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.
- 12:06 AM
Musicians of the Louvre
Marc Minkowski, conductor
7:55 - 12:04 AM
San Francisco Symphony
Edo de Waart, conductor
2:46 - 11:53 PM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Joshua Bell, violin
10:11 - 11:48 PM
Boston Pops Orchestra
John Williams, conductor
5:12 - 11:34 PM
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
Kurt Masur, conductor
13:46 - 11:30 PM
London Symphony Orchestra
John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
4:05 - 11:28 PM
Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin
1:41 - 11:26 PM
North German Radio Symphony
John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
2:14 - 11:24 PM
Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra
Karl Munchinger, conductor
1:21 - 11:19 PM
Symphony No. 41 "Jupiter": 3rd movement
Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 28, 33, 35, 39, 40, 41, Eine kleine Nachtmusik
Cleveland Orchestra
George Szell, conductor
4:35 - 11:12 PM
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Georg Solti, conductor
6:52 - 11:03 PM
Swedish Chamber Orchestra
Roy Goodman, conductor
Niklas Eklund, trumpet
9:34 - 11:01 PM
Jon Kimura Parker, piano
1:45 - 10:53 PM
Vienna-Berlin Ensemble
7:42 - 10:43 PM
New York Philharmonic
Zubin Mehta, conductor
Midori, violin
9:42 - 10:40 PM
Tafelmusik
Jeanne Lamon, conductor
3:17 - 10:32 PM
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Willi Boskovsky, conductor
7:53 - 10:30 PM
Berlin Philharmonic
Herbert von Karajan, conductor
2:08 - 10:28 PM
Chamber Orchestra of Lausanne
Lawrence Foster, conductor
Sharon Isbin, guitar
2:01 - 10:20 PM
Piano Concerto No. 21 "Elvira Madigan": Andante
Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 10 & 21
English Chamber Orchestra
Jeffrey Tate, conductor
Mitsuko Uchida, piano
7:02 - 10:12 PM
Europa Galante
Fabio Biondi, conductor
Giovanni Scaramuzzino, mandolin
8:06 - 10:08 PM
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
Christopher Hogwood, conductor
3:36 - 10:01 PM
Minnesota Orchestra
Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, conductor
6:52 - 9:56 PM
Nabucco: Va, pensiero (Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves)
Dies Irae: The Essential Choral Collection
German Opera Orchestra
Giuseppe Sinopoli, conductor
4:55 - 9:53 PM
Philharmonia Virtuosi
Richard Kapp, conductor
3:42 - 9:47 PM
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor
5:29 - 9:44 PM
Hakon Austbo, piano
2:53 - 9:37 PM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner, conductor
Henryk Szeryng, violin
6:30 - 9:30 PM
London Mozart Players
James Galway, flute
7:15 - 9:21 PM
Carmen Suite No. 2: The New Guard; Bohemian Dance
Bizet, Grieg: Carmen & Peer Gynt Suites
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin, conductor
8:34 - 9:09 PM
Sinfonia Concertante: 2nd movement
Pinchas Zukerman: Complete Recordings on Deutsche Grammophon and Philips
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
Zubin Mehta, conductor
Itzhak Perlman, violin
11:57 - 8:57 PM
A Midsummer Night's Dream: Overture
Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Symphony No. 4
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Yoel Levi, conductor
11:26 - 8:51 PM
John O'Conor, piano
5:46 - 8:37 PM
New Queen's Hall Orchestra
Barry Wordsworth, conductor
Hagai Shaham, violin
14:16 - 8:31 PM
Emerson String Quartet
5:19 - 8:22 PM
Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra
Janos Rolla, conductor
Cyprien Katsaris, piano
8:58 - 8:10 PM
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra
Zdenek Macal, conductor
11:38 - 8:00 PM
Die Meistersinger von Nurmberg (The Mastersingers of Nuremburg): Prelude to Act I
Music of Wagner
Minnesota Orchestra
Neville Marriner, conductor
9:45 - 7:56 PM
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Charles Mackerras, conductor
4:00 - 7:52 PM
Cleveland Orchestra
Lorin Maazel, conductor
4:07 - 7:43 PM
Hollywood Bowl Orchestra
Alfred Newman, conductor
Leonard Pennario, piano
8:33 - 7:30 PM
Berlin Philharmonic
Herbert von Karajan, conductor
13:13 - 7:25 PM
English Baroque Soloists
John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
4:27 - 7:15 PM
Hebrides Overture (Fingal's Cave)
Mendelssohn: Symphonies 3 'Scottish' & 4 'Italian', etc.
Vienna Philharmonic
Christoph von Dohnanyi, conductor
10:07 - 7:10 PM
I Musici
4:53 - 7:01 PM
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor
Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano
8:55 - 6:52 PM
Russian National Orchestra
Alexander Vedernikov, conductor
9:12 - 6:47 PM
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
4:27 - 6:37 PM
National Philharmonic Orchestra
Riccardo Chailly, conductor
9:29 - 6:24 PM
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin, conductor
13:27 - 6:16 PM
The King's Violins
Bernard Labadie, conductor
Alexandre Tharaud, piano
7:23 - 6:09 PM
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor
Anne Akiko Meyers, violin
6:52 - 6:05 PM
Amadeus Winds
Bastiaan Blomhert, conductor
3:54 - 5:54 PM
Houston Symphony Orchestra
Christoph Eschenbach, conductor
11:04 - 5:46 PM
Itzhak Perlman, violin
6:55 - 5:39 PM
Orchestra of the 18th Century
Frans Bruggen, conductor
7:10 - 5:33 PM
Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra
Antal Dorati, conductor
6:03 - 5:27 PM
Symphony No. 82 "The Bear": Finale
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
5:50 - 5:20 PM
Cleveland Orchestra
George Szell, conductor
7:05 - 5:11 PM
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Bernard Haitink, conductor
8:37 - 4:58 PM
Andreas Haefliger, piano
12:38 - 4:48 PM
Four Seasons: Summer
Vivaldi & Friends - La Folia (Madness & Other Concertos) / Sorrell, Apollo's Fire
Apollo's Fire Baroque Orchestra
Jeannette Sorrell, conductor
Jeannette Sorrell, harpsichord
10:41 - 4:44 PM
Jean-Pierre Rampal, flute
3:29 - 4:40 PM
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin, conductor
3:03 - 4:26 PM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Julia Fischer, violin
14:39 - 4:20 PM
Murray Perahia, piano
5:03 - 4:04 PM
Berlin Philharmonic
Herbert von Karajan, conductor
15:57 - 4:00 PM
Scottish National Orchestra
Neeme Jarvi, conductor
3:55 - 3:57 PM
La clemenza di Tito (The Clemency of Titus): Overture
Mozart: Cosi fan tutte; La Clemenza di Tito (Transcriptions for Wind Octet)
Amadeus Ensemble
Julius Rudel, conductor
3:12 - 3:45 PM
Symphony No. 6 "Pastoral": 2nd movement
BEETHOVEN, L. van: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 6
Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia
Bela Drahos, conductor
12:05 - 3:39 PM
Jorge Bolet, piano
4:53 - 3:30 PM
Symphony No. 2: 2nd movement
Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2, Dances from Aleko, Scherzo
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Paavo Jarvi, conductor
9:50 - 3:25 PM
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
Vaclav Neumann, conductor
4:31 - 3:17 PM
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Litton, conductor
7:33 - 3:09 PM
Vienna Philharmonic
Carlos Kleiber, conductor
8:33 - 3:03 PM
Oregon Bach Festival Chamber Orchestra
Helmuth Rilling, conductor
5:33 - 3:00 PM
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
Erich Kunzel, conductor
3:10 - 2:51 PM
West-Eastern Divan Orchestra
Daniel Barenboim, conductor
8:51 - 2:44 PM
Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1
Elgar: Symphony No.1; Pomp and Circumstance Marches No.1 & No.2
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
David Zinman, conductor
6:52 - 2:34 PM
London Symphony Orchestra
Eduardo Mata, conductor
James Galway, flute
9:07 - 2:31 PM
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Daniel Barenboim, conductor
2:43 - 2:26 PM
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Colin Davis, conductor
5:14 - 2:16 PM
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Jun Markl, conductor
Ingrid Fliter, piano
10:10 - 2:08 PM
Cleveland Orchestra
George Szell, conductor
David Oistrakh, violin
7:49 - 2:04 PM
Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra
Richard Hayman, conductor
3:53 - 1:59 PM
Berlin Philharmonic
Herbert von Karajan, conductor
Luciano Pavarotti, tenor
4:38 - 1:58 PM
Empire Brass
1:29 - 1:54 PM
New York Philharmonic
Leonard Bernstein, conductor
3:35 - 1:48 PM
String Quartet No. 9 "Razumovsky No. 3": 4th movement
The Kernis Project: Beethoven
Jasper String Quartet
6:20 - 1:44 PM
Kyung Wha Chung, violin
3:02 - 1:36 PM
English Baroque Soloists
John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
8:11 - 1:30 PM
Orchestra de la Suisse Romande
Neeme Jarvi, conductor
6:20 - 1:26 PM
Musica Vitae
Bjorn Sagstad, conductor
Oystein Baadsvik, tuba
3:28 - 1:21 PM
Philadelphia Orchestra
Eugene Ormandy, conductor
4:07 - 1:05 PM
Symphony No. 9 "Great": 4th movement
Schubert: Symphonies Nos. 8 "Unfinished" & 9 "The Great"
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
Herbert Blomstedt, conductor
16:22 - 12:59 PM
Philharmonia Orchestra
Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor
James Ehnes, violin
5:34 - 12:56 PM
Moscow Virtuosi
Vladimir Spivakov, conductor
2:56 - 12:50 PM
Manuel Barrueco, guitar
6:42 - 12:42 PM
Vienna Philharmonic
Andris Nelsons, conductor
6:50 - 12:38 PM
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Seiji Ozawa, conductor
4:32 - 12:31 PM
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Gerard Schwarz, conductor
6:44 - 12:25 PM
Khatia Buniatishvili, piano
5:12 - 12:17 PM
Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra
Janos Rolla, conductor
Dale Clevenger, horn
8:40 - 12:08 PM
Der Rosenkavalier: Waltz Sequence No. 2
Richard Strauss: Der Rosenkavelier; Die Frau ohne Schatten; Burleske
Seattle Symphony
Gerard Schwarz, conductor
8:44 - 11:59 AM
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Claudio Abbado, conductor
Viktoria Mullova, violin
8:21 - 11:54 AM
Berlin Philharmonic
Klaus Tennstedt, conductor
5:12 - 11:49 AM
Cleveland Orchestra
George Szell, conductor
4:58 - 11:41 AM
Elias String Quartet
Jonathan Biss, piano
8:03 - 11:37 AM
Il Giardino Armonico
Giovanni Antonini, conductor
3:44 - 11:28 AM
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor
8:59 - 11:18 AM
Staatskapelle Berlin
Daniel Barenboim, conductor
8:57 - 11:13 AM
Dresden State Orchestra
Colin Davis, conductor
5:43 - 11:06 AM
Moscow Virtuosi
Vladimir Spivakov, conductor
Vladimir Spivakov, violin
6:29 - 10:53 AM
Symphony No. 1 "Classical"
Stravinsky: The Soldier's Tale, Shostakovich: Conc. #1, Prokofiev: Symphony
Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra
Gerard Schwarz, conductor
13:17 - 10:45 AM
Orchestra of the 18th Century
Frans Bruggen, conductor
7:31 - 10:41 AM
Academy of Ancient Music
Andrew Manze, conductor
Andrew Manze, violin
3:39 - 10:28 AM
Vienna State Opera Orchestra
Anatole Fistoulari, conductor
13:33 - 10:20 AM
Piano Concerto No. 21 "Elvira Madigan": 3rd movement
Mozart: Piano Concertos 21 And 23
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner, conductor
Ingrid Jacoby, piano
7:17 - 10:13 AM
Symphony No. 94 "Surprise": 2nd movement
Haydn: London Symphonies 93, 94 "The Surprise", & 95
La Petite Bande
Sigiswald Kuijken, conductor
6:50 - 10:10 AM
Budapest Festival Orchestra
Ivan Fischer, conductor
3:15 - 10:00 AM
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra
Nicholas McGegan, conductor
9:22 - 9:58 AM
Rome Opera Chorus & Orchestra
Erich Leinsdorf, conductor
2:24 - 9:50 AM
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
Erich Kunzel, conductor
8:05 - 9:41 AM
Vienna Philharmonic
Simon Rattle, conductor
8:55 - 9:35 AM
Sara Sant'Ambrogio, cello
4:47 - 9:24 AM
West-Eastern Divan Orchestra
Daniel Barenboim, conductor
11:37 - 9:20 AM
I Solisti Italiani
3:57 - 9:10 AM
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Barry Wordsworth, conductor
Janine Jansen, violin
8:58 - 9:07 AM
English Chamber Orchestra
Raymond Leppard, conductor
Raymond Leppard, harpsichord
2:54 - 8:55 AM
"Twinkle, Twinkle" Variations (Ah, vous dirai-je, maman)
Mozart: Piano Sonatas Nos. 11 And 14; Fantasia In C Minor
Jeno Jando, piano
11:57 - 8:51 AM
Berlin Philharmonic
Herbert von Karajan, conductor
James Galway, flute
3:58 - 8:45 AM
Cleveland Orchestra
Lorin Maazel, conductor
6:21 - 8:38 AM
Philadelphia Orchestra
Riccardo Muti, conductor
6:30 - 8:33 AM
Philharmonia Orchestra
Andrew Litton, conductor
Anne Akiko Meyers, violin
5:21 - 8:24 AM
Revolutionary and Romantic Orchestra
John Eliot Gardner, conductor
8:29 - 8:19 AM
Sviatoslav Richter, piano
4:08 - 8:08 AM
Minnesota Orchestra
Neville Marriner, conductor
11:33 - 8:01 AM
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Fritz Reiner, conductor
6:33 - 7:58 AM
Tafelmusik
Jeanne Lamon, conductor
2:37 - 7:54 AM
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
Erich Kunzel, conductor
Alexander Kerr, violin
4:39 - 7:48 AM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner, conductor
5:46 - 7:40 AM
Vienna Philharmonic
Simon Rattle, conductor
8:29 - 7:33 AM
Paul Lewis, piano
6:25 - 7:28 AM
London Classical Players
Roger Norrington, conductor
4:37 - 7:21 AM
Vienna Volksoper Orchestra
Franz Bauer-Theussl, conductor
7:05 - 7:06 AM
I Solisti Veneti
Claudio Scimone, conductor
14:57 - 7:00 AM
Symphonie Fantastique: A Ball
Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique; Hungarian & Trojan Marches; Corsair & Roman Carnival Overtures
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Paul Paray, conductor
5:33 - 6:55 AM
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin, conductor
5:04 - 6:52 AM
Michael Chertock, piano
2:58 - 6:45 AM
Academy of Ancient Music
Christopher Hogwood, conductor
6:53 - 6:41 AM
Cavalleria Rusticana: Intermezzo
The Most Relaxing Classical Album In The World...Ever!
Philharmonia Orchestra
Riccardo Muti, conductor
3:39 - 6:34 AM
English Chamber Orchestra
Peter Maag, conductor
Joshua Bell, violin
6:48 - 6:29 AM
Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra
Antal Dorati, conductor
4:35 - 6:19 AM
Philadelphia Orchestra
Wolfgang Sawallisch, conductor
10:34 - 6:13 AM
Helene Grimaud, piano
4:50 - 6:06 AM
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Joseph Swensen, conductor
Robert McDuffie, violin
7:08 - 6:00 AM
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor
6:27