Classical songs at 150 BPM

Tempo Tunes has 715 classical songs with a verified tempo of 150 BPM: orchestral and chamber works. Here are some of the best known.

150 BPM pushes into workout territory: uptempo rock, dance, and faster hip hop. 150 BPM also lines up with a running cadence of about 150 steps per minute, on the quicker side of an easy jog.

Popular 150 BPM classical songs

  • Waltz in F Minor, Op. post. 70 No. 2 by Lang Lang cover art

    Waltz in F Minor, Op. post. 70 No. 2

    Lang Lang (2012)

  • Matthäus Passion, BWV 244: Erster Teil. Nr. 21. Choral "Erkenne mich, mein Hüter"

    Berliner Philharmoniker (1987)

  • Suite for Solo Cello: II. by Yo‐Yo Ma cover art

    Suite for Solo Cello: II.

    Yo‐Yo Ma (1999)

  • Symphony no. 5 in D minor, op. 47: I. Moderato by London Symphony Orchestra cover art

    Symphony no. 5 in D minor, op. 47: I. Moderato

    London Symphony Orchestra (2005)

  • O Fortuna

    The Piano Guys (2011)

  • 24 Caprices, Op. 1: No. 13 in B-Flat Major by Itzhak Perlman cover art

    24 Caprices, Op. 1: No. 13 in B-Flat Major

    Itzhak Perlman (1972)

  • Invention No. 13 in A Minor, BWV 784 by Glenn Gould cover art

    Invention No. 13 in A Minor, BWV 784

    Glenn Gould (1964)

  • Symphony no. 4 in F minor, op. 36: III. Scherzo: Pizzicato ostinato, allegro by Philharmonia Orchestra cover art

    Symphony no. 4 in F minor, op. 36: III. Scherzo: Pizzicato ostinato, allegro

    Philharmonia Orchestra (1989)

  • Piano Concerto no. 1 in C major, op. 15: III. Rondo. Allegro scherzando by Martha Argerich cover art

    Piano Concerto no. 1 in C major, op. 15: III. Rondo. Allegro scherzando

    Martha Argerich (2014)

  • Études-tableaux, op. 33: No. 6 in E-flat major by Vladimir Ashkenazy cover art

    Études-tableaux, op. 33: No. 6 in E-flat major

    Vladimir Ashkenazy (1982)

  • Sonata in G major, K. 455 by Vladimir Horowitz cover art

    Sonata in G major, K. 455

    Vladimir Horowitz (1987)

  • Says by Nils Frahm cover art

    Says

    Nils Frahm (2013)

  • 20220307 by Ryuichi Sakamoto cover art

    20220307

    Ryuichi Sakamoto (2023)

  • Pictures at an Exhibition: V. Promenade. Moderato non tanto by New York Philharmonic cover art

    Pictures at an Exhibition: V. Promenade. Moderato non tanto

    New York Philharmonic (1998)

  • Fantasie in C major, op. 17: III. Langsam getragen. Durchweg leise zu halten - Etwas bewegter by Wilhelm Kempff cover art

    Fantasie in C major, op. 17: III. Langsam getragen. Durchweg leise zu halten - Etwas bewegter

    Wilhelm Kempff (2001)

  • Suite for Piano, op. 25: Musette. Rascher by Maurizio Pollini cover art

    Suite for Piano, op. 25: Musette. Rascher

    Maurizio Pollini (1975)

  • Sonata No. 8, Op. 13 "Pathétique": II. Adagio cantabile by [unknown] cover art

    Sonata No. 8, Op. 13 "Pathétique": II. Adagio cantabile

    [unknown] (2004)

  • The Sending by Nobuo Uematsu cover art

    The Sending

    Nobuo Uematsu (2001)

  • Sonata for Piano no. 7 in D major, op. 10 no. 3: I. Presto by Claudio Arrau cover art

    Sonata for Piano no. 7 in D major, op. 10 no. 3: I. Presto

    Claudio Arrau (1991)

  • Divertimento for Flute, Oboe and Clarinet, Op.37: VI. Piacevole by James Galway cover art

    Divertimento for Flute, Oboe and Clarinet, Op.37: VI. Piacevole

    James Galway (1997)

  • Digital by Kronos Quartet cover art

    Digital

    Kronos Quartet (1993)

  • Études: No. 9 by Víkingur Ólafsson cover art

    Études: No. 9

    Víkingur Ólafsson (2017)

  • Coriolan, op. 62 by Gewandhausorchester Leipzig cover art

    Coriolan, op. 62

    Gewandhausorchester Leipzig (1994)

  • Pavane by Sol Gabetta cover art

    Pavane

    Sol Gabetta (2008)

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