New in Classical

New in Classical

Apple Music Classical

Updated 4 days ago

Classical music is constantly evolving. New interpretations of established masterpieces constantly challenge the norm, while the new music scene fizzes with invention and imagination with the best composing talent writing works that push the conversation forward. Here’s a playlist of all that’s new in classical music, to keep you abreast of today’s most exciting sounds. Our editors add new selections weekly, so if you hear something you like, add it to your library.

No. 1, Après un rêve (Arr. Kim for Piano Solo)

Saehyun Kim

3:01

Summertime (feat. Jon Batiste)

4:20

II. Allegretto

3:30

Y la negra Bailaba!

Daniil Trifonov

2:09

I. Grave

2:12

Floods (Version for Orchestra)

Hildur Guðnadóttir, Robert Ames, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin

3:56

VII. Waltz No. 2 (Arr. Garrett & Haywood for Violin, Piano, Guitar & Orchestra)

Franck van der Heijden, Orchestra the Prezent, Julien Quentin, David Garrett

3:36

Goodbye My Youth

3:43

Pt. 1

Peter Pejtsik, Jóhann Jóhannsson, Adam Wiltzie, Budapest Art Orchestra

2:17

When You Wish Upon a Star (Arr. for Guitar by Noriyasu Takeuchi)

Guillem Perez-Quer

4:14

I. Allegro con brio

Yo-Yo Ma, Antoine Tamestit, Leonidas Kavakos, Emanuel Ax

14:11

III. Finale. Allegro energico

Gergely Madaras, Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Eldbjørg Hemsing

7:03

III. Finale. Allegro assai vivace

Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela, Gustavo Dudamel, María Dueñas Fernández

7:26

Movement 7 - Gift from the Gods

Floating Points, San Francisco Ballet Orchestra

2:31

Unstern! – Sinistre, S. 208

Yulianna Avdeeva

5:37

V. Of Innocence

Eric Whitacre, IDRA

5:00

Forma

3:19

Theme from Schindler's List (Version for Cello & Orchestra)

London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sheku Kanneh-Mason, Edward Gardner

4:12

Theme from Samson and Delilah (arr. Nina Simone)

Jeneba Kanneh-Mason

5:06

And the Waltz Goes On (Arr. Rieu)

Anthony Hopkins, Gustavo Dudamel, Philharmonia Orchestra

5:55

Milonga, Op. 3/1

Daniil Trifonov

3:08

I. Spirited

Lambert Orkis, Daniel Müller-Schott, Anne-Sophie Mutter

4:18

No. 2, Capriccio in B Minor

3:41

IV. Finale. Bewegt, doch nicht schnell

David Guerrier, Daniel Ottensamer, Alois Posch, Guillaume Bellom, Julia Hagen, Adélaïde Ferrière, Christoph Koncz, Renaud Capuçon, Gérard Caussé

12:13

Impromptu

Alexandre Tharaud

2:17

Cantabile in D Major, MS 109

Joshua Bell, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

4:08

II. Larghetto

Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg, Kyohei Sorita

6:18

No. 3 in E Major

3:42

Je te veux

Aigul Akhmetshina, Antonio Pappano

4:11

IV. Passacaglia

3:03

I. Andante

Yusuke Yabe, Meguna Naka, Cocomi, Ryota Higashi

6:11

No. 52, Hivernale

5:00

II. Scherzo. Sehr mäßig

Gustavo Dudamel, Los Angeles Philharmonic

6:34

El vals de Santo Domingo

Daniil Trifonov

4:16

Son giunta! – Madre pietosa vergine

Lise Davidsen, Apollo Voices, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Edward Gardner

6:08

IV. Allegro molto vivace

James Levine, Anne-Sophie Mutter, Vienna Philharmonic

1:55

Etude No. 5 (Arr. for 7 Celli by C. Thomas and L. Francisco)

Sebastian Fritsch, Jisoo Kim, Camille Thomas, Aaron Woyniewicz, Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt, Jiyeon Maeng, Caterina Isaia

3:52

I. Sumaworo

4:19

VIII. In an Hour

Emma Denton, Eric Whitacre Singers

5:54

Elevation (Version for Orchestra)

Robert Ames, Hildur Guðnadóttir, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin

9:31

La vie en rose

Les Frivolités Parisiennes, Sammy El Ghadab, Fatma Said

4:07

III. Adagio

2:37

III. Scherzo. Sehr schnell [Live at Verbier Festival, 2005]

Michael Tilson Thomas, Verbier Festival Orchestra

8:07

In der Nacht, Op. 72 (Arr. for Violin & Orchestra by Jan-Peter Klöpfel)

Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Gergely Madaras, Eldbjørg Hemsing

3:15

White Gloves and Turtlenecks

Jóhann Jóhannsson, Bryan Senti, Peter Pejtsik, Budapest Art Orchestra, Adam Wiltzie

2:04

No. 2, La chevelure (Arr. Heifetz for Violin & Piano)

María Dueñas Fernández, Itamar Golan

3:31

Tara

Philharmonia Orchestra, Anthony Hopkins, Gustavo Dudamel

5:31

A Retrospective

2:46

I. Moderato cantabile molto espressivo (Live at Suntory Hall, Tokyo, 2025)

7:18

Movement 3

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Joe Hisaishi, Emmanuel Ceysson

8:39

Air tendre. L'Amour va prendre Apollon (Version for Violin and Harpsichord)

William Christie, Théotime Langlois de Swarte

2:05

III. Scherzo. Molto vivace - Trio

Los Angeles Philharmonic, Gustavo Dudamel

5:31

Theme from "The Last of Us" (Transcr. Trifonov for Piano)

Daniil Trifonov

3:39

Grand Waltz (Arr. Fichtenholz for Violin and Piano)

Nemanja Radulović, Laure Favre-Kahn

5:03

Movement 5 - Pandora’s Creation

Floating Points, San Francisco Ballet Orchestra

6:42

Pt. 3

Anne-Sophie Mutter, Roman Patkoló

5:03

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

EXIGENCE Vocal Ensemble, Kansas City Symphony, Michael Stern

3:15

Air on the G String (Arr. Ólafsson for Piano from Orchestral Suite No. 3, BWV 1068)

Víkingur Ólafsson

3:39

Adoration (Arr. for Orchestra by Elaine Fine)

Lorenzo Viotti, Vienna Philharmonic

2:39

Overture

BBC Symphony Orchestra, Dalia Stasevska

4:57

No. 1, Andante con moto, MWV U86 "Sweet Remembrance"

Bertrand Chamayou

3:20

II. Bracken Road

Philharmonia Orchestra, Gustavo Dudamel, Anthony Hopkins, Sergio Tiempo

4:44

Wordless Farewell

Yu-Peng Chen, Liang Zhang, Daniel Hope, Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra, Philipp Schupelius

3:35

Ottoman Bank (SALT Galata)

Büşra Kayıkçı

4:47

Élégie in D Major, Op. 143

Elena Urioste, Tom Poster

4:54

O mio babbino caro (Lauretta)

Les Frivolités Parisiennes, Sammy El Ghadab, Fatma Said

2:20

The Poet Acts

Camille Thomas, Oscar Jockel, Brussels Philharmonic

4:18

No. 1, Prelude (Arr. Atovmyan for 2 Cellos & Piano)

Pablo Ferrández, Julien Quentin, Kian Soltani

2:37

No. 1, Cantique (Laetare anima mea)

Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Valentin Egel, Sueye Park

5:19

Glossa sobre

1:36

Duncano sarà qui?

London Philharmonic Orchestra, Edward Gardner, Lise Davidsen

2:28

IV. (f) Im früheren Zeitmass (1878/1881 Version)

Nathalie Stutzmann, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

3:21

Ungarische Melodie, D. 817

George Xiaoyuan Fu

4:04

III. Lento

Trio E.T.A.

8:27

III. Mélodie (Arr. Heifetz for Violin & Piano)

Anne-Sophie Mutter, Lambert Orkis

4:16

No. 10, C-Sharp Minor

2:26

Always Know

3:43

Joy

4:36

II. Scherzo. Allegro vivace

Los Angeles Philharmonic, Gustavo Dudamel

6:53

Thème varié in A Major, Op. 89

4:19

Five.one

Anastasia Kobekina, Sean Shibe

3:04

No. 3 in D Major. Leicht und mit Humor

4:39

Sing Gently (Arr. for Harp by Reyer Zwart)

3:45

I. Allegro non troppo

María Dueñas Fernández, Gustavo Dudamel, Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela

8:24

III. Andantino. Canto amoroso

Singapore Symphony Orchestra, Ma Yue, Joshua Tan

8:26

Allegretto non troppo in D Major, Op. 84

Tom Poster, Elena Urioste

2:38

Prima pars

Daniel Gilchrist, Joseph Hancock, Selene Consort, Will Prior, Jack Granby, Ailsa Campbell, Jon Stainsby

5:13

I. Lebhaft

Los Angeles Philharmonic, Gustavo Dudamel

9:12

I Break Everything I Love

4:03

I. Introitus. Requiem aeternam

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

5:02

No. 2 in D Major

Sueye Park, Valentin Egel, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin

2:17

IIIa. Adagio ma non troppo (Live at Suntory Hall, Tokyo, 2025)

4:21

XII. Gefahrvolle Augenblicke

Edward Gardner, London Philharmonic Orchestra

1:22

III. Presto agitato

7:01

Flying Kites

Eunike Tanzil, Anna Handler, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin

1:51

Nocturne

Pallavi Mahidhara, Rachel Kolly

2:54

II. Andante (Cadenzas by Mishka Rushdie Momen)

Mishka Rushdie Momen, ORF Radio Symphonieorchester Wien, Howard Griffiths

4:07

XX. inspired by Nina Simone: Young Gifted and Black

2:49

III. Sarabande

Francesco Tristano

1:58