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.
- 2:32 AM
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
David Zinman, conductor
5:39 - 2:27 AM
Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra
Mario Bernardi, conductor
4:41 - 2:18 AM
Musica Antiqua Cologne
Reinhard Goebel, conductor
9:00 - 2:12 AM
Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra
Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor
Emmanuel Pahud, flute
5:42 - 2:04 AM
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Wolfgang Sawallisch, conductor
Frank Peter Zimmermann, violin
7:46 - 1:59 AM
Jorg Demus, piano
4:42 - 1:53 AM
Boston Pops Orchestra
John Williams, conductor
6:17 - 1:40 AM
Philharmonia Orchestra
Christian Thielemann, conductor
13:31 - 1:36 AM
I Solisti Italiani
3:32 - 1:32 AM
English String Orchestra
William Boughton, conductor
3:34 - 1:27 AM
Orchestra of the 18th Century
Frans Bruggen, conductor
5:14 - 1:24 AM
Preludes, Book 1: La fille aux cheveux de lin (The Girl with the Flaxen Hair)
My Gift To You
Antonin Kubalek, piano
2:31 - 1:17 AM
Dresden State Orchestra
Hans Vonk, conductor
Sabine Meyer, basset clarinet
6:36 - 1:06 AM
Four Seasons: Autumn
Isaac Stern - A Life in Music - Vivaldi: The Four Seasons, Double Concertos
Jerusalem Music Centre Chamber Orchestra
Isaac Stern, conductor
Isaac Stern, violin
11:20 - 12:56 AM
Ulster Orchestra
Vernon Handley, conductor
9:53 - 12:49 AM
Orchestra of Toulouse
Michel Plasson, conductor
6:17 - 12:47 AM
Berlin Philharmonic
Andre Cluytens, conductor
2:46 - 12:43 AM
Leon Fleisher, piano
3:28 - 12:37 AM
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Claudio Abbado, conductor
5:49 - 12:27 AM
Vienna Philharmonic
Carlos Kleiber, conductor
9:52 - 12:19 AM
Eduardo Fernandez, guitar
6:58 - 12:05 AM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Iona Brown, conductor
Timothy Brown, horn
14:44 - 11:50 PM
Saint Cecilia Orchestra
Antonio Pappano, conductor
Jan Lisiecki, piano
14:11 - 11:42 PM
Egmont Overture
Stanislaw Skrowaczewski - The Minnesota Orchestra: The Vox Recordings
Minnesota Orchestra
Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, conductor
8:40 - 11:34 PM
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Yoel Levi, conductor
7:53 - 11:32 PM
Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra
Karl Munchinger, conductor
1:30 - 11:26 PM
Halle Orchestra
Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, conductor
6:12 - 11:20 PM
Bella Davidovich, piano
5:01 - 11:11 PM
English Baroque Soloists
John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
8:37 - 11:07 PM
Berlin Philharmonic
Herbert von Karajan, conductor
4:55 - 10:52 PM
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor
14:16 - 10:49 PM
Philharmonia Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin, conductor
Han-Na Chang, cello
3:13 - 10:47 PM
Emerson String Quartet
1:56 - 10:43 PM
Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Prelude and Fugue No. 1
Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1
Till Fellner, piano
3:50 - 10:27 PM
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
James Judd, conductor
15:09 - 10:19 PM
Russian National Orchestra
Mikhail Pletnev, conductor
8:06 - 10:13 PM
Norwegian National Opera Orchestra
Rinaldo Alessandrini, conductor
6:03 - 10:04 PM
I Solisti Veneti
Claudio Scimone, conductor
Ugo Orlandi, mandolin
8:22 - 9:49 PM
Vienna Philharmonic
Andre Previn, conductor
14:48 - 9:46 PM
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Louis Lane, conductor
3:16 - 9:42 PM
Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra
Arabella Steinbacher, violin
3:35 - 9:28 PM
Leonore Overture No. 3
Beethoven: Overtures: Fidelio; Leonore No. 3; Prometheus; Coriolan; Egmont
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Klaus Tennstedt, conductor
13:49 - 9:20 PM
Philharmonia Orchestra
Christian Thielemann, conductor
7:58 - 9:18 PM
Murray Perahia, piano
1:40 - 9:10 PM
Symphony No. 82 "The Bear": 1st movement
Haydn Symphonies: No. 82 in C Major "The Bear"; No. 38 in C Major; No. 104 in D Major "London"
Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra
Christof Perick, conductor
7:44 - 9:03 PM
Utah Symphony Orchestra
Maurice Abravanel, conductor
7:45 - 8:58 PM
Susan Jolles, harp
4:25 - 8:51 PM
Cantus
7:04 - 8:47 PM
Hilary Hahn, violin
3:33 - 8:41 PM
Symphonie Fantastique: A Ball
Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique, Overtures: Beatrice e Benedict, Le corsaire
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Yuri Temirkanov, conductor
6:21 - 8:36 PM
Alicia de Larrocha, piano
4:34 - 8:30 PM
Russian National Orchestra
Mikhail Pletnev, conductor
5:30 - 8:27 PM
Blair String Quartet
3:50 - 8:16 PM
Philadelphia Orchestra
Riccardo Muti, conductor
9:42 - 8:13 PM
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Georg Solti, conductor
3:12 - 8:04 PM
Kirov Orchestra
Valery Gergiev, conductor
9:32 - 8:00 PM
Gil Shaham, violin
3:34 - 7:58 PM
English Chamber Orchestra
Donald Fraser, conductor
Crispian Steele-Perkins, trumpet
1:55 - 7:51 PM
London Symphony Orchestra
Andre Previn, conductor
6:56 - 7:46 PM
Cleveland Orchestra
Christoph von Dohnanyi, conductor
4:37 - 7:41 PM
Emerson String Quartet
5:14 - 7:31 PM
New York Philharmonic
Leonard Bernstein, conductor
Zino Francescatti, violin
9:16 - 7:26 PM
Tafelmusik
Jeanne Lamon, conductor
5:37 - 7:20 PM
Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano
5:06 - 7:15 PM
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Colin Davis, conductor
5:05 - 7:03 PM
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra
Zdenek Macal, conductor
11:44 - 6:57 PM
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Charles Mackerras, conductor
6:31 - 6:54 PM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Michael Stern, conductor
Joshua Bell, violin
2:22 - 6:43 PM
Berlin Philharmonic
Herbert von Karajan, conductor
Maurice Andre, trumpet
11:11 - 6:41 PM
Roland Pontinen, piano
1:37 - 6:36 PM
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor
Milos Karadaglic, guitar
4:35 - 6:26 PM
Philadelphia Orchestra
Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor
10:07 - 6:19 PM
Vienna Philharmonic
Andris Nelsons, conductor
6:50 - 6:08 PM
Szeged Symphony Orchestra
Tamas Pal, conductor
10:42 - 6:03 PM
Seattle Symphony
Gerard Schwarz, conductor
5:05 - 5:57 PM
Vienna Mozart Ensemble
Willi Boskovsky, conductor
5:38 - 5:41 PM
Don Juan
Strauss: Don Quixote, Op. 35, Horn Concerto #1 in E Flat Major, Op. 11, Don Juan, Op. 20
Cleveland Orchestra
George Szell, conductor
15:49 - 5:37 PM
Mexico City Philharmonic Orchestra
Enrique Batiz, conductor
3:46 - 5:24 PM
English Chamber Orchestra
Steven Mercurio, conductor
Anne Akiko Meyers, violin
13:11 - 5:18 PM
Balasz Szokolay, piano
5:34 - 5:09 PM
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Litton, conductor
8:56 - 5:06 PM
Manuel Barrueco, guitar
2:46 - 4:56 PM
Tafelmusik
Jean Lamon, violin
9:45 - 4:51 PM
National Arts Centre Orchestra
Pinchas Zukerman, conductor
5:33 - 4:39 PM
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Emmanuel Krivine, conductor
Maria Joao Pires, piano
10:55 - 4:31 PM
Vienna Philharmonic
Carlos Kleiber, conductor
8:05 - 4:27 PM
Candide: Overture
Bernstein: West Side Story; On the Town; Candide - Overture; Prelude, Fugue and Riffs
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin, conductor
4:27 - 4:13 PM
Minnesota Orchestra
Eiji Oue, conductor
12:55 - 4:09 PM
Berlin Philharmonic
Herbert von Karajan, conductor
4:14 - 3:53 PM
Philharmonia Zurich
Fabio Luisi, conductor
15:37 - 3:46 PM
Piano Concerto No. 21 "Elvira Madigan": 3rd movement
Piano Concertos Nos. 20 & 21
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
David Zinman, conductor
Christian Zacharias, piano
6:56 - 3:35 PM
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Charles Rosekrans, conductor
10:37 - 3:32 PM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner, conductor
3:28 - 3:23 PM
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Wolfgang Sawallisch, conductor
Frank Peter Zimmermann, violin
8:34 - 3:13 PM
Cleveland Orchestra
Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor
Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano
9:57 - 3:03 PM
Scottish National Orchestra
Alexander Gibson, conductor
9:10 - 2:54 PM
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
Erich Kunzel, conductor
9:09 - 2:51 PM
Kiri Te Kanawa, soprano
3:34 - 2:47 PM
Philadelphia Orchestra
Eugene Ormandy, conductor
3:59 - 2:44 PM
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
Goran Sollscher, guitar
2:04 - 2:40 PM
Ruth Laredo, piano
3:39 - 2:30 PM
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Libor Pesek, conductor
10:44 - 2:24 PM
Boston Pops Orchestra
Arthur Fiedler, conductor
5:45 - 2:13 PM
Vienna Philharmonic
Andris Nelsons, conductor
10:31 - 2:09 PM
English Concert
Trevor Pinnock, conductor
Simon Standage, violin
3:44 - 2:02 PM
Philharmonia Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin, conductor
7:24 - 1:56 PM
Richard Raymond, piano
5:19 - 1:48 PM
Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra
Willi Boskovsky, conductor
7:50 - 1:42 PM
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
Hugh Wolff, conductor
6:16 - 1:38 PM
Tafelmusik
Bruno Weil, conductor
4:28 - 1:31 PM
Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra
Arabella Steinbacher, violin
6:08 - 1:23 PM
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Adrian Boult, conductor
7:35 - 1:15 PM
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Howard Shelley, conductor
Michael Roll, piano
8:18 - 1:07 PM
Berlin Philharmonic
Mariss Jansons, conductor
Midori, violin
7:32 - 1:03 PM
Moscow Chamber Orchestra
Constantine Orbelian, conductor
3:59 - 12:49 PM
London Symphony Orchestra
Valery Gergiev, conductor
14:00 - 12:43 PM
Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra
Antal Dorati, conductor
6:06 - 12:40 PM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner, conductor
2:55 - 12:36 PM
Kyung Wha Chung, violin
3:28 - 12:27 PM
Minnesota Orchestra
Osmo Vanska, conductor
9:12 - 12:20 PM
New York Philharmonic
Leonard Bernstein, conductor
6:31 - 12:14 PM
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor
5:11 - 12:10 PM
Sharon Isbin, guitar
4:09 - 12:02 PM
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Colin Davis, conductor
8:04 - 11:58 AM
Zurich Operahouse Orchestra
Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor
4:17 - 11:56 AM
Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano
1:52 - 11:46 AM
Philadelphia Orchestra
Riccardo Muti, conductor
10:05 - 11:41 AM
English Chamber Orchestra
Pinchas Zukerman, conductor
Pinchas Zukerman, violin
3:54 - 11:28 AM
CBC Vancouver Orchestra
Mario Bernardi, conductor
13:10 - 11:24 AM
Cleveland Orchestra
Lorin Maazel, conductor
4:10 - 11:17 AM
Piano Concerto No. 21 "Elvira Madigan": Andante
Mozart: Piano Concertos No 20 & 21
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Christian Zacharias, conductor
Jan Lisiecki, piano
6:13 - 11:04 AM
Boston Pops Orchestra
John Williams, conductor
13:13 - 10:57 AM
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Andre Previn, conductor
6:25 - 10:54 AM
Mito Chamber Orchestra
Seiji Ozawa, conductor
2:59 - 10:46 AM
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Carlo Maria Giulini, conductor
Itzhak Perlman, violin
8:21 - 10:36 AM
Keyboard Concerto No. 5
J.S. Bach: Complete Keyboard Concertos; J.S. Bach-Vivaldi: Two Concertos
Moscow Virtuosi
Saulius Sondeckis, conductor
Julia Zilberquit, piano
9:47 - 10:30 AM
Avalon String Quartet
6:08 - 10:26 AM
Vienna Philharmonic
Herbert von Karajan, conductor
4:05 - 10:17 AM
German Chamber Philharmonic
Martin Frost, conductor
Martin Frost, basset clarinet
7:53 - 10:11 AM
Philadelphia Orchestra
Eugene Ormandy, conductor
6:22 - 10:03 AM
Violin Concerto: 3rd movement
Jean Sibelius: Concerto for Violin in D minor, Op. 47, Max Bruch: Scottish Fantasy for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 46
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
Zubin Mehta, conductor
Midori, violin
7:38 - 9:49 AM
Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra
Yakov Kreizberg, conductor
Julia Fischer, violin
14:16 - 9:45 AM
Moura Lympany, piano
3:18 - 9:42 AM
Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra
Ton Koopman, conductor
3:21 - 9:31 AM
French National Radio and Television Orchestra
Jean Martinon, conductor
10:32 - 9:23 AM
Cleveland Orchestra
George Szell, conductor
8:18 - 9:19 AM
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
3:01 - 9:04 AM
Freiburg Baroque Orchestra
14:44 - 9:02 AM
Budapest Festival Orchestra
Ivan Fischer, conductor
Andras Keller, violin
2:04 - 8:58 AM
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Antal Dorati, conductor
4:11 - 8:49 AM
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Eliahu Inbal, conductor
8:52 - 8:47 AM
San Francisco Symphony
Edo de Waart, conductor
2:29 - 8:39 AM
Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra
Carlo Maria Giulini, conductor
7:23 - 8:32 AM
Minnesota Orchestra
Osmo Vanska, conductor
Stephen Hough, piano
6:40 - 8:23 AM
London Symphony Orchestra
Eduardo Mata, conductor
James Galway, flute
9:07 - 8:19 AM
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
Erich Kunzel, conductor
3:36 - 8:12 AM
Moscow Virtuosi
Vladimir Spivakov, conductor
7:15 - 8:07 AM
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
4:15 - 8:01 AM
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
Kurt Masur, conductor
Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin
6:14 - 7:56 AM
Leslie Howard, piano
4:38 - 7:53 AM
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Paavo Jarvi, conductor
2:43 - 7:44 AM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner, conductor
9:34 - 7:40 AM
Vienna Philharmonic
Leonard Bernstein, conductor
3:26 - 7:33 AM
Berlin Philharmonic
Herbert von Karajan, conductor
6:52 - 7:24 AM
Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra
Janos Rolla, conductor
Dale Clevenger, horn
8:40 - 7:21 AM
Eric Himy, piano
2:41 - 7:14 AM
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor
7:41 - 7:02 AM
Orchestra de la Suisse Romande
Kazuki Yamada, conductor
12:04 - 6:52 AM
Tafelmusik
Jeanne Lamon, conductor
9:36 - 6:48 AM
Minnesota Orchestra
Osmo Vanska, conductor
3:25 - 6:36 AM
Symphony No. 9 "From the New World": 4th movement
Dvorak: Symphony No. 9, Carnival Overture
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Riccardo Chailly, conductor
11:55 - 6:30 AM
Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano
6:12 - 6:24 AM
Dresden State Orchestra
Colin Davis, conductor
5:36 - 6:21 AM
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra
Mariss Jansons, conductor
2:49 - 6:10 AM
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Charles Mackerras, conductor
10:57 - 6:00 AM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Angel Romero, guitar
10:02