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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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  • 1:58 PM

    Rosen aus dem Suden (Roses from the South) Waltz

    Johann StraussJr.

    Strauss: Gala V

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Willi Boskovsky, conductor

    8:03
  • 1:56 PM

    Rigoletto: La donna e mobile

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Best Film Classics 100

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Julius Rudel, conductor

    Alfredo Kraus, tenor

    2:17
  • 1:49 PM

    Magic Flute: Overture

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Overtures

    Zurich Operahouse Orchestra

    Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor

    6:32
  • 1:43 PM

    Symphony No. 104 "London": Finale

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies Nos 101 The Clock and 104 London

    Orchestra of St. Luke's

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    6:34
  • 1:37 PM

    Spanish Suite: Granada

    Isaac Albeniz

    Albeniz: Iberia

    Alicia de Larrocha, piano

    4:53
  • 1:28 PM

    Symphony No. 4: Finale

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 4, Etc

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    9:44
  • 1:26 PM

    Rondeau

    Jean-Joseph Mouret

    Baroque for Dummies

    Ensemble Orchestra of Paris

    Jean Pierre Wallez, conductor

    Maurice Andre, trumpet

    1:54
  • 1:17 PM

    Violin Concerto: 3rd movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Violin Concerto; Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante

    Radio Philharmonic Orchestra of France

    Otto Klemperer, conductor

    David Oistrakh, violin

    8:26
  • 1:13 PM

    Appalachian Spring: Variations on a Shaker Melody

    Aaron Copland

    American Jubilee

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    3:27
  • 1:04 PM

    Symphony No. 5: 2nd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven 5 And 7

    Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

    Manfred Honeck, conductor

    8:58
  • 12:59 PM

    Canon

    Johann Pachelbel

    Adagio

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    5:09
  • 12:43 PM

    The Lark Ascending

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams: Concertos

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Bryden Thomson, conductor

    Michael Davis, violin

    15:37
  • 12:40 PM

    Symphony No. 35 "Haffner": Menuetto

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphonies No 29, 33, 35, 38, And 41

    Orchestra Mozart

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    3:09
  • 12:28 PM

    Rienzi: Overture

    Richard Wagner

    Wagner for Orchestra

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    11:42
  • 12:19 PM

    Symphony No. 1 "Spring": Finale

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann: Symphonies 1 & 4

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    8:43
  • 12:05 PM

    Keyboard Concerto No. 4

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    JS Bach: Keyboard Concertos Nos. 1, 2 & 4

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Murray Perahia, conductor

    Murray Perahia, piano

    13:14
  • 12:02 PM

    Slavonic Dance No. 15

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Slavonic Dances

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe Winds

    3:14
  • 11:58 AM

    Memories of the Alhambra

    Francisco Tarrega

    Dreams of a World

    Sharon Isbin, guitar

    4:09
  • 11:49 AM

    Romance No. 2

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Mozart, Beethoven, Haydn

    Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra

    Isaac Stern, conductor

    Isaac Stern, violin

    8:26
  • 11:46 AM

    Horn Concerto No. 4: 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: The Horn Concertos

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Pinchas Zukerman, conductor

    Hermann Baumann, horn

    3:40
  • 11:39 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 1: 2nd movement

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Romantic Piano Concerto Vol. 50

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    Stephen Hough, piano

    6:21
  • 11:24 AM

    Les Preludes

    Franz Liszt

    Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique; Liszt - Solti

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    15:04
  • 11:15 AM

    Symphony No. 2: 2nd movement

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: The Symphonies

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor

    8:44
  • 11:05 AM

    Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Greatest Hits: Violin

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    Zino Francescatti, violin

    9:16
  • 11:01 AM

    Symphony No. 104 "London": Minuet

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Karajan Edition: Haydn Symphonies

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    4:24
  • 10:57 AM

    Turkish Rondo

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    .Such Stuff As Dreams...

    Carol Rosenberger, piano

    3:28
  • 10:54 AM

    Peer Gynt: Anitra's Dance

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg: Peer Gynt

    Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    3:21
  • 10:49 AM

    Symphonie Fantastique: March to the Scaffold

    Hector Berlioz

    Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique, La Mort de Cleopatre

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Valery Gergiev, conductor

    4:51
  • 10:45 AM

    Concerto alla rustica (Rustic Concerto)

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Ombra Mai Fu; Pachelbel: Canon

    I Solisti Italiani

    3:47
  • 10:40 AM

    The Valkyrie: Magic Fire Music

    Richard Wagner

    Wagner Without Words

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    4:45
  • 10:38 AM

    Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 3: Italiana

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances

    Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    1:55
  • 10:19 AM

    Symphony No. 5: 3rd and 4th movements

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 1-9

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor

    19:15
  • 10:15 AM

    Waltz No. 8

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Waltzes; Ravel: Valses Nobles

    Stephen Kovacevich, piano

    3:13
  • 10:09 AM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 6: 1st movement

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Six Brandenburg Concertos

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    5:59
  • 10:00 AM

    Wiener Blut (Vienna Blood)

    Johann StraussJr.

    And the Band Played On

    I Salonisti

    9:07
  • 9:55 AM

    Ruslan and Ludmila: Overture

    Mikhail Glinka

    Russian Overtures

    Russian National Orchestra

    Mikhail Pletnev, conductor

    4:39
  • 9:52 AM

    Don Giovanni: La ci darem la mano

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart 250 - A Celebration

    Orchestra of the Paris Opera

    Lorin Maazel, conductor

    Ruggero Raimondi, bass-baritone

    3:12
  • 9:47 AM

    Karelia Suite: Alla Marcia

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Symphony No. 1, Karelia Suite

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor

    4:30
  • 9:35 AM

    Symphony No. 9 "From the New World": 1st movement

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Piano Quintets In A, Op.5 & Op.81; Borodin: Quartet

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    12:04
  • 9:30 AM

    Suite Bergamasque: Clair de lune (Moonlight)

    Claude Debussy

    Piano Classics: Popular Works for Solo Piano

    John O'Conor, piano

    4:59
  • 9:21 AM

    Scottish Fantasy: Finale

    Max Bruch

    Scottish Fantasy

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Joshua Bell, conductor

    Joshua Bell, violin

    8:32
  • 9:18 AM

    Orchestral Suite No. 1: Gavottes

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Orchestal Suites

    Moscow Virtuosi

    Vladimir Spivakov, conductor

    3:29
  • 9:16 AM

    Hungarian Dance No. 10

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Nine Hungarian Dances; Dvorak

    North German Radio Symphony

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    1:44
  • 9:06 AM

    Symphony No. 7: 2nd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Bernstein: Reaching For The Note

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    9:43
  • 8:59 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 21 "Elvira Madigan": Andante

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    The Greatest Classical Show On Earth

    Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra

    Sandor Vegh, conductor

    Andras Schiff, piano

    6:42
  • 8:48 AM

    Scheherazade: The Tale of the Kalendar Prince

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Nocturne II

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    John Corigliano, violin

    11:15
  • 8:46 AM

    Music for the Royal Fireworks: La Rejouissance

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Music For The Royal Fireworks

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    1:59
  • 8:38 AM

    Symphony No. 2: 2nd movement

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann: Complete Symphonies

    Revolutionary and Romantic Orchestra

    John Eliot Gardner, conductor

    6:56
  • 8:34 AM

    Candide: Overture

    Leonard Bernstein

    "Glitter and Be Gay"

    Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra

    Mario Bernardi, conductor

    4:28
  • 8:24 AM

    Violin Concerto: Finale

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Mad About Violins

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Lorin Maazel, conductor

    Gidon Kremer, violin

    9:54
  • 8:19 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 2: 2nd movement

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Fifty Shades Of Grey: The Classical Album

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    Cecile Ousset, piano

    4:29
  • 8:09 AM

    Symphony No. 3 "Eroica": 4th movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 "Eroica", etc.

    London Classical Players

    Roger Norrington, conductor

    10:02
  • 8:03 AM

    Slavonic Dance No. 6

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Slavonic Dances Opp. 46 & 72

    Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Rafael Kubelik, conductor

    5:23
  • 7:53 AM

    Four Seasons: Spring

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi, Piazzolla: The Four Seasons

    Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra

    Eduardo Marturet, conductor

    Lara St. John, violin

    9:43
  • 7:42 AM

    Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dances

    Alexander Borodin

    Offenbach: Gaite Parisienne

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    11:28
  • 7:38 AM

    Symphony No. 3 "Scottish": 2nd movement

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Symphonies 3 & 4

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    4:18
  • 7:34 AM

    La Vida Breve: Spanish Dance

    Manuel de Falla

    Iberischer Klangzauber

    Dorothea von Albrecht, cello

    3:28
  • 7:28 AM

    Symphonie Fantastique: A Ball

    Hector Berlioz

    Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique Op. 14 / Tristia

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Pierre Boulez, conductor

    6:01
  • 7:13 AM

    Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks

    Richard Strauss

    R. Strauss

    Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

    Manfred Honeck, conductor

    14:27
  • 7:05 AM

    Egmont Overture

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Overtures

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Yoel Levi, conductor

    7:55
  • 7:02 AM

    Keyboard Concerto No. 5: Largo

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Air: The Bach Album

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Steven Mercurio, conductor

    Anne Akiko Meyers, violin

    3:18
  • 6:58 AM

    Scenes from Childhood: Dreaming

    Robert Schumann

    The Art of Ashkenazy

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano

    2:52
  • 6:46 AM

    Divertimento No. 1

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Serenades K320 & K239, Divertimento K136

    Chamber Orchestra of Lausanne

    Yehudi Menuhin, conductor

    12:36
  • 6:40 AM

    Symphony No. 5: 4th movement

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Symphonies 5 & 8

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Georg Solti, conductor

    5:31
  • 6:27 AM

    Hungarian Rhapsody No. 9

    Franz Liszt

    Liszt: 6 Hungarian Rhapsodies

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    12:50
  • 6:24 AM

    Ave Maria

    Charles Gounod

    O Holy Night: Christmas Favorites

    James Galway, flute

    2:42
  • 6:17 AM

    Symphony No. 101 "The Clock": 3rd movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: The London Symphonies, Vol. II

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Colin Davis, conductor

    7:15
  • 6:15 AM

    The Love for Three Oranges: March

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Prokofiev: Violin Sonatas

    Pierre Amoyal, violin

    1:40
  • 6:02 AM

    Symphony No. 5: 4th movement

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky Symphonies

    Russian National Orchestra

    Mikhail Pletnev, conductor

    12:22
  • 6:00 AM

    Holberg Suite: Prelude

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg: Symphonic Dances, From Holberg's Time, Old Norwegian Melody

    Oslo Symphony Orchestra

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    2:44
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