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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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  • 7:50 AM

    La gazza ladra (The Thieving Magpie): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Overtures

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    8:53
  • 7:41 AM

    Finlandia

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Symphony No. 3, etc.

    Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

    Lorin Maazel, conductor

    8:57
  • 7:36 AM

    Symphony No. 3 "Scottish": 2nd movement

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: 'Scottish' and 'Italian' Symphonies

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Jaime Laredo, conductor

    4:26
  • 7:30 AM

    Magic Flute: Overture

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Ultimate Overtures

    Paris Orchestral Ensemble

    Armin Jordan, conductor

    6:44
  • 7:22 AM

    Double Concerto: 2nd movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Violin Concerto, Double Concerto

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    Gil Shaham, violin

    8:00
  • 7:17 AM

    Paganini Etude No. 3 "La Campanella"

    Franz Liszt

    Yundi Li: Liszt

    Yundi Li, piano

    4:39
  • 7:04 AM

    Symphony No. 5: 4th movement

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky Symphonies

    Russian National Orchestra

    Mikhail Pletnev, conductor

    12:22
  • 7:00 AM

    Rodeo: Hoe-Down

    Aaron Copland

    Aaron Copland: Billy the Kid; Rodeo

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    4:14
  • 6:55 AM

    Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (Sleepers Awake)

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Stokowski Transcriptions

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Wolfgang Sawallisch, conductor

    4:24
  • 6:47 AM

    Romance No. 2

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Violin Concerto, Romances

    New York Philharmonic

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin

    8:20
  • 6:43 AM

    Symphony No. 88: Finale

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies 88, 89 & 92

    La Petite Bande

    Sigiswald Kuijken, conductor

    3:56
  • 6:32 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 1: Rondo

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin, Liszt: Piano Concertos

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Adam Fischer, conductor

    Tzimon Barto, piano

    10:10
  • 6:30 AM

    Symphony No. 35 "Haffner": Menuetto

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphonies 32, 35 & 39

    Prague Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    2:50
  • 6:22 AM

    Images for Orchestra: Iberia: On Highways and Byways

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Orchestral Music

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Pierre Boulez, conductor

    7:08
  • 6:17 AM

    Concerto for Oboe and Violin: Adagio

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    JS Bach: Violin Concertos

    Janine Jansen and Friends

    Janine Jansen, violin

    5:10
  • 6:04 AM

    Symphony No. 1 "Classical"

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Abbado conducts Prokofiev Peter & Wolf & Classical Symphony

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    13:15
  • 6:00 AM

    String Quartet No. 12 "American": 3rd movement

    Antonin Dvorak

    Ginastera, Shostakovich, Dvorak: String Quartets

    Simon Bolivar String Quartet

    3:45
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