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.
- 4:24 AM
Vienna Mozart Ensemble
Willi Boskovsky, conductor
5:38 - 4:11 AM
Polish Festival Orchestra
Krystian Zimerman, conductor
Krystian Zimerman, piano
12:33 - 4:07 AM
Blair String Quartet
3:50 - 4:01 AM
Samson and Delilah: Mon coeur s'ouvre a ta voix (My heart at thy sweet voice)
Golden Opera
Vienna Orchestra
Henry Lewis, conductor
Marilyn Horne, mezzo-soprano
6:26 - 3:57 AM
Hilary Hahn, violin
3:33 - 3:47 AM
Symphony No. 2: 2nd movement
Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2, Dances from Aleko, Scherzo
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Paavo Jarvi, conductor
9:50 - 3:41 AM
Quintet for Piano and Winds: 3rd movement
Mozart, Beethoven, Witt: Piano and Wind Quintets
Anton Kuerti, piano
5:43 - 3:33 AM
National Arts Centre Orchestra
Pinchas Zukerman, conductor
8:20 - 3:31 AM
Empire Brass
1:45 - 3:25 AM
Berlin Philharmonic
Klaus Tennstedt, conductor
5:12 - 3:08 AM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Joshua Bell, conductor
Joshua Bell, violin
16:48 - 3:03 AM
Philharmonia Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin, conductor
5:24 - 2:56 AM
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin, conductor
6:21 - 2:52 AM
Cleveland Orchestra
Christoph von Dohnanyi, conductor
4:37 - 2:46 AM
Guildhall Strings
Robert Salter, conductor
4:59 - 2:35 AM
Symphony No. 41 "Jupiter": Finale
Mozart: Symphonies No 29, 33, 35, 38, And 41
Orchestra Mozart
Claudio Abbado, conductor
11:41 - 2:31 AM
Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin
3:35 - 2:22 AM
West-Eastern Divan Orchestra
Daniel Barenboim, conductor
8:10 - 2:13 AM
Vienna Philharmonic
Willi Boskovsky, conductor
9:22 - 1:59 AM
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor
14:16 - 1:50 AM
Vienna State Opera Orchestra
Anatole Fistoulari, conductor
8:31 - 1:45 AM
Rafal Blechacz, piano
4:54 - 1:38 AM
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Mariss Jansons, conductor
Stefan Schilli, oboe
6:52 - 1:32 AM
Tafelmusik
Bruno Weil, conductor
6:06 - 1:21 AM
Philadelphia Orchestra
Riccardo Muti, conductor
10:05 - 1:10 AM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Iona Brown, conductor
Marisa Robles, harp
10:57 - 12:55 AM
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
James Judd, conductor
15:09 - 12:51 AM
David Golub, piano
3:30 - 12:44 AM
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra Chamber Orchestra
Lisa Batiashvili, violin
7:07 - 12:36 AM
Utah Symphony Orchestra
Maurice Abravanel, conductor
7:45 - 12:26 AM
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Bernard Haitink, conductor
9:47 - 12:16 AM
Vladimir Horowitz, piano
10:06 - 12:11 AM
Berlin Philharmonic
Herbert von Karajan, conductor
4:50 - 12:09 AM
English Chamber Orchestra
Donald Fraser, conductor
Crispian Steele-Perkins, trumpet
1:55 - 11:58 PM
Szeged Symphony Orchestra
Tamas Pal, conductor
10:42 - 11:55 PM
Guildhall Strings
3:06 - 11:45 PM
Munich Philharmonic Orchestra
Valery Gergiev, conductor
Daniel Lozakovich, violin
9:45 - 11:30 PM
Elisabeth Leonskaja, piano
14:34 - 11:24 PM
Seattle Symphony
Gerard Schwarz, conductor
5:54 - 11:20 PM
Mexico City Philharmonic Orchestra
Enrique Batiz, conductor
3:46 - 11:18 PM
Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra
Karl Munchinger, conductor
1:30 - 11:08 PM
Cello Concerto No. 1: 1st movement
Haydn: Cello Concertos in C & D, Sinfonia Concertante
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Roger Norrington, conductor
Steven Isserlis, cello
9:57 - 10:56 PM
Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra
James DePreist, conductor
11:50 - 10:48 PM
La Serenissima
Adrian Chandler, conductor
Adrian Chandler, violin
8:23 - 10:38 PM
Juilliard String Quartet
8:58 - 10:29 PM
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
Erich Kunzel, conductor
9:09 - 10:22 PM
Symphony No. 5: 4th movement
Schubert: Symphonies Nos. 5 and 8; Overture "Die Zauberharfe"
Netherlands Radio Chamber Orchestra
Ton Koopman, conductor
7:25 - 10:16 PM
Mikhail Pletnev, piano
5:41 - 10:07 PM
Orchestra of the 18th Century
Frans Bruggen, conductor
8:27 - 10:04 PM
Manuel Barrueco, guitar
2:46 - 10:00 PM
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Antal Dorati, conductor
4:11 - 9:55 PM
Tafelmusik
Bruno Weil, conductor
4:28 - 9:40 PM
Il Giardino Armonico
Giovanni Antonini, conductor
15:08 - 9:32 PM
Barry Tuckwell, horn
7:25 - 9:27 PM
Boston Pops Orchestra
Arthur Fiedler, conductor
5:45 - 9:19 PM
Symphony No. 94 "Surprise": 2nd movement
Haydn: London Symphonies 93, 94 "The Surprise", & 95
La Petite Bande
Sigiswald Kuijken, conductor
6:50 - 9:12 PM
Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra
Willi Boskovsky, conductor
7:50 - 9:04 PM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Iona Brown, conductor
Pepe Romero, guitar
7:35 - 8:53 PM
The King's Violins
Bernard Labadie, conductor
Alexandre Tharaud, piano
10:26 - 8:46 PM
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Adrian Boult, conductor
7:35 - 8:42 PM
Philharmonia Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin, conductor
Han-Na Chang, cello
3:13 - 8:32 PM
Philadelphia Orchestra
Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor
10:07 - 8:26 PM
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
5:57 - 8:22 PM
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
3:50 - 8:13 PM
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Bernard Haitink, conductor
8:37 - 8:04 PM
Scottish National Orchestra
Alexander Gibson, conductor
9:10 - 7:57 PM
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Andre Previn, conductor
6:25 - 7:54 PM
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
Erich Kunzel, conductor
3:11 - 7:45 PM
Vienna Philharmonic
Andris Nelsons, conductor
8:57 - 7:38 PM
Carol Rosenberger, piano
6:04 - 7:29 PM
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Viktoria Mullova, conductor
Viktoria Mullova, violin
9:10 - 7:26 PM
Mito Chamber Orchestra
Seiji Ozawa, conductor
2:59 - 7:14 PM
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra
Mariss Jansons, conductor
11:57 - 7:03 PM
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Vasily Petrenko, conductor
Hilary Hahn, violin
10:31 - 6:56 PM
Jason Vieaux, guitar
7:06 - 6:47 PM
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Fritz Reiner, conductor
8:50 - 6:35 PM
Sinfonia Concertante: 2nd movement
Pinchas Zukerman: Complete Recordings on Deutsche Grammophon and Philips
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
Zubin Mehta, conductor
Itzhak Perlman, violin
11:57 - 6:32 PM
Appalachian Spring: Variations on a Shaker Melody
Leonard Bernstein: The Encore Collection Vol. 3
New York Philharmonic
Leonard Bernstein, conductor
3:02 - 6:27 PM
Symphonie Fantastique: March to the Scaffold
Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique; Varese: Ionisation
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Mariss Jansons, conductor
4:54 - 6:22 PM
Ingrid Fliter, piano
3:49 - 6:10 PM
Berlin Philharmonic
Simon Rattle, conductor
11:57 - 6:06 PM
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
4:15 - 5:52 PM
The Lark Ascending
Pinchas Zukerman: Complete Recordings on Deutsche Grammophon and Philips
English Chamber Orchestra
Daniel Barenboim, conductor
Pinchas Zukerman, violin
13:36 - 5:39 PM
Minnesota Orchestra
Eiji Oue, conductor
12:55 - 5:32 PM
Harold Wright, clarinet
7:08 - 5:27 PM
Desirae Brown, piano
5:04 - 5:25 PM
Budapest Festival Orchestra
Ivan Fischer, conductor
Andras Keller, violin
2:04 - 5:15 PM
Chilingirian Quartet
9:19 - 5:11 PM
Kaori Muraji, guitar
4:09 - 5:06 PM
Musicians of the Louvre
Marc Minkowski, conductor
4:42 - 4:57 PM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner, conductor
Dmitry Sitkovetsky, violin
8:58 - 4:47 PM
London Symphony Orchestra
Stanley Black, conductor
9:54 - 4:43 PM
Brandenburg Concerto No. 3: 3rd movement
San Francisco Saxophone Quintet: Tails of the City
San Francisco Sax Quartet
3:31 - 4:33 PM
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Andrew Litton, conductor
Joshua Bell, violin
9:47 - 4:25 PM
Dresden State Orchestra
Colin Davis, conductor
8:16 - 4:16 PM
Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano
8:45 - 4:04 PM
Orchestra de la Suisse Romande
Kazuki Yamada, conductor
12:04 - 4:00 PM
English Concert
Trevor Pinnock, conductor
Simon Standage, violin
3:44 - 3:55 PM
American Salute (When Johnny Comes Marching Home)
Americana: 20th Century Works for Orchestra
Utah Symphony Orchestra
Maurice Abravanel, conductor
4:32 - 3:52 PM
Minnesota Orchestra
Osmo Vanska, conductor
3:25 - 3:44 PM
Staatskapelle Berlin
Daniel Barenboim, conductor
7:14 - 3:37 PM
Piano Concerto No. 21 "Elvira Madigan": Andante
Mozart: Piano Concertos 21 & 22
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
Jonathan Biss, piano
6:34 - 3:24 PM
CBC Vancouver Orchestra
Mario Bernardi, conductor
13:10 - 3:19 PM
Cleveland Orchestra
George Szell, conductor
4:58 - 3:08 PM
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Franz Welser-Most, conductor
10:30 - 3:03 PM
Symphonie Fantastique: A Ball
Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique; Hungarian & Trojan Marches; Corsair & Roman Carnival Overtures
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Paul Paray, conductor
5:33 - 2:59 PM
Katia & Marielle Labeque, pianos
3:20 - 2:54 PM
Ruslan and Ludmila: Overture
Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition, Night on Bald Mountain
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Fritz Reiner, conductor
5:17 - 2:51 PM
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
Hugh Wolff, conductor
3:04 - 2:47 PM
Philadelphia Orchestra
Eugene Ormandy, conductor
3:59 - 2:33 PM
Boston Pops Orchestra
John Williams, conductor
13:13 - 2:26 PM
Vienna Philharmonic
Andris Nelsons, conductor
6:50 - 2:24 PM
Esther Budiardjo, piano
2:05 - 2:15 PM
Violin Concerto No. 3: 2nd movement
Mozart: Complete Violin Concertos; Sinfonia Concertante K364
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner, conductor
Rachel Barton Pine, violin
8:19 - 2:04 PM
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Robert Shaw, conductor
11:43 - 1:58 PM
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin, conductor
4:49 - 1:54 PM
Candide: Overture
Bernstein: Selections From Candide, West Side Story, On The Waterfront, Fancy Free
New York Philharmonic
Leonard Bernstein, conductor
4:13 - 1:42 PM
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra Chamber Orchestra
Lisa Batiashvili, violin
12:03 - 1:39 PM
John Browning, piano
2:22 - 1:35 PM
London Symphony Orchestra
John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
4:05 - 1:27 PM
Egmont Overture
Stanislaw Skrowaczewski - The Minnesota Orchestra: The Vox Recordings
Minnesota Orchestra
Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, conductor
8:40 - 1:19 PM
Dresden State Orchestra
Colin Davis, conductor
6:39 - 1:10 PM
Tafelmusik
Jean Lamon, violin
9:45 - 1:04 PM
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor
Milos Karadaglic, guitar
5:55 - 12:57 PM
Pavane for a Dead Princess (Pavane pour une infante defunte)
Ravel: Sheherazade; Le Tombeau De Couperin/Debussy: Ballades de Villon
Cleveland Orchestra
Pierre Boulez, conductor
6:47 - 12:48 PM
London Classical Players
Roger Norrington, conductor
9:11 - 12:45 PM
Berlin Philharmonic
Claudio Abbado, conductor
2:55 - 12:37 PM
Brandenburg Concerto No. 4: 1st movement
JS Bach: Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 4, 5, 6
New Bach Collegium Musicum Leipzig
Max Pommer, conductor
6:57 - 12:32 PM
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
Erich Kunzel, conductor
5:02 - 12:23 PM
Emerson String Quartet
David Shifrin, clarinet
9:08 - 12:20 PM
John O'Conor, piano
2:45 - 12:08 PM
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Thomas Schippers, conductor
12:03 - 12:04 PM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Michael Stern, conductor
Joshua Bell, violin
3:53 - 12:00 PM
English Chamber Orchestra
Raymond Leppard, conductor
3:05 - 11:58 AM
Gianni Schicchi: O mio babbino caro
The Most Relaxing Classical Album In The World...Ever!
London Symphony Orchestra
Charles Mackerras, conductor
Montserrat Caballe, soprano
2:42 - 11:45 AM
Szeged Symphony Orchestra
Tamas Pal, conductor
12:48 - 11:43 AM
Gil Shaham, violin
1:42 - 11:36 AM
Houston Symphony Orchestra
Sergiu Comissiona, conductor
6:27 - 11:27 AM
Tafelmusik
Jeanne Lamon, conductor
9:36 - 11:21 AM
Ensemble Intercontemporain
Pierre Boulez, conductor
5:06 - 11:09 AM
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Jaime Laredo, conductor
12:21 - 11:04 AM
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Bernard Haitink, conductor
5:02 - 10:58 AM
Mother Goose (Ma mere l'oye): Laideronnette, Empress of the Pagodas
Ravel: Sheherazade, etc.
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Simon Rattle, conductor
5:03 - 10:56 AM
Louis Lortie, piano
2:38 - 10:42 AM
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Daniel Barenboim, conductor
14:09 - 10:35 AM
Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra
Arabella Steinbacher, violin
6:08 - 10:29 AM
Minuet of the Will-o'-the-Wisps
Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique, Roman Carnival Overture, Three Pieces from The Damnation of Faust
Halle Orchestra
John Barbirolli, conductor
5:44 - 10:25 AM
Orchestra of the 18th Century
Frans Bruggen, conductor
4:44 - 10:18 AM
London Symphony Orchestra
Colin Davis, conductor
Evgeny Kissin, piano
5:47 - 10:10 AM
Seattle Symphony
Gerard Schwarz, conductor
Jon Manasse, clarinet
7:48 - 10:02 AM
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor
8:06 - 9:52 AM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner, conductor
10:01 - 9:47 AM
New York Philharmonic
Leonard Bernstein, conductor
4:56 - 9:43 AM
Chilingirian Quartet
3:40 - 9:40 AM
Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra
Sakari Oramo, conductor
Daniel Hope, violin
3:04 - 9:26 AM
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin, conductor
13:27 - 9:22 AM
San Francisco Symphony
Herbert Blomstedt, conductor
4:45 - 9:18 AM
London Sinfonietta
Richard Hickox, conductor
Richard Watkins, horn
3:14 - 9:11 AM
Philharmonia Orchestra
William Boughton, conductor
6:50 - 9:01 AM
Zurich Chamber Orchestra
Howard Griffiths, conductor
Sharon Isbin, guitar
10:15 - 8:59 AM
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
1:47 - 8:48 AM
Night on Bald Mountain
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
10:40 - 8:42 AM
Camerata Salzburg
Roger Norrington, conductor
Joshua Bell, violin
6:26 - 8:36 AM
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Yoel Levi, conductor
6:12 - 8:27 AM
Ensemble Wien
8:07 - 8:23 AM
English Chamber Orchestra
Raymond Leppard, conductor
Wynton Marsalis, trumpet
3:33 - 8:17 AM
Andre Watts, piano
5:38 - 8:04 AM
Academy of Ancient Music
Andrew Manze, conductor
Andrew Manze, violin
13:13 - 8:01 AM
Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
Stephen Gunzenhauser, conductor
3:17 - 7:54 AM
Malmo Symphony Orchestra
James DePreist, conductor
6:13 - 7:50 AM
Moscow Chamber Orchestra
Constantine Orbelian, conductor
3:59 - 7:40 AM
Philadelphia Orchestra
Wolfgang Sawallisch, conductor
10:34 - 7:32 AM
Yundi Li, piano
7:06 - 7:30 AM
Philharmonia Orchestra
Louis Fremaux, conductor
John Williams, guitar
2:00 - 7:22 AM
Netherlands Chamber Orchestra
Yakov Kreizberg, conductor
Julia Fischer, violin
7:49 - 7:10 AM
Berlin Philharmonic
Karl Bohm, conductor
11:39 - 7:06 AM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner, conductor
4:15 - 7:01 AM
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Colin Davis, conductor
5:14 - 6:56 AM
John Browning, piano
4:11 - 6:54 AM
Lieutenant Kije: Troika
Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite, Prokofiev: Lieutenant Kije, Dukas: The Sourcerer's Apprentice
Saint Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra
Yuri Temirkanov, conductor
2:35 - 6:50 AM
Sejong Soloists
Gil Shaham, violin
4:06 - 6:42 AM
Paris Orchestra
Daniel Barenboim, conductor
7:38 - 6:36 AM
English Chamber Orchestra
Raymond Leppard, conductor
5:13 - 6:31 AM
Dresden State Orchestra
Hans Vonk, conductor
4:48 - 6:23 AM
Revolutionary and Romantic Orchestra
John Eliot Gardner, conductor
8:29 - 6:20 AM
Ulrike-Anima Mathe, violin
2:13 - 6:11 AM
West-Eastern Divan Orchestra
Daniel Barenboim, conductor
8:51 - 6:00 AM
Orchestra of Flanders
Rudolf Werthen, conductor
Yolanda Kondonassis, harp
11:39