in F Major, Op. 36, R. 195 (Version for Cello & Piano)

Nicholas Canellakis, Michael Stephen Brown

2:51

I. Tarde de Outono

Claudio Cruz, Olga Kopylova

3:06

Reverie

3:38

II. Lento (Arr. for Cello & Piano by Julian Riem)

Olga Scheps, Raphaela Gromes

2:45

I'll Bid My Heart Be Still (Version for Cello & Piano)

Antony Ingham, Gerald Peregrine

3:37

Romance for Violin and Piano, Op. 23

Orion Weiss, Augustin Hadelich

6:26

II. Langsam

Raphaël Merlin, Philharmonia Orchestra, Christian-Pierre La Marca

4:00