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.
- 8:49 PM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner, conductor
4:50 - 8:42 PM
Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra
Jeffrey Kahane, conductor
Hilary Hahn, violin
6:55 - 8:37 PM
Lang Lang, piano
4:51 - 8:28 PM
English Chamber Orchestra
Jeffrey Tate, conductor
8:46 - 8:25 PM
Christopher Parkening, guitar
2:37 - 8:18 PM
Cleveland Orchestra
Christoph von Dohnanyi, conductor
6:16 - 8:14 PM
London Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Litton, conductor
Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin
4:17 - 8:04 PM
Orchestra of St. Luke's
Eliot Fisk, guitar
10:39 - 7:54 PM
Dresden State Orchestra
Hans Vonk, conductor
Christian Zacharias, piano
8:53 - 7:50 PM
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Seiji Ozawa, conductor
3:59 - 7:41 PM
Kirov Orchestra
Valery Gergiev, conductor
9:32 - 7:35 PM
Berlin Philharmonic
Herbert von Karajan, conductor
Michel Schwalbe, violin
6:04 - 7:26 PM
Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Lance Friedel, conductor
8:22 - 7:22 PM
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra
Nicholas McGegan, conductor
4:19 - 7:20 PM
Emerson String Quartet
1:56 - 7:12 PM
Emanuel Ax, piano
7:43 - 7:05 PM
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Franz Welser-Most, conductor
6:02 - 7:02 PM
Musica Vitae
Bjorn Sagstad, conductor
Oystein Baadsvik, tuba
3:28 - 6:59 PM
Vienna Philharmonic
Herbert von Karajan, conductor
2:57 - 6:54 PM
The King's Violins
Bernard Labadie, conductor
Nicole Trotier, violin
4:54 - 6:47 PM
Houston Symphony Orchestra
Sergiu Comissiona, conductor
6:27 - 6:42 PM
Louis Lortie, piano
4:30 - 6:31 PM
London Symphony Orchestra
Istvan Kertesz, conductor
11:16 - 6:28 PM
The Three-Cornered Hat: Neighbor's Dance
Dukas: La Peri, De Falla: The Three-Cornered Hat
New York Philharmonic
Pierre Boulez, conductor
3:28 - 6:11 PM
Northern Sinfonia
Steuart Bedford, conductor
15:53 - 6:08 PM
Rolf Smedvig, trumpet
2:58 - 6:05 PM
Berlin Philharmonic
Simon Rattle, conductor
3:35 - 5:53 PM
Minnesota Orchestra
Osmo Vanska, conductor
11:29 - 5:50 PM
Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 1: Balletto
Respighi: Ancient Airs And Dances, Etc
Chamber Orchestra of Lausanne
Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor
2:57 - 5:47 PM
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
2:57 - 5:41 PM
Moscow Virtuosi
Vladimir Spivakov, conductor
5:28 - 5:35 PM
Angel Romero, guitar
6:17 - 5:29 PM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner, conductor
Joshua Bell, violin
5:53 - 5:22 PM
Piano Concerto No. 21 "Elvira Madigan": 3rd movement
Mozart: Piano Concertos K467 And K595
Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra
Paavo Jarvi, conductor
Lars Vogt, piano
6:25 - 5:17 PM
Academy of Ancient Music Berlin
5:37 - 5:06 PM
Russian National Orchestra
Mikhail Pletnev, conductor
10:08 - 5:01 PM
Philharmonia Orchestra
Charles Groves, conductor
5:14 - 4:58 PM
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
2:31 - 4:48 PM
Vienna Philharmonic
Andris Nelsons, conductor
10:31 - 4:44 PM
Maria Joao Pires, piano
3:16 - 4:40 PM
Endellion String Quartet
3:42 - 4:29 PM
Saint Cecilia Orchestra
Leonard Bernstein, conductor
11:37 - 4:26 PM
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra Chamber Orchestra
Lisa Batiashvili, violin
2:34 - 4:11 PM
Russian Easter Festival Overture
Tchaikovsky: Marche Slav; Rimsky-Korsakov: Russian Easter Overture
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin, conductor
14:42 - 4:06 PM
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
5:31 - 3:58 PM
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
Semyon Bychkov, conductor
Kirill Gerstein, piano
7:14 - 3:54 PM
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
Neeme Jarvi, conductor
4:07 - 3:49 PM
Colas Breugnon Overture
Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition, Night on Bald Mountain
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Fritz Reiner, conductor
4:48 - 3:46 PM
Berlin Philharmonic
Andre Cluytens, conductor
2:46 - 3:42 PM
Dallas Wind Symphony
Jerry Junkin, conductor
4:08 - 3:25 PM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Joshua Bell, conductor
Joshua Bell, violin
16:48 - 3:20 PM
Wilhelm Kempff, piano
4:43 - 3:13 PM
Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra
Adam Fischer, conductor
6:38 - 3:06 PM
Quebec Symphony Orchestra
Yoav Talmi, conductor
6:44 - 2:57 PM
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
Erich Kunzel, conductor
8:43 - 2:54 PM
Orchestra of the Paris Opera
Lorin Maazel, conductor
Ruggero Raimondi, bass-baritone
3:12 - 2:49 PM
Budapest Festival Orchestra
Ivan Fischer, conductor
4:56 - 2:42 PM
Cleveland Orchestra
Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor
Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano
6:31 - 2:33 PM
Montreal Symphony Orchestra
Mario Bernardi, conductor
James Ehnes, violin
9:15 - 2:30 PM
Tafelmusik
Jeanne Lamon, conductor
2:56 - 2:18 PM
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Bernard Haitink, conductor
11:36 - 2:14 PM
Boston Pops Orchestra
Arthur Fiedler, conductor
3:44 - 2:08 PM
German Chamber Philharmonic
Martin Frost, conductor
Martin Frost, basset clarinet
6:39 - 1:59 PM
Russian National Orchestra
Mikhail Pletnev, conductor
8:37 - 1:53 PM
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
Pinchas Zukerman, conductor
Pinchas Zukerman, violin
5:59 - 1:47 PM
Maurizio Pollini, piano
5:40 - 1:37 PM
Minnesota Orchestra
Osmo Vanska, conductor
9:36 - 1:27 PM
Kaiser-Walzer (Emperor Waltz)
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Plays Strauss 1929 - 1990
Vienna Philharmonic
Wilhelm Furtwangler, conductor
9:27 - 1:17 PM
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin, conductor
Alicia de Larrocha, piano
9:47 - 1:11 PM
Netherlands Chamber Orchestra
Yakov Kreizberg, conductor
Julia Fischer, violin
6:06 - 1:05 PM
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Lorin Maazel, conductor
6:16 - 12:57 PM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner, conductor
7:08 - 12:54 PM
New York Philharmonic
Leonard Bernstein, conductor
3:02 - 12:49 PM
Catherine Manoukian, violin
5:20 - 12:44 PM
Oregon Bach Festival Chamber Orchestra
Helmuth Rilling, conductor
4:10 - 12:34 PM
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
Neeme Jarvi, conductor
10:41 - 12:22 PM
Russian Federal Orchestra
Vakhtang Jordania, conductor
11:24 - 12:17 PM
Philharmonia Virtuosi
Richard Kapp, conductor
4:20 - 12:12 PM
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor
5:56 - 12:01 PM
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
Sarah Chang, violin
10:39 - 11:57 AM
Israel Sinfonietta
Uri Mayer, conductor
David Jolley, horn
3:35 - 11:51 AM
Dresden State Orchestra
Bernard Haitink, conductor
6:28 - 11:45 AM
Philharmonia Orchestra
William Boughton, conductor
5:18 - 11:35 AM
Chilingirian Quartet
9:19 - 11:25 AM
The King's Violins
Bernard Labadie, conductor
Alexandre Tharaud, piano
9:44 - 11:23 AM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner, conductor
Pepe Romero, guitar
2:00 - 11:12 AM
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
David Zinman, conductor
10:55 - 10:59 AM
Academy Chamber Ensemble
12:55 - 10:55 AM
The Red Pony Suite: Morning on the Ranch
Copland: The Red Pony; Our Town; The Heiress Suite; Music For Movies
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin, conductor
4:33 - 10:46 AM
Ruth Laredo, piano
7:58 - 10:32 AM
Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra
Neeme Jarvi, conductor
13:43 - 10:24 AM
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Wolfgang Sawallisch, conductor
Frank Peter Zimmermann, violin
7:46 - 10:16 AM
Vienna Philharmonic
Willi Boskovsky, conductor
8:19 - 10:10 AM
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Claudio Abbado, conductor
5:49 - 9:59 AM
Orchestra of St. Luke's
Charles Mackerras, conductor
10:23 - 9:51 AM
Philharmonia Orchestra
George Randolph Warren, conductor
8:47 - 9:46 AM
English Baroque Soloists
John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
4:29 - 9:39 AM
Berlin Philharmonic
Klaus Tennstedt, conductor
6:49 - 9:30 AM
Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra
Raymond Leppard, conductor
8:28 - 9:15 AM
English Chamber Orchestra
Pinchas Zukerman, conductor
Pinchas Zukerman, violin
14:29 - 9:08 AM
Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Litton, conductor
7:50 - 8:53 AM
Rhapsody in Blue
Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue, Piano Concerto in F, An American in Paris
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Andre Previn, conductor
Andre Previn, piano
13:58 - 8:45 AM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner, conductor
8:35 - 8:41 AM
Ingrid Fliter, piano
3:16 - 8:31 AM
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Leonidas Kavakos, conductor
Leonidas Kavakos, violin
10:27 - 8:26 AM
Boston Pops Orchestra
Arthur Fiedler, conductor
4:26 - 8:18 AM
Symphony No. 9 "From the New World": 3rd movement
Dvorak: Symphony No. 9, In der Nature
Vienna Philharmonic
Seiji Ozawa, conductor
7:49 - 8:09 AM
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
Neeme Jarvi, conductor
8:33 - 8:04 AM
Philadelphia Orchestra
Riccardo Muti, conductor
4:46 - 8:00 AM
Suite Bergamasque: Clair de lune (Moonlight)
Debussy: Images; Arabesques; Children's Corner; Clair de lune; L'Isle joyeuse
Simon Trpceski, piano
4:43 - 7:55 AM
Orchestra of St. Luke's
Michael Stern, conductor
Joshua Bell, violin
4:41 - 7:50 AM
Orchestra of the Bastille
Myung-Whun Chung, conductor
4:23 - 7:41 AM
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
Erich Kunzel, conductor
9:07 - 7:36 AM
English Baroque Soloists
John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
5:20 - 7:32 AM
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Pinchas Zukerman, conductor
3:22 - 7:23 AM
Berlin Philharmonic
Claudio Abbado, conductor
Gil Shaham, violin
8:42 - 7:19 AM
Ames Piano Quartet
3:35 - 7:13 AM
Columbia Symphony Orchestra
Bruno Walter, conductor
6:27 - 7:00 AM
Bamberg Symphony Orchestra
Claus Peter Flor, conductor
12:30 - 6:46 AM
English String Orchestra
Yehudi Menuhin, conductor
14:09 - 6:43 AM
Fanfare for the Common Man
He Got Game - The Music Of Aaron Copland (Motion Picture Soundtrack)
London Symphony Orchestra
Aaron Copland, conductor
3:17 - 6:40 AM
Garrick Ohlsson, piano
2:33 - 6:29 AM
Flute and Harp Concerto: 1st movement
MOZART: Flute Concertos Nos. 1 and 2 / Concerto for Flute and Harp
Swedish Chamber Orchestra
Patrick Gallois, flute
10:16 - 6:19 AM
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
Zubin Mehta, conductor
Pinchas Zukerman, violin
10:50 - 6:04 AM
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Yoel Levi, conductor
13:38 - 6:00 AM
Symphony No. 100 "Military": Minuet
Haydn: Symphonies No. 100 Military and No. 103 Drimroll
Orchestra of St. Luke's
Charles Mackerras, conductor
4:44