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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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  • 1:13 PM

    Finlandia

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 6 and 7 / Finlandia

    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    Pietari Inkinen, conductor

    8:55
  • 1:04 PM

    Cello Concerto No. 1: 1st movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Cello Concertos In C Major & D Major

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Jose Luis Garcia, conductor

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    9:03
  • 12:57 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 2: Rondo

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 1-5

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor

    Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano

    6:28
  • 12:47 PM

    Hebrides Overture (Fingal's Cave)

    Felix Mendelssohn

    German Overtures

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Christian Thielemann, conductor

    10:13
  • 12:43 PM

    Orchestral Suite No. 4: Minuets

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: 4 Ouverturen-Suites, Ouverture Bwv 1070

    Musica Antiqua Cologne

    Reinhard Goebel, conductor

    3:41
  • 12:38 PM

    Fantasy for a Gentleman: Canario

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    RODRIGO: Concierto Pastorale / Fantasia para un Gentilhombre (Complete Orchestral Works, Vol. 8)

    Asturias Symphony Orchestra

    Maximiano Valdez, conductor

    Joanna G'froerer, flute

    4:52
  • 12:34 PM

    El Amor Brujo: Ritual Fire Dance

    Manuel de Falla

    Greatest Hits: The Ballet, Vol I

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Eugene Ormandy, conductor

    4:10
  • 12:27 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 3: 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Violin Concertos

    Camerata Salzburg

    Leonidas Kavakos, conductor

    Leonidas Kavakos, violin

    6:43
  • 12:22 PM

    Suite Bergamasque: Clair de lune (Moonlight)

    Claude Debussy

    My Gift To You

    Antonin Kubalek, piano

    4:55
  • 12:12 PM

    Symphony No. 2: 4th movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms Symphony No. 2.

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    9:20
  • 11:56 AM

    Scheherazade: The Young Prince and the Young Princess

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Mad About Love

    Orchestre de la Bastille

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    9:42
  • 11:52 AM

    Pelleas and Melisande: Sicilienne

    Gabriel Faure

    Music for Flute & Harp

    Jean-Pierre Rampal, flute

    3:29
  • 11:45 AM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 1: 4th movement

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Six Brandenburg Concertos

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    7:30
  • 11:43 AM

    Waltz No. 6 "Minute"

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Waltzes; Ravel: Valses Nobles

    Stephen Kovacevich, piano

    1:36
  • 11:37 AM

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

    Antonin Dvorak

    Schubert & Dvorak Quartets

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Rosekrans, conductor

    5:48
  • 11:28 AM

    Night on Bald Mountain

    Modest Mussorgsky

    Mussorgsky, Stokowski: Pictures at an Exhibition

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Oliver Knussen, conductor

    9:02
  • 11:23 AM

    Symphony No. 35 "Haffner": Finale

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart

    Concentus Musicus Vienna

    Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor

    4:10
  • 11:15 AM

    Adagio

    Tomaso Albinoni

    Sharon Isbin Plays Baroque Favorites for Guitar

    Zurich Chamber Orchestra

    Howard Griffiths, conductor

    Sharon Isbin, guitar

    7:44
  • 11:05 AM

    Symphony No. 6 "Pastoral": 1st movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven For All: Music of Passion, Power and Beauty

    West-Eastern Divan Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    10:39
  • 10:57 AM

    Swan Lake: Waltz

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky Nutcracker & Swan Lake Suite

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    6:58
  • 10:54 AM

    Carnival of the Animals: The Swan

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Itzhak Perlman's Greatest Hits

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    3:08
  • 10:47 AM

    Symphony No. 5: 1st movement

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Symphonies 3 and 5

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    7:00
  • 10:44 AM

    The Birds: Prelude

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: Ancient Airs And Dances I & Iii, Etc

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    2:49
  • 10:39 AM

    Octet: Scherzo

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto, Octet

    Seattle Chamber Music Society

    James Ehnes, violin

    4:29
  • 10:26 AM

    Harp Concerto

    George Frideric Handel

    Baroque, Vol. 6

    Toulouse Chamber Orchestra

    Louis Auriacombe, conductor

    Lily Laskine, harp

    13:40
  • 10:16 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 16

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    My First Recital

    Ruth Laredo, piano

    8:52
  • 10:07 AM

    Symphony No. 5: 2nd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven 5 And 7

    Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

    Manfred Honeck, conductor

    8:58
  • 10:03 AM

    Fantasia on Greensleeves

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams: Greensleeves/Tallis Fantasia

    New Queen's Hall Orchestra

    Barry Wordsworth, conductor

    4:17
  • 9:59 AM

    Die Meistersinger von Nurmberg (The Mastersingers of Nuremburg): Prelude to Act I

    Richard Wagner

    New Classical Arrangements for Brass

    Copper Street Brass Quintet

    3:39
  • 9:46 AM

    Symphony No. 9 "From the New World": Largo

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: 9 Symphonien

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Rafael Kubelik, conductor

    13:03
  • 9:42 AM

    Waltz No. 8

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin

    Maria Joao Pires, piano

    3:33
  • 9:34 AM

    Symphony No. 2: 4th movement

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann: The Symphonies

    Staatskapelle Berlin

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    8:11
  • 9:27 AM

    Images for Orchestra: Iberia: On Highways and Byways

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Images, etc.

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    7:11
  • 9:20 AM

    Sinfonia Concertante: 3rd movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Cello Concertos in C & D, Sinfonia Concertante

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Roger Norrington, conductor

    Marieke Blankestijn, violin

    6:37
  • 9:17 AM

    Orchestral Suite No. 4: Rejouissance

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Orchestral Suites

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    2:30
  • 9:05 AM

    Symphony No. 3 "Eroica": 4th movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphonie No. 3

    Orchestra of the 18th Century

    Frans Bruggen, conductor

    12:06
  • 8:58 AM

    Don Giovanni: Overture

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    The Key to Classics: Mozart

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    6:30
  • 8:46 AM

    Four Seasons: Autumn

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: The Four Seasons

    La Serenissima

    Adrian Chandler, conductor

    Adrian Chandler, violin

    12:00
  • 8:37 AM

    Symphony No. 4 "Italian": 1st movement

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Symphony No. 4

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Yoel Levi, conductor

    9:19
  • 8:33 AM

    The Three-Cornered Hat: Neighbor's Dance

    Manuel de Falla

    Muti | Philadelphia Orchestra | de Falla, Ravel, Chabrier

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    3:11
  • 8:25 AM

    Symphony No. 104 "London": 1st movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies Nos 101 The Clock and 104 London

    Orchestra of St. Luke's

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    8:42
  • 8:19 AM

    Dreams of Love No. 3 (Liebestraum)

    Franz Liszt

    DeGaetano Plays Liszt

    Robert DeGaetano, piano

    5:32
  • 8:13 AM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 5: 3rd movement

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Brandenburg Concertos

    CPE Bach Chamber Orchestra

    Peter Schreier, conductor

    5:14
  • 8:06 AM

    Aida: Triumphal March

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Great Opera Choruses

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    6:58
  • 7:59 AM

    Grand Canyon Suite: On the Trail

    Ferde Grofe

    Grofe: Grand Canyon Suite

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    7:24
  • 7:45 AM

    Leonore Overture No. 3

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven Symphony No.8 - Overtures

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    13:53
  • 7:39 AM

    Fantasy-Impromptu

    Frederic Chopin

    My Gift To You

    Antonin Kubalek, piano

    5:19
  • 7:36 AM

    Symphony No. 35 "Haffner": Menuetto

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 35 & 38

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Colin Davis, conductor

    3:24
  • 7:22 AM

    Symphony No. 1 "Classical"

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Serge Prokofiev, Georges Bizet, Benjamin Britten

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    14:03
  • 7:11 AM

    Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Complete Orchestral Works I

    French National Radio and Television Orchestra

    Jean Martinon, conductor

    10:32
  • 7:02 AM

    Mandolin Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: Concerti per Mandolini

    I Solisti Veneti

    Claudio Scimone, conductor

    Ugo Orlandi, mandolin

    8:22
  • 6:56 AM

    Ave Maria

    Franz Schubert

    Grieg: Lyric Pieces

    Maxim Vengerov, violin

    5:51
  • 6:50 AM

    Espana

    Emmanuel Chabrier

    Chabrier: Espana, Etc / Gardiner, Wiener Philharmoniker

    Vienna Philharmonic

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    5:59
  • 6:46 AM

    Holberg Suite: Rigaudon

    Edvard Grieg

    Edvard Grieg: Works For String Orchestra

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    4:01
  • 6:40 AM

    Slavonic Dance No. 3

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Symphony No. 9 From The New Worls; 3 Slavonic Dances

    Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    5:54
  • 6:34 AM

    String Quartet No. 9 "Razumovsky No. 3": 4th movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: The Middle String Quartets

    Cypress String Quartet

    5:59
  • 6:29 AM

    Cosi fan tutte: Overture

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart Overtures

    Norwegian National Opera Orchestra

    Rinaldo Alessandrini, conductor

    4:31
  • 6:16 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 1

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    JS Bach: Concertos for Violin

    Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra

    Ton Koopman, conductor

    Monica Huggett, violin

    13:08
  • 6:11 AM

    Symphony No. 104 "London": Minuet

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Karajan Edition: Haydn Symphonies

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    4:24
  • 6:00 AM

    Ma vlast (My Country): Vltava (The Moldau)

    Bedrich Smetana

    Fibich: Symphony No. 1/Smetana: Vysehrad, Vlatava

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    11:25
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