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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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  • 12:25 PM

    Mandolin Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi

    Venice Baroque Orchestra

    Avi Avital, mandolin

    7:33
  • 12:22 PM

    Etude No. 12 "Revolutionary"

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: 12 Etudes, Op. 10; Rondos Opp. 1, 5, 16, 73

    Frederic Chiu, piano

    3:03
  • 12:12 PM

    Flute and Harp Concerto: 1st movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    MOZART: Flute Concertos Nos. 1 and 2 / Concerto for Flute and Harp

    Swedish Chamber Orchestra

    Patrick Gallois, flute

    10:16
  • 12:03 PM

    Mignon: Overture

    Ambroise Thomas

    Great Comedy Overtures

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Lance Friedel, conductor

    8:22
  • 11:57 AM

    Nameday (Namensfeier) Overture

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    6:25
  • 11:51 AM

    Nabucco: Va, pensiero (Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves)

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Verdi: Requiem & Operatic Choruses

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    5:09
  • 11:47 AM

    Orchestral Suite No. 3: Air on the G String

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Albinoni: Adagio; Pachelbel: Canon; Etc

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    4:41
  • 11:43 AM

    Trumpet Concerto: 3rd movement

    Johann Hummel

    L'Art de Maurice Andre

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    Maurice Andre, trumpet

    3:34
  • 11:39 AM

    Humoresque No. 7

    Antonin Dvorak

    American Virtuosa - Tribute to Maud Powell

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    3:46
  • 11:26 AM

    Petite Suite

    Claude Debussy

    Bach: Organ Music (Complete), Vol. 7

    Lyon National Orchestra

    Jun Markl, conductor

    12:58
  • 11:21 AM

    Horn Concerto No. 4: 2nd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: The Four Hornbone Concertos

    Tapiola Sinfonietta

    Jean-Jacques Kantorow, conductor

    Christian Lindberg, trombone

    4:13
  • 11:12 AM

    Wiener Blut (Vienna Blood)

    Johann StraussJr.

    And the Band Played On

    I Salonisti

    9:07
  • 11:03 AM

    Symphony No. 4: Finale

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    The Tchaikovsky Project

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Semyon Bychkov, conductor

    9:10
  • 10:53 AM

    Piano Concerto: Adagio

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel: Piano Concertos, Etc

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    Martha Argerich, piano

    9:30
  • 10:49 AM

    Rodeo: Hoe-Down

    Aaron Copland

    Copland: Billy The Kid; Rodeo Etc.

    Colorado Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    4:09
  • 10:43 AM

    String Quartet No. 9 "Razumovsky No. 3": 4th movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: The Middle String Quartets

    Cypress String Quartet

    5:59
  • 10:40 AM

    Lohengrin: Prelude to Act III

    Richard Wagner

    Wagner 2

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    3:27
  • 10:33 AM

    Symphony No. 104 "London": Finale

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 99 & 104 'London'

    Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra

    Adam Fischer, conductor

    6:38
  • 10:29 AM

    Minuet

    Luigi Boccherini

    The Stowkowski Sound

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    3:11
  • 10:25 AM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 3: 3rd movement

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach Brandenburg Concertos

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    4:37
  • 10:13 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 9 "Jeunehomme": 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Piano Concertos 9 & 23

    Northern Sinfonia

    Thomas Zehetmair, conductor

    Imogen Cooper, piano

    10:58
  • 10:05 AM

    Violin Concerto: 3rd movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms, Clara Schumann

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Christian Thielemann, conductor

    Lisa Batiashvili, violin

    8:04
  • 10:02 AM

    The Red Poppy: Russian Sailor's Dance

    Reinhold Gliere

    Leonard Bernstein: The Encore Collection Vol. 3

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    3:28
  • 9:59 AM

    The Firebird (L'oiseau de feu): Finale

    Igor Stravinsky

    Stravinsky, Petrouchka: Scherzo a la Russe, The Firebird Suite

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    2:59
  • 9:56 AM

    Lieutenant Kije: Troika

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite, Prokofiev: Lieutenant Kije, Dukas: The Sourcerer's Apprentice

    Saint Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yuri Temirkanov, conductor

    2:35
  • 9:46 AM

    Water Music Suite No. 3

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Water Music

    Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra

    Ton Koopman, conductor

    10:20
  • 9:40 AM

    Symphony No. 3 "Eroica": 3rd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: The Symphonies

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    5:29
  • 9:37 AM

    Beau Soir (Beautiful Evening)

    Claude Debussy

    Beau Soir

    Janine Jansen, violin

    2:12
  • 9:27 AM

    Symphony No. 4 "Italian": 1st movement

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Symphonies 3 & 4

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    10:01
  • 9:23 AM

    Memories of the Alhambra

    Francisco Tarrega

    Famous Spanish Guitar Music

    Pepe Romero, guitar

    4:38
  • 9:07 AM

    Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 1

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: Ancient Airs And Dances, Etc

    Chamber Orchestra of Lausanne

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    14:53
  • 9:01 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 3: 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Violin Concertos Nos. 1, 2, 3

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Pinchas Zukerman, conductor

    Pinchas Zukerman, violin

    6:23
  • 8:55 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 14 "Moonlight": 1st movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    The Greatest Classical Show On Earth

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano

    5:28
  • 8:52 AM

    Appalachian Spring: Variations on a Shaker Melody

    Aaron Copland

    American Jubilee

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    3:27
  • 8:43 AM

    Der Rosenkavalier: Waltzes

    Richard Strauss

    Invitation To The Waltz

    Stadium Symphony Orchestra of New York

    Raoul Poliakin, conductor

    8:39
  • 8:39 AM

    Peer Gynt: Morning Mood

    Edvard Grieg

    Mad About the Classics

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    4:12
  • 8:35 AM

    String Quartet No. 12 "American": 3rd movement

    Antonin Dvorak

    Smetana: Dvorak Quartets

    Endellion String Quartet

    3:42
  • 8:30 AM

    Orchestral Suite No. 3: Bourree and Gigue

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    J.S. Bach: Orchestral Suites

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Richard Egarr, conductor

    4:35
  • 8:23 AM

    Violin Concerto: 3rd movement

    Jean Sibelius

    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

    7:38
  • 8:20 AM

    Waltz No. 6 "Minute"

    Frederic Chopin

    The Chopin Album

    Lang Lang, piano

    2:10
  • 8:16 AM

    Symphony No. 88: Finale

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies 88-92, etc.

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    3:35
  • 8:01 AM

    Capriccio Italien

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto, Capriccio Italien, Francesca da Rimini

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    15:30
  • 7:54 AM

    Magic Flute: Overture

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Overtures

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    6:49
  • 7:51 AM

    Xerxes: Ombra mai fu

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel Arias

    Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

    Harry Bicket, conductor

    Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, mezzo-soprano

    3:07
  • 7:42 AM

    The Skaters Waltz

    Emil Waldteufel

    Waldteufel Waltzes, Polkas and Galops

    Gulbenkian Orchestra

    Michel Swierczewski, conductor

    9:03
  • 7:38 AM

    Liebesleid (Love's Sorrow)

    Fritz Kreisler

    Con Amore

    Kyung Wha Chung, violin

    3:28
  • 7:23 AM

    Symphony No. 2: 3rd movement

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2, Dances from Aleko, Scherzo

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    14:44
  • 7:20 AM

    L'Arlesienne Suite No. 2: Farandole

    Georges Bizet

    Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite

    Toronto Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Davis, conductor

    3:10
  • 7:09 AM

    Aranjuez Concerto: 2nd movement

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuaz

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    Julian Bream, guitar

    10:36
  • 7:06 AM

    Hungarian Dance No. 1

    Johannes Brahms

    Claudio Abbado: Marce E Danze

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    2:56
  • 7:00 AM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 6: 3rd movement

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Concerts Brandebourgeois Nos. 2, 5, 6

    Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra

    Ton Koopman, conductor

    5:35
  • 6:53 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 21 "Elvira Madigan": Andante

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Piano Concertos No 21 & 27

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    John O'Conor, piano

    6:51
  • 6:46 AM

    Slavonic Dance No. 4

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Slavonic Dances Opp. 46 & 72

    Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Rafael Kubelik, conductor

    6:42
  • 6:44 AM

    String Quartet No. 13: 2nd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Late Beethoven Quartets

    Orion String Quartet

    1:57
  • 6:39 AM

    Ruslan and Ludmila: Overture

    Mikhail Glinka

    Tchaikovsky, Smetana, Glinka, Moussorgsky

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    4:52
  • 6:30 AM

    Four Seasons: Winter

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: The 4 Seasons

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    Jeanne Lamon, violin

    8:50
  • 6:22 AM

    Symphony No. 104 "London": 1st movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 104 "London" and 100 "Military"

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    8:01
  • 6:17 AM

    Berceuse (Lullaby)

    Frederic Chopin

    300

    Ingolf Wunder, piano

    4:22
  • 6:11 AM

    Symphonie Fantastique: A Ball

    Hector Berlioz

    Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique Op. 14 / Tristia

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Pierre Boulez, conductor

    6:01
  • 6:00 AM

    The Red Pony Suite

    Aaron Copland

    Suite from "The Tender Land" / 3 Latin-American Sketches / Suite from "The Red Pony"

    Phoenix Symphony

    James Sedares, conductor

    11:24
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