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.
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Tafelmusik
Jeanne Lamon, conductor
John Abberger, oboe
11:10 - 11:26 PM
Philharmonia Virtuosi
Richard Kapp, conductor
6:14 - 11:15 PM
Berlin Philharmonic
Claudio Abbado, conductor
10:28 - 11:04 PM
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Bernard Haitink, conductor
11:36 - 10:52 PM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner, conductor
11:03 - 10:49 PM
Philippe Entremont, piano
3:36 - 10:45 PM
Lahti Symphony Orchestra
Osmo Vanska, conductor
4:07 - 10:39 PM
Janine Jansen and Friends
Janine Jansen, violin
4:51 - 10:30 PM
Die Meistersinger von Nurmberg (The Mastersingers of Nuremburg): Prelude to Act I
Wagner: Overtures And Orchestral Music
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra
Mariss Jansons, conductor
9:44 - 10:24 PM
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Christopher Hogwood, conductor
5:58 - 10:13 PM
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor
Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano
10:22 - 10:05 PM
Handel and Haydn Society
Harry Christophers, conductor
7:35 - 10:02 PM
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
Dennis Russell Davies, conductor
3:04 - 9:53 PM
London Symphony Orchestra
Claudio Abbado, conductor
Gidon Kremer, violin
9:06 - 9:47 PM
German Requiem: Wie lieblich (How lovely are thy dwelling places)
Brahms: Ein Deutches Requiem
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Robert Shaw, conductor
5:42 - 9:42 PM
Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra
Lawrence Leighton Smith, conductor
5:03 - 9:35 PM
Piano Concerto No. 21 "Elvira Madigan": 3rd movement
Mozart: Piano Concertos No. 9, K271 & 21, K467
Cleveland Orchestra
Mitsuko Uchida, conductor
Mitsuko Uchida, piano
6:47 - 9:28 PM
Brandenburg Concerto No. 3: 1st movement
Karajan Forever: The Greatest Classical Hits
Berlin Philharmonic
Herbert von Karajan, conductor
6:33 - 9:24 PM
Philharmonia Virtuosi
Richard Kapp, conductor
4:20 - 9:19 PM
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Davis, conductor
4:28 - 9:08 PM
Philadelphia Orchestra
Eugene Ormandy, conductor
10:32 - 9:02 PM
Vienna Philharmonic
Leonard Bernstein, conductor
Rainer Kuchl, violin
6:01 - 8:58 PM
Yundi Li, piano
4:14 - 8:50 PM
Russian National Orchestra
Mikhail Pletnev, conductor
7:53 - 8:40 PM
Roman Carnival Overture
Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique, Roman Carnival Overture, Three Pieces from The Damnation of Faust
Halle Orchestra
John Barbirolli, conductor
9:43 - 8:35 PM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Joshua Bell, violin
4:51 - 8:23 PM
Minnesota Orchestra
Neville Marriner, conductor
11:42 - 8:14 PM
Mahler Chamber Orchestra
Leif Ove Andsnes, conductor
Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
8:50 - 8:08 PM
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor
5:56 - 8:01 PM
Pavane for a Dead Princess (Pavane pour une infante defunte)
Ravel: Ma Mere L'Oye, Pavane
French National Orchestra
Eliahu Inbal, conductor
6:47 - 7:56 PM
New World Philharmonic
Iain Sutherland, conductor
5:02 - 7:49 PM
Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1
Elgar: Symphony No. 1; "Pomp and Circumstance" Marches Nos. 1 & 4
Philharmonia Orchestra
Giuseppe Sinopoli, conductor
6:26 - 7:47 PM
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor
Milos Karadaglic, guitar
1:59 - 7:43 PM
Ingolf Wunder, piano
4:22 - 7:34 PM
Radio Philharmonic Orchestra of France
Otto Klemperer, conductor
David Oistrakh, violin
8:26 - 7:30 PM
Academy of Ancient Music
Christopher Hogwood, conductor
3:44 - 7:25 PM
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
David Zinman, conductor
4:33 - 7:08 PM
Revolutionary and Romantic Orchestra
John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
17:01 - 6:59 PM
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
Erich Kunzel, conductor
William Tritt, piano
9:04 - 6:46 PM
Ulster Orchestra
Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor
12:51 - 6:38 PM
Southwest German Broadcasting Orchestra in Baden-Baden and Freiburg
Michael Gielen, conductor
7:15 - 6:26 PM
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra Chamber Orchestra
Lisa Batiashvili, violin
12:03 - 6:16 PM
London Symphony Orchestra
Claudio Abbado, conductor
Martha Argerich, piano
9:30 - 6:03 PM
Symphony No. 1 "Classical"
Abbado conducts Prokofiev Peter & Wolf & Classical Symphony
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Claudio Abbado, conductor
13:15 - 5:59 PM
New Philharmonia Orchestra
Anton Guadagno, conductor
Montserrat Caballe, soprano
3:56 - 5:52 PM
New York Philharmonic
Leonard Bernstein, conductor
6:34 - 5:47 PM
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor
5:10 - 5:45 PM
Jon Kimura Parker, piano
1:45 - 5:30 PM
Minnesota Orchestra
Osmo Vanska, conductor
15:26 - 5:27 PM
Janos Starker, cello
2:26 - 5:12 PM
Northern Sinfonia
Thomas Zehetmair, conductor
14:09 - 5:09 PM
BBC Concert Orchestra
Barry Wordsworth, conductor
3:27 - 5:04 PM
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
Erich Kunzel, conductor
5:04 - 4:51 PM
Philharmonia Orchestra
Otto Klemperer, conductor
12:16 - 4:47 PM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner, conductor
4:48 - 4:35 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 - 4:26 PM
Berlin Philharmonic
Simon Rattle, conductor
8:53 - 4:16 PM
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
James Judd, conductor
Jean Louis Steuerman, piano
9:36 - 4:07 PM
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Manfred Honeck, conductor
8:58 - 4:04 PM
Boston Pops Orchestra
John Williams, conductor
3:04 - 3:59 PM
Philadelphia Orchestra
Eugene Ormandy, conductor
4:37 - 3:52 PM
Camerata Salzburg
Leonidas Kavakos, conductor
Leonidas Kavakos, violin
6:43 - 3:46 PM
Robert DeGaetano, piano
5:40 - 3:30 PM
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Bernard Haitink, conductor
15:52 - 3:17 PM
Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra
Maurice Andre, trumpet
12:11 - 3:15 PM
North German Radio Symphony
John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
2:14 - 3:09 PM
San Francisco Symphony
Herbert Blomstedt, conductor
5:55 - 2:55 PM
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Andre Previn, conductor
Barry Griffiths, violin
14:15 - 2:44 PM
London Symphony Orchestra
Andre Previn, conductor
10:19 - 2:35 PM
Kaiser-Walzer (Emperor Waltz)
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Plays Strauss 1929 - 1990
Vienna Philharmonic
Bruno Walter, conductor
9:06 - 2:23 PM
Russian Federal Orchestra
Vakhtang Jordania, conductor
11:24 - 2:19 PM
Rachel Barton Pine, violin
3:46 - 2:14 PM
Moscow Virtuosi
Vladimir Spivakov, conductor
5:28 - 2:03 PM
Orchestra of St. Luke's
Charles Mackerras, conductor
10:31 - 1:54 PM
Vienna State Opera Orchestra
Anatole Fistoulari, conductor
8:31 - 1:50 PM
New London Orchestra
Ronald Corp, conductor
4:20 - 1:46 PM
Symphony No. 35 "Haffner": Finale
Mozart: Symphonies No 29, 33, 35, 38, And 41
Orchestra Mozart
Claudio Abbado, conductor
3:47 - 1:40 PM
Piano Sonata No. 14 "Moonlight": 1st movement
The Greatest Classical Show On Earth
Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano
5:28 - 1:31 PM
English Chamber Orchestra
Jose Luis Garcia, conductor
Yo-Yo Ma, cello
9:03 - 1:26 PM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner, conductor
4:55 - 1:12 PM
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Tadaaki Otaka, conductor
13:46 - 1:03 PM
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Bernard Haitink, conductor
8:45 - 12:51 PM
Vienna Philharmonic
Andre Previn, conductor
12:06 - 12:49 PM
Janine Jansen, violin
2:12 - 12:45 PM
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Charles Mackerras, conductor
Eric Ruske, horn
3:43 - 12:42 PM
Cleveland Orchestra
George Szell, conductor
2:58 - 12:38 PM
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
Neeme Jarvi, conductor
3:37 - 12:21 PM
Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre
Valery Gergiev, conductor
17:00 - 12:14 PM
Louis Lortie, piano
6:07 - 12:06 PM
Orchestra of St. Luke's
Eliot Fisk, guitar
8:15 - 12:01 PM
Hungarian March
Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique, Roman Carnival Overture, Three Pieces from The Damnation of Faust
Halle Orchestra
John Barbirolli, conductor
4:45 - 11:58 AM
Philharmonia Orchestra
Giuseppe Sinopoli, conductor
3:04 - 11:50 AM
German Chamber Philharmonic
Thomas Zehetmair, conductor
Thomas Zehetmair, violin
7:38 - 11:45 AM
Symphony No. 35 "Haffner": 1st movement
Mozart: Symphonies No 29, 33, 35, 38, And 41
Orchestra Mozart
Claudio Abbado, conductor
5:35 - 11:40 AM
Artur Rubinstein, piano
4:16 - 11:34 AM
Tafelmusik
Jeanne Lamon, conductor
5:59 - 11:23 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 - 11:12 AM
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Georg Solti, conductor
10:33 - 11:02 AM
London Symphony Orchestra
Daniel Barenboim, conductor
Itzhak Perlman, violin
9:52 - 10:52 AM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Alan Gilbert, conductor
Inon Barnatan, piano
10:04 - 10:49 AM
Boston Pops Orchestra
Arthur Fiedler, conductor
3:01 - 10:43 AM
Dresden State Orchestra
Hans Vonk, conductor
6:36 - 10:38 AM
Mito Chamber Orchestra
Seiji Ozawa, conductor
4:28 - 10:35 AM
Academy of Ancient Music
Richard Egarr, conductor
2:56 - 10:26 AM
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor
8:44 - 10:16 AM
Piano Concerto No. 16: 1st movement
Mozart: Piano Concertos Nr. 16, Kv 451 And Nr. 19, Kv 459
Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra
Neville Marriner, conductor
Christian Zacharias, piano
9:32 - 10:07 AM
Symphony No. 104 "London": 1st movement
Haydn: Symphonies 22, 104, Piano Concerto in D
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Gerard Schwarz, conductor
8:40 - 10:04 AM
Rolf Smedvig, trumpet
3:01 - 9:55 AM
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
Erich Kunzel, conductor
8:52 - 9:51 AM
Orchestra of St. Luke's
Michael Stern, conductor
Joshua Bell, violin
4:14 - 9:44 AM
Brno State Philharmonic Orchestra
Yehudi Menuhin, conductor
6:32 - 9:42 AM
Piano Sonata No. 14 "Moonlight": 2nd movement
Beethoven: Piano Sonatas op. 106 and op. 27/2
Murray Perahia, piano
2:13 - 9:36 AM
Staatskapelle Berlin
Daniel Barenboim, conductor
5:35 - 9:26 AM
Tafelmusik
Jeanne Lamon, conductor
Jeanne Lamon, violin
10:31 - 9:16 AM
Philadelphia Orchestra
Riccardo Muti, conductor
8:59 - 9:12 AM
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin, conductor
4:14 - 9:04 AM
Berlin Philharmonic
Rafael Kubelik, conductor
8:05 - 8:53 AM
Musicians of the Louvre
Marc Minkowski, conductor
10:13 - 8:44 AM
Scottish National Orchestra
Neeme Jarvi, conductor
8:50 - 8:41 AM
Guildhall Strings
3:03 - 8:27 AM
Bach Collegium Japan
Masaaki Suzuki, conductor
14:07 - 8:20 AM
Orli Shaham, piano
6:42 - 8:17 AM
English Chamber Orchestra
Pinchas Zukerman, conductor
Pinchas Zukerman, violin
2:38 - 8:06 AM
Kirov Orchestra
Valery Gergiev, conductor
11:13 - 7:56 AM
New York Philharmonic
Leonard Bernstein, conductor
9:02 - 7:48 AM
The Merry Wives of Windsor: Overture
Wagner: Siegfried Idyll, Boccherini, Dvorak, Faure, Grieg, Nicolai, Ponchielli, Suppe, Tchaikovsky
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner, conductor
8:40 - 7:45 AM
Maurizio Pollini, piano
2:12 - 7:40 AM
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
5:28 - 7:28 AM
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra
Mariss Jansons, conductor
11:57 - 7:17 AM
Berlin Philharmonic
Herbert von Karajan, conductor
Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin
10:16 - 7:13 AM
National Philharmonic Orchestra
David Measham, conductor
James Galway, flute
4:04 - 7:06 AM
Oregon Bach Festival Chamber Orchestra
Helmuth Rilling, conductor
7:09 - 6:56 AM
La gazza ladra (The Thieving Magpie): Overture
Rossini: Overtures (Complete), Vol. 1
Prague Sinfonia Orchestra
Christian Benda, conductor
9:50 - 6:51 AM
Alexis Weissenberg, piano
4:43 - 6:43 AM
London Symphony Orchestra
Andre Previn, conductor
7:48 - 6:39 AM
Chilingirian Quartet
3:40 - 6:36 AM
Solomon: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
Handel: Fireworks Music, Water Music Suite
Philip Jones Brass Ensemble
Elgar Howarth, conductor
3:11 - 6:22 AM
Sinfonia Concertante: 1st movement
Pinchas Zukerman: Complete Recordings on Deutsche Grammophon and Philips
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
Zubin Mehta, conductor
Itzhak Perlman, violin
13:27 - 6:08 AM
Cleveland Orchestra
Franz Welser-Most, conductor
13:54 - 6:00 AM
Ensemble Wien
8:07