The Classical Voice

The Classical Voice

Apple Music Classical

Updated 2 days ago

Though classical music tends to be distinguished by symphonic instruments, some of its most beautiful pieces rely solely on the human voice's expressive power. This playlist showcases that range and potential, encompassing everything from Renaissance song to Romantic lieder, opera and oratorio. And remember: We regularly update these pieces, so if you hear something you like, add it to your library.

La vie en rose

Les Frivolités Parisiennes, Sammy El Ghadab, Fatma Said

4:07

VIII. In an Hour

Emma Denton, Eric Whitacre Singers

5:54

No. 3, As I Lay in the Early Sun

Nick Pritchard, Ian Tindale

1:47

Scene 1, Aria di Giorgio. Ah! sempre l'istessa vision!

Orchestra I Pomeriggi Musicali, Vincenzo Milletarì, Freddie De Tommaso

1:59

Bésame mucho (Arr. Lakeland for Soprano & Piano)

Aigul Akhmetshina, Antonio Pappano

3:46

Ask, Seek, Knock

Adam Whitmore, Phoenix Consort, Edie Tunnicliffe

2:04

Se in campo armato

Warsaw Chamber Opera Orchestra, Julien Salemkour, Simone Kermes

5:42

III. Amadou Diallo, 23 "Mom, I'm Going to College."

Kansas City Symphony, Michael Stern, EXIGENCE Vocal Ensemble

3:15

No. 5, Am Feierabend

Markus Miesenberger, Christian Haimel

2:39

Duncano sarà qui?

London Philharmonic Orchestra, Lise Davidsen, Edward Gardner

2:28

O mio babbino caro (Lauretta)

Fatma Said, Les Frivolités Parisiennes, Sammy El Ghadab

2:20

Tale of the Leiden Riddle

Grace Davidson, Christian Forshaw

5:53

No. 19, Der Müller und der Bach

Alexander Gergelyfi, Georg Nigl

5:21

No. 9, Look at the Stars

True Concord Voices & Orchestra, Eric Holtan

4:53

O Cool Is The Valley Now

Kevin J. Miller, John Holiday

2:15

I. Liebesbotschaft

Lotte Betts-Dean, George Xiaoyuan Fu

3:07

III. Sequentia: No. 3, Rex tremendae

Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Chamber Orchestra of Europe, RIAS Kammerchor

2:01

Marizápalos

ArteMandoline, Núria Rial

5:30

No. 14, Selbstgefühl

Katharina Konradi, Joseph Middleton

1:55

The Caged Bird Sings for Freedom

EXIGENCE Vocal Ensemble, Raymond Santos, Eugene Rogers, Ruben Reyes

7:18

Mujer Fatal

Antonio Pappano, Aigul Akhmetshina

5:43

Take a Pair of Sparkling Eyes (Arr. for Voice and Ensemble by John Andrews)

Academy of Ancient Music, John Andrews, David Webb

2:52

Gloria (by David Davies)

Charles Maxtone-Smith, Buckfast Abbey Choir, Matthew Searles

4:18

XII. Danza del juego de amor

Gustavo Dudamel, Pasión Vega, Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela

2:49

I. Allegro, ma non tanto

Netherlands Radio Choir, Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, Dmytro Popov, Karina Canellakis

6:47

No. 3, Exile

Joanna Songi, Matthew Fletcher

1:46

III. Halt!

Carducci String Quartet, Roderick Williams

1:35

This Sweet and Merry Month of May, T. 317

Owain Park, The Gesualdo Six

2:59

Scene 1, Must the winter come so soon?

Gianandrea Noseda, J'Nai Bridges, National Symphony Orchestra

2:09

No. 1, Frühlingsmorgen

Joseph Middleton, Sophie Rennert

2:01

Scene 1, Chi sa se undì

Orchestra I Pomeriggi Musicali, Freddie De Tommaso, Vincenzo Milletarì

2:49

Scene 2, Conobbi appena mia madre

Eleonora Buratto, Vincenzo Milletarì, Orchestra I Pomeriggi Musicali, Freddie De Tommaso

3:48

Break It Gently to My Mother

Skylark Vocal Ensemble, Nathan Hodgson, Matthew Guard

3:13

Der Zwerg, D. 771

Sophie Rennert, Joseph Middleton

5:12

Songs to the Dark Virgin

Sascha El Mouissi, Ted Black

1:54

Air. Son amour, sa constance extrême (Léontine)

Orchestre de l'Opéra Royal, Théotime Langlois de Swarte, Lauranne Oliva

2:55

Una sanosa porfia

Axelle Verner, Simon-Pierre Bestion, Hélène Richaud, La Tempête, René Ramos Premier, Edouard Monjanel-Bensaïd

5:24

Ave Maria

Ringmasters, VOCES8

7:20

Scene 2, Aber, wie sah meine Mutter wohl aus?

Daniel Johansson, Fabio Luisi, Dallas Symphony Orchestra

2:06

Glück, das mir verblieb

Thomas Søndergård, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, Malin Byström

5:39

No. 4, Vast, Green

Jasper String Quartet, Nicholas Phan, Myra Huang

3:31

Schön wie die blaue Sommernacht (From "Giuditta")

Nikola Hillebrand, Dirk Kaftan, Hungarian State Opera Orchestra, Jonas Kaufmann

4:09

Scene 1, Vorspiel. Walkürenritt (The Ride of the Valkyries); Hojotoho!…Hojotoho!

Jennifer Johnson Cano, Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Renee Tatum, Alexandra Loutsion, Miriam Clark, Fabio Luisi, Deniz Uzun, Sun-Ly Pierce, Kathryn Henry, Melody Wilson

7:48

T'ubbidirò, crudele...Fammi combattere

Franck-Emmanuel Comte, Le Concert de l'Hostel Dieu, Xavier Sabata

4:19

An den Mond in einer Herbstnacht, D. 614

Sophie Rennert, Joseph Middleton

7:15

Cavatina. Casta Diva (Norma, Coro)

Coro del Teatro Carlo Felice di Genova, Elsa Dreisig, Orchestra del Teatro Carlo Felice di Genova, Massimo Zanetti

5:16

Sospiri, volato, G. 130

Lauranne Oliva, Orchestre de l'Opéra Royal, Théotime Langlois de Swarte

3:46

If Music Be the Food of Love, Z. 379 (Third Version)

Jakub Józef Orliński, Michał Biel

4:43

II. Gloria in excelsis Deo

Michael Alexander Willens, Kölner Akademie

5:35

Vissi d'arte (Piano Reduction) [Live at Metropolitan Opera, New York, 2023]

James Baillieu, Lise Davidsen

3:41

II. BETH. Plorans ploravit

The Tallis Scholars, Peter Phillips

5:23

Amour, cruel amour

Louis-Noël Bestion de Camboulas, Véronique Gens, Ensemble les Surprises

4:03

Gaude et laetare Ferrariensis civitas

The Sixteen, Harry Christophers

6:35

No. 2, Extase

Massimo Zanetti, Elsa Dreisig, Orchestra del Teatro Carlo Felice di Genova

3:42

No. 10, Es war der Tag der weißen Chrysanthemen

Florian Störtz, Aleksandra Myslek

2:40

Psalm 22.21

1:30

Non più mesta

Daniele Rustioni, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Apollo Voices, Aigul Akhmetshina, Genevieve Ellis

3:14

Nos esprits libres et contents

Les Bacchantes, Paul Figuier, Ronan Khalil

2:56

Blessed is the man that endureth temptation

Owen Rees, Choir of the Queen's College, Oxford, Molly Skeil

5:19

I. Villanelle

Benjamin Bernheim, Carrie-Ann Matheson

2:03

Sonetto. Proemio dell’opera

Les Kapsber'girls

5:45

Can she excuse my wrongs?

Ruby Hughes, Jonas Nordberg

2:25

No. 1, Chorus. Herr, unser Herrscher

Pygmalion, Raphaël Pichon

7:48

Donna non vidi mai

Freddie De Tommaso, Edward Gardner, London Philharmonic Orchestra

2:32

IX. Agnus Dei

Stephen Rice, The Brabant Ensemble

2:17

I attempt from Love’s sickness

Sounds Baroque, Helen Charlston

1:50

Quand l’espoir t’es ravi (Live)

Opera Lafayette Orchestra, Kenneth Kellogg, Chauncey Packer, Patrick Dupré Quigley

2:18

Ave Maria

The King's Singers

5:19

Crudel tu non farai

Mary Bevan, Randall Scotting, Laurence Cummings, Academy of Ancient Music

5:30

No. 1, C'est l'extase langoureuse

Magdalena Kožená, Mitsuko Uchida

3:14

"Il faut nous séparer" (Charlotte, Werther)

Robert Spano, Matthew Polenzani, Isabel Leonard, Houston Grand Opera

2:07

Alalt a ci (Arr. Schuen for Voice and Piano) [Musical Moments]

Andrè Schuen, Daniel Heide

3:33

Sombre déesse du silence

Ensemble les Surprises, Véronique Gens, Louis-Noël Bestion de Camboulas

1:44

Solveig's Song. Kanske vil der gå både Vinter og Vår (Solveig)

Orchestra del Teatro Carlo Felice di Genova, Massimo Zanetti, Elsa Dreisig

5:26

No. 25, If I can stop one Heart from breaking (on Praetorius "Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming")

Time for Three, Joyce DiDonato

2:05

I. Ô bon printemps

Hélène Guilmette, Orchestre de l'Opéra de Rouen Normandie, Marie-Andrée Bouchard-Lesieur, Pierre Dumoussaud, Julien Henric

2:14

Duo de la Paix et de la Félicité

Adèle Charvet, Mariamielle Lamagat, Ensemble Théodora

4:52

No. 2, A Song of Qiu-pu

Nicholas Daniel, Hugo Hymas

1:56

O mio babbino caro (Lauretta)

Philharmonia Orchestra, Maria Callas, Tullio Serafin

2:38

There Will Be Rest

6:57

Petite bague taillée (Live)

Mary Elizabeth Williams, Opera Lafayette Orchestra, Kenneth Kellogg, Joshua Conyers, Chauncey Packer, Patrick Dupré Quigley, Nicole Cabell

3:14

Für mich soll’s rote Rosen regnen

Les Frivolités Parisiennes, Sammy El Ghadab, Fatma Said

3:04

All Bells in Paradise

The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Daniel Hyde, Britten Sinfonia

5:08

I’d roam the world over with you

Iain Burnside, Roderick Williams

3:54

VI. Benedictus

Beth Taylor, Alex Rosén, Laurence Kilsby, Pygmalion, Raphaël Pichon, Ying Fang

4:33

Caro Mio Ben

Cecilia Bartoli, György Fischer

2:43

Franchigia a Floria Tosca

Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Daniel Harding, Eleonora Buratto, Jonathan Tetelman

2:14

A Hymne to God the Father

Richard Gowers, Eligio Quinteiro, Grace Davidson

3:00

Johohoe! Traft ihr das Schiff im Meere an "Senta's Ballad"

Lise Davidsen, The Norwegian National Opera Chorus, The Norwegian National Opera Orchestra, Edward Gardner

6:21

No. 3, A mezzanotte, A. 185

Maria Prinz, Margarita Gritskova

4:31

Rondoncino. Mater cara, extremum vale (Jezael)

Ensemble Diderot, Adriana González, Iñaki Encina Oyón

4:36

No. 2, Sait gesunter-heit

Daniel Grossmann, Shachar Lavi, Jewish Chamber Orchestra Munich

1:52

I. Fire Prelude

Nicholas Recuber, Dylan Tyree, David Short, Kantorei, Remy Le Boeuf, Christopher Tin, Alicia Rigsby

2:21

Di quella pira (Live at the Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod, 1995)

Corale Gioacchino Rossini, BBC Philharmonic, Leone Magiera, Luciano Pavarotti

2:12

Habanera. L'amour est un oiseau rebelle

Daniele Rustioni, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Aigul Akhmetshina

4:20

Je crois bien et je le promets

Chœur et Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire, Véronique Gens, Hervé Niquet

5:11

VI. Praised Be the Lord

Samuel Boden, Jonathan Cohen, William Gaunt, Arcangelo, Daniel Collins, Matthew Long, Hilary Cronin, Hugo Hymas

1:16

Che farò senza Euridice? (Arr. Pluhar)

L'Arpeggiata, Rolando Villazón, Christina Pluhar

4:09

No. 7, Because I could not stop for Death

Time for Three, Joyce DiDonato

3:04

II. Aria. Con piede errante e lasso

Philippe Jaroussky, Ensemble Artaserse

5:16