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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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  • 8:27 AM

    A Midsummer Night's Dream: Overture

    Felix Mendelssohn

    German Overtures

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Christian Thielemann, conductor

    12:56
  • 8:18 AM

    Symphony No. 2: 4th movement

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann: Complete Symphonies

    Revolutionary and Romantic Orchestra

    John Eliot Gardner, conductor

    8:29
  • 8:15 AM

    Lohengrin: Prelude to Act III

    Richard Wagner

    Heavy Classix

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Klaus Tennstedt, conductor

    3:00
  • 8:09 AM

    Symphony No. 4: 3rd movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: The Complete Symphonies

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    5:54
  • 7:58 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 16

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart Piano Sonatas Complete IV/KV576, KV545, KV533 + 494

    Ingrid Haebler, piano

    10:47
  • 7:56 AM

    Cello Suite No. 1: Prelude

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Zuill Bailey

    Zuill Bailey, cello

    2:23
  • 7:44 AM

    Spartacus: Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia

    Aram Khachaturian

    Russian Adagios

    Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Evgeny Svetlanov, conductor

    11:53
  • 7:35 AM

    Symphony No. 98: Finale

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies 93, 96, & 98

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Jeffrey Tate, conductor

    8:46
  • 7:26 AM

    La gazza ladra (The Thieving Magpie): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Overtures

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    8:53
  • 7:21 AM

    String Quartet No. 12 "American": 4th movement

    Antonin Dvorak

    Adagio for Strings

    Manhattan String Quartet

    5:06
  • 7:17 AM

    Waltz No. 4 "Valse brillante"

    Frederic Chopin

    The Warsaw Recital

    Daniel Barenboim, piano

    2:42
  • 7:03 AM

    Symphony No. 9 "Great": 4th movement

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Symphony No. 9 "The Great"

    Northern Sinfonia

    Thomas Zehetmair, conductor

    14:09
  • 7:00 AM

    Holberg Suite: Prelude

    Edvard Grieg

    Showpieces and Encores

    Moscow Chamber Orchestra

    Constantine Orbelian, conductor

    2:43
  • 6:51 AM

    Salome: Dance of the Seven Veils

    Richard Strauss

    The Klemperer Legacy - Strauss: Don Juan, etc.

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Otto Klemperer, conductor

    8:59
  • 6:50 AM

    Abduction from the Seraglio: Overture

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart Operas

    Amadeus Ensemble

    Julius Rudel, conductor

    1:40
  • 6:43 AM

    Symphony No. 7: 4th movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: The 9 Symphonies

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    6:52
  • 6:33 AM

    Keyboard Concerto No. 5

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Keyboard Concertos Nos. 3, 5, 6, 7

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Murray Perahia, conductor

    Murray Perahia, piano

    9:13
  • 6:28 AM

    Symphony No. 4 "Italian": Saltarello

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4, Hebrides Overture

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    5:25
  • 6:20 AM

    The Valkyrie: Magic Fire Music

    Richard Wagner

    Wagner

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Leopold Stokowski, conductor

    7:11
  • 6:11 AM

    Finlandia

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Symphony No. 3, etc.

    Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

    Lorin Maazel, conductor

    8:57
  • 6:00 AM

    Oboe Concerto

    Alessandro Marcello

    A Baroque Feast

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    John Abberger, oboe

    11:10
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