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Essentials

Timeless Classical Masterpieces

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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Tuesday

9:07 AM
Eine kleine Nachtmusik: 1st movement
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
The Greatest Classical Show On Earth
Vienna Mozart Ensemble
Willi Boskovsky, conductor
5:38
8:58 AM
Hungarian Rhapsody No. 6
Franz Liszt
Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsodies Nos. 1-6
Vienna State Opera Orchestra
Anatole Fistoulari, conductor
8:31
8:50 AM
Die Fledermaus: Overture
Johann StraussJr.
A Vienna Souvenir
Ensemble Wien
8:07
8:46 AM
Violin Concerto No. 1: 1st movement
Johann Sebastian Bach
Bach, Brahms, Tchaikovsky: Violin Concertos
Vienna Symphony Orchestra
David Oistrakh, violin
4:01
8:43 AM
Fur Elise
Ludwig van Beethoven
For Children
Livia Rev, piano
3:10
8:28 AM
Masques and Bergamasques
Gabriel Faure
Faure: Orchestral Works
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor
14:16
8:12 AM
Don Juan
Richard Strauss
Strauss: Don Quixote, Op. 35, Horn Concerto #1 in E Flat Major, Op. 11, Don Juan, Op. 20
Cleveland Orchestra
George Szell, conductor
15:49
8:05 AM
Brandenburg Concerto No. 4: 1st movement
Johann Sebastian Bach
Bach Brandenburg Concertos
Academy of Ancient Music
Christopher Hogwood, conductor
6:53
7:59 AM
Piano Concerto No. 21 "Elvira Madigan": 3rd movement
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Mozart: The Piano Concertos
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner, conductor
Alfred Brendel, piano
6:11
7:49 AM
Carnival Overture
Antonin Dvorak
Dvorak: Overtures
Ulster Orchestra
Vernon Handley, conductor
9:53
7:43 AM
Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1
Edward Elgar
Fiedler's Greatest Hits
Boston Pops Orchestra
Arthur Fiedler, conductor
5:45
7:27 AM
Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Vaughan Williams: Orchestral Favourites
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
James Judd, conductor
15:09
7:23 AM
Symphony No. 3 "Scottish": 2nd movement
Felix Mendelssohn
Woody Allen Classics
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Davis, conductor
4:28
7:13 AM
Piano Concerto No. 1: 2nd movement
Frederic Chopin
Chopin, Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 1
Philharmonia Orchestra
Andrew Davis, conductor
Yundi Li, piano
9:33
7:09 AM
Symphony No. 94 "Surprise": Finale
Franz Joseph Haydn
Haydn: Symphonies 94, 96 & 100
Philharmonia Hungarica
Antal Dorati, conductor
3:48
7:00 AM
Roman Carnival Overture
Hector Berlioz
Berlioz: 5 Overtures
Scottish National Orchestra
Alexander Gibson, conductor
9:10
6:52 AM
The Planets: Jupiter
Gustav Holst
Holst: The Planets
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Yoel Levi, conductor
7:53
6:50 AM
Orchestral Suite No. 2: Badinerie
Johann Sebastian Bach
The Greatest Classical Show On Earth
Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra
Karl Munchinger, conductor
1:30
6:40 AM
Violin Concerto No. 3: 1st movement
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Mozart, Haydn: Violin Concertos
CPE Bach Chamber Orchestra
Hartmut Haenchen, conductor
Baiba Skride, violin
10:07
6:36 AM
Die Forelle (The Trout)
Franz Schubert
Liszt: Piano Works Vol. 2
Jorge Bolet, piano
3:56
6:20 AM
Tannhauser: Overture
Richard Wagner
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra: Wagner
Philharmonia Zurich
Fabio Luisi, conductor
15:37
6:11 AM
Symphony No. 5: 2nd movement
Ludwig van Beethoven
Beethoven: The Symphonies
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
Riccardo Chailly, conductor
8:24
6:08 AM
Peer Gynt: Anitra's Dance
Edvard Grieg
Minnesota Orchestra At One Hundred
Minnesota Orchestra
Osmo Vanska, conductor
3:25
6:00 AM
Symphony No. 9 "From the New World": 3rd movement
Antonin Dvorak
Dvorak: 9 Symphonien
Berlin Philharmonic
Rafael Kubelik, conductor
8:05