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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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  • 11:34 AM

    Abduction from the Seraglio: Overture

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Late Romantics

    Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra

    Mario Bernardi, conductor

    5:11
  • 11:28 AM

    Serenade for Winds: Finale

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Serenades Op 22 & 44

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    5:57
  • 11:19 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 1: Rondo

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 1-5

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Hans Vonk, conductor

    Christian Zacharias, piano

    8:41
  • 11:14 AM

    Concerto for Oboe and Violin: 1st movement

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach

    Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra Chamber Orchestra

    Lisa Batiashvili, violin

    4:25
  • 11:05 AM

    Marche Slave

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Symphonic Spectacular

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    9:09
  • 10:52 AM

    Semiramide: Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Favorite Overtures

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Thomas Schippers, conductor

    13:25
  • 10:49 AM

    Lohengrin: Prelude to Act III

    Richard Wagner

    Wagner: Overtures And Orchestral Music

    Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    2:49
  • 10:43 AM

    Symphony No. 5 "Reformation": 2nd movement

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: The 5 Symphonies

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Christoph von Dohnanyi, conductor

    5:28
  • 10:39 AM

    Turkish Rondo

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Piano Sonatas KV 283 & 331

    Ivo Pogorelich, piano

    3:26
  • 10:35 AM

    Symphony No. 100 "Military": Minuet

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: 12 London Symphonies

    Musicians of the Louvre

    Marc Minkowski, conductor

    4:42
  • 10:28 AM

    String Quartet No. 2: Nocturne

    Alexander Borodin

    Romance Of The Violin

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Michael Stern, conductor

    Joshua Bell, violin

    6:38
  • 10:25 AM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 2: 3rd movement

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Brandenburg Concertos

    CPE Bach Chamber Orchestra

    Peter Schreier, conductor

    2:37
  • 10:17 AM

    Beatrice and Benedict: Overture

    Hector Berlioz

    The Flag Series - France

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    7:48
  • 10:05 AM

    Symphony No. 9 "Great": 4th movement

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert

    Vienna Symphony

    Philippe Jordan, conductor

    11:46
  • 9:59 AM

    Adagio for Strings

    Samuel Barber

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

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Eugene Ormandy, conductor

    6:22
  • 9:56 AM

    Fur Elise

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Greatest Hits: The Piano, Vol. 1

    Andre Watts, piano

    2:57
  • 9:47 AM

    Violin Concerto: 3rd movement

    Johannes Brahms

    The Perlman Sound

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Carlo Maria Giulini, conductor

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    8:21
  • 9:45 AM

    Rondeau

    Jean-Joseph Mouret

    The Bells of St. Genevieve and other Baroque delights

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Donald Fraser, conductor

    Crispian Steele-Perkins, trumpet

    1:55
  • 9:41 AM

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

    Antonin Dvorak

    Ginastera, Shostakovich, Dvorak: String Quartets

    Simon Bolivar String Quartet

    3:45
  • 9:35 AM

    Espana

    Emmanuel Chabrier

    Offenbach: Gaite Parisienne; Gounod, Thomas, Chabrier

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    6:07
  • 9:26 AM

    Symphony No. 1 "Spring": Finale

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 4

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    9:06
  • 9:24 AM

    Waltz No. 4 "Valse brillante"

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Waltzes; Ravel: Valses Nobles

    Stephen Kovacevich, piano

    1:57
  • 9:14 AM

    Clarinet Quintet: 4th movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart, Brahms: Clarinet Quintets

    Emerson String Quartet

    David Shifrin, clarinet

    9:08
  • 9:06 AM

    Four Seasons: Winter

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: The Four Seasons

    Orchestra of Flanders

    Rudolf Werthen, conductor

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    8:26
  • 8:58 AM

    Finlandia

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Finlandia, Valse Triste; Grieg: Sigurd Jorsalfar

    Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    7:32
  • 8:53 AM

    The Valkyrie: Ride of the Valkyries

    Richard Wagner

    Wagner: Orchestral Favorites

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    4:48
  • 8:48 AM

    Symphony No. 5: Waltz

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Minnesota Orchestra At One Hundred

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    5:42
  • 8:34 AM

    Keyboard Concerto No. 4

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Murray Perahia plays Bach Concertos

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Murray Perahia, conductor

    Murray Perahia, piano

    13:17
  • 8:26 AM

    Egmont Overture

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven In Berlin - 1991 New Year's Eve Concert

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    8:03
  • 8:17 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
  • 8:15 AM

    The Birds: Prelude

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: Ancient Airs And Dances I & Iii, Etc

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    2:49
  • 8:08 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 3: 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart, Haydn: Violin Concertos

    CPE Bach Chamber Orchestra

    Hartmut Haenchen, conductor

    Baiba Skride, violin

    6:34
  • 7:59 AM

    Variations on "I Got Rhythm"

    George Gershwin

    Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue & Piano Concerto

    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

    9:05
  • 7:44 AM

    Masques and Bergamasques

    Gabriel Faure

    Faure: Orchestral Works

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor

    14:16
  • 7:30 AM

    Symphony No. 1 "Classical"

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Prokofiev: Cinderella, etc.

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    14:05
  • 7:20 AM

    Symphony No. 7: 2nd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Bernstein: Reaching For The Note

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    9:43
  • 7:17 AM

    Mysterious Barricades

    Francois Couperin

    Couperin: Keyboard Music

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    2:26
  • 7:06 AM

    Symphony No. 41 "Jupiter": 1st movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphonies No 29, 33, 35, 38, And 41

    Orchestra Mozart

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    11:24
  • 7:03 AM

    Minuet

    Luigi Boccherini

    Strings! The Definitive Collection

    Guildhall Strings

    3:03
  • 6:58 AM

    Peer Gynt: Morning Mood

    Edvard Grieg

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

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    4:15
  • 6:54 AM

    Procession of the Sardar

    Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov

    Russian Fireworks

    Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra

    Richard Hayman, conductor

    3:53
  • 6:45 AM

    Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Greatest Hits: Violin

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    Zino Francescatti, violin

    9:16
  • 6:40 AM

    String Quartet No. 62 "Emperor": Minuet

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: 6 String Quartets Op. 76

    Tatrai Quartet

    4:39
  • 6:38 AM

    Scenes from Childhood: Dreaming

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann

    Jan Lisiecki, piano

    2:14
  • 6:29 AM

    Symphony No. 2: 2nd movement

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Symphonien Nos. 1 & 2

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    8:35
  • 6:19 AM

    Water Music Suite No. 2

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Water Music

    Orchestra of St. Luke's

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    10:31
  • 6:12 AM

    Symphony No. 4: 3rd movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Symphonie No 4

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Carlos Kleiber, conductor

    6:09
  • 6:08 AM

    Sleeping Beauty: Waltz

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Classical Jukebox, Vol. 2

    Andre Kostelanetz Orchestra

    Andre Kostelanetz, conductor

    3:55
  • 6:00 AM

    Symphony No. 5: 1st movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven For All: Music of Passion, Power and Beauty

    West-Eastern Divan Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    8:14
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