Poster YourClassical Streams
Curated Streams

Essentials

Timeless Classical Masterpieces

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.

On Air Now
Thursday
  • 8:27 AM

    Festive Overture

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Gustavo Dudamel: Discoveries

    Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    5:58
  • 8:18 AM

    Toccata and Fugue

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Great Organ Works

    Virgil Fox, organ

    8:44
  • 8:08 AM

    Violin Concerto: Finale

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Violin Concerto

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin

    10:16
  • 7:58 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 20: 2nd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Piano Concertos No. 20, K466 & 27, K595

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Mitsuko Uchida, conductor

    Mitsuko Uchida, piano

    9:36
  • 7:50 AM

    Finlandia

    Jean Sibelius

    Ports of Call

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    7:48
  • 7:42 AM

    The Merry Wives of Windsor: Overture

    Otto Nicolai

    Great Comedy Overtures

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Lance Friedel, conductor

    8:19
  • 7:30 AM

    Rienzi: Overture

    Richard Wagner

    German Overtures

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Christian Thielemann, conductor

    11:38
  • 7:24 AM

    Symphony No. 100 "Military": 2nd movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Seven London Symphonies

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    5:49
  • 7:20 AM

    Etude No. 3 "Tristesse"

    Frederic Chopin

    Favorite Chopin

    Vladimir Horowitz, piano

    3:37
  • 7:04 AM

    Cello Concerto: 1st movement

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Cello Concerto

    Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra

    Jun Markl, conductor

    Zuill Bailey, cello

    15:20
  • 7:01 AM

    El Amor Brujo: Ritual Fire Dance

    Manuel de Falla

    Twentieth Century Classics

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    3:40
  • 6:56 AM

    Orchestral Suite No. 4: Minuets

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Orchestral Suites

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    4:13
  • 6:49 AM

    Fidelio Overture

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 'Erioca'

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    6:44
  • 6:40 AM

    Symphony No. 40: Finale

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphonies No. 40 & 41

    Prague Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    9:05
  • 6:36 AM

    Pelleas and Melisande: Sicilienne

    Gabriel Faure

    Cello Adagios

    Lynn Harrell, cello

    3:30
  • 6:31 AM

    Fantasy for a Gentleman: Canario

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Milos: Aranjuez

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    Milos Karadaglic, guitar

    4:49
  • 6:20 AM

    Water Music Suite No. 3

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel | Water Music

    English Baroque Soloists

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    11:49
  • 6:06 AM

    Night on Bald Mountain

    Modest Mussorgsky

    Mussorgsky: Pictures at an exhibition

    Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre

    Valery Gergiev, conductor

    12:50
  • 6:00 AM

    Symphony No. 5: 1st movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: The Symphonies

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    6:35
YourClassical Radio
0:00
0:00