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.
- 1:54 PM
Candide: Overture
Bernstein: Selections From Candide, West Side Story, On The Waterfront, Fancy Free
New York Philharmonic
Leonard Bernstein, conductor
4:13 - 1:42 PM
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra Chamber Orchestra
Lisa Batiashvili, violin
12:03 - 1:39 PM
John Browning, piano
2:22 - 1:35 PM
London Symphony Orchestra
John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
4:05 - 1:27 PM
Egmont Overture
Stanislaw Skrowaczewski - The Minnesota Orchestra: The Vox Recordings
Minnesota Orchestra
Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, conductor
8:40 - 1:19 PM
Dresden State Orchestra
Colin Davis, conductor
6:39 - 1:10 PM
Tafelmusik
Jean Lamon, violin
9:45 - 1:04 PM
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor
Milos Karadaglic, guitar
5:55 - 12:57 PM
Pavane for a Dead Princess (Pavane pour une infante defunte)
Ravel: Sheherazade; Le Tombeau De Couperin/Debussy: Ballades de Villon
Cleveland Orchestra
Pierre Boulez, conductor
6:47 - 12:48 PM
London Classical Players
Roger Norrington, conductor
9:11 - 12:45 PM
Berlin Philharmonic
Claudio Abbado, conductor
2:55 - 12:37 PM
Brandenburg Concerto No. 4: 1st movement
JS Bach: Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 4, 5, 6
New Bach Collegium Musicum Leipzig
Max Pommer, conductor
6:57 - 12:32 PM
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
Erich Kunzel, conductor
5:02 - 12:23 PM
Emerson String Quartet
David Shifrin, clarinet
9:08 - 12:20 PM
John O'Conor, piano
2:45 - 12:08 PM
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Thomas Schippers, conductor
12:03 - 12:04 PM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Michael Stern, conductor
Joshua Bell, violin
3:53 - 12:00 PM
English Chamber Orchestra
Raymond Leppard, conductor
3:05 - 11:58 AM
Gianni Schicchi: O mio babbino caro
The Most Relaxing Classical Album In The World...Ever!
London Symphony Orchestra
Charles Mackerras, conductor
Montserrat Caballe, soprano
2:42 - 11:45 AM
Szeged Symphony Orchestra
Tamas Pal, conductor
12:48 - 11:43 AM
Gil Shaham, violin
1:42 - 11:36 AM
Houston Symphony Orchestra
Sergiu Comissiona, conductor
6:27 - 11:27 AM
Tafelmusik
Jeanne Lamon, conductor
9:36 - 11:21 AM
Ensemble Intercontemporain
Pierre Boulez, conductor
5:06 - 11:09 AM
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Jaime Laredo, conductor
12:21 - 11:04 AM
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Bernard Haitink, conductor
5:02 - 10:58 AM
Mother Goose (Ma mere l'oye): Laideronnette, Empress of the Pagodas
Ravel: Sheherazade, etc.
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Simon Rattle, conductor
5:03 - 10:56 AM
Louis Lortie, piano
2:38 - 10:42 AM
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Daniel Barenboim, conductor
14:09 - 10:35 AM
Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra
Arabella Steinbacher, violin
6:08 - 10:29 AM
Minuet of the Will-o'-the-Wisps
Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique, Roman Carnival Overture, Three Pieces from The Damnation of Faust
Halle Orchestra
John Barbirolli, conductor
5:44 - 10:25 AM
Orchestra of the 18th Century
Frans Bruggen, conductor
4:44 - 10:18 AM
London Symphony Orchestra
Colin Davis, conductor
Evgeny Kissin, piano
5:47 - 10:10 AM
Seattle Symphony
Gerard Schwarz, conductor
Jon Manasse, clarinet
7:48 - 10:02 AM
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor
8:06 - 9:52 AM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner, conductor
10:01 - 9:47 AM
New York Philharmonic
Leonard Bernstein, conductor
4:56 - 9:43 AM
Chilingirian Quartet
3:40 - 9:40 AM
Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra
Sakari Oramo, conductor
Daniel Hope, violin
3:04 - 9:26 AM
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin, conductor
13:27 - 9:22 AM
San Francisco Symphony
Herbert Blomstedt, conductor
4:45 - 9:18 AM
London Sinfonietta
Richard Hickox, conductor
Richard Watkins, horn
3:14 - 9:11 AM
Philharmonia Orchestra
William Boughton, conductor
6:50 - 9:01 AM
Zurich Chamber Orchestra
Howard Griffiths, conductor
Sharon Isbin, guitar
10:15 - 8:59 AM
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
1:47 - 8:48 AM
Night on Bald Mountain
Tchaikovsky: 1812; Dukas: Sorcerer's Apprentice; Smetana: Vltava (Die Moldau); Dvorak: Scherzo capriccioso; Mussorgsky: A Night on the Bare Mountain
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra
Mariss Jansons, conductor
10:40 - 8:42 AM
Camerata Salzburg
Roger Norrington, conductor
Joshua Bell, violin
6:26 - 8:36 AM
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Yoel Levi, conductor
6:12 - 8:27 AM
Ensemble Wien
8:07 - 8:23 AM
English Chamber Orchestra
Raymond Leppard, conductor
Wynton Marsalis, trumpet
3:33 - 8:17 AM
Andre Watts, piano
5:38 - 8:04 AM
Academy of Ancient Music
Andrew Manze, conductor
Andrew Manze, violin
13:13 - 8:01 AM
Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
Stephen Gunzenhauser, conductor
3:17 - 7:54 AM
Malmo Symphony Orchestra
James DePreist, conductor
6:13 - 7:50 AM
Moscow Chamber Orchestra
Constantine Orbelian, conductor
3:59 - 7:40 AM
Philadelphia Orchestra
Wolfgang Sawallisch, conductor
10:34 - 7:32 AM
Yundi Li, piano
7:06 - 7:30 AM
Philharmonia Orchestra
Louis Fremaux, conductor
John Williams, guitar
2:00 - 7:22 AM
Netherlands Chamber Orchestra
Yakov Kreizberg, conductor
Julia Fischer, violin
7:49 - 7:10 AM
Berlin Philharmonic
Karl Bohm, conductor
11:39 - 7:06 AM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner, conductor
4:15 - 7:01 AM
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Colin Davis, conductor
5:14 - 6:56 AM
John Browning, piano
4:11 - 6:54 AM
Lieutenant Kije: Troika
Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite, Prokofiev: Lieutenant Kije, Dukas: The Sourcerer's Apprentice
Saint Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra
Yuri Temirkanov, conductor
2:35 - 6:50 AM
Sejong Soloists
Gil Shaham, violin
4:06 - 6:42 AM
Paris Orchestra
Daniel Barenboim, conductor
7:38 - 6:36 AM
English Chamber Orchestra
Raymond Leppard, conductor
5:13 - 6:31 AM
Dresden State Orchestra
Hans Vonk, conductor
4:48 - 6:23 AM
Revolutionary and Romantic Orchestra
John Eliot Gardner, conductor
8:29 - 6:20 AM
Ulrike-Anima Mathe, violin
2:13 - 6:11 AM
West-Eastern Divan Orchestra
Daniel Barenboim, conductor
8:51 - 6:00 AM
Orchestra of Flanders
Rudolf Werthen, conductor
Yolanda Kondonassis, harp
11:39