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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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  • 12:34 PM

    Dance of the Hours

    Amilcare Ponchielli

    Intermezzo

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    10:41
  • 12:22 PM

    Symphony No. 2: 3rd movement

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Rachmaninoff/Tchaikovsky

    Russian Federal Orchestra

    Vakhtang Jordania, conductor

    11:24
  • 12:17 PM

    Candide: Overture

    Leonard Bernstein

    Greatest Hits of the 1900s

    Philharmonia Virtuosi

    Richard Kapp, conductor

    4:20
  • 12:12 PM

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

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonien Nr. 101 & 102

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor

    5:56
  • 12:01 PM

    Four Seasons: Spring

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Sarah Chang: Vivaldi: The Four Seasons

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    Sarah Chang, violin

    10:39
  • 11:57 AM

    Horn Concerto No. 4: 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Horn Concertos

    Israel Sinfonietta

    Uri Mayer, conductor

    David Jolley, horn

    3:35
  • 11:51 AM

    Fidelio Overture

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Fidelio - Highlights

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Bernard Haitink, conductor

    6:28
  • 11:45 AM

    Ruslan and Ludmila: Overture

    Mikhail Glinka

    Popular Operatic Overtures

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    5:18
  • 11:35 AM

    String Quartet No. 12 "American": 1st movement

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: String Quartets Opp. 96 & 105

    Chilingirian Quartet

    9:19
  • 11:25 AM

    Keyboard Concerto No. 5

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    JS Bach

    The King's Violins

    Bernard Labadie, conductor

    Alexandre Tharaud, piano

    9:44
  • 11:23 AM

    Fantasy for a Gentleman: Dance

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Pepe Romero, guitar

    2:00
  • 11:12 AM

    Benvenuto Cellini: Overture

    Hector Berlioz

    Berlioz: La Marseillaise, Etc

    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    10:55
  • 10:59 AM

    Divertimento No. 1

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Divertimenti KN 113, 137 & 251

    Academy Chamber Ensemble

    12:55
  • 10:55 AM

    The Red Pony Suite: Morning on the Ranch

    Aaron Copland

    Copland: The Red Pony; Our Town; The Heiress Suite; Music For Movies

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    4:33
  • 10:46 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 20

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    My First Recital

    Ruth Laredo, piano

    7:58
  • 10:32 AM

    Swedish Rhapsody No. 1 "Midsummer Vigil"

    Hugo Alfven

    Alfven: Symphony No. 2, etc

    Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    13:43
  • 10:24 AM

    Double Concerto: 2nd movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Double Concerto; Horn Trio

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Wolfgang Sawallisch, conductor

    Frank Peter Zimmermann, violin

    7:46
  • 10:16 AM

    Kunstler-Leben Walzer (Artist's Life)

    Johann StraussJr.

    Strauss: Gala IV

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Willi Boskovsky, conductor

    8:19
  • 10:10 AM

    Symphony No. 100 "Military": 2nd movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Seven London Symphonies

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    5:49
  • 9:59 AM

    Water Music Suite No. 3

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Water Music

    Orchestra of St. Luke's

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    10:23
  • 9:51 AM

    The Merry Wives of Windsor: Overture

    Otto Nicolai

    The Kiss: Music for Love and Passion

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    George Randolph Warren, conductor

    8:47
  • 9:46 AM

    Symphony No. 36 "Linz": Menuetto

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 32, 35, 36

    English Baroque Soloists

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    4:29
  • 9:39 AM

    Siegfried: Forest Murmurs

    Richard Wagner

    Wagner: Orchestral Works

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Klaus Tennstedt, conductor

    6:49
  • 9:30 AM

    Symphony No. 1 "Spring": Finale

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann: Overture, Scherzo and Finale, Op. 52

    Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra

    Raymond Leppard, conductor

    8:28
  • 9:15 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 1

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Violin Concertos

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Pinchas Zukerman, conductor

    Pinchas Zukerman, violin

    14:29
  • 9:08 AM

    The Planets: Jupiter

    Gustav Holst

    Dallas Space Spectacular

    Dallas Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    7:50
  • 8:53 AM

    Rhapsody in Blue

    George Gershwin

    Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue, Piano Concerto in F, An American in Paris

    Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    Andre Previn, piano

    13:58
  • 8:45 AM

    Lucio Silla: Overture

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Overtures

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    8:35
  • 8:41 AM

    Waltz No. 8

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Piano Sonata No. 3; Ballade No. 4; Waltzes, Mazurkas, Barcarolle

    Ingrid Fliter, piano

    3:16
  • 8:31 AM

    Violin Concerto: Finale

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Leonidas Kavakos | Beethoven

    Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Leonidas Kavakos, conductor

    Leonidas Kavakos, violin

    10:27
  • 8:26 AM

    Sleeping Beauty: Waltz

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Pops Caviar

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Arthur Fiedler, conductor

    4:26
  • 8:18 AM

    Symphony No. 9 "From the New World": 3rd movement

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Symphony No. 9, In der Nature

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    7:49
  • 8:09 AM

    Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dances

    Alexander Borodin

    Dies Irae: The Essential Choral Collection

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    8:33
  • 8:04 AM

    Symphonie Fantastique: March to the Scaffold

    Hector Berlioz

    Heavy Classix

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    4:46
  • 8:00 AM

    Suite Bergamasque: Clair de lune (Moonlight)

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Images; Arabesques; Children's Corner; Clair de lune; L'Isle joyeuse

    Simon Trpceski, piano

    4:43
  • 7:55 AM

    Ave Maria

    Franz Schubert

    Voice Of The Violin

    Orchestra of St. Luke's

    Michael Stern, conductor

    Joshua Bell, violin

    4:41
  • 7:50 AM

    L'Arlesienne Suite No. 1: Carillon

    Georges Bizet

    Bizet: Carmen Suite, L'arlesienne Suites Etc.

    Orchestra of the Bastille

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    4:23
  • 7:41 AM

    Toccata and Fugue

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    The Fantastic Stokowski

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    9:07
  • 7:36 AM

    Symphony No. 41 "Jupiter": 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphonies No. 40 & No. 41

    English Baroque Soloists

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    5:20
  • 7:32 AM

    Morning Song

    Edward Elgar

    Vaughan Williams; Elgar

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Pinchas Zukerman, conductor

    3:22
  • 7:23 AM

    Double Concerto: 3rd movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Violin Concerto, Double Concerto

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    Gil Shaham, violin

    8:42
  • 7:19 AM

    Piano Quartet: Scherzo

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann and Brahms Piano Quartets

    Ames Piano Quartet

    3:35
  • 7:13 AM

    Symphony No. 5: 1st movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 5 & 7

    Columbia Symphony Orchestra

    Bruno Walter, conductor

    6:27
  • 7:00 AM

    A Midsummer Night's Dream: Overture

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn Overtures

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Claus Peter Flor, conductor

    12:30
  • 6:46 AM

    Symphony No. 1 "Classical"

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Menuhin Conducts Prokofiev

    English String Orchestra

    Yehudi Menuhin, conductor

    14:09
  • 6:43 AM

    Fanfare for the Common Man

    Aaron Copland

    He Got Game - The Music Of Aaron Copland (Motion Picture Soundtrack)

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Aaron Copland, conductor

    3:17
  • 6:40 AM

    Etude No. 1 "Aeolian Harp"

    Frederic Chopin

    The Complete Piano Works of Chopin, Vol. 10: Etudes

    Garrick Ohlsson, piano

    2:33
  • 6:29 AM

    Flute and Harp Concerto: 1st movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    MOZART: Flute Concertos Nos. 1 and 2 / Concerto for Flute and Harp

    Swedish Chamber Orchestra

    Patrick Gallois, flute

    10:16
  • 6:19 AM

    Four Seasons: Summer

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: The Four Seasons

    Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    Pinchas Zukerman, violin

    10:50
  • 6:04 AM

    Leonore Overture No. 3

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Overtures

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Yoel Levi, conductor

    13:38
  • 6:00 AM

    Symphony No. 100 "Military": Minuet

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies No. 100 Military and No. 103 Drimroll

    Orchestra of St. Luke's

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    4:44
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