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.
- 9:25 PM
Russian National Orchestra
Mikhail Pletnev, conductor
11:27 - 9:19 PM
Richard Raymond, piano
5:19 - 9:12 PM
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Mariss Jansons, conductor
Stefan Schilli, oboe
6:52 - 9:03 PM
Utah Symphony Orchestra
Maurice Abravanel, conductor
9:19 - 8:51 PM
New York Philharmonic
Giuseppe Sinopoli, conductor
11:19 - 8:46 PM
Yo-Yo Ma, cello
5:09 - 8:39 PM
English Baroque Soloists
John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
6:54 - 8:36 PM
Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano
3:04 - 8:28 PM
Symphony No. 9 "From the New World": 3rd movement
Dvorak: Symphony No. 9, Carnival Overture
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Riccardo Chailly, conductor
7:59 - 8:23 PM
Nicola Hall, guitar
5:06 - 8:10 PM
La Serenissima
Adrian Chandler, conductor
Adrian Chandler, violin
12:00 - 8:02 PM
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Claudio Abbado, conductor
8:35 - 7:57 PM
Paris Orchestra
Daniel Barenboim, conductor
4:55 - 7:53 PM
Israel Sinfonietta
Uri Mayer, conductor
David Jolley, horn
3:33 - 7:44 PM
Der Rosenkavalier: Waltz Sequence No. 2
Richard Strauss: Der Rosenkavelier; Die Frau ohne Schatten; Burleske
Seattle Symphony
Gerard Schwarz, conductor
8:44 - 7:32 PM
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Thomas Schippers, conductor
11:14 - 7:26 PM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Joshua Bell, violin
6:53 - 7:24 PM
John Browning, piano
1:30 - 7:11 PM
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
Kurt Masur, conductor
12:08 - 7:04 PM
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Simon Rattle, conductor
7:11 - 6:57 PM
Cleveland Orchestra
Christoph von Dohnanyi, conductor
6:59 - 6:54 PM
San Francisco Symphony
Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
3:24 - 6:41 PM
Sinfonia Concertante: 1st movement
Mozart: The Violin Concertos; Sinfonia concertante
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Anne-Sophie Mutter, conductor
Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin
12:37 - 6:32 PM
Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra
Lionel Bringuier, conductor
Yuja Wang, piano
8:14 - 6:26 PM
Houston Symphony Orchestra
Sergiu Comissiona, conductor
6:40 - 6:21 PM
Philharmonia Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin, conductor
4:26 - 6:09 PM
French National Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin, conductor
11:44 - 6:03 PM
Oregon Bach Festival Chamber Orchestra
Helmuth Rilling, conductor
5:57 - 5:58 PM
Alicia de Larrocha, piano
4:34 - 5:55 PM
Die Meistersinger von Nurmberg (The Mastersingers of Nuremburg): Prelude to Act I
New Classical Arrangements for Brass
Copper Street Brass Quintet
3:39 - 5:44 PM
Vienna Philharmonic
Christian Thielemann, conductor
10:13 - 5:35 PM
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Bernard Haitink, conductor
9:06 - 5:29 PM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner, conductor
Leila Josefowicz, violin
5:23 - 5:21 PM
Berlin Philharmonic
Simon Rattle, conductor
8:11 - 5:11 PM
Cleveland Orchestra
Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor
Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano
9:57 - 5:02 PM
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
Pietari Inkinen, conductor
8:55 - 4:56 PM
Tafelmusik
Bruno Weil, conductor
5:08 - 4:53 PM
Musica Antiqua Cologne
Reinhard Goebel, conductor
3:06 - 4:44 PM
New York Philharmonic
Leonard Bernstein, conductor
9:44 - 4:37 PM
Prelude No. 15 "Raindrop"
Bach: French Suite; Schumann: Papillons, Op.2; Chopin: Two Preludes, Mazurka
Mieczyslaw Horszowski, piano
5:40 - 4:31 PM
Symphony No. 94 "Surprise": 2nd movement
Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 94 & 100, Sinfonia Concertante
Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra
Adam Fischer, conductor
6:18 - 4:29 PM
Philadelphia Orchestra
Wolfgang Sawallisch, conductor
2:28 - 4:15 PM
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin, conductor
13:21 - 4:12 PM
North German Radio Symphony
John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
2:33 - 4:06 PM
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Anne-Sophie Mutter, conductor
Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin
6:20 - 3:53 PM
Vienna Philharmonic
Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor
12:48 - 3:47 PM
Orchestra de la Suisse Romande
Neeme Jarvi, conductor
6:20 - 3:43 PM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner, conductor
3:24 - 3:29 PM
Berlin Philharmonic
Nigel Kennedy, violin
13:28 - 3:23 PM
Robert DeGaetano, piano
5:40 - 3:14 PM
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Bernard Haitink, conductor
9:25 - 3:07 PM
English Northern Philharmonia
Paul Daniel, conductor
7:07 - 2:58 PM
Vienna Symphony Orchestra
Willi Boskovsky, conductor
8:12 - 2:48 PM
Orchestra of St. Luke's
Charles Mackerras, conductor
10:28 - 2:44 PM
Julian Lloyd Webber, cello
3:10 - 2:32 PM
English Baroque Soloists
John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
11:28 - 2:28 PM
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Litton, conductor
4:51 - 2:20 PM
Emerson String Quartet
6:38 - 2:18 PM
Choir of New College, Oxford
Edward Higginbottom, conductor
2:58 - 2:09 PM
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
Riccardo Chailly, conductor
Vadim Repin, violin
8:03 - 1:58 PM
Piano Sonata No. 21 "Waldstein": 1st movement
Reubke, Beethoven: Sonata, Waldstein, Tandeln und Scherzen
Richard Raymond, piano
11:17 - 1:51 PM
Minnesota Orchestra
Eiji Oue, conductor
6:52 - 1:47 PM
Boston Pops Orchestra
Arthur Fiedler, conductor
3:34 - 1:32 PM
Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis
Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis; Fantasia on Greensleeves; The Lark Ascending; Five Variants of "Dives and Lazarus"
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner, conductor
15:16 - 1:27 PM
Tapiola Sinfonietta
Jean-Jacques Kantorow, conductor
Christian Lindberg, trombone
4:13 - 1:20 PM
Danish National Symphony Orchestra
Shai Wosner, piano
7:28 - 1:09 PM
Il Giardino Armonico
Giovanni Antonini, conductor
10:52 - 1:05 PM
Xuefei Yang, guitar
3:52 - 12:56 PM
Philharmonia Virtuosi
Richard Kapp, conductor
Hubert Laws, flute
8:26 - 12:43 PM
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Charles Mackerras, conductor
13:02 - 12:40 PM
Andre Watts, piano
2:20 - 12:29 PM
Symphony No. 4 "Italian": 1st movement
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 "Eroica", - Mendelssohn Symphony No. 4, "Italian"
Tafelmusik
Bruno Weil, conductor
11:04 - 12:25 PM
Norwegian National Opera Orchestra
Rinaldo Alessandrini, conductor
4:31 - 12:16 PM
Revolutionary and Romantic Orchestra
John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
7:42 - 12:08 PM
English Chamber Orchestra
David Lockington, conductor
Anne Akiko Meyers, violin
8:40 - 12:01 PM
Houston Symphony Orchestra
Sergiu Comissiona, conductor
6:29 - 11:52 AM
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Rafael Kubelik, conductor
9:00 - 11:43 AM
Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso
Sarasate: Carmen Fantasy; Chausson: Poème; Saint-Saëns: Havanaise
New York Philharmonic
Zubin Mehta, conductor
Itzhak Perlman, violin
8:53 - 11:39 AM
Philadelphia Orchestra
Eugene Ormandy, conductor
4:07 - 11:25 AM
Harp Consort
Andrew Lawrence-King, conductor
Andrew Lawrence-King, harp
13:46 - 11:20 AM
Liebesfreud (Love's Joy)
Leonidas Kavakos Plays Debussy, Kreisler, Paganini, Schubert, Tchaikovsky, Wieniawski & more
Leonidas Kavakos, violin
3:50 - 11:15 AM
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
Riccardo Chailly, conductor
5:54 - 11:02 AM
Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra
Ondrej Lenard, conductor
12:14 - 10:59 AM
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
2:49 - 10:54 AM
Nabucco: Va, pensiero (Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves)
Dies Irae: The Essential Choral Collection
German Opera Orchestra
Giuseppe Sinopoli, conductor
4:55 - 10:49 AM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner, conductor
5:46 - 10:42 AM
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Fritz Reiner, conductor
6:47 - 10:32 AM
Augustin Dumay, violin
9:46 - 10:29 AM
Tafelmusik
Jeanne Lamon, conductor
2:30 - 10:17 AM
Berlin Philharmonic
Herbert von Karajan, conductor
Maurice Andre, trumpet
11:11 - 10:14 AM
Quebec Symphony Orchestra
Yoav Talmi, conductor
3:34 - 10:06 AM
Musicians of the Louvre
Marc Minkowski, conductor
7:55 - 9:59 AM
Minnesota Orchestra
Osmo Vanska, conductor
Stephen Hough, piano
6:40 - 9:55 AM
Orchestra of the 18th Century
Frans Bruggen, conductor
4:26 - 9:48 AM
Camerata Salzburg
Roger Norrington, conductor
Joshua Bell, violin
6:26 - 9:45 AM
London Symphony Orchestra
Antal Dorati, conductor
2:40 - 9:42 AM
Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
3:24 - 9:35 AM
Cleveland Orchestra
Christoph von Dohnanyi, conductor
6:49 - 9:32 AM
Maxim Vengerov, violin
2:02 - 9:20 AM
Vienna Philharmonic
Simon Rattle, conductor
12:21 - 9:13 AM
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Litton, conductor
6:50 - 8:58 AM
Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks
Richard Strauss: Don Juan; Burlesque; Serenade; Till Eulenspiegel
Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra
Paavo Berglund, conductor
15:03 - 8:42 AM
Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra
Neville Marriner, conductor
15:11 - 8:39 AM
Lynn Harrell, cello
3:08 - 8:31 AM
Brandenburg Concerto No. 4: 1st movement
Bach: Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 4, 5, & 6
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner, conductor
Henryk Szeryng, violin
7:27 - 8:25 AM
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
Leonard Bernstein, conductor
5:55 - 8:21 AM
New York Chamber Symphony
Gerard Schwarz, conductor
Gerard Schwarz, trumpet
3:33 - 8:13 AM
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Adrian Boult, conductor
8:46 - 8:05 AM
Handel and Haydn Society
Harry Christophers, conductor
8:00 - 8:00 AM
Michael Chertock, piano
4:51 - 7:56 AM
Guildhall Strings
3:42 - 7:47 AM
Symphony No. 7: 2nd movement
Beethoven For All: Music of Passion, Power and Beauty
West-Eastern Divan Orchestra
Daniel Barenboim, conductor
8:55 - 7:43 AM
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor
4:26 - 7:35 AM
Pacifica String Quartet
Anthony McGill, clarinet
6:42 - 7:29 AM
Hollywood Bowl Orchestra
Miklos Rozsa, conductor
6:43 - 7:26 AM
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra Chamber Orchestra
Lisa Batiashvili, violin
2:34 - 7:05 AM
Piano Concerto No. 1: 1st movement
Natasha Paremski Plays Tchaikovsky And Rachmaninoff
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Fabien Gabel, conductor
Natasha Paremski, piano
20:28 - 7:03 AM
Budapest Festival Orchestra
Ivan Fischer, conductor
Andras Keller, violin
1:45 - 6:54 AM
New York Philharmonic
Pierre Boulez, conductor
8:49 - 6:43 AM
Prague Sinfonia Orchestra
Christian Benda, conductor
11:32 - 6:34 AM
Jeremy Denk, piano
7:59 - 6:31 AM
Orchestra of St. Luke's
Donald Runnicles, conductor
3:43 - 6:21 AM
Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra
Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
9:04 - 6:11 AM
Australian Chamber Orchestra
Richard Tognetti, conductor
Richard Tognetti, violin
9:32 - 6:00 AM
Berlin Philharmonic
Karl Bohm, conductor
11:39