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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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  • 2:32 PM

    Symphony No. 9 "Great": 4th movement

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: The Symphonies

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor

    14:34
  • 2:30 PM

    Carmina Burana: Dance

    Carl Orff

    Orff: Carmina Burana

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    1:41
  • 2:23 PM

    Violin Concerto: 3rd movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Violin Concerto, Double Concerto

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    Gil Shaham, violin

    7:29
  • 2:18 PM

    Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (Sleepers Awake)

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Stokowski Transcriptions

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Wolfgang Sawallisch, conductor

    4:24
  • 2:11 PM

    Symphonie Fantastique: March to the Scaffold

    Hector Berlioz

    Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique

    San Francisco Symphony

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    6:38
  • 2:00 PM

    Rienzi: Overture

    Richard Wagner

    Wagner: Orchestral Favorites

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Georg Solti, conductor

    11:33
  • 1:57 PM

    Etude No. 12 "Revolutionary"

    Frederic Chopin

    Richter: The Authorised Recordings - Chopin, Liszt

    Sviatoslav Richter, piano

    2:42
  • 1:45 PM

    Semiramide: Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Complete Overtures

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    11:37
  • 1:37 PM

    Flute and Harp Concerto: 2nd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mad About Mozart

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    Susan Palma, flute

    7:41
  • 1:26 PM

    Four Seasons: Autumn

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: The Four Seasons, etc.

    Raglan Baroque Players

    Nicholas Kraemer, conductor

    Monica Huggett, violin

    11:20
  • 1:22 PM

    Scenes from Childhood: Dreaming

    Robert Schumann

    The Art of Ashkenazy

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano

    2:52
  • 1:10 PM

    Symphony No. 9 "From the New World": 1st movement

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Piano Quintets In A, Op.5 & Op.81; Borodin: Quartet

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    12:04
  • 1:03 PM

    Grand Canyon Suite: On the Trail

    Ferde Grofe

    Out West!

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    7:24
  • 12:54 PM

    Finlandia

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Symphony No. 3, etc.

    Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

    Lorin Maazel, conductor

    8:57
  • 12:44 PM

    Water Music Suite No. 3

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Water Music, Rodrigo

    Musicians of the Louvre

    Marc Minkowski, conductor

    10:13
  • 12:37 PM

    Clarinet Quintet: 2nd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart 250 - A Celebration

    L'Archibudelli

    Charles Neidich, clarinet

    6:08
  • 12:33 PM

    Liebesfreud (Love's Joy)

    Fritz Kreisler

    It Ain't Necessarily So

    Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin

    3:35
  • 12:23 PM

    Symphony No. 6 "Pastoral": 1st movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: The Symphonies

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    10:13
  • 12:21 PM

    Hungarian Dance No. 3

    Johannes Brahms

    Dorati Conducts Brahms and Enesco

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Antal Dorati, conductor

    2:11
  • 12:08 PM

    A Midsummer Night's Dream: Overture

    Felix Mendelssohn

    German Overtures

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Christian Thielemann, conductor

    12:56
  • 12:02 PM

    Symphony No. 5: Waltz

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky Symphonies

    Russian National Orchestra

    Mikhail Pletnev, conductor

    5:48
  • 11:54 AM

    Beatrice and Benedict: Overture

    Hector Berlioz

    Berlioz: Overtures, Queen Mab Scherzo

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Charles Munch, conductor

    7:19
  • 11:46 AM

    Carmen Suite No. 2

    Georges Bizet

    Grieg: Carmen - Peer Gynt

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    8:34
  • 11:38 AM

    Images for Orchestra: Iberia: On Highways and Byways

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Orchestral Music

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Pierre Boulez, conductor

    7:08
  • 11:25 AM

    Horn Concerto No. 2

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Horn Concerto

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    Eric Ruske, horn

    12:45
  • 11:21 AM

    Etude No. 3 "Tristesse"

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Etudes / John Browning

    John Browning, piano

    4:11
  • 11:11 AM

    Violin Concerto: Finale

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Perlman Collection, Vol. 4

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    10:02
  • 11:04 AM

    Aida: Triumphal March

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Leonard Bernstein: The Encore Collection Vol. 2

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    6:32
  • 10:57 AM

    Ave Maria

    Franz Biebl

    Christmas With Cantus

    Cantus

    7:04
  • 10:54 AM

    Xerxes: Largo

    George Frideric Handel

    Albinoni: Adagio; Pachelbel: Canon; Etc

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    3:01
  • 10:48 AM

    Dance of the Blessed Spirits

    Christoph Gluck

    Fantasy: A Night At The Opera

    Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    Emmanuel Pahud, flute

    5:42
  • 10:39 AM

    Symphony No. 1 "Spring": Finale

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann: The Symphonies

    Staatskapelle Berlin

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    9:10
  • 10:36 AM

    Beautiful Rosemary (Schon Rosmarin)

    Fritz Kreisler

    Mathe Plays Kreisler

    Ulrike-Anima Mathe, violin

    2:13
  • 10:27 AM

    Carnival Overture

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Symphony No. 3, etc.

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    8:59
  • 10:23 AM

    Symphony No. 94 "Surprise": Finale

    Franz Joseph Haydn

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

    Hanover Band

    Roy Goodman, conductor

    4:07
  • 10:18 AM

    Candide: Overture

    Leonard Bernstein

    Bernstein: West Side Story; On the Town; Candide - Overture; Prelude, Fugue and Riffs

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    4:27
  • 10:05 AM

    Symphony No. 7: 1st movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 5 & 7

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Carlos Kleiber, conductor

    13:31
  • 9:59 AM

    Sleeping Beauty: Waltz

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky Waltzes

    Houston Symphony Orchestra

    Sergiu Comissiona, conductor

    4:54
  • 9:49 AM

    Symphony No. 39: 1st movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 39 & 41

    Orchestra of St. Luke's

    Donald Runnicles, conductor

    10:36
  • 9:39 AM

    An Outdoor Overture

    Aaron Copland

    Wind Symphony

    University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music Wind Symphony

    Eugene Corporon, conductor

    9:39
  • 9:36 AM

    The Three-Cornered Hat: Neighbor's Dance

    Manuel de Falla

    Slaughter on 10th Avenue

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Arthur Fiedler, conductor

    3:01
  • 9:29 AM

    Sinfonia Concertante: 3rd movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Cello Concertos in C & D, Sinfonia Concertante

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Roger Norrington, conductor

    Marieke Blankestijn, violin

    6:37
  • 9:20 AM

    Barcarolle

    Frederic Chopin

    Favourite Chopin

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano

    8:45
  • 9:17 AM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 2: 3rd movement

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Brandenburg Concertos

    CPE Bach Chamber Orchestra

    Peter Schreier, conductor

    2:37
  • 9:07 AM

    Consecration of the House: Overture

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Stanislaw Skrowaczewski - The Minnesota Orchestra: The Vox Recordings

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, conductor

    10:26
  • 9:00 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 21 "Elvira Madigan": Andante

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Romance Of The Violin

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Michael Stern, conductor

    Joshua Bell, violin

    6:16
  • 8:49 AM

    Night on Bald Mountain

    Modest Mussorgsky

    Mad About Kids' Classics

    New York Philharmonic

    Giuseppe Sinopoli, conductor

    11:19
  • 8:35 AM

    Harp Concerto

    George Frideric Handel

    Great Works for Harp

    Kuentz Chamber Orchestra

    Paul Kuentz, conductor

    Nicanor Zabaleta, harp

    13:41
  • 8:29 AM

    L'Isle joyeuse (Joyous Isle)

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Images, Arabesques, L'Isle joyeuse

    Zoltan Kocsis, piano

    6:11
  • 8:24 AM

    L'Arlesienne Suite No. 1: Carillon

    Georges Bizet

    Bizet: "Carmen" Suite, "L'Arlesienne" Suite/Offenbach: Barcarolle, "Orpheus in the Underworld" Overture

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    4:03
  • 8:17 AM

    Symphony No. 5: 1st movement

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Symphonies 3 and 5

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    7:00
  • 8:13 AM

    Violin Partita No. 3: Prelude

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    par.ti.ta - J.S. Bach; Ysaye; Auerbach

    Vadim Gluzman, violin

    3:37
  • 8:04 AM

    Symphony No. 3 "Rhenish": 1st movement

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann: Symphonies Nos. 2 and 3

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Wolfgang Sawallisch, conductor

    8:58
  • 8:00 AM

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

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Piano Sonatas 8, 15, 27 & 30

    Jonathan Biss, piano

    4:24
  • 7:53 AM

    Magic Flute: Overture

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Ultimate Overtures

    Paris Orchestral Ensemble

    Armin Jordan, conductor

    6:44
  • 7:49 AM

    Symphony No. 88: Finale

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn Symphonies 88, 90 & 92

    Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra

    Adam Fischer, conductor

    3:57
  • 7:43 AM

    Pavane

    Gabriel Faure

    Jewels of the Classics

    Philharmonia Virtuosi

    Richard Kapp, conductor

    6:14
  • 7:31 AM

    Symphony No. 9 "From the New World": 4th movement

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Symphonies Nos. 8 And 9

    Budapest Festival Orchestra

    Ivan Fischer, conductor

    11:05
  • 7:29 AM

    Rondeau

    Jean-Joseph Mouret

    Wynton Marsalis: In Gabriel's Garden

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Anthony Newman, conductor

    Wynton Marsalis, trumpet

    2:02
  • 7:24 AM

    Fantasy for a Gentleman: Canario

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Milos: Aranjuez

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    Milos Karadaglic, guitar

    4:49
  • 7:21 AM

    Etude No. 1 "Aeolian Harp"

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: The Complete Etudes

    Louis Lortie, piano

    2:38
  • 7:11 AM

    Violin Concerto: Finale

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Sarah Chang: Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Colin Davis, conductor

    Sarah Chang, violin

    9:59
  • 7:02 AM

    Hebrides Overture (Fingal's Cave)

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto, Symphony No. 4

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    9:02
  • 6:49 AM

    Symphony No. 1 "Classical"

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Abbado conducts Prokofiev Peter & Wolf & Classical Symphony

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    13:15
  • 6:43 AM

    Espana

    Emmanuel Chabrier

    Dukas: La Peri; L'Apprenti sorcier/Chabrier: Suite pastorale; Espana

    Ulster Orchestra

    Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor

    6:01
  • 6:31 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 16

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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

    Ingrid Haebler, piano

    10:47
  • 6:20 AM

    Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dances

    Alexander Borodin

    1812 Overture

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    11:06
  • 6:17 AM

    Rodeo: Hoe-Down

    Aaron Copland

    Copland: The Music Of America 

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    3:17
  • 6:00 AM

    Symphony No. 3 "Eroica": 1st movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphony No. 3

    Orchestra of St. Luke's

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    16:51