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.
- 4:52 AM
English Chamber Orchestra
Andrew Litton, conductor
Branford Marsalis, saxophone
5:34 - 4:44 AM
Vienna Symphony Orchestra
Willi Boskovsky, conductor
8:12 - 4:38 AM
Brandenburg Concerto No. 5: 3rd movement
Bach: Concerts Brandebourgeois Nos. 2, 5, 6
Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra
Ton Koopman, conductor
5:23 - 4:35 AM
Michael Chertock, piano
3:02 - 4:29 AM
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor
5:24 - 4:22 AM
London Symphony Orchestra
Andre Previn, conductor
7:50 - 4:09 AM
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Fritz Reiner, conductor
12:12 - 4:06 AM
Water Music Suite No. 2: Alla Hornpipe
Handel: Music For The Royal Fireworks / Water Music
Capella Istropolitana
Bohdan Warchal, conductor
2:56 - 4:02 AM
Endellion String Quartet
3:42 - 3:58 AM
Ames Piano Quartet
3:35 - 3:55 AM
Orchestra of the Bastille
Myung-Whun Chung, conductor
3:55 - 3:47 AM
Seattle Symphony
Gerard Schwarz, conductor
Jon Manasse, clarinet
7:49 - 3:44 AM
Lieutenant Kije: Troika
Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite, Prokofiev: Lieutenant Kije, Dukas: The Sourcerer's Apprentice
Saint Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra
Yuri Temirkanov, conductor
2:35 - 3:38 AM
Orchestra of the 18th Century
Frans Bruggen, conductor
5:35 - 3:29 AM
Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden
Georg Solti, conductor
8:40 - 3:26 AM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Julia Fischer, violin
3:24 - 3:20 AM
Ingrid Fliter, piano
5:24 - 3:04 AM
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Paavo Jarvi, conductor
15:57 - 3:02 AM
Philharmonia Orchestra
Julius Rudel, conductor
Alfredo Kraus, tenor
2:17 - 2:59 AM
Philadelphia Orchestra
Wolfgang Sawallisch, conductor
2:28 - 2:51 AM
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Claudio Abbado, conductor
8:35 - 2:44 AM
Gyorgy Sebok, piano
6:23 - 2:33 AM
New York Philharmonic
Leonard Bernstein, conductor
11:08 - 2:28 AM
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Riccardo Chailly, conductor
4:48 - 2:22 AM
Minnesota Orchestra
Eiji Oue, conductor
5:42 - 2:14 AM
Boston Pops Orchestra
John Williams, conductor
7:43 - 2:08 AM
English Chamber Orchestra
Jeffrey Tate, conductor
5:23 - 1:59 AM
Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra
Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
9:04 - 1:54 AM
Jorge Bolet, piano
5:35 - 1:47 AM
Pepe Romero, guitar
6:13 - 1:43 AM
Israel Sinfonietta
Uri Mayer, conductor
David Jolley, horn
3:35 - 1:38 AM
Cleveland Orchestra
Christoph von Dohnanyi, conductor
5:29 - 1:24 AM
Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra
Jeffrey Kahane, conductor
Margaret Batjer, violin
13:21 - 1:15 AM
Yael Weiss, piano
8:52 - 1:04 AM
Philharmonia Orchestra
Otto Klemperer, conductor
10:49 - 12:52 AM
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Claudio Abbado, conductor
11:53 - 12:48 AM
Zurich Operahouse Orchestra
Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor
4:17 - 12:36 AM
Paul Lewis, piano
11:13 - 12:25 AM
Il Giardino Armonico
Giovanni Antonini, conductor
10:52 - 12:22 AM
Boston Pops Orchestra
Arthur Fiedler, conductor
2:54 - 12:19 AM
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
Erich Kunzel, conductor
3:03 - 12:05 AM
Vienna Philharmonic
Simon Rattle, conductor
14:01 - 11:56 PM
Der Rosenkavalier: Waltz Sequence No. 2
Richard Strauss: Der Rosenkavelier; Die Frau ohne Schatten; Burleske
Seattle Symphony
Gerard Schwarz, conductor
8:44 - 11:49 PM
Houston Symphony Orchestra
Sergiu Comissiona, conductor
6:40 - 11:41 PM
Orchestra of the Swan
Kenneth Woods, conductor
7:46 - 11:32 PM
Philadelphia Orchestra
Eugene Ormandy, conductor
9:10 - 11:27 PM
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Daniel Barenboim, conductor
5:08 - 11:23 PM
Richard Raymond, piano
2:35 - 11:13 PM
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Charles Rosekrans, conductor
10:37 - 11:06 PM
Cleveland Orchestra
Lorin Maazel, conductor
6:21 - 11:01 PM
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Robert Shaw, conductor
5:15 - 10:53 PM
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Paul Paray, conductor
7:32 - 10:47 PM
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
Kurt Masur, conductor
Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin
6:14 - 10:38 PM
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Christian Zacharias, conductor
Jan Lisiecki, piano
8:32 - 10:34 PM
Berlin Philharmonic
Herbert von Karajan, conductor
4:14 - 10:31 PM
Tafelmusik
Jeanne Lamon, conductor
2:30 - 10:17 PM
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
14:03 - 10:10 PM
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor
7:15 - 10:00 PM
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
Pietari Inkinen, conductor
8:55 - 9:49 PM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner, conductor
11:03 - 9:40 PM
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
Semyon Bychkov, conductor
9:10 - 9:32 PM
Budapest Festival Orchestra
Ivan Fischer, conductor
7:35 - 9:24 PM
Cleveland Orchestra
George Szell, conductor
David Oistrakh, violin
7:49 - 9:22 PM
Ingrid Fliter, piano
1:47 - 9:16 PM
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Georg Solti, conductor
6:23 - 9:07 PM
Amsterdam Guitar Trio
9:02 - 9:00 PM
Staatskapelle Berlin
Herbert von Karajan, conductor
6:20 - 8:52 PM
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Andre Previn, conductor
Joseph Swensen, violin
8:23 - 8:42 PM
Australian Chamber Orchestra
Richard Tognetti, conductor
Angela Hewitt, piano
9:37 - 8:26 PM
Russian Easter Festival Overture
Rimsky-Korsakov: Antar and Russian Easter Festival
Philharmonia Orchestra
Evgeny Svetlanov, conductor
15:04 - 8:15 PM
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
Julian Bream, guitar
10:36 - 8:11 PM
Seattle Chamber Music Society
James Ehnes, violin
4:29 - 8:06 PM
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Colin Davis, conductor
5:05 - 7:52 PM
San Francisco Symphony
Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
13:53 - 7:48 PM
East Coast Chamber Orchestra
4:11 - 7:36 PM
Houston Symphony Orchestra
Christoph Eschenbach, conductor
11:08 - 7:27 PM
Stadium Symphony Orchestra of New York
Raoul Poliakin, conductor
8:39 - 7:17 PM
English Chamber Orchestra
John Williams, guitar
9:59 - 7:10 PM
Berlin Philharmonic
Simon Rattle, conductor
Toru Yasunaga, violin
6:48 - 7:07 PM
The Three-Cornered Hat: Neighbor's Dance
Muti | Philadelphia Orchestra | de Falla, Ravel, Chabrier
Philadelphia Orchestra
Riccardo Muti, conductor
3:11 - 6:52 PM
London Symphony Orchestra
Andre Previn, conductor
Andre Previn, piano
14:43 - 6:44 PM
Zurich Chamber Orchestra
Howard Griffiths, conductor
Sharon Isbin, guitar
7:44 - 6:33 PM
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Seiji Ozawa, conductor
Rudolf Serkin, piano
10:17 - 6:27 PM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner, conductor
6:09 - 6:21 PM
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Franz Welser-Most, conductor
6:02 - 6:14 PM
Minnesota Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin, conductor
6:58 - 6:05 PM
Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra Amsterdam
Yakov Kreizberg, conductor
Julia Fischer, violin
8:09 - 5:59 PM
Kathryn Stott, piano
5:51 - 5:53 PM
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
Leonard Bernstein, conductor
5:54 - 5:51 PM
Musica Antiqua Cologne
Reinhard Goebel, conductor
2:44 - 5:47 PM
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Litton, conductor
4:11 - 5:37 PM
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Barry Wordsworth, conductor
Janine Jansen, violin
8:58 - 5:26 PM
Orchestra of St. Luke's
Donald Runnicles, conductor
10:36 - 5:21 PM
Dreams of Love No. 3 (Liebestraum)
Piano Collection: Arrau, Cziffra, Ciccolini, Rudy et al.
Georges Cziffra, piano
4:49 - 5:07 PM
Toulouse Chamber Orchestra
Louis Auriacombe, conductor
Lily Laskine, harp
13:42 - 5:03 PM
New Queen's Hall Orchestra
Barry Wordsworth, conductor
4:17 - 5:00 PM
San Francisco Symphony
Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
3:24 - 4:49 PM
Consecration of the House: Overture
Complete Beethoven Edition Vol. 3: Music For The Stage
Berlin Philharmonic
Bernhard Klee, conductor
10:48 - 4:45 PM
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Jahja Ling, conductor
Rolf Smedvig, trumpet
3:43 - 4:42 PM
Maurizio Pollini, piano
2:48 - 4:35 PM
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Viktoria Mullova, conductor
Viktoria Mullova, violin
6:54 - 4:26 PM
Philharmonia Orchestra
Otto Klemperer, conductor
8:26 - 4:20 PM
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
Hugh Wolff, conductor
6:16 - 4:12 PM
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Simon Rattle, conductor
7:11 - 4:03 PM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner, conductor
Heinrich Schiff, cello
9:09 - 3:56 PM
New York Philharmonic
Leonard Bernstein, conductor
7:24 - 3:46 PM
Orchestra of Flanders
Rudolf Werthen, conductor
Yolanda Kondonassis, harp
10:07 - 3:35 PM
Orchestre de la Bastille
Myung-Whun Chung, conductor
9:42 - 3:25 PM
Orchestra Mozart
Claudio Abbado, conductor
10:27 - 3:17 PM
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor
7:41 - 3:05 PM
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Thomas Schippers, conductor
11:14 - 2:59 PM
James Galway, flute
5:54 - 2:56 PM
Choir of King's College, Cambridge
Stephen Cleobury, conductor
Jose-Luis Garcia, violin
3:27 - 2:47 PM
Utah Symphony Orchestra
Maurice Abravanel, conductor
9:19 - 2:39 PM
RCA Symphony Orchestra
Kirill Kondrashin, conductor
Van Cliburn, piano
7:04 - 2:35 PM
London Sinfonietta
Richard Hickox, conductor
Richard Watkins, horn
4:12 - 2:23 PM
French National Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin, conductor
11:44 - 2:18 PM
Chamber Orchestra of Lausanne
Lawrence Foster, conductor
Sharon Isbin, guitar
4:49 - 2:14 PM
Philadelphia Orchestra
Eugene Ormandy, conductor
4:10 - 2:03 PM
Freiburg Baroque Orchestra
10:14 - 1:56 PM
Violin Sonata No. 5 "Spring": 4th movement
Beethoven: Piano and Violin Sonatas, Vol.2
Isaac Stern, violin
6:38 - 1:53 PM
Die Meistersinger von Nurmberg (The Mastersingers of Nuremburg): Prelude to Act I
New Classical Arrangements for Brass
Copper Street Brass Quintet
3:39 - 1:44 PM
Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Lance Friedel, conductor
8:19 - 1:29 PM
Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra
Gennady Rozhdestvensky, conductor
15:07 - 1:24 PM
Orchestra of St. Luke's
Donald Runnicles, conductor
4:38 - 1:14 PM
Cleveland Orchestra
Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor
Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano
9:57 - 1:08 PM
Symphony No. 94 "Surprise": 2nd movement
Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 45 & 94; Horn Concerto No. 1
London Chamber Orchestra
Christopher Warren-Green, conductor
6:16 - 1:01 PM
Orchestra de la Suisse Romande
Neeme Jarvi, conductor
6:20 - 12:51 PM
Musica Antiqua Cologne
Reinhard Goebel, conductor
9:40 - 12:44 PM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner, conductor
7:08 - 12:39 PM
I Solisti Italiani
5:29 - 12:31 PM
Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra Amsterdam
Yakov Kreizberg, conductor
Julia Fischer, violin
7:55 - 12:28 PM
Jan Lisiecki, piano
2:25 - 12:24 PM
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor
4:14 - 12:16 PM
Canadian Brass
7:34 - 12:13 PM
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
2:49 - 12:06 PM
Symphony No. 9 "From the New World": 3rd movement
Dvorak: Symphony No. 9; Sibelius: Symphony No. 2
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Paul Paray, conductor
6:52 - 11:55 AM
Vienna Philharmonic
Christian Thielemann, conductor
10:13 - 11:45 AM
Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra
Eduardo Marturet, conductor
Lara St. John, violin
10:31 - 11:33 AM
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Georg Solti, conductor
11:49 - 11:25 AM
Harold Wright, clarinet
7:07 - 11:22 AM
Hakon Austbo, piano
3:17 - 11:08 AM
Berlin Philharmonic
Nigel Kennedy, violin
13:28 - 11:04 AM
Philadelphia Orchestra
Eugene Ormandy, conductor
4:07 - 10:57 AM
English Northern Philharmonia
Paul Daniel, conductor
7:07 - 10:54 AM
North German Radio Symphony
John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
2:33 - 10:44 AM
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Leonard Bernstein, conductor
10:26 - 10:38 AM
Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano
4:53 - 10:23 AM
Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks
Richard Strauss: Don Juan; Burlesque; Serenade; Till Eulenspiegel
Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra
Paavo Berglund, conductor
15:03 - 10:19 AM
Symphony No. 94 "Surprise": Finale
Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 45 & 94; Horn Concerto No. 1
London Chamber Orchestra
Christopher Warren-Green, conductor
3:44 - 10:08 AM
Hollywood Bowl Orchestra
John Mauceri, conductor
Louise DiTullio, flute
10:39 - 10:03 AM
Brandenburg Concerto No. 6: 3rd movement
Bach: Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 4, 5, 6
Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra
Ton Koopman, conductor
5:34 - 9:59 AM
Philharmonia Virtuosi
Richard Kapp, conductor
Chick Corea, piano
4:03 - 9:53 AM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner, conductor
Leila Josefowicz, violin
5:23 - 9:48 AM
Symphonie Fantastique: March to the Scaffold
Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique, La Mort de Cleopatre
Vienna Philharmonic
Valery Gergiev, conductor
4:51 - 9:44 AM
Andre Kostelanetz Orchestra
Andre Kostelanetz, conductor
3:55 - 9:36 AM
English Baroque Soloists
John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
7:50 - 9:27 AM
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Rafael Kubelik, conductor
9:00 - 9:18 AM
String Quartet No. 63 "Sunrise": 1st movement
Haydn: String Quartets, Op. 76, Nos. 4 & 6
Orlando Quartet
8:39 - 9:14 AM
Anne Akiko Meyers, violin
3:51 - 9:04 AM
Russian National Orchestra
Mikhail Pletnev, conductor
10:08 - 9:00 AM
Musica Vitae
Bjorn Sagstad, conductor
Oystein Baadsvik, tuba
3:28 - 8:57 AM
Academy of Ancient Music
Richard Egarr, conductor
2:45 - 8:46 AM
Ma vlast (My Country): Vltava (The Moldau)
Fibich: Symphony No. 1/Smetana: Vysehrad, Vlatava
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Neeme Jarvi, conductor
11:25 - 8:37 AM
Dresden State Orchestra
Hans Vonk, conductor
Christian Zacharias, piano
8:41 - 8:31 AM
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
5:30 - 8:24 AM
Minnesota Orchestra
Eiji Oue, conductor
6:52 - 8:14 AM
New York Philharmonic
Leonard Bernstein, conductor
9:52 - 8:03 AM
Berlin Philharmonic
Simon Rattle, conductor
11:18 - 7:58 AM
Yundi Li, piano
4:21 - 7:55 AM
Choir of New College, Oxford
Edward Higginbottom, conductor
2:58 - 7:48 AM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner, conductor
Heinrich Schiff, cello
6:42 - 7:42 AM
Cleveland Orchestra
Christoph von Dohnanyi, conductor
6:59 - 7:38 AM
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Charles Mackerras, conductor
Eric Ruske, horn
3:17 - 7:34 AM
Appalachian Spring: Variations on a Shaker Melody
Bernstein: Candide Overture, Barber: Adagio for Strings, Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra
Lukas Foss, conductor
3:35 - 7:25 AM
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Bernard Haitink, conductor
9:06 - 7:23 AM
Gil Shaham, violin
1:42 - 7:13 AM
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
Riccardo Chailly, conductor
10:13 - 7:02 AM
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Libor Pesek, conductor
10:44 - 6:51 AM
Night on Bald Mountain
Moussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition, Night on the Bare Mountain
Philadelphia Orchestra
Riccardo Muti, conductor
10:37 - 6:46 AM
American Salute (When Johnny Comes Marching Home)
Americana: 20th Century Works for Orchestra
Utah Symphony Orchestra
Maurice Abravanel, conductor
4:32 - 6:38 AM
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Charles Munch, conductor
8:04 - 6:31 AM
Piano Concerto No. 21 "Elvira Madigan": Andante
Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 10 & 21
English Chamber Orchestra
Jeffrey Tate, conductor
Mitsuko Uchida, piano
7:02 - 6:22 AM
Vienna Johann Strauss Orchestra
Willi Boskovsky, conductor
9:17 - 6:11 AM
I Solisti Veneti
Claudio Scimone, conductor
Ugo Orlandi, mandolin
10:35 - 6:07 AM
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Neeme Jarvi, conductor
3:49 - 6:00 AM
Stockholm Chamber Orchestra
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
6:58