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.
- 2:29 AM
Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra
Arabella Steinbacher, violin
13:25 - 2:24 AM
Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
4:39 - 2:14 AM
Flute and Harp Concerto: 1st movement
MOZART: Flute Concertos Nos. 1 and 2 / Concerto for Flute and Harp
Swedish Chamber Orchestra
Patrick Gallois, flute
10:16 - 2:08 AM
Philharmonia Virtuosi
Richard Kapp, conductor
6:14 - 1:57 AM
Night on Bald Mountain
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
10:40 - 1:46 AM
English Chamber Orchestra
David Lockington, conductor
Anne Akiko Meyers, violin
10:50 - 1:38 AM
Piano Concerto No. 1: 2nd movement
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1, Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
David Zinman, conductor
Horacio Gutierrez, piano
7:15 - 1:27 AM
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Yoel Levi, conductor
11:12 - 1:21 AM
Brandenburg Concerto No. 6: 3rd movement
Bach: Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 4, 5, 6
Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra
Ton Koopman, conductor
5:34 - 1:12 AM
Scottish National Orchestra
Neeme Jarvi, conductor
8:59 - 1:06 AM
Musicians of the Louvre
Marc Minkowski, conductor
5:40 - 1:02 AM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner, conductor
4:24 - 12:46 AM
Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 6, Fantasia
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Davis, conductor
15:41 - 12:40 AM
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Andrew Litton, conductor
Christopher Parkening, guitar
6:04 - 12:33 AM
I Solisti Italiani
6:49 - 12:28 AM
Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra
Jeffrey Kahane, conductor
Hilary Hahn, violin
4:31 - 12:24 AM
Maria Joao Pires, piano
3:33 - 12:18 AM
Cleveland Orchestra
Christoph von Dohnanyi, conductor
6:16 - 12:05 AM
I Musici
12:42 - 11:57 PM
Russian National Orchestra
Mikhail Pletnev, conductor
7:53 - 11:54 PM
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
Dennis Russell Davies, conductor
3:04 - 11:42 PM
Minnesota Orchestra
Osmo Vanska, conductor
12:04 - 11:34 PM
Olga Kern, piano
6:59 - 11:28 PM
Staatskapelle Berlin
Daniel Barenboim, conductor
5:58 - 11:23 PM
Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra
Ton Koopman, conductor
Yo-Yo Ma, cello
5:00 - 11:10 PM
Ulster Orchestra
Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor
12:51 - 11:03 PM
Berlin Philharmonic
Mariss Jansons, conductor
Sarah Chang, violin
7:24 - 10:59 PM
English Chamber Orchestra
Raymond Leppard, conductor
3:05 - 10:45 PM
North German Radio Symphony
Gunter Wand, conductor
14:20 - 10:35 PM
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
William Steinberg, conductor
Nathan Milstein, violin
9:32 - 10:30 PM
Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra
Lawrence Leighton Smith, conductor
5:03 - 10:24 PM
Symphony No. 94 "Surprise": 2nd movement
Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 94 & 95; Mozart: Toy Symphony
Hanover Band
Roy Goodman, conductor
6:01 - 10:21 PM
Murray Perahia, piano
2:15 - 10:15 PM
L'Archibudelli
Charles Neidich, clarinet
6:08 - 10:05 PM
Roman Carnival Overture
Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique, Roman Carnival Overture, Three Pieces from The Damnation of Faust
Halle Orchestra
John Barbirolli, conductor
9:43 - 9:55 PM
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Andrew Litton, conductor
Joshua Bell, violin
9:47 - 9:52 PM
Philharmonia Orchestra
Sebastian Lang-Lessing, conductor
Renee Fleming, soprano
3:45 - 9:45 PM
Symphony No. 5: 1st movement
Schubert: Symphonies Nos. 5 and 8; Overture "Die Zauberharfe"
Netherlands Radio Chamber Orchestra
Ton Koopman, conductor
6:34 - 9:34 PM
Piano Concerto No. 5 "Emperor": Rondo
Beethoven: Piano Concertos / Fischer, Goode, Budapest Festival Orchestra
Budapest Festival Orchestra
Ivan Fischer, conductor
Richard Goode, piano
10:16 - 9:29 PM
Vienna Philharmonic
Christoph von Dohnanyi, conductor
5:28 - 9:24 PM
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
David Zinman, conductor
4:33 - 9:13 PM
Orchestra of St. Luke's
Charles Mackerras, conductor
10:31 - 9:07 PM
Netherlands Chamber Orchestra
Yakov Kreizberg, conductor
Julia Fischer, violin
6:06 - 8:54 PM
Berlin Philharmonic
Mariss Jansons, conductor
Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
12:46 - 8:49 PM
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Jose Serebrier, conductor
5:22 - 8:45 PM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner, conductor
3:54 - 8:36 PM
String Quartet No. 63 "Sunrise": 1st movement
Haydn: String Quartets, Op. 76, Nos. 4 & 6
Orlando Quartet
8:39 - 8:33 PM
Rachel Van Voorhees, harp
2:32 - 8:26 PM
Cleveland Orchestra
Christoph von Dohnanyi, conductor
6:49 - 8:20 PM
Itzhak Perlman, violin
5:31 - 8:13 PM
Symphony No. 36 "Linz": Finale
Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 36 "Linz" & 38 "Prague"
Philharmonia Orchestra
Emmanuel Krivine, conductor
7:11 - 8:06 PM
Pavane for a Dead Princess (Pavane pour une infante defunte)
Ravel: Ma Mere L'Oye, Pavane
French National Orchestra
Eliahu Inbal, conductor
6:47 - 8:00 PM
New York Philharmonic
Leonard Bernstein, conductor
6:34 - 7:50 PM
Kaiser-Walzer (Emperor Waltz)
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Plays Strauss 1929 - 1990
Vienna Philharmonic
Bruno Walter, conductor
9:06 - 7:39 PM
Dresden State Orchestra
Hans Vonk, conductor
Christian Zacharias, piano
10:42 - 7:30 PM
English Chamber Orchestra
Nigel Kennedy, conductor
Nigel Kennedy, violin
8:46 - 7:25 PM
Sabine Meyer Wind Ensemble
5:23 - 7:17 PM
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Yoel Levi, conductor
7:53 - 7:09 PM
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Colin Davis, conductor
8:04 - 6:58 PM
Philadelphia Orchestra
Eugene Ormandy, conductor
10:32 - 6:50 PM
Odense Symphony Orchestra
Alexander Lazarev, conductor
Joyce Yang, piano
7:26 - 6:47 PM
Boston Pops Orchestra
John Williams, conductor
3:04 - 6:38 PM
Philharmonia Orchestra
Otto Klemperer, conductor
8:59 - 6:27 PM
Symphony No. 9 "From the New World": 4th movement
Dvorak: Symphony No. 9, Carnival Overture
Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra
Andre Previn, conductor
11:07 - 6:22 PM
Jorge Bolet, piano
3:56 - 6:11 PM
Orchestra of St. Luke's
Donald Runnicles, conductor
11:34 - 6:06 PM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner, conductor
4:55 - 5:51 PM
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Andre Previn, conductor
Barry Griffiths, violin
14:15 - 5:49 PM
Milan Symphony Orchestra
Riccardo Chailly, conductor
Joseph Calleja, tenor
2:08 - 5:42 PM
German Chamber Philharmonic
Daniel Harding, conductor
7:37 - 5:39 PM
Stephen Kovacevich, piano
1:36 - 5:28 PM
Scheherazade: The Tale of the Kalendar Prince
Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade / Tale of Tsar Saltan Suite
Seattle Symphony
Gerard Schwarz, conductor
Maria Larionoff, violin
11:29 - 5:23 PM
Le Concert Des Nations
Jordi Savall, conductor
3:58 - 5:11 PM
Vienna Philharmonic
Andre Previn, conductor
12:06 - 5:05 PM
Berlin Philharmonic
Simon Rattle, conductor
Toru Yasunaga, violin
6:48 - 4:58 PM
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Seiji Ozawa, conductor
Rudolf Serkin, piano
6:45 - 4:51 PM
Dresden State Orchestra
Hans Vonk, conductor
6:36 - 4:47 PM
Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra
Janos Rolla, conductor
Dale Clevenger, horn
4:02 - 4:33 PM
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Tadaaki Otaka, conductor
13:46 - 4:26 PM
Juilliard String Quartet
6:32 - 4:23 PM
Academy of Ancient Music
Richard Egarr, conductor
2:56 - 4:15 PM
Cleveland Orchestra
George Szell, conductor
David Oistrakh, violin
7:49 - 4:08 PM
Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra
Adam Fischer, conductor
6:38 - 4:04 PM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner, conductor
4:48 - 3:57 PM
Don Giovanni: Overture
Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 20, 21; Don Giovanni Overture
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Fritz Reiner, conductor
5:49 - 3:47 PM
La Grande Ecurie et la Chambre du Roy
Jean-Claude Malgoire, conductor
John Holloway, violin
10:48 - 3:41 PM
Bella Davidovich, piano
5:01 - 3:35 PM
String Quartet No. 9 "Razumovsky No. 3": 4th movement
Beethoven: The Middle String Quartets
Cypress String Quartet
5:59 - 3:25 PM
Vienna Philharmonic
Carlos Kleiber, conductor
9:52 - 3:20 PM
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor
5:06 - 3:16 PM
BBC Concert Orchestra
Barry Wordsworth, conductor
3:27 - 3:04 PM
Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra
Andre Previn, conductor
12:32 - 2:55 PM
"Twinkle, Twinkle" Variations (Ah, vous dirais-je, Maman)
Great Mozart Piano Workds
John Novacek, piano
8:04 - 2:52 PM
Boston Pops Orchestra
Arthur Fiedler, conductor
3:01 - 2:47 PM
Seattle Symphony
Gerard Schwarz, conductor
4:53 - 2:45 PM
Janos Starker, cello
2:26 - 2:40 PM
Symphonie Fantastique: March to the Scaffold
Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique; Varese: Ionisation
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Mariss Jansons, conductor
4:54 - 2:36 PM
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
Neeme Jarvi, conductor
3:37 - 2:23 PM
Berlin Philharmonic
Claudio Abbado, conductor
13:02 - 2:19 PM
Lynn Harrell, cello
3:30 - 2:03 PM
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Bernard Haitink, conductor
15:52 - 1:59 PM
Cleveland Orchestra
George Szell, conductor
4:03 - 1:54 PM
New York Philharmonic
Leonard Bernstein, conductor
4:56 - 1:45 PM
I Solisti Veneti
Claudio Scimone, conductor
Bonifacio Bianchi, mandolin
8:26 - 1:39 PM
Maxim Vengerov, violin
5:51 - 1:34 PM
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Daniel Barenboim, conductor
5:08 - 1:25 PM
The Merry Wives of Windsor: Overture
Wagner: Siegfried Idyll, Boccherini, Dvorak, Faure, Grieg, Nicolai, Ponchielli, Suppe, Tchaikovsky
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner, conductor
8:40 - 1:19 PM
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
Hugh Wolff, conductor
6:16 - 1:09 PM
La gazza ladra (The Thieving Magpie): Overture
Rossini: Overtures (Complete), Vol. 1
Prague Sinfonia Orchestra
Christian Benda, conductor
9:50 - 1:02 PM
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Mariss Jansons, conductor
6:26 - 12:57 PM
Lang Lang, piano
4:51 - 12:51 PM
Boston Pops Orchestra
Arthur Fiedler, conductor
5:45 - 12:46 PM
English Chamber Orchestra
Jeffrey Tate, conductor
Radovan Vlatkovic, horn
5:10 - 12:45 PM
Academy of Ancient Music
Richard Egarr, conductor
1:41 - 12:35 PM
Scottish National Orchestra
Neeme Jarvi, conductor
8:50 - 12:26 PM
Minnesota Orchestra
Osmo Vanska, conductor
9:36 - 12:22 PM
Anne Akiko Meyers, violin
3:30 - 12:16 PM
Vienna Philharmonic
John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
5:31 - 12:02 PM
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Charles Mackerras, conductor
13:36 - 11:59 AM
North German Radio Symphony
John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
2:49 - 11:55 AM
Berlin Philharmonic
Herbert von Karajan, conductor
4:55 - 11:44 AM
English Baroque Soloists
John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
10:37 - 11:40 AM
Itzhak Perlman, violin
3:08 - 11:26 AM
Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
14:10 - 11:23 AM
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra
Mariss Jansons, conductor
2:49 - 11:15 AM
Orchestra of the 18th Century
Frans Bruggen, conductor
7:24 - 11:12 AM
Rolf Smedvig, trumpet
3:01 - 11:03 AM
Revolutionary and Romantic Orchestra
John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
Viktoria Mullova, violin
9:27 - 10:52 AM
Musicians of the Louvre
Marc Minkowski, conductor
10:13 - 10:46 AM
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Bernard Haitink, conductor
6:47 - 10:32 AM
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Thomas Schippers, conductor
13:25 - 10:22 AM
Violin Concerto No. 3: 1st movement
Mozart: The Violin Concertos; Sinfonia concertante
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Anne-Sophie Mutter, conductor
Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin
9:54 - 10:12 AM
Staatskapelle Berlin
Simone Dinnerstein, piano
9:06 - 10:05 AM
Berlin Philharmonic
Simon Rattle, conductor
6:56 - 10:03 AM
North German Radio Symphony
John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
2:14 - 9:50 AM
Minnesota Orchestra
Eiji Oue, conductor
12:37 - 9:46 AM
National Philharmonic Orchestra
David Measham, conductor
James Galway, flute
4:04 - 9:42 AM
Vladimir Horowitz, piano
3:37 - 9:40 AM
Fantasy for a Gentleman: Dance
Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez; FantasÃa para un gentilhombre
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner, conductor
Pepe Romero, guitar
2:07 - 9:26 AM
London Symphony Orchestra
Andre Previn, conductor
14:05 - 9:22 AM
Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra
Ton Koopman, conductor
3:21 - 9:19 AM
Rodeo: Hoe-Down
Copland: Appalachian Spring, Rodeo, Billy The Kid, Fanfare For The Common Man
New York Philharmonic
Leonard Bernstein, conductor
3:05 - 9:03 AM
Israel Sinfonietta
Uri Mayer, conductor
David Jolley, horn
15:53 - 8:57 AM
Murray Perahia, piano
5:44 - 8:47 AM
English Chamber Orchestra
Nigel Kennedy, conductor
Nigel Kennedy, violin
10:24 - 8:44 AM
French National Orchestra
Seiji Ozawa, conductor
2:32 - 8:35 AM
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
Erich Kunzel, conductor
8:52 - 8:26 AM
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Manfred Honeck, conductor
8:57 - 8:16 AM
Dresden State Orchestra
Hans Vonk, conductor
Christian Zacharias, piano
8:53 - 8:08 AM
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Georg Solti, conductor
8:42 - 8:03 AM
Hungarian March
Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique, Roman Carnival Overture, Three Pieces from The Damnation of Faust
Halle Orchestra
John Barbirolli, conductor
4:45 - 7:56 AM
Brno State Philharmonic Orchestra
Yehudi Menuhin, conductor
6:32 - 7:51 AM
Vienna Philharmonic
Georg Solti, conductor
5:20 - 7:46 AM
Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra
Mario Bernardi, conductor
4:41 - 7:41 AM
Manhattan String Quartet
5:06 - 7:39 AM
Midori, violin
1:35 - 7:30 AM
Musica Antiqua Cologne
Reinhard Goebel, conductor
9:00 - 7:27 AM
Manuel Barrueco, guitar
2:46 - 7:21 AM
Russian National Orchestra
Mikhail Pletnev, conductor
5:30 - 7:14 AM
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
7:32 - 7:02 AM
Berlin Philharmonic
Herbert von Karajan, conductor
Maurice Andre, trumpet
11:11 - 6:59 AM
Mitsuko Uchida, piano
3:31 - 6:55 AM
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
Erich Kunzel, conductor
3:36 - 6:42 AM
I Musici
Ursula Holliger, harp
13:11 - 6:33 AM
Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra
Gennady Rozhdestvensky, conductor
David Oistrakh, violin
8:53 - 6:28 AM
Symphony No. 104 "London": Minuet
Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 104 "London" and 100 "Military"
Academy of Ancient Music
Christopher Hogwood, conductor
4:37 - 6:23 AM
Susan Jolles, harp
4:25 - 6:15 AM
Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra
Raymond Leppard, conductor
8:28 - 6:10 AM
Mito Chamber Orchestra
Seiji Ozawa, conductor
4:28 - 6:01 AM
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Wolfgang Sawallisch, conductor
Frank Peter Zimmermann, violin
8:34 - 6:00 AM
Empire Brass
1:45