Classical Commute

Apple Music Classical

Updated 3 days ago

Classical Commute

Sometimes it’s more about the journey than the destination—and that’s never truer than when you’ve got incredible music to take you from A to B. Here’s a selection from a variety of new classical albums designed to accompany you on your morning commute, or indeed anywhere you're headed throughout the day. We regularly update this playlist, so if you like a piece of music, add it to your library.

No. 3 in G-Sharp Minor "La campanella"

Mariam Batsashvili

4:59

I. Allegro ma non tanto (Opening) [Live from the 2022 Cliburn Competition]

Yunchan Lim, Marin Alsop, Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra

2:57

III. Scherzo. Vivace – Poco meno mosso (Live)

Vienna Philharmonic, Lorenzo Viotti

7:58

Tchaikovsky Swan Lake Variation (From Op. 20a, Scene 1, Arr. for Cello, Harp & Piano by Julian Riem)

Raphaela Gromes, Julian Riem, Gabriella Victoria

2:21

Merry-Go-Round of Life (Arr. Farrington for Violin & Piano) [From "Howl's Moving Castle"]

Ray Chen, Julien Quentin

3:01

I. Tempo giusto

Michael Alexander Willens, Alon Sariel, Kölner Akademie

6:16

Valse di fantastica

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

3:49

Bye Bye Baby (Arr. for Piano by Florian Noack)

2:06

Bindle Stiffs

2:40

I. Pemoengkah

Anna Geniushene, Lukas Geniušas

3:18

Etude No. 8 (Arr. for 2 Guitars and Drums by Roxane Elfasci, Baptiste Erard, and Théo Lampérier)

Baptiste Erard, Théo Lampérier, Roxane Elfasci

5:24

Ave Maria Variation (After J.S. Bach's "Prelude and Fugue No. 1 in C Major, BWV 846: I. Prelude")

Norwegian String Quintet, Eldbjørg Hemsing, Tim Allhoff

2:08

III. Rondo. Molto allegro (Live)

Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Pekka Kuusisto, Jonathan Biss

5:55

No. 1, Homenagem ao Sertanejo Brasileiro

4:33

III. Giga. Presto (Transcr. for String Ensemble by Olivier Fourés)

Marianne Piketty, Le Concert Idéal

1:48

No. 2a, Prelude in A Minor

0:55

II. Scherzo. Molto vivace

Benjamin Grosvenor

2:47

Lua branca (Arr. for Violin and Piano by Esther Abrami)

Kim Barbier, Esther Abrami

3:40

III. Rondo. Allegro (Cadenza: Benedetti & Marsalis)

Nicola Benedetti, Aurora Orchestra, Nicholas Collon

8:48

II. Galliard

2:29

Dusk

Jeff Roy, Jonathan Hannau, Sleeping Streets

2:40

Vision

3:43

Dancing Under the Meteorites

Django Bates, Anouar Brahem, Dave Holland, Anja Lechner

4:25

Bach Brandenburg Concerto Revisited (After Bach's BWV 1046: I. Allegro)

Tim Allhoff, Eldbjørg Hemsing, Norwegian String Quintet

2:13

No. 5 in D-Flat Major. Mélisande

2:33

King's Seat

Ischico

4:46

II. Paris

Anne Akiko Meyers, David Alan Miller, Albany Symphony

3:31

III. Allegro

Ariel Quartet

2:56

I. Allegro con brio

Mohamed Hiber, Sindy Mohamed, Tim Park, Céline Moinet

6:43

I. Prélude

Francesco Tristano

3:50

No. 2, Allegro leggiero

2:19

III. Tempo die Mazurka - Intermezzo

Le Beau Ensemble

4:01

The Eternal Olive Tree

Dave Holland, Anouar Brahem

4:00

III. Allegro

Jessica Linnebach, James Ehnes, Canadian National Arts Centre Orchestra, Yōsuke Kawasaki

4:36

III. Juba. Allegro

Takács Quartet, Marc-André Hamelin

3:32

Exprompt

Ischico

3:06

I. Allegro

Julien Libeer, Eckart Runge, Pierre Colombet

8:19

II. Allegretto [Seguidilla & Chanson bohème]

Himari, Chelsea Wang

4:02

III. Allegro

Beatrice Rana, Amsterdam Sinfonietta

2:34

Did I Ever Tell You

4:35

Dragon

Büşra Kayıkçı

1:57

I. Prélude

Jean-Efflam Bavouzet

2:56

Boléro, M. 81

Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela, Gustavo Dudamel

16:00

Troubled Water

Jeneba Kanneh-Mason

5:23

I. Allegro non molto

La Folia Barockorchester, Sophie Dervaux

2:43

III. Scherzo (Furiant). Molto vivace

Marc-André Hamelin, Takács Quartet

4:25

Candle Flickers (feat. Peter Gregson)

3:47

No. 5 in G Minor. Alla marcia

4:14

Dance I

BBC Concert Orchestra, John Andrews

2:26

II. Is Anybody Out There

Robert Ziegler, Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, London Voices

2:16

No. 3, Swamp-Bird

2:37

Follow The Light

Jérémy Hababou

2:33

III. Allegretto

Elizabeth Sombart, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Pierre Vallet

6:54

I. Allegro

James Ehnes, Canadian National Arts Centre Orchestra

7:09

No. 5, Andaluza (Arr. for Violin and Piano by Fritz Kreisler)

Elsa Grether, Ferenc Vizi

4:00

Renaissance (Main Theme from "The White Lotus, Series 2") [Arr. Metcalfe for Guitar, String Quintet & Percussion]

Elsa Bradley, Sam Becker, Carducci Quartet, Alexandra Whittingham

4:25

II. Pantoum. Assez vif

Trio con Brio Copenhagen

4:10

I. Preludio (Arr. for Violin, String Quintet & Piano by Tim Allhoff)

Tim Allhoff, Norwegian String Quintet, Eldbjørg Hemsing

2:17

No. 1 in D Major. Allegro vivace

5:03

III. Allegro

Amsterdam Sinfonietta, Beatrice Rana

5:46

Tsohle Tsohle

Manchester Collective, Abel Selaocoe, Fred Thomas, Alan Keary, Dudù Kouate, Sidiki Dembele

5:53

II. Allegro

2:52

ARIES “The Charismatic”

2:54

III. Rondo. Allegro moderato

Pierre Colombet, Julien Libeer, Máté Szűcs, Eckart Runge

7:45

II. Assez vif – Très rythmé

Attacca Quartet

6:29

Vortex

2:01

III. Poco vivace

Santtu-Matias Rouvali, Göteborgs Symfoniker

3:44

I. Ouverture. Allegro moderato

Gustavo Gimeno, Toronto Symphony Orchestra

2:05

White Throated Sparrow (Is Happy On the Glacier)

Kingdom Orchestra, The Listening Planet, Steward Copeland, Troy Miller

4:24

Waltz in E Minor. Vivace, Op. posth. KKIVa/15

Charles Richard-Hamelin

2:57

I. Allemande

2:30

I. Presto

Adrian Chandler, La Serenissima

3:02

I. Allegro ma poco

La Folia Barockorchester, Sophie Dervaux

3:29

Noontide"

4:31

III. Aisha’s Dance (Arr. for Violin and Piano by Jascha Heifetz)

David Haroutunian, Xénia Maliarevitch

3:13

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

Beatrice Berrut

3:01

No. 1, Valse Bohémienne

Maya Magub, Matthew Schellhorn

2:40

I. Allegro

Pierre Vallet, Elizabeth Sombart, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

11:14

Recercada segunda sobre el “Passamezzo” moderno

Apollo's Fire, René Schiffer, Jeannette Sorrell, Francisco Fullana

2:28

II. Vivacious

George Xiaoyuan Fu, James Larter

1:25

5th Symphony In Congo Square

4:26

To Be Sun

Ludovico Einaudi

5:52

Newcastle (From Playford's "The English Dancing Master") [Arr. Christina Pluhar]

Christina Pluhar, L'Arpeggiata

2:52

III. Presto

Adrian Chandler, La Serenissima

2:51

Sarabande

Josefine Opsahl

2:50

I. Allegro

ensemble reflektor, Juri Vallentin

3:22

I. Allegro moderato

Musikkollegium Winterthur, Roberto González-Monjas

6:36

I. Allegro

Albéric Boullenois, Le Consort, Hanna Salzenstein

3:54

Toccata (Arr. by Tamar Halperin & Guy Steinberg)

2:39

Human Universe

6:39

Higitus Figitus (From "The Sword in the Stone") [Arr. for Piano by Beatrice Berrut]

Beatrice Berrut

1:44

Kauyumari

Los Angeles Philharmonic, Gustavo Dudamel

7:23

Pathos

Ludovico Einaudi

7:06

The Imperial March (From “Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back”) [Live at Suntory Hall, Tokyo, 2023]

John Williams, Saito Kinen Orchestra

3:09

II. Molto vivace (Live)

Riccardo Muti, Vienna Philharmonic

13:24

No. 1 in C Major "Waterfall"

1:59

	
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