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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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  • 10:25 AM

    Aida: Triumphal March

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Fiedler's Greatest Hits

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Arthur Fiedler, conductor

    3:34
  • 10:11 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 1

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Air: The Bach Album

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Steven Mercurio, conductor

    Anne Akiko Meyers, violin

    13:11
  • 10:08 AM

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

    Claude Debussy

    .Such Stuff As Dreams...

    Carol Rosenberger, piano

    3:04
  • 10:04 AM

    Slavonic Dance No. 15

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dancing For 100 Years

    Quebec Symphony Orchestra

    Yoav Talmi, conductor

    3:34
  • 9:53 AM

    Four Seasons: Autumn

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: The 4 Seasons

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    Jeanne Lamon, violin

    11:09
  • 9:49 AM

    Trumpet Concerto: 3rd movement

    Johann Hummel

    Haydn, Hummel: Trumpet Concertos

    Swedish Chamber Orchestra

    Roy Goodman, conductor

    Niklas Eklund, trumpet

    3:51
  • 9:44 AM

    Dreams of Love No. 3 (Liebestraum)

    Franz Liszt

    Piano Collection: Arrau, Cziffra, Ciccolini, Rudy et al.

    Georges Cziffra, piano

    4:49
  • 9:38 AM

    Serenade No. 10 "Gran Partita": Adagio

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Soulful Serenade

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    5:28
  • 9:33 AM

    Thais: Meditation

    Jules Massenet

    Violin for Anne Rice

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Leila Josefowicz, violin

    5:23
  • 9:22 AM

    Adagio for Strings

    Samuel Barber

    The Bernstein Century: Barber & Schuman

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    9:52
  • 9:10 AM

    Symphony No. 7: 1st movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: The 9 Symphonies

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    12:08
  • 8:59 AM

    Hebrides Overture (Fingal's Cave)

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4, Hebrides Overture

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    10:51
  • 8:50 AM

    Das Rheingold: Entry of the Gods into Valhalla

    Richard Wagner

    Wagner: Overtures and Preludes

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Adrian Boult, conductor

    8:46
  • 8:42 AM

    Serenade for Strings: Finale

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Favourite Serenades for Orchestra

    Netherlands Chamber Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    7:30
  • 8:39 AM

    Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Agnus Dei: Music Of Inner Harmony

    Choir of New College, Oxford

    Edward Higginbottom, conductor

    2:58
  • 8:29 AM

    Symphony No. 36 "Linz": 1st movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Emmanuel Krivine, conductor

    10:00
  • 8:26 AM

    Scenes from Childhood: Dreaming

    Robert Schumann

    Andante Cantabile

    Lynn Harrell, cello

    2:50
  • 8:17 AM

    Symphony No. 2: 2nd movement

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: The Symphonies

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor

    8:44
  • 8:07 AM

    By the Beautiful Blue Danube (An der schonen, blauen Donau)

    Johann StraussJr.

    1992 New Year's Concert

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Carlos Kleiber, conductor

    10:00
  • 7:56 AM

    Consecration of the House: Overture

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Complete Beethoven Edition Vol. 3: Music For The Stage

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Bernhard Klee, conductor

    10:48
  • 7:43 AM

    Night on Bald Mountain

    Modest Mussorgsky

    Mussorgsky: Pictures at an exhibition

    Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre

    Valery Gergiev, conductor

    12:50
  • 7:38 AM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 5: 3rd movement

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Murray Perahia Plays Bach

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Murray Perahia, conductor

    Murray Perahia, piano

    5:20
  • 7:28 AM

    Symphony No. 9 "From the New World": 4th movement

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Symphony No. 9; Sibelius: Symphony No. 2

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Paray, conductor

    9:41
  • 7:23 AM

    Eine kleine Nachtmusik: Rondo

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Overtures - Eine kleine Nachtmusik

    Tafelmusik

    Bruno Weil, conductor

    5:08
  • 7:11 AM

    William Tell: Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Overtures Vol 2 / Benda, Prague Sinfonia

    Prague Sinfonia Orchestra

    Christian Benda, conductor

    11:32
  • 7:02 AM

    Symphony No. 7: 3rd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphony No 7, Leonore Overture No 3

    San Francisco Symphony

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    8:44
  • 6:55 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 1: 2nd movement

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Great Pianists Of The 20th Century: Van Cliburn

    RCA Symphony Orchestra

    Kirill Kondrashin, conductor

    Van Cliburn, piano

    7:04
  • 6:51 AM

    Appalachian Spring: Variations on a Shaker Melody

    Aaron Copland

    Bernstein: Candide Overture, Barber: Adagio for Strings, Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man

    Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra

    Lukas Foss, conductor

    3:35
  • 6:48 AM

    La Vida Breve: Spanish Dance

    Manuel de Falla

    Classic Williams: Romance of the Guitar

    John Williams, guitar

    3:18
  • 6:45 AM

    The Birds: Prelude

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: Ancient Airs And Dances I & Iii, Etc

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    2:49
  • 6:37 AM

    Horn Concerto No. 3: 1st movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Horn Concertos

    Israel Sinfonietta

    Uri Mayer, conductor

    David Jolley, horn

    7:08
  • 6:27 AM

    Bartered Bride: Dances

    Bedrich Smetana

    The Moldau

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Libor Pesek, conductor

    10:44
  • 6:23 AM

    Symphony No. 88: Finale

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies 92 & 88

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    3:26
  • 6:13 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 1: Rondo

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin, Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 1

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Andrew Davis, conductor

    Yundi Li, piano

    9:40
  • 6:09 AM

    Concerto for Oboe and Violin: Adagio

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    The Ground Beneath Our Feet

    The Knights

    Johnny Gandelsman, violin

    4:31
  • 6:02 AM

    Danse Macabre

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Mephisto and Co.

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    6:52
  • 5:52 AM

    Carnival Overture

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: 9 Symphonien

    Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Rafael Kubelik, conductor

    9:00
  • 5:46 AM

    Fidelio Overture

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphonies 1-9, Overtures "Fidelio" and "Egmont"

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Lorin Maazel, conductor

    6:21
  • 5:33 AM

    Sinfonia Concertante: 1st movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 1, Sinfonia Concertante, etc.

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin

    13:07
  • 5:30 AM

    Beau Soir (Beautiful Evening)

    Claude Debussy

    Homage To Debussy

    Eric Himy, piano

    2:41
  • 5:26 AM

    Mother Goose (Ma mere l'oye): Laideronnette, Empress of the Pagodas

    Maurice Ravel

    French Impressions

    Northern Sinfonia of England

    Jean-Bernard Pommier, conductor

    3:48
  • 5:23 AM

    Fanfare for the Common Man

    Aaron Copland

    Strauss, Brahms, Delius, Copland, Davis

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Carl Davis, conductor

    3:11
  • 5:11 AM

    Oboe Concerto

    Alessandro Marcello

    A Baroque Feast

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    John Abberger, oboe

    11:10
  • 5:10 AM

    The Love for Three Oranges: March

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Prokofiev : Works for violin & piano

    Gil Shaham, violin

    1:33
  • 5:00 AM

    Trumpet Concerto: 1st movement

    Johann Hummel

    Classic Trumpet Concerti

    New York Chamber Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    Gerard Schwarz, trumpet

    9:54
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