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.
- 10:19 AM
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Claudio Abbado, conductor
5:07 - 10:10 AM
Spartacus: Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia
White Nights: Romantic Russian Showpieces
Kirov Orchestra
Valery Gergiev, conductor
8:55 - 10:03 AM
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Manfred Honeck, conductor
7:06 - 9:57 AM
Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (Sleepers Awake)
Bach-Busoni: Goldberg Variations
Sara Davis Buechner, piano
4:49 - 9:49 AM
Cleveland Orchestra
Christoph von Dohnanyi, conductor
8:06 - 9:45 AM
Holberg Suite: Rigaudon
Grieg: Symphonic Dances, From Holberg's Time, Old Norwegian Melody
Oslo Symphony Orchestra
Mariss Jansons, conductor
3:55 - 9:33 AM
Dresden State Orchestra
Hans Vonk, conductor
Sabine Meyer, clarinet
11:52 - 9:29 AM
London Symphony Orchestra
Leonard Bernstein, conductor
4:29 - 9:24 AM
CPE Bach Chamber Orchestra
Peter Schreier, conductor
4:08 - 9:17 AM
Piano Concerto No. 1: 2nd movement
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1, Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
David Zinman, conductor
Horacio Gutierrez, piano
7:15 - 9:12 AM
English Chamber Orchestra
Jose-Luis Garcia, conductor
Yo-Yo Ma, cello
4:23 - 9:06 AM
Berlin Philharmonic
Herbert von Karajan, conductor
6:05 - 8:59 AM
Nameday (Namensfeier) Overture
Stanislaw Skrowaczewski - The Minnesota Orchestra: The Vox Recordings
Minnesota Orchestra
Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, conductor
6:49 - 8:55 AM
Il Complesso Barocco
Alan Curtis, conductor
Joyce DiDonato, mezzo-soprano
3:46 - 8:52 AM
Houston Symphony Orchestra
Sergiu Comissiona, conductor
3:31 - 8:44 AM
Symphony No. 9 "From the New World": 3rd movement
Dvorak: Symphony No. 9, In der Nature
Vienna Philharmonic
Seiji Ozawa, conductor
7:49 - 8:39 AM
Jaime Laredo, violin
4:27 - 8:28 AM
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Rafael Kubelik, conductor
10:50 - 8:25 AM
John Williams, guitar
3:18 - 8:14 AM
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Claudio Abbado, conductor
Viktoria Mullova, violin
10:22 - 8:08 AM
Symphony No. 104 "London": Finale
Haydn: Symphonies Nos 101 The Clock and 104 London
Orchestra of St. Luke's
Charles Mackerras, conductor
6:34 - 7:57 AM
Piano Concerto No. 5 "Emperor": Rondo
Beethoven: Piano Concertos / Fischer, Goode, Budapest Festival Orchestra
Budapest Festival Orchestra
Ivan Fischer, conductor
Richard Goode, piano
10:16 - 7:48 AM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner, conductor
8:39 - 7:43 AM
David Russell, guitar
5:25 - 7:36 AM
Cleveland Orchestra
Pierre Boulez, conductor
6:50 - 7:21 AM
Israel Sinfonietta
Uri Mayer, conductor
David Jolley, horn
14:41 - 7:17 AM
Lang Lang, piano
3:28 - 7:01 AM
Berlin Philharmonic
Herbert von Karajan, conductor
15:57 - 6:54 AM
Houston Symphony Orchestra
Sergiu Comissiona, conductor
7:05 - 6:50 AM
Boston Pops Orchestra
John Williams, conductor
3:44 - 6:40 AM
Die Meistersinger von Nurmberg (The Mastersingers of Nuremburg): Prelude to Act I
Wagner: Overtures and Preludes
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Daniel Barenboim, conductor
10:04 - 6:35 AM
Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano
4:54 - 6:28 AM
Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra
Jeffrey Kahane, conductor
Hilary Hahn, violin
6:50 - 6:21 AM
Pavane for a Dead Princess (Pavane pour une infante defunte)
Stanislaw Skrowaczewski - The Minnesota Orchestra: The Vox Recordings
Minnesota Orchestra
Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, conductor
6:58 - 6:17 AM
Dresden State Orchestra
Colin Davis, conductor
3:24 - 6:15 AM
New York Philharmonic
Leonard Bernstein, conductor
1:49 - 6:00 AM
London Classical Players
Roger Norrington, conductor
15:20