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Timeless Classical Masterpieces. 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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  • 8:09 AM

    Symphony No. 9 "Choral": 2nd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphony No. 9

    Vienna Symphony Orchestra

    Philippe Jordan, conductor

    13:24
  • 8:06 AM

    Salut d'amour (Love's Greeting)

    Edward Elgar

    Edward Elgar: Violin Concerto; Salut d'Amour

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    Pinchas Zukerman, violin

    3:02
  • 8:01 AM

    Symphony No. 104 "London": Minuet

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 104 "London" and 100 "Military"

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    4:37
  • 7:50 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 2: 3rd movement

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Rachmaninoff, Paganini Rhapsody, Piano Concerto No. 2

    Mahler Chamber Orchestra

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    Yuja Wang, piano

    11:27
  • 7:42 AM

    Die Fledermaus: Overture

    Johann StraussJr.

    Popular Operatic Overtures

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    8:10
  • 7:39 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 2: 3rd movement

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach

    Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra Chamber Orchestra

    Lisa Batiashvili, violin

    2:34
  • 7:33 AM

    String Quartet No. 2: Nocturne

    Alexander Borodin

    Romantic Favorites

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Eugene Ormandy, conductor

    8:49
  • 7:25 AM

    Fantasy for a Gentleman: Canario

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    RODRIGO: Concierto Pastorale / Fantasia para un Gentilhombre (Complete Orchestral Works, Vol. 8)

    Asturias Symphony Orchestra

    Maximiano Valdez, conductor

    Joanna G'froerer, flute

    4:52
  • 7:20 AM

    Intermezzo No. 2 "Klavierstucke"

    Johannes Brahms

    Passionate Kiss: Romantic Piano Music

    Daniel Pollack, piano

    4:33
  • 7:11 AM

    Symphony No. 7: 4th movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Leonard Bernstein: The Final Concert

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    8:40
  • 7:03 AM

    Four Seasons: Winter

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: The Four Seasons 

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    Viktoria Mullova, violin

    8:21
  • 6:55 AM

    Images for Orchestra: Iberia: On Highways and Byways

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Orchestral Works

    Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jukka-Pekka Saraste, conductor

    7:03
  • 6:51 AM

    American Salute (When Johnny Comes Marching Home)

    Morton Gould

    American Variations

    University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music Wind

    Eugene Corporon, conductor

    4:20
  • 6:47 AM

    Funeral March of a Marionette

    Charles Gounod

    Marches And Overtures A La Francaise

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Paray, conductor

    3:39
  • 6:39 AM

    Symphony No. 1 "Spring": Finale

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann: The Symphonies

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Bernard Haitink, conductor

    8:45
  • 6:37 AM

    The Love for Three Oranges: March

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Encore!

    Midori, violin

    1:35
  • 6:25 AM

    Clarinet Concerto: 1st movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Sabine Meyer: Clarinet Connection

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Hans Vonk, conductor

    Sabine Meyer, clarinet

    11:52
  • 6:20 AM

    Mlada: Procession of the Nobles

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Pops a la Russe

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    4:25
  • 6:16 AM

    String Quartet No. 12 "American": 3rd movement

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Quartets Opp. 96 & 105

    Takacs Quartet

    3:43
  • 6:12 AM

    Procession of the Sardar

    Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov

    Sir Charles' Precious Music Box Ii

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Charles Groves, conductor

    4:33
  • 6:01 AM

    Violin Concerto: Finale

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto, Souvenir D'un Lieu Cher

    Mahler Chamber Orchestra

    Daniel Harding, conductor

    Janine Jansen, violin

    10:20
  • 5:47 AM

    Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Elgar: Introduction and Allegro, etc; Vaughan Williams

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    14:10
  • 5:42 AM

    Hungarian March

    Hector Berlioz

    Marriner conducts Debussy, Ravel, Dukas & Saint-Saens

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    4:45
  • 5:31 AM

    Night on Bald Mountain

    Modest Mussorgsky

    Tchaikovsky: 1812; Dukas: Sorcerer's Apprentice; Smetana: Vltava (Die Moldau); Dvorak: Scherzo capriccioso; Mussorgsky: A Night on the Bare Mountain

    Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    10:40
  • 5:23 AM

    Symphony No. 40: 1st movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    More Mozart's Greatest Hits

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    8:13
  • 5:17 AM

    Etude No. 3 "Un Sospiro" (A Sigh)

    Franz Liszt

    Liszt Piano Music, 20

    William Wolfram, piano

    5:41
  • 5:03 AM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 6

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Brandenburg Concertos

    Musica Antiqua Cologne

    Reinhard Goebel, conductor

    13:33
  • 5:00 AM

    Fanfare for the Common Man

    Aaron Copland

    Copland: Appalachian Spring

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Aaron Copland, conductor

    3:14