Essentials
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.
- 4:13 PM
Philharmonia Hungarica
Antal Dorati, conductor
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- 4:08 PM
Cleveland Orchestra
Christoph von Dohnanyi, conductor
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- 3:59 PM
Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden
Georg Solti, conductor
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- 3:56 PM
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Bernard Haitink, conductor
Edita Gruberova, soprano
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- 3:51 PM
Philadelphia Orchestra
Eugene Ormandy, conductor
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- 3:43 PM
Vienna Philharmonic
Carlos Kleiber, conductor
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- 3:39 PM
Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Prelude and Fugue No. 1
Johann Sebastian Bach: Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1
Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano
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- 3:29 PM
By the Beautiful Blue Danube (An der schonen, blauen Donau)
Strauss: Waltzes And Overtures
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Franz Welser-Most, conductor
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- 3:20 PM
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Carlos Kalmar, conductor
Rachel Barton Pine, violin
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- 3:15 PM
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Seiji Ozawa, conductor
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- 3:05 PM
Symphony No. 2: 2nd movement
Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2, Dances from Aleko, Scherzo
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Paavo Jarvi, conductor
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- 2:59 PM
Piano Concerto No. 21 "Elvira Madigan": Andante
Mozart: Piano Concertos 21 & 22
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
Jonathan Biss, piano
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- 2:50 PM
English Chamber Orchestra
Jeffrey Tate, conductor
Frank Peter Zimmermann, violin
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- 2:41 PM
Stadium Symphony Orchestra of New York
Raoul Poliakin, conductor
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- 2:36 PM
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Bernard Haitink, conductor
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- 2:31 PM
Berlin Philharmonic
Herbert von Karajan, conductor
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- 2:24 PM
Harold Wright, clarinet
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- 2:09 PM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner, conductor
Andrei Gavrilov, piano
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- 2:05 PM
Symphony No. 94 "Surprise": Finale
Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 94 & 100, Sinfonia Concertante
Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra
Adam Fischer, conductor
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- 2:02 PM
Lieutenant Kije: Troika
Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite, Prokofiev: Lieutenant Kije, Dukas: The Sourcerer's Apprentice
Saint Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra
Yuri Temirkanov, conductor
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- 1:52 PM
Philadelphia Orchestra
Riccardo Muti, conductor
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- 1:42 PM
Vienna Philharmonic
Christian Thielemann, conductor
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- 1:36 PM
Jascha Heifetz, violin
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- 1:28 PM
Symphony No. 9 "From the New World": 3rd movement
Dvorak: Piano Quintets In A, Op.5 & Op.81; Borodin: Quartet
Minnesota Orchestra
Neville Marriner, conductor
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- 1:24 PM
East Coast Chamber Orchestra
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- 1:15 PM
Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso
Sarasate: Carmen Fantasy; Chausson: Poème; Saint-Saëns: Havanaise
New York Philharmonic
Zubin Mehta, conductor
Itzhak Perlman, violin
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- 1:01 PM
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
William Purvis, horn
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- 12:52 PM
Cleveland Orchestra
Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor
Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano
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- 12:43 PM
Philharmonia Orchestra
Otto Klemperer, conductor
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- 12:40 PM
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
Neeme Jarvi, conductor
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- 12:32 PM
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Charles Munch, conductor
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- 12:25 PM
Cello Concerto No. 1: 3rd movement
Haydn: Cello Concertos in C & D, Sinfonia Concertante
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Roger Norrington, conductor
Steven Isserlis, cello
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- 12:22 PM
Preludes, Book 1: La fille aux cheveux de lin (The Girl with the Flaxen Hair)
At the Break
Christopher O'Riley, piano
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- 12:08 PM
Kuentz Chamber Orchestra
Paul Kuentz, conductor
Nicanor Zabaleta, harp
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- 12:02 PM
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor
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- 11:57 AM
Seattle Chamber Music Society
James Ehnes, violin
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- 11:51 AM
Staatskapelle Berlin
Herbert von Karajan, conductor
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- 11:45 AM
String Quartet No. 9 "Razumovsky No. 3": 4th movement
The Kernis Project: Beethoven
Jasper String Quartet
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- 11:37 AM
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Daniel Barenboim, conductor
Lang Lang, piano
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- 11:26 AM
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Kurt Masur, conductor
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- 11:22 AM
Musica Antiqua Cologne
Reinhard Goebel, conductor
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- 11:19 AM
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
Hugh Wolff, conductor
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- 11:15 AM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner, conductor
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- 11:02 AM
Berlin Philharmonic
Rafael Kubelik, conductor
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- 10:58 AM
Mitsuko Uchida, piano
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- 10:47 AM
Four Seasons: Autumn
Isaac Stern - A Life in Music - Vivaldi: The Four Seasons, Double Concertos
Jerusalem Music Centre Chamber Orchestra
Isaac Stern, conductor
Isaac Stern, violin
11:20Like this?
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- 10:44 AM
Chicago Sinfonietta
Paul Freeman, conductor
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- 10:40 AM
The Three-Cornered Hat: Neighbor's Dance
Muti | Philadelphia Orchestra | de Falla, Ravel, Chabrier
Philadelphia Orchestra
Riccardo Muti, conductor
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- 10:30 AM
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Leonard Bernstein, conductor
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- 10:23 AM
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Paul Paray, conductor
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- 10:21 AM
Philharmonia Orchestra
Louis Fremaux, conductor
John Williams, guitar
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- 10:10 AM
The King's Violins
Bernard Labadie, conductor
Alexandre Tharaud, piano
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- 10:01 AM
Utah Symphony Orchestra
Maurice Abravanel, conductor
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- 9:53 AM
Boston Pops Orchestra
John Williams, conductor
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- 9:47 AM
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor
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- 9:43 AM
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Georg Solti, conductor
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- 9:39 AM
Ingrid Fliter, piano
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- 9:30 AM
Scottish Fantasy: Finale
Jean Sibelius: Concerto for Violin in D minor, Op. 47, Max Bruch: Scottish Fantasy for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 46
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
Zubin Mehta, conductor
Midori, violin
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- 9:23 AM
Minnesota Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin, conductor
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- 9:12 AM
Philadelphia Orchestra
Wolfgang Sawallisch, conductor
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- 9:01 AM
Berlin Philharmonic
Herbert von Karajan, conductor
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- 8:53 AM
Budapest Festival Orchestra
Ivan Fischer, conductor
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- 8:45 AM
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Seiji Ozawa, conductor
Joseph Silverstein, violin
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- 8:38 AM
Cleveland Orchestra
Christoph von Dohnanyi, conductor
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- 8:34 AM
London Symphony Orchestra
Leonard Bernstein, conductor
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- 8:20 AM
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin, conductor
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- 8:12 AM
Emanuel Ax, piano
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- 8:06 AM
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Colin Davis, conductor
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- 8:02 AM
Musica Antiqua Cologne
Reinhard Goebel, conductor
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- 7:52 AM
New York Philharmonic
Leonard Bernstein, conductor
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- 7:49 AM
RCA Symphony Orchestra
Skitch Henderson, conductor
Leontyne Price, soprano
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- 7:43 AM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner, conductor
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- 7:40 AM
Itzhak Perlman, violin
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- 7:30 AM
Vienna Philharmonic
Simon Rattle, conductor
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- 7:23 AM
Zurich Chamber Orchestra
Howard Griffiths, conductor
Sharon Isbin, guitar
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- 7:10 AM
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Claudio Abbado, conductor
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- 7:00 AM
Netherlands Chamber Orchestra
David Zinman, conductor
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- 6:57 AM
Maria Joao Pires, piano
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- 6:52 AM
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
Erich Kunzel, conductor
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- 6:49 AM
English Chamber Orchestra
Steven Mercurio, conductor
Anne Akiko Meyers, violin
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- 6:45 AM
Amadeus Winds
Bastiaan Blomhert, conductor
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- 6:41 AM
English String Orchestra
William Boughton, conductor
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- 6:31 AM
Orchestre de la Bastille
Myung-Whun Chung, conductor
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- 6:22 AM
Symphony No. 7: 2nd movement
Beethoven For All: Music of Passion, Power and Beauty
West-Eastern Divan Orchestra
Daniel Barenboim, conductor
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- 6:19 AM
Miki Aoki, piano
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- 6:07 AM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner, conductor
Lynn Harrell, cello
11:22Like this?
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- 6:01 AM
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
Leonard Bernstein, conductor
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- 5:54 AM
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Simon Rattle, conductor
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- 5:43 AM
Philharmonia Orchestra
Otto Klemperer, conductor
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- 5:40 AM
Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra
Arabella Steinbacher, violin
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- 5:26 AM
Mitsuko Uchida, piano
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- 5:22 AM
Philadelphia Orchestra
Eugene Ormandy, conductor
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- 5:12 AM
Die Meistersinger von Nurmberg (The Mastersingers of Nuremburg): Prelude to Act I
Music of Wagner
Minnesota Orchestra
Neville Marriner, conductor
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- 5:00 AM
Symphony No. 6 "Pastoral": 2nd movement
BEETHOVEN, L. van: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 6
Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia
Bela Drahos, conductor
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