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.
- 5:48 PM
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
Pinchas Zukerman, conductor
Pinchas Zukerman, violin
10:58 - 5:39 PM
Dresden State Orchestra
Colin Davis, conductor
8:16 - 5:37 PM
Alexandre Tharaud, piano
1:50 - 5:24 PM
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Walter Weller, conductor
13:16 - 5:13 PM
By the Beautiful Blue Danube (An der schonen, blauen Donau)
Mad About Movies (The Sequel)
Vienna Philharmonic
Herbert von Karajan, conductor
10:05 - 5:05 PM
New York Philharmonic
Kurt Masur, conductor
Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin
8:04 - 4:57 PM
London Symphony Orchestra
Claudio Abbado, conductor
Rudolf Serkin, piano
7:57 - 4:50 PM
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
Erich Kunzel, conductor
6:28 - 4:48 PM
Philharmonia Orchestra
Louis Fremaux, conductor
John Williams, guitar
2:00 - 4:45 PM
Musica Antiqua Cologne
Reinhard Goebel, conductor
3:41 - 4:34 PM
Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Teddy Abrams, conductor
Rachel Barton Pine, violin
10:25 - 4:31 PM
Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
2:59 - 4:22 PM
English Chamber Orchestra
Jeffrey Tate, conductor
8:46 - 4:19 PM
Preludes, Book 1: La fille aux cheveux de lin (The Girl with the Flaxen Hair)
Claude Debussy - Preludes - Book 1
Maurizio Pollini, piano
2:26 - 4:07 PM
Berlin Philharmonic
Simon Rattle, conductor
11:42 - 4:03 PM
Orchestra of the Bastille
Myung-Whun Chung, conductor
3:55 - 3:51 PM
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Claudio Abbado, conductor
11:53 - 3:45 PM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner, conductor
6:10 - 3:42 PM
Janine Jansen and Friends
Janine Jansen, violin
3:27 - 3:38 PM
Zoltan Kocsis, piano
3:33 - 3:23 PM
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor
14:34 - 3:20 PM
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
Neeme Jarvi, conductor
2:49 - 3:14 PM
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Franz Welser-Most, conductor
6:11 - 3:10 PM
The Three-Cornered Hat: Neighbor's Dance
Muti | Philadelphia Orchestra | de Falla, Ravel, Chabrier
Philadelphia Orchestra
Riccardo Muti, conductor
3:11 - 3:02 PM
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Daniel Barenboim, conductor
Itzhak Perlman, violin
8:11 - 2:57 PM
Alessio Bax, piano
5:03 - 2:50 PM
Houston Symphony Orchestra
Sergiu Comissiona, conductor
6:40 - 2:46 PM
Tafelmusik
Bruno Weil, conductor
4:27 - 2:34 PM
Oregon Bach Festival Orchestra
Helmuth Rilling, conductor
11:38 - 2:30 PM
Die Meistersinger von Nurmberg (The Mastersingers of Nuremburg): Prelude to Act I
New Classical Arrangements for Brass
Copper Street Brass Quintet
3:39 - 2:23 PM
Symphonie Fantastique: March to the Scaffold
Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique Op. 14 / Tristia
Cleveland Orchestra
Pierre Boulez, conductor
6:58 - 2:14 PM
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
Erich Kunzel, conductor
William Tritt, piano
9:04 - 2:04 PM
Orchestre de la Bastille
Myung-Whun Chung, conductor
9:42 - 2:00 PM
Music for the Royal Fireworks: La Rejouissance
Handel: Water Music, Royal Fireworks
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
3:05 - 1:50 PM
Vienna Philharmonic
Christian Thielemann, conductor
10:13 - 1:40 PM
Academy of Ancient Music
Christopher Hogwood, conductor
Lisa Beznosiuk, flute
9:46 - 1:38 PM
Garrick Ohlsson, piano
1:41 - 1:25 PM
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
Kurt Masur, conductor
13:00 - 1:21 PM
New Queen's Hall Orchestra
Barry Wordsworth, conductor
4:17 - 1:09 PM
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Thomas Schippers, conductor
11:14 - 1:01 PM
Houston Symphony Orchestra
Christoph Eschenbach, conductor
7:55 - 12:52 PM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Murray Perahia, conductor
Murray Perahia, piano
9:13 - 12:42 PM
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Charles Mackerras, conductor
9:42 - 12:32 PM
Netherlands Chamber Orchestra
David Zinman, conductor
9:48 - 12:26 PM
Capella Istropolitana
Barry Wordsworth, conductor
5:36 - 12:24 PM
Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra
Arabella Steinbacher, violin
2:40 - 12:15 PM
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Howard Shelley, conductor
Michael Roll, piano
8:18 - 12:11 PM
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Georg Solti, conductor
4:18 - 12:03 PM
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Simon Rattle, conductor
7:11 - 12:00 PM
Narciso Yepes, guitar
3:03 - 11:49 AM
Trondheim Soloists
Anne-Sophie Mutter, conductor
Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin
11:04 - 11:35 AM
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Vasily Petrenko, conductor
14:00 - 11:31 AM
Alicia de Larrocha, piano
3:43 - 11:25 AM
Stockholm Chamber Orchestra
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
5:26 - 11:22 AM
London Symphony Orchestra
Aaron Copland, conductor
3:14 - 11:12 AM
Salome: Dance of the Seven Veils
Strauss: Rosenkavelier, Salome's Dance, Burleske Fastival Prelud
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor
9:10 - 11:04 AM
Symphony No. 7: 2nd movement
Beethoven For All: Music of Passion, Power and Beauty
West-Eastern Divan Orchestra
Daniel Barenboim, conductor
8:55 - 11:00 AM
Gil Shaham, violin
3:31 - 10:57 AM
North German Radio Symphony
John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
2:33 - 10:51 AM
Modern Mandolin Quartet
5:53 - 10:47 AM
Orchestra of the 18th Century
Frans Bruggen, conductor
4:26 - 10:39 AM
Revolutionary and Romantic Orchestra
John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
7:42 - 10:27 AM
Ma vlast (My Country): Vltava (The Moldau)
Fibich: Symphony No. 1/Smetana: Vysehrad, Vlatava
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Neeme Jarvi, conductor
11:25 - 10:22 AM
Oregon Bach Festival Chamber Orchestra
Helmuth Rilling, conductor
5:04 - 10:17 AM
Dag Achatz, piano
4:22 - 10:09 AM
Vienna Philharmonic
Leonard Bernstein, conductor
8:39 - 10:04 AM
Seattle Chamber Music Society
James Ehnes, violin
4:29 - 9:57 AM
English Northern Philharmonia
Paul Daniel, conductor
7:07 - 9:54 AM
Orchestra of St. Luke's
Andre Previn, conductor
Kathleen Battle, soprano
2:34 - 9:52 AM
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
2:49 - 9:43 AM
I Solisti Veneti
Claudio Scimone, conductor
Ugo Orlandi, mandolin
8:22 - 9:40 AM
Shannon Lee, violin
2:34 - 9:29 AM
English Baroque Soloists
John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
11:28 - 9:26 AM
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Riccardo Chailly, conductor
2:55 - 9:10 AM
Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks
Richard Strauss: Don Juan; Burlesque; Serenade; Till Eulenspiegel
Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra
Paavo Berglund, conductor
15:03 - 9:03 AM
Netherlands Chamber Orchestra
David Zinman, conductor
7:30 - 8:57 AM
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
Leonard Bernstein, conductor
5:55 - 8:47 AM
Musica Antiqua Cologne
Reinhard Goebel, conductor
9:40 - 8:30 AM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Joshua Bell, conductor
Joshua Bell, violin
16:48 - 8:22 AM
New York Philharmonic
Leonard Bernstein, conductor
7:24 - 8:18 AM
Berlin Philharmonic
Herbert von Karajan, conductor
4:24 - 8:08 AM
The King's Violins
Bernard Labadie, conductor
Alexandre Tharaud, piano
9:09 - 8:04 AM
City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra
Paul Bateman, conductor
4:17 - 7:57 AM
Minnesota Orchestra
Eiji Oue, conductor
6:31 - 7:53 AM
English Chamber Orchestra
Nicholas Cleobury, conductor
Julian Lloyd Webber, cello
3:33 - 7:42 AM
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Georg Solti, conductor
11:37 - 7:31 AM
Vladimir Horowitz, piano
10:11 - 7:27 AM
Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra
Jeffrey Kahane, conductor
Hilary Hahn, violin
4:31 - 7:22 AM
Edmonton Symphony Orchestra
Uri Mayer, conductor
4:39 - 7:16 AM
Stephen Marchionda, guitar
5:36 - 7:01 AM
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Charles Mackerras, conductor
Eric Ruske, horn
14:30 - 6:58 AM
Benjamin Pasternack, piano
3:03 - 6:50 AM
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Seiji Ozawa, conductor
Joseph Silverstein, violin
8:35 - 6:46 AM
Toronto Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Davis, conductor
3:10 - 6:42 AM
Philadelphia Orchestra
Eugene Ormandy, conductor
4:10 - 6:29 AM
Vienna Philharmonic
Simon Rattle, conductor
12:21 - 6:24 AM
Paris Orchestra
Daniel Barenboim, conductor
4:55 - 6:19 AM
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Claudio Abbado, conductor
5:07 - 6:13 AM
Angela Hewitt, piano
5:38 - 6:06 AM
Revolutionary and Romantic Orchestra
John Eliot Gardner, conductor
6:56 - 6:00 AM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner, conductor
6:30