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.
- 1:44 PM
Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Lance Friedel, conductor
8:19 - 1:29 PM
Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra
Gennady Rozhdestvensky, conductor
15:07 - 1:24 PM
Orchestra of St. Luke's
Donald Runnicles, conductor
4:38 - 1:14 PM
Cleveland Orchestra
Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor
Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano
9:57 - 1:08 PM
Symphony No. 94 "Surprise": 2nd movement
Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 45 & 94; Horn Concerto No. 1
London Chamber Orchestra
Christopher Warren-Green, conductor
6:16 - 1:01 PM
Orchestra de la Suisse Romande
Neeme Jarvi, conductor
6:20 - 12:51 PM
Musica Antiqua Cologne
Reinhard Goebel, conductor
9:40 - 12:44 PM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner, conductor
7:08 - 12:39 PM
I Solisti Italiani
5:29 - 12:31 PM
Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra Amsterdam
Yakov Kreizberg, conductor
Julia Fischer, violin
7:55 - 12:28 PM
Jan Lisiecki, piano
2:25 - 12:24 PM
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor
4:14 - 12:16 PM
Canadian Brass
7:34 - 12:13 PM
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
2:49 - 12:06 PM
Symphony No. 9 "From the New World": 3rd movement
Dvorak: Symphony No. 9; Sibelius: Symphony No. 2
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Paul Paray, conductor
6:52 - 11:55 AM
Vienna Philharmonic
Christian Thielemann, conductor
10:13 - 11:45 AM
Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra
Eduardo Marturet, conductor
Lara St. John, violin
10:31 - 11:33 AM
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Georg Solti, conductor
11:49 - 11:25 AM
Harold Wright, clarinet
7:07 - 11:22 AM
Hakon Austbo, piano
3:17 - 11:08 AM
Berlin Philharmonic
Nigel Kennedy, violin
13:28 - 11:04 AM
Philadelphia Orchestra
Eugene Ormandy, conductor
4:07 - 10:57 AM
English Northern Philharmonia
Paul Daniel, conductor
7:07 - 10:54 AM
North German Radio Symphony
John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
2:33 - 10:44 AM
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Leonard Bernstein, conductor
10:26 - 10:38 AM
Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano
4:53 - 10:23 AM
Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks
Richard Strauss: Don Juan; Burlesque; Serenade; Till Eulenspiegel
Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra
Paavo Berglund, conductor
15:03 - 10:19 AM
Symphony No. 94 "Surprise": Finale
Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 45 & 94; Horn Concerto No. 1
London Chamber Orchestra
Christopher Warren-Green, conductor
3:44 - 10:08 AM
Hollywood Bowl Orchestra
John Mauceri, conductor
Louise DiTullio, flute
10:39 - 10:03 AM
Brandenburg Concerto No. 6: 3rd movement
Bach: Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 4, 5, 6
Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra
Ton Koopman, conductor
5:34 - 9:59 AM
Philharmonia Virtuosi
Richard Kapp, conductor
Chick Corea, piano
4:03 - 9:53 AM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner, conductor
Leila Josefowicz, violin
5:23 - 9:48 AM
Symphonie Fantastique: March to the Scaffold
Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique, La Mort de Cleopatre
Vienna Philharmonic
Valery Gergiev, conductor
4:51 - 9:44 AM
Andre Kostelanetz Orchestra
Andre Kostelanetz, conductor
3:55 - 9:36 AM
English Baroque Soloists
John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
7:50 - 9:27 AM
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Rafael Kubelik, conductor
9:00 - 9:18 AM
String Quartet No. 63 "Sunrise": 1st movement
Haydn: String Quartets, Op. 76, Nos. 4 & 6
Orlando Quartet
8:39 - 9:14 AM
Anne Akiko Meyers, violin
3:51 - 9:04 AM
Russian National Orchestra
Mikhail Pletnev, conductor
10:08 - 9:00 AM
Musica Vitae
Bjorn Sagstad, conductor
Oystein Baadsvik, tuba
3:28 - 8:57 AM
Academy of Ancient Music
Richard Egarr, conductor
2:45 - 8:46 AM
Ma vlast (My Country): Vltava (The Moldau)
Fibich: Symphony No. 1/Smetana: Vysehrad, Vlatava
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Neeme Jarvi, conductor
11:25 - 8:37 AM
Dresden State Orchestra
Hans Vonk, conductor
Christian Zacharias, piano
8:41 - 8:31 AM
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
5:30 - 8:24 AM
Minnesota Orchestra
Eiji Oue, conductor
6:52 - 8:14 AM
New York Philharmonic
Leonard Bernstein, conductor
9:52 - 8:03 AM
Berlin Philharmonic
Simon Rattle, conductor
11:18 - 7:58 AM
Yundi Li, piano
4:21 - 7:55 AM
Choir of New College, Oxford
Edward Higginbottom, conductor
2:58 - 7:48 AM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner, conductor
Heinrich Schiff, cello
6:42 - 7:42 AM
Cleveland Orchestra
Christoph von Dohnanyi, conductor
6:59 - 7:38 AM
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Charles Mackerras, conductor
Eric Ruske, horn
3:17 - 7:34 AM
Appalachian Spring: Variations on a Shaker Melody
Bernstein: Candide Overture, Barber: Adagio for Strings, Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra
Lukas Foss, conductor
3:35 - 7:25 AM
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Bernard Haitink, conductor
9:06 - 7:23 AM
Gil Shaham, violin
1:42 - 7:13 AM
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
Riccardo Chailly, conductor
10:13 - 7:02 AM
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Libor Pesek, conductor
10:44 - 6:51 AM
Night on Bald Mountain
Moussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition, Night on the Bare Mountain
Philadelphia Orchestra
Riccardo Muti, conductor
10:37 - 6:46 AM
American Salute (When Johnny Comes Marching Home)
Americana: 20th Century Works for Orchestra
Utah Symphony Orchestra
Maurice Abravanel, conductor
4:32 - 6:38 AM
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Charles Munch, conductor
8:04 - 6:31 AM
Piano Concerto No. 21 "Elvira Madigan": Andante
Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 10 & 21
English Chamber Orchestra
Jeffrey Tate, conductor
Mitsuko Uchida, piano
7:02 - 6:22 AM
Vienna Johann Strauss Orchestra
Willi Boskovsky, conductor
9:17 - 6:11 AM
I Solisti Veneti
Claudio Scimone, conductor
Ugo Orlandi, mandolin
10:35 - 6:07 AM
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Neeme Jarvi, conductor
3:49 - 6:00 AM
Stockholm Chamber Orchestra
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
6:58