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.
- 5:53 AM
Choir of New College, Oxford
Edward Higginbottom, conductor
2:58 - 5:45 AM
Kimball Sykes, clarinet
7:22 - 5:39 AM
Roland Pontinen, piano
5:35 - 5:34 AM
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Claudio Abbado, conductor
4:47 - 5:26 AM
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Charles Munch, conductor
8:04 - 5:14 AM
Orchestra of Flanders
Rudolf Werthen, conductor
Yolanda Kondonassis, harp
11:39 - 5:05 AM
Budapest Festival Orchestra
Ivan Fischer, conductor
9:34 - 4:59 AM
English Concert
Andrew Manze, conductor
5:17 - 4:54 AM
Cleveland Orchestra
Christoph von Dohnanyi, conductor
5:29 - 4:47 AM
I Solisti Italiani
5:44 - 4:35 AM
Vienna Philharmonic
Andris Nelsons, conductor
12:19 - 4:16 AM
Violin Concerto: 1st movement
Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich: Violin Concertos / Gringolts, Etc
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
Itzhak Perlman, conductor
Ilya Gringolts, violin
18:11 - 4:12 AM
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
Bobby McFerrin, conductor
4:13 - 3:57 AM
London Symphony Orchestra
Andre Previn, conductor
Andre Previn, piano
14:43 - 3:45 AM
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
Erich Kunzel, conductor
12:22 - 3:39 AM
L'Isle joyeuse (Joyous Isle)
Debussy: Images; Arabesques; Children's Corner; Clair de lune; L'Isle joyeuse
Simon Trpceski, piano
5:49 - 3:32 AM
Cello Concerto No. 1: 3rd movement
Haydn: Cello Concertos in C & D, Sinfonia Concertante
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Roger Norrington, conductor
Steven Isserlis, cello
7:03 - 3:27 AM
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
David Zinman, conductor
4:31 - 3:21 AM
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
Kurt Masur, conductor
5:56 - 3:16 AM
Boston Pops Orchestra
Arthur Fiedler, conductor
4:29 - 3:04 AM
Zurich Chamber Orchestra
Howard Griffiths, conductor
Sharon Isbin, guitar
11:37 - 2:58 AM
Piano Sonata No. 12: 3rd movement
Complete Mozart Edition, Vol. 17: Piano Sonatas
Mitsuko Uchida, piano
6:35 - 2:48 AM
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Riccardo Chailly, conductor
9:10 - 2:45 AM
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
Gil Shaham, violin
3:04 - 2:39 AM
Chicago Symphony Orchestra Brass
Jay Friedman, conductor
6:11 - 2:30 AM
Philadelphia Orchestra
Eugene Ormandy, conductor
9:10 - 2:26 AM
Philharmonia Hungarica
Antal Dorati, conductor
3:48 - 2:19 AM
Piano Sonata No. 8 "Pathetique": 2nd movement
Beethoven Piano Sonatas: Pathetique; Moonlight; Waldstein
Garrick Ohlsson, piano
6:11 - 2:09 AM
Sydney Symphony Orchestra
Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor
James Ehnes, violin
10:04 - 2:02 AM
Cleveland Orchestra
George Szell, conductor
6:34 - 1:54 AM
Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra
Mario Bernardi, conductor
8:38 - 1:46 AM
London Symphony Orchestra
Andre Previn, conductor
7:50 - 1:32 AM
Kuentz Chamber Orchestra
Paul Kuentz, conductor
Nicanor Zabaleta, harp
13:41 - 1:26 AM
Vladimir Horowitz, piano
5:12 - 1:25 AM
Budapest Festival Orchestra
Ivan Fischer, conductor
Andras Keller, violin
1:45 - 1:18 AM
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor
Milos Karadaglic, guitar
5:55 - 1:15 AM
Musica Antiqua Cologne
Reinhard Goebel, conductor
3:06 - 1:04 AM
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Bernard Haitink, conductor
11:36 - 12:59 AM
Leslie Howard, piano
3:50 - 12:45 AM
National Arts Centre Orchestra
Pinchas Zukerman, conductor
14:08 - 12:43 AM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Michael Stern, conductor
Joshua Bell, violin
2:40 - 12:23 AM
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor
19:15 - 12:12 AM
Philharmonia Orchestra
Otto Klemperer, conductor
10:49 - 12:07 AM
Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin
4:15 - 12:03 AM
Cleveland Orchestra
George Szell, conductor
4:45 - 11:58 PM
Orchestra Mozart
Claudio Abbado, conductor
3:58 - 11:55 PM
Water Music Suite No. 2: Alla Hornpipe
Handel: Music For The Royal Fireworks / Water Music
Capella Istropolitana
Bohdan Warchal, conductor
2:56 - 11:48 PM
Boston Pops Orchestra
John Williams, conductor
7:43 - 11:40 PM
Mitsuko Uchida, piano
7:17 - 11:31 PM
Symphony No. 104 "London": 1st movement
Haydn: Symphonies 22, 104, Piano Concerto in D
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Gerard Schwarz, conductor
8:40 - 11:27 PM
da Capo Brass
3:47 - 11:19 PM
National Arts Centre Orchestra
Pinchas Zukerman, conductor
8:20 - 11:15 PM
San Francisco Symphony
Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
3:23 - 11:07 PM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Joshua Bell, conductor
Joshua Bell, violin
8:32 - 11:01 PM
Alexandre Tharaud, piano
5:37 - 10:58 PM
Budapest Festival Orchestra
Ivan Fischer, conductor
3:13 - 10:50 PM
Harold Wright, clarinet
7:08 - 10:44 PM
London Symphony Orchestra
Richard Hickox, conductor
6:58 - 10:35 PM
German Chamber Philharmonic
Thomas Zehetmair, conductor
Thomas Zehetmair, violin
7:38 - 10:29 PM
Houston Symphony Orchestra
Sergiu Comissiona, conductor
6:27 - 10:25 PM
Frederic Chiu, piano
3:03 - 10:22 PM
Brandenburg Concerto No. 3: 3rd movement
San Francisco Saxophone Quintet: Tails of the City
San Francisco Sax Quartet
3:31 - 10:06 PM
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Paavo Jarvi, conductor
15:57 - 9:51 PM
Russian Easter Festival Overture
Rimsky-Korsakov: Antar and Russian Easter Festival
Philharmonia Orchestra
Evgeny Svetlanov, conductor
15:04 - 9:44 PM
Staatskapelle Berlin
Herbert von Karajan, conductor
6:20 - 9:40 PM
Carol Rosenberger, piano
3:58 - 9:33 PM
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Colin Davis, conductor
7:15 - 9:25 PM
Zurich Chamber Orchestra
Howard Griffiths, conductor
Sharon Isbin, guitar
7:44 - 9:19 PM
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Marin Alsop, conductor
4:52 - 9:17 PM
Lieutenant Kije: Troika
Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite, Prokofiev: Lieutenant Kije, Dukas: The Sourcerer's Apprentice
Saint Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra
Yuri Temirkanov, conductor
2:35 - 9:07 PM
Munich Philharmonic Orchestra
Valery Gergiev, conductor
Daniel Lozakovich, violin
9:45 - 8:58 PM
Stadium Symphony Orchestra of New York
Raoul Poliakin, conductor
8:39 - 8:54 PM
Piano Sonata No. 16: 1st movement
Complete Mozart Edition, Vol. 17: Piano Sonatas
Mitsuko Uchida, piano
4:33 - 8:46 PM
Budapest Festival Orchestra
Ivan Fischer, conductor
7:35 - 8:43 PM
Tafelmusik
Jeanne Lamon, conductor
2:30 - 8:32 PM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner, conductor
Lynn Harrell, cello
11:22 - 8:21 PM
Columbia Symphony Orchestra
George Szell, conductor
Rudolf Serkin, piano
9:48 - 8:13 PM
Berlin Philharmonic
Simon Rattle, conductor
8:42 - 8:09 PM
East Coast Chamber Orchestra
4:11 - 7:58 PM
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin, conductor
10:41 - 7:46 PM
New York Philharmonic
Giuseppe Sinopoli, conductor
11:19 - 7:41 PM
Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano
5:02 - 7:33 PM
Academy of Ancient Music
Andrew Manze, conductor
Andrew Manze, violin
7:21 - 7:25 PM
Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden
Georg Solti, conductor
8:40 - 7:19 PM
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Bernard Haitink, conductor
5:02 - 7:10 PM
Utah Symphony Orchestra
Maurice Abravanel, conductor
9:19 - 7:06 PM
Modern Mandolin Quartet
4:11 - 6:54 PM
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
11:30 - 6:46 PM
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Paul Paray, conductor
7:32 - 6:41 PM
Ensemble Intercontemporain
Pierre Boulez, conductor
5:06 - 6:32 PM
Philharmonia Orchestra
Otto Klemperer, conductor
8:26 - 6:18 PM
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
14:55 - 6:12 PM
Itzhak Perlman, violin
4:37 - 6:05 PM
Minnesota Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin, conductor
6:58 - 6:00 PM
Colas Breugnon Overture
Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition, Night on Bald Mountain
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Fritz Reiner, conductor
4:48 - 5:58 PM
Philadelphia Orchestra
Eugene Ormandy, conductor
1:53 - 5:48 PM
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
Pinchas Zukerman, conductor
Pinchas Zukerman, violin
10:58 - 5:39 PM
Dresden State Orchestra
Colin Davis, conductor
8:16 - 5:37 PM
Alexandre Tharaud, piano
1:50 - 5:24 PM
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Walter Weller, conductor
13:16 - 5:13 PM
By the Beautiful Blue Danube (An der schonen, blauen Donau)
Mad About Movies (The Sequel)
Vienna Philharmonic
Herbert von Karajan, conductor
10:05 - 5:05 PM
New York Philharmonic
Kurt Masur, conductor
Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin
8:04 - 4:57 PM
London Symphony Orchestra
Claudio Abbado, conductor
Rudolf Serkin, piano
7:57 - 4:50 PM
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
Erich Kunzel, conductor
6:28 - 4:48 PM
Philharmonia Orchestra
Louis Fremaux, conductor
John Williams, guitar
1:59 - 4:45 PM
Musica Antiqua Cologne
Reinhard Goebel, conductor
3:41 - 4:34 PM
Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Teddy Abrams, conductor
Rachel Barton Pine, violin
10:25 - 4:31 PM
Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
2:59 - 4:22 PM
English Chamber Orchestra
Jeffrey Tate, conductor
8:46 - 4:19 PM
Preludes, Book 1: La fille aux cheveux de lin (The Girl with the Flaxen Hair)
Claude Debussy - Preludes - Book 1
Maurizio Pollini, piano
2:26 - 4:07 PM
Berlin Philharmonic
Simon Rattle, conductor
11:42 - 4:03 PM
Orchestra of the Bastille
Myung-Whun Chung, conductor
3:55 - 3:51 PM
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Claudio Abbado, conductor
11:53 - 3:45 PM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner, conductor
6:10 - 3:42 PM
Janine Jansen and Friends
Janine Jansen, violin
3:27 - 3:38 PM
Zoltan Kocsis, piano
3:33 - 3:23 PM
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor
14:34 - 3:20 PM
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
Neeme Jarvi, conductor
2:49 - 3:14 PM
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Franz Welser-Most, conductor
6:11 - 3:10 PM
The Three-Cornered Hat: Neighbor's Dance
Muti | Philadelphia Orchestra | de Falla, Ravel, Chabrier
Philadelphia Orchestra
Riccardo Muti, conductor
3:11 - 3:02 PM
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Daniel Barenboim, conductor
Itzhak Perlman, violin
8:11 - 2:57 PM
Alessio Bax, piano
5:03 - 2:50 PM
Houston Symphony Orchestra
Sergiu Comissiona, conductor
6:40 - 2:46 PM
Tafelmusik
Bruno Weil, conductor
4:27 - 2:34 PM
Oregon Bach Festival Orchestra
Helmuth Rilling, conductor
11:38 - 2:30 PM
Die Meistersinger von Nurmberg (The Mastersingers of Nuremburg): Prelude to Act I
New Classical Arrangements for Brass
Copper Street Brass Quintet
3:39 - 2:23 PM
Symphonie Fantastique: March to the Scaffold
Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique Op. 14 / Tristia
Cleveland Orchestra
Pierre Boulez, conductor
6:58 - 2:14 PM
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
Erich Kunzel, conductor
William Tritt, piano
9:04 - 2:04 PM
Orchestre de la Bastille
Myung-Whun Chung, conductor
9:42 - 2:00 PM
Music for the Royal Fireworks: La Rejouissance
Handel: Water Music, Royal Fireworks
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
3:05 - 1:50 PM
Vienna Philharmonic
Christian Thielemann, conductor
10:13 - 1:40 PM
Academy of Ancient Music
Christopher Hogwood, conductor
Lisa Beznosiuk, flute
9:46 - 1:38 PM
Garrick Ohlsson, piano
1:41 - 1:25 PM
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
Kurt Masur, conductor
13:00 - 1:21 PM
New Queen's Hall Orchestra
Barry Wordsworth, conductor
4:17 - 1:09 PM
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Thomas Schippers, conductor
11:14 - 1:01 PM
Houston Symphony Orchestra
Christoph Eschenbach, conductor
7:55 - 12:52 PM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Murray Perahia, conductor
Murray Perahia, piano
9:13 - 12:42 PM
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Charles Mackerras, conductor
9:42 - 12:32 PM
Netherlands Chamber Orchestra
David Zinman, conductor
9:48 - 12:26 PM
Capella Istropolitana
Barry Wordsworth, conductor
5:36 - 12:24 PM
Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra
Arabella Steinbacher, violin
2:40 - 12:15 PM
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Howard Shelley, conductor
Michael Roll, piano
8:18 - 12:11 PM
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Georg Solti, conductor
4:18 - 12:03 PM
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Simon Rattle, conductor
7:11 - 12:00 PM
Narciso Yepes, guitar
3:03 - 11:49 AM
Trondheim Soloists
Anne-Sophie Mutter, conductor
Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin
11:04 - 11:35 AM
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Vasily Petrenko, conductor
14:00 - 11:31 AM
Alicia de Larrocha, piano
3:43 - 11:25 AM
Stockholm Chamber Orchestra
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
5:26 - 11:22 AM
London Symphony Orchestra
Aaron Copland, conductor
3:14 - 11:12 AM
Salome: Dance of the Seven Veils
Strauss: Rosenkavelier, Salome's Dance, Burleske Fastival Prelud
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor
9:10 - 11:04 AM
Symphony No. 7: 2nd movement
Beethoven For All: Music of Passion, Power and Beauty
West-Eastern Divan Orchestra
Daniel Barenboim, conductor
8:55 - 11:00 AM
Gil Shaham, violin
3:31 - 10:57 AM
North German Radio Symphony
John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
2:33 - 10:51 AM
Modern Mandolin Quartet
5:53 - 10:47 AM
Orchestra of the 18th Century
Frans Bruggen, conductor
4:26 - 10:39 AM
Revolutionary and Romantic Orchestra
John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
7:42 - 10:27 AM
Ma vlast (My Country): Vltava (The Moldau)
Fibich: Symphony No. 1/Smetana: Vysehrad, Vlatava
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Neeme Jarvi, conductor
11:25 - 10:22 AM
Oregon Bach Festival Chamber Orchestra
Helmuth Rilling, conductor
5:04 - 10:17 AM
Dag Achatz, piano
4:22 - 10:09 AM
Vienna Philharmonic
Leonard Bernstein, conductor
8:39 - 10:04 AM
Seattle Chamber Music Society
James Ehnes, violin
4:29 - 9:57 AM
English Northern Philharmonia
Paul Daniel, conductor
7:07 - 9:54 AM
Orchestra of St. Luke's
Andre Previn, conductor
Kathleen Battle, soprano
2:34 - 9:52 AM
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
2:49 - 9:43 AM
I Solisti Veneti
Claudio Scimone, conductor
Ugo Orlandi, mandolin
8:22 - 9:40 AM
Shannon Lee, violin
2:34 - 9:29 AM
English Baroque Soloists
John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
11:28 - 9:26 AM
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Riccardo Chailly, conductor
2:55 - 9:10 AM
Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks
Richard Strauss: Don Juan; Burlesque; Serenade; Till Eulenspiegel
Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra
Paavo Berglund, conductor
15:03 - 9:03 AM
Netherlands Chamber Orchestra
David Zinman, conductor
7:30 - 8:57 AM
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
Leonard Bernstein, conductor
5:55 - 8:47 AM
Musica Antiqua Cologne
Reinhard Goebel, conductor
9:40 - 8:30 AM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Joshua Bell, conductor
Joshua Bell, violin
16:48 - 8:22 AM
New York Philharmonic
Leonard Bernstein, conductor
7:24 - 8:18 AM
Berlin Philharmonic
Herbert von Karajan, conductor
4:24 - 8:08 AM
The King's Violins
Bernard Labadie, conductor
Alexandre Tharaud, piano
9:09 - 8:04 AM
City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra
Paul Bateman, conductor
4:17 - 7:57 AM
Minnesota Orchestra
Eiji Oue, conductor
6:31 - 7:53 AM
English Chamber Orchestra
Nicholas Cleobury, conductor
Julian Lloyd Webber, cello
3:33 - 7:42 AM
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Georg Solti, conductor
11:37 - 7:31 AM
Vladimir Horowitz, piano
10:11 - 7:27 AM
Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra
Jeffrey Kahane, conductor
Hilary Hahn, violin
4:31 - 7:22 AM
Edmonton Symphony Orchestra
Uri Mayer, conductor
4:39 - 7:16 AM
Stephen Marchionda, guitar
5:36 - 7:01 AM
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Charles Mackerras, conductor
Eric Ruske, horn
14:30 - 6:58 AM
Benjamin Pasternack, piano
3:03 - 6:50 AM
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Seiji Ozawa, conductor
Joseph Silverstein, violin
8:35 - 6:46 AM
Toronto Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Davis, conductor
3:10 - 6:42 AM
Philadelphia Orchestra
Eugene Ormandy, conductor
4:10 - 6:29 AM
Vienna Philharmonic
Simon Rattle, conductor
12:21 - 6:24 AM
Paris Orchestra
Daniel Barenboim, conductor
4:55 - 6:19 AM
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Claudio Abbado, conductor
5:07 - 6:13 AM
Angela Hewitt, piano
5:38 - 6:06 AM
Revolutionary and Romantic Orchestra
John Eliot Gardner, conductor
6:56 - 6:00 AM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner, conductor
6:30