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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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  • 3:16 PM

    A Midsummer Night's Dream: Scherzo

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Andre Previn, conductor

    4:40
  • 3:09 PM

    Il barbiere di Siviglia (Barber of Seville): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Overtures, Vol. 2

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    7:05
  • 3:01 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 1: 3rd movement

    Max Bruch

    From The Top At The Pops

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    Chad Hoopes, violin

    7:51
  • 2:53 PM

    Piano Quintet: Finale

    Antonin Dvorak

    Concert Recording

    Jeremy Denk, piano

    7:59
  • 2:49 PM

    Holberg Suite: Rigaudon

    Edvard Grieg

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

    Oslo Symphony Orchestra

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    3:55
  • 2:43 PM

    Minuet of the Will-o'-the-Wisps

    Hector Berlioz

    Opera Intermezzi and Ballet Music

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    6:05
  • 2:29 PM

    Leonore Overture No. 3

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Overtures; Piano Concerto No. 5

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Walter Weller, conductor

    13:16
  • 2:24 PM

    Symphony No. 3 "Rhenish": 3rd movement

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann: The Symphonies

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    5:06
  • 2:16 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 11: 1st movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn & Ligeti Concertos & Capriccios

    Danish National Symphony Orchestra

    Shai Wosner, piano

    7:28
  • 2:12 PM

    Symphony No. 1: 3rd movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: The Symphonies

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    4:24
  • 2:01 PM

    Four Seasons: Autumn

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi, Piazzolla: The Four Seasons

    Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra

    Eduardo Marturet, conductor

    Lara St. John, violin

    10:31
  • 1:46 PM

    Tannhauser: Overture

    Richard Wagner

    Wagner: Overtures and Preludes

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    15:30
  • 1:40 PM

    Don Giovanni: Overture

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart 250 - A Celebration

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Colin Davis, conductor

    5:43
  • 1:30 PM

    Violin Sonata No. 5 "Spring": 1st movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Complete Violin Sonatas

    Augustin Dumay, violin

    9:46
  • 1:20 PM

    String Quartet No. 14 "Death and the Maiden": Presto

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Late Chamber Music

    Belcea Quartet

    9:11
  • 1:17 PM

    Xerxes: Largo

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel Bars: Popular Works of George Frideric Handel

    Les Concerts du Monde

    Keith Clark, conductor

    3:33
  • 1:09 PM

    Symphony No. 82 "The Bear": 1st movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 22, 78, 82

    Stockholm Chamber Orchestra

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    6:58
  • 1:05 PM

    Karelia Suite: Alla Marcia

    Jean Sibelius

    Finlandia 3 - Finnish Music

    Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra

    Okko Kamu, conductor

    4:28
  • 1:00 PM

    String Quartet No. 12 "American": 4th movement

    Antonin Dvorak

    2013-2014 Class Notes: Classical MPR Presents A Musical History Tour

    Artaria Quartet

    5:23
  • 12:56 PM

    Turkish Rondo

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: The Complete Piano Sonatas Vol 2

    Philippe Entremont, piano

    3:36
  • 12:51 PM

    Cantata No. 208: Sheep May Safely Graze

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Stokowski Transcriptions

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Wolfgang Sawallisch, conductor

    5:01
  • 12:41 PM

    Violin Concerto: Finale

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Alfred Wallenstein, conductor

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    9:19
  • 12:30 PM

    William Tell: Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: 7 Overtures

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    11:53
  • 12:26 PM

    Carmina Burana: O Fortuna

    Carl Orff

    Summon the Heroes

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    2:34
  • 12:22 PM

    Holberg Suite: Rigaudon

    Edvard Grieg

    Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 2; Grieg: Holberg Suite

    Mito Chamber Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    4:28
  • 12:19 PM

    Horn Concerto No. 2: 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Horn Concerto

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    Eric Ruske, horn

    3:17
  • 12:08 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 21 "Waldstein": 3rd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Alice Sara Ott: Beethoven Piano Sonatas

    Alice Sara Ott, piano

    9:59
  • 12:05 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 1: 3rd movement

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Air: The Bach Album

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Steven Mercurio, conductor

    Anne Akiko Meyers, violin

    3:28
  • 12:01 PM

    Hungarian Dance No. 1

    Johannes Brahms

    Dvorak: Slavonic Dances / Brahms: Hungarian Dances

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Fritz Reiner, conductor

    3:28
  • 11:58 AM

    Fanfare for the Common Man

    Aaron Copland

    Classics at the Pops

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    3:06
  • 11:46 AM

    Oboe Concerto

    Alessandro Marcello

    Concertos for Oboe

    Academy of London

    Richard Stamp, conductor

    Ray Still, oboe

    12:03
  • 11:43 AM

    Scenes from Childhood: Dreaming

    Robert Schumann

    The Magic of Horowitz

    Vladimir Horowitz, piano

    2:37
  • 11:32 AM

    Symphony No. 5: Adagietto

    Gustav Mahler

    The Joy Of Bernstein

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    11:08
  • 11:25 AM

    Asturias (Leyenda)

    Isaac Albeniz

    A Touch of Romance

    Angel Romero, guitar

    6:17
  • 11:17 AM

    Symphony No. 36 "Linz": 2nd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart 250 - A Celebration

    Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Rafael Kubelik, conductor

    7:33
  • 11:14 AM

    Orchestral Suite No. 3: Air on the G String

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    The Most Relaxing Classical Album In The World...Ever!

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    3:30
  • 11:04 AM

    Trumpet Concerto: 1st movement

    Johann Hummel

    Haydn, Hummel: Trumpet Concertos

    Swedish Chamber Orchestra

    Roy Goodman, conductor

    Niklas Eklund, trumpet

    9:34
  • 10:57 AM

    Nameday (Namensfeier) Overture

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Stanislaw Skrowaczewski - The Minnesota Orchestra: The Vox Recordings

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, conductor

    6:49
  • 10:54 AM

    Humoresque No. 7

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak and America

    Benjamin Pasternack, piano

    3:03
  • 10:48 AM

    Symphony No. 94 "Surprise": 2nd movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 45 & 94; Horn Concerto No. 1

    London Chamber Orchestra

    Christopher Warren-Green, conductor

    6:16
  • 10:47 AM

    Water Music Suite No. 2: Alla Hornpipe

    George Frideric Handel

    Organ Music for Weddings

    Kevin Bowyer, organ

    1:14
  • 10:31 AM

    Capriccio Espagnol

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Rimsky-Korsakov: Sheherazade, Capricco Espagnol

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    14:46
  • 10:25 AM

    Symphony No. 5: Waltz

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5, The Tempest Op. 18

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    5:55
  • 10:21 AM

    Liebesfreud (Love's Joy)

    Fritz Kreisler

    Leonidas Kavakos Plays Debussy, Kreisler, Paganini, Schubert, Tchaikovsky, Wieniawski & more

    Leonidas Kavakos, violin

    3:50
  • 10:09 AM

    Clarinet Concerto: 1st movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Clarinet Concerto

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    Jon Manasse, clarinet

    12:25
  • 10:05 AM

    Rodeo: Hoe-Down

    Aaron Copland

    Sabre Dance

    Houston Symphony Orchestra

    Sergiu Comissiona, conductor

    3:31
  • 9:53 AM

    Rienzi: Overture

    Richard Wagner

    Wagner: Wesendonck-Lieder; Preludes And Overtures

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Franz Welser-Most, conductor

    11:34
  • 9:44 AM

    Four Seasons: Winter

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Sarah Chang: Vivaldi: The Four Seasons

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    Sarah Chang, violin

    9:15
  • 9:35 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 1: Rondo

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 3

    Mahler Chamber Orchestra

    Leif Ove Andsnes, conductor

    Leif Ove Andsnes, piano

    8:32
  • 9:26 AM

    Symphony No. 2: 4th movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: The Symphonies

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Bernard Haitink, conductor

    9:06
  • 9:23 AM

    Morning Song

    Edward Elgar

    Breakfast in Bed

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    3:01
  • 9:16 AM

    Sinfonia Concertante: 3rd movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Mozart: Symphony No. 96; Sinfonia Concertante

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    Marieke Blankestijn, violin

    6:19
  • 9:13 AM

    Cavalleria Rusticana: Intermezzo

    Pietro Mascagni

    Romantic Adagio

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    3:28
  • 9:01 AM

    Symphony No. 41 "Jupiter": 1st movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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

    Orchestra Mozart

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    11:24
  • 8:53 AM

    Beatrice and Benedict: Overture

    Hector Berlioz

    Berlioz: Overtures

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Colin Davis, conductor

    8:03
  • 8:42 AM

    Scheherazade: The Sea and Sinbad's Ship

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade; Tsar Saltan Suite etc.

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor

    10:39
  • 8:34 AM

    String Quartet No. 13: Finale

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Late Quartets Opp. 127, 130, 131, 132, 133, 135

    Guarneri Quartet

    8:17
  • 8:28 AM

    Memories of the Alhambra

    Francisco Tarrega

    Reflections of Spain: Spanish Favorites for Guitar

    David Russell, guitar

    5:25
  • 8:20 AM

    Symphony No. 2: 4th movement

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann: Symphonies 1 & 2

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Christoph von Dohnanyi, conductor

    8:06
  • 8:13 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 1: 3rd movement

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Romantic Piano Concerto Vol. 50

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    Stephen Hough, piano

    6:40
  • 8:06 AM

    Horn Concerto No. 2: 1st movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Horn Concertos

    Israel Sinfonietta

    Uri Mayer, conductor

    David Jolley, horn

    6:28
  • 8:02 AM

    Ave Maria

    Franz Schubert

    The Ultimate Classical Christmas

    Orchestra of St. Luke's

    Michael Stern, conductor

    Joshua Bell, violin

    4:39
  • 7:59 AM

    Gianni Schicchi: O mio babbino caro

    Giacomo Puccini

    The #1 Opera Album

    Orchestra of Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

    Lamberto Gardelli, conductor

    Renata Tebaldi, soprano

    2:09
  • 7:49 AM

    Prince Igor: Overture

    Alexander Borodin

    Borodin: Prince Igor: Overture and Polovtsian Dances

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    10:31
  • 7:46 AM

    Beau Soir (Beautiful Evening)

    Claude Debussy

    Homage To Debussy

    Eric Himy, piano

    2:41
  • 7:36 AM

    Guitar Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi's Greatest Hits

    English Chamber Orchestra

    John Williams, guitar

    9:59
  • 7:28 AM

    Romance No. 2

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Essential Beethoven

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Bernard Haitink, conductor

    Arthur Grumiaux, violin

    7:51
  • 7:20 AM

    Symphony No. 9 "From the New World": 3rd movement

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: The Symphonies

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Istvan Kertesz, conductor

    7:26
  • 7:10 AM

    Dance of the Hours

    Amilcare Ponchielli

    Overtures and Intermezzi

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Silvio Varviso, conductor

    9:32
  • 7:06 AM

    Symphony No. 100 "Military": Minuet

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: 12 London Symphonies

    Musicians of the Louvre

    Marc Minkowski, conductor

    4:42
  • 6:51 AM

    Russian Easter Festival Overture

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Tchaikovsky: 1812, Marche Slave, Etc / Järvi, Gothenburg So

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    14:52
  • 6:40 AM

    Lohengrin: Prelude to Act I

    Richard Wagner

    Wagner: Overtures and Preludes

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    10:31
  • 6:30 AM

    Flute and Harp Concerto: 2nd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart Makes You Smarter

    Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra

    Jean-Pierre Rampal, flute

    9:32
  • 6:25 AM

    Carmen: Gypsy Dance

    Georges Bizet

    Grieg: Carmen - Peer Gynt

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    4:41
  • 6:19 AM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 3: 1st movement

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Karajan Forever: The Greatest Classical Hits

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    6:33
  • 6:11 AM

    Horn Trio: Scherzo

    Johannes Brahms

    Function.Lust

    Frank Almond, violin

    7:27
  • 6:04 AM

    Symphonie Fantastique: March to the Scaffold

    Hector Berlioz

    Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique

    San Francisco Symphony

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    6:38
  • 6:00 AM

    Molly on the Shore

    Percy Grainger

    Pops Britannia

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    4:22
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