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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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  • 12:30 PM

    The Love for Three Oranges: March

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Leonard Bernstein: The Encore Collection Vol. 2

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    1:49
  • 12:27 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 2: 3rd movement

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Hilary Hahn: Bach Violin Concertos

    Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

    Jeffrey Kahane, conductor

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    2:33
  • 12:12 PM

    Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dances

    Alexander Borodin

    Borodin: Symphony No. 2 in B minor, etc.

    Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra

    Gennady Rozhdestvensky, conductor

    15:07
  • 12:07 PM

    Symphony No. 3 "Rhenish": 3rd movement

    Robert Schumann

    Robert Schumann Symphonies 1-4

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    4:41
  • 12:00 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 21 "Elvira Madigan": Andante

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Everybody's Mozart

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Jeffrey Tate, conductor

    Mitsuko Uchida, piano

    7:06
  • 11:47 AM

    Leonore Overture No. 3

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Fidelio

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    13:02
  • 11:41 AM

    Festive Overture

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Gustavo Dudamel: Discoveries

    Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    5:58
  • 11:31 AM

    Scottish Fantasy: Finale

    Max Bruch

    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

    9:39
  • 11:26 AM

    Orchestral Suite No. 4: Minuets

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Orchestral Suites

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    4:13
  • 11:21 AM

    Fantasy for a Gentleman: Canario

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    RODRIGO: Concierto Pastorale / Fantasia para un Gentilhombre (Complete Orchestral Works, Vol. 8)

    Asturias Symphony Orchestra

    Maximiano Valdez, conductor

    Joanna G'froerer, flute

    4:52
  • 11:19 AM

    Waltz No. 6 "Minute"

    Frederic Chopin

    The Chopin Album

    Lang Lang, piano

    2:10
  • 11:06 AM

    Symphony No. 9 "From the New World": 1st movement

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Symphony No. 9 'From The New World'

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Istvan Kertesz, conductor

    12:28
  • 11:03 AM

    Appalachian Spring: Variations on a Shaker Melody

    Aaron Copland

    Bernstein: Candide Overture, Barber: Adagio for Strings, Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man

    Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra

    Lukas Foss, conductor

    3:35
  • 10:58 AM

    Carmen: Habanera

    Georges Bizet

    The Artist's Album: Leonard Bernstein

    Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    Marilyn Horne, mezzo-soprano

    4:54
  • 10:53 AM

    Idomeneo: Overture

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Arias for Male Soprano

    Boston Baroque

    Martin Pearlman, conductor

    4:28
  • 10:47 AM

    Violin Concerto: 3rd movement

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Bruch, Mendelssohn: Violin Concertos

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Joshua Bell, violin

    5:53
  • 10:38 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 3: Rondo

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 3

    Mahler Chamber Orchestra

    Leif Ove Andsnes, conductor

    Leif Ove Andsnes, piano

    8:50
  • 10:32 AM

    Symphony No. 97: Finale

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: The London Symphonies, Vol. II

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Colin Davis, conductor

    5:37
  • 10:24 AM

    The Merry Wives of Windsor: Overture

    Otto Nicolai

    Great Comedy Overtures

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Lance Friedel, conductor

    8:19
  • 10:15 AM

    Violin Concerto: 3rd movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms & Bruch: Violin Concertos

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Edo de Waart, conductor

    Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin

    8:37
  • 10:12 AM

    Peer Gynt: In The Hall Of The Mountain King

    Edvard Grieg

    Norwegian Classical Favourites

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra

    Bjarte Engeset, conductor

    2:42
  • 10:05 AM

    Horn Concerto No. 3: 1st movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart, Strauss: Horn Concertos

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Jeffrey Tate, conductor

    Radovan Vlatkovic, horn

    6:59
  • 9:50 AM

    Capriccio Italien

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture

    Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra

    Antal Dorati, conductor

    14:34
  • 9:43 AM

    Pavane for a Dead Princess (Pavane pour une infante defunte)

    Maurice Ravel

    Adagio

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    7:07
  • 9:37 AM

    Symphony No. 3 "Eroica": 3rd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphonie No. 3

    Orchestra of the 18th Century

    Frans Bruggen, conductor

    5:35
  • 9:27 AM

    Spartacus: Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia

    Aram Khachaturian

    Barber: Adagio, Sibelius: Valse Triste

    Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Lawrence Foster, conductor

    9:49
  • 9:23 AM

    Symphonie Fantastique: March to the Scaffold

    Hector Berlioz

    Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique; Hungarian & Trojan Marches; Corsair & Roman Carnival Overtures

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Paray, conductor

    4:25
  • 9:19 AM

    Berceuse

    Gabriel Faure

    The Faure Album

    Gil Shaham, violin

    3:34
  • 9:11 AM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 1: 4th movement

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Six Concertos for the Margrave of Brandenburg

    European Brandenburg Ensemble

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    7:32
  • 9:00 AM

    Die Meistersinger von Nurmberg (The Mastersingers of Nuremburg): Prelude to Act I

    Richard Wagner

    Klemperer Conducts Wagner: Album II

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Otto Klemperer, conductor

    11:01
  • 8:56 AM

    Karelia Suite: Alla Marcia

    Jean Sibelius

    Scandinavian Rhapsody, A Selection of Orchestral Favourites

    Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra

    Leif Segerstam, conductor

    4:35
  • 8:52 AM

    Symphony No. 1 "Afro-American": Animato

    William Grant Still

    African Heritage Symphonic Series, Vol. 1

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Paul Freeman, conductor

    3:19
  • 8:48 AM

    Cosi fan tutte: Overture

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart Overtures

    Norwegian National Opera Orchestra

    Rinaldo Alessandrini, conductor

    4:31
  • 8:46 AM

    Violin Sonata No. 5 "Spring": 3rd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Complete Violin Sonatas

    Augustin Dumay, violin

    1:14
  • 8:35 AM

    Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2

    Franz Liszt

    Liszt: Orchestral Favorites - Hungarian Fantasy

    Szeged Symphony Orchestra

    Tamas Pal, conductor

    10:42
  • 8:24 AM

    Hebrides Overture (Fingal's Cave)

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4, Hebrides Overture

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    10:51
  • 8:17 AM

    String Quartet No. 62 "Emperor": 1st movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: 6 String Quartets Op. 76

    Tatrai Quartet

    6:40
  • 8:07 AM

    By the Beautiful Blue Danube (An der schonen, blauen Donau)

    Johann StraussJr.

    New Year's Concert 1989

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Carlos Kleiber, conductor

    9:52
  • 8:02 AM

    Symphony No. 3 "Rhenish": Finale

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 3

    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    5:39
  • 7:52 AM

    Piano Concerto: Adagio

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel: Piano Concertos, Etc

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    Martha Argerich, piano

    9:30
  • 7:50 AM

    Orchestral Suite No. 2: Badinerie

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Pachelbel Canon and Other Favorites

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Raymond Leppard, conductor

    William Bennett, flute

    1:35
  • 7:44 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 3: 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Concertos Nos. 2, 3 & 5

    Moscow Virtuosi

    Vladimir Spivakov, conductor

    Vladimir Spivakov, violin

    6:14
  • 7:38 AM

    Eugene Onegin: Waltz

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5; March Slav

    Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra

    Antal Dorati, conductor

    5:49
  • 7:28 AM

    Academic Festival Overture

    Johannes Brahms

    Bernstein Century - Brahms: Symphony no 4, Overtures

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    10:11
  • 7:22 AM

    Symphony No. 100 "Military": Minuet

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 99 & 100

    London Classical Players

    Roger Norrington, conductor

    5:51
  • 7:16 AM

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

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    The Greatest Classical Show On Earth

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano

    5:28
  • 7:08 AM

    Symphony No. 9 "From the New World": 3rd movement

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: 9 Symphonien

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Rafael Kubelik, conductor

    8:05
  • 7:01 AM

    Nocturnes: Fetes (Festivals)

    Claude Debussy

    Classics at the Pops

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    6:22
  • 6:49 AM

    Water Music Suite No. 3

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel | Water Music

    English Baroque Soloists

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    11:49
  • 6:44 AM

    Raiders of the Lost Ark March

    John Williams

    Aisle Seat

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    5:28
  • 6:42 AM

    Abduction from the Seraglio: Overture

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart Operas

    Amadeus Ensemble

    Julius Rudel, conductor

    1:40
  • 6:39 AM

    Jazz Suite No. 2: Waltz No. 2

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Best Film Classics 100

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    3:41
  • 6:35 AM

    Liebesleid (Love's Sorrow)

    Fritz Kreisler

    Con Amore

    Kyung Wha Chung, violin

    3:28
  • 6:30 AM

    Symphony No. 3 "Scottish": 2nd movement

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Woody Allen Classics

    Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Davis, conductor

    4:28
  • 6:20 AM

    Four Seasons: Summer

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: The Four Seasons

    Orchestra of Flanders

    Rudolf Werthen, conductor

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    10:31
  • 6:16 AM

    Fanfare for the Common Man

    Aaron Copland

    Essential Aaron Copland: 12 Greatest Hits

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    2:41
  • 6:00 AM

    Symphony No. 5: 3rd-4th movements

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphony No. 5, Wellington's Victory, Egmont

    Canadian Brass

    Georg Tintner, conductor

    16:40
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