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.
- 3:23 PM
Robert DeGaetano, piano
5:40 - 3:14 PM
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Bernard Haitink, conductor
9:25 - 3:07 PM
English Northern Philharmonia
Paul Daniel, conductor
7:07 - 2:58 PM
Vienna Symphony Orchestra
Willi Boskovsky, conductor
8:12 - 2:48 PM
Orchestra of St. Luke's
Charles Mackerras, conductor
10:28 - 2:44 PM
Julian Lloyd Webber, cello
3:10 - 2:32 PM
English Baroque Soloists
John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
11:28 - 2:28 PM
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Litton, conductor
4:51 - 2:20 PM
Emerson String Quartet
6:38 - 2:18 PM
Choir of New College, Oxford
Edward Higginbottom, conductor
2:58 - 2:09 PM
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
Riccardo Chailly, conductor
Vadim Repin, violin
8:03 - 1:58 PM
Piano Sonata No. 21 "Waldstein": 1st movement
Reubke, Beethoven: Sonata, Waldstein, Tandeln und Scherzen
Richard Raymond, piano
11:17 - 1:51 PM
Minnesota Orchestra
Eiji Oue, conductor
6:52 - 1:47 PM
Boston Pops Orchestra
Arthur Fiedler, conductor
3:34 - 1:32 PM
Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis
Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis; Fantasia on Greensleeves; The Lark Ascending; Five Variants of "Dives and Lazarus"
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner, conductor
15:16 - 1:27 PM
Tapiola Sinfonietta
Jean-Jacques Kantorow, conductor
Christian Lindberg, trombone
4:13 - 1:20 PM
Danish National Symphony Orchestra
Shai Wosner, piano
7:28 - 1:09 PM
Il Giardino Armonico
Giovanni Antonini, conductor
10:52 - 1:05 PM
Xuefei Yang, guitar
3:52 - 12:56 PM
Philharmonia Virtuosi
Richard Kapp, conductor
Hubert Laws, flute
8:27 - 12:43 PM
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Charles Mackerras, conductor
13:02 - 12:40 PM
Andre Watts, piano
2:20 - 12:29 PM
Symphony No. 4 "Italian": 1st movement
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 "Eroica", - Mendelssohn Symphony No. 4, "Italian"
Tafelmusik
Bruno Weil, conductor
11:04 - 12:25 PM
Norwegian National Opera Orchestra
Rinaldo Alessandrini, conductor
4:31 - 12:16 PM
Revolutionary and Romantic Orchestra
John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
7:42 - 12:08 PM
English Chamber Orchestra
David Lockington, conductor
Anne Akiko Meyers, violin
8:40 - 12:01 PM
Houston Symphony Orchestra
Sergiu Comissiona, conductor
6:29 - 11:52 AM
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Rafael Kubelik, conductor
9:00 - 11:43 AM
Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso
Sarasate: Carmen Fantasy; Chausson: Poème; Saint-Saëns: Havanaise
New York Philharmonic
Zubin Mehta, conductor
Itzhak Perlman, violin
8:53 - 11:39 AM
Philadelphia Orchestra
Eugene Ormandy, conductor
4:07 - 11:25 AM
Harp Consort
Andrew Lawrence-King, conductor
Andrew Lawrence-King, harp
13:46 - 11:20 AM
Liebesfreud (Love's Joy)
Leonidas Kavakos Plays Debussy, Kreisler, Paganini, Schubert, Tchaikovsky, Wieniawski & more
Leonidas Kavakos, violin
3:50 - 11:15 AM
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
Riccardo Chailly, conductor
5:54 - 11:02 AM
Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra
Ondrej Lenard, conductor
12:14 - 10:59 AM
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
2:49 - 10:54 AM
Nabucco: Va, pensiero (Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves)
Dies Irae: The Essential Choral Collection
German Opera Orchestra
Giuseppe Sinopoli, conductor
4:55 - 10:49 AM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner, conductor
5:46 - 10:42 AM
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Fritz Reiner, conductor
6:47 - 10:32 AM
Augustin Dumay, violin
9:46 - 10:29 AM
Tafelmusik
Jeanne Lamon, conductor
2:30 - 10:17 AM
Berlin Philharmonic
Herbert von Karajan, conductor
Maurice Andre, trumpet
11:11 - 10:14 AM
Quebec Symphony Orchestra
Yoav Talmi, conductor
3:34 - 10:06 AM
Musicians of the Louvre
Marc Minkowski, conductor
7:55 - 9:59 AM
Minnesota Orchestra
Osmo Vanska, conductor
Stephen Hough, piano
6:40 - 9:55 AM
Orchestra of the 18th Century
Frans Bruggen, conductor
4:26 - 9:48 AM
Camerata Salzburg
Roger Norrington, conductor
Joshua Bell, violin
6:26 - 9:45 AM
London Symphony Orchestra
Antal Dorati, conductor
2:40 - 9:42 AM
Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
3:24 - 9:35 AM
Cleveland Orchestra
Christoph von Dohnanyi, conductor
6:49 - 9:32 AM
Maxim Vengerov, violin
2:02 - 9:20 AM
Vienna Philharmonic
Simon Rattle, conductor
12:21 - 9:13 AM
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Litton, conductor
6:50 - 8:58 AM
Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks
Richard Strauss: Don Juan; Burlesque; Serenade; Till Eulenspiegel
Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra
Paavo Berglund, conductor
15:03 - 8:42 AM
Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra
Neville Marriner, conductor
15:11 - 8:39 AM
Lynn Harrell, cello
3:08 - 8:31 AM
Brandenburg Concerto No. 4: 1st movement
Bach: Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 4, 5, & 6
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner, conductor
Henryk Szeryng, violin
7:27 - 8:25 AM
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
Leonard Bernstein, conductor
5:55 - 8:21 AM
New York Chamber Symphony
Gerard Schwarz, conductor
Gerard Schwarz, trumpet
3:33 - 8:13 AM
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Adrian Boult, conductor
8:46 - 8:05 AM
Handel and Haydn Society
Harry Christophers, conductor
8:00 - 8:00 AM
Michael Chertock, piano
4:51 - 7:56 AM
Guildhall Strings
3:42 - 7:47 AM
Symphony No. 7: 2nd movement
Beethoven For All: Music of Passion, Power and Beauty
West-Eastern Divan Orchestra
Daniel Barenboim, conductor
8:55 - 7:43 AM
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor
4:26 - 7:35 AM
Pacifica String Quartet
Anthony McGill, clarinet
6:42 - 7:29 AM
Hollywood Bowl Orchestra
Miklos Rozsa, conductor
6:43 - 7:26 AM
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra Chamber Orchestra
Lisa Batiashvili, violin
2:34 - 7:05 AM
Piano Concerto No. 1: 1st movement
Natasha Paremski Plays Tchaikovsky And Rachmaninoff
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Fabien Gabel, conductor
Natasha Paremski, piano
20:28 - 7:03 AM
Budapest Festival Orchestra
Ivan Fischer, conductor
Andras Keller, violin
1:45 - 6:54 AM
New York Philharmonic
Pierre Boulez, conductor
8:49 - 6:43 AM
Prague Sinfonia Orchestra
Christian Benda, conductor
11:32 - 6:34 AM
Jeremy Denk, piano
7:59 - 6:31 AM
Orchestra of St. Luke's
Donald Runnicles, conductor
3:43 - 6:21 AM
Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra
Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
9:04 - 6:11 AM
Australian Chamber Orchestra
Richard Tognetti, conductor
Richard Tognetti, violin
9:32 - 6:00 AM
Berlin Philharmonic
Karl Bohm, conductor
11:39