Classical Commute

Classical Commute

Apple Music Classical

Updated 3 days ago

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. 1, Cantique (Laetare anima mea)

Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Sueye Park, Valentin Egel

5:19

II. Rondeau

Les Arts Florissants, Gabrielle Rubio, Paul Agnew

1:41

IVf. Im früheren Zeitmass

Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Nathalie Stutzmann

3:21

Ungarische Melodie, D. 817

George Xiaoyuan Fu

4:04

III. Allegro prestissimo

Pablo Ferrández, Kian Soltani

2:28

III. Molto vivace

Manfred Honeck, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

7:42

No. 1, Lent et douloureux (Version for Solo Harp by Louise Spencer)

Louise Spencer

2:52

III. Lento

Trio E.T.A.

8:27

I Break Everything I Love

4:03

Allegretto non troppo in D Major, Op. 84

Elena Urioste, Tom Poster

2:38

III. Menuetto. Allegro

Nordic String Quartet

3:14

Joy

4:36

III. Andantino. Canto amoroso

Singapore Symphony Orchestra, Joshua Tan, Ma Yue

8:26

III. Lied. Allegretto

2:03

Flying Kites

Eunike Tanzil, Anna Handler, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin

1:51

Of Wind and Rain

Gautier Capuçon, Capucelli

3:50

III. Scherzo. Allegro

Alasdair Beatson, Viktoria Mullova

3:06

II. Andante (Cadenzas by Mishka Rushdie Momen)

Mishka Rushdie Momen, ORF Radio Symphonieorchester Wien, Howard Griffiths

4:07

VIII. La fille aux cheveux de lin (Arr. Spindler for Violin & Orchestra)

Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela, Gustavo Dudamel, María Dueñas Fernández

2:31

IV. Gavotte

Francesco Tristano

0:51

III. Rondeau. Allegro

Ning Feng, Kammerakademie Potsdam, Susanne von Gutzeit

6:22

Prelude No. 9 in E Major, BWV 854

Víkingur Ólafsson

1:44

VI. Idyll. A Lyrical Piece (Excerpt)

Matthias Kirschnereit

3:33

III. Leidenschaftlich schnell

Midori, Özgür Aydın

3:44

II. Adagio

Herbert Blomstedt, NHK Symphony Orchestra

5:50

Dawn

Jeneba Kanneh-Mason

2:34

Obsession espagnole

Mikhail Pletnev, Rachmaninoff International Orchestra

3:47

II. Minuetto a Canone. Andantino

Goldmund Quartet, Carlotta Dalia

3:24

III. Rondo - Allegro

Christopher Palameta, Notturna

4:47

III. Presto agitato

7:01

I. Allegro (Live)

Martha Argerich, Nicolas Economou

3:06

III. Rondò. Allegro

Quartetto Alla Maniera Italiana

7:25

No. 3 in C Major

Rudolf Buchbinder

2:16

II. Scherzo. Allegro ma non troppo - Trio

4:48

No. 2, Scene. The Street Awakens

Isata Kanneh-Mason

1:18

II. Danza del molinero (Farruca)

Gustavo Dudamel, Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela

2:58

I. Allegro moderato

Théotime Langlois de Swarte, Anna Sypniewski, Roxana Rastegar, Hanna Salzenstein

6:13

Liebestraum No. 3 in A-Flat Major, S. 541/3

4:46

II. Sicilienne

Nicholas Angelich, Renaud Capuçon, Quatuor Ébène

4:57

Bach Partita Variation (After Violin Partita No. 3 in E Major, BWV 100: I. Preludio) [Arr. for Violin, String Quintet & Piano by Tim Allhoff]

Tim Allhoff, Norwegian String Quintet, Eldbjørg Hemsing

2:17

No. 2, Intermezzo. Andante in A Minor

4:13

Tournelle

Esther Abrami Ensemble, Kim Barbier

2:01

II. Andante un poco adagio

Olga Pashchenko, Il Gardellino

6:01

Gospel Andante

3:55

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

Eldbjørg Hemsing, Norwegian String Quintet, Tim Allhoff

1:55

II. Andante sognando

Giorgi Gigashvili

4:30

No. 13, L'amante modesto (Arr. for String Quartet by Alex Fortes)

Brompton Quartet

4:16

No. 2 in E Minor, Lento, ma non troppo (Live)

2:00

No. 1 in C Major "Waterfall"

1:59

Lydian Harp

4:18

II. Assez vif, très rythmé

The Nash Ensemble

5:55

I. Allegro con spirito

7:28

II. Allemande

Víkingur Ólafsson

3:20

I. Allegro moderato

Silver-Garburg Piano Duo, Artis Quartet

8:20

IV. Finale. Allegro molto moderato

Leif Ove Andsnes, Bertrand Chamayou

5:28

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

Julien Quentin, Ray Chen

3:01

No. 1, Valse Bohémienne

Maya Magub, Matthew Schellhorn

2:40

Keyboard Sonata in B Minor, Kk. 87

6:18

No. 1, Ainsi chante l'amour dans l'arbre de mes veines

Chloé Dumoulin, Frédéric Lambert

3:33

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

Marianne Piketty, Le Concert Idéal

1:48

III. Finale. Allegro energico

Gemma New, Johan Dalene, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

7:39

Waltz No. 7 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 64 No. 2. Tempo giusto (Live)

4:20

III. Scherzo. Presto (Live)

The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center

4:04

III. Andantino grazioso

Javier Perianes, Jean-Guihen Queyras, Tabea Zimmermann

5:05

II. Scherzo. Molto vivace

Benjamin Grosvenor

2:47

III. Andante con moto, ma non troppo. Poco scherzoso

6:49

IV. Allegro molto

La Speranza

5:10

II. Galliard

2:29

II. Andante molto

Café Zimmermann, Pablo Valetti

2:34

III. Andantino con variazioni

David Douçot, David Guerrier, Kölner Akademie, Nicolas Baldeyrou, Gabriel Pidoux, Michael Alexander Willens

9:05

III. Allegretto grazioso (quasi andantino) - Presto ma non assai

Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Edward Gardner

4:57

V. The Silver Fairy

Daniil Trifonov

1:12

I. Allegro

Jan Lisiecki, Bamberg Symphony Orchestra, Manfred Honeck

10:36

No. 1, Le Papillon et la Fleur (Arr. for Viola and Piano by Timothy Ridout)

Jonathan Ware, Timothy Ridout

2:20

II. Un bal. Valse. Allegro non troppo

Rafael Payare, Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal

6:41

Una furtiva lagrima (Arr. For Horn and Orchestra by Wolfgang Renz)

Felix Klieser, I Solisti di Pavia

3:57

I. Prelude. Allegro moderato

Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Johan Dalene, Gemma New

8:41

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

Vienna Philharmonic, Lorenzo Viotti

7:58

No. 1, Après un rêve (Arr. for Viola and Piano by Timothy Ridout)

Jonathan Ware, Timothy Ridout

2:46

I. Zart und mit Ausdruck

Lorraine Campet, Nathanaël Gouin

3:06

Poeme in D-Flat Major, Op. 39a (Arr. for Violin and Piano by Kubelík)

Jorge González Buajasán, Manon Galy

2:17

German Dance in G Major with 2 Trios and 2 Ländler, D. 618

6:38

No. 7, Moderato

Alexander Malofeev

3:50

III. Rondeau. Allegro

Hans Graf, Chloe Chua, Singapore Symphony Orchestra

4:20

No. 1, Overture

Andris Nelsons, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig

6:42

III. Lento assai

Hina & Fiona, Rohan De Silva

3:13

Sicilienne (Prev. Attrib. Paradis) [Arr. Pochin & Morgan for Violin, Guitar, Accordion & Cello]

Nicola Benedetti, Samuele Telari, Thomas Carroll, Plínio Fernandes

3:21

I. Adagio

Engegård Quartet

5:06

No. 5, May. Frühlingslied

2:27

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

Eldbjørg Hemsing, Tim Allhoff, Norwegian String Quintet

2:13

Aria da capo (Live at Carnegie Hall, New York, 2025)

2:41

I. Allegretto

Barbican Quartet

7:34

Sadness and Sorrow (From "Naruto") [Arr. Telleria for Solo Piano]

2:49

III. Menuetto. Allegretto

Isidore String Quartet

3:03

I. Allegro

Europa Galante, Fabio Biondi

2:08

No. 3, Mélodie (1)

4:18

III. Rondeau. Allegro

Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg, Roberto González-Monjas

4:45

Sun of Justice

2:24

I. Prelude

Vsevolod Zavidov

3:23

No. 12, Masks

Gustavo Dudamel, Los Angeles Philharmonic

2:40