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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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  • 8:47 AM

    Rienzi: Overture

    Richard Wagner

    Wagner: Wesendonck-Lieder; Preludes And Overtures

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Franz Welser-Most, conductor

    11:34
  • 8:46 AM

    Water Music Suite No. 2: Alla Hornpipe

    George Frideric Handel

    Organ Music for Weddings

    Kevin Bowyer, organ

    1:14
  • 8:40 AM

    Symphony No. 35 "Haffner": 1st movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphonies 32, 35 & 39

    Prague Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    5:17
  • 8:25 AM

    Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 3

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances

    Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    14:43
  • 8:18 AM

    Wedding Day at Troldhaugen

    Edvard Grieg

    Ballad for Edvard Grieg

    Leif Ove Andsnes, piano

    6:17
  • 8:13 AM

    Symphony No. 104 "London": Finale

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Karajan Edition: Haydn Symphonies

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    4:50
  • 8:03 AM

    Kaiser-Walzer (Emperor Waltz)

    Johann StraussJr.

    Handel, Mozart, Brahms, Strauss

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Otto Klemperer, conductor

    10:49
  • 7:55 AM

    Danse Macabre

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Dukas, Debussy, Satie, Saint-Saens, Ravel

    French National Orchestra

    Georges Pretre, conductor

    7:04
  • 7:50 AM

    Appalachian Spring: Variations on a Shaker Tune

    Aaron Copland

    The Green Album

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    5:38
  • 7:45 AM

    Horn Concerto No. 3: 2nd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Four Horn Concertos

    Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra

    Janos Rolla, conductor

    Dale Clevenger, horn

    4:43
  • 7:38 AM

    Violin Sonata No. 5 "Spring": 4th movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Piano and Violin Sonatas, Vol.2

    Isaac Stern, violin

    6:38
  • 7:32 AM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 6: 3rd movement

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Brandenburg Concertos

    CPE Bach Chamber Orchestra

    Peter Schreier, conductor

    5:40
  • 7:25 AM

    String Quartet No. 2: Nocturne

    Alexander Borodin

    Strings by Starlight

    Hollywood Bowl Orchestra

    Felix Slatkin, conductor

    7:39
  • 7:15 AM

    Marche Slave

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Marche Slav; Rimsky-Korsakov: Russian Easter Overture

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    9:20
  • 7:02 AM

    Symphony No. 9 "From the New World": Largo

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Symphonies Nos. 8 & 9

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Wolfgang Sawallisch, conductor

    12:41
  • 6:57 AM

    Nocturne No. 2

    Frederic Chopin

    Yundi Li: Chopin

    Yundi Li, piano

    4:21
  • 6:48 AM

    Dance of the Hours

    Amilcare Ponchielli

    Overtures and Intermezzi

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Silvio Varviso, conductor

    9:32
  • 6:38 AM

    Four Seasons: Spring

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi, Cage: 8 Seasons

    B'Rock Baroque Orchestra

    Rodolfo Richter, violin

    9:30
  • 6:31 AM

    Fidelio Overture

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Overtures

    German Chamber Philharmonic

    Daniel Harding, conductor

    7:11
  • 6:22 AM

    Clarinet Concerto: 2nd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart 250 - A Celebration

    Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Colin Davis, conductor

    Karl Heinz Steffens, clarinet

    8:26
  • 6:19 AM

    Scenes from Childhood: Dreaming

    Robert Schumann

    Andante Cantabile

    Lynn Harrell, cello

    2:50
  • 6:04 AM

    Symphony No. 2: 3rd movement

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

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

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    14:44
  • 6:00 AM

    Candide: Overture

    Leonard Bernstein

    "Glitter and Be Gay"

    Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra

    Mario Bernardi, conductor

    4:28
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