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Essentials

Timeless Classical Masterpieces

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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Wednesday

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