Best of 2021: Classical

Curated by Amazon's Music Experts

Our picks for the best Classical songs of 2021. Cover: Sheku & Isata Kanneh-Mason

52 SONGS • 3 HOURS AND 40 MINUTES

1

Old Mansion (Amazon Original)

Old Mansion (Amazon Original)

Old Mansion (Amazon Original)

02:15

2

Rachmaninoff: Cello Sonata in G Minor, Op. 19: III. Andante

Rachmaninoff: Cello Sonata in G Minor, Op. 19: III. Andante

Sheku Kanneh-Mason, Isata Kanneh-Mason & Sergei Rachmaninoff

05:35

3

Abrams: Fourth Mode

Abrams: Fourth Mode

World Sleep Day

02:44

4

when the party's over (Amazon Original)

when the party's over (Amazon Original)

when the party's over (Amazon Original)

03:28

5

Coleridge-Taylor: Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child

Coleridge-Taylor: Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child

Isata Kanneh-Mason

04:01

6

Imperial March (From "Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back")

Imperial March (From "Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back")

Wiener Philharmoniker & John Williams

John Williams: Music from Star Wars - and more...

03:21

7

Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis - I. Largo sostenuto

Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis - I. Largo sostenuto

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra & Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla

The British Project

05:32

8

Love Letter

03:04

9

Einaudi: Fossils (Amazon Original)

Einaudi: Fossils (Amazon Original)

Ludovico Einaudi

Fossils (Amazon Original)

08:04

10

Walking On A Dream

Walking On A Dream

Sophie Hutchings

Walking On A Dream (Amazon Original)

03:56

11

Price: Symphony No. 3 in C Minor: II. Andante ma non troppo

Price: Symphony No. 3 in C Minor: II. Andante ma non troppo

The Philadelphia Orchestra & Yannick Nézet-Séguin

Florence Price: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 3

09:33

12

A Winter Landscape by Philip Lasser (Amazon Original)

A Winter Landscape by Philip Lasser (Amazon Original)

Simone Dinnerstein

A Winter Landscape by Philip Lasser (Amazon Original)

05:01

13

Einaudi: Experience

Einaudi: Experience

Daniel Hope, I Virtuosi Italiani & Ludovico Einaudi

In A Time Lapse (Deluxe Edition)

05:15

14

Visions to Come

Visions to Come

Visions to Come

03:00

15

Gymnopedie No. 1 (Amazon Original)

Gymnopedie No. 1 (Amazon Original)

The Apartment on Third Street (Amazon Original)

03:58

16

Hallelujah

The Canadian Brass feat. Canadian Brass Past & Present

03:36

17

Moux: heart pieces

Moux: heart pieces

World Sleep Day

02:33

18

Rachmaninoff: 12 Romances, Op. 21: No. 7, How Fair This Spot (Arr. Sheku Kanneh-Mason for Cello and Piano)

Rachmaninoff: 12 Romances, Op. 21: No. 7, How Fair This Spot (Arr. Sheku Kanneh-Mason for Cello and Piano)

Sheku Kanneh-Mason, Isata Kanneh-Mason & Sergei Rachmaninoff

01:50

19

Chopin: Nocturne in E Minor, Op. posth. 72/1

Chopin: Nocturne in E Minor, Op. posth. 72/1

Jan Lisiecki & Frédéric Chopin

Chopin: Complete Nocturnes

04:14

20

24 Hours (Amazon Original)

24 Hours (Amazon Original)

24 Hours (Amazon Original)

02:02

21

Forgiven

02:28

22

Grembo

03:55

23

Jóhannsson: A Pile of Dust (Arr. Rimmer)

Jóhannsson: A Pile of Dust (Arr. Rimmer)

05:14

24

Lawson: One Day You Finally Knew

Lawson: One Day You Finally Knew

You Finally Knew

02:58

25

Love & Keep

Sophie Hutchings

World Sleep Day

06:09

26

Tin: Nocturne

Wei Luo & Christopher Tin

World Sleep Day

04:01

27

Thaïs: Méditation

Thaïs: Méditation

Thaïs: Méditation

02:31

28

Sweet awakening

Sweet awakening

Sweet awakening

02:36

29

Find You

03:30

30

TREE

Ólafur Arnalds

04:38

31

Early Dance (Redux Version)

Early Dance (Redux Version)

Federico Albanese

World Sleep Day

03:32

32

Chopin: Nocturne No. 21 In C Minor, Op. posth.

Chopin: Nocturne No. 21 In C Minor, Op. posth.

Daniel Barenboim & Frédéric Chopin

Chopin: The Complete Nocturnes

03:24

33

6 Piano Pieces for Sebastian Knauer: K4

6 Piano Pieces for Sebastian Knauer: K4

Sebastian Knauer

The Mozart / Nyman Concert

04:42

34

Chopin: Nocturne No. 18 in E Major , Op. 62 No. 2

Chopin: Nocturne No. 18 in E Major , Op. 62 No. 2

Daniel Barenboim & Frédéric Chopin

Barenboim plays Chopin

06:11

35

Mozart: Ave verum corpus, K. 618 (Transcr. Liszt for Solo Piano)

Mozart: Ave verum corpus, K. 618 (Transcr. Liszt for Solo Piano)

Víkingur Ólafsson & Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Mozart & Contemporaries

04:03

36

Sweet Child O' Mine

Sweet Child O' Mine

04:00

37

Koto

Hideyuki Hashimoto

02:49

38

Schubert: Schubert: Impromptu in G-Flat Major

Schubert: Schubert: Impromptu in G-Flat Major

Relaxing Music - Piano

06:32

39

Michelle's First Day at the White House

Michelle's First Day at the White House

Black Book DLUX

03:36

40

Fluxus

02:28

41

Sonate pour harpe: III. Perpetuum Mobile (arr. pour 2 Guitares)

Sonate pour harpe: III. Perpetuum Mobile (arr. pour 2 Guitares)

Adam Cicchillitti & Steve Cowan

Impressions Intimes pour 2 Guitares

03:08

42

Vivaldi: Violin Concerto in D Major, RV 211 - I. Allegro non molto

Vivaldi: Violin Concerto in D Major, RV 211 - I. Allegro non molto

Nicola Benedetti, Benedetti Baroque Orchestra & Antonio Vivaldi

05:36

43

Air

03:25

44

Czocher: Timelines

Czocher: Timelines

Dobrawa Czocher

03:47

45

Nocturne 1

Craig Armstrong

Nocturnes: Music for 2 Pianos

03:35

46

I wanted you to know (Munich Session)

I wanted you to know (Munich Session)

04:45

47

Scherzo No. 3 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 39

Scherzo No. 3 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 39

Chopin: 12 Études, Op. 25 & 4 Scherzi

07:56

48

Moonlight Sonata

Moonlight Sonata

04:30

49

Tennessee (from "Pearl Harbor")

Tennessee (from "Pearl Harbor")

Tennessee (from "Pearl Harbor")

03:54

50

Illuminations

Isobel Waller-Bridge

06:11

51

Matin

World Sleep Day

03:04

52

Aria

Tribute to Gulda

04:54