Classical Commute

Classical Commute

Apple Music Classical

Updated 2 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.

II. Andante

Belcea Quartet, Quatuor Ébène

7:16

II. Aria & Variationes I

Bojan Čičić, The Illyria Consort

2:53

Young Apollo, Op. 16

Martin James Bartlett, Howard Griffiths, Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg

7:14

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

2:41

IV. Finale. Presto

Chiaroscuro Quartet

6:20

IV. Allegretto

Sol Gabetta, Victor Julien-Laferrière

2:34

I. Allegretto

Barbican Quartet

7:34

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

Norwegian String Quintet, Eldbjørg Hemsing, Tim Allhoff

2:17

II. Allegro con grazia

London Symphony Orchestra, Gianandrea Noseda

7:31

No. 7, How Fair This Spot (Transcr. Volodos for Piano)

Nobuyuki Tsujii

2:35

II. Adagio sostenuto

7:02

Prelude No. 9 in E Major, BWV 854

Víkingur Ólafsson

1:44

Une larme: thème et variations (Single Edit)

Irina Zahharenkova, Sol Gabetta

2:24

Dawn

Jeneba Kanneh-Mason

2:34

Tournelle

Kim Barbier, Esther Abrami Ensemble

2:01

No. 2a, Prelude in A Minor

0:55

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

Eldbjørg Hemsing, Tim Allhoff, Norwegian String Quintet

1:55

Larghetto (After Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Minor, Op. 21: II. Larghetto)

4:44

III. Rondeau. Allegro

Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg, Roberto González-Monjas

4:45

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

2:00

II. Allegro

Adrian Chandler, La Serenissima

3:14

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

Norwegian String Quintet, Eldbjørg Hemsing, Tim Allhoff

2:13

Improvisation No. 15, FP 176 "Hommage à Edith Piaf"

Alexandre Tharaud

3:21

My Lady Carey's Dompe (Arr. Diluka for Piano)

1:18

III. Menuetto grazioso - Trio

5:03

I. Allegro

Olga Kopylova, Claudio Cruz

8:35

II. Andante sognando

Giorgi Gigashvili

4:30

III. Lento assai

Hina & Fiona, Rohan De Silva

3:13

IV. Allegro molto

La Speranza

5:10

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

Artis Quartet, Silver-Garburg Piano Duo

8:20

IV. Finale. Allegro molto moderato

Bertrand Chamayou, Leif Ove Andsnes

5:28

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

Julien Quentin, Ray Chen

3:01

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

6:38

No. 1, Valse Bohémienne

Matthew Schellhorn, Maya Magub

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

No. 5, May. Frühlingslied

2:27

III. Finale. Allegro energico

Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Gemma New, Johan Dalene

7:39

IId. Dream Interlude. Poco allegretto

Vasily Petrenko, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

2:39

I. Adagio

Engegård Quartet

5:06

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. Lied. Allegretto

2:03

Of Wind and Rain

Capucelli, Gautier Capuçon

3:50

II. Galliard

2:29

II. Andante molto

Café Zimmermann, Pablo Valetti

2:34

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

Edward Gardner, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra

4:57

V. The Silver Fairy

Daniil Trifonov

1:12

II. Un bal. Valse. Allegro non troppo

Rafael Payare, Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal

6:41

I. Prelude. Allegro moderato

Johan Dalene, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Gemma New

8:41

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

Lorenzo Viotti, Vienna Philharmonic

7:58

III. Rondeau. Allegro

Hans Graf, Chloe Chua, Singapore Symphony Orchestra

4:20

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

Plínio Fernandes, Samuele Telari, Nicola Benedetti, Thomas Carroll

3:21

No. 4, Intermezzo in E Major

Piotr Anderszewski

4:16

Wiener Blut, Walzer, Op. 354 (Live)

Tugan Sokhiev, Vienna Philharmonic

9:16

I. [Allegro moderato]

Martin Stegner, Wu Wei, Janne Saksala

2:44

The ‘Lost’ Scherzo for String Quartet

Villiers Quartet

5:14

II. Andante

Jan Lisiecki, Manfred Honeck, Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

9:41

Var. 3. Canone all'Unisono a 1 Clav. (Live at Carnegie Hall, New York, 2025)

2:02

Wake

Capucelli, Gautier Capuçon

4:12

III. Finale. Presto ma non troppo

Mariam Batsashvili

3:27

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

6:49

II. Variation 1

Sol Gabetta, Victor Julien-Laferrière

1:48

Sun of Justice

2:24

III. Scherzo (Furiant). Molto vivace

Marc-André Hamelin, Takács Quartet

4:25

No. 2 in E Major. Un poco più mosso

3:27

I. Allegro

Fabio Biondi, Europa Galante

2:08

I. Quarter note = 104 – Quarter note = 120

Anne Akiko Meyers, Gustavo Dudamel, Los Angeles Philharmonic

6:41

Auf Flügeln des Gesanges (After Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy)

Marina Baranova

4:17

No. 2, Intermezzo. Andante in A Minor

4:13

No. 8 (Edit)

3:45

Shimmering Lakes

George Hart

1:53

I. Tempo giusto

Kölner Akademie, Alon Sariel, Michael Alexander Willens

6:16

Humanity

Jérémy Hababou

2:16

Entre les gouttes

Mira

3:05

No. 4, Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace

Britten Sinfonia, Daniel Hyde

3:20

Arabesque No. 1

3:52

Overture

Sir Simon Rattle, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

4:38

I. I’m Troubled in Mind [America], Op. 59 No. 14

Michael Repper, National Philharmonic

4:57

Go from my window

5:07

No. 15, Un poco di Chopin

2:51

I. Largo – Allegro

Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Mayumi Hirasaki

2:32

I. Zart und mit Ausdruck

Lorraine Campet, Nathanaël Gouin

3:06

II. Scherzo. Molto vivace

Benjamin Grosvenor

2:47

Bindle Stiffs

2:40

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

Tim Allhoff, Eldbjørg Hemsing, Norwegian String Quintet

2:08

I. Pemoengkah

Lukas Geniušas, Anna Geniushene

3:18

II. Paris

David Alan Miller, Anne Akiko Meyers, Albany Symphony

3:31

III. Presto agitato (Live)

Nobuyuki Tsujii

6:57

II. Presto

Katy Bircher, Adrian Chandler, La Serenissima

4:14

III. Allegro giocoso (Live)

Kent Nagano, Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra

6:20

No. 5 in D-Flat Major. Mélisande

2:33

II. Molto vivace (Live)

Vienna Philharmonic, Riccardo Muti

13:24

II. Fliegen und Schmetterlinge

Célia Oneto Bensaid, Manon Galy, Héloïse Luzzati, Léa Hennino

5:26