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.
- 11:09 PM
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Manfred Honeck, conductor
11:42 - 10:57 PM
"Twinkle, Twinkle" Variations (Ah, vous dirais-je, Maman)
Mozart: Piano Sonatas and Variations
Fazil Say, piano
11:42 - 10:53 PM
Philharmonia Virtuosi
Richard Kapp, conductor
3:41 - 10:44 PM
Kansas City Symphony
Michael Stern, conductor
Noah Geller, violin
9:27 - 10:33 PM
Moscow Virtuosi
Vladimir Spivakov, conductor
10:24 - 10:26 PM
Tatrai Quartet
6:42 - 10:19 PM
Piano Concerto No. 1: 2nd movement
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1, Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
David Zinman, conductor
Horacio Gutierrez, piano
7:15 - 10:12 PM
London Classical Players
Roger Norrington, conductor
6:33 - 10:03 PM
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Antal Dorati, conductor
8:55 - 9:51 PM
Berlin Philharmonic
Lorin Maazel, conductor
11:55 - 9:44 PM
Piano Concerto No. 21 "Elvira Madigan": 3rd movement
MOZART, WA: Piano Concertos Nos. 20 and 21
Fine Arts Quartet
Alon Goldstein, piano
6:34 - 9:33 PM
London Symphony Orchestra
Andre Previn, conductor
11:19 - 9:27 PM
Brandenburg Concerto No. 4: 3rd movement
JS Bach: Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 4, 5, 6
New Bach Collegium Musicum Leipzig
Max Pommer, conductor
5:01 - 9:20 PM
Cleveland Orchestra
Pierre Boulez, conductor
7:08 - 9:11 PM
Dresden State Orchestra
Wolfgang Sawallisch, conductor
8:58 - 9:00 PM
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Emmanuel Krivine, conductor
Maria Joao Pires, piano
10:55 - 8:48 PM
Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra
David Zinman, conductor
Roberta Alexander, soprano
12:18 - 8:46 PM
English Chamber Orchestra
Anthony Newman, conductor
Wynton Marsalis, trumpet
2:02 - 8:42 PM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner, conductor
3:24 - 8:27 PM
Symphony No. 2: 3rd movement
Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2, Dances from Aleko, Scherzo
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Paavo Jarvi, conductor
14:44 - 8:09 PM
Philadelphia Orchestra
Riccardo Muti, conductor
17:43 - 8:05 PM
New York Philharmonic
Leonard Bernstein, conductor
4:10 - 7:58 PM
Don Giovanni: Overture
Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 20, 21; Don Giovanni Overture
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Fritz Reiner, conductor
5:49 - 7:50 PM
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Eliahu Inbal, conductor
8:52 - 7:44 PM
Moscow Virtuosi
Vladimir Spivakov, conductor
5:28 - 7:40 PM
Leon Fleisher, piano
3:28 - 7:27 PM
Berlin Philharmonic
Rafael Kubelik, conductor
13:03 - 7:22 PM
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Andrew Litton, conductor
Joshua Bell, violin
5:16 - 7:15 PM
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Gerard Schwarz, conductor
6:19 - 7:10 PM
Kaiserslautern Radio Orchestra
Peter Falk, conductor
5:32 - 7:03 PM
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Charles Munch, conductor
6:08 - 7:00 PM
Mitsuko Uchida, piano
3:31 - 6:49 PM
Consecration of the House: Overture
Stanislaw Skrowaczewski - The Minnesota Orchestra: The Vox Recordings
Minnesota Orchestra
Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, conductor
10:26 - 6:45 PM
Paris Orchestra
Semyon Bychkov, conductor
Mischa Maisky, cello
3:51 - 6:35 PM
New York Chamber Symphony
Gerard Schwarz, conductor
Gerard Schwarz, trumpet
9:54 - 6:31 PM
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin, conductor
4:07 - 6:26 PM
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor
5:11 - 6:20 PM
Moura Lympany, piano
4:56 - 6:10 PM
Orchestra of St. Luke's
Donald Runnicles, conductor
10:41 - 6:05 PM
New York Philharmonic
Leonard Bernstein, conductor
4:27 - 5:55 PM
B'Rock Baroque Orchestra
Rodolfo Richter, violin
10:14 - 5:50 PM
New World Philharmonic
Iain Sutherland, conductor
5:02 - 5:44 PM
Cleveland Orchestra
George Szell, conductor
5:47 - 5:41 PM
Maurizio Pollini, piano
2:12 - 5:29 PM
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
Semyon Bychkov, conductor
12:20 - 5:24 PM
Scottish National Orchestra
Alexander Gibson, conductor
5:03 - 5:18 PM
Academy of Ancient Music Berlin
4:51 - 5:12 PM
Bamberg Symphony Orchestra
Eugen Jochum, conductor
6:45 - 5:04 PM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Joshua Bell, conductor
Joshua Bell, violin
7:33 - 4:58 PM
Robert DeGaetano, piano
5:40 - 4:53 PM
Musicians of the Louvre
Marc Minkowski, conductor
4:59 - 4:48 PM
Hungarian March
Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique; Hungarian & Trojan Marches; Corsair & Roman Carnival Overtures
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Paul Paray, conductor
4:52 - 4:32 PM
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin, conductor
15:33 - 4:26 PM
Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra
Arabella Steinbacher, violin
6:06 - 4:21 PM
Alexis Weissenberg, piano
4:43 - 4:11 PM
Jasper String Quartet
9:28 - 4:07 PM
Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra
Leif Segerstam, conductor
4:30 - 3:57 PM
Philharmonia Orchestra
Carlo Maria Giulini, conductor
9:31 - 3:55 PM
Ensemble Caprice
Matthias Maute, conductor
2:16 - 3:49 PM
Sinfonia Concertante: 3rd movement
Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante K 364, Concertone K 190
Moscow Virtuosi
Vladimir Spivakov, conductor
Vladimir Spivakov, violin
6:08 - 3:42 PM
Dresden State Orchestra
Hans Vonk, conductor
Christian Zacharias, piano
6:15 - 3:31 PM
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Claudio Abbado, conductor
10:57 - 3:25 PM
Orchestra of the 18th Century
Frans Bruggen, conductor
5:14 - 3:16 PM
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
Erich Kunzel, conductor
9:28 - 3:08 PM
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Wolfgang Sawallisch, conductor
Frank Peter Zimmermann, violin
7:46 - 2:52 PM
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
15:49 - 2:48 PM
Boston Pops Orchestra
Arthur Fiedler, conductor
4:30 - 2:35 PM
Seattle Symphony
Gerard Schwarz, conductor
Jon Manasse, clarinet
12:25 - 2:29 PM
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Georg Solti, conductor
6:04 - 2:22 PM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Joshua Bell, violin
6:53 - 2:12 PM
Chilingirian Quartet
9:19 - 2:05 PM
Vienna Philharmonic
Claudio Abbado, conductor
6:43 - 1:51 PM
The Lark Ascending
Pinchas Zukerman: Complete Recordings on Deutsche Grammophon and Philips
English Chamber Orchestra
Daniel Barenboim, conductor
Pinchas Zukerman, violin
13:36 - 1:46 PM
Symphony No. 41 "Jupiter": 3rd movement
W.A. Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 32, 33 & 41 "Jupiter"
Philharmonia Orchestra
Emmanuel Krivine, conductor
4:56 - 1:40 PM
Balasz Szokolay, piano
5:34 - 1:34 PM
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
6:04 - 1:24 PM
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
Erich Kunzel, conductor
10:17 - 1:15 PM
Staatskapelle Berlin
Daniel Barenboim, conductor
8:11 - 1:10 PM
Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra
Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor
Emmanuel Pahud, flute
5:42 - 1:06 PM
Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra
Ton Koopman, conductor
3:21 - 12:56 PM
Piano Sonata No. 21 "Waldstein": 3rd movement
Alice Sara Ott: Beethoven Piano Sonatas
Alice Sara Ott, piano
9:59 - 12:52 PM
The Firebird (L'oiseau de feu): Finale
Stravinsky: The Firebird; Scriabin: Prometheus / Gergiev
Kirov Orchestra
Valery Gergiev, conductor
3:34 - 12:44 PM
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
Neeme Jarvi, conductor
8:19 - 12:38 PM
Philadelphia Orchestra
Eugene Ormandy, conductor
5:42 - 12:25 PM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner, conductor
Peter Damm, horn
13:18 - 12:19 PM
Prelude No. 15 "Raindrop"
Bach: French Suite; Schumann: Papillons, Op.2; Chopin: Two Preludes, Mazurka
Mieczyslaw Horszowski, piano
5:40 - 12:07 PM
Minnesota Orchestra
Neville Marriner, conductor
11:42 - 12:03 PM
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin, conductor
4:14 - 11:51 AM
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Georg Solti, conductor
11:49 - 11:44 AM
Boston Pops Orchestra
John Williams, conductor
6:49 - 11:40 AM
Moura Lympany, piano
3:18 - 11:30 AM
Russian National Orchestra
Yakov Kreizberg, conductor
Julia Fischer, violin
10:11 - 11:24 AM
Xuefei Yang, guitar
5:32 - 11:17 AM
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Jukka-Pekka Saraste, conductor
6:58 - 11:08 AM
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Seiji Ozawa, conductor
9:06 - 11:02 AM
Symphony No. 94 "Surprise": 2nd movement
Haydn: Symphonies no 94 "Surprise" & 100 "Military"
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Georg Solti, conductor
5:45 - 10:54 AM
Frank Almond, violin
7:27 - 10:52 AM
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
David Hill, conductor
1:42 - 10:47 AM
Guildhall Strings
5:26 - 10:30 AM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner, conductor
16:03 - 10:28 AM
Eine kleine Nachtmusik: Rondo
Mozart: Symphony No. 29, Violin Concerto No. 5, Nachtmusik
London Chamber Orchestra
Christopher Warren-Green, conductor
2:39 - 10:22 AM
Consortium Classicum
5:41 - 10:17 AM
Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano
5:06 - 10:07 AM
Kirov Orchestra
Valery Gergiev, conductor
9:32 - 10:05 AM
Yo-Yo Ma, cello
2:17 - 9:54 AM
London Symphony Orchestra
Andre Previn, conductor
10:19 - 9:44 AM
Cleveland Orchestra
Lorin Maazel, conductor
10:27 - 9:40 AM
Maurizio Pollini, piano
2:48 - 9:27 AM
Toulouse Chamber Orchestra
Louis Auriacombe, conductor
Lily Laskine, harp
13:42 - 9:20 AM
Lyon National Orchestra
Emmanuel Krivine, conductor
7:01 - 9:12 AM
New Philharmonia Orchestra
Adrian Boult, conductor
7:35 - 9:04 AM
Symphony No. 82 "The Bear": 1st movement
Haydn Symphonies: No. 82 in C Major "The Bear"; No. 38 in C Major; No. 104 in D Major "London"
Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra
Christof Perick, conductor
7:44 - 8:54 AM
Keyboard Concerto No. 5
J.S. Bach: Complete Keyboard Concertos; J.S. Bach-Vivaldi: Two Concertos
Moscow Virtuosi
Saulius Sondeckis, conductor
Julia Zilberquit, piano
9:47 - 8:49 AM
Fantasia on Greensleeves
Elgar: Introduction and Allegro, etc; Vaughan Williams
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
4:30 - 8:47 AM
Emerson String Quartet
1:56 - 8:45 AM
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Fritz Reiner, conductor
2:38 - 8:40 AM
Flute and Harp Concerto: 2nd movement
The Most Relaxing Classical Album In The World...Ever!
Berlin Philharmonic
Herbert von Karajan, conductor
James Galway, flute
3:59 - 8:31 AM
Dance of the Hours
Wagner: Siegfried Idyll, Boccherini, Dvorak, Faure, Grieg, Nicolai, Ponchielli, Suppe, Tchaikovsky
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner, conductor
9:12 - 8:21 AM
Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra
David Zinman, conductor
Julia Fischer, violin
10:09 - 8:18 AM
Preludes, Book 1: La fille aux cheveux de lin (The Girl with the Flaxen Hair)
My Gift To You
Antonin Kubalek, piano
2:31 - 8:02 AM
Capriccio Espagnol
The Rostropovich Edition: Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade, etc.
Paris Orchestra
Mstislav Rostropovich, conductor
15:51 - 7:59 AM
English Chamber Orchestra
Anthony Newman, conductor
Wynton Marsalis, trumpet
2:50 - 7:56 AM
London Symphony Orchestra
Julius Rudel, conductor
Ruth Ann Swenson, soprano
2:33 - 7:43 AM
Revolutionary and Romantic Orchestra
John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
13:04 - 7:39 AM
Nelson Freire, piano
4:05 - 7:28 AM
La Grande Ecurie et la Chambre du Roy
Jean-Claude Malgoire, conductor
John Holloway, violin
10:48 - 7:19 AM
Seattle Symphony
Gerard Schwarz, conductor
8:54 - 7:17 AM
New York Philharmonic
Leonard Bernstein, conductor
1:49 - 7:05 AM
Cleveland Orchestra
Christoph von Dohnanyi, conductor
11:28 - 6:58 AM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner, conductor
Alfred Brendel, piano
6:37 - 6:47 AM
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Daniel Barenboim, conductor
11:06 - 6:33 AM
Berlin Philharmonic
Claudio Abbado, conductor
14:45 - 6:18 AM
Northern Sinfonia
Thomas Zehetmair, conductor
14:09 - 6:15 AM
London Symphony Orchestra
Charles Mackerras, conductor
2:57 - 6:09 AM
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor
5:56 - 6:07 AM
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
Goran Sollscher, guitar
2:04 - 6:00 AM
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
Erich Kunzel, conductor
6:46