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Carefully curated by our team of passionate music experts, here is our non-exhaustive playlist of our favorite Classical recordings released in 2021. Featuring Daniil Trifonov, Thomas Enhco, Attacca Quartet, Lucas Debargue, Teodor Currentzis, Igor Levit, Quatuor Ébène, Víkingur Ólafsson, Huelgas Ensemble, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Seong-Jin Cho, Voc...

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Title Artists Album Duration
1
II. Allegretto
Teodor Currentzis Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92 00:08:14

Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Teodor Currentzis, Conductor, MainArtist - MusicAeterna, Orchestra - Giovanni Prosdocimi, Producer, Editor - Maximilien Ciup, Editor, Mixing Engineer - Damien Quintard, Recording Engineer - Vangelino Currentzis, Mastering Engineer - Sébastien Germain, Assistant Engineer

(P) 2021 Sony Music Entertainment

2
"L'amerò, sarò costante"
Cecilia Bartoli Unreleased 00:05:54

Kammerorchester Basel, Orchestra, MainArtist - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Cecilia Bartoli, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Maxim Vengerov, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Muhai Tang, Conductor, MainArtist - Pietro Metastasio, Author - Arend Prohmann, Producer, Editor, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Philip Siney, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel

℗ 2021 Universal Music Operations Limited

3
Agnus Dei "Agnus Dei qui tollis peccata mundi"
Freiburger Barockorchester Beethoven: Missa solemnis, Op. 123 00:06:41

Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - RIAS Kammerchor, Choir, MainArtist - René Jacobs, Conductor, MainArtist - Freiburger Barockorchester, Orchestra, MainArtist - Steve Davislim, MainArtist, TenorSolo - Johannes Weisser, MainArtist, BassVocals - Sophie Harmsen, MainArtist, MezzoSopranoVocals - Polina Pastirchak, MainArtist, SopranoSolo

2021 harmonia mundi 2021 harmonia mundi

4
12 Études, Op. 25: No. 5 in E Minor
Beatrice Rana Chopin: 12 Études, Op. 25 & 4 Scherzi 00:03:50

Frederic Chopin, Composer - Beatrice Rana, Piano, MainArtist

A Warner Classics/Erato release, © 2021 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2021 Parlophone Records Limited

5
No. 1 in B Flat Minor. Larghetto
Jan Lisiecki Chopin: Complete Nocturnes 00:06:29

Frederic Chopin, Composer - Jan Lisiecki, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Stephan Flock, Producer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel

℗ 2021 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin

6
Morceaux de fantaisie, Op. 3: No. 1 Elegie
Pablo Ferrández Reflections 00:05:14

Sergei Rachmaninoff, Composer - Denis Kozhukhin, Piano, MainArtist - Jakob Händel, Producer - Pablo Ferrández, Cello, MainArtist

(P) 2021 Sony Music Entertainment

7
Nostalgie du pays, extrait des Miniatures polonaises
Lucas Debargue Zal - The Music of Milosz Magin 00:01:57

Milosz Magin, Composer - Lucas Debargue, Piano, MainArtist - Vilius Keras, Producer, Recording Engineer - Aleksandra Kerienė, Producer, Recording Engineer - Evelina Staniulytė, Editor

(P) 2021 Lucas Debargue under exclusive license to Sony Music Entertainment

8
Harpsichord Concerto No. 3 in D Major, BWV 1054: I. Allegro
Francesco Corti Bach: Harpsichord Concertos Part II 00:07:30

Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Il Pomo d'Oro, Orchestra, MainArtist - Jean-Daniel Noir, Producer - Francesco Corti, Harpsichord, MainArtist

2021 Pentatone Music B.V. 2021 Lido Productions Ltd

9
I. Andantino (Excerpt)
Paolo Pandolfo A Sentimental Journey 00:01:08

Carl Friedrich Abel, Composer - Paolo Pandolfo, Artist, MainArtist

(C) 2020 Glossa (P) 2020 Glossa

10
I. Allegro con brio
Frank Peter Zimmermann Beethoven: Violin Sonatas Nos. 5-7 00:07:26

Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Frank Peter Zimmermann, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Martin Helmchen, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Hans Kipfer, Producer, SoundEngineer

2021 BIS 2021 (P) BIS

11
Fantasia and Fugue in A Minor, BWV 904: Fantasia
Rinaldo Alessandrini Bach: Klavierwerke 00:03:22

Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Rinaldo Alessandrini, Soloist, MainArtist

2021 naïve, a label of believe group 2021 naïve, a label of believe group

12
I. Allegro maestoso
Jonathan Fournel Brahms: Piano Sonata No. 3 Op. 5 & Handel Variations 00:11:20

Johannes Brahms, Composer - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Jonathan Fournel, MainArtist

2021 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2021 Jonathan Fournel

13
No. 1, The Muse (Arr. Sheku Kanneh-Mason for Cello and Piano)
Sheku Kanneh-Mason Muse 00:04:37

Sergei Rachmaninoff, Composer - Jonathan Allen, Producer, Editor, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Mark Rogers, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Aleksandr Pushkin, Author - Dominic Fyfe, Producer, Executive Producer - Sheku Kanneh-Mason, Cello, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Isata Kanneh-Mason, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer

℗ 2021 Universal Music Operations Limited

14
IV. Finale. Presto (Live)
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125 "Choral" (Live) 00:22:29

Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Werner Güra, Artist, MainArtist - Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Manfred Honeck, Conductor, MainArtist - Jennifer Johnson Cano, Artist, MainArtist - Christina Landshamer, Artist, MainArtist - Shenyang, Artist, MainArtist - The Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh, Choir, MainArtist

(C) 2021 Reference Recordings (P) 2021 Reference Recordings

15
Alcione, Acte III Scène 3: Marche pour les Matelots et Matelotes - "Amants malheureux"
Jordi Savall Marin Marais; Alcione 00:01:42

Jordi Savall, Conductor, MainArtist - Le Concert Des Nations, Orchestra - Marin Marais, Composer - La Capella Reial de Catalunya, Ensemble - Hasnaa Bennani, MainArtist

(C) 2021 Alia Vox (P) 2021 Alia Vox

16
Bassoon Concerto in A Minor, RV 497: I. Allegro molto
Sergio Azzolini Vivaldi: Concerti per fagotto V 00:04:35

Antonio Vivaldi, Composer - Sergio Azzolini, Soloist, MainArtist - L'Onda Armonica, Orchestra, MainArtist

2020 naïve, a label of Believe Group 2020 naïve, a label of Believe Group

17
I. Allemanda
Jack Liebeck Ysaÿe: 6 Sonatas for Solo Violin, Op. 27 00:05:12

Jack Liebeck, Artist, MainArtist - Eugene Ysaye, Composer

(C) 2021 Orchid Classics (P) 2021 Orchid Classics

18
Poveri fiori
Anna Netrebko Amata dalle tenebre 00:03:22

Francesco Cilea, Composer - Riccardo Chailly, Conductor, MainArtist - Anna Netrebko, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Orchestra Del Teatro Alla Scala Di Milano, Orchestra, MainArtist - Arturo Colautti, Author - Claudio Speranzini, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Rainer Maillard, Producer - Claudio Zappi, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Antonio Martino, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Enrico Piazza, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Alessandro Marsico, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Flavio Notarfrancesco, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel

℗ 2021 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin

19
No. 1. Sérénade pour mon amour. Moderato
Hilary Hahn Paris (Chausson, Prokofiev, Rautavaara) 00:07:50

Einojuhani RAUTAVAARA, Composer - Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Orchestra, MainArtist - Hilary Hahn, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Cyril Becue, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Andreas Meyer, Mixer, Editor, Balance Engineer, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Philip Traugott, Producer - Mikko Franck, Conductor, MainArtist - Jean Baptiste Etchepareborde, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jennifer Nulsen, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Inès de Bruyn, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Valentin Azan-Zelienski, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel

℗ 2021 Hilary Hahn

20
Introduction et Rondo capriccioso, Op. 28
Jinjoo Cho Saint-Saëns 00:09:55

CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS, Composer - Jinjoo Cho, Soloist, MainArtist - Mathieu Herzog, Conductor, MainArtist - Appassionato, Orchestra, MainArtist

2021 Appassionato, le label 2021 Vivre en musiques

21
Heyr himna smiður
Voces8 Infinity 00:03:37

Adrian Peacock, Producer, Editor, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - David Hinitt, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Helen Lewis, Producer, Executive Producer - Barnaby Smith, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Voces8, Choir, MainArtist - Þorkell Sigurbjörnsson, Composer - Kolbeinn Tumason, Author

℗ 2021 Universal Music Operations Limited

22
I. Andante ma non troppo
Daniel Barenboim Debussy: Fantaisie, Violin Sonata, Cello Sonata, La mer 00:08:08

Erich Hofmann, Producer, Recording Producer - Claude Debussy, Composer - Martha Argerich, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Daniel Barenboim, Conductor, MainArtist - Staatskapelle Berlin, Orchestra, MainArtist - Julian Schwenkner, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Friedemann Engelbrecht, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Christian Gorz, Engineer, StudioPersonnel

℗ 2021 Daniel Barenboim

23
Verklärte Nacht, Op. 4: I. Sehr langsam
Quatuor Ébène 'Round Midnight 00:04:08

Arnold Schönberg, Composer - Antoine Tamestit, Viola, FeaturedArtist - Quatuor Ébène, String Quartet, MainArtist - Nicolas Altstaedt, Cello, FeaturedArtist

A Warner Classics/Erato release, © 2021 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2021 Parlophone Records Limited

24
I. Allegro
Musica Antiqua Latina Vivaldi Concertos 00:03:03

Antonio Vivaldi, Composer - Maurizio Paciariello, Engineer - Alessandro Panetta, Engineer - Musica Antiqua Latina, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Giordano Antonelli, Violoncello, MainArtist

(P) 2021 Sony Music Entertainment Switzerland GmbH

25
La Stahl, Grave
Anne Marie Dragosits Ich schlief, da träumte mir 00:03:21

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, Composer - Anne Marie Dragosits, Soloist, MainArtist

2021 L'Encelade 2021 L'Encelade

26
Fratres
Attacca Quartet Of All Joys 00:11:32

Arvo Pärt, Composer - Attacca Quartet, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Alan Bise, Producer

(P) 2021 Sony Music Entertainment

27
Violin Concerto in B Minor, Op. 61: I. Allegro
Renaud Capuçon Elgar: Violin Concerto & Violin Sonata 00:18:30

Sir Simon Rattle, Conductor, MainArtist - London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Renaud Capucon, Violin, MainArtist - Sir Edward ELGAR, Composer

A Warner Classics/Erato release, © 2021 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2021 Parlophone Records Limited

28
I. Largo - Molto allegro
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin Mozart: Gran Partita - Wind Serenades K. 361 & 375 00:09:49

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, MainArtist, MusicalEnsemble

2021 harmonia mundi 2021 harmonia mundi

29
No. 6b, Dansa. Ritmado [Arr. for Guitar]
Sean Shibe Camino 00:02:40

Federico Mompou, Composer - Sean Shibe, Guitar

(C) 2021 PENTATONE (P) 2021 PENTATONE

30
No. 5, Sleep (Arr. W. Newell for String Quartet)
Solem Quartet The Four Quarters 00:03:53

Ivor Gurney, Composer - William Newell, Artist - Stephanie Tress, Artist - The Solem Quartet, Artist, MainArtist - Amy Tress, Artist - Stephen Upshaw, Artist

(C) 2021 Orchid Classics (P) 2021 Orchid Classics

31
Fólk fær andlit (Arr. Jarkko Riihimäki)
Emily D'Angelo enargeia 00:05:18

Jonas Niederstadt, Producer, Mixer, Editor, Balance Engineer, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jarkko Riihimaki, Conductor, Arranger, Work Arranger, MainArtist - Hildur Guðnadóttir, ComposerLyricist - Dirk Fischer, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Emily D'Angelo, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - das freie orchester Berlin, Orchestra, MainArtist

℗ 2021 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin

32
I. Allegro - Capriccio
Ilya Gringolts Il labirinto armonico 00:07:52

Pietro Locatelli, Composer - Ilya Gringolts, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Finnish Baroque Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Nora Brandenburg, Producer, SoundEngineer

2021 BIS 2021 (P) BIS

33
I. Andante spiritoso
Víkingur Ólafsson Mozart & Contemporaries 00:02:05

Baldassare Galuppi, Composer - Christopher Tarnow, Producer, Mixer, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Víkingur Ólafsson, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer

℗ 2021 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin

34
1. La fontaine d'Aréthuse
Janine Jansen 12 Stradivari 00:05:23

Simon Kiln, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Stephen Johns, Producer, Recording Producer - Antonio Pappano, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Karol Szymanowski, Composer - Janine Jansen, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jonathan Stokes, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Julia Thomas, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Hans Kipfer, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Dominic Fyfe, Producer, Executive Producer

℗ 2021 Universal Music Operations Limited

35
Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Major, BWV 1048: I. [Ohne Satzbezeichnung]
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin J.S. Bach: Brandenburg Concertos 00:05:10

Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Antoine Tamestit, Viola, MainArtist - Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Orchestra, MainArtist - Isabelle Faust, Violin, MainArtist

2021 harmonia mundi 2021 harmonia mundi

36
Stella maris illustrans omnia
Huelgas Ensemble En Albion: Medieval Polyphony in England 00:05:24

Huelgas Ensemble - Paul Van Nevel, Conductor - Anonymous, Composer

(P) 2021 Sony Music Entertainment Germany GmbH

37
Für Alina (arr. by Pat Metheny for 42-string guitar)
Pat Metheny Road to the Sun 00:08:30

Arvo Pärt, Composer - Pat Metheny, Producer, Arranger, Guitar, MainArtist - Pete Karam, Engineer

© 2021 Metheny Group Productions, Inc. under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (US) LLC ℗ 2021 Metheny Group Productions, Inc. under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (US) LLC

38
Allegro for Violin and Keyboard in B-Flat Major, K. 372 (I)
Rachel Podger Mozart & Jones: Violin Sonatas Fragment Completions 00:06:58

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Rachel Podger, MainArtist - Timothy Jones, Composer - Christopher Glynn, MainArtist

2021 Channel Classics Records 2021 Channel Classics Records

39
Var. XVI - XXIII
Nicola Benedetti Baroque 00:03:41

Nicola Benedetti, Violin - Benedetti Baroque Orchestra - Francesco Geminiani, Compose

℗ 2021 Universal Music Operations Limited

40
III. Allegro vivace
Seong-Jin Cho Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 2; Scherzi 00:08:24

Stephen Johns, Producer, Recording Producer - Frederic Chopin, Composer - London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Gianandrea Noseda, Conductor, MainArtist - Jonathan Stokes, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Seong-Jin Cho, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Lukas Kowalski, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel

℗ 2021 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin

41
Fugue No. 9 in E Major
Igor Levit On DSCH 00:01:36

Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer - Igor Levit, Piano, MainArtist - Andreas Neubronner, Producer, Recording Engineer

(P) 2021 Sony Music Entertainment

42
Ave Maria, S. 558 (after Schubert, D. 839)
Benjamin Grosvenor Liszt 00:05:28

John Fraser, Producer, Recording Producer - Franz Liszt, Composer - Benjamin Grosvenor, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Philip Siney, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Julia Thomas, Editor, StudioPersonnel

℗ 2021 Universal Music Operations Limited

43
Which Was the Son Of...
Howard Arman Arvo Pärt: Miserere (Live) 00:07:44

Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Choir, MainArtist - Arvo Pärt, Composer - Howard Arman, Conductor, MainArtist

(C) 2021 BR-Klassik (P) 2021 BR-Klassik

44
La traviata, Act II, Scene 1: Di Provenza il mar, il suol
Ludovic Tezier Verdi 00:05:04

Giuseppe Verdi, Composer - Frederic Chaslin, Conductor - Ludovic Tezier, Tenor, MainArtist - Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Orchestra - Jakob Händel, Producer

(P) 2020 Sony Music Entertainment

45
Freudvoll und leidvoll, S. 280.1
Jonas Kaufmann Liszt - Freudvoll und leidvoll 00:02:26

Franz Liszt, Composer - JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE, Lyricist - Jonas Kaufmann, Tenor, MainArtist - Helmut Deutsch, Piano, MainArtist - Jakob Händel, Producer, Recording Engineer

(P) 2021 JAK GMBH & Sony Music Entertainment

46
Wiegenlied, Op. 49 No. 4 (Arr. for viola and piano)
Antoine Tamestit Brahms : Viola Sonatas, Op. 120 - Zwei Gesänge, Op. 91 00:01:33

Johannes Brahms, Composer - Antoine Tamestit, Arranger, Viola, MainArtist - Cédric Tiberghien, Piano, MainArtist

2020 harmonia mundi 2020 harmonia mundi

47
II. Presto
Daniil Trifonov BACH: The Art of Life 00:02:36

Johann Christian Bach, Composer - Marcus Herzog, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Daniil Trifonov, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - David Frost, Producer, Mixer, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Silas Brown, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel

℗ 2021 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin

48
I. Grave - Allegro di molto e con brio
Rudolf Buchbinder Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos. 7 – 12 00:08:43

Rudolf Buchbinder, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer

℗ 2021 Rudolf Buchbinder

49
Avalanche
Thomas Enhco & Vassilena Serafimova Bach Mirror 00:04:28

Thomas Enhco, Composer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Vassilena Serafimova, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Benjamin Ribolet, Producer, Mixing Engineer - Manon Fayard, Assistant Engineer - Thomas Enhco & Vassilena Serafimova, AssociatedPerformer

(P) 2021 Sony Music Entertainment France SAS

50
IV. Nachtmusik. Andante amoroso (Live)
Bayerisches Staatsorchester Mahler: Symphony No. 7 in E Minor (Live) 00:11:45

Gustav Mahler, Composer - Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Orchestra, MainArtist - Kirill Petrenko, Conductor, MainArtist

(C) 2021 Bayerische Staatsoper Recordings (P) 2021 Bayerische Staatsoper Recordings

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Carefully curated by our team of passionate music experts, here is our non-exhaustive playlist of our favorite Classical recordings released in 2021. Featuring Daniil Trifonov, Thomas Enhco, Attacca Quartet, Lucas Debargue, Teodor Currentzis, Igor Levit, Quatuor Ébène, Víkingur Ólafsson, Huelgas Ensemble, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Seong-Jin Cho, Voces8, Solem Quartet, Martha Argerich, Sheku & Isata Kanneh-Mason, Jan Lisiecki...

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