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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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Tuesday

12:03 PM
Symphony No. 9 "From the New World": Largo
Antonin Dvorak
Dvorak: Symphony No. 9 'From The New World'
London Symphony Orchestra
Istvan Kertesz, conductor
12:28
12:00 PM
La Vida Breve: Spanish Dance
Manuel de Falla
Iberischer Klangzauber
Dorothea von Albrecht, cello
3:28
11:56 AM
Orchestral Suite No. 1: Minuets
Johann Sebastian Bach
Bach: Orchestral Suites BWV 1066-1069
Academy of Ancient Music
Christopher Hogwood, conductor
3:28
11:51 AM
Symphony No. 97: Finale
Franz Joseph Haydn
Haydn: Symphonies 94, 95 and 97
English Chamber Orchestra
Jeffrey Tate, conductor
5:23
11:42 AM
Night on Bald Mountain
Modest Mussorgsky
Mussorgsky, Stokowski: Pictures at an Exhibition
Cleveland Orchestra
Oliver Knussen, conductor
9:02
11:36 AM
Spanish Suite: Granada
Isaac Albeniz
Virtuoso Guitar Transcriptions
Nicola Hall, guitar
5:06
11:23 AM
Symphony No. 7: 1st movement
Ludwig van Beethoven
Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 5 & 7
Columbia Symphony Orchestra
Bruno Walter, conductor
13:03
11:16 AM
L'Isle joyeuse (Joyous Isle)
Claude Debussy
Debussy: Images, Arabesques, L'Isle joyeuse
Zoltan Kocsis, piano
6:11
11:12 AM
Symphony No. 35 "Haffner": Finale
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 35 & 38
Dresden State Orchestra
Colin Davis, conductor
4:06
11:02 AM
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Paul Dukas
Light Classics
NBC Symphony Orchestra
Arturo Toscanini, conductor
10:11
10:55 AM
Siegfried: Forest Murmurs
Richard Wagner
Wagner: Orchestral Works
Berlin Philharmonic
Klaus Tennstedt, conductor
6:49
10:44 AM
Four Seasons: Spring
Antonio Vivaldi
Vivaldi: The Four Seasons
Trondheim Soloists
Anne-Sophie Mutter, conductor
Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin
11:10
10:38 AM
Etude No. 3 "Un Sospiro" (A Sigh)
Franz Liszt
Andre Watts Plays Liszt, Album 2
Andre Watts, piano
5:40
10:33 AM
Trumpet Concerto: 3rd movement
Johann Hummel
The Enlightened Trumpet
Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra
Marios Papadopoulous, conductor
Paul Merkelo, trumpet
4:18
10:25 AM
Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dances
Alexander Borodin
Dies Irae: The Essential Choral Collection
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
Neeme Jarvi, conductor
8:33
10:19 AM
Symphony No. 3 "Rhenish": Finale
Robert Schumann
Schumann: The Four Symphonies
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Bernard Haitink, conductor
5:42
10:15 AM
St. Paul's Suite: Finale (The Dargason)
Gustav Holst
English Music for Strings
Bournemouth Sinfonietta
George Hurst, conductor
3:29
10:03 AM
Clarinet Concerto: 1st movement
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Mozart: Clarinet Concerto, Kegelstatt Trio
German Chamber Philharmonic
Martin Frost, conductor
Martin Frost, basset clarinet
12:14
9:49 AM
Leonore Overture No. 3
Ludwig van Beethoven
Beethoven: Symphony No 7, Leonore Overture No 3
San Francisco Symphony
Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
13:53
9:47 AM
March
Sergei Prokofiev
Prokofiev : Works for violin & piano
Gil Shaham, violin
1:42
9:40 AM
String Quartet No. 62 "Emperor": Adagio
Franz Joseph Haydn
Mozart: Hunt & Dissonance Quartets; Haydn
Emerson String Quartet
6:38
9:28 AM
Masques and Bergamasques
Gabriel Faure
Faure: Requiem Op. 48
Lyon National Orchestra
Emmanuel Krivine, conductor
12:58
9:22 AM
String Quartet No. 12 "American": 4th movement
Antonin Dvorak
2013-2014 Class Notes: Classical MPR Presents A Musical History Tour
Artaria Quartet
5:23
9:19 AM
Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring
Johann Sebastian Bach
Famous Bach Choruses
English Baroque Soloists
John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
2:31
9:17 AM
Fantasy for a Gentleman: Dance
Joaquin Rodrigo
Milos: Aranjuez
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor
Milos Karadaglic, guitar
1:59
9:12 AM
The Firebird (L'oiseau de feu): Infernal Dance
Igor Stravinsky
Stravinsky: The Firebird Suite; Symphony No. 1; Fireworks; Scherzo Fantastique
Saint Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra
Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor
4:14
9:05 AM
Symphony No. 40: 1st movement
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Everybody's Mozart
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner, conductor
7:43
9:02 AM
Peer Gynt: In The Hall Of The Mountain King
Edvard Grieg
Grieg: Peer Gynt
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
2:31
8:58 AM
Serenade
Roman Hoffstetter
Jewels of the Classics
Philharmonia Virtuosi
Richard Kapp, conductor
3:39
8:46 AM
A Midsummer Night's Dream: Overture
Felix Mendelssohn
Mendelssohn Overtures
Bamberg Symphony Orchestra
Claus Peter Flor, conductor
12:30
8:39 AM
Impromptu No. 3
Franz Schubert
Schubert: Impromptus Op. 90 And Op. 142
Alfred Brendel, piano
6:03
8:32 AM
Symphony No. 7: 3rd movement
Ludwig van Beethoven
Beethoven: Symphonies 1-9, Overtures "Fidelio" and "Egmont"
Cleveland Orchestra
Lorin Maazel, conductor
7:14
8:25 AM
Dance of the Blessed Spirits
Christoph Gluck
A Portrait Of Rampal
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Placido Domingo, conductor
Jean-Pierre Rampal, flute
7:09
8:19 AM
Appalachian Spring: Variations on a Shaker Tune
Aaron Copland
The Green Album
Boston Pops Orchestra
John Williams, conductor
5:38
8:03 AM
Brandenburg Concerto No. 4
Johann Sebastian Bach
JS Bach: 6 Brandenburg Concertos
Oregon Bach Festival Orchestra
Helmuth Rilling, conductor
15:14
7:49 AM
The Lark Ascending
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto, Dvorak: Romance, Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending; Massenet: Meditations from Thais
Philharmonia Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin, conductor
Anne Akiko Meyers, violin
14:35
7:44 AM
Carmen: Gypsy Dance
Georges Bizet
Grieg: Carmen - Peer Gynt
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin, conductor
4:41
7:36 AM
Symphony No. 1 "Spring": Finale
Robert Schumann
Schumann: Complete Symphonies
Revolutionary and Romantic Orchestra
John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
7:42
7:26 AM
Four Seasons: Winter
Antonio Vivaldi
Vivaldi: The Four Seasons
Trondheim Soloists
Anne-Sophie Mutter, conductor
Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin
10:07
7:19 AM
Symphonie Fantastique: March to the Scaffold
Hector Berlioz
Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique
Orchestra of La Francophonie
Jean-Philippe Tremblay, conductor
6:39
7:17 AM
Etude No. 5 "Black Keys"
Frederic Chopin
Yundi Li: Chopin
Yundi Li, piano
1:40
7:05 AM
Symphony No. 5: 4th movement
Peter Tchaikovsky
The Tchaikovsky Project
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
Semyon Bychkov, conductor
12:06
7:01 AM
Holberg Suite: Rigaudon
Edvard Grieg
Grieg: Symphonic Dances, From Holberg's Time, Old Norwegian Melody
Oslo Symphony Orchestra
Mariss Jansons, conductor
3:55
6:54 AM
Danse Macabre
Camille Saint-Saens
Camille Saint-Saens: Organ Symphony; Tone Poems
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Lorin Maazel, conductor
6:16
6:51 AM
Requiem: In Paradisum
Gabriel Faure
Fifty Shades Of Grey: The Classical Album
Choir of King's College, Cambridge
Stephen Cleobury, conductor
Jose-Luis Garcia, violin
3:27
6:48 AM
Orchestral Suite No. 1: Passepieds
Johann Sebastian Bach
Bach: Orchestral Suites
Tafelmusik
Jeanne Lamon, conductor
2:56
6:40 AM
Horn Concerto No. 4: 1st movement
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Mozart: Horn Concerto
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Charles Mackerras, conductor
Eric Ruske, horn
8:18
6:31 AM
Piano Concerto No. 1: Rondo
Ludwig van Beethoven
Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 1-5
London Symphony Orchestra
Colin Davis, conductor
Evgeny Kissin, piano
8:16
6:21 AM
Die Meistersinger von Nurmberg (The Mastersingers of Nuremburg): Prelude to Act I
Richard Wagner
Wagner: Overtures and Preludes
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Daniel Barenboim, conductor
10:04
6:09 AM
Academic Festival Overture
Johannes Brahms
Brahms: Symphony No. 4
Cleveland Orchestra
George Szell, conductor
10:57
6:00 AM
Clarinet Quintet: 1st movement
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Chamber Works for Winds and Strings by Mozart
Chicago Chamber Musicians
Larry Combs, clarinet
9:34