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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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  • 10:43 AM

    Orchestral Suite No. 1: Overture

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Orchestral Suites

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    9:36
  • 10:36 AM

    Festive Overture

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra: Portrait

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra

    James DePreist, conductor

    6:13
  • 10:24 AM

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

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Symphony No. 9, Carnival Overture

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    12:32
  • 10:18 AM

    Paganini Etude No. 3 "La Campanella"

    Franz Liszt

    Yundi Li: Liszt

    Yundi Li, piano

    4:39
  • 10:11 AM

    Symphony No. 5: 1st movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Brass Busters!

    Canadian Brass

    7:34
  • 10:02 AM

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

    Johann StraussJr.

    Ein Straussfest

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    8:27
  • 9:59 AM

    Requiem: In Paradisum

    Gabriel Faure

    Agnus Dei: Music Of Inner Harmony

    Choir of New College, Oxford

    Edward Higginbottom, conductor

    3:07
  • 9:49 AM

    Four Seasons: Summer

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: The Four Seasons

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Nigel Kennedy, conductor

    Nigel Kennedy, violin

    10:24
  • 9:45 AM

    Symphony No. 39: Menuetto

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphonies 32, 35 & 39

    Prague Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    3:59
  • 9:39 AM

    Impromptu No. 2

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Impromptus D899/Moments Musicaux D780

    Andras Schiff, piano

    4:48
  • 9:28 AM

    Trumpet Concerto: 1st movement

    Johann Hummel

    L'Art de Maurice Andre

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    Maurice Andre, trumpet

    11:11
  • 9:25 AM

    Fanfare for the Common Man

    Aaron Copland

    The Only American Album You'll Ever Need!

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    3:39
  • 9:15 AM

    Romance No. 2

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    The Essential David Oistrakh

    Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra

    Gennady Rozhdestvensky, conductor

    David Oistrakh, violin

    8:53
  • 9:06 AM

    Symphony No. 101 "The Clock": 3rd movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 101 & 102

    London Classical Players

    Roger Norrington, conductor

    9:11
  • 8:59 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 21 "Elvira Madigan": Andante

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Best Film Classics 100

    Halle Orchestra

    Bryden Thomson, conductor

    Stephen Hough, piano

    6:46
  • 8:49 AM

    Academic Festival Overture

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Symphonie 2, Academic Festival Overture

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    10:21
  • 8:39 AM

    Water Music Suite No. 3

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Fireworks, Watermusic

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    10:01
  • 8:30 AM

    Images for Orchestra: Iberia: On Highways and Byways

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Orchestral Works

    Paris Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    7:38
  • 8:21 AM

    Symphony No. 3 "Rhenish": 1st movement

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann: The Four Symphonies

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Bernard Haitink, conductor

    9:47
  • 8:13 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 20

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Piano Sonatas, Opp. 26, 27, & 49

    Stephen Kovacevich, piano

    7:21
  • 8:06 AM

    Sinfonia Concertante: 3rd movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Mozart: Symphony No. 96; Sinfonia Concertante

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    Marieke Blankestijn, violin

    6:19
  • 8:00 AM

    Don Giovanni: Overture

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Overtures - Eine kleine Nachtmusik

    Tafelmusik

    Bruno Weil, conductor

    6:06
  • 7:55 AM

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

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel: Sheherazade, etc.

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    5:03
  • 7:42 AM

    Hungarian Rhapsody No. 9

    Franz Liszt

    Liszt: Orchestral Favorites - Hungarian Fantasy

    Szeged Symphony Orchestra

    Tamas Pal, conductor

    12:48
  • 7:32 AM

    Keyboard Concerto No. 5

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    JS Bach: Keyboard Concertos

    German Chamber Philharmonic

    David Fray, piano

    9:58
  • 7:26 AM

    Violin Concerto: 3rd movement

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin

    6:14
  • 7:22 AM

    Serenade for Strings: Waltz

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Showpieces and Encores

    Moscow Chamber Orchestra

    Constantine Orbelian, conductor

    3:59
  • 7:07 AM

    Russian Easter Festival Overture

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    1812 Overture

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    14:09
  • 7:00 AM

    Clarinet Quintet: 1st movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart at the Movies

    Harold Wright, clarinet

    7:07
  • 6:57 AM

    Beau Soir (Beautiful Evening)

    Claude Debussy

    Cello Song

    Julian Lloyd Webber, cello

    2:38
  • 6:45 AM

    Carmen Suite No. 1

    Georges Bizet

    Shchedrin: Carmen Ballet; Bizet: Carmen Suite

    Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra

    James DePreist, conductor

    11:50
  • 6:42 AM

    La Vida Breve: Spanish Dance

    Manuel de Falla

    Classic Williams: Romance of the Guitar

    John Williams, guitar

    3:18
  • 6:29 AM

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

    Bedrich Smetana

    Romantic Adagio

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    12:24
  • 6:23 AM

    Symphony No. 94 "Surprise": 2nd movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 94 & 100, Sinfonia Concertante

    Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra

    Adam Fischer, conductor

    6:18
  • 6:19 AM

    Slavonic Dance No. 1

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: The Slavonic Dances

    Katia & Marielle Labeque, pianos

    3:20
  • 6:05 AM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 6

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach

    Ensemble Caprice

    Matthias Maute, conductor

    13:17
  • 6:00 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
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