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.
- 12:05 PM
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Eugene Goossens, conductor
David Oistrakh, violin
15:36 - 12:00 PM
Jorge Bolet, piano
4:49 - 11:56 AM
Scottish National Orchestra
Neeme Jarvi, conductor
3:55 - 11:50 AM
Symphony No. 82 "The Bear": Finale
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
5:50 - 11:47 AM
Die Meistersinger von Nurmberg (The Mastersingers of Nuremburg): Prelude to Act I
New Classical Arrangements for Brass
Copper Street Brass Quintet
3:39 - 11:42 AM
English Chamber Orchestra
Jeffrey Tate, conductor
Radovan Vlatkovic, horn
3:41 - 11:38 AM
New York Philharmonic
Leonard Bernstein, conductor
4:32 - 11:27 AM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Iona Brown, conductor
Marisa Robles, harp
10:57 - 11:21 AM
Claudio Arrau, piano
5:39 - 11:11 AM
Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra
Evgeny Mravinsky, conductor
9:43 - 11:04 AM
London Mozart Players
James Galway, flute
7:15 - 10:54 AM
Academy of Ancient Music
Christopher Hogwood, conductor
9:20 - 10:47 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 - 10:39 AM
Piano Concerto No. 21 "Elvira Madigan": 3rd movement
Mozart: Piano Concertos No 20 & 21
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Christian Zacharias, conductor
Jan Lisiecki, piano
7:21 - 10:36 AM
Cleveland Quartet
3:47 - 10:27 AM
Pacific Symphony Orchestra
Keith Clark, conductor
8:57 - 10:20 AM
Cleveland Orchestra
Christoph von Dohnanyi, conductor
5:53 - 10:13 AM
Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1
Elgar: Symphony No.1; Pomp and Circumstance Marches No.1 & No.2
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
David Zinman, conductor
6:52 - 10:05 AM
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Georg Solti, conductor
8:10 - 9:55 AM
London Symphony Orchestra
Colin Davis, conductor
Evgeny Kissin, piano
10:02 - 9:46 AM
Russian National Orchestra
Alexander Vedernikov, conductor
9:12 - 9:39 AM
Seattle Symphony
Gerard Schwarz, conductor
5:54 - 9:32 AM
New York Philharmonic
Zubin Mehta, conductor
6:59 - 9:25 AM
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Colin Davis, conductor
7:15 - 9:09 AM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Murray Perahia, conductor
Murray Perahia, piano
15:37 - 9:05 AM
Orchestra of Toulouse
Michel Plasson, conductor
3:39 - 9:00 AM
Monte Carlo National Opera Orchestra
Richard Bonynge, conductor
Joan Sutherland, soprano
5:01 - 8:57 AM
La clemenza di Tito (The Clemency of Titus): Overture
Mozart: Cosi fan tutte; La Clemenza di Tito (Transcriptions for Wind Octet)
Amadeus Ensemble
Julius Rudel, conductor
3:12 - 8:52 AM
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
Vaclav Neumann, conductor
4:31 - 8:39 AM
Vienna Philharmonic
Georg Solti, conductor
13:42 - 8:35 AM
Julian Lloyd Webber, cello
3:25 - 8:25 AM
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra
Nicholas McGegan, conductor
9:22 - 8:16 AM
Symphony No. 7: 2nd movement
Beethoven For All: Music of Passion, Power and Beauty
West-Eastern Divan Orchestra
Daniel Barenboim, conductor
8:55 - 8:11 AM
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
4:27 - 8:03 AM
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Daniel Barenboim, conductor
Itzhak Perlman, violin
8:11 - 7:52 AM
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin, conductor
10:41 - 7:43 AM
Philadelphia Orchestra
Eugene Ormandy, conductor
9:10 - 7:39 AM
Symphony No. 94 "Surprise": Finale
Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 94 & 100, Sinfonia Concertante
Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra
Adam Fischer, conductor
3:54 - 7:30 AM
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor
8:59 - 7:24 AM
Philharmonia Orchestra
Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor
James Ehnes, violin
5:34 - 7:20 AM
Zoltan Kocsis, piano
3:33 - 7:15 AM
Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra
Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
5:26 - 7:02 AM
Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre
Valery Gergiev, conductor
12:50 - 6:59 AM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Michael Stern, conductor
Joshua Bell, violin
2:40 - 6:49 AM
Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra
Marios Papadopoulous, conductor
Paul Merkelo, trumpet
9:39 - 6:46 AM
London Symphony Orchestra
Aaron Copland, conductor
3:14 - 6:41 AM
Berlin Philharmonic
Simon Rattle, conductor
5:33 - 6:36 AM
Lang Lang, piano
4:18 - 6:26 AM
Kimball Sykes, clarinet
9:38 - 6:23 AM
Tafelmusik
Jeanne Lamon, conductor
3:17 - 6:13 AM
German Chamber Philharmonic
Paavo Jarvi, conductor
Janine Jansen, violin
9:26 - 6:08 AM
Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra
Antal Dorati, conductor
4:35 - 6:00 AM
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Claudio Abbado, conductor
8:35