Essentials
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.
- 3:08 AM
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
Bobby McFerrin, conductor
Bobby McFerrin, vocal
5:22 - 3:02 AM
New York Philharmonic
Zubin Mehta, conductor
5:29 - 2:59 AM
Les Arts Florissants
William Christie, conductor
3:29 - 2:52 AM
Brandenburg Concerto No. 6: 1st movement
Bach: Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 4, 5, 6
Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra
Ton Koopman, conductor
6:11 - 2:47 AM
Desirae Brown, piano
5:04 - 2:23 AM
Minnesota Orchestra
Osmo Vanska, conductor
8:40 - 2:14 AM
Philadelphia Orchestra
Wolfgang Sawallisch, conductor
Sarah Chang, violin
9:15 - 2:10 AM
La Petite Bande
Sigiswald Kuijken, conductor
3:56 - 2:01 AM
Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano
8:45 - 1:54 AM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner, conductor
7:02 - 1:51 AM
English Chamber Orchestra
Steven Mercurio, conductor
Anne Akiko Meyers, violin
2:44 - 1:47 AM
Hollywood Bowl Orchestra
John Mauceri, conductor
3:54 - 1:39 AM
Orchestra of the Swan
Kenneth Woods, conductor
7:46 - 1:37 AM
Sharon Isbin, guitar
2:32 - 1:25 AM
Symphony No. 4 "Italian": 1st movement
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 "Eroica", - Mendelssohn Symphony No. 4, "Italian"
Tafelmusik
Bruno Weil, conductor
11:04 - 1:21 AM
Piano Sonata No. 8 "Pathetique": 2nd movement
Beethoven: Piano Sonatas 8, 15, 27 & 30
Jonathan Biss, piano
4:24 - 1:12 AM
English String Orchestra
William Boughton, conductor
Alexander Michejew, cello
8:26 - 1:08 AM
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Seiji Ozawa, conductor
3:59 - 1:02 AM
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
5:40 - 12:59 AM
Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 1: Balletto
Respighi: Ancient Airs And Dances, Etc
Chamber Orchestra of Lausanne
Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor
2:57 - 12:58 AM
Orchestral Suite No. 2: Badinerie
James Galway - Celebrating 70: A Collection of Personal Favorites
Wurttemberg Chamber Orchestra
Jorg Faerber, conductor
James Galway, flute
1:19 - 12:49 AM
Belcea Quartet
9:11 - 12:45 AM
Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra
Sakari Oramo, conductor
Daniel Hope, violin
3:04 - 12:33 AM
Minnesota Orchestra
Neville Marriner, conductor
12:04 - 12:29 AM
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Jose Serebrier, conductor
3:43 - 12:20 AM
Cleveland Orchestra
Lorin Maazel, conductor
9:00 - 12:14 AM
Berlin Philharmonic
Herbert von Karajan, conductor
Michel Schwalbe, violin
6:04 - 12:09 AM
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Colin Davis, conductor
5:05 - 12:00 AM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner, conductor
8:35 - 11:57 PM
John O'Conor, piano
2:45 - 11:54 PM
Rolf Smedvig, trumpet
2:58 - 11:46 PM
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
Erich Kunzel, conductor
Chad Hoopes, violin
7:51 - 11:36 PM
Kaiser-Walzer (Emperor Waltz)
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Plays Strauss 1929 - 1990
Vienna Philharmonic
Wilhelm Furtwangler, conductor
9:27 - 11:30 PM
Orchestra of La Francophonie
Jean-Philippe Tremblay, conductor
6:41 - 11:27 PM
Nelson Freire, piano
2:31 - 11:21 PM
London Symphony Orchestra
Richard Hickox, conductor
6:12 - 11:05 PM
Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Eduardo Mata, conductor
Eliot Chapo, violin
15:18 - 11:02 PM
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Pinchas Zukerman, conductor
3:22 - 10:57 PM
Boston Pops Orchestra
John Williams, conductor
4:29 - 10:53 PM
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
Neeme Jarvi, conductor
4:07 - 10:48 PM
Tafelmusik
Jeanne Lamon, conductor
5:10 - 10:39 PM
New York Philharmonic
Kurt Masur, conductor
Fazil Say, piano
7:56 - 10:30 PM
Netherlands Chamber Orchestra
Yakov Kreizberg, conductor
Julia Fischer, violin
9:06 - 10:26 PM
Cleveland Orchestra
Christoph von Dohnanyi, conductor
3:58 - 10:22 PM
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra
Nicholas McGegan, conductor
4:19 - 10:07 PM
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Manfred Honeck, conductor
15:04 - 10:00 PM
Barry Tuckwell, horn
6:13 - 9:57 PM
Christopher Parkening, guitar
2:37 - 9:47 PM
Russian National Orchestra
Mikhail Pletnev, conductor
10:08 - 9:35 PM
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Itzhak Perlman, conductor
Itzhak Perlman, violin
11:50 - 9:27 PM
Philharmonia Orchestra
Christian Thielemann, conductor
7:58 - 9:18 PM
Chamber Orchestra of Lausanne
Christian Zacharias, conductor
Christian Zacharias, piano
8:24 - 9:07 PM
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
David Zinman, conductor
10:55 - 8:53 PM
Bach Collegium Japan
Masaaki Suzuki, conductor
14:07 - 8:49 PM
Orchestral Suite No. 3: Air on the G String
The Most Relaxing Classical Album In The World...Ever!
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner, conductor
3:30 - 8:46 PM
City of London Sinfonia
John Rutter, conductor
Caroline Ashton, soprano
3:28 - 8:41 PM
Artur Rubinstein, piano
4:11 - 8:32 PM
Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra
Marios Papadopoulous, conductor
Paul Merkelo, trumpet
9:39 - 8:26 PM
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
Pinchas Zukerman, conductor
Pinchas Zukerman, violin
5:59 - 8:17 PM
German Chamber Philharmonic
Martin Frost, conductor
Martin Frost, basset clarinet
7:53 - 8:12 PM
Budapest Festival Orchestra
Ivan Fischer, conductor
4:56 - 8:07 PM
Symphony No. 4 "Italian": Saltarello
Mendelssohn: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4, Hebrides Overture
Cleveland Orchestra
George Szell, conductor
5:25 - 7:57 PM
Vienna Philharmonic
Carlos Kleiber, conductor
10:00 - 7:54 PM
Lynn Harrell, cello
2:29 - 7:46 PM
Orchestra of the 18th Century
Frans Bruggen, conductor
8:01 - 7:36 PM
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
Erich Kunzel, conductor
9:07 - 7:33 PM
Symphony No. 94 "Surprise": Finale
Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 45 & 94; Horn Concerto No. 1
London Chamber Orchestra
Christopher Warren-Green, conductor
3:44 - 7:29 PM
Carol Rosenberger, piano
3:28 - 7:20 PM
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Wolfgang Sawallisch, conductor
Frank Peter Zimmermann, violin
8:34 - 7:12 PM
Russian National Orchestra
Mikhail Pletnev, conductor
8:37 - 6:57 PM
Russian Easter Festival Overture
Tchaikovsky: Marche Slav; Rimsky-Korsakov: Russian Easter Overture
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin, conductor
14:42 - 6:52 PM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner, conductor
4:45 - 6:42 PM
London Symphony Orchestra
Colin Davis, conductor
Evgeny Kissin, piano
9:48 - 6:33 PM
Scottish National Orchestra
Neeme Jarvi, conductor
8:25 - 6:24 PM
Norwegian Chamber Orchestra
Iona Brown, conductor
Truls Mork, cello
9:06 - 6:19 PM
Dallas Wind Symphony
Jerry Junkin, conductor
4:08 - 6:11 PM
I Solisti Veneti
Claudio Scimone, conductor
Bonifacio Bianchi, mandolin
8:26 - 6:00 PM
The King's Violins
Bernard Labadie, conductor
Alexandre Tharaud, piano
10:26 - 5:51 PM
Philharmonia Orchestra
George Randolph Warren, conductor
8:47 - 5:44 PM
National Philharmonic Orchestra
Riccardo Chailly, conductor
7:04 - 5:39 PM
Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra
Jeffrey Kahane, conductor
Hilary Hahn, violin
5:20 - 5:31 PM
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
Erich Kunzel, conductor
7:28 - 5:25 PM
Revolutionary and Romantic Orchestra
John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
5:53 - 5:18 PM
Piano Concerto No. 1: 3rd movement
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No 1; Erno Dohnanyi Variations On A Nursery Song
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Georg Solti, conductor
Andras Schiff, piano
6:53 - 5:14 PM
Endellion String Quartet
3:42 - 5:06 PM
New York Philharmonic
Kurt Masur, conductor
Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin
8:20 - 4:57 PM
Blair String Quartet
8:33 - 4:53 PM
London Symphony Orchestra
Andre Previn, conductor
4:16 - 4:46 PM
Orchestra of the 18th Century
Frans Bruggen, conductor
6:44 - 4:43 PM
Garrick Ohlsson, piano
2:33 - 4:38 PM
Tatrai Quartet
4:39 - 4:28 PM
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
Neeme Jarvi, conductor
10:41 - 4:19 PM
Vienna Philharmonic
Willi Boskovsky, conductor
8:19 - 4:05 PM
Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
14:10 - 3:57 PM
"Twinkle, Twinkle" Variations (Ah, vous dirai-je, maman)
Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 21 & 26
Andre Previn, piano
7:45 - 3:53 PM
San Francisco Symphony
Edo de Waart, conductor
3:34 - 3:49 PM
Symphony No. 3 "Scottish": 2nd movement
Mendelssohn: 'Scottish' and 'Italian' Symphonies
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Jaime Laredo, conductor
4:26 - 3:42 PM
Quebec Symphony Orchestra
Yoav Talmi, conductor
6:44 - 3:37 PM
Symphony No. 104 "London": Minuet
Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 104 "London" and 100 "Military"
Academy of Ancient Music
Christopher Hogwood, conductor
4:37 - 3:34 PM
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
2:57 - 3:26 PM
String Quartet No. 13: Finale
Beethoven: Late Quartets Opp. 127, 130, 131, 132, 133, 135
Guarneri Quartet
8:17 - 3:20 PM
Murray Perahia, piano
5:11 - 3:10 PM
Mahler Chamber Orchestra
Daniel Harding, conductor
Janine Jansen, violin
10:20 - 3:04 PM
London Horns
Geoffrey Simon, conductor
5:31 - 2:51 PM
Academy Chamber Ensemble
12:55 - 2:49 PM
Milan Symphony Orchestra
Riccardo Chailly, conductor
Joseph Calleja, tenor
2:08 - 2:41 PM
New York Philharmonic
Leonard Bernstein, conductor
John Corigliano, violin
7:22 - 2:37 PM
German Chamber Philharmonic
David Fray, piano
4:03 - 2:25 PM
Cleveland Orchestra
Christoph von Dohnanyi, conductor
11:28 - 2:21 PM
Orchestra de la Suisse Romande
Richard Bonynge, conductor
3:59 - 2:16 PM
Colas Breugnon Overture
Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition, Night on Bald Mountain
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Fritz Reiner, conductor
4:48 - 2:02 PM
Minnesota Orchestra
Klaus Tennstedt, conductor
14:00 - 1:55 PM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner, conductor
6:31 - 1:47 PM
Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Litton, conductor
7:50 - 1:33 PM
Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra
Neeme Jarvi, conductor
13:43 - 1:26 PM
San Francisco Symphony
Herbert Blomstedt, conductor
7:38 - 1:18 PM
Piano Concerto No. 21 "Elvira Madigan": Andante
Mozart: Piano Concertos No 21 & 27
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Charles Mackerras, conductor
John O'Conor, piano
6:51 - 1:14 PM
Vienna Symphony Orchestra
David Oistrakh, violin
4:01 - 1:05 PM
Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
Debussy: Pelleas Et Melisande Suite; Prelude To The Afternoon Of A Faun; Three Nocturnes
Berlin Philharmonic
Claudio Abbado, conductor
Emmanuel Pahud, flute
9:22 - 12:56 PM
Hanover Band
Roy Goodman, conductor
8:57 - 12:51 PM
Star Wars: Princess Leia
John Williams' Classic Film Scores Close Encounters of the Third Kind and Star Wars
National Philharmonic Orchestra
Charles Gerhardt, conductor
5:06 - 12:48 PM
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
Neeme Jarvi, conductor
2:54 - 12:37 PM
New York Philharmonic
Leonard Bernstein, conductor
11:08 - 12:34 PM
Artur Rubinstein, piano
1:52 - 12:24 PM
Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra
Zubin Mehta, conductor
Pinchas Zukerman, violin
9:41 - 12:21 PM
Les Concerts du Monde
Keith Clark, conductor
3:33 - 12:16 PM
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Daniel Barenboim, conductor
4:36 - 12:03 PM
London Symphony Orchestra
Istvan Kertesz, conductor
12:28 - 12:00 PM
Dorothea von Albrecht, cello
3:28 - 11:56 AM
Academy of Ancient Music
Christopher Hogwood, conductor
3:28 - 11:51 AM
English Chamber Orchestra
Jeffrey Tate, conductor
5:23 - 11:42 AM
Cleveland Orchestra
Oliver Knussen, conductor
9:02 - 11:36 AM
Nicola Hall, guitar
5:06 - 11:23 AM
Columbia Symphony Orchestra
Bruno Walter, conductor
13:03 - 11:16 AM
Zoltan Kocsis, piano
6:11 - 11:12 AM
Dresden State Orchestra
Colin Davis, conductor
4:06 - 11:02 AM
NBC Symphony Orchestra
Arturo Toscanini, conductor
10:11 - 10:55 AM
Berlin Philharmonic
Klaus Tennstedt, conductor
6:49 - 10:44 AM
Trondheim Soloists
Anne-Sophie Mutter, conductor
Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin
11:10 - 10:38 AM
Andre Watts, piano
5:40 - 10:33 AM
Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra
Marios Papadopoulous, conductor
Paul Merkelo, trumpet
4:18 - 10:25 AM
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
Neeme Jarvi, conductor
8:33 - 10:19 AM
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Bernard Haitink, conductor
5:42 - 10:15 AM
Bournemouth Sinfonietta
George Hurst, conductor
3:29 - 10:03 AM
German Chamber Philharmonic
Martin Frost, conductor
Martin Frost, basset clarinet
12:14 - 9:49 AM
San Francisco Symphony
Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
13:53 - 9:47 AM
Gil Shaham, violin
1:42 - 9:40 AM
Emerson String Quartet
6:38 - 9:28 AM
Lyon National Orchestra
Emmanuel Krivine, conductor
12:58 - 9:22 AM
String Quartet No. 12 "American": 4th movement
2013-2014 Class Notes: Classical MPR Presents A Musical History Tour
Artaria Quartet
5:23 - 9:19 AM
English Baroque Soloists
John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
2:31 - 9:17 AM
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor
Milos Karadaglic, guitar
1:59 - 9:12 AM
The Firebird (L'oiseau de feu): Infernal Dance
Stravinsky: The Firebird Suite; Symphony No. 1; Fireworks; Scherzo Fantastique
Saint Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra
Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor
4:14 - 9:05 AM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner, conductor
7:43 - 9:02 AM
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
2:31 - 8:58 AM
Philharmonia Virtuosi
Richard Kapp, conductor
3:39 - 8:46 AM
Bamberg Symphony Orchestra
Claus Peter Flor, conductor
12:30 - 8:39 AM
Alfred Brendel, piano
6:03 - 8:32 AM
Symphony No. 7: 3rd movement
Beethoven: Symphonies 1-9, Overtures "Fidelio" and "Egmont"
Cleveland Orchestra
Lorin Maazel, conductor
7:14 - 8:25 AM
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Placido Domingo, conductor
Jean-Pierre Rampal, flute
7:09 - 8:19 AM
Boston Pops Orchestra
John Williams, conductor
5:38 - 8:03 AM
Oregon Bach Festival Orchestra
Helmuth Rilling, conductor
15:14 - 7:49 AM
The Lark Ascending
Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto, Dvorak: Romance, Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending; Massenet: Meditations from Thais
Philharmonia Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin, conductor
Anne Akiko Meyers, violin
14:35 - 7:44 AM
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin, conductor
4:41 - 7:36 AM
Revolutionary and Romantic Orchestra
John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
7:42 - 7:26 AM
Trondheim Soloists
Anne-Sophie Mutter, conductor
Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin
10:07 - 7:19 AM
Orchestra of La Francophonie
Jean-Philippe Tremblay, conductor
6:39 - 7:17 AM
Yundi Li, piano
1:40 - 7:05 AM
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
Semyon Bychkov, conductor
12:06 - 7:01 AM
Holberg Suite: Rigaudon
Grieg: Symphonic Dances, From Holberg's Time, Old Norwegian Melody
Oslo Symphony Orchestra
Mariss Jansons, conductor
3:55 - 6:54 AM
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Lorin Maazel, conductor
6:16 - 6:51 AM
Choir of King's College, Cambridge
Stephen Cleobury, conductor
Jose-Luis Garcia, violin
3:27 - 6:48 AM
Tafelmusik
Jeanne Lamon, conductor
2:56 - 6:40 AM
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Charles Mackerras, conductor
Eric Ruske, horn
8:18 - 6:31 AM
London Symphony Orchestra
Colin Davis, conductor
Evgeny Kissin, piano
8:16 - 6:21 AM
Die Meistersinger von Nurmberg (The Mastersingers of Nuremburg): Prelude to Act I
Wagner: Overtures and Preludes
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Daniel Barenboim, conductor
10:04 - 6:09 AM
Cleveland Orchestra
George Szell, conductor
10:57 - 6:00 AM
Chicago Chamber Musicians
Larry Combs, clarinet
9:34