Classical songs at 120 BPM

Tempo Tunes has 1,804 classical songs with a verified tempo of 120 BPM: orchestral and chamber works. Here are some of the best known.

120 BPM is the heart of dance music: house, disco, and most of the pop charts live within a couple of clicks of it. It keeps spin warmups and gym floors moving without redlining anyone.

Popular 120 BPM classical songs

  • Alexandria

    Ludovico Einaudi (2002)

  • Piano Sonata No. 16 in C Major, K. 545 "Sonata facile": I. Allegro by Lang Lang cover art

    Piano Sonata No. 16 in C Major, K. 545 "Sonata facile": I. Allegro

    Lang Lang (2019)

  • Stabat Mater: Cuius animam

    Luciano Pavarotti (1988)

  • Carmen: Troisuème acte, No. 23. Final: "Holà! Holà! José!"

    Berliner Philharmoniker (2008)

  • Cello Sonata, Op. 8: I. Allegro maestoso ma appassionato by Yo‐Yo Ma cover art

    Cello Sonata, Op. 8: I. Allegro maestoso ma appassionato

    Yo‐Yo Ma (1999)

  • Symphony no. 25 in G minor, K. 183: III. Minuetto

    London Symphony Orchestra (2013)

  • Perfect by The Piano Guys cover art

    Perfect

    The Piano Guys (2017)

  • Symphonie no. 3: Abteilung I: I, Ziffer 43. Immer dasselbe Tempo

    Wiener Philharmoniker (1984)

  • Wiegenlied by Plácido Domingo cover art

    Wiegenlied

    Plácido Domingo (1993)

  • Mazurka No. 21 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 30 No. 4 by Arthur Rubinstein cover art

    Mazurka No. 21 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 30 No. 4

    Arthur Rubinstein (1993)

  • A Night on Bare Mountain

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra (1986)

  • Carte Blanche: V. Romanza and Postlude

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (1999)

  • Valse-Scherzo in C major, Op. 34 by Itzhak Perlman cover art

    Valse-Scherzo in C major, Op. 34

    Itzhak Perlman (1991)

  • Endalaus II by Ólafur Arnalds cover art

    Endalaus II

    Ólafur Arnalds (2011)

  • Prelude in E-flat minor and Fugue in D-sharp minor no. 8, BWV 853: I. Praeludium by Glenn Gould cover art

    Prelude in E-flat minor and Fugue in D-sharp minor no. 8, BWV 853: I. Praeludium

    Glenn Gould (1986)

  • Tod und Verklärung, Op. 24 by Philharmonia Orchestra cover art

    Tod und Verklärung, Op. 24

    Philharmonia Orchestra (1998)

  • Rapsodie espagnole: I. Prélude à la nuit. Très modéré

    Boston Symphony Orchestra (1974)

  • Sonata for Piano and Violoncello in G minor, op. 65: I. Allegro moderato by Martha Argerich cover art

    Sonata for Piano and Violoncello in G minor, op. 65: I. Allegro moderato

    Martha Argerich (1989)

  • Piano Concerto no. 3 in D minor, op. 30: II. Intermezzo. Adagio by Vladimir Ashkenazy cover art

    Piano Concerto no. 3 in D minor, op. 30: II. Intermezzo. Adagio

    Vladimir Ashkenazy (1963)

  • Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C major, BWV 564: I. Preludio by Vladimir Horowitz cover art

    Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C major, BWV 564: I. Preludio

    Vladimir Horowitz (1993)

  • Went Missing by Nils Frahm cover art

    Went Missing

    Nils Frahm (2013)

  • inside area d by Ryuichi Sakamoto cover art

    inside area d

    Ryuichi Sakamoto (2022)

  • Symphony No. 4 in G major: Id. Wieder plätzlich langsam und bedächtig

    New York Philharmonic (1999)

  • The Lark Ascending by Janine Jansen cover art

    The Lark Ascending

    Janine Jansen (2003)

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