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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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  • 8:36 AM

    Suite Bergamasque: Clair de lune (Moonlight)

    Claude Debussy

    Atonement: Music from the Motion Picture

    Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

    4:48
  • 8:29 AM

    Violin Concerto: 3rd movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Violin Concerto, Double Concerto

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    Gil Shaham, violin

    7:29
  • 8:23 AM

    Minuet of the Will-o'-the-Wisps

    Hector Berlioz

    Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique, Roman Carnival Overture, Three Pieces from The Damnation of Faust

    Halle Orchestra

    John Barbirolli, conductor

    5:44
  • 8:18 AM

    Candide: Overture

    Leonard Bernstein

    Bernstein: Candide Suite, etc.

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    4:30
  • 8:02 AM

    Horn Concerto No. 4

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Horn Concertos

    Israel Sinfonietta

    Uri Mayer, conductor

    David Jolley, horn

    15:53
  • 7:55 AM

    Violin Sonata No. 5 "Spring": 4th movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Essential Beethoven

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    6:55
  • 7:48 AM

    Eugene Onegin: Waltz

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Dances from the Opera

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    6:37
  • 7:36 AM

    Carmen Suite No. 1

    Georges Bizet

    Shchedrin: Carmen Ballet; Bizet: Carmen Suite

    Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra

    James DePreist, conductor

    11:57
  • 7:32 AM

    Slavonic Dance No. 6

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Slavonic Dances

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Antal Dorati, conductor

    4:11
  • 7:23 AM

    Mandolin Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: Concertos

    I Solisti Veneti

    Claudio Scimone, conductor

    Bonifacio Bianchi, mandolin

    8:26
  • 7:18 AM

    Spanish Suite: Granada

    Isaac Albeniz

    Albeniz: Iberia

    Alicia de Larrocha, piano

    4:53
  • 7:07 AM

    Symphony No. 8 "Unfinished": 2nd movement

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Symphonies Nos. 8 & 9

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Giuseppe Sinopoli, conductor

    10:55
  • 7:02 AM

    Lohengrin: Prelude to Act III

    Richard Wagner

    Wagner for Brass

    Canadian Brass

    Edo de Waart, conductor

    5:02
  • 6:59 AM

    Hungarian Dance No. 5

    Johannes Brahms

    The Berlin Gala - A Salute To Carmen

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    2:55
  • 6:55 AM

    Orchestral Suite No. 3: Air on the G String

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    100 Best Classics

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    3:30
  • 6:47 AM

    Clarinet Concerto: 2nd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Clarinet Concerto

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    Jon Manasse, clarinet

    7:49
  • 6:45 AM

    Etude No. 5 "Black Keys"

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin Etudes

    Jan Lisiecki, piano

    1:39
  • 6:27 AM

    Symphony No. 3 "Eroica": 1st movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphonie No. 3

    Orchestra of the 18th Century

    Frans Bruggen, conductor

    18:25
  • 6:24 AM

    Rodeo: Hoe-Down

    Aaron Copland

    An American Salute

    Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Stephen Gunzenhauser, conductor

    3:17
  • 6:17 AM

    Violin Concerto: 3rd movement

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin

    6:14
  • 6:13 AM

    El Amor Brujo: Ritual Fire Dance

    Manuel de Falla

    Symphonic Spectacular

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    4:00
  • 6:05 AM

    Symphony No. 98: Finale

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: The London Symphonies, Vol. I

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Colin Davis, conductor

    8:04
  • 5:52 AM

    Hungarian Rhapsody No. 9

    Franz Liszt

    Liszt: Orchestral Favorites - Hungarian Fantasy

    Szeged Symphony Orchestra

    Tamas Pal, conductor

    12:48
  • 5:41 AM

    Four Seasons: Autumn

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi - The Four Seasons

    Boston Baroque

    Martin Pearlman, conductor

    Christina Day Martinson, violin

    10:48
  • 5:37 AM

    Symphony No. 36 "Linz": Menuetto

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 36 "Linz" & 38 "Prague"

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Emmanuel Krivine, conductor

    3:36
  • 5:30 AM

    Fidelio Overture

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphony No. 7

    Hanover Band

    Roy Goodman, conductor

    6:26
  • 5:23 AM

    Symphony No. 2: 4th movement

    Robert Schumann

    Orchestra of the Swan

    Orchestra of the Swan

    Kenneth Woods, conductor

    7:46
  • 5:19 AM

    Preludes, Book 1: La fille aux cheveux de lin (The Girl with the Flaxen Hair)

    Claude Debussy

    Music to My Ears: A Collection of Music for Children of All Ages

    Alan Feinberg, piano

    3:02
  • 5:09 AM

    Violin Concerto: 3rd movement

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Violin Concerto

    New York Philharmonic

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    Midori, violin

    9:42
  • 5:00 AM

    Orchestral Suite No. 1: Overture

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Orchestral Suites

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    9:36
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