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.
- 1:23 PM
Minnesota Orchestra
Eiji Oue, conductor
5:42 - 1:14 PM
Murray Perahia, piano
9:00 - 1:08 PM
Avalon String Quartet
6:08 - 1:04 PM
Quebec Symphony Orchestra
Yoav Talmi, conductor
3:25 - 12:54 PM
Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra
Eduardo Marturet, conductor
Lara St. John, violin
9:48 - 12:51 PM
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Antal Dorati, conductor
3:31 - 12:46 PM
Symphony No. 36 "Linz": Menuetto
Mozart Symphonies 35 Haffner, 26 Linz, and 32
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Jukka-Pekka Saraste, conductor
4:16 - 12:40 PM
Piano Concerto No. 2: Rondo
Beethoven: Piano Concertos / Fischer, Goode, Budapest Festival Orchestra
Budapest Festival Orchestra
Ivan Fischer, conductor
Richard Goode, piano
6:09 - 12:30 PM
Montreal Symphony Orchestra
Mario Bernardi, conductor
James Ehnes, violin
9:15 - 12:21 PM
Orchestra of Toulouse
Michel Plasson, conductor
9:34 - 12:10 PM
Musica Antiqua Cologne
Reinhard Goebel, conductor
10:21 - 12:03 PM
Berlin Philharmonic
Mariss Jansons, conductor
Sarah Chang, violin
7:24 - 11:58 AM
Alicia de Larrocha, piano
4:34 - 11:54 AM
Seattle Symphony
Gerard Schwarz, conductor
3:27 - 11:47 AM
Orchestra of the 18th Century
Frans Bruggen, conductor
7:24 - 11:42 AM
Russian National Orchestra
Mikhail Pletnev, conductor
5:04 - 11:34 AM
Canadian Brass
7:34 - 11:29 AM
London Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Litton, conductor
Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin
4:17 - 11:19 AM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Angel Romero, guitar
10:02 - 11:14 AM
Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano
4:53 - 11:05 AM
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
Riccardo Chailly, conductor
8:44 - 11:02 AM
Jascha Silberstein, cello
3:16 - 10:58 AM
Houston Symphony Orchestra
Sergiu Comissiona, conductor
4:12 - 10:52 AM
Brandenburg Concerto No. 6: 3rd movement
Bach: Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 4, 5, 6
Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra
Ton Koopman, conductor
5:34 - 10:49 AM
Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin
2:59 - 10:37 AM
Revolutionary and Romantic Orchestra
John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
12:00 - 10:33 AM
Mother Goose (Ma mere l'oye): Laideronnette, Empress of the Pagodas
Debussy, Ravel: Images Pour Orchestre - Ma Mere L'oye
New York Philharmonic
Leonard Bernstein, conductor
3:37 - 10:21 AM
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
Erich Kunzel, conductor
King Keyes, zither
11:02 - 10:10 AM
Berlin Philharmonic
Simon Rattle, conductor
11:18 - 9:56 AM
Mitsuko Uchida, piano
13:37 - 9:52 AM
Rachel Van Voorhees, harp
3:44 - 9:43 AM
Boston Baroque
Martin Pearlman, conductor
9:20 - 9:35 AM
Vienna Philharmonic
Claudio Abbado, conductor
8:03 - 9:24 AM
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 - 9:16 AM
Polonaise No. 6 "Heroic"
The Complete Piano Works of Chopin, Vol 5: Polonaises & Impromptus
Garrick Ohlsson, piano
7:00 - 9:06 AM
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Georg Solti, conductor
10:01 - 9:00 AM
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Thomas Beecham, conductor
5:39 - 8:55 AM
Orchestra of St. Luke's
Michael Stern, conductor
Joshua Bell, violin
4:41 - 8:54 AM
Drottningholm Baroque Ensemble
Penelope Evison, flute
1:26 - 8:45 AM
Minnesota Orchestra
Osmo Vanska, conductor
9:12 - 8:36 AM
Mainz Chamber Orchestra
Gunter Kehr, conductor
Walter Klien, piano
8:38 - 8:22 AM
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Manfred Honeck, conductor
13:53 - 8:18 AM
Budapest Festival Orchestra
Ivan Fischer, conductor
Andras Keller, violin
3:21 - 8:15 AM
Berlin Philharmonic
Herbert von Karajan, conductor
2:44 - 8:04 AM
I Musici
Heinz Holliger, oboe
11:35 - 7:58 AM
Khatia Buniatishvili, piano
5:34 - 7:53 AM
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra
Mariss Jansons, conductor
4:43 - 7:46 AM
Smithsonian Chamber Players
Kenneth Slowik, conductor
7:34 - 7:42 AM
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Rafael Kubelik, conductor
3:05 - 7:36 AM
String Quartet No. 9 "Razumovsky No. 3": 4th movement
Beethoven: The Middle String Quartets
Cypress String Quartet
5:59 - 7:27 AM
Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso
Isaac Stern - A Life In Music - Lalo, Saint-Saens, Chausson
Philadelphia Orchestra
Eugene Ormandy, conductor
Isaac Stern, violin
8:49 - 7:21 AM
Symphony No. 94 "Surprise": 2nd movement
Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 94 & 95; Mozart: Toy Symphony
Hanover Band
Roy Goodman, conductor
6:01 - 7:16 AM
Yundi Li, piano
4:21 - 7:11 AM
Sabine Meyer Wind Ensemble
5:24 - 7:01 AM
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Robert Shaw, conductor
9:34 - 6:51 AM
Orchestra de la Suisse Romande
Kazuki Yamada, conductor
9:40 - 6:49 AM
Lieutenant Kije: Troika
Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite, Prokofiev: Lieutenant Kije, Dukas: The Sourcerer's Apprentice
Saint Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra
Yuri Temirkanov, conductor
2:35 - 6:45 AM
San Francisco Symphony
Herbert Blomstedt, conductor
4:19 - 6:39 AM
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor
5:11 - 6:33 AM
Emil Gilels, piano
5:46 - 6:26 AM
Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Joshua Bell, violin
7:20 - 6:22 AM
Berlin Philharmonic
Herbert von Karajan, conductor
3:32 - 6:19 AM
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Jahja Ling, conductor
Rolf Smedvig, trumpet
2:50 - 6:09 AM
Vienna Johann Strauss Orchestra
Willi Boskovsky, conductor
10:12 - 6:00 AM
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Litton, conductor
8:56