Classical Commute

Classical Commute

Apple Music Classical

Updated 4 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.

I. Allegro

Manfred Honeck, Jan Lisiecki, Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

10:36

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

6:38

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

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

2:31

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

I Solisti di Pavia, Felix Klieser

3:57

II. Sicilienne

Renaud Capuçon, Quatuor Ébène, Nicholas Angelich

4:57

I. Allegro

Daishin Kashimoto, Berliner Barock Solisten

3:11

I. Adagio

Engegård Quartet

5:06

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

4:46

III. Lied. Allegretto

2:03

No. 2, Scene. The Street Awakens

Isata Kanneh-Mason

1:18

I. Prelude

Vsevolod Zavidov

3:23

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, Eldbjørg Hemsing, Norwegian String Quintet

2:17

Prelude No. 9 in E Major, BWV 854

Víkingur Ólafsson

1:44

Tournelle

Esther Abrami Ensemble, Kim Barbier

2:01

II. Aria & Variationes I

Bojan Čičić, The Illyria Consort

2:53

No. 3, Mélodie (1)

4:18

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

Norwegian String Quintet, Eldbjørg Hemsing, Tim Allhoff

2:13

II. Andante un poco adagio

Olga Pashchenko, Il Gardellino

6:01

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

1:18

I. Allegro

Olga Kopylova, Claudio Cruz

8:35

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

Eldbjørg Hemsing, Norwegian String Quintet, Tim Allhoff

1:55

III. Leidenschaftlich schnell

Özgür Aydın, Midori

3:44

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

Alexandre Tharaud

3:21

II. Andante sognando

Giorgi Gigashvili

4:30

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

Brompton Quartet

4:16

III. Lento assai

Hina & Fiona, Rohan De Silva

3:13

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

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

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

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

Jean-Guihen Queyras, Tabea Zimmermann, Javier Perianes

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

Of Wind and Rain

Gautier Capuçon, Capucelli

3:50

Obsession espagnole

Rachmaninoff International Orchestra, Mikhail Pletnev

3:47

II. Galliard

2:29

II. Andante molto

Café Zimmermann, Pablo Valetti

2:34

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

Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Edward Gardner

4:57

V. The Silver Fairy

Daniil Trifonov

1:12

II. Un bal. Valse. Allegro non troppo

Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, Rafael Payare

6:41

I. Prelude. Allegro moderato

Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Gemma New, Johan Dalene

8:41

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

Lorenzo Viotti, Vienna Philharmonic

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

Nathanaël Gouin, Lorraine Campet

3:06

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

Jorge González Buajasán, Manon Galy

2:17

No. 7, Moderato

Alexander Malofeev

3:50

III. Rondeau. Allegro

Singapore Symphony Orchestra, Chloe Chua, Hans Graf

4:20

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

Plínio Fernandes, Thomas Carroll, Samuele Telari, Nicola Benedetti

3:21

No. 5, May. Frühlingslied

2:27

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

2:49

I. Allegro

Europa Galante, Fabio Biondi

2:08

III. Rondeau. Allegro

Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg, Roberto González-Monjas

4:45

III. Menuetto. Allegretto

Isidore String Quartet

3:03

No. 1, Overture

Andris Nelsons, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig

6:42

Sun of Justice

2:24

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

2:41

I. Allegretto

Barbican Quartet

7:34

III. Menuetto grazioso - Trio

5:03

Dawn

Jeneba Kanneh-Mason

2:34

No. 12, Masks

Gustavo Dudamel, Los Angeles Philharmonic

2:40

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]

Wu Wei, Janne Saksala, Martin Stegner

2:44

The ‘Lost’ Scherzo for String Quartet

Villiers Quartet

5:14

I. Largo – Allegro

Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Mayumi Hirasaki

2:32

II. Andante

Quatuor Ébène, Belcea Quartet

7:16

II. Andante

Jan Lisiecki, Bamberg Symphony Orchestra, Manfred Honeck

9:41

Wake

Gautier Capuçon, Capucelli

4:12

Remembering

Anna Handler, Eunike Tanzil, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin

3:48

This One Swallow

1:36

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

4:44

III. Finale. Presto ma non troppo

Mariam Batsashvili

3:27

II. Variation 1

Sol Gabetta, Victor Julien-Laferrière

1:48

No. 15, Un poco di Chopin

2:51

IV. Allegretto

Sol Gabetta, Victor Julien-Laferrière

2:34

II. Adagio sostenuto

7:02

II. Allegro con grazia

London Symphony Orchestra, Gianandrea Noseda

7:31

III. Scherzo (Furiant). Molto vivace

Takács Quartet, Marc-André Hamelin

4:25

V. The Beech Tree

Norwegian Chamber Orchestra, Pekka Kuusisto

2:49

Did I Ever Tell You

4:35

No. 2 in E Major. Un poco più mosso

3:27

I. Quarter note = 104 – Quarter note = 120

Los Angeles Philharmonic, Gustavo Dudamel, Anne Akiko Meyers

6:41

Auf Flügeln des Gesanges (After Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy)

Marina Baranova

4:17

Go from my window

5:07

No. 2, Intermezzo. Andante in A Minor

4:13

No. 8 (Edit)

3:45

Shimmering Lakes

George Hart

1:53