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.
- 2:07 AM
London Symphony Orchestra
Valery Gergiev, conductor
14:00 - 1:56 AM
Die Meistersinger von Nurmberg (The Mastersingers of Nuremburg): Prelude to Act I
Wagner: Orchestral Works
Berlin Philharmonic
Klaus Tennstedt, conductor
10:07 - 1:53 AM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner, conductor
3:30 - 1:44 AM
West-Eastern Divan Orchestra
Daniel Barenboim, conductor
8:52 - 1:35 AM
Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano
8:27 - 1:25 AM
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Andrew Litton, conductor
Joshua Bell, violin
9:47 - 1:21 AM
National Philharmonic Orchestra
David Measham, conductor
James Galway, flute
4:04 - 1:05 AM
Vienna Philharmonic
Georg Solti, conductor
15:43 - 1:01 AM
Pascal Roge, piano
3:07 - 12:58 AM
Smithsonian Chamber Players
3:57 - 12:46 AM
Symphony No. 4 "Italian": 1st movement
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 "Eroica", - Mendelssohn Symphony No. 4, "Italian"
Tafelmusik
Bruno Weil, conductor
11:04 - 12:43 AM
Moscow Virtuosi
Vladimir Spivakov, conductor
3:29 - 12:31 AM
New York Philharmonic
Leonard Bernstein, conductor
11:08 - 12:28 AM
Chamber Orchestra of Europe Winds
3:14 - 12:23 AM
London Classical Players
Roger Norrington, conductor
5:10 - 12:19 AM
John Novacek, piano
3:40 - 12:10 AM
Berlin Philharmonic
Herbert von Karajan, conductor
Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin
8:29 - 12:05 AM
Dresden State Orchestra
Hans Vonk, conductor
4:48 - 12:02 AM
Tannhauser: Pilgrim's Chorus
The Great Thanksgiving: Hymns And Songs Of Thanks And Brotherhood
Mormon Tabernacle Choir
Richard Condie, conductor
3:25 - 12:00 AM
San Francisco Symphony
Herbert Blomstedt, conductor
1:46 - 11:56 PM
London Symphony Orchestra
Leonard Bernstein, conductor
4:29 - 11:46 PM
Symphony No. 2: 2nd movement
Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2, Dances from Aleko, Scherzo
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Paavo Jarvi, conductor
9:50 - 11:41 PM
Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Prelude and Fugue No. 1
Bach: The Well Tempered Clavier (Complete)
Glenn Gould, piano
4:21 - 11:34 PM
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Hilary Hahn, violin
7:16 - 11:27 PM
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
Erich Kunzel, conductor
6:37 - 11:20 PM
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Franz Welser-Most, conductor
6:02 - 11:16 PM
New London Orchestra
Ronald Corp, conductor
4:20 - 11:04 PM
Zurich Chamber Orchestra
Howard Griffiths, conductor
Sharon Isbin, guitar
11:42 - 11:00 PM
Piano Sonata No. 8 "Pathetique": 2nd movement
Beethoven: Piano Sonatas 8, 15, 27 & 30
Jonathan Biss, piano
4:24 - 10:52 PM
Vienna Philharmonic
Willi Boskovsky, conductor
8:03 - 10:39 PM
English Chamber Orchestra
Barry Tuckwell, conductor
Barry Tuckwell, horn
12:56 - 10:35 PM
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Antal Dorati, conductor
3:21 - 10:32 PM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Michael Stern, conductor
Joshua Bell, violin
2:45 - 10:28 PM
Symphony No. 94 "Surprise": Finale
Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 94 & 100, Sinfonia Concertante
Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra
Adam Fischer, conductor
3:54 - 10:12 PM
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Andras Schiff, conductor
Andras Schiff, piano
15:51 - 10:07 PM
San Francisco Symphony
Herbert Blomstedt, conductor
4:45 - 9:59 PM
Netherlands Chamber Orchestra
Yakov Kreizberg, conductor
Julia Fischer, violin
7:50 - 9:51 PM
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
Andrew Davis, conductor
8:29 - 9:45 PM
Bournemouth Sinfonietta
Andrew Litton, conductor
5:55 - 9:40 PM
Murray Perahia, piano
3:51 - 9:31 PM
Juilliard String Quartet
8:58 - 9:26 PM
New Symphony Orchestra of London
Raymond Agoult, conductor
5:31 - 9:16 PM
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Bernard Haitink, conductor
9:25 - 9:12 PM
Budapest Festival Orchestra
Ivan Fischer, conductor
3:51 - 9:06 PM
Seattle Symphony
Gerard Schwarz, conductor
5:54 - 9:00 PM
Piano Concerto No. 21 "Elvira Madigan": 3rd movement
Mozart: The Piano Concertos
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner, conductor
Alfred Brendel, piano
6:11 - 8:53 PM
London Symphony Orchestra
Andre Previn, conductor
6:28 - 8:44 PM
Minnesota Orchestra
Eiji Oue, conductor
9:42 - 8:32 PM
English Chamber Orchestra
Nigel Kennedy, conductor
Nigel Kennedy, violin
11:18 - 8:25 PM
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Mariss Jansons, conductor
6:26 - 8:15 PM
John O'Conor, piano
9:38 - 8:05 PM
Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra
Ondrej Lenard, conductor
9:52 - 7:58 PM
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Seiji Ozawa, conductor
6:57 - 7:47 PM
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Tchaikovsky: 1812; Dukas: Sorcerer's Apprentice; Smetana: Vltava (Die Moldau); Dvorak: Scherzo capriccioso; Mussorgsky: A Night on the Bare Mountain
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra
Mariss Jansons, conductor
11:07 - 7:41 PM
Simone Dinnerstein, piano
5:38 - 7:34 PM
Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival Orchestra
Christoph Eschenbach, conductor
Ray Chen, violin
6:47 - 7:26 PM
Halle Orchestra
John Barbirolli, conductor
8:17 - 7:10 PM
Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis
Vaughan Williams, Barber, Grainger, Faure, Satie
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin, conductor
15:35 - 7:04 PM
Cleveland Orchestra
Christoph von Dohnanyi, conductor
5:53 - 6:55 PM
Colorado Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Litton, conductor
8:19 - 6:51 PM
A Midsummer Night's Dream: Scherzo
The Four Seasons: A Musical Calendar Of Favorite Classics
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Rafael Kubelik, conductor
4:43 - 6:43 PM
CPE Bach Chamber Orchestra
Peter Schreier, conductor
6:57 - 6:38 PM
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
5:25 - 6:31 PM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner, conductor
Heinrich Schiff, cello
6:42 - 6:25 PM
Artur Rubinstein, piano
6:04 - 6:19 PM
Minnesota Orchestra
Osmo Vanska, conductor
5:58 - 6:08 PM
Der fliegende Hollander (The Flying Dutchman): Overture
Klemperer Conducts Wagner: Album I
New Philharmonia Orchestra
Otto Klemperer, conductor
10:51 - 5:58 PM
English Baroque Soloists
John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
9:33 - 5:55 PM
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Seiji Ozawa, conductor
2:39 - 5:49 PM
Vienna Philharmonic
Willi Boskovsky, conductor
6:10 - 5:39 PM
English Chamber Orchestra
Colin Davis, conductor
Alicia de Larrocha, piano
9:30 - 5:34 PM
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Andrew Litton, conductor
Christopher Parkening, guitar
4:50 - 5:30 PM
Boston Pops Orchestra
Arthur Fiedler, conductor
4:11 - 5:21 PM
I Solisti Veneti
Claudio Scimone, conductor
Bonifacio Bianchi, mandolin
8:26 - 5:15 PM
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Bernard Haitink, conductor
6:17 - 5:08 PM
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Gerard Schwarz, conductor
6:44 - 4:58 PM
Philadelphia Orchestra
Riccardo Muti, conductor
10:05 - 4:55 PM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner, conductor
William Bennett, flute
2:40 - 4:47 PM
Berlin Philharmonic
Mariss Jansons, conductor
Midori, violin
7:32 - 4:43 PM
Sharon Quartet
4:30 - 4:35 PM
Symphony No. 9 "From the New World": 3rd movement
Dvorak: Symphony No. 9 From the New World
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin, conductor
7:39 - 4:32 PM
Louis Lortie, piano
2:38 - 4:19 PM
I Musici
Ursula Holliger, harp
13:11 - 4:14 PM
Empire Brass
4:22 - 3:58 PM
London Symphony Orchestra
Bryden Thomson, conductor
Michael Davis, violin
15:37 - 3:44 PM
Vienna Philharmonic
Georg Solti, conductor
14:14 - 3:38 PM
Gil Shaham, violin
5:13 - 3:26 PM
West-Eastern Divan Orchestra
Daniel Barenboim, conductor
12:39 - 3:23 PM
Los Romeros
2:37 - 3:15 PM
Symphony No. 5: 4th movement
Schubert: Symphonies Nos. 5 and 8; Overture "Die Zauberharfe"
Netherlands Radio Chamber Orchestra
Ton Koopman, conductor
7:25 - 3:09 PM
New York Philharmonic
Leonard Bernstein, conductor
6:31 - 3:05 PM
Orchestra of the 18th Century
Frans Bruggen, conductor
4:05 - 3:00 PM
Itzhak Perlman, violin
4:47 - 2:56 PM
I Solisti Italiani
3:47 - 2:50 PM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner, conductor
6:14 - 2:42 PM
Cleveland Orchestra
Christoph von Dohnanyi, conductor
6:49 - 2:37 PM
English Concert
Andrew Manze, conductor
5:38 - 2:30 PM
Saarbrucken Radio Symphony Orchestra
Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, conductor
6:57 - 2:23 PM
Genevieve Chinn, piano
6:17 - 2:18 PM
CPE Bach Chamber Orchestra
Peter Schreier, conductor
4:33 - 2:07 PM
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor
11:42 - 1:57 PM
New Philharmonia Orchestra
Pierre Boulez, conductor
9:44 - 1:52 PM
Pepe Romero, guitar
4:19 - 1:49 PM
New York Chamber Symphony
Gerard Schwarz, conductor
Gerard Schwarz, trumpet
3:33 - 1:38 PM
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Adam Fischer, conductor
Tzimon Barto, piano
10:10 - 1:33 PM
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
5:28 - 1:29 PM
Philharmonia Virtuosi
Richard Kapp, conductor
3:47 - 1:20 PM
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Wolfgang Sawallisch, conductor
Frank Peter Zimmermann, violin
8:34 - 1:12 PM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner, conductor
8:04 - 1:06 PM
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Colin Davis, conductor
6:10 - 12:59 PM
Hanover Band
Roy Goodman, conductor
6:26 - 12:55 PM
Lang Lang, piano
3:28 - 12:51 PM
The Knights
Johnny Gandelsman, violin
4:31 - 12:47 PM
Sharon Isbin, guitar
4:09 - 12:31 PM
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Georg Solti, conductor
15:04 - 12:23 PM
Cleveland Orchestra
George Szell, conductor
8:13 - 12:16 PM
Augustin Dumay, violin
6:40 - 12:04 PM
Vienna Philharmonic
Valery Gergiev, conductor
11:44 - 11:59 AM
Tafelmusik
Jeanne Lamon, conductor
4:50 - 11:55 AM
Boston Pops Orchestra
John Williams, conductor
3:44 - 11:52 AM
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
3:21 - 11:48 AM
Israel Sinfonietta
Uri Mayer, conductor
David Jolley, horn
4:07 - 11:36 AM
New Philharmonia Orchestra
Moshe Atzmon, conductor
Agustin Anievas, piano
10:59 - 11:31 AM
American String Quartet
5:07 - 11:26 AM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner, conductor
4:55 - 11:19 AM
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Andre Previn, conductor
6:25 - 11:15 AM
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
Erich Kunzel, conductor
4:00 - 11:03 AM
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Thomas Schippers, conductor
12:03 - 10:54 AM
Boston Baroque
Martin Pearlman, conductor
Christina Day Martinson, violin
9:33 - 10:52 AM
Artur Rubinstein, piano
1:52 - 10:45 AM
Zurich Operahouse Orchestra
Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor
6:32 - 10:42 AM
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
Hugh Wolff, conductor
3:04 - 10:34 AM
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Willi Boskovsky, conductor
7:53 - 10:23 AM
Berlin Philharmonic
Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
Joshua Bell, violin
10:56 - 10:19 AM
Maria Tipo, piano
3:03 - 10:03 AM
Vienna Philharmonic
Carlos Kleiber, conductor
16:08 - 10:01 AM
North German Radio Symphony
John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
1:44 - 9:56 AM
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Rafael Kubelik, conductor
5:23 - 9:51 AM
Russian National Orchestra
Mikhail Pletnev, conductor
4:39 - 9:43 AM
Revolutionary and Romantic Orchestra
John Eliot Gardner, conductor
8:29 - 9:38 AM
Earl Wild, piano
4:26 - 9:28 AM
Flute and Harp Concerto: 2nd movement
James Galway - Celebrating 70: A Collection of Personal Favorites
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner, conductor
James Galway, flute
9:23 - 9:26 AM
San Francisco Symphony
Edo de Waart, conductor
2:29 - 9:12 AM
Toronto Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Davis, conductor
12:58 - 9:03 AM
Lucerne Festival Strings
Daniel Dodds, conductor
Midori, violin
9:46 - 9:00 AM
Murray Perahia, piano
2:30 - 8:52 AM
Siegfried: Forest Murmurs
WAGNER 3: Tristan Suite; Music from Siegfried, Lohengrin, Walkure; Faust Overture
Seattle Symphony
Gerard Schwarz, conductor
7:50 - 8:48 AM
London Symphony Orchestra
John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
4:05 - 8:44 AM
Berlin Philharmonic
4:11 - 8:33 AM
Netherlands Chamber Orchestra
David Zinman, conductor
9:48 - 8:30 AM
English Concert
Trevor Pinnock, conductor
3:08 - 8:25 AM
City of Granada Orchestra
Josep Pons, conductor
Marco Socias, guitar
4:51 - 8:20 AM
Orli Shaham, piano
5:24 - 8:15 AM
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Colin Davis, conductor
4:40 - 8:04 AM
New York Philharmonic
Leonard Bernstein, conductor
John Corigliano, violin
11:15 - 7:49 AM
North German Radio Symphony
Gunter Wand, conductor
14:20 - 7:46 AM
Tafelmusik
Jeanne Lamon, conductor
3:05 - 7:41 AM
English Chamber Orchestra
Jeffrey Tate, conductor
Radovan Vlatkovic, horn
4:42 - 7:32 AM
David Fray, piano
8:33 - 7:21 AM
Budapest Festival Orchestra
Ivan Fischer, conductor
11:05 - 7:18 AM
Violin Partita No. 3: Prelude
JS Bach: Partitas for Violin Nos. 1 & 3; Sonata No. 2
Ilya Gringolts, violin
3:22 - 7:07 AM
Minnesota Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin, conductor
9:48 - 7:02 AM
Berlin Philharmonic
Simon Rattle, conductor
5:33 - 6:55 AM
Van Cliburn, piano
7:04 - 6:50 AM
Philharmonia Orchestra
Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor
4:30 - 6:37 AM
Chamber Orchestra of Lausanne
Yehudi Menuhin, conductor
12:36 - 6:29 AM
String Quartet No. 13: Finale
Beethoven: Late Quartets Opp. 127, 130, 131, 132, 133, 135
Guarneri Quartet
8:17 - 6:21 AM
Philadelphia Orchestra
Eugene Ormandy, conductor
7:53 - 6:17 AM
Cleveland Orchestra
Lorin Maazel, conductor
4:05 - 6:03 AM
Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra
Ton Koopman, conductor
Monica Huggett, violin
13:08 - 6:00 AM
The Firebird (L'oiseau de feu): Finale
Stravinsky: L'ouiseau de feu, Le Sacre du printemps, Persephone
San Francisco Symphony
Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
3:19