Classical songs at 117 BPM
Tempo Tunes has 1,900 classical songs with a verified tempo of 117 BPM: orchestral and chamber works. Here are some of the best known.
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Popular 117 BPM classical songs
Odd Days
Ludovico Einaudi (2003)
Piano Sonata in C major, Hob. XVI:50: I. Allegro
Lang Lang (2003)
Di qual tetra luce
Luciano Pavarotti (1989)
Carmen: Troisuème acte, No. 19. Trio: "Parlez encore, parlez, mes belles, etc."
Berliner Philharmoniker (2008)
Cello Suite No. 3 in C Major, BWV 1009: VI. Gigue
Yo-Yo Ma
Caprice no. 17
Yo‐Yo Ma (1982)
Symphony no. 8 in C minor: I. Allegro moderato
London Symphony Orchestra (1999)
Symphonie no. 9 D-dur: IIIf. Tempo I subito
Wiener Philharmoniker (1988)
Les Parapluies de Cherbourg
André Rieu (2003)
la Forza del Destino: Qual Rumor! - Leonora
Plácido Domingo (1998)
All My Love
London Philharmonic Orchestra (1997)
Waltz no. 14 in E minor, op. posth.
Arthur Rubinstein (1985)
Symphony no. 9 in D minor, op. 125 "Choral": III. Adagio molto e cantabile
Chicago Symphony Orchestra (1986)
Mass: V. Meditation No. 1
Leonard Bernstein (1971)
Only The Winds
Ólafur Arnalds (2013)
Sonata No. 12 in A-flat major, Op. 26: II. Scherzo. Allegro molto
Glenn Gould (1983)
Symphony no. 6 in D minor, op. 104: II. Allegretto moderato
Philharmonia Orchestra (1993)
Serenade after Plato's "Symposium": I. Phaedrus: Pausanias. Lento - Allegro
Joshua Bell (2000)
La Mer: I. De l’aube à midi sur la mer
Boston Symphony Orchestra (1957)
Partita for Violin Solo No. 1 in B Minor, BWV 1002: V. Sarabande
Hilary Hahn (2018)
12 Variations for Piano and Cello in F major on Mozart's The Magic Flute: "Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen", op. 66 no. 10: Variation X. Adagio
Martha Argerich (1991)
Pictures at an Exhibition: Promenade – Limoges: le marché – Catacombae sepulcrum romanum – Cum mortuis lingua mortua
Vladimir Ashkenazy (1986)
Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: XVII. Variatio 16 a 1 clav. Ouvertura
Alexandre Tharaud (2015)
Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
English Chamber Orchestra (1986)
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