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.
- 1:22 PM
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Libor Pesek, conductor
10:44 - 1:15 PM
Vienna Philharmonic
Claudio Abbado, conductor
6:43 - 1:05 PM
Camerata Bern
Thomas Furi, conductor
Goran Sollscher, guitar
10:37 - 12:55 PM
Piano Concerto No. 9 "Jeunehomme": 3rd movement
Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 8 & 9
English Chamber Orchestra
Jeffrey Tate, conductor
Mitsuko Uchida, piano
9:29 - 12:47 PM
Lahti Symphony Orchestra
Osmo Vanska, conductor
8:26 - 12:43 PM
National Philharmonic Orchestra
Gianandrea Gavazzeni, conductor
3:10 - 12:31 PM
Minnesota Orchestra
Neville Marriner, conductor
12:04 - 12:28 PM
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
Erich Kunzel, conductor
3:17 - 12:24 PM
Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra
Janos Rolla, conductor
Dale Clevenger, horn
3:52 - 12:15 PM
Stephen Hough, piano
8:32 - 12:05 PM
Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra
Marios Papadopoulous, conductor
Paul Merkelo, trumpet
9:39 - 12:02 PM
New York Philharmonic
Leonard Bernstein, conductor
2:37 - 11:55 AM
Paris Orchestra
Daniel Barenboim, conductor
6:56 - 11:46 AM
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
Pinchas Zukerman, conductor
Pinchas Zukerman, violin
9:16 - 11:42 AM
Berlin Philharmonic
Simon Rattle, conductor
3:35 - 11:39 AM
Lang Lang, piano
3:14 - 11:25 AM
Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra
Andre Previn, conductor
13:44 - 11:16 AM
Flute and Harp Concerto: Rondo
Mozart: Flute And Harp Concerto; Sinfonia Concertante
Orchestra Mozart
Claudio Abbado, conductor
Jacques Zoon, flute
8:28 - 11:10 AM
Voices of Spring Waltz (Fruhlingsstimmen)
The Four Seasons: A Musical Calendar Of Favorite Classics
Vienna Philharmonic
Lorin Maazel, conductor
5:58 - 11:02 AM
Dresden State Orchestra
Christian Thielemann, conductor
Lisa Batiashvili, violin
8:04 - 10:57 AM
Artur Rubinstein, piano
4:51 - 10:44 AM
Swedish Rhapsody No. 1 "Midsummer Vigil"
Sibelius: Finlandia, Valse Triste; Grieg: Sigurd Jorsalfar
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
13:13 - 10:42 AM
Moscow Virtuosi
Vladimir Spivakov, conductor
1:23 - 10:28 AM
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Wolfgang Sawallisch, conductor
13:49 - 10:24 AM
Budapest Festival Orchestra
Ivan Fischer, conductor
4:05 - 10:11 AM
Sinfonia Concertante: 1st movement
Mozart: Complete Violin Concertos; Sinfonia Concertante K364
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner, conductor
Rachel Barton Pine, violin
13:10 - 10:06 AM
Cleveland Quartet
John O'Conor, piano
3:49 - 10:05 AM
Rolf Smedvig, trumpet
1:45 - 10:00 AM
New York Philharmonic
Leonard Bernstein, conductor
4:10 - 9:53 AM
Berlin Philharmonic
Herbert von Karajan, conductor
Karlheinz Zoeller, flute
6:45 - 9:43 AM
Russian National Orchestra
Yakov Kreizberg, conductor
Julia Fischer, violin
10:11 - 9:37 AM
Piano Sonata No. 8 "Pathetique": 2nd movement
Perchance To Dream: A Lullaby Album For Children And Adults
Carol Rosenberger, piano
5:53 - 9:31 AM
Revolutionary and Romantic Orchestra
John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
5:53 - 9:26 AM
CPE Bach Chamber Orchestra
Hartmut Haenchen, conductor
5:13 - 9:21 AM
Symphony No. 94 "Surprise": Finale
Haydn: London Symphonies 93, 94 "The Surprise", & 95
La Petite Bande
Sigiswald Kuijken, conductor
3:48 - 9:14 AM
Morton Gould Orchestra
7:41 - 9:03 AM
Musica Antiqua Cologne
Reinhard Goebel, conductor
10:36 - 8:52 AM
French National Radio and Television Orchestra
Jean Martinon, conductor
10:32 - 8:41 AM
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Daniel Barenboim, conductor
11:06 - 8:36 AM
Chamber Orchestra of Lausanne
Lawrence Foster, conductor
Sharon Isbin, guitar
4:49 - 8:28 AM
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Antal Dorati, conductor
7:31 - 8:20 AM
Cleveland Orchestra
George Szell, conductor
Robert Marcellus, clarinet
8:49 - 8:17 AM
Angela Hewitt, piano
2:26 - 8:09 AM
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Hilary Hahn, violin
7:16 - 8:02 AM
Adagio for Strings
Norman Dello Joio: Triumph of St. Joan; Variations, Chaconne & Finale
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
James Sedares, conductor
7:29 - 7:48 AM
Berlin Philharmonic
Herbert von Karajan, conductor
13:53 - 7:44 AM
Bournemouth Sinfonietta
Kenneth Montgomery, conductor
3:54 - 7:30 AM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Murray Perahia, conductor
Murray Perahia, piano
13:17 - 7:27 AM
Symphony No. 36 "Linz": Menuetto
Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 36 "Linz" & 38 "Prague"
Philharmonia Orchestra
Emmanuel Krivine, conductor
3:36 - 7:21 AM
Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra
Antal Dorati, conductor
5:49 - 7:15 AM
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Colin Davis, conductor
5:05 - 7:13 AM
London Symphony Orchestra
Andre Previn, conductor
1:41 - 7:01 AM
West-Eastern Divan Orchestra
Daniel Barenboim, conductor
12:39 - 6:57 AM
Covent Garden Opera Orchestra
Mark Elder, conductor
Roberto Alagna, tenor
3:26 - 6:48 AM
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
Neeme Jarvi, conductor
8:44 - 6:42 AM
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Christopher Hogwood, conductor
5:58 - 6:38 AM
Philadelphia Orchestra
Eugene Ormandy, conductor
4:06 - 6:26 AM
English Chamber Orchestra
Raymond Leppard, conductor
Cho-Liang Lin, violin
11:46 - 6:23 AM
Academy of Ancient Music
Richard Egarr, conductor
2:49 - 6:18 AM
Berlin Philharmonic
Simon Rattle, conductor
5:33 - 6:12 AM
Stephen Kovacevich, piano
4:50 - 6:06 AM
San Francisco Symphony
Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
6:38 - 6:00 AM
Vienna Philharmonic
John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
5:59