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.
- 2:52 AM
Philip Jones Brass Ensemble
8:32 - 2:46 AM
Philharmonia Orchestra
William Boughton, conductor
5:18 - 2:34 AM
London Symphony Orchestra
Claudio Abbado, conductor
11:58 - 2:25 AM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner, conductor
Heinrich Schiff, cello
9:09 - 2:17 AM
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor
7:41 - 2:06 AM
Alban Berg Quartet
Ensemble
10:38 - 2:02 AM
E.T.: Bicycle Chase (Flying Theme)
By Request: The Best of John Williams and the Boston Pops Orchestra
Boston Pops Orchestra
John Williams, conductor
3:45 - 2:00 AM
Schubert Ensemble of London
1:59 - 1:52 AM
Berlin Philharmonic
Herbert von Karajan, conductor
8:18 - 1:46 AM
Cleveland Orchestra
Lorin Maazel, conductor
6:00 - 1:41 AM
Yundi Li, piano
4:30 - 1:37 AM
Israel Sinfonietta
Uri Mayer, conductor
David Jolley, horn
3:33 - 1:27 AM
Tafelmusik
Jeanne Lamon, conductor
10:11 - 1:11 AM
Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra
Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor
15:49 - 1:04 AM
Emerson String Quartet
6:38 - 12:57 AM
Augustin Dumay, violin
6:40 - 12:53 AM
Edmonton Symphony Orchestra
Uri Mayer, conductor
4:39 - 12:50 AM
Christopher Parkening, guitar
2:37 - 12:46 AM
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Riccardo Chailly, conductor
3:42 - 12:40 AM
Prague Chamber Orchestra
Charles Mackerras, conductor
5:17 - 12:30 AM
English Baroque Soloists
John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
10:01 - 12:27 AM
String Quartet No. 12 "American": 3rd movement
Ginastera, Shostakovich, Dvorak: String Quartets
Simon Bolivar String Quartet
3:45 - 12:20 AM
Frank Almond, violin
6:18 - 12:08 AM
Minnesota Orchestra
Klaus Tennstedt, conductor
12:18 - 12:04 AM
Berlin Philharmonic
Herbert von Karajan, conductor
James Galway, flute
3:58 - 11:59 PM
Enigma Variations: Nimrod
Elgar: Enigma Variations, Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition
Toronto Symphony Orchestra
Peter Oundjian, conductor
4:18 - 11:52 PM
Musica Intima
Derrick Christian, bass
6:49 - 11:50 PM
Eine kleine Nachtmusik: Minuet
Mozart: Symphony No. 29, Violin Concerto No. 5, Nachtmusik
London Chamber Orchestra
Christopher Warren-Green, conductor
2:11 - 11:38 PM
English Chamber Orchestra
Anthony Newman, conductor
Wynton Marsalis, trumpet
12:23 - 11:35 PM
Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin
1:41 - 11:27 PM
Saint Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra
Yuri Temirkanov, conductor
8:52 - 11:23 PM
Serenade for Strings: Waltz
Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings, Op. 48; Elegy; Anton Arensky: Variations on a Theme by Tchaikovsky
Saint Petersburg Camerata
Saulius Sondeckis, conductor
3:56 - 11:18 PM
Symphony No. 3 "Scottish": 2nd movement
Mendelssohn: 'Scottish' and 'Italian' Symphonies
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Jaime Laredo, conductor
4:27 - 11:11 PM
Philadelphia Orchestra
Eugene Ormandy, conductor
6:14 - 11:05 PM
Orchestra of the 18th Century
Frans Bruggen, conductor
6:28 - 10:54 PM
Scheherazade: The Young Prince and the Young Princess
Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade / Tale of Tsar Saltan Suite
Seattle Symphony
Gerard Schwarz, conductor
Maria Larionoff, violin
10:40 - 10:51 PM
Antonin Kubalek, piano
2:52 - 10:46 PM
Dresden State Orchestra
Hans Vonk, conductor
4:48 - 10:44 PM
City of Granada Orchestra
Josep Pons, conductor
Marco Socias, guitar
2:13 - 10:40 PM
Music for the Royal Fireworks: La Rejouissance
Handel: Music For The Royal Fireworks; Water Music
Capella Istropolitana
Bohdan Warchal, conductor
3:30 - 10:29 PM
Symphony No. 9 "From the New World": 4th movement
Dvorak: Piano Quintets In A, Op.5 & Op.81; Borodin: Quartet
Minnesota Orchestra
Neville Marriner, conductor
11:42 - 10:24 PM
Artur Rubinstein, piano
4:16 - 10:19 PM
Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra
Marios Papadopoulous, conductor
Paul Merkelo, trumpet
4:18 - 10:06 PM
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Paavo Jarvi, conductor
13:24 - 10:00 PM
National Philharmonic Orchestra
Richard Bonynge, conductor
Nigel Kennedy, violin
5:41 - 9:57 PM
Tafelmusik
Jeanne Lamon, conductor
3:00 - 9:51 PM
Orchestra Mozart
Claudio Abbado, conductor
6:36 - 9:39 PM
Piano Sonata No. 21 "Waldstein": 1st movement
Reubke, Beethoven: Sonata, Waldstein, Tandeln und Scherzen
Richard Raymond, piano
11:17 - 9:25 PM
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
Hugh Wolff, conductor
13:32 - 9:13 PM
Berlin Philharmonic
Karl Bohm, conductor
11:39 - 9:10 PM
Boston Pops Orchestra
Arthur Fiedler, conductor
2:54 - 9:04 PM
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Bernard Haitink, conductor
5:42 - 9:01 PM
Gil Shaham, violin
3:34 - 8:53 PM
New York Philharmonic
Kurt Masur, conductor
7:17 - 8:51 PM
Juilliard String Quartet
2:01 - 8:45 PM
Budapest Festival Orchestra
Ivan Fischer, conductor
6:05 - 8:40 PM
London Classical Players
Roger Norrington, conductor
5:10 - 8:34 PM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner, conductor
5:45 - 8:26 PM
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
Riccardo Chailly, conductor
Leonidas Kavakos, violin
8:04 - 8:19 PM
Roland Pontinen, piano
6:09 - 8:14 PM
Brandenburg Concerto No. 3: 3rd movement
JS Bach: Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 1, 2, 3
New Bach Collegium Musicum Leipzig
Max Pommer, conductor
5:08 - 8:05 PM
Long Beach Symphony Orchestra
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
9:19 - 7:55 PM
Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra
Leif Segerstam, conductor
9:17 - 7:47 PM
Cleveland Orchestra
George Szell, conductor
Robert Casadesus, piano
7:48 - 7:33 PM
English Chamber Orchestra
Daniel Barenboim, conductor
Pinchas Zukerman, violin
13:36 - 7:28 PM
Tatrai Quartet
4:39 - 7:24 PM
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Rafael Kubelik, conductor
3:38 - 7:11 PM
Harp Consort
Andrew Lawrence-King, conductor
Andrew Lawrence-King, harp
13:46 - 7:01 PM
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin, conductor
9:20 - 6:58 PM
Lynn Harrell, cello
3:08 - 6:50 PM
Philharmonia Orchestra
Herbert von Karajan, conductor
7:29 - 6:39 PM
Vienna Philharmonic
Georg Solti, conductor
10:38 - 6:30 PM
Mendelssohn String Quartet
Charles Neidich, bassett horn
9:13 - 6:25 PM
Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin
4:20 - 6:19 PM
Staatskapelle Berlin
Daniel Barenboim, conductor
5:55 - 6:07 PM
National Philharmonic Orchestra
Riccardo Chailly, conductor
12:06 - 6:00 PM
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Alexander Faris, conductor
7:17 - 5:57 PM
Minnesota Orchestra
Osmo Vanska, conductor
2:37 - 5:55 PM
Moscow Virtuosi
Vladimir Spivakov, conductor
2:31 - 5:48 PM
Camerata Salzburg
Roger Norrington, conductor
Joshua Bell, violin
6:26 - 5:42 PM
Maria Tipo, piano
5:23 - 5:38 PM
Tapiola Sinfonietta
Jean-Jacques Kantorow, conductor
Christian Lindberg, trombone
4:13 - 5:30 PM
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
Erich Kunzel, conductor
8:21 - 5:22 PM
Symphony No. 7: 3rd movement
Beethoven: Symphonies 1-9, Overtures "Fidelio" and "Egmont"
Cleveland Orchestra
Lorin Maazel, conductor
7:14 - 5:10 PM
Scottish National Orchestra
Neeme Jarvi, conductor
12:06 - 5:06 PM
Symphony No. 94 "Surprise": Finale
Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 45 & 94; Horn Concerto No. 1
London Chamber Orchestra
Christopher Warren-Green, conductor
3:44 - 4:57 PM
Die Meistersinger von Nurmberg (The Mastersingers of Nuremburg): Prelude to Act I
Wagner: Orchestral Favorites
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Riccardo Chailly, conductor
8:55 - 4:52 PM
Leslie Howard, piano
4:38 - 4:48 PM
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
David Zinman, conductor
4:31 - 4:40 PM
Musica Antiqua Cologne
Reinhard Goebel, conductor
7:40 - 4:32 PM
Academy of Ancient Music
Christopher Hogwood, conductor
Lisa Beznosiuk, flute
7:36 - 4:22 PM
Berlin Philharmonic
Daniel Barenboim, conductor
Itzhak Perlman, violin
9:56 - 4:15 PM
Piano Concerto No. 21 "Elvira Madigan": 3rd movement
MOZART, WA: Piano Concertos Nos. 20 and 21
Fine Arts Quartet
Alon Goldstein, piano
6:34 - 4:09 PM
Halle Orchestra
Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, conductor
6:12 - 4:05 PM
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
4:10 - 3:58 PM
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
Erich Kunzel, conductor
6:22 - 3:54 PM
Orchestra of Toulouse
Michel Plasson, conductor
3:39 - 3:47 PM
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Hilary Hahn, violin
7:16 - 3:40 PM
Eric Himy, piano
6:13 - 3:31 PM
New York Philharmonic
Leonard Bernstein, conductor
9:44 - 3:28 PM
English Baroque Soloists
John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
2:31 - 3:22 PM
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
Kurt Masur, conductor
5:56 - 3:15 PM
Philharmonia Orchestra
Carlo Maria Giulini, conductor
6:58 - 3:06 PM
London Classical Players
Roger Norrington, conductor
9:11 - 2:59 PM
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Myung-Whun Chung, conductor
James Galway, flute
6:25 - 2:50 PM
Vienna Philharmonic
Leonard Bernstein, conductor
8:32 - 2:44 PM
Cleveland Orchestra
George Szell, conductor
6:55 - 2:40 PM
Moscow Virtuosi
Vladimir Spivakov, conductor
3:21 - 2:31 PM
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Wolfgang Sawallisch, conductor
Frank Peter Zimmermann, violin
8:34 - 2:24 PM
Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano
6:12 - 2:11 PM
Berlin Philharmonic
Rafael Kubelik, conductor
13:03 - 2:08 PM
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
Erich Kunzel, conductor
3:10 - 1:57 PM
Musicians of the Louvre
Marc Minkowski, conductor
10:56 - 1:53 PM
Choir of Trinity College
Richard Marlow, conductor
3:38 - 1:49 PM
La clemenza di Tito (The Clemency of Titus): Overture
Mozart: Arias for Male Soprano
Boston Baroque
Martin Pearlman, conductor
4:46 - 1:40 PM
Odense Symphony Orchestra
Alexander Lazarev, conductor
Joyce Yang, piano
7:45 - 1:36 PM
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Mischa Maisky, conductor
Mischa Maisky, cello
4:45 - 1:26 PM
Philadelphia Orchestra
Wolfgang Sawallisch, conductor
9:39 - 1:16 PM
Radio Luxembourg Orchestra
Louis de Froment, conductor
9:28 - 1:06 PM
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Bernard Haitink, conductor
9:47 - 12:55 PM
Four Seasons: Summer
Vivaldi & Friends - La Folia (Madness & Other Concertos) / Sorrell, Apollo's Fire
Apollo's Fire Baroque Orchestra
Jeannette Sorrell, conductor
Jeannette Sorrell, harpsichord
10:41 - 12:44 PM
Houston Symphony Orchestra
Christoph Eschenbach, conductor
11:04 - 12:39 PM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner, conductor
4:33 - 12:30 PM
Cleveland Orchestra
Oliver Knussen, conductor
9:02 - 12:22 PM
Musicians of the Louvre
Marc Minkowski, conductor
7:55 - 12:18 PM
William Albright, piano
4:03 - 12:14 PM
CPE Bach Chamber Orchestra
Peter Schreier, conductor
4:08 - 12:03 PM
Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso
Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto; Saint-Saens: Havanaise
New York Chamber Symphony
Gerard Schwarz, conductor
Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin
10:40 - 11:58 AM
Edmonton Symphony Orchestra
Uri Mayer, conductor
4:44 - 11:48 AM
Vienna Philharmonic
Andris Nelsons, conductor
9:41 - 11:42 AM
Jorge Bolet, piano
5:29 - 11:32 AM
Berlin Philharmonic
Herbert von Karajan, conductor
Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin
9:46 - 11:26 AM
Images for Orchestra: Iberia: On Highways and Byways
Iberia: Music of Rimsky-Korsakov, Debussy, Turina
Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Eduardo Mata, conductor
6:49 - 11:15 AM
I Solisti Veneti
Claudio Scimone, conductor
Ugo Orlandi, mandolin
10:35 - 11:11 AM
Northern Sinfonia of England
Jean-Bernard Pommier, conductor
3:48 - 11:05 AM
Symphony No. 4 "Italian": Saltarello
Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Symphony No. 4
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Yoel Levi, conductor
5:20 - 10:58 AM
English Chamber Orchestra
Steven Mercurio, conductor
Anne Akiko Meyers, violin
7:35 - 10:56 AM
John Browning, piano
1:30 - 10:53 AM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner, conductor
2:48 - 10:50 AM
Cleveland Orchestra
George Szell, conductor
3:19 - 10:40 AM
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
Kurt Masur, conductor
9:30 - 10:32 AM
English Baroque Soloists
John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
7:50 - 10:29 AM
Miki Aoki, piano
3:02 - 10:17 AM
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Thomas Schippers, conductor
12:03 - 10:09 AM
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Jaime Laredo, conductor
7:16 - 9:58 AM
Russian National Orchestra
Mikhail Pletnev, conductor
11:27 - 9:55 AM
Academy of Ancient Music
Richard Egarr, conductor
2:56 - 9:50 AM
Paris Orchestra
Daniel Barenboim, conductor
4:52 - 9:46 AM
Alisa Weilerstein, cello
2:48 - 9:42 AM
London Sinfonietta
Richard Hickox, conductor
Richard Watkins, horn
4:12 - 9:29 AM
Berlin Philharmonic
Herbert von Karajan, conductor
13:13 - 9:23 AM
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
David Zinman, conductor
5:14 - 9:17 AM
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
Erich Kunzel, conductor
6:37 - 9:08 AM
Revolutionary and Romantic Orchestra
John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
8:15 - 8:53 AM
London Symphony Orchestra
Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
15:24 - 8:47 AM
Berceuse (Lullaby)
The Complete Piano Works of Chopin, Vol 5: Masterpieces & Miniatures
Garrick Ohlsson, piano
5:58 - 8:43 AM
Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (Sleepers Awake)
The Most Relaxing Classical Album In The World...Ever!
Consortium Musicum
Wolfgang Gonnenwein, conductor
3:27 - 8:35 AM
Cleveland Orchestra
George Szell, conductor
David Oistrakh, violin
7:49 - 8:30 AM
Tafelmusik
Bruno Weil, conductor
4:45 - 8:24 AM
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Gerard Schwarz, conductor
6:44 - 8:16 AM
Concertante
Jeremy Denk, piano
7:26 - 8:04 AM
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Georg Solti, conductor
11:52 - 8:00 AM
English String Orchestra
William Boughton, conductor
3:18 - 7:53 AM
Das Rheingold: Entry of the Gods into Valhalla
Brass At Wahalla: Philip Jones Ensemble Plays Wagner
Philip Jones Brass Ensemble
Elgar Howarth, conductor
6:56 - 7:42 AM
English Chamber Orchestra
Nigel Kennedy, conductor
Nigel Kennedy, violin
11:18 - 7:38 AM
Ruth Laredo, piano
3:39 - 7:30 AM
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Litton, conductor
7:33 - 7:19 AM
Saint Cecilia Orchestra
Myung-Whun Chung, conductor
11:03 - 7:12 AM
String Quartet No. 9 "Razumovsky No. 3": 4th movement
The Kernis Project: Beethoven
Jasper String Quartet
6:20 - 7:06 AM
Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra
Antal Dorati, conductor
6:03 - 7:01 AM
Munich Philharmonic Orchestra
Christian Thielemann, conductor
5:15 - 6:53 AM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Murray Perahia, conductor
Murray Perahia, piano
8:00 - 6:49 AM
Minnesota Orchestra
Eiji Oue, conductor
3:47 - 6:46 AM
New York Chamber Symphony
Gerard Schwarz, conductor
Gerard Schwarz, trumpet
3:33 - 6:39 AM
Dresden State Orchestra
Hans Vonk, conductor
6:08 - 6:28 AM
Symphony No. 4 "Italian": 1st movement
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 "Eroica", - Mendelssohn Symphony No. 4, "Italian"
Tafelmusik
Bruno Weil, conductor
11:04 - 6:23 AM
London Symphony Orchestra
Leonard Bernstein, conductor
4:29 - 6:20 AM
Handel and Haydn Society
Harry Christophers, conductor
3:27 - 6:09 AM
Rudolf Buchbinder, piano
10:01 - 6:06 AM
Academy of Ancient Music
Andrew Manze, conductor
Andrew Manze, violin
3:17 - 6:00 AM
David Russell, guitar
6:18