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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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  • 11:55 AM

    Peer Gynt: Morning Mood

    Edvard Grieg

    Mad About the Classics

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    4:12
  • 11:45 AM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 3

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Brandenburg Concertos

    St. Luke's Chamber Ensemble

    10:39
  • 11:34 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
  • 11:27 AM

    String Quartet No. 62 "Emperor": Adagio

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: 6 String Quartets Op. 76

    Tatrai Quartet

    6:42
  • 11:24 AM

    Salut d'amour (Love's Greeting)

    Edward Elgar

    Violin Romances

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    Gil Shaham, violin

    2:56
  • 11:14 AM

    String Quartet No. 12 "American": 1st movement

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: String Quartets Opp. 96 & 105

    Chilingirian Quartet

    9:19
  • 11:11 AM

    The Three-Cornered Hat: Neighbor's Dance

    Manuel de Falla

    Spanish Spectacular

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos, conductor

    3:14
  • 11:04 AM

    Mandolin Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: Music for Lute and Mandolin

    Parley of Instruments

    Paul O'Dette, lute

    7:03
  • 11:00 AM

    Fur Elise

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Mad About Piano

    Anatol Ugorski, piano

    3:58
  • 10:56 AM

    Minuet

    Luigi Boccherini

    Sun-Flute IV

    Musica Vitae

    Jan-Olav Wedin, conductor

    Gunilla von Bahr, piccolo/flute

    3:55
  • 10:40 AM

    Capriccio Italien

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto, Capriccio Italien, Francesca da Rimini

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    15:30
  • 10:30 AM

    String Quartet No. 14 "Death and the Maiden": Presto

    Franz Schubert

    The Kernis Project: Schubert

    Jasper String Quartet

    9:28
  • 10:25 AM

    Orchestral Suite No. 3: Air on the G String

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Simply Baroque

    Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra

    Ton Koopman, conductor

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    5:00
  • 10:19 AM

    Symphonie Fantastique: A Ball

    Hector Berlioz

    Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique Op. 14 / Tristia

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Pierre Boulez, conductor

    6:01
  • 10:16 AM

    Gymnopedie No. 1

    Erik Satie

    Cinematic Piano

    Michael Chertock, piano

    3:02
  • 10:07 AM

    Symphony No. 104 "London": 1st movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies Nos 101 The Clock and 104 London

    Orchestra of St. Luke's

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    8:42
  • 10:01 AM

    A Midsummer Night's Dream: Nocturne

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Symphony No. 4

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Yoel Levi, conductor

    5:56
  • 9:57 AM

    Masquerade: Waltz

    Aram Khachaturian

    Dances for Flute

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    3:38
  • 9:41 AM

    Symphony No. 5: 3rd and 4th movements

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphonies 5 & 6

    Saarbrucken Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, conductor

    15:49
  • 9:32 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 20: 2nd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Piano Concertos No 20 & 21

    Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Christian Zacharias, conductor

    Jan Lisiecki, piano

    8:32
  • 9:29 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 1: 3rd movement

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Violin Concertos

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Andrew Manze, conductor

    Andrew Manze, violin

    3:17
  • 9:25 AM

    Peer Gynt: Anitra's Dance

    Edvard Grieg

    Sabre Dance

    Houston Symphony Orchestra

    Sergiu Comissiona, conductor

    3:38
  • 9:18 AM

    Appalachian Spring: Variations on a Shaker Melody

    Aaron Copland

    Copland: Appalachian Spring, Rodeo, Billy The Kid, Fanfare For The Common Man

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    6:47
  • 9:03 AM

    Symphony No. 2: 3rd movement

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

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

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    14:44
  • 8:56 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 14 "Moonlight": 1st movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven Piano Sonatas: Pathetique; Moonlight; Waldstein

    Garrick Ohlsson, piano

    6:54
  • 8:45 AM

    Four Seasons: Autumn

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Isaac Stern - A Life in Music - Vivaldi: The Four Seasons, Double Concertos

    Jerusalem Music Centre Chamber Orchestra

    Isaac Stern, conductor

    Isaac Stern, violin

    11:20
  • 8:34 AM

    Marche Slave

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Claudio Abbado: Marce E Danze

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    10:31
  • 8:28 AM

    Aranjuez Concerto: 1st movement

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez; Villa-Lobos: Concerto for Guitar, Five Preludes

    Monteverdi Orchestra

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    Julian Bream, guitar

    5:55
  • 8:24 AM

    Turkish Rondo

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: The Complete Piano Sonatas Vol 2

    Philippe Entremont, piano

    3:36
  • 8:20 AM

    Symphony No. 94 "Surprise": Finale

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 94 & 95; Mozart: Toy Symphony

    Hanover Band

    Roy Goodman, conductor

    4:07
  • 8:05 AM

    The Lark Ascending

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Janine Jansen

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Barry Wordsworth, conductor

    Janine Jansen, violin

    14:31
  • 7:54 AM

    Consecration of the House: Overture

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Overtures and Incidental Music

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, conductor

    10:28
  • 7:51 AM

    Requiem: Pie Jesu

    Gabriel Faure

    Absolute Heaven

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    Judith Blegen, soprano

    3:40
  • 7:47 AM

    Enigma Variations: Nimrod

    Edward Elgar

    Best Film Classics 100

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Adrian Boult, conductor

    3:55
  • 7:32 AM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 4

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach Brandenburg Concertos

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    14:52
  • 7:30 AM

    Waltz No. 6 "Minute"

    Frederic Chopin

    Beethoven: Sonatas; Chopin: Waltzes, Etc

    Ingrid Fliter, piano

    1:47
  • 7:25 AM

    Memories of the Alhambra

    Francisco Tarrega

    Albeniz, Granados, Tarrega, Turina Etc.

    Eduardo Fernandez, guitar

    4:39
  • 7:16 AM

    Symphony No. 2: 2nd movement

    Franz Schubert

    Franz Schubert: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 4

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Jonathan Nott, conductor

    8:29
  • 7:10 AM

    Slavonic Dance No. 6

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Slavonic dances, Opp. 46 & 72

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vaclav Neumann, conductor

    6:03
  • 7:03 AM

    Sinfonia Concertante: 3rd movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Cello Concertos in C & D, Sinfonia Concertante

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Roger Norrington, conductor

    Marieke Blankestijn, violin

    6:37
  • 6:50 AM

    Tannhauser: Overture

    Richard Wagner

    World Orchestra For Peace: The Solti Memorial Tour 2007

    World Orchestra for Peace

    Valery Gergiev, conductor

    12:58
  • 6:47 AM

    Preludes, Book 1: La fille aux cheveux de lin (The Girl with the Flaxen Hair)

    Claude Debussy

    .Such Stuff As Dreams...

    Carol Rosenberger, piano

    3:04
  • 6:40 AM

    Magic Flute: Overture

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Overtures

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    6:49
  • 6:36 AM

    Orchestral Suite No. 3: Gavottes

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach Crossings

    Ensemble Stephanie and Saar

    3:42
  • 6:18 AM

    Violin Concerto: 1st movement

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich: Violin Concertos / Gringolts, Etc

    Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

    Itzhak Perlman, conductor

    Ilya Gringolts, violin

    18:11
  • 6:08 AM

    Symphony No. 6 "Pastoral": 1st movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 op. 68

    Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra

    Evgeny Mravinsky, conductor

    9:43
  • 6:00 AM

    Finlandia

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Tone Poems & Incidental Music

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Yoel Levi, conductor

    8:01
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