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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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  • 8:22 AM

    Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams: Orchestral Works

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    15:12
  • 8:12 AM

    Symphony No. 2: 4th movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: The Symphonies

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    8:44
  • 8:05 AM

    Bartered Bride: Overture

    Bedrich Smetana

    The Moldau

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Libor Pesek, conductor

    6:52
  • 8:02 AM

    Symphony No. 94 "Surprise": Finale

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 94 & 100, Sinfonia Concertante

    Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra

    Adam Fischer, conductor

    3:54
  • 7:54 AM

    Danse Macabre

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Saint-Saens Organ Symphony (No. 3 In C Minor, Op. 78)

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Eugene Ormandy, conductor

    7:10
  • 7:51 AM

    Symphony No. 36 "Linz": Menuetto

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 28 & 36 "Linz"

    Orchestra of the 18th Century

    Frans Bruggen, conductor

    3:14
  • 7:43 AM

    Grand Canyon Suite: On the Trail

    Ferde Grofe

    Grofe: Grand Canyon / Gershwin: Porgy & Bess

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Antal Dorati, conductor

    8:02
  • 7:34 AM

    Egmont Overture

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: The Overtures

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    8:03
  • 7:25 AM

    Symphony No. 4: Finale

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 4, Etc

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    9:44
  • 7:16 AM

    Piano Quintet: Finale

    Antonin Dvorak

    Schumann & Dvorak: Piano Quintets

    Elias String Quartet

    Jonathan Biss, piano

    8:03
  • 7:07 AM

    Cello Concerto No. 1: 1st movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Cello Concertos

    Norwegian Chamber Orchestra

    Iona Brown, conductor

    Truls Mork, cello

    9:06
  • 7:02 AM

    Das Rheingold: Entry of the Gods into Valhalla

    Richard Wagner

    Wagner: Orchestral Works

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Klaus Tennstedt, conductor

    4:46
  • 6:59 AM

    Orchestral Suite No. 4: Bourrees

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: 4 Ouverturen-Suites, Ouverture Bwv 1070

    Musica Antiqua Cologne

    Reinhard Goebel, conductor

    2:37
  • 6:54 AM

    Pearl Fishers: Au fond du temple saint (Temple Duet)

    Georges Bizet

    Best Film Classics 100

    Comic Opera Theatre Orchestra

    Pierre Dervaux, conductor

    Nicolai Gedda, tenor

    5:23
  • 6:49 AM

    Fantasia on Greensleeves

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    "Pops in Love"

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    4:36
  • 6:40 AM

    Flute and Harp Concerto: Rondo

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    MOZART: Flute Concertos Nos. 1 and 2 / Concerto for Flute and Harp

    Swedish Chamber Orchestra

    Patrick Gallois, flute

    8:51
  • 6:37 AM

    Etude No. 12 "Revolutionary"

    Frederic Chopin

    The Complete Piano Works of Chopin, Vol. 10: Etudes

    Garrick Ohlsson, piano

    2:33
  • 6:29 AM

    Violin Concerto: 3rd movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Violin Concerto, Hungarian Dances; Bartok

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    Leonidas Kavakos, violin

    8:04
  • 6:21 AM

    String Quartet No. 2: Nocturne

    Alexander Borodin

    Borodin: Three Symphonies, Petite Suite, Polovetsian Dances

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    8:28
  • 6:15 AM

    Symphony No. 3 "Rhenish": 3rd movement

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 3

    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    5:15
  • 6:11 AM

    Ave Maria

    Charles Gounod

    Christmas Favorites

    Rachel Van Voorhees, harp

    3:44
  • 6:00 AM

    Symphony No. 5: 2nd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: The 9 Symphonies

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    11:37
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