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.
- 3:51 PM
Eine kleine Nachtmusik: 1st movement
Mozart: Overtures - Eine kleine Nachtmusik
Tafelmusik
Bruno Weil, conductor
7:30 - 3:48 PM
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 - 3:45 PM
Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra
Jeffrey Kahane, conductor
Hilary Hahn, violin
2:33 - 3:31 PM
Leonore Overture No. 3
Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 "Pastorale"; Leonore Overture No. 3
Cleveland Orchestra
Christoph von Dohnanyi, conductor
14:02 - 3:27 PM
Chilingirian Quartet
3:40 - 3:18 PM
Eos Orchestra
Jonathan Sheffer, conductor
Michael Boriskin, piano
8:55 - 3:10 PM
Berlin Philharmonic
Karl Bohm, conductor
7:55 - 3:05 PM
Taverner Players
Andrew Parrott, conductor
5:00 - 2:56 PM
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Charles Munch, conductor
8:04 - 2:44 PM
Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra
Ondrej Lenard, conductor
12:14 - 2:39 PM
Intermezzo No. 2
Brahms: 7 Fantasies, Op. 116, 4 Piano Pieces, Op. 119, Piano Sonata No. 2, Op. 2
Emanuel Ax, piano
4:46 - 2:25 PM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner, conductor
Kenneth Sillito, violin
13:27 - 2:18 PM
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
7:34 - 2:11 PM
Hollywood Bowl Orchestra
Miklos Rozsa, conductor
6:44 - 2:04 PM
Symphony No. 101 "The Clock": 3rd movement
Haydn: Symphonies Nos 101 The Clock and 104 London
Orchestra of St. Luke's
Charles Mackerras, conductor
6:47 - 1:55 PM
Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso
Sarasate: Carmen Fantasy; Chausson: Poème; Saint-Saëns: Havanaise
New York Philharmonic
Zubin Mehta, conductor
Itzhak Perlman, violin
8:53 - 1:46 PM
Orchestra of Flanders
Rudolf Werthen, conductor
Yolanda Kondonassis, harp
8:26 - 1:40 PM
Orchestra of the 18th Century
Frans Bruggen, conductor
5:35 - 1:36 PM
Sejong Soloists
Gil Shaham, violin
4:06 - 1:24 PM
Cleveland Orchestra
Christoph von Dohnanyi, conductor
11:51 - 1:21 PM
Pascal Roge, piano
3:07 - 1:13 PM
Netherlands Chamber Orchestra
David Zinman, conductor
7:30 - 1:05 PM
Vancouver Symphony Orchestra
Bramwell Tovey, conductor
7:54 - 1:00 PM
Tafelmusik
Bruno Weil, conductor
5:08 - 12:57 PM
Musica Antiqua Cologne
Reinhard Goebel, conductor
3:06 - 12:43 PM
Northern Sinfonia
Thomas Zehetmair, conductor
14:09 - 12:35 PM
Stephen Kovacevich, piano
7:21 - 12:26 PM
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
Erich Kunzel, conductor
8:48 - 12:16 PM
Scottish Fantasy: Finale
Jean Sibelius: Concerto for Violin in D minor, Op. 47, Max Bruch: Scottish Fantasy for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 46
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
Zubin Mehta, conductor
Midori, violin
9:39 - 12:12 PM
Boston Pops Orchestra
Arthur Fiedler, conductor
3:34 - 12:03 PM
Revolutionary and Romantic Orchestra
John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
8:50 - 11:53 AM
German Chamber Philharmonic
David Fray, piano
9:58 - 11:50 AM
Philharmonia Virtuosi
Richard Kapp, conductor
3:41 - 11:44 AM
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor
5:47 - 11:40 AM
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
Hugh Wolff, conductor
3:04 - 11:30 AM
New York Philharmonic
Zubin Mehta, conductor
9:48 - 11:21 AM
Berlin Philharmonic
Herbert von Karajan, conductor
9:20 - 11:11 AM
Piano Concerto No. 3: Rondo
Beethoven: Piano Concertos / Fischer, Goode, Budapest Festival Orchestra
Budapest Festival Orchestra
Ivan Fischer, conductor
Richard Goode, piano
9:17 - 11:02 AM
Vienna Philharmonic
Zubin Mehta, conductor
9:19 - 10:57 AM
Chen Yi, violin
4:49 - 10:54 AM
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Paavo Jarvi, conductor
2:43 - 10:42 AM
Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra
Maurice Andre, trumpet
12:11 - 10:36 AM
Jean-Marc Luisada, piano
5:34 - 10:28 AM
English Chamber Orchestra
Jeffrey Tate, conductor
Radovan Vlatkovic, horn
8:16 - 10:25 AM
Narciso Yepes, guitar
3:03 - 10:14 AM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Joshua Bell, violin
10:11 - 10:02 AM
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Georg Solti, conductor
11:47 - 9:56 AM
William Wolfram, piano
5:41 - 9:53 AM
Jean-Pierre Rampal, flute
3:29 - 9:48 AM
Berlin Philharmonic
Herbert von Karajan, conductor
4:24 - 9:46 AM
Philharmonia Orchestra
Charles Groves, conductor
2:40 - 9:37 AM
Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Lance Friedel, conductor
8:22 - 9:34 AM
Music for the Royal Fireworks: La Rejouissance
Handel: Water Music, Royal Fireworks
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
3:05 - 9:23 AM
Mahler Chamber Orchestra
Daniel Harding, conductor
Janine Jansen, violin
10:20 - 9:14 AM
Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano
8:27 - 9:09 AM
Modern Mandolin Quartet
5:53 - 9:01 AM
Orchestra of the 18th Century
Frans Bruggen, conductor
7:31 - 8:52 AM
Salome: Dance of the Seven Veils
Strauss: Rosenkavelier, Salome's Dance, Burleske Fastival Prelud
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor
9:10 - 8:49 AM
London Symphony Orchestra
Antal Dorati, conductor
2:40 - 8:45 AM
Cleveland Orchestra
Lorin Maazel, conductor
4:05 - 8:40 AM
Andras Schiff, piano
4:48 - 8:32 AM
Zagreb Soloists
Antonio Janigro, conductor
Alirio Diaz, guitar
8:00 - 8:25 AM
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Litton, conductor
6:50 - 8:17 AM
Camerata Salzburg
Leonidas Kavakos, conductor
Leonidas Kavakos, violin
7:04 - 8:10 AM
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Seiji Ozawa, conductor
6:47 - 8:02 AM
Berlin Philharmonic
Simon Rattle, conductor
8:16 - 7:58 AM
Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
4:01 - 7:53 AM
Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra
Leif Segerstam, conductor
4:30 - 7:47 AM
Symphony No. 104 "London": Finale
Haydn: Symphonies Nos 101 The Clock and 104 London
Orchestra of St. Luke's
Charles Mackerras, conductor
6:34 - 7:45 AM
English Chamber Orchestra
Raymond Leppard, conductor
William Bennett, flute
1:35 - 7:41 AM
Andre Kostelanetz Orchestra
Andre Kostelanetz, conductor
3:55 - 7:27 AM
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Vasily Petrenko, conductor
14:00 - 7:22 AM
Itzhak Perlman, violin
4:47 - 7:15 AM
Alessandro Carbonare, clarinet
6:41 - 7:04 AM
Vienna Philharmonic
Claudio Abbado, conductor
10:38 - 6:58 AM
Cleveland Orchestra
Lorin Maazel, conductor
6:21 - 6:52 AM
A Midsummer Night's Dream: Nocturne
The Four Seasons: A Musical Calendar Of Favorite Classics
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Rafael Kubelik, conductor
5:33 - 6:47 AM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner, conductor
4:36 - 6:38 AM
Cello Concerto No. 1: 1st movement
Haydn: Cello Concertos in C & D, Sinfonia Concertante
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Roger Norrington, conductor
Steven Isserlis, cello
9:57 - 6:35 AM
Roland Pontinen, piano
1:37 - 6:28 AM
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 - 6:21 AM
Berlin Philharmonic
Herbert von Karajan, conductor
7:07 - 6:12 AM
Staatskapelle Berlin
Daniel Barenboim, conductor
8:11 - 6:04 AM
Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Lance Friedel, conductor
8:19 - 6:00 AM
Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra
Janos Rolla, conductor
Dale Clevenger, horn
3:52