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For beginners and lifelong listeners of classical music, YourClassical's Essentials Stream features the best in classical music. Hear pieces that are friendly, familiar and performed by well-known musicians and ensembles across the world.

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  • 10:03 AM

    Horn Concerto No. 2

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart, Strauss: Horn Concertos

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Jeffrey Tate, conductor

    Radovan Vlatkovic, horn

    14:14
  • 9:56 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 1: 3rd movement

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky, Mendelssohn: Piano Concerto No. 1

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    Lang Lang, piano

    7:17
  • 9:49 AM

    Danse Macabre

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Mephisto and Co.

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    6:52
  • 9:42 AM

    Crown Imperial

    William Walton

    Walton: Belshazzar's Feast/ Henry V Suite

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    6:51
  • 9:36 AM

    Wiener Blut (Vienna Blood)

    Johann StraussJr.

    The Best of the Vienna Choir Boys

    Vienna Boys Choir

    5:13
  • 9:24 AM

    Symphony No. 9 "From the New World": 4th movement

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Symphony No. 9, Carnival Overture

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    11:55
  • 9:20 AM

    Fur Elise

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    The Journey

    Leon Fleisher, piano

    3:28
  • 9:15 AM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 6: 1st movement

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    JS Bach: Brandenburg Concerto

    Academy of Ancient Music Berlin

    5:37
  • 9:02 AM

    A Midsummer Night's Dream: Overture

    Felix Mendelssohn

    F. Mendelssohn Bartholdy: A Midsummer Night's Dream

    Oregon Bach Festival Orchestra

    Helmuth Rilling, conductor

    12:54
  • 8:58 AM

    Vocalise

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Kathleen Battle at Carnegie Hall

    Kathleen Battle, soprano

    3:57
  • 8:43 AM

    Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks

    Richard Strauss

    Richard Strauss: Don Juan; Burlesque; Serenade; Till Eulenspiegel

    Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra

    Paavo Berglund, conductor

    15:03
  • 8:38 AM

    The Dance of the Goblins (La ronde des Lutins)

    Antonio Bazzini

    Stokowski Stereo Collection: Shostakovich - Symphony No. 6, Khachaturian - Symphony No. 3

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    4:38
  • 8:33 AM

    Symphony No. 1: 3rd movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: The Symphonies

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    4:24
  • 8:27 AM

    Festive Overture

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Gustavo Dudamel: Discoveries

    Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    5:58
  • 8:18 AM

    Toccata and Fugue

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Great Organ Works

    Virgil Fox, organ

    8:44
  • 8:08 AM

    Violin Concerto: Finale

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Violin Concerto

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin

    10:16
  • 7:58 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 20: 2nd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Piano Concertos No. 20, K466 & 27, K595

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Mitsuko Uchida, conductor

    Mitsuko Uchida, piano

    9:36
  • 7:50 AM

    Finlandia

    Jean Sibelius

    Ports of Call

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    7:48
  • 7:42 AM

    The Merry Wives of Windsor: Overture

    Otto Nicolai

    Great Comedy Overtures

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Lance Friedel, conductor

    8:19
  • 7:30 AM

    Rienzi: Overture

    Richard Wagner

    German Overtures

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Christian Thielemann, conductor

    11:38
  • 7:24 AM

    Symphony No. 100 "Military": 2nd movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Seven London Symphonies

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    5:49
  • 7:20 AM

    Etude No. 3 "Tristesse"

    Frederic Chopin

    Favorite Chopin

    Vladimir Horowitz, piano

    3:37
  • 7:04 AM

    Cello Concerto: 1st movement

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Cello Concerto

    Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra

    Jun Markl, conductor

    Zuill Bailey, cello

    15:20
  • 7:01 AM

    El Amor Brujo: Ritual Fire Dance

    Manuel de Falla

    Twentieth Century Classics

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    3:40
  • 6:56 AM

    Orchestral Suite No. 4: Minuets

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Orchestral Suites

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    4:13
  • 6:49 AM

    Fidelio Overture

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 'Erioca'

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    6:44
  • 6:40 AM

    Symphony No. 40: Finale

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphonies No. 40 & 41

    Prague Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    9:05
  • 6:36 AM

    Pelleas and Melisande: Sicilienne

    Gabriel Faure

    Cello Adagios

    Lynn Harrell, cello

    3:30
  • 6:31 AM

    Fantasy for a Gentleman: Canario

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Milos: Aranjuez

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    Milos Karadaglic, guitar

    4:49
  • 6:20 AM

    Water Music Suite No. 3

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel | Water Music

    English Baroque Soloists

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    11:49
  • 6:06 AM

    Night on Bald Mountain

    Modest Mussorgsky

    Mussorgsky: Pictures at an exhibition

    Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre

    Valery Gergiev, conductor

    12:50
  • 6:00 AM

    Symphony No. 5: 1st movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: The Symphonies

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    6:35
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