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.
- 5:09 AM
Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra
Ondrej Lenard, conductor
15:29 - 5:04 AM
Kuentz Chamber Orchestra
Paul Kuentz, conductor
Narciso Yepes, guitar
4:55 - 4:59 AM
Candide: Overture
Bernstein: West Side Story; On the Town; Candide - Overture; Prelude, Fugue and Riffs
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin, conductor
4:27 - 4:52 AM
Philharmonia Orchestra
Carlo Maria Giulini, conductor
7:24 - 4:48 AM
Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra
Janos Rolla, conductor
Dale Clevenger, horn
3:46 - 4:44 AM
Boston Pops Orchestra
John Williams, conductor
3:45 - 4:30 AM
Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra
Ton Koopman, conductor
13:31 - 4:27 AM
Andre Watts, piano
2:49 - 4:12 AM
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
Kurt Masur, conductor
15:29 - 4:08 AM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner, conductor
3:06 - 4:00 AM
English Chamber Orchestra
Raymond Leppard, conductor
7:53 - 3:58 AM
Kevin Bowyer, organ
1:52 - 3:48 AM
Berlin Philharmonic
Simon Rattle, conductor
10:14 - 3:43 AM
Itzhak Perlman, violin
4:47 - 3:29 AM
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Charles Mackerras, conductor
13:36 - 3:21 AM
Seattle Symphony
Gerard Schwarz, conductor
7:24 - 3:08 AM
Sinfonia Concertante: 1st movement
Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante K 364, Concertone K 190
Moscow Virtuosi
Vladimir Spivakov, conductor
Vladimir Spivakov, violin
13:13 - 2:54 AM
Leonore Overture No. 3
Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 "Pastorale"; Leonore Overture No. 3
Cleveland Orchestra
Christoph von Dohnanyi, conductor
14:02 - 2:44 AM
Belcea Quartet
9:11 - 2:34 AM
New York Philharmonic
Pierre Boulez, conductor
10:18 - 2:30 AM
Symphony No. 94 "Surprise": Finale
Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 45 & 94; Horn Concerto No. 1
London Chamber Orchestra
Christopher Warren-Green, conductor
3:44 - 2:27 AM
Julian Lloyd Webber, cello
2:38 - 2:16 AM
Symphony No. 41 "Jupiter": 1st movement
Mozart: Symphonies No 29, 33, 35, 38, And 41
Orchestra Mozart
Claudio Abbado, conductor
11:24 - 2:12 AM
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 - 1:57 AM
Vienna Philharmonic
Lorin Maazel, conductor
14:41 - 1:54 AM
Orchestral Suite No. 4: Rejouissance
Bach: 4 Ouverturen-Suites, Ouverture Bwv 1070
Musica Antiqua Cologne
Reinhard Goebel, conductor
2:28 - 1:49 AM
City of Granada Orchestra
Josep Pons, conductor
Marco Socias, guitar
4:51 - 1:45 AM
Murray Perahia, piano
3:51 - 1:36 AM
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Litton, conductor
8:56 - 1:31 AM
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin, conductor
5:04 - 1:23 AM
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Osmo Vanska, conductor
7:50 - 1:21 AM
English Chamber Orchestra
Anthony Newman, conductor
Wynton Marsalis, trumpet
2:02 - 1:10 AM
Sinfonia Concertante: 2nd movement
Mozart: Complete Violin Concertos; Sinfonia Concertante K364
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner, conductor
Rachel Barton Pine, violin
10:47 - 12:59 AM
Il Giardino Armonico
Enrico Onofri, violin
10:20 - 12:53 AM
Genevieve Chinn, piano
6:17 - 12:47 AM
Ulster Orchestra
Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor
6:01 - 12:36 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 - 12:25 AM
Symphony No. 4 "Italian": 1st movement
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 "Eroica", - Mendelssohn Symphony No. 4, "Italian"
Tafelmusik
Bruno Weil, conductor
11:04 - 12:15 AM
John O'Conor, piano
9:38 - 12:10 AM
Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra
Marios Papadopoulous, conductor
Paul Merkelo, trumpet
4:18 - 12:06 AM
Philharmonia Virtuosi
Richard Kapp, conductor
4:45 - 12:02 AM
Vadim Gluzman, violin
3:37 - 11:53 PM
Revolutionary and Romantic Orchestra
John Eliot Gardner, conductor
8:29 - 11:49 PM
Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
4:01 - 11:44 PM
Musicians of the Louvre
Marc Minkowski, conductor
4:42 - 11:31 PM
I Musici
12:42 - 11:21 PM
University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music Wind Symphony
Eugene Corporon, conductor
9:39 - 11:10 PM
Berlin Philharmonic
Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
Joshua Bell, violin
10:56 - 11:01 PM
Scottish National Orchestra
Neeme Jarvi, conductor
8:59 - 10:48 PM
Minnesota Orchestra
Eiji Oue, conductor
12:37 - 10:37 PM
Orchestra of St. Luke's
Charles Mackerras, conductor
10:31 - 10:28 PM
London Symphony Orchestra
Colin Davis, conductor
Hubert Barwahser, flute
9:36 - 10:21 PM
Artur Rubinstein, piano
6:04 - 10:14 PM
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
Kurt Masur, conductor
6:52 - 10:05 PM
Vienna Philharmonic
Willi Boskovsky, conductor
9:22 - 10:00 PM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Carlo Rizzi, conductor
Joseph Calleja, tenor
4:13 - 9:54 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 - 9:51 PM
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
3:27 - 9:46 PM
Cleveland Orchestra
Lorin Maazel, conductor
4:10 - 9:41 PM
Orli Shaham, piano
5:24 - 9:33 PM
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
Erich Kunzel, conductor
Chad Hoopes, violin
7:51 - 9:28 PM
Cosi fan tutte: Overture
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor
4:11 - 9:22 PM
Philharmonia Virtuosi
Richard Kapp, conductor
6:14 - 9:06 PM
Capriccio Espagnol
The Rostropovich Edition: Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade, etc.
Paris Orchestra
Mstislav Rostropovich, conductor
15:51 - 8:59 PM
Augustin Dumay, violin
6:40 - 8:54 PM
Quebec Symphony Orchestra
Yoav Talmi, conductor
4:35 - 8:50 PM
Tatrai Quartet
4:39 - 8:48 PM
Academy of Ancient Music
Richard Egarr, conductor
1:41 - 8:39 PM
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Claudio Abbado, conductor
8:35 - 8:34 PM
Kirov Orchestra
Valery Gergiev, conductor
4:44 - 8:21 PM
Israel Sinfonietta
Uri Mayer, conductor
David Jolley, horn
12:54 - 8:10 PM
Berlin Philharmonic
Herbert von Karajan, conductor
Maurice Andre, trumpet
11:11 - 8:06 PM
Lahti Symphony Orchestra
Osmo Vanska, conductor
4:07 - 7:58 PM
Europa Galante
Fabio Biondi, conductor
Fabio Biondi, violin
7:44 - 7:56 PM
Salut Salon
1:44 - 7:47 PM
Philadelphia Orchestra
Riccardo Muti, conductor
8:59 - 7:36 PM
Piano Concerto No. 4: Rondo
Beethoven: Piano Concertos / Fischer, Goode, Budapest Festival Orchestra
Budapest Festival Orchestra
Ivan Fischer, conductor
Richard Goode, piano
9:56 - 7:31 PM
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor
5:24 - 7:25 PM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner, conductor
5:45 - 7:19 PM
Brandenburg Concerto No. 5: 3rd movement
Bach: Six Concertos for the Margrave of Brandenburg
European Brandenburg Ensemble
Trevor Pinnock, conductor
5:15 - 7:10 PM
Roman Carnival Overture
Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique, Roman Carnival Overture, Three Pieces from The Damnation of Faust
Halle Orchestra
John Barbirolli, conductor
9:43 - 7:04 PM
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Franz Welser-Most, conductor
6:11 - 6:54 PM
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 - 6:51 PM
Xerxes: Largo
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
3:01 - 6:45 PM
Symphony No. 4 "Italian": Saltarello
Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Symphony No. 4
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Yoel Levi, conductor
5:20 - 6:41 PM
Columbia Symphony Orchestra
Isaac Stern, violin
3:47 - 6:33 PM
Serenade for Strings: Finale
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Litton, conductor
7:33 - 6:20 PM
"Twinkle, Twinkle" Variations (Ah, vous dirai-je, maman)
Helen Huang, piano
12:54 - 6:14 PM
Vienna Philharmonic
Simon Rattle, conductor
6:02 - 6:10 PM
Academy of Ancient Music
Christopher Hogwood, conductor
3:44 - 5:59 PM
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Georg Solti, conductor
10:33 - 5:44 PM
Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 6, Fantasia
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Davis, conductor
15:41 - 5:41 PM
Maria Joao Pires, piano
1:57 - 5:37 PM
The Knights
Johnny Gandelsman, violin
4:34 - 5:24 PM
Ulster Orchestra
Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor
12:51 - 5:13 PM
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
Erich Kunzel, conductor
10:17 - 5:04 PM
West-Eastern Divan Orchestra
Daniel Barenboim, conductor
8:51 - 4:57 PM
I Solisti Italiani
6:49 - 4:50 PM
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Gerard Schwarz, conductor
6:44 - 4:46 PM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner, conductor
4:24 - 4:32 PM
Toulouse Chamber Orchestra
Louis Auriacombe, conductor
Lily Laskine, harp
13:42 - 4:29 PM
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
Dennis Russell Davies, conductor
3:04 - 4:24 PM
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Bernard Haitink, conductor
5:02 - 4:15 PM
David Fray, piano
8:33 - 4:07 PM
Vienna Philharmonic
Daniel Harding, conductor
Renaud Capucon, violin
7:50 - 4:04 PM
Academy of Ancient Music
Richard Egarr, conductor
2:56 - 3:52 PM
Carmen Suite No. 1
Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra
James DePreist, conductor
11:50 - 3:47 PM
Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra
Janos Rolla, conductor
Dale Clevenger, horn
4:43 - 3:41 PM
Gil Shaham, violin
5:12 - 3:28 PM
Manchester Camerata
Douglas Boyd, conductor
13:29 - 3:25 PM
Cleveland Orchestra
George Szell, conductor
2:58 - 3:17 PM
Sleeping Beauty: Introduction and March
Russian National Orchestra
Mikhail Pletnev, conductor
7:53 - 3:05 PM
New York Philharmonic
Leonard Bernstein, conductor
11:08 - 3:00 PM
Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano
4:54 - 2:51 PM
Europa Galante
Fabio Biondi, conductor
Fabio Biondi, violin
9:15 - 2:46 PM
Hungarian March
Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique, Roman Carnival Overture, Three Pieces from The Damnation of Faust
Halle Orchestra
John Barbirolli, conductor
4:45 - 2:39 PM
German Chamber Philharmonic
Martin Frost, conductor
Martin Frost, basset clarinet
6:39 - 2:36 PM
Kansas City Symphony
William McGlaughlin, conductor
3:18 - 2:25 PM
Il Giardino Armonico
Giovanni Antonini, conductor
10:52 - 2:14 PM
Violin Sonata No. 5 "Spring": 1st movement
Beethoven: Piano and Violin Sonatas, Vol.2
Isaac Stern, violin
10:18 - 2:03 PM
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Yoel Levi, conductor
11:12 - 1:56 PM
Berlin Philharmonic
Herbert von Karajan, conductor
6:16 - 1:51 PM
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
Erich Kunzel, conductor
5:23 - 1:49 PM
Rachel Van Voorhees, harp
2:32 - 1:42 PM
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
Hugh Wolff, conductor
6:16 - 1:40 PM
Esther Budiardjo, piano
2:05 - 1:28 PM
Vienna Symphony
Philippe Jordan, conductor
11:46 - 1:23 PM
Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra
Lawrence Leighton Smith, conductor
5:03 - 1:17 PM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Joshua Bell, violin
5:52 - 1:10 PM
Pavane for a Dead Princess (Pavane pour une infante defunte)
Ravel: Ma Mere L'Oye, Pavane
French National Orchestra
Eliahu Inbal, conductor
6:47 - 1:05 PM
London Classical Players
Roger Norrington, conductor
5:10 - 12:57 PM
English Chamber Orchestra
Colin Davis, conductor
Alicia de Larrocha, piano
7:37 - 12:52 PM
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
David Zinman, conductor
4:33 - 12:50 PM
Juilliard String Quartet
2:01 - 12:47 PM
Dresden Kapellsolisten
Helmut Branny, conductor
Jan Vogler, cello
2:47 - 12:36 PM
Philadelphia Orchestra
Eugene Ormandy, conductor
10:32 - 12:28 PM
Vienna Philharmonic
Leonard Bernstein, conductor
8:14 - 12:16 PM
Philharmonia Orchestra
Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor
Helene Grimaud, piano
11:56 - 12:08 PM
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Charles Mackerras, conductor
Eric Ruske, horn
7:20 - 12:05 PM
Boston Pops Orchestra
John Williams, conductor
3:04 - 11:57 AM
German Chamber Philharmonic
Daniel Harding, conductor
7:37 - 11:55 AM
Gurzenich Orchestra
John Pritchard, conductor
Ileana Cotrubas, soprano
2:30 - 11:48 AM
Camerata Salzburg
Roger Norrington, conductor
Joshua Bell, violin
6:26 - 11:44 AM
Gymnopedie No. 1
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
3:32 - 11:32 AM
London Symphony Orchestra
Istvan Kertesz, conductor
12:28 - 11:28 AM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner, conductor
3:30 - 11:20 AM
Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre
Valery Gergiev, conductor
7:37 - 11:13 AM
Adagio for Strings
Smithsonian Chamber Players
Kenneth Slowik, conductor
7:33 - 11:06 AM
Cello Concerto No. 1: 3rd movement
Haydn: Cello Concertos in C & D, Sinfonia Concertante
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Roger Norrington, conductor
Steven Isserlis, cello
7:03 - 10:52 AM
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Tadaaki Otaka, conductor
13:46 - 10:45 AM
New York Philharmonic
Leonard Bernstein, conductor
6:34 - 10:30 AM
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Andre Previn, conductor
Barry Griffiths, violin
14:15 - 10:26 AM
Musica Antiqua Cologne
Reinhard Goebel, conductor
4:02 - 10:19 AM
Van Cliburn, piano
7:04 - 10:12 AM
Berlin Philharmonic
Simon Rattle, conductor
6:56 - 10:05 AM
Southwest German Broadcasting Orchestra in Baden-Baden and Freiburg
Michael Gielen, conductor
7:15 - 9:55 AM
Paris Orchestra
Jean Martinon, conductor
Itzhak Perlman, violin
9:14 - 9:52 AM
Guildhall Strings
3:03 - 9:45 AM
Orchestra of Toulouse
Louis Auriacombe, conductor
Andre Saint-Clivier, mandolin
7:16 - 9:35 AM
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin, conductor
Jeffery Siegel, piano
8:53 - 9:30 AM
Philharmonia Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin, conductor
5:24 - 9:22 AM
Concentus Musicus Vienna
Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor
7:41 - 9:17 AM
Munich Philharmonic Orchestra
Christian Thielemann, conductor
5:15 - 9:10 AM
Brno State Philharmonic Orchestra
Yehudi Menuhin, conductor
6:32 - 9:03 AM
San Francisco Symphony
Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
6:51 - 8:57 AM
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Howard Shelley, conductor
Michael Roll, piano
5:49 - 8:54 AM
BBC Concert Orchestra
Barry Wordsworth, conductor
3:27 - 8:44 AM
Vienna Philharmonic
Andre Previn, conductor
9:42 - 8:38 AM
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Jose Serebrier, conductor
5:22 - 8:25 AM
Cafe Zimmermann
Pablo Valetti, violin
13:22 - 8:22 AM
Ruth Laredo, piano
2:32 - 8:18 AM
Orchestra of St. Luke's
Donald Runnicles, conductor
3:43 - 8:02 AM
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Bernard Haitink, conductor
15:52 - 7:57 AM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner, conductor
4:48 - 7:47 AM
Musicians of the Louvre
Marc Minkowski, conductor
10:13 - 7:39 AM
Piano Concerto No. 1: 2nd movement
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1, Saint-Saens: Piano Concerto No. 2
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Yoel Levi, conductor
Andre Watts, piano
7:02 - 7:25 AM
Ulster Orchestra
Vernon Handley, conductor
14:25 - 7:19 AM
Berlin Philharmonic
Simon Rattle, conductor
5:36 - 7:06 AM
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Thomas Schippers, conductor
13:25 - 7:02 AM
Musica Antiqua Cologne
Reinhard Goebel, conductor
3:34 - 6:49 AM
Philharmonia Orchestra
Otto Klemperer, conductor
12:16 - 6:41 AM
Scottish National Orchestra
Neeme Jarvi, conductor
8:50 - 6:37 AM
London Sinfonietta
Richard Hickox, conductor
Richard Watkins, horn
3:14 - 6:26 AM
English Chamber Orchestra
David Lockington, conductor
Anne Akiko Meyers, violin
10:50 - 6:14 AM
Minnesota Orchestra
Neville Marriner, conductor
11:42 - 6:07 AM
San Francisco Symphony
Herbert Blomstedt, conductor
7:07 - 6:00 AM
Eduardo Fernandez, guitar
6:58