Long bus or MRT rides are strangely condusive environments to experience music. Buses and trains are like concert halls. You sit down and you're not allowed to move for extended periods of time and if you plug in your earphones you either listen attentively or go to sleep. Listening to music while sitting in front of the computer multitasking often makes music no more than a peripheral noise and nothing ever strikes you because you're never paying attention. It also helps to go upstairs on double-decker buses and sitting right in front away from the tvmobile speakers gives you the most peace and quiet. The modified buses for the disabled have NO TV MOBILE and are most ideal. Listening on trains is generally good unless the train is in a tunnel. Find a seat in a quiet spot, avoiding noisy incessant chatter and crowds.

Bus 14 from home to dover
60 mins
Beethoven's 9th symphony. Karajan/BPO

MRT from jurong east to tanah merah
40 mins
Dvorak's cello concerto. Du Pre/Barenboim/CSO