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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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  • 9:27 AM

    Magic Flute: Overture

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    The Artist's Album: Herbert von Karajan

    Staatskapelle Berlin

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    6:20
  • 9:20 AM

    Symphony No. 82 "The Bear": Finale

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn Symphonies: No. 82 in C Major "The Bear"; No. 38 in C Major; No. 104 in D Major "London"

    Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

    Christof Perick, conductor

    5:50
  • 9:16 AM

    Hungarian March

    Hector Berlioz

    Bernstein Favorites: Marches

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    4:32
  • 9:05 AM

    Violin Concerto: 3rd movement

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak, Gershwin - Violin concerto; An American in Paris

    Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra Amsterdam

    Mario Venzago, conductor

    Liza Ferschtman, violin

    10:48
  • 8:55 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 3: Rondo

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: The 5 Piano Concertos

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano

    9:26
  • 8:51 AM

    Serenade for Strings: Waltz

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    East Coast Chamber Orchestra

    East Coast Chamber Orchestra

    4:11
  • 8:41 AM

    Scheherazade: The Young Prince and the Young Princess

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Mad About Love

    Orchestre de la Bastille

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    9:42
  • 8:34 AM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 4: 1st movement

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    JS Bach: Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 4, 5, 6

    New Bach Collegium Musicum Leipzig

    Max Pommer, conductor

    6:57
  • 8:31 AM

    Hungarian Dance No. 1

    Johannes Brahms

    Dorati Conducts Brahms and Enesco

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Antal Dorati, conductor

    2:40
  • 8:25 AM

    String Quartet No. 62 "Emperor": Adagio

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Mozart: Hunt & Dissonance Quartets; Haydn

    Emerson String Quartet

    6:38
  • 8:18 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 21 "Elvira Madigan": Andante

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Piano Concertos 21 & 22

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    Jonathan Biss, piano

    6:34
  • 8:06 AM

    Symphony No. 9 "Choral": 2nd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 "Choral"

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    11:41
  • 8:02 AM

    Fantasia on Greensleeves

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams: Greensleeves/Tallis Fantasia

    New Queen's Hall Orchestra

    Barry Wordsworth, conductor

    4:17
  • 7:53 AM

    Der Rosenkavalier: Waltz Sequence No. 2

    Richard Strauss

    Richard Strauss: Der Rosenkavelier; Die Frau ohne Schatten; Burleske

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    8:44
  • 7:47 AM

    Raiders of the Lost Ark March

    John Williams

    Aisle Seat

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    5:28
  • 7:43 AM

    Octet: Scherzo

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto, Octet

    Seattle Chamber Music Society

    James Ehnes, violin

    4:29
  • 7:39 AM

    Waltz No. 8

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Waltzes; Ravel: Valses Nobles

    Stephen Kovacevich, piano

    3:13
  • 7:28 AM

    Symphony No. 1 "Spring": 1st movement

    Robert Schumann

    Robert Schumann Symphonies 1-4

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    11:18
  • 7:24 AM

    Rodeo: Hoe-Down

    Aaron Copland

    The Essence of America: Aaron Copland

    San Francisco Symphony

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    3:24
  • 7:19 AM

    Symphony No. 101 "The Clock": Finale

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: The London Symphonies, Vol. II

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Colin Davis, conductor

    4:40
  • 7:09 AM

    Orchestral Suite No. 1: Overture

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: 4 Ouverturen-Suites, Ouverture Bwv 1070

    Musica Antiqua Cologne

    Reinhard Goebel, conductor

    9:40
  • 7:01 AM

    Symphony No. 5: 2nd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: 9 Symphonies

    Revolutionary and Romantic Orchestra

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    8:15
  • 6:57 AM

    Ave Maria

    Franz Schubert

    Songs From the Arc of Life

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    4:12
  • 6:51 AM

    Slavonic Dance No. 3

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Symphony No. 9 From The New Worls; 3 Slavonic Dances

    Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    5:55
  • 6:45 AM

    Serenade No. 10 "Gran Partita": Adagio

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Sabine Meyer: Clarinet Connection

    Sabine Meyer Wind Ensemble

    5:23
  • 6:39 AM

    Das Rheingold: Entry of the Gods into Valhalla

    Richard Wagner

    Wagner Without Words

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    6:34
  • 6:29 AM

    Violin Concerto: Finale

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Alfred Wallenstein, conductor

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    9:19
  • 6:19 AM

    By the Beautiful Blue Danube (An der schonen, blauen Donau)

    Johann StraussJr.

    New Year's Concert 1996

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Lorin Maazel, conductor

    9:35
  • 6:17 AM

    Hungarian Dance No. 10

    Johannes Brahms

    Moskowski

    Esther Budiardjo, piano

    2:05
  • 6:04 AM

    Concerto for Oboe and Violin

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Hilary Hahn: Bach Violin Concertos

    Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

    Jeffrey Kahane, conductor

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    13:01
  • 6:00 AM

    El Amor Brujo: Ritual Fire Dance

    Manuel de Falla

    Greatest Hits: The Ballet, Vol I

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Eugene Ormandy, conductor

    4:10
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