Classical Music for Love

Classical Music for Love

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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.

I. Aria. Lent

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

2:01

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

Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, Yunchan Lim, Marin Alsop

2:14

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

5:35

Var. 6, Andante

Svenska Kammarorkestern, Pablo Ferrández, Martin Fröst

2:53

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

5:55

No. 1, Im wunderschönen Monat Mai

Jonas Kaufmann, Helmut Deutsch

1:30

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")

Renaud Capuçon, Les Siècles, Duncan Ward

3:51

Variation 18. Andante cantabile

Daniil Trifonov, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, The Philadelphia Orchestra

2:54

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

Camille Thomas, Sergey Smbatyan, Armenian State Symphony Orchestra

3:59

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

Something Almost, But Not Quite

3:41

II. Prière. Adagio cantabile

Edgar Moreau, Raphaëlle Moreau, Tanguy de Williencourt

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. 22 Blue Tears

2:50

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

Laurène Helstroffer Durantel, Roustem Saitkoulov

4:40

Julia Florida

4:20

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

1:39

"Una furtiva lagrima"

Emmanuel Villaume, Prague Philharmonia, Benjamin Bernheim

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)

Raphaela Gromes, Olga Scheps

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, Alexander Panfilov, Andrey Baranov

2:21

III. Scene in the Garden

Svetlin Roussev, Yeol Eum Son

7:01

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

Aurélien Pontier

4:35

II. Andante con moto tranquillo

Joshua Bell, Jeremy Denk, Steven Isserlis

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

Daniil Trifonov, Sergei Babayan

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)

Sheku Kanneh-Mason, Nicola Benedetti, Benjamin Grosvenor

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)

Cocomi, Miyuji Kaneko, Haruma Sato

3:17

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

Les Siècles, Renaud Capuçon, Duncan Ward

2:28

Séguedille et Duo. Près des remparts de Séville

Freddie De Tommaso, Aigul Akhmetshina, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Daniele Rustioni

4:27

"Mon coeur s'ouvre à ta voix"

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

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

II. Adagio molto espressivo

Dénes Várjon, Antje Weithaas

6:59

Landscape to Light

Maxwell Quartet, James Ross

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

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

4:46

Reflets (Arr. for Cello & Piano by Anonymous)

Jâms Coleman, Laura van der Heijden

2:47

Kiss the Rain

London Symphony Orchestra, Simon Rhodes, HAUSER, Robert Ziegler

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, Sergey Smbatyan, Armenian State Symphony Orchestra

2:49

No. 1, Chanson de nuit

Ulf Wallin, Roland Pöntinen

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)

Armenian State Symphony Orchestra, Sergey Smbatyan, Camille Thomas

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)

Anja Linder, Laurent Korcia

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

Arielle Krebs, Francesco De Grazia

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

Olga Kopylova, Claudio Cruz

3:06

Reverie

3:38

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

Raphaela Gromes, Olga Scheps

2:45

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

Gerald Peregrine, Antony Ingham

3:37

Romance for Violin and Piano, Op. 23

Orion Weiss, Augustin Hadelich

6:26

II. Langsam

Philharmonia Orchestra, Christian-Pierre La Marca, Raphaël Merlin

4:00