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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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  • 7:53 AM

    The Valkyrie: Ride of the Valkyries

    Richard Wagner

    Wagner: Overtures And Orchestral Music

    Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    4:43
  • 7:46 AM

    Adagio for Strings

    Samuel Barber

    Adventures in Early Music

    Smithsonian Chamber Players

    Kenneth Slowik, conductor

    7:34
  • 7:42 AM

    Slavonic Dance No. 15

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Slavonic Dances Opp. 46 & 72

    Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Rafael Kubelik, conductor

    3:05
  • 7:36 AM

    String Quartet No. 9 "Razumovsky No. 3": 4th movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: The Middle String Quartets

    Cypress String Quartet

    5:59
  • 7:27 AM

    Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Isaac Stern - A Life In Music - Lalo, Saint-Saens, Chausson

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Eugene Ormandy, conductor

    Isaac Stern, violin

    8:49
  • 7:21 AM

    Symphony No. 94 "Surprise": 2nd movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

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

    Hanover Band

    Roy Goodman, conductor

    6:01
  • 7:16 AM

    Nocturne No. 2

    Frederic Chopin

    Yundi Li: Chopin

    Yundi Li, piano

    4:21
  • 7:11 AM

    Serenade No. 10 "Gran Partita": Adagio

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Sabine Meyer: Clarinet Connection

    Sabine Meyer Wind Ensemble

    5:24
  • 7:01 AM

    Aida: Triumphal March

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Verdi: Requiem & Operatic Choruses

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    9:34
  • 6:51 AM

    Salome: Dance of the Seven Veils

    Richard Strauss

    Strauss, Liszt, Korngold, Busoni, Schreker

    Orchestra de la Suisse Romande

    Kazuki Yamada, conductor

    9:40
  • 6:49 AM

    Lieutenant Kije: Troika

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite, Prokofiev: Lieutenant Kije, Dukas: The Sourcerer's Apprentice

    Saint Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yuri Temirkanov, conductor

    2:35
  • 6:45 AM

    Peer Gynt: Morning Mood

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg: Peer Gynt Suites 1 & 2, etc.

    San Francisco Symphony

    Herbert Blomstedt, conductor

    4:19
  • 6:39 AM

    Symphony No. 1 "Spring": 3rd movement

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann: The Symphonies

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    5:11
  • 6:33 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 8 "Pathetique": 2nd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Mad About Piano

    Emil Gilels, piano

    5:46
  • 6:26 AM

    Violin Concerto: 3rd movement

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius, Goldmark: Violin Concertos

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    Joshua Bell, violin

    7:20
  • 6:22 AM

    Tales of Hoffmann: Barcarolle

    Jacques Offenbach

    Offenbach: Overtures

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    3:32
  • 6:19 AM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 2: 3rd movement

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Rolf Smedvig: Virtuoso

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Jahja Ling, conductor

    Rolf Smedvig, trumpet

    2:50
  • 6:09 AM

    Kaiser-Walzer (Emperor Waltz)

    Johann StraussJr.

    The Key to Classics: J. Strauss

    Vienna Johann Strauss Orchestra

    Willi Boskovsky, conductor

    10:12
  • 6:00 AM

    Symphony No. 4: Finale

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Dvorak: Symphony No. 4, Serenade for Strings

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    8:56
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