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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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  • 9:54 AM

    Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Images pour Orchestre

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    10:19
  • 9:44 AM

    Night on Bald Mountain

    Modest Mussorgsky

    Mussorgsky: Pictures at an exhibition

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Lorin Maazel, conductor

    10:27
  • 9:40 AM

    Etude No. 12 "Revolutionary"

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Etudes

    Maurizio Pollini, piano

    2:48
  • 9:27 AM

    Harp Concerto

    George Frideric Handel

    Baroque, Vol. 6

    Toulouse Chamber Orchestra

    Louis Auriacombe, conductor

    Lily Laskine, harp

    13:42
  • 9:20 AM

    Danse Macabre

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Saint-Saens: Symphony No. 3 etc

    Lyon National Orchestra

    Emmanuel Krivine, conductor

    7:01
  • 9:12 AM

    Lohengrin: Prelude to Act I

    Richard Wagner

    Wagner: Overtures and Preludes

    New Philharmonia Orchestra

    Adrian Boult, conductor

    7:35
  • 9:04 AM

    Symphony No. 82 "The Bear": 1st movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn Symphonies: No. 82 in C Major "The Bear"; No. 38 in C Major; No. 104 in D Major "London"

    Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

    Christof Perick, conductor

    7:44
  • 8:54 AM

    Keyboard Concerto No. 5

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    J.S. Bach: Complete Keyboard Concertos; J.S. Bach-Vivaldi: Two Concertos

    Moscow Virtuosi

    Saulius Sondeckis, conductor

    Julia Zilberquit, piano

    9:47
  • 8:49 AM

    Fantasia on Greensleeves

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Elgar: Introduction and Allegro, etc; Vaughan Williams

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    4:30
  • 8:47 AM

    String Quartet No. 13: 2nd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    The Emerson Encores

    Emerson String Quartet

    1:56
  • 8:45 AM

    Lieutenant Kije: Troika

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Hovhaness, Prokofiev, Stravinsky

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Fritz Reiner, conductor

    2:38
  • 8:40 AM

    Flute and Harp Concerto: 2nd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    The Most Relaxing Classical Album In The World...Ever!

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    3:59
  • 8:31 AM

    Dance of the Hours

    Amilcare Ponchielli

    Wagner: Siegfried Idyll, Boccherini, Dvorak, Faure, Grieg, Nicolai, Ponchielli, Suppe, Tchaikovsky

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    9:12
  • 8:21 AM

    Violin Concerto: 3rd movement

    Antonin Dvorak

    Bruch, Dvorak: Violin Concertos

    Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    Julia Fischer, violin

    10:09
  • 8:18 AM

    Preludes, Book 1: La fille aux cheveux de lin (The Girl with the Flaxen Hair)

    Claude Debussy

    My Gift To You

    Antonin Kubalek, piano

    2:31
  • 8:02 AM

    Capriccio Espagnol

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    The Rostropovich Edition: Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade, etc.

    Paris Orchestra

    Mstislav Rostropovich, conductor

    15:51
  • 7:59 AM

    The Prince of Denmark's March

    Jeremiah Clarke

    Wynton Marsalis: In Gabriel's Garden

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Anthony Newman, conductor

    Wynton Marsalis, trumpet

    2:50
  • 7:56 AM

    Gianni Schicchi: O mio babbino caro

    Giacomo Puccini

    Ruth Ann Swenson: Con Amore

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Julius Rudel, conductor

    Ruth Ann Swenson, soprano

    2:33
  • 7:43 AM

    Symphony No. 9 "Choral": 2nd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: 9 Symphonies

    Revolutionary and Romantic Orchestra

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    13:04
  • 7:39 AM

    Berceuse (Lullaby)

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 2

    Nelson Freire, piano

    4:05
  • 7:28 AM

    Four Seasons: Spring

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi's Greatest Hits

    La Grande Ecurie et la Chambre du Roy

    Jean-Claude Malgoire, conductor

    John Holloway, violin

    10:48
  • 7:19 AM

    Symphony No. 2: 4th movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: The Complete Symphonies

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    8:54
  • 7:17 AM

    The Love for Three Oranges: March

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Great Marches

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    1:49
  • 7:05 AM

    Symphony No. 1 "Spring": 1st movement

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann: Symphonies 1 & 2

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Christoph von Dohnanyi, conductor

    11:28
  • 6:58 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 21 "Elvira Madigan": Andante

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: The Piano Concertos

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Alfred Brendel, piano

    6:37
  • 6:47 AM

    Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dances

    Alexander Borodin

    1812 Overture

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    11:06
  • 6:33 AM

    Leonore Overture No. 3

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven In Berlin - 1991 New Year's Eve Concert

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    14:45
  • 6:18 AM

    Symphony No. 9 "Great": 4th movement

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Symphony No. 9 "The Great"

    Northern Sinfonia

    Thomas Zehetmair, conductor

    14:09
  • 6:15 AM

    Radetzky March

    Johann StraussSr.

    Kaleidoscope

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    2:57
  • 6:09 AM

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

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonien Nr. 101 & 102

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor

    5:56
  • 6:07 AM

    Fantasy for a Gentleman: Dance

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Rodrigo and Villa-Lobos: Guitar Concertos

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    Goran Sollscher, guitar

    2:04
  • 6:00 AM

    Festive Overture

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Classics at the Pops

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    6:46
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