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.
- 11:26 PM
Berlin Philharmonic
Klaus Tennstedt, conductor
13:33 - 11:24 PM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Joshua Bell, violin
2:28 - 11:08 PM
Michel Beroff, piano
15:32 - 11:05 PM
Yolanda Kondonassis, harp
2:53 - 11:00 PM
Hungarian March
Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique; Hungarian & Trojan Marches; Corsair & Roman Carnival Overtures
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Paul Paray, conductor
4:52 - 10:55 PM
Milan Symphony Orchestra
Riccardo Frizza, conductor
Juan Diego Florez, tenor
4:38 - 10:47 PM
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Bernard Haitink, conductor
Arthur Grumiaux, violin
7:51 - 10:37 PM
Prague Chamber Orchestra
Charles Mackerras, conductor
10:54 - 10:29 PM
The King's Violins
Bernard Labadie, conductor
Alexandre Tharaud, piano
7:23 - 10:19 PM
Europa Galante
Fabio Biondi, conductor
Fabio Biondi, violin
9:15 - 10:16 PM
London Symphony Orchestra
Charles Mackerras, conductor
2:57 - 10:04 PM
West-Eastern Divan Orchestra
Daniel Barenboim, conductor
11:37 - 9:55 PM
Cleveland Orchestra
Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor
Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano
9:04 - 9:53 PM
Peer Gynt: In The Hall Of The Mountain King
2013-2014 Class Notes: Classical MPR Presents A Musical History Tour
Vecchione/Erdahl Duo
1:53 - 9:48 PM
Vienna Philharmonic
Georg Solti, conductor
5:31 - 9:42 PM
CPE Bach Chamber Orchestra
Hartmut Haenchen, conductor
5:13 - 9:32 PM
New York Philharmonic
Leonard Bernstein, conductor
10:11 - 9:27 PM
Brandenburg Concerto No. 2: 1st movement
Virtuoso Trumpet: Bach, Mozart, Telemann
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Jahja Ling, conductor
5:13 - 9:20 PM
Philharmonia Hungarica
Antal Dorati, conductor
5:52 - 9:04 PM
Capriccio Espagnol
The Rostropovich Edition: Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade, etc.
Paris Orchestra
Mstislav Rostropovich, conductor
15:51 - 8:59 PM
Boston Pops Orchestra
John Williams, conductor
5:12 - 8:49 PM
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra
Nicholas McGegan, conductor
9:39 - 8:45 PM
Berlin Philharmonic
Simon Rattle, conductor
4:41 - 8:41 PM
Hakon Austbo, piano
2:53 - 8:28 PM
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
Pinchas Zukerman, conductor
Hermann Baumann, horn
13:24 - 8:24 PM
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
Erich Kunzel, conductor
3:17 - 8:14 PM
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Leonard Bernstein, conductor
9:43 - 8:10 PM
Bournemouth Sinfonietta
Kenneth Montgomery, conductor
3:54 - 8:07 PM
English Chamber Orchestra
Steven Mercurio, conductor
Anne Akiko Meyers, violin
3:35 - 7:57 PM
Philharmonia Orchestra
Andrew Davis, conductor
Yundi Li, piano
9:33 - 7:53 PM
Vienna Philharmonic
Herbert von Karajan, conductor
3:58 - 7:45 PM
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Antal Dorati, conductor
7:31 - 7:31 PM
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Charles Mackerras, conductor
13:36 - 7:23 PM
New Philharmonia Orchestra
Alexander Gibson, conductor
Henryk Szeryng, violin
8:22 - 7:17 PM
Rafal Blechacz, piano
5:36 - 7:07 PM
Netherlands Chamber Orchestra
David Zinman, conductor
9:48 - 7:06 PM
Moscow Virtuosi
Vladimir Spivakov, conductor
1:23 - 6:59 PM
National Philharmonic Orchestra
Charles Gerhardt, conductor
James Galway, flute
6:27 - 6:55 PM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner, conductor
3:54 - 6:42 PM
Vienna Symphony Orchestra
Philippe Jordan, conductor
13:24 - 6:36 PM
Sara Sant'Ambrogio, cello
4:47 - 6:31 PM
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Claudio Abbado, conductor
5:07 - 6:27 PM
Cleveland Orchestra
George Szell, conductor
4:03 - 6:17 PM
Vienna Philharmonic
Carlos Kleiber, conductor
10:00 - 6:04 PM
Amsterdam Guitar Trio
12:18 - 5:54 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 - 5:44 PM
London Symphony Orchestra
Claudio Abbado, conductor
10:20 - 5:40 PM
Philadelphia Orchestra
Eugene Ormandy, conductor
4:06 - 5:34 PM
Manhattan String Quartet
5:06 - 5:24 PM
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
Pinchas Zukerman, conductor
Pinchas Zukerman, violin
9:58 - 5:12 PM
"Twinkle, Twinkle" Variations (Ah, vous dirai-je, maman)
Mozart: Piano Sonatas Nos. 11 And 14; Fantasia In C Minor
Jeno Jando, piano
11:57 - 5:04 PM
Philharmonia Orchestra
Giuseppe Sinopoli, conductor
Gil Shaham, violin
7:30 - 5:01 PM
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Riccardo Chailly, conductor
2:55 - 4:58 PM
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Andreas Delfs, conductor
Renee Fleming, soprano
3:21 - 4:55 PM
English Chamber Orchestra
Anthony Newman, conductor
Wynton Marsalis, trumpet
2:50 - 4:49 PM
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Sigiswald Kuijken, conductor
5:51 - 4:43 PM
Vladimir Horowitz, piano
5:12 - 4:31 PM
Vienna Philharmonic
Andris Nelsons, conductor
12:19 - 4:29 PM
London Symphony Orchestra
Antal Dorati, conductor
2:11 - 4:19 PM
Cleveland Orchestra
Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor
Joshua Bell, violin
9:48 - 4:14 PM
Tafelmusik
Bruno Weil, conductor
4:27 - 4:07 PM
Berlin Philharmonic
Simon Rattle, conductor
7:29 - 4:00 PM
Paul Lewis, piano
6:25 - 3:46 PM
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
David Zinman, conductor
14:25 - 3:32 PM
Swedish Rhapsody No. 1 "Midsummer Vigil"
Sibelius: Finlandia, Valse Triste; Grieg: Sigurd Jorsalfar
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
13:13 - 3:25 PM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Julia Fischer, violin
7:16 - 3:20 PM
Piano Sonata No. 16: 1st movement
Complete Mozart Edition, Vol. 17: Piano Sonatas
Mitsuko Uchida, piano
4:33 - 3:12 PM
Academy of Ancient Music
Christopher Hogwood, conductor
8:03 - 3:03 PM
Lahti Symphony Orchestra
Osmo Vanska, conductor
8:26 - 2:55 PM
Morton Gould Orchestra
7:41 - 2:47 PM
English Chamber Orchestra
Raymond Leppard, conductor
7:53 - 2:42 PM
Philharmonia Orchestra
Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor
James Ehnes, violin
5:34 - 2:36 PM
Helene Grimaud, piano
4:50 - 2:28 PM
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Georg Solti, conductor
8:10 - 2:23 PM
English Concert
Trevor Pinnock, conductor
5:39 - 2:13 PM
Symphony No. 104 "London": 1st movement
Haydn: Symphonies Nos 101 The Clock and 104 London
Orchestra of St. Luke's
Charles Mackerras, conductor
8:42 - 2:08 PM
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Adrian Boult, conductor
5:24 - 2:04 PM
Modern Mandolin Quartet
4:11 - 2:01 PM
Michael Chertock, piano
2:58 - 1:53 PM
Berlin Philharmonic
Herbert von Karajan, conductor
7:27 - 1:48 PM
Capella Istropolitana
Barry Wordsworth, conductor
5:36 - 1:36 PM
Janine Jansen, violin
10:58 - 1:25 PM
Cleveland Orchestra
Christoph von Dohnanyi, conductor
11:28 - 1:19 PM
Jorge Bolet, piano
4:53 - 1:15 PM
Emerson String Quartet
4:36 - 1:07 PM
German Chamber Philharmonic
Daniel Harding, conductor
7:37 - 1:00 PM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Michael Stern, conductor
Joshua Bell, violin
6:16 - 12:57 PM
Philharmonia Orchestra
Sebastian Lang-Lessing, conductor
Renee Fleming, soprano
3:45 - 12:54 PM
National Philharmonic Orchestra
Gianandrea Gavazzeni, conductor
3:10 - 12:48 PM
English Chamber Orchestra
Raymond Leppard, conductor
5:13 - 12:43 PM
Murray Perahia, piano
5:03 - 12:35 PM
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Daniel Barenboim, conductor
Itzhak Perlman, violin
8:11 - 12:24 PM
Die Meistersinger von Nurmberg (The Mastersingers of Nuremburg): Prelude to Act I
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra: Wagner
Philharmonia Zurich
Fabio Luisi, conductor
10:38 - 12:19 PM
Berlin Philharmonic
Herbert von Karajan, conductor
4:53 - 12:05 PM
Paillard Chamber Orchestra
Jean-Francois Paillard, conductor
Lily Laskine, harp
13:13 - 11:59 AM
Piano Sonata No. 8 "Pathetique": 2nd movement
Beethoven Piano Sonatas: Pathetique; Moonlight; Waldstein
Garrick Ohlsson, piano
6:11 - 11:50 AM
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
Neeme Jarvi, conductor
8:44 - 11:44 AM
Apollo's Fire Baroque Orchestra
Jeannette Sorrell, conductor
6:06 - 11:34 AM
New York Philharmonic
Zubin Mehta, conductor
9:48 - 11:27 AM
Moscow Virtuosi
Vladimir Spivakov, conductor
Vladimir Spivakov, violin
6:29 - 11:12 AM
German Chamber Philharmonic
David Fray, piano
15:02 - 11:06 AM
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Morton Gould, conductor
6:03 - 11:00 AM
Vienna Philharmonic
John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
5:59 - 10:52 AM
Jason Vieaux, guitar
7:06 - 10:48 AM
English Baroque Soloists
John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
4:27 - 10:43 AM
Sara Sant'Ambrogio, cello
4:32 - 10:34 AM
Symphony No. 7: 2nd movement
Beethoven For All: Music of Passion, Power and Beauty
West-Eastern Divan Orchestra
Daniel Barenboim, conductor
8:55 - 10:25 AM
Cleveland Orchestra
Louis Lane, conductor
8:57 - 10:09 AM
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Pinchas Zukerman, conductor
15:57 - 10:05 AM
English Chamber Orchestra
Steven Mercurio, conductor
Anne Akiko Meyers, violin
3:28 - 9:56 AM
Sigurd Jorsalfar: Homage March
Sibelius: Finlandia, Valse Triste; Grieg: Sigurd Jorsalfar
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
8:46 - 9:43 AM
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Charles Mackerras, conductor
13:02 - 9:35 AM
Handel and Haydn Society
Harry Christophers, conductor
8:00 - 9:31 AM
Philharmonia Orchestra
Thomas R. Forrester, conductor
3:09 - 9:26 AM
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Gunter Wand, conductor
5:04 - 9:22 AM
Leslie Howard, piano
3:50 - 9:08 AM
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Vasily Petrenko, conductor
14:00 - 9:05 AM
Academy of Ancient Music
Richard Egarr, conductor
3:26 - 8:59 AM
Guildhall Strings
5:34 - 8:45 AM
Cleveland Orchestra
George Szell, conductor
14:19 - 8:37 AM
Mitsuko Uchida, piano
7:17 - 8:30 AM
Clarinet Concerto: 2nd movement
Mozart: Clarinet Concerto in A major; Clarinet Quintet in A major, K581
Orchestra of the 18th Century
Frans Bruggen, conductor
Eric Hoepprich, clarinet
6:21 - 8:22 AM
London Symphony Orchestra
Colin Davis, conductor
7:56 - 8:16 AM
Consortium Classicum
5:41 - 8:13 AM
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin, conductor
3:05 - 8:01 AM
English Chamber Orchestra
Anthony Newman, conductor
Wynton Marsalis, trumpet
12:23 - 7:56 AM
John O'Conor, piano
4:37 - 7:49 AM
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Andre Previn, conductor
7:10 - 7:43 AM
Symphonie Fantastique: A Ball
Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique; Hungarian & Trojan Marches; Corsair & Roman Carnival Overtures
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Paul Paray, conductor
5:33 - 7:40 AM
Markus Klinko, harp
3:01 - 7:30 AM
Symphony No. 36 "Linz": 1st movement
Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 36 "Linz" & 38 "Prague"
Philharmonia Orchestra
Emmanuel Krivine, conductor
10:00 - 7:28 AM
Rolf Smedvig, trumpet
1:45 - 7:19 AM
West-Eastern Divan Orchestra
Daniel Barenboim, conductor
9:28 - 7:15 AM
Eric Himy, piano
2:50 - 7:11 AM
Berlin Philharmonic
Herbert von Karajan, conductor
4:24 - 7:00 AM
Cleveland Orchestra
Lorin Maazel, conductor
10:27 - 6:45 AM
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Lorin Maazel, conductor
14:37 - 6:41 AM
Philadelphia Orchestra
Wolfgang Sawallisch, conductor
4:24 - 6:39 AM
Pierre Amoyal, violin
1:40 - 6:34 AM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner, conductor
Peter Damm, horn
4:50 - 6:21 AM
Minnesota Orchestra
Eiji Oue, conductor
12:37 - 6:16 AM
Aranjuez Concerto: 3rd movement
Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez; Villa-Lobos: Concerto for Guitar, Five Preludes
Monteverdi Orchestra
John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
Julian Bream, guitar
5:05 - 6:06 AM
Kansas City Symphony
Michael Stern, conductor
Noah Geller, violin
9:27 - 6:00 AM
Tatrai Quartet
6:40