The Works

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The Works

Welcome to The Works, the playlist featuring the latest and best from the world of classical music. Heading up this week’s playlist is a superb and fresh performance of Ravel’s iconic Boléro by Gustavo Dudamel conducting the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra. “Ravel’s Boléro is one of the most iconic works, not just in classical music, but in all of music,” Dudamel tells Apple Music Classical. “Its power lies in its simplicity: one rhythm, two melodies, that’s it. The listener is carried through a crescendo of colours, on an ever-evolving journey of joy. “This recording is especially meaningful, as it marks my beloved Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra’s first time recording Ravel. Beginning with what is perhaps his best-known piece is certainly a challenge, but we bring our Sistema soul to Boléro—infusing it with our unique DNA of how we conceive sound, and how we approach music-making.” The Works is updated regularly by our editors, so if you find a piece of music or performance you love, make sure you add it to your library.

Boléro, M. 81

Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela, Gustavo Dudamel

16:00

Prelude in A-Flat Major, KK IVb/7. Presto con leggierezza

0:53

II. Largo

Beatrice Rana, Amsterdam Sinfonietta

2:39

II. Andante con moto

Takács Quartet, Marc-André Hamelin

6:54

III. Swamp-Bird

2:37

I. Dolce

1:46

II. Poco adagio (Live)

Lorenzo Viotti, Vienna Philharmonic

9:56

No. 11 in B Major. Allegro assai

Jeneba Kanneh-Mason

1:46

No. 3 in D-Flat Major. Lento placido

Leif Ove Andsnes

4:10

No. 6, Venetianisches Gondellied. Allegretto tranquillo, MWV U 110

Olga Pashchenko

2:20

II. Largo e pianissimo sempre

Daniel Pioro, Manchester Camerata

2:53

II. Assez vif – Très rythmé

Attacca Quartet

6:29

III. Andante

Yuya Okamoto, Maria Nowak, Katarzyna Budnik, Krystian Zimerman

9:46

À la manière de Borodine, M. 63 No. 1

Marina Baranova

1:45

Var. 6, Andante

Martin Fröst, Pablo Ferrández, Svenska Kammarorkestern

2:53

No. 2, Trois beaux oiseaux du paradis (Transcr. Chamayou for Piano)

Bertrand Chamayou

2:29

VI. Quasi ad libitum (Sentimental)

Charles Richard-Hamelin

1:20

II. Larghetto

Aurora Orchestra, Nicholas Collon, Nicola Benedetti

9:06

my future (Arr. for Cello and Rhodes Piano by Anastasia Kobekina and Jean-Sélim Abdelmoula)

Jean-Sélim Abdelmoula, Anastasia Kobekina

4:03

II. Andante con moto

Raphaël Feuillâtre, María Dueñas Fernández

1:40

IV. Largo

Santtu-Matias Rouvali, Göteborgs Symfoniker

1:51

III. Sanctus: No. 22, Sanctus. Pleni sunt cœli

Raphaël Pichon, Ensemble Pygmalion

5:10

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

2:04

Menuet sur le nom d'Haydn, M. 58

1:54

I. De l’aube à midi sur la mer (Live)

Philippe Jordan, Vienna Philharmonic

8:45

Andante sostenuto — Quasi adagio

7:30

V. Aire. Ground (Arr. Diluka for Piano)

1:58

Nocturne No. 14 in G Major, H. 58

2:33

Tshepo - I

Dudù Kouate, Abel Selaocoe, Fred Thomas, Rakhi Singh, Alan Keary, Manchester Collective

2:52

Beau soir, L. 84 (Transcr. for Cello by Pablo Ferrández)

Julien Quentin, Pablo Ferrández

2:41

II. Adagio assai

Yeol Eum Son, The Hague Philharmonic, Anja Bihlmaier

9:17

Valse Di Fantastica

Esther Abrami, Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien, Irene Delgado-Jiménez

3:49

III. Intermezzo. Allegretto con moto - Allegro di molto

Goldmund Quartet

4:44

No. 3, Herr Christ, der einge Gottessohn in A Major, BWV 601 (Transcr. for Viol Consort and B.C. by Salomé Gasselin)

Salomé Gasselin, Emmanuel Arakélian, Mathias Ferré, Corinna Metz, Hugo Abraham, Léo Ispir

2:43

III. Allegro

Beatrice Rana, Amsterdam Sinfonietta

5:46

I. Modéré

4:40

Pavane pour une infante défunte, M. 19 (Arr. S. Shibe for Guitar)

6:30

Folie d'Espagne

Le Consort, Théotime Langlois de Swarte

2:08

I. Allegro

Canadian National Arts Centre Orchestra, James Ehnes

7:09

Duetto

Lise de La Salle

3:28

No. 1 in E Major. Andante con moto

Leif Ove Andsnes

1:26

II. Pantoum. Assez vif

Trio con Brio Copenhagen

4:10

III. Melody

Marina Baranova

3:39

No. 1 in E-Flat Major. Andante moderato

5:13

No. 4 in A-Flat Major

8:44

Nacht und Träume, D. 827

Aron Goldin, Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha

3:52

Hedwig (From "Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone") [Arr. for Piano by Beatrice Berrut]

Beatrice Berrut

3:01

Nocturne No. 9 in E Minor, H. 46

3:18

I. Allegro non molto

Daniel Pioro, Manchester Camerata

3:08

I. Décrets indolents du hasard (Transc. for Solo Piano by David Kadouch)

1:33

No. 7, Frühlingsglaube

3:53

No. 2 in D-Flat Major. Lento sostenuto

Jeneba Kanneh-Mason

5:30

IV. Romance

Jean-Yves Thibaudet

3:15

II. Adagio (After Marcello's Oboe Concerto in D Minor)

4:27

Punta Bianca

Ludovico Einaudi

4:12

Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen (Arr. Ólafsson for Piano)

Víkingur Ólafsson

2:38

Méditation (Version for Violin & Piano)

Peter Friis Johansson, Johan Dalene

5:12

No. 6 in B Minor: Lento assai

1:37

Reverie (Solo Piano Version)

3:37

Limina Luminis

6:06

No. 1, Litaney

4:18

I. Country Scenery

Edward Gardner, James Ehnes, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra

2:10

No. 6 in E-Flat Minor "Lament"

3:32

II. Sehr lebhaft

Cédric Tiberghien, Alina Ibragimova

4:21

I. Prélude

3:14

II. Siciliano (Transcr. for Piano by Wilhelm Kempff)

3:35

The Lover Friend's Love for the Beloved"

Franz Welser-Möst, The Cleveland Orchestra

13:28

Dusklight Movement

4:17

III. Allegro ma non molto

Hanna Salzenstein, Le Consort, Justin Taylor

2:48

No. 6, Valse sentimentale

5:02

XVII. Gavotta con due variazioni

Gustavo Gimeno, Toronto Symphony Orchestra

4:23

II. Adagio

Le Consort, Théotime Langlois de Swarte

2:44

Santiago

Ludovico Einaudi

4:29

No. 1, Auf dem Hügel sitz ich, spähend

Nobuyuki Tsujii

2:26

II. Adagio

Inon Barnatan, Alisa Weilerstein

7:51

Ground in C Minor, Z. 221

2:41

Love Song (After JE) [Edit]

4:41

Cantique

Kathryn Stott, Yo-Yo Ma

3:05

II. Vivacious

George Xiaoyuan Fu, James Larter

1:25

I. Allegro

Le Consort, Hanna Salzenstein

2:08

II. Improvisation. Andante cantabile

Guillaume Bellom, Renaud Capuçon

8:48

Waltz in A Minor “Found in New York” (2024 World Premiere Recording)

1:21

No. 15, Choral. Erkenne mich, mein Hüter (Transcr. Wiéner for Piano)

Alexandre Tharaud

2:11

I. Allegro

Beatrice Rana, Amsterdam Sinfonietta

7:01

II. Romance

Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Khatia Buniatishvili

9:18

V. Sarabande

Francesco Tristano

3:11

No. 21 in B-Flat Major: Andante

2:00

Troubled Water

Jeneba Kanneh-Mason

5:23

No. 3 (Arr. for String Ensemble by Patricia Kopatchinskaja)

Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Camerata Bern

5:05

VI. Capriccio

Francesco Tristano

3:15

III. Menuetto - Trio

Munich Chamber Orchestra, Isabelle Faust, Enrico Onofri

4:31

III. Menuetto. Allegro moderato

Maurizio Pollini

3:30

Aria

4:32

And Some Will Fall (Edit)

4:11

Sicilienne, Op. 78

Yo-Yo Ma, Kathryn Stott

3:39

XI. November. Troika

3:22

No. 6, Nimm sie hin denn, diese Lieder

Nobuyuki Tsujii

4:09

No. 12, Abendlied (Arr. Rot for Cello and Orchestra)

Gregory Ahss, Kian Soltani, Camerata Salzburg

3:08