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.
- 9:25 PM
Freiburg Baroque Orchestra
15:07 - 9:21 PM
Ivo Pogorelich, piano
3:26 - 9:10 PM
Berlin Philharmonic
Simon Rattle, conductor
11:18 - 9:07 PM
Markus Klinko, harp
3:01 - 8:59 PM
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
Erich Kunzel, conductor
7:26 - 8:57 PM
Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra
Marcello Viotti, conductor
Rolando Villazon, tenor
2:01 - 8:55 PM
English Chamber Orchestra
Anthony Newman, conductor
Wynton Marsalis, trumpet
2:02 - 8:46 PM
San Francisco Symphony
Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
8:44 - 8:39 PM
Piano Concerto No. 1: 3rd movement
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1, Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
David Zinman, conductor
Horacio Gutierrez, piano
6:39 - 8:31 PM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Joshua Bell, conductor
Joshua Bell, violin
8:32 - 8:22 PM
Vienna Philharmonic
Christian Thielemann, conductor
8:31 - 8:11 PM
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Daniel Barenboim, conductor
11:09 - 8:05 PM
Philharmonia Orchestra
Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor
James Ehnes, violin
5:34 - 7:56 PM
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Andre Previn, conductor
8:40 - 7:50 PM
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor
5:47 - 7:46 PM
Orchestra of the 18th Century
Frans Bruggen, conductor
4:05 - 7:37 PM
Roman Carnival Overture
Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique; Hungarian & Trojan Marches; Corsair & Roman Carnival Overtures
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Paul Paray, conductor
8:21 - 7:25 PM
Symphony No. 9 "From the New World": 1st movement
Dvorak: Piano Quintets In A, Op.5 & Op.81; Borodin: Quartet
Minnesota Orchestra
Neville Marriner, conductor
12:04 - 7:22 PM
Piano Sonata No. 14 "Moonlight": 2nd movement
Beethoven Piano Sonatas: Pathetique; Moonlight; Waldstein
Garrick Ohlsson, piano
2:41 - 7:08 PM
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
14:22 - 6:58 PM
English Chamber Orchestra
Nigel Kennedy, conductor
Nigel Kennedy, violin
9:40 - 6:47 PM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner, conductor
11:03 - 6:42 PM
Aranjuez Concerto: 3rd movement
Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez; Villa-Lobos: Concerto for Guitar, Five Preludes
Monteverdi Orchestra
John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
Julian Bream, guitar
5:05 - 6:37 PM
Alfred Brendel, piano
4:34 - 6:23 PM
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Vasily Petrenko, conductor
14:00 - 6:19 PM
Musica Antiqua Cologne
Reinhard Goebel, conductor
3:43 - 6:16 PM
Dresden Kapellsolisten
Helmut Branny, conductor
Jan Vogler, cello
2:47 - 6:07 PM
Cleveland Orchestra
Christoph von Dohnanyi, conductor
8:06 - 6:00 PM
Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, piano
7:43 - 5:55 PM
Tafelmusik
Bruno Weil, conductor
4:22 - 5:49 PM
Philharmonia Hungarica
Antal Dorati, conductor
5:52 - 5:47 PM
North German Radio Symphony
John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
2:14 - 5:34 PM
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
12:57 - 5:25 PM
I Solisti Veneti
Claudio Scimone, conductor
Ugo Orlandi, mandolin
8:22 - 5:17 PM
Thymos Quartet
Christoph Eschenbach, piano
7:46 - 5:09 PM
Vienna Philharmonic
Carlos Kleiber, conductor
8:05 - 5:06 PM
London Symphony Orchestra
Aaron Copland, conductor
3:16 - 5:00 PM
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Litton, conductor
4:54 - 4:54 PM
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Fritz Reiner, conductor
6:31 - 4:43 PM
Dunedin Consort
John Butt, conductor
10:54 - 4:32 PM
Piano Sonata No. 16
Mozart Piano Sonatas Complete IV/KV576, KV545, KV533 + 494
Ingrid Haebler, piano
10:47 - 4:27 PM
Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra
Lawrence Leighton Smith, conductor
5:03 - 4:22 PM
Emerson String Quartet
4:36 - 4:11 PM
National Philharmonic Orchestra
Richard Bonynge, conductor
10:56 - 4:04 PM
Symphonie Fantastique: March to the Scaffold
Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique Op. 14 / Tristia
Cleveland Orchestra
Pierre Boulez, conductor
6:58 - 3:54 PM
Dance of the Hours
Wagner: Siegfried Idyll, Boccherini, Dvorak, Faure, Grieg, Nicolai, Ponchielli, Suppe, Tchaikovsky
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner, conductor
9:12 - 3:49 PM
Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra
Christopher Parkening, guitar
5:44 - 3:34 PM
Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra
Yakov Kreizberg, conductor
Julia Fischer, violin
14:16 - 3:27 PM
Houston Symphony Orchestra
Sergiu Comissiona, conductor
6:27 - 3:25 PM
Ruth Laredo, piano
1:42 - 3:12 PM
Paillard Chamber Orchestra
Jean-Francois Paillard, conductor
Lily Laskine, harp
13:13 - 3:06 PM
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Andrew Litton, conductor
5:51 - 2:59 PM
Berlin Philharmonic
Herbert von Karajan, conductor
6:57 - 2:55 PM
New York Philharmonic
Leonard Bernstein, conductor
3:46 - 2:43 PM
London Symphony Orchestra
Istvan Kertesz, conductor
12:28 - 2:36 PM
Piano Concerto No. 21 "Elvira Madigan": 3rd movement
Mozart: Piano Concertos 21 & 22
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
Jonathan Biss, piano
6:33 - 2:29 PM
Tatrai Quartet
6:40 - 2:25 PM
Philadelphia Orchestra
Wolfgang Sawallisch, conductor
4:24 - 2:11 PM
Minnesota Orchestra
Osmo Vanska, conductor
13:25 - 2:05 PM
The Knights
Eric Jacobsen, conductor
5:55 - 1:55 PM
Philharmonia Orchestra
Otto Klemperer, conductor
8:59 - 1:47 PM
Dresden State Orchestra
Christian Thielemann, conductor
Lisa Batiashvili, violin
8:04 - 1:46 PM
Empire Brass
1:45 - 1:36 PM
Symphony No. 104 "London": 1st movement
Haydn: Symphonies 22, 104, Piano Concerto in D
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Gerard Schwarz, conductor
8:40 - 1:33 PM
English Chamber Orchestra
Raymond Leppard, conductor
3:05 - 1:27 PM
San Francisco Symphony
Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
6:51 - 1:24 PM
Stephen Kovacevich, piano
1:57 - 1:11 PM
Vienna Symphony Orchestra
Philippe Jordan, conductor
13:24 - 1:08 PM
Berlin Philharmonic
Klaus Tennstedt, conductor
3:00 - 12:56 PM
Scheherazade: The Tale of the Kalendar Prince
Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade / Tale of Tsar Saltan Suite
Seattle Symphony
Gerard Schwarz, conductor
Maria Larionoff, violin
11:29 - 12:46 PM
London Symphony Orchestra
Andre Previn, conductor
10:19 - 12:39 PM
Piano Concerto No. 16: 3rd movement
Mozart: Piano Concertos Nr. 16, Kv 451 And Nr. 19, Kv 459
Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra
Neville Marriner, conductor
Christian Zacharias, piano
6:32 - 12:29 PM
New York Chamber Symphony
Gerard Schwarz, conductor
Gerard Schwarz, trumpet
9:54 - 12:26 PM
Zuill Bailey, cello
2:23 - 12:19 PM
Revolutionary and Romantic Orchestra
John Eliot Gardner, conductor
6:56 - 12:14 PM
Quebec Symphony Orchestra
Yoav Talmi, conductor
4:35 - 12:08 PM
Cleveland Orchestra
Christoph von Dohnanyi, conductor
6:16 - 11:59 AM
Vienna Philharmonic
Christian Thielemann, conductor
8:39 - 11:55 AM
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
Bobby McFerrin, conductor
4:24 - 11:51 AM
Cleveland Quartet
John O'Conor, piano
3:49 - 11:46 AM
Concentus Musicus Vienna
Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor
4:10 - 11:44 AM
New York Philharmonic
Leonard Bernstein, conductor
1:49 - 11:30 AM
Saarbrucken Radio Symphony Orchestra
Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, conductor
14:02 - 11:17 AM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Murray Perahia, conductor
Murray Perahia, piano
13:17 - 11:08 AM
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Claudio Abbado, conductor
8:53 - 10:54 AM
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor
13:29 - 10:52 AM
Lyon Opera Orchestra
Kent Nagano, conductor
Kiri Te Kanawa, soprano
2:21 - 10:49 AM
Angela Hewitt, piano
2:26 - 10:38 AM
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Riccardo Chailly, conductor
10:19 - 10:33 AM
Northern Sinfonia of England
Heinrich Schiff, conductor
Christian Tetzlaff, violin
5:30 - 10:19 AM
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Georg Solti, conductor
13:36 - 10:14 AM
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin, conductor
4:57 - 10:10 AM
Philharmonia Hungarica
Antal Dorati, conductor
3:48 - 9:56 AM
Berlin Philharmonic
Claudio Abbado, conductor
14:17 - 9:50 AM
Piano Sonata No. 8 "Pathetique": 2nd movement
Perchance To Dream: A Lullaby Album For Children And Adults
Carol Rosenberger, piano
5:53 - 9:36 AM
Vienna Philharmonic
Christian Thielemann, conductor
12:56 - 9:34 AM
City of Granada Orchestra
Josep Pons, conductor
Marco Socias, guitar
2:13 - 9:24 AM
Piano Concerto No. 9 "Jeunehomme": 3rd movement
Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 8 & 9
English Chamber Orchestra
Jeffrey Tate, conductor
Mitsuko Uchida, piano
9:29 - 9:14 AM
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
10:10 - 9:11 AM
New York Philharmonic
Leonard Bernstein, conductor
2:47 - 8:59 AM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner, conductor
11:37 - 8:47 AM
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Evgeny Svetlanov, conductor
11:53 - 8:44 AM
Rachel Barton Pine, violin
2:21 - 8:36 AM
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Wolfgang Sawallisch, conductor
8:00 - 8:29 AM
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Charles Munch, conductor
7:19 - 8:25 AM
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Charles Mackerras, conductor
Eric Ruske, horn
3:35 - 8:14 AM
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Daniel Barenboim, conductor
11:06 - 8:07 AM
Moscow Virtuosi
Vladimir Spivakov, conductor
Vladimir Spivakov, violin
6:29 - 7:58 AM
Krystian Zimerman, piano
8:54 - 7:54 AM
Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra
Karl Munchinger, conductor
4:31 - 7:45 AM
Kaiser-Walzer (Emperor Waltz)
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Plays Strauss 1929 - 1990
Vienna Philharmonic
Bruno Walter, conductor
9:06 - 7:38 AM
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Franz Welser-Most, conductor
6:11 - 7:34 AM
Minnesota Orchestra
Eiji Oue, conductor
3:31 - 7:25 AM
West-Eastern Divan Orchestra
Daniel Barenboim, conductor
9:28 - 7:18 AM
Piano Concerto No. 21 "Elvira Madigan": Andante
The Greatest Classical Show On Earth
Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra
Sandor Vegh, conductor
Andras Schiff, piano
6:42 - 7:13 AM
London Classical Players
Roger Norrington, conductor
4:39 - 7:03 AM
La Serenissima
Adrian Chandler, conductor
Adrian Chandler, violin
10:38 - 6:55 AM
Cleveland Orchestra
Pierre Boulez, conductor
7:08 - 6:42 AM
Symphony No. 1 "Classical"
Abbado conducts Prokofiev Peter & Wolf & Classical Symphony
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Claudio Abbado, conductor
13:15 - 6:32 AM
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Marin Alsop, conductor
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
9:05 - 6:29 AM
Chilingirian Quartet
3:40 - 6:16 AM
Philharmonia Orchestra
Otto Klemperer, conductor
12:16 - 6:12 AM
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin, conductor
4:18 - 6:00 AM
Cafe Zimmermann
Amandine Beyer, violin
11:50