Pure Piano

Pure Piano

Apple Music Classical

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The piano has an almost infinite emotional capacity with its ability to whisper and roar with equal effectiveness. No wonder that, ever since its invention over 300 years ago, almost every Western composer has written music for it. Here you can enjoy the full spectrum, from the great piano works to music composed by today’s post-classical stars. We regularly update this playlist, so if you like a track, add it to your library.

Impromptu No. 2 in F Minor, Op. 31

Saehyun Kim

3:54

Prélude No. 8 in A Minor

Mishka Rushdie Momen

1:43

No. 7, Mystère de la mer

Marie-Josèphe Jude

3:43

Pierrot’s Tanzlied (Transcr. for Piano by Juliette Journaux)

Juliette Journaux

3:55

D’un vieux jardin

Alexandre Tharaud

3:04

The Wind Forest (From "My Neighbor Totoro")

Nobuyuki Tsujii

5:06

Canción y Danza No. 6

Wilhem Latchoumia

3:49

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

Bertrand Chamayou

3:20

Improvisation on Keith Jarrett's Vienna Concert

4:00

Y la negra Bailaba!

Daniil Trifonov

2:09

I. Prelude

1:01

The Man I Love, Mirage in E-Flat

2:53

No. 1 in C Major

2:05

Forma

3:19

No. 2, Capriccio in B Minor

3:41

En avril à Paris (Arr. Weissenberg for Piano Solo)

Saehyun Kim

3:42

I. Prelude

1:24

II. Larghetto

Víkingur Ólafsson

2:35

No. 1, In Tartane. Molto cantabile

Wilhem Latchoumia

6:58

El vals de Santo Domingo

Daniil Trifonov

4:16

No. 9, Les cloches de Genève

Salome Jordania

6:24

No. 3, Lent

3:18

Impromptu

Alexandre Tharaud

2:17

Silent Fields (Upright Version)

Justus Eichhorn

2:57

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

7:18

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

Víkingur Ólafsson

3:39

Prelude

1:52

Glossa sobre

1:36

The Frolic

2:37

II. Adagio

Denis Kozhukhin

4:11

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

4:21

No. 5, Andante con moto, MWV U151 "Venetian Boat Song"

Bertrand Chamayou

2:47

No. 2, Andante con moto e poco rubato

3:27

Lacrimosa (Arr. Xiaofu for Piano)

4:37

Lucky To Be Me (Arr. For Piano by Bill Evans)

3:24

No. 1, Lent et douloureux

3:48

III. Presto agitato

7:01

Var. II. a 1 Clav.

Geoffroy Couteau

1:43

VI. Idyll. A Lyrical Piece [Excerpt]

Matthias Kirschnereit

3:33

Milonga, Op. 3/1

Daniil Trifonov

3:08

IIIa. Gigue en rondeau I

Mishka Rushdie Momen

1:52

Sleep Spiral

Víkingur Ólafsson

5:40

White Flowers Take Their Bath (Version for Piano)

3:22

II. Hastig

4:23

No. 2, Leicht bewegt und verträumt

2:57

Reflection (Arr. Hough for Piano)

2:50

No. 1, Reflets dans l'eau

Carmen Stefanescu

5:02

Prélude in A Minor, M. 65 (Upright Version)

1:51

II. Allegretto (Live at Wigmore Hall, London, 2025)

4:14

Barcarolle No. 1 in A Minor, Op. 26

Saehyun Kim

4:43

V. Menuet II

Francesco Tristano

2:17

Pearl's Lullaby

2:45

IV. Harare

Clemens Christian Poetzsch

2:58

Rêverie, CD 76

4:19

II. Minuet

Simone Sammicheli

1:08

I. Vivace ma non troppo – Adagio espressivo – (Live at Suntory Hall, Tokyo, 2025)

4:14

II. Andantino. Getragen

4:41

III. In Hunding's House. Nocturne [Excerpt]

Matthias Kirschnereit

3:01

Aquarium

Célia Oneto Bensaid

4:06

I. Das Lebewohl. Adagio – Allegro (Live at Wigmore Hall, London, 2025)

7:22

II. Romanze. Ziemlich langsam

Nikolai Lugansky

3:15

Var. XXIV. Fughetta. Andante

Cédric Tiberghien

3:13

Réminiscences de l'opéra Turandot de Puccini, Op. 39

3:00

Barcarolle No. 1 in A Minor, Op. 26

4:46

Lady Be Good, Berceuse in F-Sharp

3:08

No. 5, Einfach

2:27

I. Allegro

Denis Kozhukhin

2:43

Romance

Alexandra Dariescu

3:17

Song Without Words in E Major, Op. 19, No. 1

2:57

Ungarische Melodie, D. 817

George Xiaoyuan Fu

4:04

I. Prelude in the Depths of the Rhine

Matthias Kirschnereit

3:51

V. Bourrée

Francesco Tristano

0:58

VII. Träumerei

3:01

Barcarolle in E-Flat Major, Op. 71

Joanna Kacperek

4:24

No. 2, Andante non troppo e con molto espressione

4:53

VII. Vogel als Prophet

2:37

When Dusk Falls

Michael Clark

1:36

No. 3, La nuit

Alexander Malofeev

4:32

I. Intermezzo. Adagio

Behzod Abduraimov

3:47

II. Allegretto

Denis Kozhukhin

1:52

Les sylvains, Op. 60

4:10

Variations 28-30

Rafał Blechacz

0:58

Rêverie, Op. 13 (Visions of the Past)

5:02

I. Allegro brillante

Joanna Kacperek

5:43

Nocturne No. 5 in B-Flat Major, H 37

2:45

Menuet sur le nom d’Haydn, M. 58

Sasha Stychkina

1:48

No. 2 in A Major. Intermezzo

5:29

Wild is the Wind (Transcribed for two pianos by Michael Blasky after Nina Simone's version)

Marielle Labèque, Katia Labèque

6:11

No. 12, Ellens dritter Gesang (Ave Maria)

5:11

II. The Seal-Woman's Sea-Joy

2:08

No. 4, Valse noble

2:12

Shine

2:27

II. La chaise à porteurs

Wu Qian, Juho Pohjonen

1:38

No. 5, Lilacs (Version for Piano) [Live]

2:27

Valse noire for M.

2:44

No. 1, Fairy Spring

Isata Kanneh-Mason

1:00

Refine

3:42

Prelude No. 12 in F Minor, BWV 881

Pierre-Laurent Aimard

2:32

Vocalise, Op. 34, No. 14 (Arr. Kocsis for Piano)

5:38

No. 1, Assez vivement (E Major)

Andrew Yiangou

5:23