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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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  • 11:13 AM

    Solomon: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba

    George Frideric Handel

    Mad About Baroque

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    2:57
  • 11:05 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 1: 3rd movement

    Max Bruch

    Mendelssohn, Bruch: Violin Concertos

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    Midori, violin

    7:32
  • 10:52 AM

    Leonore Overture No. 3

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: The Symphonies

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    12:19
  • 10:42 AM

    Prince Igor: Overture

    Alexander Borodin

    Russian Overtures

    Russian National Orchestra

    Mikhail Pletnev, conductor

    10:08
  • 10:35 AM

    Symphony No. 5: 1st movement

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Symphonies 3 and 5

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    7:00
  • 10:26 AM

    Four Seasons: Winter

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: The Four Seasons

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Joshua Bell, violin

    8:23
  • 10:21 AM

    Symphony No. 3 "Rhenish": 3rd movement

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann: The Symphonies

    Staatskapelle Berlin

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    5:35
  • 10:07 AM

    Symphony No. 9 "From the New World": Largo

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Symphony No. 9, Carnival Overture

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    13:21
  • 10:03 AM

    La clemenza di Tito (The Clemency of Titus): Overture

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart Overtures

    Norwegian National Opera Orchestra

    Rinaldo Alessandrini, conductor

    4:27
  • 9:47 AM

    Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks

    Richard Strauss

    Stravinsky, I.: Firebird (The) / Strauss, R.: Till Eulenspiegels Lustige Streiche

    Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    15:30
  • 9:42 AM

    Berceuse (Lullaby)

    Frederic Chopin

    Nocturne

    Artur Rubinstein, piano

    4:36
  • 9:35 AM

    Symphony No. 104 "London": Minuet

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies 22, 104, Piano Concerto in D

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    6:19
  • 9:26 AM

    Toccata and Fugue

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    The Fantastic Stokowski

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    9:07
  • 9:11 AM

    Russian Easter Festival Overture

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Tchaikovsky: Marche Slav; Rimsky-Korsakov: Russian Easter Overture

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    14:42
  • 9:05 AM

    Horn Concerto No. 2: 1st movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Four Horn Concertos

    Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra

    Janos Rolla, conductor

    Dale Clevenger, horn

    6:33
  • 8:59 AM

    Suite Bergamasque: Clair de lune (Moonlight)

    Claude Debussy

    Piano Classics: Popular Works for Solo Piano

    John O'Conor, piano

    4:59
  • 8:53 AM

    Thais: Meditation

    Jules Massenet

    Adagio

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    Michel Schwalbe, violin

    6:04
  • 8:47 AM

    Romanian Folk Dances

    Bela Bartok

    Dancing For 100 Years

    Quebec Symphony Orchestra

    Yoav Talmi, conductor

    6:44
  • 8:35 AM

    Benvenuto Cellini: Overture

    Hector Berlioz

    Berlioz: La Marseillaise, Etc

    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    10:55
  • 8:27 AM

    Symphony No. 7: 2nd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 7 & 8

    Saarbrucken Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, conductor

    7:54
  • 8:11 AM

    Keyboard Concerto No. 3

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: 5 Piano Concertos

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    Ramin Bahrami, piano

    15:30
  • 8:05 AM

    Danse Macabre

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Camille Saint-Saens: Organ Symphony; Tone Poems

    Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

    Lorin Maazel, conductor

    6:16
  • 7:58 AM

    Don Giovanni: Overture

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Overtures

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    6:31
  • 7:47 AM

    Oboe Concerto

    Alessandro Marcello

    A Baroque Feast

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    John Abberger, oboe

    11:10
  • 7:41 AM

    Waltz No. 2 "Valse brillante"

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin

    Mikhail Pletnev, piano

    5:00
  • 7:36 AM

    Symphony No. 1: 3rd movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Symphony No. 1

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Gunter Wand, conductor

    5:04
  • 7:28 AM

    Egmont Overture

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: The Overtures

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    8:03
  • 7:21 AM

    The Nutcracker: Waltz of the Flowers

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    100 Best Classics

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    6:56
  • 7:17 AM

    Orchestral Suite No. 1: Minuets

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Orchestral Suites BWV 1066-1069

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    3:28
  • 7:06 AM

    Symphony No. 2: 3rd movement

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Rachmaninoff/Tchaikovsky

    Russian Federal Orchestra

    Vakhtang Jordania, conductor

    11:24
  • 6:59 AM

    Impromptu No. 2

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Piano Sonata D845, Wanderer Fantasy

    Paul Lewis, piano

    6:25
  • 6:54 AM

    Slavonic Dance No. 6

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Slavonic Dances

    Budapest Festival Orchestra

    Ivan Fischer, conductor

    4:56
  • 6:42 AM

    Divertimento No. 1

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Divertimenti KN 113, 137 & 251

    Academy Chamber Ensemble

    12:55
  • 6:34 AM

    Symphony No. 2: 2nd movement

    Robert Schumann

    Robert Schumann Symphonies 1-4

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    7:29
  • 6:24 AM

    Adagio

    Tomaso Albinoni

    Power

    London Chamber Orchestra

    Christopher Warren-Green, conductor

    Christopher Warren-Green, violin

    9:47
  • 6:13 AM

    Symphony No. 5: 4th movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphonies No 4 & 5

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    10:36
  • 6:07 AM

    Symphony No. 100 "Military": Minuet

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 99 & 100

    London Classical Players

    Roger Norrington, conductor

    5:51
  • 6:00 AM

    Il barbiere di Siviglia (Barber of Seville): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Overtures, Vol. 2

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    7:05
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