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.
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Dresden State Orchestra
Wolfgang Sawallisch, conductor
8:58 - 5:52 PM
Musica Antiqua Cologne
Reinhard Goebel, conductor
3:06 - 5:47 PM
New York Philharmonic
Leonard Bernstein, conductor
4:27 - 5:39 PM
Symphony No. 82 "The Bear": 1st movement
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
7:44 - 5:35 PM
Die Meistersinger von Nurmberg (The Mastersingers of Nuremburg): Prelude to Act I
New Classical Arrangements for Brass
Copper Street Brass Quintet
3:39 - 5:31 PM
Symphonie Fantastique: March to the Scaffold
Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique, La Mort de Cleopatre
Vienna Philharmonic
Valery Gergiev, conductor
4:51 - 5:24 PM
Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano
6:12 - 5:13 PM
English Baroque Soloists
John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
10:37 - 5:09 PM
City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra
Paul Bateman, conductor
4:17 - 5:00 PM
Europa Galante
Fabio Biondi, conductor
Fabio Biondi, violin
9:02 - 4:53 PM
Orchestra de la Suisse Romande
Neeme Jarvi, conductor
6:20 - 4:49 PM
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
Riccardo Chailly, conductor
4:24 - 4:44 PM
Michael Chertock, piano
4:51 - 4:32 PM
Berlin Philharmonic
Karl Bohm, conductor
11:33 - 4:27 PM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner, conductor
Leila Josefowicz, violin
5:23 - 4:17 PM
The King's Violins
Bernard Labadie, conductor
Valerie Milot, harp
9:21 - 4:11 PM
I Solisti Italiani
5:29 - 4:07 PM
Brandenburg Concerto No. 3: 3rd movement
Bach: Concerts Brandebourgeois Nos. 1, 3, 4
Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra
Ton Koopman, conductor
4:45 - 3:55 PM
New York Philharmonic
Giuseppe Sinopoli, conductor
11:19 - 3:46 PM
By the Beautiful Blue Danube (An der schonen, blauen Donau)
Vienna Philharmonic New Year's Day Concert 1991
Vienna Philharmonic
Claudio Abbado, conductor
9:30 - 3:35 PM
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Leonidas Kavakos, conductor
Leonidas Kavakos, violin
10:27 - 3:30 PM
Philadelphia Orchestra
Eugene Ormandy, conductor
4:10 - 3:22 PM
I Solisti Veneti
Claudio Scimone, conductor
Bonifacio Bianchi, mandolin
8:26 - 3:18 PM
Miki Aoki, piano
3:02 - 3:12 PM
Symphony No. 94 "Surprise": 2nd movement
Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 94 & 95; Mozart: Toy Symphony
Hanover Band
Roy Goodman, conductor
6:01 - 3:03 PM
Philharmonia Orchestra
Carlo Maria Giulini, conductor
9:31 - 2:54 PM
Lohengrin: Treulich gefuhrt (Bridal Chorus)
Brass At Wahalla: Philip Jones Ensemble Plays Wagner
Philip Jones Brass Ensemble
Elgar Howarth, conductor
8:23 - 2:51 PM
Choir of New College, Oxford
Edward Higginbottom, conductor
2:58 - 2:47 PM
Revolutionary and Romantic Orchestra
John Eliot Gardner, conductor
4:37 - 2:42 PM
Nelson Freire, piano
4:16 - 2:34 PM
Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra Amsterdam
Yakov Kreizberg, conductor
Julia Fischer, violin
8:09 - 2:29 PM
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Litton, conductor
4:51 - 2:13 PM
Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis
Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis; Fantasia on Greensleeves; The Lark Ascending; Five Variants of "Dives and Lazarus"
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner, conductor
15:16 - 2:06 PM
Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra
Carlo Maria Giulini, conductor
7:23 - 1:54 PM
Ma vlast (My Country): Vltava (The Moldau)
Fibich: Symphony No. 1/Smetana: Vysehrad, Vlatava
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Neeme Jarvi, conductor
11:25 - 1:44 PM
Musica Antiqua Cologne
Reinhard Goebel, conductor
9:40 - 1:34 PM
Vienna Philharmonic
Christian Thielemann, conductor
10:13 - 1:24 PM
Flute and Harp Concerto: 2nd movement
L. Laskine Joue Boieldieu, Mozart, Pierne
Paillard Chamber Orchestra
Jean-Francois Paillard, conductor
Jean-Pierre Rampal, flute
9:42 - 1:17 PM
Roland Pontinen, piano
6:09 - 1:13 PM
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor
Milos Karadaglic, guitar
4:35 - 1:02 PM
Orchestra of St. Luke's
Charles Mackerras, conductor
10:28 - 12:59 PM
Quebec Symphony Orchestra
Yoav Talmi, conductor
3:34 - 12:54 PM
National Philharmonic Orchestra
Richard Bonynge, conductor
4:46 - 12:44 PM
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Leonard Bernstein, conductor
9:43 - 12:39 PM
Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin
4:20 - 12:31 PM
English Chamber Orchestra
Jeffrey Tate, conductor
7:49 - 12:27 PM
Philadelphia Orchestra
Eugene Ormandy, conductor
3:57 - 12:21 PM
Avalon String Quartet
6:08 - 12:13 PM
Vienna Symphony Orchestra
Willi Boskovsky, conductor
8:12 - 12:05 PM
Philharmonia Orchestra
Christian Thielemann, conductor
7:58 - 11:59 AM
Jorge Bolet, piano
5:29 - 11:51 AM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Joshua Bell, violin
8:23 - 11:42 AM
New York Philharmonic
Pierre Boulez, conductor
8:49 - 11:35 AM
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Claudio Abbado, conductor
5:49 - 11:30 AM
Capella Istropolitana
Barry Wordsworth, conductor
5:36 - 11:21 AM
Vienna Philharmonic
Simon Rattle, conductor
9:07 - 11:10 AM
Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra
David Zinman, conductor
Julia Fischer, violin
10:09 - 11:03 AM
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Seiji Ozawa, conductor
6:47 - 10:59 AM
Royal Opera, Covent Garden
Richard Armstrong, conductor
Angela Gheorghiu, soprano
3:45 - 10:50 AM
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Charles Mackerras, conductor
9:42 - 10:47 AM
Academy of Ancient Music
Andrew Manze, conductor
Andrew Manze, violin
2:33 - 10:41 AM
Maria Tipo, piano
5:23 - 10:37 AM
Israel Sinfonietta
Uri Mayer, conductor
David Jolley, horn
4:07 - 10:26 AM
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Libor Pesek, conductor
10:44 - 10:11 AM
Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks
Richard Strauss: Don Juan; Burlesque; Serenade; Till Eulenspiegel
Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra
Paavo Berglund, conductor
15:03 - 10:05 AM
London Classical Players
Roger Norrington, conductor
5:44 - 9:55 AM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Murray Perahia, conductor
Murray Perahia, piano
9:15 - 9:52 AM
Xuefei Yang, guitar
3:52 - 9:44 AM
Eine kleine Nachtmusik: 1st movement
Mozart: Overtures - Eine kleine Nachtmusik
Tafelmusik
Bruno Weil, conductor
7:30 - 9:35 AM
Bamberg Symphony Orchestra
Jonathan Nott, conductor
8:29 - 9:32 AM
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
2:49 - 9:25 AM
Philharmonia Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin, conductor
7:24 - 9:17 AM
Concertante
Jeremy Denk, piano
7:26 - 9:07 AM
Berlin Philharmonic
Herbert von Karajan, conductor
Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin
10:16 - 9:03 AM
Jean-Pierre Rampal, flute
3:29 - 8:53 AM
Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra
Lawrence Foster, conductor
9:49 - 8:49 AM
Musica Antiqua Cologne
Reinhard Goebel, conductor
3:41 - 8:43 AM
New York Philharmonic
Leonard Bernstein, conductor
6:20 - 8:37 AM
Berceuse (Lullaby)
The Complete Piano Works of Chopin, Vol 5: Masterpieces & Miniatures
Garrick Ohlsson, piano
5:58 - 8:28 AM
Moscow Virtuosi
Vladimir Spivakov, conductor
Vladimir Spivakov, violin
8:54 - 8:24 AM
Appalachian Spring: Variations on a Shaker Melody
Bernstein: Candide Overture, Barber: Adagio for Strings, Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra
Lukas Foss, conductor
3:35 - 8:09 AM
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Georg Solti, conductor
14:42 - 8:01 AM
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor
7:41 - 7:51 AM
English Chamber Orchestra
Nigel Kennedy, conductor
Nigel Kennedy, violin
10:25 - 7:44 AM
Minnesota Orchestra
Eiji Oue, conductor
6:52 - 7:36 AM
Harold Wright, clarinet
7:07 - 7:33 AM
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Paavo Jarvi, conductor
2:43 - 7:24 AM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner, conductor
Heinrich Schiff, cello
9:09 - 7:20 AM
James Ehnes, piano
3:51 - 7:14 AM
Halle Orchestra
Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, conductor
6:12 - 7:02 AM
Prague Sinfonia Orchestra
Christian Benda, conductor
11:32 - 6:57 AM
New York Philharmonic
Leonard Bernstein, conductor
4:32 - 6:50 AM
Netherlands Chamber Orchestra
David Zinman, conductor
7:30 - 6:46 AM
San Francisco Symphony
Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
3:31 - 6:43 AM
Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra
Jeffrey Kahane, conductor
Hilary Hahn, violin
3:26 - 6:39 AM
Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano
3:03 - 6:35 AM
Orchestra of St. Luke's
Donald Runnicles, conductor
4:38 - 6:23 AM
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Georg Solti, conductor
11:49 - 6:18 AM
Orchestra of the 18th Century
Frans Bruggen, conductor
4:44 - 6:13 AM
Paris Orchestra
Daniel Barenboim, conductor
4:52 - 6:00 AM
English Concert
Trevor Pinnock, conductor
Ursula Holliger, harp
13:07