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.
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Symphony No. 35 "Haffner": Finale
Mozart: Symphonies No 29, 33, 35, 38, And 41
Orchestra Mozart
Claudio Abbado, conductor
3:47 - 2:38 AM
Kaiser-Walzer (Emperor Waltz)
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Plays Strauss 1929 - 1990
Vienna Philharmonic
Bruno Walter, conductor
9:06 - 2:30 AM
I Solisti Veneti
Claudio Scimone, conductor
Ugo Orlandi, mandolin
8:22 - 2:24 AM
Sergey Schepkin, piano
5:43 - 2:12 AM
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Georg Solti, conductor
11:37 - 2:10 AM
North German Radio Symphony
John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
2:14 - 2:00 AM
Paris Orchestra
Jean Martinon, conductor
Itzhak Perlman, violin
9:14 - 1:58 AM
Rome Opera Chorus & Orchestra
Erich Leinsdorf, conductor
2:24 - 1:44 AM
London Symphony Orchestra
Andre Previn, conductor
14:05 - 1:33 AM
Piano Concerto No. 9 "Jeunehomme": 1st movement
Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 8 & 9
English Chamber Orchestra
Jeffrey Tate, conductor
Mitsuko Uchida, piano
10:13 - 1:26 AM
Berlin Philharmonic
Herbert von Karajan, conductor
Karlheinz Zoeller, flute
6:45 - 1:22 AM
Cleveland Quartet
3:47 - 1:14 AM
Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra
Isaac Stern, conductor
Isaac Stern, violin
8:26 - 1:08 AM
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor
Milos Karadaglic, guitar
5:55 - 12:54 AM
Columbia Symphony Orchestra
Vladimir Golschmann, conductor
Glenn Gould, piano
13:59 - 12:46 AM
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Charles Munch, conductor
7:19 - 12:41 AM
Northern Sinfonia of England
Heinrich Schiff, conductor
Christian Tetzlaff, violin
5:30 - 12:37 AM
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
Erich Kunzel, conductor
3:17 - 12:28 AM
London Classical Players
Roger Norrington, conductor
9:11 - 12:25 AM
Ivan Moravec, piano
2:43 - 12:16 AM
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Georg Solti, conductor
8:10 - 12:05 AM
Trondheim Soloists
Anne-Sophie Mutter, conductor
Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin
11:10 - 11:53 PM
Philharmonia Orchestra
Otto Klemperer, conductor
12:16 - 11:50 PM
Vienna Philharmonic
Claudio Abbado, conductor
2:55 - 11:44 PM
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Charles Mackerras, conductor
Eric Ruske, horn
6:13 - 11:39 PM
Yo-Yo Ma, cello
4:12 - 11:28 PM
Symphony No. 9 "From the New World": 4th movement
Dvorak: Symphony No. 9 From the New World
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin, conductor
11:01 - 11:23 PM
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
Bobby McFerrin, conductor
4:24 - 11:18 PM
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Bernard Haitink, conductor
5:02 - 11:10 PM
Seattle Symphony
Gerard Schwarz, conductor
7:24 - 11:06 PM
Academy of Ancient Music Berlin
4:51 - 11:00 PM
The Dance of the Goblins (La ronde des Lutins)
Paganini, Sarasate, Kreisler, Wieniawski
Maxim Vengerov, violin
5:22 - 10:57 PM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner, conductor
3:06 - 10:47 PM
New York Philharmonic
Pierre Boulez, conductor
10:18 - 10:41 PM
Ensemble Intercontemporain
Pierre Boulez, conductor
5:06 - 10:38 PM
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
3:01 - 10:24 PM
Minnesota Orchestra
Klaus Tennstedt, conductor
14:00 - 10:19 PM
Waltz No. 1 "Grand Valse brillante"
Rachmaninoff Performs Chopin, Tchaikovsky, and others
Sergei Rachmaninoff, piano
4:46 - 10:04 PM
Vienna Philharmonic
Lorin Maazel, conductor
14:41 - 9:59 PM
Jutta Zoff, harp
5:14 - 9:54 PM
Berlin Philharmonic
Herbert von Karajan, conductor
Mirella Freni, soprano
4:13 - 9:48 PM
Ulster Orchestra
Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor
6:01 - 9:42 PM
Netherlands Chamber Orchestra
Yakov Kreizberg, conductor
Julia Fischer, violin
6:10 - 9:37 PM
Joshua Rifkin, piano
5:02 - 9:32 PM
Philharmonia Orchestra
Louis Fremaux, conductor
John Williams, guitar
4:48 - 9:27 PM
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin, conductor
5:04 - 9:21 PM
Symphony No. 100 "Military": Minuet
Haydn: Symphonies No. 100 Military and No. 103 Drimroll
Orchestra of St. Luke's
Charles Mackerras, conductor
4:44 - 9:18 PM
Boston Pops Orchestra
John Williams, conductor
3:45 - 9:04 PM
Janine Jansen and Friends
Janine Jansen, violin
13:31 - 8:57 PM
Cleveland Orchestra
Pierre Boulez, conductor
7:08 - 8:45 PM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner, conductor
11:37 - 8:34 PM
Prague Chamber Orchestra
Charles Mackerras, conductor
10:58 - 8:32 PM
English Chamber Orchestra
Anthony Newman, conductor
Wynton Marsalis, trumpet
2:02 - 8:23 PM
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Bernard Haitink, conductor
8:37 - 8:21 PM
Maria Joao Pires, piano
1:57 - 8:10 PM
Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra
Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor
Renaud Capucon, violin
10:20 - 8:06 PM
Philharmonia Virtuosi
Richard Kapp, conductor
4:45 - 7:55 PM
Berlin Philharmonic
Claudio Abbado, conductor
10:28 - 7:43 PM
Orchestra of Flanders
Rudolf Werthen, conductor
Yolanda Kondonassis, harp
11:39 - 7:39 PM
Yefim Bronfman, piano
4:14 - 7:29 PM
Emerson String Quartet
David Shifrin, clarinet
9:18 - 7:20 PM
New York Philharmonic
Leonard Bernstein, conductor
9:02 - 7:13 PM
Symphony No. 3 "Eroica": 3rd movement
Beethoven For All: Music of Passion, Power and Beauty
West-Eastern Divan Orchestra
Daniel Barenboim, conductor
6:13 - 7:09 PM
Quebec Symphony Orchestra
Yoav Talmi, conductor
4:35 - 7:02 PM
Le Concert Des Nations
Jordi Savall, conductor
6:52 - 6:58 PM
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
3:23 - 6:54 PM
London Symphony Orchestra
Leonard Bernstein, conductor
4:30 - 6:42 PM
Saint Cecilia Orchestra
Leonard Bernstein, conductor
11:37 - 6:31 PM
Orchestra of St. Luke's
Charles Mackerras, conductor
10:31 - 6:24 PM
Philharmonia Orchestra
Giuseppe Sinopoli, conductor
Gil Shaham, violin
7:30 - 6:18 PM
Mikhail Pletnev, piano
5:00 - 6:14 PM
Israel Sinfonietta
Uri Mayer, conductor
David Jolley, horn
4:07 - 6:01 PM
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Charles Mackerras, conductor
13:02 - 5:57 PM
Tafelmusik
Jeanne Lamon, conductor
3:28 - 5:53 PM
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
Erich Kunzel, conductor
Alexander Kerr, violin
4:39 - 5:48 PM
Philadelphia Orchestra
Eugene Ormandy, conductor
4:37 - 5:44 PM
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Georg Solti, conductor
4:18 - 5:37 PM
Inon Barnatan, piano
6:21 - 5:31 PM
Staatskapelle Berlin
Daniel Barenboim, conductor
5:55 - 5:24 PM
New York Philharmonic
Leonard Bernstein, conductor
6:34 - 5:14 PM
London Symphony Orchestra
Daniel Barenboim, conductor
Itzhak Perlman, violin
9:52 - 5:06 PM
Vienna Philharmonic
Claudio Abbado, conductor
8:11 - 5:01 PM
English Baroque Soloists
John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
4:27 - 4:57 PM
Moura Lympany, piano
3:56 - 4:54 PM
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
3:27 - 4:47 PM
Symphonie Fantastique: March to the Scaffold
Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique Op. 14 / Tristia
Cleveland Orchestra
Pierre Boulez, conductor
6:58 - 4:44 PM
Dresden Kapellsolisten
Helmut Branny, conductor
Jan Vogler, cello
2:47 - 4:39 PM
London Classical Players
Roger Norrington, conductor
4:39 - 4:35 PM
Lahti Symphony Orchestra
Osmo Vanska, conductor
4:07 - 4:21 PM
Philomusica of London
Granville Jones, conductor
Osian Ellis, harp
13:44 - 4:14 PM
Polonaise No. 6 "Heroic"
The Complete Piano Works of Chopin, Vol 5: Polonaises & Impromptus
Garrick Ohlsson, piano
7:00 - 4:09 PM
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Gunter Wand, conductor
5:04 - 4:02 PM
Apollo's Fire Baroque Orchestra
Jeannette Sorrell, conductor
6:06 - 3:50 PM
Minnesota Orchestra
Eiji Oue, conductor
12:37 - 3:47 PM
Milan Symphony Orchestra
Riccardo Chailly, conductor
Joseph Calleja, tenor
2:08 - 3:46 PM
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin, conductor
1:52 - 3:42 PM
Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra
Arabella Steinbacher, violin
3:40 - 3:39 PM
Ruth Laredo, piano
2:32 - 3:33 PM
Vienna Philharmonic
Georg Solti, conductor
5:31 - 3:22 PM
New York Philharmonic
Giuseppe Sinopoli, conductor
11:19 - 3:16 PM
Orchestre De Bretagne
Stefan Sanderling, conductor
Matt Haimovitz, cello
5:18 - 3:09 PM
Philharmonia Orchestra
Carlo Maria Giulini, conductor
7:24 - 3:00 PM
I Musici
Pepe Romero, guitar
8:23 - 2:56 PM
L'Arlesienne Suite No. 1: Carillon
Bizet: "Carmen" Suite, "L'Arlesienne" Suite/Offenbach: Barcarolle, "Orpheus in the Underworld" Overture
Berlin Philharmonic
Herbert von Karajan, conductor
4:03 - 2:51 PM
English Chamber Orchestra
Jeffrey Tate, conductor
Radovan Vlatkovic, horn
4:42 - 2:48 PM
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
Dennis Russell Davies, conductor
3:04 - 2:42 PM
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
5:57 - 2:34 PM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner, conductor
7:48 - 2:25 PM
London Symphony Orchestra
Christoph Eschenbach, conductor
Pinchas Zukerman, violin
8:40 - 2:17 PM
Mari Kodama, piano
7:39 - 2:13 PM
Symphony No. 94 "Surprise": Finale
Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 94 & 95; Mozart: Toy Symphony
Hanover Band
Roy Goodman, conductor
4:07 - 2:05 PM
Russian National Orchestra
Mikhail Pletnev, conductor
7:53 - 1:54 PM
Vienna Philharmonic
Georg Solti, conductor
11:33 - 1:52 PM
Academy of Ancient Music
Richard Egarr, conductor
1:41 - 1:48 PM
Orchestra of St. Luke's
Donald Runnicles, conductor
3:43 - 1:35 PM
Norwegian Radio Orchestra
Miguel Harth-Bedoya, conductor
Vadym Kholodenko, piano
12:59 - 1:25 PM
Roman Carnival Overture
Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique, Roman Carnival Overture, Three Pieces from The Damnation of Faust
Halle Orchestra
John Barbirolli, conductor
9:43 - 1:18 PM
Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1
Elgar: Symphony No. 1; "Pomp and Circumstance" Marches Nos. 1 & 4
Philharmonia Orchestra
Giuseppe Sinopoli, conductor
6:26 - 1:04 PM
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Manfred Honeck, conductor
13:53 - 12:55 PM
Scottish National Orchestra
Neeme Jarvi, conductor
8:59 - 12:39 PM
Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 6, Fantasia
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Davis, conductor
15:41 - 12:34 PM
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra Chamber Orchestra
Lisa Batiashvili, violin
4:25 - 12:18 PM
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Bernard Haitink, conductor
15:52 - 12:11 PM
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Litton, conductor
7:33 - 12:08 PM
Anne Gastinel, cello
2:10 - 12:04 PM
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
4:15 - 11:57 AM
Philharmonia Virtuosi
Richard Kapp, conductor
6:14 - 11:48 AM
Minnesota Orchestra
Osmo Vanska, conductor
9:36 - 11:43 AM
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
Riccardo Chailly, conductor
Ramin Bahrami, piano
3:52 - 11:30 AM
Berlin Philharmonic
Herbert von Karajan, conductor
13:55 - 11:22 AM
London Symphony Orchestra
Istvan Kertesz, conductor
7:26 - 11:12 AM
Die Meistersinger von Nurmberg (The Mastersingers of Nuremburg): Prelude to Act I
Wagner: Overtures And Orchestral Music
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra
Mariss Jansons, conductor
9:44 - 11:06 AM
Stockholm Chamber Orchestra
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
5:26 - 10:56 AM
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Georg Solti, conductor
10:33 - 10:46 AM
Janine Jansen, violin
10:08 - 10:36 AM
By the Beautiful Blue Danube (An der schonen, blauen Donau)
J Strauss: An der Schonen Blauen Donau and others
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor
9:28 - 10:26 AM
West-Eastern Divan Orchestra
Daniel Barenboim, conductor
9:28 - 10:24 AM
Boris Berezovsky, piano
1:44 - 10:08 AM
Vienna Philharmonic
Georg Solti, conductor
15:43 - 10:03 AM
Hungarian March
Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique, Roman Carnival Overture, Three Pieces from The Damnation of Faust
Halle Orchestra
John Barbirolli, conductor
4:45 - 9:56 AM
I Solisti Italiani
6:49 - 9:52 AM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner, conductor
4:24 - 9:41 AM
St. Luke's Chamber Ensemble
10:39 - 9:36 AM
Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin
4:19 - 9:25 AM
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Yoel Levi, conductor
11:12 - 9:13 AM
Berlin Philharmonic
Herbert von Karajan, conductor
11:26 - 9:08 AM
Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra
Lawrence Leighton Smith, conductor
5:03 - 9:03 AM
Philharmonia Orchestra
Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor
James Ehnes, violin
5:34 - 8:55 AM
English Chamber Orchestra
Jeffrey Tate, conductor
Mitsuko Uchida, piano
7:06 - 8:48 AM
London Symphony Orchestra
Andre Previn, conductor
6:56 - 8:45 AM
Orchestral Suite No. 3: Air on the G String
The Greatest Classical Show On Earth
Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra
Karl Munchinger, conductor
3:42 - 8:30 AM
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Pinchas Zukerman, conductor
Pinchas Zukerman, violin
14:13 - 8:24 AM
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Gerard Schwarz, conductor
6:19 - 8:20 AM
Eric Himy, piano
2:50 - 8:07 AM
Vienna Symphony Orchestra
Philippe Jordan, conductor
13:24 - 8:03 AM
Academy of Ancient Music
Christopher Hogwood, conductor
3:44 - 7:50 AM
I Musici
12:42 - 7:48 AM
Cleveland Orchestra
Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
2:24 - 7:41 AM
Pavane for a Dead Princess (Pavane pour une infante defunte)
Ravel: Ma Mere L'Oye, Pavane
French National Orchestra
Eliahu Inbal, conductor
6:47 - 7:37 AM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner, conductor
Andrei Gavrilov, piano
3:26 - 7:24 AM
Ulster Orchestra
Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor
12:51 - 7:20 AM
London Sinfonietta
Richard Hickox, conductor
Richard Watkins, horn
3:24 - 7:13 AM
Smithsonian Chamber Players
Kenneth Slowik, conductor
7:34 - 7:01 AM
Minnesota Orchestra
Osmo Vanska, conductor
11:39 - 6:56 AM
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
David Zinman, conductor
4:33 - 6:43 AM
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin, conductor
13:27 - 6:39 AM
Hilary Hahn, violin
3:33 - 6:30 AM
Staatskapelle Berlin
Daniel Barenboim, conductor
8:57 - 6:27 AM
Rachel Van Voorhees, harp
2:32 - 6:23 AM
Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra
Adam Fischer, conductor
3:57 - 6:15 AM
Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Lance Friedel, conductor
8:22 - 6:10 AM
Symphony No. 36 "Linz": Menuetto
Mozart Symphonies 35 Haffner, 26 Linz, and 32
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Jukka-Pekka Saraste, conductor
4:16 - 6:00 AM
Philadelphia Orchestra
Eugene Ormandy, conductor
10:32