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.
- 1:24 PM
Garrick Ohlsson, piano
2:33 - 1:15 PM
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
Kurt Masur, conductor
8:46 - 1:04 PM
Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra
Eduardo Marturet, conductor
Lara St. John, violin
10:31 - 12:51 PM
Szeged Symphony Orchestra
Tamas Pal, conductor
12:48 - 12:48 PM
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Antal Dorati, conductor
3:21 - 12:42 PM
Cleveland Orchestra
Christoph von Dohnanyi, conductor
5:53 - 12:34 PM
Piano Concerto No. 21 "Elvira Madigan": Andante
Mozart: Piano Concertos 21 And 23
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner, conductor
Ingrid Jacoby, piano
7:18 - 12:24 PM
Russian National Orchestra
Yakov Kreizberg, conductor
Julia Fischer, violin
10:11 - 12:21 PM
English Chamber Orchestra
Raymond Leppard, conductor
3:05 - 12:09 PM
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Tchaikovsky: 1812; Dukas: Sorcerer's Apprentice; Smetana: Vltava (Die Moldau); Dvorak: Scherzo capriccioso; Mussorgsky: A Night on the Bare Mountain
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra
Mariss Jansons, conductor
11:07 - 12:03 PM
Seattle Symphony
Gerard Schwarz, conductor
5:54 - 11:58 AM
Maurizio Pollini, piano
5:40 - 11:50 AM
Minnesota Orchestra
Eiji Oue, conductor
7:29 - 11:45 AM
Dresden State Orchestra
Hans Vonk, conductor
4:48 - 11:42 AM
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
Hugh Wolff, conductor
3:04 - 11:36 AM
New Symphony Orchestra of London
Raymond Agoult, conductor
5:31 - 11:23 AM
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin, conductor
13:27 - 11:16 AM
Piano Concerto No. 2: Rondo
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 2; Grieg: Holberg Suite
Mito Chamber Orchestra
Seiji Ozawa, conductor
Martha Argerich, piano
6:13 - 11:07 AM
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Claudio Abbado, conductor
8:35 - 11:04 AM
Vienna-Berlin Ensemble
3:02 - 10:57 AM
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Leopold Stokowski, conductor
7:11 - 10:53 AM
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
Erich Kunzel, conductor
4:00 - 10:45 AM
Netherlands Chamber Orchestra
David Zinman, conductor
7:30 - 10:35 AM
Piano Concerto No. 20: 2nd movement
Mozart: Piano Concertos No. 20, K466 & 27, K595
Cleveland Orchestra
Mitsuko Uchida, conductor
Mitsuko Uchida, piano
9:36 - 10:33 AM
Chamber Orchestra of Lausanne
Lawrence Foster, conductor
Sharon Isbin, guitar
2:01 - 10:24 AM
Tafelmusik
Jeanne Lamon, conductor
9:36 - 10:19 AM
London Symphony Orchestra
John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
4:05 - 10:11 AM
Halle Orchestra
John Barbirolli, conductor
8:17 - 10:02 AM
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Wolfgang Sawallisch, conductor
Frank Peter Zimmermann, violin
8:34 - 9:50 AM
Berlin Philharmonic
Herbert von Karajan, conductor
12:24 - 9:42 AM
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Bernard Haitink, conductor
Arthur Grumiaux, violin
7:51 - 9:37 AM
Orchestra of the 18th Century
Frans Bruggen, conductor
4:05 - 9:28 AM
By the Beautiful Blue Danube (An der schonen, blauen Donau)
Strauss: Waltzes and Polkas
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Daniel Barenboim, conductor
9:40 - 9:24 AM
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Charles Mackerras, conductor
Eric Ruske, horn
3:43 - 9:08 AM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner, conductor
Andrei Gavrilov, piano
15:10 - 9:05 AM
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
Gil Shaham, violin
3:04 - 9:03 AM
San Francisco Symphony
Herbert Blomstedt, conductor
1:46 - 8:59 AM
Budapest Festival Orchestra
Ivan Fischer, conductor
3:51 - 8:47 AM
Philharmonia Orchestra
Christian Thielemann, conductor
12:09 - 8:38 AM
Dresden State Orchestra
Hans Vonk, conductor
Christian Zacharias, piano
8:53 - 8:28 AM
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Andrew Litton, conductor
Joshua Bell, violin
9:47 - 8:17 AM
Orchestra of St. Luke's
Donald Runnicles, conductor
10:36 - 8:13 AM
National Philharmonic Orchestra
David Measham, conductor
James Galway, flute
4:04 - 8:06 AM
Brandenburg Concerto No. 4: 1st movement
JS Bach: Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 4, 5, 6
New Bach Collegium Musicum Leipzig
Max Pommer, conductor
6:57 - 7:54 AM
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Robert Shaw, conductor
11:43 - 7:46 AM
Berlin Philharmonic
Claudio Abbado, conductor
8:03 - 7:37 AM
Cleveland Orchestra
George Szell, conductor
David Oistrakh, violin
7:49 - 7:33 AM
Candide: Overture
Bernstein: Selections From Candide, West Side Story, On The Waterfront, Fancy Free
New York Philharmonic
Leonard Bernstein, conductor
4:13 - 7:25 AM
Handel and Haydn Society
Harry Christophers, conductor
8:00 - 7:17 AM
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
Semyon Bychkov, conductor
Kirill Gerstein, piano
7:14 - 7:11 AM
Pacifica String Quartet
Anthony McGill, clarinet
6:42 - 7:07 AM
Moscow Virtuosi
Vladimir Spivakov, conductor
3:29 - 6:57 AM
Boston Pops Orchestra
Keith Lockhart, conductor
9:44 - 6:42 AM
Philharmonia Orchestra
Otto Klemperer, conductor
14:58 - 6:34 AM
Ruth Laredo, piano
7:58 - 6:20 AM
London Symphony Orchestra
Valery Gergiev, conductor
14:00 - 6:12 AM
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Joseph Swensen, conductor
Robert McDuffie, violin
7:08 - 6:10 AM
Ensemble Orchestra of Paris
Jean Pierre Wallez, conductor
Maurice Andre, trumpet
1:54 - 6:02 AM
Revolutionary and Romantic Orchestra
John Eliot Gardner, conductor
8:29 - 5:56 AM
Artur Rubinstein, piano
5:19 - 5:48 AM
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Willi Boskovsky, conductor
7:53 - 5:44 AM
Emerson String Quartet
4:36 - 5:39 AM
Empire Brass
4:22 - 5:33 AM
Berlin Philharmonic
Simon Rattle, conductor
5:51 - 5:29 AM
Moscow Chamber Orchestra
Constantine Orbelian, conductor
3:59 - 5:12 AM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Joshua Bell, conductor
Joshua Bell, violin
16:48 - 5:03 AM
I Solisti Veneti
Claudio Scimone, conductor
Ugo Orlandi, mandolin
8:22 - 5:00 AM
Seattle Symphony
Gerard Schwarz, conductor
3:39