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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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Monday
  • 11:45 AM

    Symphony No. 1 "Spring": 3rd movement

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann: Symphonies 1 & 2

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Christoph von Dohnanyi, conductor

    5:53
  • 11:39 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 12: 2nd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Andre Watts at Carnegie Hall

    Andre Watts, piano

    5:38
  • 11:34 AM

    Cello Concerto No. 2: 3rd movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: The Cello Concertos

    Orchestre De Bretagne

    Stefan Sanderling, conductor

    Matt Haimovitz, cello

    5:18
  • 11:22 AM

    Hebrides Overture (Fingal's Cave)

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Concert Recording

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Scott Yoo, conductor

    11:04
  • 11:18 AM

    Fugue "Little"

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Stokowski Transcriptions

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    3:34
  • 11:03 AM

    Symphony No. 3 "Eroica": 1st movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: The 9 Symphonies

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    15:29
  • 10:59 AM

    Enigma Variations: Nimrod

    Edward Elgar

    100 Best Classics

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Adrian Boult, conductor

    3:55
  • 10:49 AM

    Symphony No. 5: Adagietto

    Gustav Mahler

    Mahler: Symphony No. 5

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    9:45
  • 10:45 AM

    Impresario: Overture

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Overtures

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor

    3:56
  • 10:35 AM

    Symphony No. 2: 2nd movement

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

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

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    9:50
  • 10:32 AM

    Holberg Suite: Prelude

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg: Holberg Suite, Dvorak and Elgar: String Serenades

    Rotterdam Chamber Orchestra

    Conrad van Alphen, conductor

    2:52
  • 10:26 AM

    String Quartet No. 12 "American": 4th movement

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: G Major Op. 106 & F Major Op. 96 "American"

    Pavel Haas Quartet

    5:31
  • 10:23 AM

    Gymnopedie No. 1

    Erik Satie

    Piano Classics: Popular Works for Solo Piano

    John O'Conor, piano

    2:38
  • 10:12 AM

    Symphony No. 5: 4th movement

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5

    West-Eastern Divan Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    11:37
  • 10:07 AM

    Das Rheingold: Entry of the Gods into Valhalla

    Richard Wagner

    Wagner: Orchestral Works

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Klaus Tennstedt, conductor

    4:46
  • 9:58 AM

    Romance No. 2

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Violin Concerto

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Dmitry Sitkovetsky, violin

    8:58
  • 9:49 AM

    Sinfonia Concertante: 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Flute And Harp Concerto; Sinfonia Concertante

    Orchestra Mozart

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    Lucas Macias Navarro, oboe

    8:08
  • 9:46 AM

    Scenes from Childhood: Dreaming

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann

    Nelson Freire, piano

    2:30
  • 9:38 AM

    Mandolin Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: Concerti per Mandolini

    I Solisti Veneti

    Claudio Scimone, conductor

    Ugo Orlandi, mandolin

    8:22
  • 9:32 AM

    Festive Overture

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Gustavo Dudamel: Discoveries

    Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    5:55
  • 9:28 AM

    Symphony No. 94 "Surprise": Finale

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 94 & 100, Sinfonia Concertante

    Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra

    Adam Fischer, conductor

    3:54
  • 9:20 AM

    Grand Canyon Suite: On the Trail

    Ferde Grofe

    The Only American Album You'll Ever Need!

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    Ilkka Talvi, violin

    7:22
  • 9:11 AM

    Symphony No. 2: 4th movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Symphony No. 2; Overtures

    Budapest Festival Orchestra

    Ivan Fischer, conductor

    9:34
  • 9:00 AM

    Tales from the Vienna Woods

    Johann StraussJr.

    Ein Straussfest

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    King Keyes, zither

    11:02
  • 8:49 AM

    Divertimento No. 1

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphony No. 29, Violin Concerto No. 5, Nachtmusik

    London Chamber Orchestra

    Christopher Warren-Green, conductor

    10:55
  • 8:45 AM

    Concerto for Two Violins: 1st movement

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach and Part

    Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra

    Arabella Steinbacher, violin

    3:36
  • 8:38 AM

    Slavonic Dance No. 4

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Slavonic Dances Opp. 46 & 72

    Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Rafael Kubelik, conductor

    6:42
  • 8:24 AM

    Symphony No. 2: 3rd movement

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2; Dances from Aleko

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vasily Petrenko, conductor

    14:00
  • 8:20 AM

    Liebesfreud (Love's Joy)

    Fritz Kreisler

    Albeniz, Brahms, Dvorak, Elgar, Falla, Kreisler

    Pinchas Zukerman, violin

    3:29
  • 8:13 AM

    Symphony No. 7: 4th movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven Complete Symphonies

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Andris Nelsons, conductor

    6:50
  • 8:07 AM

    Espana

    Emmanuel Chabrier

    Chabrier: Espana

    French National Orchestra

    Armin Jordan, conductor

    6:28
  • 7:56 AM

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

    Richard Wagner

    An Evening in Vienna - LIVE!

    Miami Symphony Orchestra

    Eduardo Marturet, conductor

    10:29
  • 7:50 AM

    Abduction from the Seraglio: Overture

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    The Key to Classics: Mozart

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    5:45
  • 7:42 AM

    Symphony No. 1 "Spring": Finale

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann: Complete Symphonies

    Revolutionary and Romantic Orchestra

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    7:42
  • 7:36 AM

    Wedding Day at Troldhaugen

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg: Lyric Pieces, Sonata, 7 Fugues, Etc

    Mikhail Pletnev, piano

    5:41
  • 7:29 AM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 4: 1st movement

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Essential Bach

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Raymond Leppard, conductor

    7:13
  • 7:26 AM

    Salut d'amour (Love's Greeting)

    Edward Elgar

    Violin Romances

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    Gil Shaham, violin

    2:56
  • 7:21 AM

    Symphony No. 88: Finale

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 86 & 88

    Orchestra of the 18th Century

    Frans Bruggen, conductor

    4:05
  • 7:12 AM

    Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2

    Franz Liszt

    International Salute

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    9:43
  • 7:04 AM

    Symphony No. 5: 1st movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 1-9

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor

    7:15
  • 6:54 AM

    Academic Festival Overture

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Symphony No. 1, etc.

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Otto Klemperer, conductor

    10:02
  • 6:42 AM

    Ma vlast (My Country): Vltava (The Moldau)

    Bedrich Smetana

    Tchaikovsky: 1812; Dukas: Sorcerer's Apprentice; Smetana: Vltava (Die Moldau); Dvorak: Scherzo capriccioso; Mussorgsky: A Night on the Bare Mountain

    Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    12:05
  • 6:35 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
  • 6:32 AM

    Orchestral Suite No. 1: Gavottes

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Works For Orchestra

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    2:44
  • 6:21 AM

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

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Symphony No. 9

    Houston Symphony Orchestra

    Christoph Eschenbach, conductor

    11:08
  • 6:12 AM

    Barcarolle

    Frederic Chopin

    Favourite Chopin

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano

    8:45
  • 6:05 AM

    Sinfonia Concertante: 3rd movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Piano Concerto, Violin Concerto No. 1

    Moscow Virtuosi

    Vladimir Spivakov, conductor

    Vladimir Spivakov, violin

    6:29
  • 6:00 AM

    The Valkyrie: Ride of the Valkyries

    Richard Wagner

    Wagner: Overtures and Preludes

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Adrian Boult, conductor

    5:21
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