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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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Thursday

8:42 AM
Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
Claude Debussy
Songs of the Earth
Hollywood Bowl Orchestra
John Mauceri, conductor
Louise DiTullio, flute
10:39
8:37 AM
Violin Sonata No. 3: Adagio
Johannes Brahms
Viola Bouquet
Nobuko Imai, viola
4:40
8:29 AM
Symphony No. 4: Finale
Peter Tchaikovsky
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Georg Solti, conductor
8:10
8:25 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
8:15 AM
Brandenburg Concerto No. 3
Johann Sebastian Bach
Bach: Brandenburg Concertos
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
10:10
8:11 AM
Appalachian Spring: Variations on a Shaker Melody
Aaron Copland
American Jubilee
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
Erich Kunzel, conductor
3:27
8:02 AM
Symphony No. 5: 2nd movement
Ludwig van Beethoven
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphonien 1-9
Berlin Philharmonic
Simon Rattle, conductor
9:00
7:59 AM
Scenes from Childhood: Dreaming
Robert Schumann
The World's Favorite Piano Music
Van Cliburn, piano
3:06
7:53 AM
Eine kleine Nachtmusik: Romance
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Mozart: Symphony No. 29, Violin Concerto No. 5, Nachtmusik
London Chamber Orchestra
Christopher Warren-Green, conductor
5:48
7:46 AM
Scottish Fantasy: Finale
Max Bruch
Lalo: Symphonie Espagnole; Bruch: Scottish Fantasy
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor
Anne Akiko Meyers, violin
6:52
7:42 AM
Memories of the Alhambra
Francisco Tarrega
Famous Spanish Guitar Music
Pepe Romero, guitar
4:38
7:38 AM
Trumpet Concerto: 3rd movement
Johann Hummel
Classic Wynton
English Chamber Orchestra
Raymond Leppard, conductor
Wynton Marsalis, trumpet
3:33
7:29 AM
The Skaters Waltz
Emil Waldteufel
Waldteufel Waltzes, Polkas and Galops
Gulbenkian Orchestra
Michel Swierczewski, conductor
9:03
7:23 AM
Symphony No. 82 "The Bear": Finale
Franz Joseph Haydn
Haydn Symphonies: No. 82 in C Major "The Bear"; No. 38 in C Major; No. 104 in D Major "London"
Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra
Christof Perick, conductor
5:50
7:21 AM
Etude No. 5 "Black Keys"
Frederic Chopin
Chopin: The Complete Etudes
Louis Lortie, piano
1:41
7:07 AM
Concerto for Oboe and Violin
Johann Sebastian Bach
Bach: Concerto in C minor, BWV 1060, for violin, oboe, strings and continuo ; Oratorium Festo Paschali: BWV 249. Adagio
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Heinz Holliger, conductor
Heinz Holliger, oboe
13:49
7:00 AM
Fidelio Overture
Ludwig van Beethoven
Beethoven: The Overtures
Vienna Philharmonic
Claudio Abbado, conductor
6:31
6:45 AM
Les Preludes
Franz Liszt
Liszt: Symphonic Poems
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
Kurt Masur, conductor
15:00
6:35 AM
Night on Bald Mountain
Modest Mussorgsky
Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition, Night on Bald Mountain
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Fritz Reiner, conductor
10:15
6:26 AM
Mandolin Concerto
Antonio Vivaldi
Vivaldi: Concerti per Mandolini
I Solisti Veneti
Claudio Scimone, conductor
Ugo Orlandi, mandolin
8:22
6:24 AM
The Love for Three Oranges: March
Sergei Prokofiev
Encore!
Midori, violin
1:35
6:21 AM
Peer Gynt: Anitra's Dance
Edvard Grieg
Grieg: Peer Gynt Suites 1 & 2, etc.
San Francisco Symphony
Herbert Blomstedt, conductor
3:23
6:17 AM
Horn Concerto No. 2: 3rd movement
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Mozart: Four Horn Concertos
Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra
Janos Rolla, conductor
Dale Clevenger, horn
3:52
6:12 AM
Orchestral Suite No. 3: Air on the G String
Johann Sebastian Bach
Albinoni: Adagio; Pachelbel: Canon; Etc
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
4:41
6:00 AM
Symphony No. 3 "Eroica": 4th movement
Ludwig van Beethoven
Beethoven: Symphonies 2 & 3
Saarbrucken Radio Symphony Orchestra
Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, conductor
12:05