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.
- 9:25 AM
Philharmonia Virtuosi
Richard Kapp, conductor
4:45 - 9:19 AM
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor
5:24 - 9:12 AM
Paris Orchestral Ensemble
Armin Jordan, conductor
6:44 - 9:03 AM
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Litton, conductor
8:56 - 8:58 AM
Yundi Li, piano
4:30 - 8:54 AM
L'Arlesienne Suite No. 1: Carillon
Bizet: "Carmen" Suite, "L'Arlesienne" Suite/Offenbach: Barcarolle, "Orpheus in the Underworld" Overture
Berlin Philharmonic
Herbert von Karajan, conductor
4:03 - 8:45 AM
Vienna Philharmonic
Andris Nelsons, conductor
8:57 - 8:42 AM
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
3:01 - 8:32 AM
Die Meistersinger von Nurmberg (The Mastersingers of Nuremburg): Prelude to Act I
Wagner: Overtures And Orchestral Music
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra
Mariss Jansons, conductor
9:44 - 8:23 AM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner, conductor
Heinrich Schiff, cello
9:09 - 8:15 AM
Piano Concerto No. 21 "Elvira Madigan": 3rd movement
Mozart: Piano Concertos No 20 & 21
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Christian Zacharias, conductor
Jan Lisiecki, piano
7:21 - 8:09 AM
Cleveland Orchestra
Lorin Maazel, conductor
6:00 - 8:02 AM
I Solisti Italiani
6:49 - 7:58 AM
Quebec Symphony Orchestra
Yoav Talmi, conductor
4:35 - 7:51 AM
Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1
Elgar: Symphony No. 1; "Pomp and Circumstance" Marches Nos. 1 & 4
Philharmonia Orchestra
Giuseppe Sinopoli, conductor
6:26 - 7:40 AM
Boston Baroque
Martin Pearlman, conductor
10:46 - 7:36 AM
Piano Quintet "Trout": Scherzo
Schubert: Trout Quintet, Mozart: Eine kleine Nachtmusik, Hugo Wolf: Italian Serenade
Takacs Quartet
Andreas Haefliger, piano
3:52 - 7:25 AM
Symphony No. 6 "Pastoral": 1st movement
Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 6 "Pastoral"
London Classical Players
Roger Norrington, conductor
10:32 - 7:22 AM
Boston Pops Orchestra
Arthur Fiedler, conductor
3:01 - 7:12 AM
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
Gil Shaham, violin
10:17 - 7:01 AM
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
Julian Bream, guitar
10:36 - 6:55 AM
Claudio Arrau, piano
5:39 - 6:48 AM
Southwest German Broadcasting Orchestra in Baden-Baden and Freiburg
Michael Gielen, conductor
7:15 - 6:41 AM
Juilliard String Quartet
6:32 - 6:39 AM
French National Orchestra
Seiji Ozawa, conductor
2:32 - 6:29 AM
West-Eastern Divan Orchestra
Daniel Barenboim, conductor
9:28 - 6:25 AM
Vadim Gluzman, violin
3:37 - 6:18 AM
Symphony No. 9 "From the New World": 3rd movement
Dvorak: Symphony No. 9; Sibelius: Symphony No. 2
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Paul Paray, conductor
6:52 - 6:07 AM
Piano Concerto No. 9 "Jeunehomme": 3rd movement
Mozart: Piano Concertos 9 & 23
Northern Sinfonia
Thomas Zehetmair, conductor
Imogen Cooper, piano
10:58 - 6:03 AM
Berlin Philharmonic
Herbert von Karajan, conductor
4:14 - 6:00 AM
Vienna Philharmonic
Claudio Abbado, conductor
2:55