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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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  • 9:13 AM

    Der Rosenkavalier: Waltz Sequence No. 1

    Richard Strauss

    Richard Strauss Vol. 5: The Waltz King

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Karl Anton Rickenbacher, conductor

    12:11
  • 9:04 AM

    Romance No. 2

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Violin Concerto, Romances

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Jeffrey Tate, conductor

    Frank Peter Zimmermann, violin

    8:54
  • 8:57 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 16: 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Piano Concertos Nr. 16, Kv 451 And Nr. 19, Kv 459

    Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Christian Zacharias, piano

    6:32
  • 8:53 AM

    Orchestral Suite No. 4: Minuets

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: 4 Ouverturen-Suites, Ouverture Bwv 1070

    Musica Antiqua Cologne

    Reinhard Goebel, conductor

    3:41
  • 8:46 AM

    Prague Waltzes

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Legends, Prague Waltzes

    Budapest Festival Orchestra

    Ivan Fischer, conductor

    7:35
  • 8:41 AM

    Symphony No. 100 "Military": 2nd movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 99 & 100

    London Classical Players

    Roger Norrington, conductor

    4:39
  • 8:38 AM

    The Three-Cornered Hat: Neighbor's Dance

    Manuel de Falla

    Muti | Philadelphia Orchestra | de Falla, Ravel, Chabrier

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    3:11
  • 8:21 AM

    Symphony No. 9 "Great": 4th movement

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Symphonies Nos. 8 "Unfinished" & 9 "The Great"

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Herbert Blomstedt, conductor

    16:22
  • 8:18 AM

    Mysterious Barricades

    Francois Couperin

    Couperin: Keyboard Music

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    2:26
  • 8:07 AM

    Symphony No. 1 "Spring": 1st movement

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann: The Symphonies

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Bernard Haitink, conductor

    11:36
  • 8:04 AM

    The Birds: Prelude

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: Ancient Airs And Dances I & Iii, Etc

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    2:49
  • 7:58 AM

    Thais: Meditation

    Jules Massenet

    Violin for Anne Rice

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Leila Josefowicz, violin

    5:23
  • 7:53 AM

    Raiders of the Lost Ark March

    John Williams

    John Williams Greatest Hits 1969-1999

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    5:11
  • 7:49 AM

    Abduction from the Seraglio: Overture

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail

    Academy for Ancient Music Berlin

    Rene Jacobs, conductor

    4:00
  • 7:43 AM

    Symphony No. 5: Waltz

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky Waltzes

    Houston Symphony Orchestra

    Sergiu Comissiona, conductor

    6:27
  • 7:38 AM

    Keyboard Concerto No. 4: 1st movement

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Essential Bach

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Andras Schiff, conductor

    Andras Schiff, piano

    4:02
  • 7:26 AM

    Symphony No. 3 "Eroica": 4th movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven 3/Strauss

    Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

    Manfred Honeck, conductor

    11:42
  • 7:23 AM

    Peer Gynt: In The Hall Of The Mountain King

    Edvard Grieg

    Dies Irae: The Essential Choral Collection

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    2:49
  • 7:12 AM

    Ma vlast (My Country): Vltava (The Moldau)

    Bedrich Smetana

    Fibich: Symphony No. 1/Smetana: Vysehrad, Vlatava

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    11:25
  • 7:03 AM

    Violin Concerto: 3rd movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms and Joachim Violin Concertos

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Carlos Kalmar, conductor

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    8:35
  • 6:56 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 21 "Elvira Madigan": Andante

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Everybody's Mozart

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Jeffrey Tate, conductor

    Mitsuko Uchida, piano

    7:06
  • 6:49 AM

    Slavonic Dance No. 4

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Slavonic Dances

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Christoph von Dohnanyi, conductor

    6:59
  • 6:45 AM

    St. Paul's Suite: Finale (The Dargason)

    Gustav Holst

    Tippett, Holst, Corelli, Bach

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    3:36
  • 6:42 AM

    Rodeo: Hoe-Down

    Aaron Copland

    The Essence of America: Aaron Copland

    San Francisco Symphony

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    3:24
  • 6:37 AM

    Symphony No. 101 "The Clock": Finale

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 101 & 102

    London Classical Players

    Roger Norrington, conductor

    4:37
  • 6:27 AM

    Die Meistersinger von Nurmberg (The Mastersingers of Nuremburg): Prelude to Act I

    Richard Wagner

    Music of Wagner

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    9:45
  • 6:19 AM

    Symphony No. 5: 1st movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 5 & 7

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Christian Thielemann, conductor

    8:01
  • 6:04 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 1

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Kennedy Plays Bach with the Berlin Philharmonic

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Nigel Kennedy, violin

    14:00
  • 6:00 AM

    Hungarian March

    Hector Berlioz

    Bernstein Favorites: Marches

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    4:32
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