VA - Playlist: Best of Classical 2025 (2025)

Carefully curated by our team of passionate music experts, here is our non-exhaustive playlist of our favourite classical tracks released in 2025. Featuring Alice Sara Ott, Paavo Järvi, Raphaël Pichon, Seong-Jin Cho, Andrea Marcon, Fatma Saïd, Capella Mediterranea, Salome Gasselin, National Symphony Orchestra, Jodyline Gallavadin, Tenebrae, Mélanie Laurent, Fretwork, Sandbox Percussion, St Louis Symphony Orchestra, Berliner Philharmoniker, Rachel Podger…
Tracklist
1 – Alice Sara Ott – Nocturne No. 12 in E Major, H. 13 “Nocturne Caractéristique: Noontide”
2 – Paavo Järvi – Swansong
3 – Raphaël Pichon – II. Symbolum Nicenum. Credo: No. 13, Credo in unum Deum
4 – Mélanie Laurent – Contemplation
5 – Nevermind – Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Var. I a 1 Clav.
6 – Sol Gabetta – Musette, Op. 24
7 – Seong-Jin Cho – II. Oiseaux tristes
8 – Jodyline Gallavardin – A Phoenix Park Nocturne
9 – Berliner Philharmoniker – II. Lento
10 – Théotime Langlois de Swarte – III. Allegro
11 – Jean-Yves Thibaudet – III. Allegro brillante
12 – Véronique Gens – Iphigénie en Tauride, Prologue, Scene 2: Chœur. Régnez plaisir
13 – Geister Duo – II. Andante con moto
14 – Andrea Marcon – Arsilda, RV 700, Act I Scene 2: Aria. Del goder la bella speme
15 – Cappella Amsterdam – Psalmi Davidis poenitentiales: Quoniam tacui
16 – Paul Huang – Violin Sonata, FP 119: II. Intermezzo
17 – Fatma Said – Myrthen, Op. 25: No. 1, Widmung
18 – Musicae Antiquae Collegium Varsoviense – Recuerdos de la Alhambra
19 – Santtu-Matias Rouvali – Symphony No. 6 in D Major, Op. 104: II. Allegretto moderato
20 – Roman Borisov – Renaissance, Book II: Courante
21 – Steve Reich – Traveler's Prayer
22 – Magdalena Consort – In thee, O Lord
23 – Boris Giltburg – Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 36
24 – Cappella Mediterranea – Suite d'Armide: Air. L'Amour a ses guerriers plus fiers
25 – Gerard Cousins – Veladas Íntimas, Op. 17: IV. Nocturno
26 – The Scale Knitters – Sonate à la Maresienne: I. Un peu grave
27 – Alain Planès – I. La Statue de Bronze
28 – Víkingur Ólafsson – I. Mit Lebhaftigkeit und durchaus mit Empfindung und Ausdruck
29 – Salomé Gasselin – Ich dank dir schon
30 – Various Artists – La Mort s’avance, WD 133
31 – Vox Luminis – Christ lag in Todesbanden, BWV 4: III. Den Tod niemand zwingen kunnt
32 – José Joaquim dos Santos – In Secundo Nocturno: II. Responsorium V. Tenebrae factae sunt
33 – Beatrice Rana – Keyboard Concerto No. 2 in E Major, BWV 1053: I —
34 – Orquestra Ouro Preto – Suite del ángel: II. La muerte del ángel
35 – Lukas Geniušas – Hallelujah Junction: I.
36 – National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland – Masques et bergamasques, Op. 112: II. Pastorale
37 – James Ehnes – Concerto for Oboe and Violin in C Minor, BWV 1060R: III. Allegro
38 – Thomas Adès – Five Spells from The Tempest: II. Ariel and Prospero
39 – John Gade – Sonate pour piano No. 3, Op. 23: III. Andante
40 – Trio Pantoum – Piano Trio No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 32: II. Scherzo. Allegro molto
41 – Camille Delaforge – Air. Amour, quelle cruelle flamme
42 – Lina Tur Bonet – Violin Sonata No. 3 in D Minor "Imitazione delle Campane"
43 – Quatuor Diotima – IIIc.
44 – Ensemble Peregrina – In hoc festo breviter
45 – Yevgeny Sudbin – Prelude and Nocturne for the Left Hand, Op. 9: I. Prelude. Andante
46 – François Leleux – Notturno for Oboe and Strings, Op. 74
47 – Francesco Tristano Schlimé – English Suite No. 5 in E Minor, BWV 810: I. Prélude
48 – Fretwork – In Nomine for 4 Viols
49 – Daniil Trifonov – No. 3
50 – Jaime Martin – VII. Neptune, the Mystic
51 – Christian Tetzlaff – 2 Pieces, Op. 77: No. 2, Devotion (Live)
52 – La Serenissima – Concerto for Flute, Strings and Continuo in D Major, TWV 51:D2: I. Moderato
53 – Tenebrae – Song for Athene
54 – Alexandre Collard – Iridescence-glace
55 – Alexandre Tharaud – Soupirs fanés: Familial désespoir
56 – Steven Osborne – Moments musicaux, D. 780: No. 5 in F Minor. Allegro vivace
57 – ORF Radio Symphonieorchester Wien – Piano Concerto No. 9 in E-Flat Major, KV 271 "Jenamy": I. Allegro
58 – Signum Quartett – Komeng
59 – The Gesualdo Six – No. 3, Abendlied
60 – Xavier de Maistre – II. Larghetto
61 – Philadelphia Orchestra – IV. Dawn in Dixie
62 – Isabelle Faust – IV. Gigue
63 – Emmanuel Despax – Sextet in C Minor, Op. 40: III. Allegro vivace
64 – Vox Clamantis – No. 1, O Weisheit
65 – Raphaela Gromes – IV. Allegro molto e con fuoco
66 – La Néréide – L'âme contente dans sa solitude
67 – Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra – Miroirs, M. 43: No. 4, Alborada del gracioso
68 – Shani Diluka – Panis angelicus
69 – Domingo Hindoyan – España
70 – Anastasia Kobekina – III. Courante
71 – Jonathan Biss – Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major, Op. 58: III. Rondo. Vivace
72 – John Rutter – When Music Sounds
73 – Danish National Symphony Orchestra – I. Allegro
74 – Gianandrea Noseda – II. Allegretto
75 – Rolando Villazón – Canario
76 – Ictus – Einstein on the Beach: Knee 1
77 – Sandbox Percussion – Don't Look Down: I. Hammerspace
78 – Jean Rondeau – Suite en ré: I. Prélude, G. 2
79 – VOCES8 Foundation Choir – Miracles
80 – Vanessa Wagner – Etude No. 15
81 – Trio Xenakis – Nagoya Marimbas (Live)
82 – Stéphane Denève – Concerto for Orchestra: I. Hymn for the Hurting
83 – Les Cris de Paris – Moro, lasso, al mio duolo
84 – Thomas Dunford – A Dream, P. 75
85 – Yunchan Lim – The Seasons, Op. 37a: VIII. August. The Harvest. Allegro vivace
86 – Zina Schiff – Violin Concerto No. 2, Op. 89a: V. Presto
87 – Laura Lootens – Due canzoni lidie: I. Espressivo
88 – Rachel Podger – Violin Sonata No. 1 in A Major, C. 138: V. Finale
89 – Royal Philharmonic Orchestra – Aberfan
90 – Freiburger Barockorchester – V. Notturno. Andante con moto tranquillo
91 – Edward Gardner – III. Scherzo: Vivace
92 – Isabelle Faust – II. Allegro vivace
93 – Bernhard Hofstötter – Giga: Presto
94 – Elisabeth Leonskaja – Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-Flat Major, Op. 73 "Emperor": II. Adagio un poco moto
95 – Emmanuel Ceysson – Sonatine, Op. 30: I. Allègrement
96 – Various Composers – Suite in D, WeissSW 18: VI. Passagaille
97 – Kebyart – Le Tombeau de Couperin, M. 68: I. Prélude
98 – Anne Akiko Meyers – Blue Electra: I. Courage (1928)
99 – Martín García García – Abstract IX — Rocheux et Grotesque
100 – Charlie Lovell-Jones – Leviathan, Op. 59