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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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Friday

8:28 AM
Aranjuez Concerto: 1st movement
Joaquin Rodrigo
Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez; Villa-Lobos: Concerto for Guitar, Five Preludes
Monteverdi Orchestra
John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
Julian Bream, guitar
5:55
8:24 AM
Turkish Rondo
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Mozart: The Complete Piano Sonatas Vol 2
Philippe Entremont, piano
3:36
8:20 AM
Symphony No. 94 "Surprise": Finale
Franz Joseph Haydn
Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 94 & 95; Mozart: Toy Symphony
Hanover Band
Roy Goodman, conductor
4:07
8:05 AM
The Lark Ascending
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Janine Jansen
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Barry Wordsworth, conductor
Janine Jansen, violin
14:31
7:54 AM
Consecration of the House: Overture
Ludwig van Beethoven
Beethoven: Overtures and Incidental Music
Minnesota Orchestra
Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, conductor
10:28
7:51 AM
Requiem: Pie Jesu
Gabriel Faure
Absolute Heaven
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Robert Shaw, conductor
Judith Blegen, soprano
3:40
7:47 AM
Enigma Variations: Nimrod
Edward Elgar
Best Film Classics 100
London Symphony Orchestra
Adrian Boult, conductor
3:55
7:32 AM
Brandenburg Concerto No. 4
Johann Sebastian Bach
Bach Brandenburg Concertos
Academy of Ancient Music
Christopher Hogwood, conductor
14:52
7:30 AM
Waltz No. 6 "Minute"
Frederic Chopin
Beethoven: Sonatas; Chopin: Waltzes, Etc
Ingrid Fliter, piano
1:47
7:25 AM
Memories of the Alhambra
Francisco Tarrega
Albeniz, Granados, Tarrega, Turina Etc.
Eduardo Fernandez, guitar
4:39
7:16 AM
Symphony No. 2: 2nd movement
Franz Schubert
Franz Schubert: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 4
Bamberg Symphony Orchestra
Jonathan Nott, conductor
8:29
7:10 AM
Slavonic Dance No. 6
Antonin Dvorak
Dvorak: Slavonic dances, Opp. 46 & 72
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
Vaclav Neumann, conductor
6:03
7:03 AM
Sinfonia Concertante: 3rd movement
Franz Joseph Haydn
Haydn: Cello Concertos in C & D, Sinfonia Concertante
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Roger Norrington, conductor
Marieke Blankestijn, violin
6:37
6:50 AM
Tannhauser: Overture
Richard Wagner
World Orchestra For Peace: The Solti Memorial Tour 2007
World Orchestra for Peace
Valery Gergiev, conductor
12:58
6:47 AM
Preludes, Book 1: La fille aux cheveux de lin (The Girl with the Flaxen Hair)
Claude Debussy
.Such Stuff As Dreams...
Carol Rosenberger, piano
3:04
6:40 AM
Magic Flute: Overture
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Mozart: Overtures
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner, conductor
6:49
6:36 AM
Orchestral Suite No. 3: Gavottes
Johann Sebastian Bach
Bach Crossings
Ensemble Stephanie and Saar
3:42
6:18 AM
Violin Concerto: 1st movement
Peter Tchaikovsky
Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich: Violin Concertos / Gringolts, Etc
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
Itzhak Perlman, conductor
Ilya Gringolts, violin
18:11
6:08 AM
Symphony No. 6 "Pastoral": 1st movement
Ludwig van Beethoven
Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 op. 68
Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra
Evgeny Mravinsky, conductor
9:43
6:00 AM
Finlandia
Jean Sibelius
Sibelius: Tone Poems & Incidental Music
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Yoel Levi, conductor
8:01