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.
- 4:04 AM
Vienna Philharmonic
Georg Solti, conductor
14:14 - 4:01 AM
Philadelphia Orchestra
Eugene Ormandy, conductor
2:57 - 3:58 AM
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
2:49 - 3:46 AM
Berlin Philharmonic
Herbert von Karajan, conductor
12:24 - 3:41 AM
Piano Sonata No. 8 "Pathetique": 2nd movement
Beethoven: Piano Sonatas 8, 15, 27 & 30
Jonathan Biss, piano
4:24 - 3:34 AM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Joshua Bell, violin
6:32 - 3:27 AM
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Seiji Ozawa, conductor
6:57 - 3:15 AM
Philharmonia Orchestra
Christian Thielemann, conductor
12:09 - 3:11 AM
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
Erich Kunzel, conductor
4:00 - 3:05 AM
Prague Quartet
5:40 - 3:00 AM
Murray Perahia, piano
5:11 - 2:50 AM
Boston Pops Orchestra
Keith Lockhart, conductor
9:44 - 2:46 AM
Empire Brass
4:22 - 2:37 AM
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
Andrew Davis, conductor
8:29 - 2:23 AM
Musica Antiqua Cologne
Reinhard Goebel, conductor
13:29 - 2:13 AM
London Symphony Orchestra
Colin Davis, conductor
Evgeny Kissin, piano
9:48 - 2:03 AM
Die Meistersinger von Nurmberg (The Mastersingers of Nuremburg): Prelude to Act I
Wagner: Orchestral Works
Berlin Philharmonic
Klaus Tennstedt, conductor
10:07 - 1:51 AM
Saint Cecilia Orchestra
Leonard Bernstein, conductor
11:37 - 1:47 AM
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Robert Shaw, conductor
3:39 - 1:37 AM
Tafelmusik
Jeanne Lamon, conductor
Jeanne Lamon, violin
10:31 - 1:28 AM
"Twinkle, Twinkle" Variations (Ah, vous dirai-je, maman)
Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 21 & 26
Andre Previn, piano
7:45 - 1:24 AM
Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra
Marios Papadopoulous, conductor
Paul Merkelo, trumpet
4:18 - 1:21 AM
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Antal Dorati, conductor
3:21 - 1:15 AM
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Marin Alsop, conductor
4:52 - 1:09 AM
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
Erich Kunzel, conductor
6:37 - 1:03 AM
Stockholm Chamber Orchestra
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
5:26 - 12:59 AM
Michael Landrum, piano
4:38 - 12:55 AM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner, conductor
3:30 - 12:48 AM
San Francisco Symphony
Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
7:26 - 12:41 AM
Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra
Antal Dorati, conductor
6:06 - 12:37 AM
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Paul Paray, conductor
3:39 - 12:21 AM
Symphony No. 9 "Great": 4th movement
Schubert: Symphonies Nos. 8 "Unfinished" & 9 "The Great"
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
Herbert Blomstedt, conductor
16:22 - 12:12 AM
Chamber Orchestra of Lausanne
Christian Zacharias, conductor
Christian Zacharias, piano
8:24 - 12:07 AM
Orchestre De Bretagne
Stefan Sanderling, conductor
Matt Haimovitz, cello
5:18 - 12:04 AM
English Concert
Trevor Pinnock, conductor
3:08 - 12:00 AM
Berlin Philharmonic
Herbert von Karajan, conductor
3:37 - 11:46 PM
Vienna Philharmonic
Claudio Abbado, conductor
13:41 - 11:36 PM
London Symphony Orchestra
Daniel Barenboim, conductor
Itzhak Perlman, violin
9:52 - 11:34 PM
Intermezzo No. 3
Brahms: 7 Fantasies, Op. 116, 4 Piano Pieces, Op. 119, Piano Sonata No. 2, Op. 2
Emanuel Ax, piano
1:40 - 11:28 PM
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Franz Welser-Most, conductor
6:11 - 11:24 PM
Philadelphia Orchestra
Eugene Ormandy, conductor
3:24 - 11:22 PM
San Francisco Symphony
Herbert Blomstedt, conductor
1:46 - 11:04 PM
Violin Concerto: 1st movement
Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich: Violin Concertos / Gringolts, Etc
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
Itzhak Perlman, conductor
Ilya Gringolts, violin
18:11 - 10:53 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 - 10:47 PM
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
5:25 - 10:43 PM
Orchestra of the 18th Century
Frans Bruggen, conductor
4:05 - 10:35 PM
Minnesota Orchestra
Eiji Oue, conductor
7:29 - 10:25 PM
Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra
Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor
Renaud Capucon, violin
10:20 - 10:12 PM
Philharmonia Orchestra
Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor
Helene Grimaud, piano
11:56 - 10:04 PM
Halle Orchestra
John Barbirolli, conductor
8:17 - 9:59 PM
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
Erich Kunzel, conductor
4:50 - 9:52 PM
English Chamber Orchestra
Jeffrey Tate, conductor
Kiri Te Kanawa, soprano
6:42 - 9:47 PM
Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra
Mario Bernardi, conductor
5:11 - 9:38 PM
Berlin Philharmonic
Herbert von Karajan, conductor
9:20 - 9:32 PM
Andre Watts, piano
5:40 - 9:29 PM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Joshua Bell, violin
2:28 - 9:25 PM
Budapest Festival Orchestra
Ivan Fischer, conductor
3:51 - 9:18 PM
New York Philharmonic
Leonard Bernstein, conductor
6:31 - 9:05 PM
Dresden Philharmonic
Herbert Kegel, conductor
13:32 - 8:55 PM
Minnesota Orchestra
Eiji Oue, conductor
9:42 - 8:46 PM
Flute and Harp Concerto: Rondo
MOZART: Flute Concertos Nos. 1 and 2 / Concerto for Flute and Harp
Swedish Chamber Orchestra
Patrick Gallois, flute
8:51 - 8:34 PM
By the Beautiful Blue Danube (An der schonen, blauen Donau)
An Evening in Vienna - LIVE!
Miami Symphony Orchestra
Eduardo Marturet, conductor
11:01 - 8:29 PM
The Knights
Eric Jacobsen, conductor
5:55 - 8:24 PM
Artur Rubinstein, piano
4:11 - 8:16 PM
Handel and Haydn Society
Harry Christophers, conductor
8:00 - 8:11 PM
Tafelmusik
Jeanne Lamon, conductor
4:51 - 8:00 PM
Vienna Philharmonic
Claudio Abbado, conductor
10:22 - 7:50 PM
Berlin Philharmonic
Claudio Abbado, conductor
10:03 - 7:46 PM
Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin
4:19 - 7:42 PM
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Charles Mackerras, conductor
Eric Ruske, horn
3:13 - 7:27 PM
Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis
Vaughan Williams, Barber, Grainger, Faure, Satie
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin, conductor
15:35 - 7:20 PM
London Symphony Orchestra
Andre Previn, conductor
6:28 - 7:08 PM
English Baroque Soloists
John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
11:54 - 6:59 PM
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Colin Davis, conductor
Stephen Kovacevich, piano
8:47 - 6:49 PM
Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra
Ondrej Lenard, conductor
9:52 - 6:43 PM
Dresden State Orchestra
Hans Vonk, conductor
6:08 - 6:39 PM
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
Gil Shaham, violin
3:04 - 6:35 PM
Sharon Quartet
4:30 - 6:26 PM
Staatskapelle Berlin
Daniel Barenboim, conductor
8:57 - 6:19 PM
Alfred Brendel, piano
6:03 - 6:05 PM
Taverner Players
Andrew Parrott, conductor
Andrew Lawrence-King, harp
13:53 - 6:03 PM
San Francisco Symphony
Edo de Waart, conductor
2:29 - 5:56 PM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner, conductor
6:14 - 5:50 PM
Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra
Jeffrey Kahane, conductor
Hilary Hahn, violin
6:55 - 5:35 PM
Piano Concerto No. 21 "Elvira Madigan": 1st movement
Mozart: Piano Concertos K467 And K595
Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra
Paavo Jarvi, conductor
Lars Vogt, piano
14:05 - 5:29 PM
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Bernard Haitink, conductor
6:17 - 5:20 PM
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Willi Boskovsky, conductor
7:53 - 5:08 PM
Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra
Andre Previn, conductor
12:32 - 4:57 PM
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
Pinchas Zukerman, conductor
Pinchas Zukerman, violin
9:58 - 4:46 PM
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin, conductor
11:59 - 4:39 PM
Moscow Virtuosi
Vladimir Spivakov, conductor
Vladimir Spivakov, violin
6:29 - 4:34 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 - 4:26 PM
Philharmonia Orchestra
Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor
8:08 - 4:11 PM
Columbia Symphony Orchestra
Vladimir Golschmann, conductor
Glenn Gould, piano
13:59 - 4:03 PM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner, conductor
8:04 - 3:57 PM
English Concert
Andrew Manze, conductor
5:38 - 3:49 PM
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Daniel Barenboim, conductor
Itzhak Perlman, violin
8:11 - 3:41 PM
Cleveland Orchestra
Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor
Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano
7:43 - 3:35 PM
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Colin Davis, conductor
5:37 - 3:27 PM
Colorado Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Litton, conductor
8:19 - 3:19 PM
Siegfried: Forest Murmurs
WAGNER 3: Tristan Suite; Music from Siegfried, Lohengrin, Walkure; Faust Overture
Seattle Symphony
Gerard Schwarz, conductor
7:50 - 3:06 PM
Bath Festival Chamber Orchestra
Yehudi Menuhin, conductor
12:27 - 2:56 PM
Piano Concerto No. 9 "Jeunehomme": 1st movement
Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 8 & 9
English Chamber Orchestra
Jeffrey Tate, conductor
Mitsuko Uchida, piano
10:13 - 2:53 PM
Los Romeros
2:37 - 2:49 PM
Smithsonian Chamber Players
3:57 - 2:38 PM
I Solisti Veneti
Claudio Scimone, conductor
Ugo Orlandi, mandolin
10:35 - 2:31 PM
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
Vaclav Neumann, conductor
6:43 - 2:24 PM
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor
Anne Akiko Meyers, violin
6:52 - 2:18 PM
Zoltan Kocsis, piano
6:11 - 2:09 PM
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
Kurt Masur, conductor
8:46 - 2:06 PM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner, conductor
William Bennett, flute
2:40 - 1:58 PM
Vienna Philharmonic
Willi Boskovsky, conductor
8:03 - 1:56 PM
Philharmonia Orchestra
Julius Rudel, conductor
Alfredo Kraus, tenor
2:17 - 1:49 PM
Zurich Operahouse Orchestra
Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor
6:32 - 1:43 PM
Symphony No. 104 "London": Finale
Haydn: Symphonies Nos 101 The Clock and 104 London
Orchestra of St. Luke's
Charles Mackerras, conductor
6:34 - 1:37 PM
Alicia de Larrocha, piano
4:53 - 1:28 PM
New York Philharmonic
Leonard Bernstein, conductor
9:44 - 1:26 PM
Ensemble Orchestra of Paris
Jean Pierre Wallez, conductor
Maurice Andre, trumpet
1:54 - 1:17 PM
Radio Philharmonic Orchestra of France
Otto Klemperer, conductor
David Oistrakh, violin
8:26 - 1:13 PM
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
Erich Kunzel, conductor
3:27 - 1:04 PM
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Manfred Honeck, conductor
8:58 - 12:59 PM
Berlin Philharmonic
Herbert von Karajan, conductor
5:09 - 12:43 PM
London Symphony Orchestra
Bryden Thomson, conductor
Michael Davis, violin
15:37 - 12:40 PM
Symphony No. 35 "Haffner": Menuetto
Mozart: Symphonies No 29, 33, 35, 38, And 41
Orchestra Mozart
Claudio Abbado, conductor
3:09 - 12:28 PM
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor
11:42 - 12:19 PM
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Kurt Masur, conductor
8:43 - 12:05 PM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Murray Perahia, conductor
Murray Perahia, piano
13:14 - 12:02 PM
Chamber Orchestra of Europe Winds
3:14 - 11:58 AM
Sharon Isbin, guitar
4:09 - 11:49 AM
Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra
Isaac Stern, conductor
Isaac Stern, violin
8:26 - 11:46 AM
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
Pinchas Zukerman, conductor
Hermann Baumann, horn
3:40 - 11:39 AM
Minnesota Orchestra
Osmo Vanska, conductor
Stephen Hough, piano
6:21 - 11:24 AM
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Georg Solti, conductor
15:04 - 11:15 AM
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor
8:44 - 11:05 AM
New York Philharmonic
Leonard Bernstein, conductor
Zino Francescatti, violin
9:16 - 11:01 AM
Berlin Philharmonic
Herbert von Karajan, conductor
4:24 - 10:57 AM
Carol Rosenberger, piano
3:28 - 10:54 AM
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
3:21 - 10:49 AM
Symphonie Fantastique: March to the Scaffold
Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique, La Mort de Cleopatre
Vienna Philharmonic
Valery Gergiev, conductor
4:51 - 10:45 AM
I Solisti Italiani
3:47 - 10:40 AM
Cleveland Orchestra
George Szell, conductor
4:45 - 10:38 AM
Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra
Neville Marriner, conductor
1:55 - 10:19 AM
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor
19:15 - 10:15 AM
Stephen Kovacevich, piano
3:13 - 10:09 AM
Tafelmusik
Jeanne Lamon, conductor
5:59 - 10:00 AM
I Salonisti
9:07 - 9:55 AM
Russian National Orchestra
Mikhail Pletnev, conductor
4:39 - 9:52 AM
Orchestra of the Paris Opera
Lorin Maazel, conductor
Ruggero Raimondi, bass-baritone
3:12 - 9:47 AM
Philharmonia Orchestra
Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor
4:30 - 9:35 AM
Symphony No. 9 "From the New World": 1st movement
Dvorak: Piano Quintets In A, Op.5 & Op.81; Borodin: Quartet
Minnesota Orchestra
Neville Marriner, conductor
12:04 - 9:30 AM
Suite Bergamasque: Clair de lune (Moonlight)
Piano Classics: Popular Works for Solo Piano
John O'Conor, piano
4:59 - 9:21 AM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Joshua Bell, conductor
Joshua Bell, violin
8:32 - 9:18 AM
Moscow Virtuosi
Vladimir Spivakov, conductor
3:29 - 9:16 AM
North German Radio Symphony
John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
1:44 - 9:06 AM
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Leonard Bernstein, conductor
9:43 - 8:59 AM
Piano Concerto No. 21 "Elvira Madigan": Andante
The Greatest Classical Show On Earth
Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra
Sandor Vegh, conductor
Andras Schiff, piano
6:42 - 8:48 AM
New York Philharmonic
Leonard Bernstein, conductor
John Corigliano, violin
11:15 - 8:46 AM
Music for the Royal Fireworks: La Rejouissance
Handel: Music For The Royal Fireworks
English Concert
Trevor Pinnock, conductor
1:59 - 8:38 AM
Revolutionary and Romantic Orchestra
John Eliot Gardner, conductor
6:56 - 8:34 AM
Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra
Mario Bernardi, conductor
4:28 - 8:24 AM
Berlin Philharmonic
Lorin Maazel, conductor
Gidon Kremer, violin
9:54 - 8:19 AM
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Simon Rattle, conductor
Cecile Ousset, piano
4:29 - 8:09 AM
London Classical Players
Roger Norrington, conductor
10:02 - 8:03 AM
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Rafael Kubelik, conductor
5:23 - 7:53 AM
Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra
Eduardo Marturet, conductor
Lara St. John, violin
9:43 - 7:42 AM
Philharmonia Orchestra
Herbert von Karajan, conductor
11:28 - 7:38 AM
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Georg Solti, conductor
4:18 - 7:34 AM
Dorothea von Albrecht, cello
3:28 - 7:28 AM
Cleveland Orchestra
Pierre Boulez, conductor
6:01 - 7:13 AM
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Manfred Honeck, conductor
14:27 - 7:05 AM
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Yoel Levi, conductor
7:55 - 7:02 AM
English Chamber Orchestra
Steven Mercurio, conductor
Anne Akiko Meyers, violin
3:18 - 6:58 AM
Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano
2:52 - 6:46 AM
Chamber Orchestra of Lausanne
Yehudi Menuhin, conductor
12:36 - 6:40 AM
Vienna Philharmonic
Georg Solti, conductor
5:31 - 6:27 AM
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
Kurt Masur, conductor
12:50 - 6:24 AM
James Galway, flute
2:41 - 6:17 AM
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Colin Davis, conductor
7:15 - 6:15 AM
Pierre Amoyal, violin
1:40 - 6:02 AM
Russian National Orchestra
Mikhail Pletnev, conductor
12:22 - 6:00 AM
Holberg Suite: Prelude
Grieg: Symphonic Dances, From Holberg's Time, Old Norwegian Melody
Oslo Symphony Orchestra
Mariss Jansons, conductor
2:44