Classical Commute

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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.

I. Largo – Allegro

Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Mayumi Hirasaki

2:32

Wiener Blut, Walzer, Op. 354 (Live)

Vienna Philharmonic, Tugan Sokhiev

9:16

Entre les gouttes

Mira

3:05

II. Allegro scherzando

Martin Helmchen, Marie-Elisabeth Hecker

6:40

IV. Ciacona

The Illyria Consort, Bojan Čičić

5:01

No. 3

3:26

I. Allegro moderato

Artis Quartet, Silver-Garburg Piano Duo

8:20

I. Allegro moderato (Live)

4:46

II. Presto

Adrian Chandler, La Serenissima, Katy Bircher

4:14

No. 11 in A Minor "Winter Wind" (Live)

Vitaly Starikov

3:32

III. Rondeau. Allegro

Hans Graf, Chloe Chua, Singapore Symphony Orchestra

4:20

III. Allegro molto (Live)

Nicholas Collon, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra

8:58

No. 4 in B Minor. Allegro assai (Live)

3:34

III. Cancan grand-mondain

Alexandre Tharaud

1:55

Humanity

Jérémy Hababou

2:16

No. 3 in F Minor. Allegro moderato

1:41

Shimmering Lakes

George Hart

1:53

Remembering

Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Eunike Tanzil, Anna Handler

3:48

Vivaldi Storm (After The Four Seasons, Violin Concerto in G Minor, Op. 8 No. 2, RV 315 "Summer": III. Presto) [Arr. for Piano & Orchestra by Ben Palmer]

Louis Philippson

2:58

Bauklotze (From "Attack on Titan")

NDR Radiophilharmonie, Raphaela Gromes, Michael England, Tim Allhoff, Andrea Cicalese

2:51

I. [...]

Rachel Podger, Brecon Baroque

1:28

III. Allegro assai

Kathleen Kajioka, Sophie Gent, Olivier Fortin, Ensemble Masques

2:51

Go from my window

5:07

III. Allegretto

Moritz Winkelmann

6:54

Cascade I

3:07

Sun of Justice

2:24

II. Allegro

Adrian Chandler, La Serenissima

3:14

I. Allegro con espressione (Live)

4:30

I. Presto

Schaghajegh Nosrati

5:46

I. Allegro

Europa Galante, Fabio Biondi

2:08

II. Danseuse à la fontaine d’Aïn-Draham

Emmanuel Ceysson, Quatuor Voce

4:02

V. Little Birdie

2:03

III. Allegro giocoso (Live)

Kent Nagano, Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra

6:20

I. Prélude

Francesco Tristano

3:50

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

1:18

I. Zart und mit Ausdruck

Nathanaël Gouin, Lorraine Campet

3:06

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

Frédéric Lambert, Chloé Dumoulin

3:33

III. Finale. Presto ma non troppo

Mariam Batsashvili

3:27

No. 1, Opening

Laurianne Corneille

5:55

No. 11 in B-Flat Minor. Andante cantabile

3:49

III. Festivo

Orchestra of St. Luke's, Enrico Lopez-Yañez, Sharon Isbin

4:36

No. 15, Un poco di Chopin

2:51

II. Aria & Variationes I

The Illyria Consort, Bojan Čičić

2:53

V. Moto perpetuo

Sheku Kanneh-Mason, Isata Kanneh-Mason

2:31

Baustelle No. 2 (Construction on J.S. Bach's Prelude BWV 999)

5:04

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, Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, Marin Alsop

2:57

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

Lorenzo Viotti, Vienna Philharmonic

7:58

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

Raphaela Gromes, Gabriella Victoria, Julian Riem

2:21

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

Julien Quentin, Ray Chen

3:01

I. Tempo giusto

Alon Sariel, Michael Alexander Willens, Kölner Akademie

6:16

I. Quarter note = 104 – Quarter note = 120

Anne Akiko Meyers, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Gustavo Dudamel

6:41

Valse di fantastica

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

3:49

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

2:06

This One Swallow

1:36

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, Roxane Elfasci, Théo Lampérier

5:24

II. Fliegen und Schmetterlinge

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

5:26

Nachtmusik (After the Fourth Movement of Serenade No. 13 in G Major, K. 525 "Eine kleine Nachtmusik")

4:29

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

III. Rondo. Molto allegro (Live)

Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Jonathan Biss, Pekka Kuusisto

5:55

No. 8 in D Minor. Allegro moderato (Live)

3:07

Obsession espagnole

Rachmaninoff International Orchestra, Mikhail Pletnev

3:47

No. 1, Homenagem ao Sertanejo Brasileiro

4:33

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

Le Concert Idéal, Marianne Piketty

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)

Esther Abrami, Kim Barbier

3:40

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

Aurora Orchestra, Nicola Benedetti, Nicholas Collon

8:48

II. Galliard

2:29

Dusk

Jonathan Hannau, Jeff Roy, Sleeping Streets

2:40

Vision

3:43

Miserlou (Arr. for Orchestra by David Le Page)

David Le Page, Orchestra of the Swan

2:20

III. Rondeau. Tempo di menuetto - Allegro - Tempo di menuetto

Singapore Symphony Orchestra, Chloe Chua, Hans Graf

9:33

Recuerdos de la Alhambra

Raphaël Feuillâtre

4:02

Dancing Under the Meteorites

Django Bates, Anja Lechner, Dave Holland, Anouar Brahem

4:25

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

Norwegian String Quintet, Tim Allhoff, Eldbjørg Hemsing

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

I. Allegro con brio

Tim Park, Céline Moinet, Mohamed Hiber, Sindy Mohamed

6:43

The Eternal Olive Tree

Dave Holland, Anouar Brahem

4:00

Did I Ever Tell You

4:35

Boléro, M. 81

Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela, Gustavo Dudamel

16:00

III. Scherzo (Furiant). Molto vivace

Marc-André Hamelin, Takács Quartet

4:25

All I Ask

Julian Riem, Raphaela Gromes

4:39

Dance I

John Andrews, BBC Concert Orchestra

2:26

No. 3, Swamp-Bird

2:37

No. 1 in D Major. Allegro vivace

5:03

White Throated Sparrow (Is Happy On the Glacier)

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

4:24

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