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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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  • 10:48 AM

    Peer Gynt Suite No. 2

    Edvard Grieg

    Minnesota Orchestra At One Hundred

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    15:26
  • 10:45 AM

    Fanfare for the Common Man

    Aaron Copland

    The Copland Collection 1936-1948

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Aaron Copland, conductor

    3:16
  • 10:38 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 1: 3rd movement

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1; Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 3

    RAI National Symphony Orchestra

    Juraj Valcuha, conductor

    Behzod Abduraimov, piano

    6:55
  • 10:34 AM

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

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: String Quartets Opp. 96 & 105

    Chilingirian Quartet

    3:40
  • 10:25 AM

    Four Seasons: Winter

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: The Four Seasons

    London Chamber Orchestra

    8:29
  • 10:22 AM

    Symphony No. 85 "The Queen": Finale

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 85 & 86

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Hugh Wolff, conductor

    3:04
  • 10:17 AM

    The Valkyrie: Ride of the Valkyries

    Richard Wagner

    Wagner: Orchestral Works

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Klaus Tennstedt, conductor

    5:08
  • 10:03 AM

    Symphony No. 9 "Choral": 2nd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphony No. 9

    Bach Collegium Japan

    Masaaki Suzuki, conductor

    14:07
  • 10:00 AM

    Beautiful Rosemary (Schon Rosmarin)

    Fritz Kreisler

    The Kreisler Album

    Joshua Bell, violin

    1:58
  • 9:55 AM

    Pomp and Circumstance March No. 4

    Edward Elgar

    Sir Charles' Precious Music Box 1

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Charles Groves, conductor

    5:14
  • 9:46 AM

    Horn Concerto No. 4: 1st movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Four Horn Concertos

    Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra

    Janos Rolla, conductor

    Dale Clevenger, horn

    8:40
  • 9:43 AM

    Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (Sleepers Awake)

    Johann Sebastian Bach

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

    Consortium Musicum

    Wolfgang Gonnenwein, conductor

    3:27
  • 9:32 AM

    Symphony No. 5: Adagietto

    Gustav Mahler

    Mahler: Symphony No 5

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    10:19
  • 9:29 AM

    El Amor Brujo: Ritual Fire Dance

    Manuel de Falla

    Leonard Bernstein: The Encore Collection Vol. 3

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    3:35
  • 9:22 AM

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

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: 6 String Quartets Op. 76

    Tatrai Quartet

    6:40
  • 9:17 AM

    Waltz No. 2 "Valse brillante"

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin, Vol.1

    Evgeny Kissin, piano

    4:48
  • 9:06 AM

    Symphony No. 6 "Pastoral": 1st movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 6 "Pastoral"

    London Classical Players

    Roger Norrington, conductor

    10:32
  • 9:01 AM

    Eugene Onegin: Polonaise

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Sibelius: Pelleas et Melisande, Valse Triste, Rakastava

    Edmonton Symphony Orchestra

    Uri Mayer, conductor

    4:44
  • 8:54 AM

    Pirates of Penzance: Overture

    Arthur Sullivan

    Sullivan: The Yeoman Of The Guard And Other Overtures

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Alexander Faris, conductor

    7:17
  • 8:49 AM

    La clemenza di Tito (The Clemency of Titus): Overture

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Arias for Male Soprano

    Boston Baroque

    Martin Pearlman, conductor

    4:46
  • 8:41 AM

    Violin Concerto: 3rd movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms and Joachim Violin Concertos

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Carlos Kalmar, conductor

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    8:35
  • 8:36 AM

    Keyboard Concerto No. 4: 1st movement

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    JS Bach: Keyboard Concertos

    German Chamber Philharmonic

    David Fray, piano

    4:03
  • 8:20 AM

    Capriccio Espagnol

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Kabalevsky: The Comedians - Suite; Rimsky-Korsakov: Cappricio Espagnol; Glinka: Ruslan & Ludmilla Overture; Borodin: In the Steppes of Central Asia; Mussorgsky: A Night on the Bare Mountain; Prokofiev: The Love for Three Oranges

    Bavarian State Orchestra

    Wolfgang Sawallisch, conductor

    15:39
  • 8:14 AM

    Symphony No. 94 "Surprise": 2nd movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies 94, 96 & 100

    Philharmonia Hungarica

    Antal Dorati, conductor

    5:52
  • 8:10 AM

    Cavalleria Rusticana: Intermezzo

    Pietro Mascagni

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

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    3:39
  • 8:03 AM

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

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Symphonies Nos. 8 And 9

    Budapest Festival Orchestra

    Ivan Fischer, conductor

    7:21
  • 7:59 AM

    Fur Elise

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Famous Piano Pieces by Great Masters

    Jorg Demus, piano

    3:50
  • 7:56 AM

    Lohengrin: Prelude to Act III

    Richard Wagner

    Wagner: Preludes and Orchestral Music

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Christian Thielemann, conductor

    3:05
  • 7:50 AM

    Symphony No. 3: 4th movement

    Franz Schubert

    A Second of Silence

    The Knights

    Eric Jacobsen, conductor

    5:55
  • 7:44 AM

    Orchestral Suite No. 3: Air on the G String

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Ombra Mai Fu; Pachelbel: Canon

    I Solisti Italiani

    5:44
  • 7:38 AM

    Symphony No. 3 "Rhenish": 3rd movement

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann: Symphonies 2 and 3

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Franz Welser-Most, conductor

    6:02
  • 7:30 AM

    Beatrice and Benedict: Overture

    Hector Berlioz

    Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique

    New York Philharmonic

    Pierre Boulez, conductor

    7:41
  • 7:24 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 3: 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Violin Concertos Nos. 3 & 4

    Netherlands Chamber Orchestra

    Yakov Kreizberg, conductor

    Julia Fischer, violin

    6:18
  • 7:21 AM

    Waltz No. 6 "Minute"

    Frederic Chopin

    The Chopin Collection: The Waltzes

    Artur Rubinstein, piano

    1:52
  • 7:10 AM

    Oboe Concerto

    Alessandro Marcello

    Albinoni, Cimarosa, Marcello, Sammartini, Lotti: Oboe Concertos

    I Musici

    Heinz Holliger, oboe

    11:35
  • 7:01 AM

    Rosen aus dem Suden (Roses from the South) Waltz

    Johann StraussJr.

    Strauss Waltzes

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Fritz Reiner, conductor

    8:38
  • 6:58 AM

    Hungarian Dance No. 5

    Johannes Brahms

    With Love from Vienna

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    2:48
  • 6:53 AM

    Jurassic Park: Main Themes

    John Williams

    The Great Fantasy Adventure Album

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    5:23
  • 6:50 AM

    Peer Gynt: In The Hall Of The Mountain King

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg: Peer Gynt Suites 1 And 2

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    2:08
  • 6:38 AM

    Symphony No. 7: 1st movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Triple Concerto & Symphony No. 7

    West-Eastern Divan Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    12:39
  • 6:36 AM

    The Love for Three Oranges: March

    Sergei Prokofiev

    The Fiddler Of The Opera

    Gil Shaham, violin

    1:29
  • 6:25 AM

    Symphony No. 41 "Jupiter": 1st movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphonies No. 40 & 41

    Prague Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    10:54
  • 6:18 AM

    Das Rheingold: Entry of the Gods into Valhalla

    Richard Wagner

    Brass At Wahalla: Philip Jones Ensemble Plays Wagner

    Philip Jones Brass Ensemble

    Elgar Howarth, conductor

    6:56
  • 6:06 AM

    Symphony No. 9 "From the New World": 4th movement

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Piano Quintets In A, Op.5 & Op.81; Borodin: Quartet

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    11:42
  • 6:03 AM

    Carmen: Intermezzo

    Georges Bizet

    Jewels of the Classics

    Philharmonia Virtuosi

    Richard Kapp, conductor

    2:40
  • 6:00 AM

    Concerto for Two Violins: 1st movement

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Violin Concertos

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Andrew Manze, conductor

    Andrew Manze, violin

    3:23
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