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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Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Salvatore Accardo, conductor
Salvatore Accardo, violin
3:57 - 6:25 PM
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Daniel Barenboim, conductor
11:43 - 6:22 PM
Fantasy for a Gentleman: Dance
Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez; Fantasía para un gentilhombre
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner, conductor
Pepe Romero, guitar
2:07 - 6:18 PM
City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra
Paul Bateman, conductor
4:17 - 6:06 PM
Berlin Philharmonic
Karl Bohm, conductor
11:39 - 6:00 PM
Frank Almond, violin
6:18 - 5:55 PM
Cleveland Orchestra
George Szell, conductor
4:56 - 5:48 PM
Stockholm Chamber Orchestra
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
6:58 - 5:44 PM
Mother Goose (Ma mere l'oye): Laideronnette, Empress of the Pagodas
Debussy, Ravel: Images Pour Orchestre - Ma Mere L'oye
New York Philharmonic
Leonard Bernstein, conductor
3:37 - 5:36 PM
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Yoel Levi, conductor
8:01 - 5:25 PM
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Daniel Harding, conductor
Ray Chen, violin
10:31 - 5:20 PM
Alicia de Larrocha, piano
4:34 - 5:16 PM
La Stravaganza
Siegbert Rampe, conductor
4:30 - 5:04 PM
Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dances
Tchaikovsky: 1812, Marche Slave, Etc / Järvi, Gothenburg So
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
Neeme Jarvi, conductor
Torgny Sporsen, bass
11:22 - 5:00 PM
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin, conductor
4:21 - 4:57 PM
London Symphony Orchestra
Julius Rudel, conductor
Ruth Ann Swenson, soprano
2:33 - 4:48 PM
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Osmo Vanska, conductor
8:51 - 4:45 PM
Miki Aoki, piano
3:02 - 4:36 PM
String Quartet No. 63 "Sunrise": 1st movement
Haydn: String Quartets, Op. 76, Nos. 4 & 6
Orlando Quartet
8:39 - 4:26 PM
Winterthur Music Collegium
Douglas Boyd, conductor
10:03 - 4:14 PM
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
Sarah Chang, violin
11:31 - 4:06 PM
Sinfonia Concertante: 3rd movement
Mozart: Flute And Harp Concerto; Sinfonia Concertante
Orchestra Mozart
Claudio Abbado, conductor
Lucas Macias Navarro, oboe
8:08 - 3:52 PM
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Thomas Schippers, conductor
13:57 - 3:47 PM
Orchestra of St. Luke's
Michael Stern, conductor
Joshua Bell, violin
4:41 - 3:35 PM
Russian National Orchestra
Mikhail Pletnev, conductor
11:27 - 3:30 PM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner, conductor
4:57 - 3:25 PM
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Colin Davis, conductor
5:05 - 3:21 PM
Gil Shaham, violin
3:34 - 3:11 PM
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Leonard Bernstein, conductor
9:43 - 3:07 PM
London Symphony Orchestra
Adrian Boult, conductor
3:55 - 2:53 PM
Chamber Orchestra of Lausanne
Alberto Zedda, conductor
14:21 - 2:49 PM
Tafelmusik
Jeanne Lamon, conductor
3:26 - 2:41 PM
Barry Tuckwell, horn
7:25 - 2:33 PM
Berlin Philharmonic
Karl Bohm, conductor
7:55 - 2:25 PM
Die Meistersinger von Nurmberg (The Mastersingers of Nuremburg): Prelude to Act I
Wagner: Wesendonck-Lieder; Preludes And Overtures
Cleveland Orchestra
Franz Welser-Most, conductor
8:49 - 2:15 PM
Radio Luxembourg Orchestra
Louis de Froment, conductor
9:28 - 2:06 PM
English Chamber Orchestra
Charles Groves, conductor
John Williams, guitar
8:39 - 2:00 PM
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Georg Solti, conductor
5:32 - 1:55 PM
New York Philomusica
Paige Brook, conductor
Paige Brook, flute
5:29 - 1:51 PM
Quebec Symphony Orchestra
Yoav Talmi, conductor
3:25 - 1:44 PM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner, conductor
Heinrich Schiff, cello
6:42 - 1:38 PM
Royal Opera, Covent Garden
Colin Davis, conductor
6:05 - 1:29 PM
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
9:16 - 1:22 PM
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
6:25 - 1:10 PM
Vienna Philharmonic
Valery Gergiev, conductor
11:44 - 12:55 PM
Berlin Philharmonic
Claudio Abbado, conductor
14:45 - 12:45 PM
Boston Baroque
Martin Pearlman, conductor
9:34 - 12:43 PM
Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin
1:41 - 12:32 PM
Symphony No. 4 "Italian": 1st movement
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 "Eroica", - Mendelssohn Symphony No. 4, "Italian"
Tafelmusik
Bruno Weil, conductor
11:04 - 12:26 PM
Cleveland Orchestra
Pierre Boulez, conductor
6:20 - 12:13 PM
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
Semyon Bychkov, conductor
12:06 - 12:10 PM
Michael Laird Brass Ensemble
Peter Hurford, organ
3:01 - 12:05 PM
Symphony No. 35 "Haffner": 1st movement
Mozart: Symphonies No 29, 33, 35, 38, And 41
Orchestra Mozart
Claudio Abbado, conductor
5:35 - 11:59 AM
London Symphony Orchestra
Colin Davis, conductor
Evgeny Kissin, piano
5:47 - 11:46 AM
Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra
Andre Previn, conductor
12:52 - 11:42 AM
Houston Symphony Orchestra
Sergiu Comissiona, conductor
4:12 - 11:36 AM
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor
5:06 - 11:34 AM
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
Erich Kunzel, conductor
Robert McDuffie, violin
2:11 - 11:26 AM
Philharmonia Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin, conductor
7:24 - 11:21 AM
Michael Chertock, piano
4:51 - 11:14 AM
Orchestra of Toulouse
Louis Auriacombe, conductor
Andre Saint-Clivier, mandolin
7:16 - 11:04 AM
Berlin Philharmonic
Herbert von Karajan, conductor
10:02 - 10:59 AM
Orchestra of the Bastille
Myung-Whun Chung, conductor
4:23 - 10:55 AM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner, conductor
4:30 - 10:53 AM
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Robert Shaw, conductor
1:44 - 10:46 AM
Camerata Salzburg
Roger Norrington, conductor
Joshua Bell, violin
6:26 - 10:43 AM
Antonin Kubalek, piano
2:52 - 10:32 AM
New York Philharmonic
Leonard Bernstein, conductor
11:08 - 10:22 AM
Musica Antiqua Cologne
Reinhard Goebel, conductor
10:21 - 10:12 AM
English Chamber Orchestra
Jose Luis Garcia, conductor
Yo-Yo Ma, cello
9:03 - 10:08 AM
Rachel Van Voorhees, harp
3:44 - 10:04 AM
Cleveland Orchestra
Lorin Maazel, conductor
4:10 - 9:57 AM
Piano Concerto No. 21 "Elvira Madigan": 3rd movement
MOZART, WA: Piano Concertos Nos. 20 and 21
Fine Arts Quartet
Alon Goldstein, piano
6:34 - 9:50 AM
Houston Symphony Orchestra
Sergiu Comissiona, conductor
7:21 - 9:41 AM
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
Riccardo Chailly, conductor
9:19 - 9:37 AM
London Symphony Orchestra
Gerard Schwarz, conductor
3:32 - 9:23 AM
Tapiola Sinfonietta
Jaakko Kuusisto, conductor
Jaakko Kuusisto, violin
13:59 - 9:21 AM
John Browning, piano
1:30 - 9:11 AM
Symphony No. 9 "From the New World": 4th movement
Dvorak: Symphony No. 9; Sibelius: Symphony No. 2
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Paul Paray, conductor
9:41 - 9:01 AM
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Robert Shaw, conductor
9:34 - 8:57 AM
Philharmonia Orchestra
Efrem Kurtz, conductor
4:19 - 8:54 AM
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
2:41 - 8:41 AM
Sinfonia Concertante: 1st movement
Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante K 364, Concertone K 190
Moscow Virtuosi
Vladimir Spivakov, conductor
Vladimir Spivakov, violin
13:13 - 8:36 AM
Nelson Freire, piano
4:16 - 8:25 AM
Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia
Bela Drahos, conductor
10:54 - 8:16 AM
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Claudio Abbado, conductor
8:35 - 8:10 AM
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Thomas Beecham, conductor
5:39 - 8:02 AM
Vienna Philharmonic
Leonard Bernstein, conductor
8:14 - 7:58 AM
Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin
4:20 - 7:55 AM
Sharon Isbin, guitar
2:32 - 7:48 AM
Prague Chamber Orchestra
Charles Mackerras, conductor
7:19 - 7:38 AM
Venice Baroque Orchestra
Avi Avital, mandolin
10:01 - 7:25 AM
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
Kurt Masur, conductor
12:08 - 7:21 AM
Quebec Symphony Orchestra
Yoav Talmi, conductor
3:53 - 7:15 AM
Symphony No. 94 "Surprise": 2nd movement
Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 45 & 94; Horn Concerto No. 1
London Chamber Orchestra
Christopher Warren-Green, conductor
6:16 - 7:12 AM
Sarah Chang, violin
2:54 - 7:05 AM
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Litton, conductor
6:51 - 7:03 AM
Drottningholm Baroque Ensemble
Penelope Evison, flute
1:26 - 6:54 AM
London Symphony Orchestra
Aaron Copland, conductor
9:00 - 6:39 AM
Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks
Richard Strauss: Don Juan; Till Eulenspiegel; Tod und Verklarung
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Antal Dorati, conductor
14:50 - 6:33 AM
Roland Pontinen, piano
6:09 - 6:25 AM
Israel Sinfonietta
Uri Mayer, conductor
David Jolley, horn
7:08 - 6:19 AM
Berlin Philharmonic
Herbert von Karajan, conductor
6:51 - 6:15 AM
Jascha Silberstein, cello
3:16 - 6:00 AM
Freiburg Baroque Orchestra
15:07