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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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  • 9:58 AM

    Water Music Suite No. 2

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Fireworks, Watermusic

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    9:34
  • 9:45 AM

    Leonore Overture No. 3

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: The 9 Symphonies

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    13:42
  • 9:42 AM

    Etude No. 1 "Aeolian Harp"

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin Etudes

    Jan Lisiecki, piano

    2:25
  • 9:26 AM

    Simple Symphony

    Benjamin Britten

    Britten: Simple Symphony

    Northern Sinfonia

    Steuart Bedford, conductor

    15:53
  • 9:22 AM

    Concerto alla rustica (Rustic Concerto)

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Ombra Mai Fu; Pachelbel: Canon

    I Solisti Italiani

    3:47
  • 9:16 AM

    Symphony No. 1 "Spring": 3rd movement

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann: The Symphonies

    Staatskapelle Berlin

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    5:55
  • 9:09 AM

    Aida: Triumphal March

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Bernstein Favorites: Marches

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    6:31
  • 9:03 AM

    Symphony No. 100 "Military": 2nd movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Gala Concert

    Orchestra of the 18th Century

    Frans Bruggen, conductor

    6:28
  • 8:48 AM

    Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks

    Richard Strauss

    R. Strauss

    Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

    Manfred Honeck, conductor

    14:27
  • 8:38 AM

    Serenade for Strings: 1st movement

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    The Tchaikovsky Project

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Semyon Bychkov, conductor

    9:35
  • 8:30 AM

    Rosen aus dem Suden (Roses from the South) Waltz

    Johann StraussJr.

    Strauss: Gala V

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Willi Boskovsky, conductor

    8:03
  • 8:27 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 2: 3rd movement

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Violin Concertos, Gubaidulina: In Tempus Praesens

    Trondheim Soloists

    Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin

    2:36
  • 8:21 AM

    L'Isle joyeuse (Joyous Isle)

    Claude Debussy

    Claude Debussy - Preludes - Book 1

    Maurizio Pollini, piano

    5:40
  • 8:08 AM

    Symphony No. 9 "Choral": 2nd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphonien 1-9

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    13:26
  • 8:06 AM

    Hungarian Dance No. 10

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Nine Hungarian Dances; Dvorak

    North German Radio Symphony

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    1:44
  • 7:59 AM

    Pavane

    Gabriel Faure

    Pure Classics

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    6:14
  • 7:54 AM

    Slavonic Dance No. 6

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Slavonic Dances Opp. 46 & 72

    Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Rafael Kubelik, conductor

    5:23
  • 7:46 AM

    Symphony No. 2: 2nd movement

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Symphonien Nos. 1 & 2

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    8:35
  • 7:34 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 9 "Jeunehomme": 1st movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Piano Concertos 9 & 23

    Northern Sinfonia

    Thomas Zehetmair, conductor

    Imogen Cooper, piano

    10:43
  • 7:32 AM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 3: 1st movement

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach Hits Back

    Swingle Singers

    2:44
  • 7:29 AM

    Appalachian Spring: Variations on a Shaker Melody

    Aaron Copland

    Leonard Bernstein: The Encore Collection Vol. 3

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    3:02
  • 7:22 AM

    Violin Concerto: 3rd movement

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn, Beethoven: Violin Concertos

    Camerata Salzburg

    Roger Norrington, conductor

    Joshua Bell, violin

    6:26
  • 7:13 AM

    The Planets: Jupiter

    Gustav Holst

    Holst: Orchestral Works, Vol. 2

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andrew Davis, conductor

    8:29
  • 7:07 AM

    Symphony No. 94 "Surprise": 2nd movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 94 & 100, Sinfonia Concertante

    Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra

    Adam Fischer, conductor

    6:18
  • 7:00 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 1: 3rd movement

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1, Saint-Saens: Piano Concerto No. 2

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Yoel Levi, conductor

    Andre Watts, piano

    6:40
  • 6:51 AM

    Four Seasons: Winter

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi - The Four Seasons

    Boston Baroque

    Martin Pearlman, conductor

    Christina Day Martinson, violin

    8:50
  • 6:42 AM

    Egmont Overture

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Stanislaw Skrowaczewski - The Minnesota Orchestra: The Vox Recordings

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, conductor

    8:40
  • 6:26 AM

    The Lark Ascending

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams: Concertos

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Bryden Thomson, conductor

    Michael Davis, violin

    15:37
  • 6:20 AM

    Symphony No. 3 "Rhenish": 2nd movement

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann: Complete Symphonies

    Revolutionary and Romantic Orchestra

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    5:53
  • 6:18 AM

    Waltz No. 6 "Minute"

    Frederic Chopin

    Beethoven: Sonatas; Chopin: Waltzes, Etc

    Ingrid Fliter, piano

    1:47
  • 6:06 AM

    Oboe Concerto

    Alessandro Marcello

    Concertos for Oboe

    Academy of London

    Richard Stamp, conductor

    Ray Still, oboe

    12:03
  • 6:00 AM

    Nocturnes: Fetes (Festivals)

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Trois Nocturnes, Jeux

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Bernard Haitink, conductor

    6:17
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