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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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  • 8:58 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 5 "Emperor": Rondo

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: The 5 Piano Concertos

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano

    11:00
  • 8:49 AM

    Marche Slave

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Marche Slav; Rimsky-Korsakov: Russian Easter Overture

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    9:20
  • 8:45 AM

    Molly on the Shore

    Percy Grainger

    Pops Britannia

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    4:23
  • 8:35 AM

    Sigurd Jorsalfar: Homage March

    Edvard Grieg

    Sibelius: Finlandia

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Eugene Ormandy, conductor

    8:52
  • 8:26 AM

    Scottish Fantasy: Finale

    Max Bruch

    Jean Sibelius: Concerto for Violin in D minor, Op. 47, Max Bruch: Scottish Fantasy for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 46

    Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    Midori, violin

    9:39
  • 8:21 AM

    Intermezzo No. 2 "Klavierstucke"

    Johannes Brahms

    Passionate Kiss: Romantic Piano Music

    Daniel Pollack, piano

    4:33
  • 8:14 AM

    Symphonie Fantastique: A Ball

    Hector Berlioz

    Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique, La Mort de Cleopatre

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Valery Gergiev, conductor

    6:36
  • 8:04 AM

    Water Music Suite No. 3

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Water Music

    English Baroque Soloists

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    10:01
  • 7:57 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 21 "Elvira Madigan": Andante

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Romance Of The Violin

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Michael Stern, conductor

    Joshua Bell, violin

    6:16
  • 7:55 AM

    Hansel and Gretel: Evening Prayer

    Engelbert Humperdinck

    Escape Through Opera

    Gurzenich Orchestra

    John Pritchard, conductor

    Ileana Cotrubas, soprano

    2:30
  • 7:51 AM

    Minuet

    Luigi Boccherini

    Promenade Concert

    I Solisti Italiani

    3:57
  • 7:45 AM

    Serenade for Winds: Finale

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Serenades Op 22 & 44

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    5:57
  • 7:42 AM

    Etude No. 12 "Revolutionary"

    Frederic Chopin

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

    Garrick Ohlsson, piano

    2:33
  • 7:39 AM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 2: 3rd movement

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Rolf Smedvig: Virtuoso

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Jahja Ling, conductor

    Rolf Smedvig, trumpet

    2:50
  • 7:24 AM

    Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks

    Richard Strauss

    R Strauss: Ein Heldenleben

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    15:24
  • 7:16 AM

    Violin Concerto: 3rd movement

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius, Tchaikovsky: Violin Concertos

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Giuseppe Sinopoli, conductor

    Gil Shaham, violin

    7:30
  • 7:08 AM

    Egmont Overture

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: The 9 Symphonies

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    8:10
  • 7:02 AM

    Symphony No. 82 "The Bear": Finale

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 22, 78, 82

    Stockholm Chamber Orchestra

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    5:26
  • 6:52 AM

    Dance of the Hours

    Amilcare Ponchielli

    Overtures and Intermezzi

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Silvio Varviso, conductor

    9:32
  • 6:41 AM

    The Sorcerer's Apprentice

    Paul Dukas

    Mephisto and Co.

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    11:19
  • 6:37 AM

    Keyboard Concerto No. 5: Largo

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Air: The Bach Album

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Steven Mercurio, conductor

    Anne Akiko Meyers, violin

    3:18
  • 6:33 AM

    Sleeping Beauty: Waltz

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Mad About Kids' Classics

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    4:32
  • 6:19 AM

    Horn Concerto No. 2

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Pinchas Zukerman: Complete Recordings on Deutsche Grammophon and Philips

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Pinchas Zukerman, conductor

    Hermann Baumann, horn

    13:24
  • 6:10 AM

    Symphony No. 7: 2nd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven 5 And 7

    Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

    Manfred Honeck, conductor

    8:26
  • 6:00 AM

    Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto; Saint-Saens: Havanaise

    New York Chamber Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin

    10:40
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