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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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Monday

8:44 AM
Abduction from the Seraglio: Overture
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Mozart: Overtures
Zurich Operahouse Orchestra
Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor
4:17
8:35 AM
Symphony No. 3 "Rhenish": 1st movement
Robert Schumann
Schumann: The Symphonies
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor
9:07
8:30 AM
The Valkyrie: Ride of the Valkyries
Richard Wagner
Mad About the Classics
Paris Orchestra
Daniel Barenboim, conductor
4:51
8:21 AM
Mandolin Concerto
Antonio Vivaldi
Vivaldi: Concertos
I Solisti Veneti
Claudio Scimone, conductor
Bonifacio Bianchi, mandolin
8:26
8:16 AM
Intermezzo No. 1
Johannes Brahms
Brahms: 7 Fantasies, Op. 116, 4 Piano Pieces, Op. 119, Piano Sonata No. 2, Op. 2
Emanuel Ax, piano
4:15
8:08 AM
Symphony No. 6 "Pastoral": 1st movement
Ludwig van Beethoven
Complete Beethoven Edition Vol. 1: Symphonies
Berlin Philharmonic
Herbert von Karajan, conductor
8:54
8:04 AM
Fanfare for the Common Man
Aaron Copland
Strauss, Brahms, Delius, Copland, Davis
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Carl Davis, conductor
3:11
7:55 AM
By the Beautiful Blue Danube (An der schonen, blauen Donau)
Johann StraussJr.
J Strauss II: Waltzes
Vienna Johann Strauss Orchestra
Willi Boskovsky, conductor
9:17
7:53 AM
Masquerade: Waltz
Aram Khachaturian
Carnival Fantasy
Salut Salon
1:44
7:51 AM
Rigoletto: La donna e mobile
Giuseppe Verdi
Tenor Arias
Milan Symphony Orchestra
Riccardo Chailly, conductor
Joseph Calleja, tenor
2:08
7:42 AM
String Quartet No. 14 "Death and the Maiden": Presto
Franz Schubert
Schubert: Late Chamber Music
Belcea Quartet
9:11
7:37 AM
Humoresque No. 7
Antonin Dvorak
Virtuoso
Leonidas Kavakos, violin
3:59
7:28 AM
Serenade for Strings: 1st movement
Peter Tchaikovsky
The Tchaikovsky Project
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
Semyon Bychkov, conductor
9:35
7:26 AM
Rondeau
Jean-Joseph Mouret
Wynton Marsalis: In Gabriel's Garden
English Chamber Orchestra
Anthony Newman, conductor
Wynton Marsalis, trumpet
2:02
7:21 AM
Symphony No. 104 "London": Minuet
Franz Joseph Haydn
Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 104 "London" and 100 "Military"
Academy of Ancient Music
Christopher Hogwood, conductor
4:37
7:10 AM
Benvenuto Cellini: Overture
Hector Berlioz
Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique
New York Philharmonic
Pierre Boulez, conductor
10:18
7:03 AM
Symphony No. 40: 1st movement
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Everybody's Mozart
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner, conductor
7:43
7:00 AM
Etude No. 12 "Revolutionary"
Frederic Chopin
Chopin: Etudes
Maurizio Pollini, piano
2:48
6:57 AM
Cello Suite No. 1: Prelude
Johann Sebastian Bach
Essential Bach
Janos Starker, cello
2:26
6:54 AM
Morning Song
Edward Elgar
Vaughan Williams; Elgar
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Pinchas Zukerman, conductor
3:22
6:41 AM
Consecration of the House: Overture
Ludwig van Beethoven
Beethoven: Overtures
Philharmonia Orchestra
Otto Klemperer, conductor
12:16
6:25 AM
Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 6, Fantasia
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Davis, conductor
15:41
6:12 AM
Harp Concerto
George Frideric Handel
Masterworks for the Harp
Philomusica of London
Granville Jones, conductor
Osian Ellis, harp
13:44
6:03 AM
Horn Concerto No. 4: 1st movement
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Mozart: Horn Concerto
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Charles Mackerras, conductor
Eric Ruske, horn
8:18
6:00 AM
Lohengrin: Prelude to Act III
Richard Wagner
Heavy Classix
Berlin Philharmonic
Klaus Tennstedt, conductor
3:00