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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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  • 10:17 AM

    Symphony No. 2: 4th movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Symphony No 2 / Muti, Philadelphia Orchestra

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    8:59
  • 10:05 AM

    Symphony No. 36 "Linz": Finale

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart Symphonies 35 Haffner, 26 Linz, and 32

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Jukka-Pekka Saraste, conductor

    11:15
  • 10:01 AM

    Molly on the Shore

    Percy Grainger

    Pops Britannia

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    4:23
  • 9:59 AM

    Songs My Mother Taught Me

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Piano Quintet, Piano Quartet

    Schubert Ensemble of London

    1:59
  • 9:50 AM

    The Merry Wives of Windsor: Overture

    Otto Nicolai

    Gluck, Humperdinck, Nicolai, Weber: Overtures

    Berlin City Opera Orchestra

    Artur Rother, conductor

    8:29
  • 9:39 AM

    Symphony No. 6 "Pastoral": 1st movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Sympohonies Nos. 4 & 6

    Orchestra of the 18th Century

    Frans Bruggen, conductor

    10:57
  • 9:26 AM

    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
  • 9:22 AM

    Serenade for Strings: Waltz

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings, Op. 48; Elegy; Anton Arensky: Variations on a Theme by Tchaikovsky

    Saint Petersburg Camerata

    Saulius Sondeckis, conductor

    3:56
  • 9:17 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
  • 9:12 AM

    Ruslan and Ludmila: Overture

    Mikhail Glinka

    Popular Operatic Overtures

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    5:18
  • 9:01 AM

    Symphony No. 1 "Spring": 1st movement

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann: Symphonies 1 & 4

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    11:13
  • 8:56 AM

    Waltz No. 2 "Valse brillante"

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin

    Mikhail Pletnev, piano

    5:00
  • 8:48 AM

    Romance No. 2

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Essential Beethoven

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Bernard Haitink, conductor

    Arthur Grumiaux, violin

    7:51
  • 8:42 AM

    Don Giovanni: Overture

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Overtures

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Hans Vonk, conductor

    6:08
  • 8:34 AM

    The Planets: Jupiter

    Gustav Holst

    Holst: The Planets

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    7:32
  • 8:21 AM

    Concerto for Oboe and Violin

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    The Ground Beneath Our Feet

    The Knights

    Johnny Gandelsman, violin

    12:32
  • 8:15 AM

    The Entertainer

    Scott Joplin

    Piano Rags By Scott Joplin

    Joshua Rifkin, piano

    5:02
  • 8:03 AM

    Swedish Rhapsody No. 1 "Midsummer Vigil"

    Hugo Alfven

    The Four Seasons: A Musical Calendar Of Favorite Classics

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    12:44
  • 7:56 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 21 "Elvira Madigan": Andante

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Romance Of The Violin

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Michael Stern, conductor

    Joshua Bell, violin

    6:16
  • 7:47 AM

    Sigurd Jorsalfar: Homage March

    Edvard Grieg

    Sibelius: Finlandia

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Eugene Ormandy, conductor

    8:52
  • 7:40 AM

    Mandolin Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: The Four Seasons and Other Concertos

    Orchestra of Toulouse

    Louis Auriacombe, conductor

    Andre Saint-Clivier, mandolin

    7:16
  • 7:32 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 20

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Piano Sonatas

    Mari Kodama, piano

    7:39
  • 7:26 AM

    Symphony No. 104 "London": Finale

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 104 "London" and 100 "Military"

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    6:22
  • 7:23 AM

    Radetzky March

    Johann StraussSr.

    Grand March

    Philip Jones Brass Ensemble

    Elgar Howarth, conductor

    2:09
  • 7:15 AM

    Symphony No. 6 "Pathetique": 2nd movement

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Symphony No. 6 "Pathetique"

    Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre

    Valery Gergiev, conductor

    7:37
  • 7:12 AM

    Music for the Royal Fireworks: La Rejouissance

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Music For The Royal Fireworks; Water Music

    Capella Istropolitana

    Bohdan Warchal, conductor

    3:30
  • 7:01 AM

    Violin Concerto: 3rd movement

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak, Gershwin - Violin concerto; An American in Paris

    Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra Amsterdam

    Mario Venzago, conductor

    Liza Ferschtman, violin

    10:48
  • 6:59 AM

    Waltz No. 6 "Minute"

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin

    Maria Joao Pires, piano

    1:57
  • 6:54 AM

    Cosi fan tutte: Overture

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Overtures

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Hans Vonk, conductor

    4:48
  • 6:50 AM

    The Red Poppy: Russian Sailor's Dance

    Reinhold Gliere

    Pops a la Russe

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    3:38
  • 6:41 AM

    Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Works for Orchestra, Vol. I

    Radio Luxembourg Orchestra

    Louis de Froment, conductor

    9:28
  • 6:36 AM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 1: 1st movement

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Brandenburg Concertos

    Le Concert Des Nations

    Jordi Savall, conductor

    3:58
  • 6:25 AM

    Night on Bald Mountain

    Modest Mussorgsky

    Mephisto and Co.

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    11:49
  • 6:15 AM

    Cello Concerto No. 1: 1st movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Cello Concertos in C & D, Sinfonia Concertante

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Roger Norrington, conductor

    Steven Isserlis, cello

    9:57
  • 6:06 AM

    Clarinet Concerto: 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Clarinet Concerto

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    Jon Manasse, clarinet

    8:32
  • 6:00 AM

    Spanish Suite: Granada

    Isaac Albeniz

    Milos: Mediterraneo

    Milos Karadaglic, guitar

    5:51
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