Curated Streams

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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Thursday

7:04 AM
Symphony No. 5: 4th movement
Peter Tchaikovsky
Tchaikovsky Symphonies
Russian National Orchestra
Mikhail Pletnev, conductor
12:22
7:00 AM
Rodeo: Hoe-Down
Aaron Copland
Aaron Copland: Billy the Kid; Rodeo
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin, conductor
4:14
6:55 AM
Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (Sleepers Awake)
Johann Sebastian Bach
Stokowski Transcriptions
Philadelphia Orchestra
Wolfgang Sawallisch, conductor
4:24
6:47 AM
Romance No. 2
Ludwig van Beethoven
Beethoven: Violin Concerto, Romances
New York Philharmonic
Kurt Masur, conductor
Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin
8:20
6:43 AM
Symphony No. 88: Finale
Franz Joseph Haydn
Haydn: Symphonies 88, 89 & 92
La Petite Bande
Sigiswald Kuijken, conductor
3:56
6:32 AM
Piano Concerto No. 1: Rondo
Frederic Chopin
Chopin, Liszt: Piano Concertos
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Adam Fischer, conductor
Tzimon Barto, piano
10:10
6:30 AM
Symphony No. 35 "Haffner": Menuetto
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Mozart: Symphonies 32, 35 & 39
Prague Chamber Orchestra
Charles Mackerras, conductor
2:50
6:22 AM
Images for Orchestra: Iberia: On Highways and Byways
Claude Debussy
Debussy: Orchestral Music
Cleveland Orchestra
Pierre Boulez, conductor
7:08
6:17 AM
Concerto for Oboe and Violin: Adagio
Johann Sebastian Bach
JS Bach: Violin Concertos
Janine Jansen and Friends
Janine Jansen, violin
5:10
6:04 AM
Symphony No. 1 "Classical"
Sergei Prokofiev
Abbado conducts Prokofiev Peter & Wolf & Classical Symphony
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Claudio Abbado, conductor
13:15
6:00 AM
String Quartet No. 12 "American": 3rd movement
Antonin Dvorak
Ginastera, Shostakovich, Dvorak: String Quartets
Simon Bolivar String Quartet
3:45