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.
- 2:48 PM
Boston Pops Orchestra
Arthur Fiedler, conductor
4:30 - 2:35 PM
Seattle Symphony
Gerard Schwarz, conductor
Jon Manasse, clarinet
12:25 - 2:29 PM
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Georg Solti, conductor
6:04 - 2:22 PM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Joshua Bell, violin
6:53 - 2:12 PM
Chilingirian Quartet
9:19 - 2:05 PM
Vienna Philharmonic
Claudio Abbado, conductor
6:43 - 1:51 PM
The Lark Ascending
Pinchas Zukerman: Complete Recordings on Deutsche Grammophon and Philips
English Chamber Orchestra
Daniel Barenboim, conductor
Pinchas Zukerman, violin
13:36 - 1:46 PM
Symphony No. 41 "Jupiter": 3rd movement
W.A. Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 32, 33 & 41 "Jupiter"
Philharmonia Orchestra
Emmanuel Krivine, conductor
4:56 - 1:40 PM
Balasz Szokolay, piano
5:34 - 1:34 PM
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
6:04 - 1:24 PM
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
Erich Kunzel, conductor
10:17 - 1:15 PM
Staatskapelle Berlin
Daniel Barenboim, conductor
8:11 - 1:10 PM
Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra
Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor
Emmanuel Pahud, flute
5:42 - 1:06 PM
Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra
Ton Koopman, conductor
3:21 - 12:56 PM
Piano Sonata No. 21 "Waldstein": 3rd movement
Alice Sara Ott: Beethoven Piano Sonatas
Alice Sara Ott, piano
9:59 - 12:52 PM
The Firebird (L'oiseau de feu): Finale
Stravinsky: The Firebird; Scriabin: Prometheus / Gergiev
Kirov Orchestra
Valery Gergiev, conductor
3:34 - 12:44 PM
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
Neeme Jarvi, conductor
8:19 - 12:38 PM
Philadelphia Orchestra
Eugene Ormandy, conductor
5:42 - 12:25 PM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner, conductor
Peter Damm, horn
13:18 - 12:19 PM
Prelude No. 15 "Raindrop"
Bach: French Suite; Schumann: Papillons, Op.2; Chopin: Two Preludes, Mazurka
Mieczyslaw Horszowski, piano
5:40 - 12:07 PM
Minnesota Orchestra
Neville Marriner, conductor
11:42 - 12:03 PM
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin, conductor
4:14 - 11:51 AM
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Georg Solti, conductor
11:49 - 11:44 AM
Boston Pops Orchestra
John Williams, conductor
6:49 - 11:40 AM
Moura Lympany, piano
3:18 - 11:30 AM
Russian National Orchestra
Yakov Kreizberg, conductor
Julia Fischer, violin
10:11 - 11:24 AM
Xuefei Yang, guitar
5:32 - 11:17 AM
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Jukka-Pekka Saraste, conductor
6:58 - 11:08 AM
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Seiji Ozawa, conductor
9:06 - 11:02 AM
Symphony No. 94 "Surprise": 2nd movement
Haydn: Symphonies no 94 "Surprise" & 100 "Military"
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Georg Solti, conductor
5:45 - 10:54 AM
Frank Almond, violin
7:27 - 10:52 AM
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
David Hill, conductor
1:42 - 10:47 AM
Guildhall Strings
5:26 - 10:30 AM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner, conductor
16:03 - 10:28 AM
Eine kleine Nachtmusik: Rondo
Mozart: Symphony No. 29, Violin Concerto No. 5, Nachtmusik
London Chamber Orchestra
Christopher Warren-Green, conductor
2:39 - 10:22 AM
Consortium Classicum
5:41 - 10:17 AM
Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano
5:06 - 10:07 AM
Kirov Orchestra
Valery Gergiev, conductor
9:32 - 10:05 AM
Yo-Yo Ma, cello
2:17 - 9:54 AM
London Symphony Orchestra
Andre Previn, conductor
10:19 - 9:44 AM
Cleveland Orchestra
Lorin Maazel, conductor
10:27 - 9:40 AM
Maurizio Pollini, piano
2:48 - 9:27 AM
Toulouse Chamber Orchestra
Louis Auriacombe, conductor
Lily Laskine, harp
13:42 - 9:20 AM
Lyon National Orchestra
Emmanuel Krivine, conductor
7:01 - 9:12 AM
New Philharmonia Orchestra
Adrian Boult, conductor
7:35 - 9:04 AM
Symphony No. 82 "The Bear": 1st movement
Haydn Symphonies: No. 82 in C Major "The Bear"; No. 38 in C Major; No. 104 in D Major "London"
Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra
Christof Perick, conductor
7:44 - 8:54 AM
Keyboard Concerto No. 5
J.S. Bach: Complete Keyboard Concertos; J.S. Bach-Vivaldi: Two Concertos
Moscow Virtuosi
Saulius Sondeckis, conductor
Julia Zilberquit, piano
9:47 - 8:49 AM
Fantasia on Greensleeves
Elgar: Introduction and Allegro, etc; Vaughan Williams
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
4:30 - 8:47 AM
Emerson String Quartet
1:56 - 8:45 AM
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Fritz Reiner, conductor
2:38 - 8:40 AM
Flute and Harp Concerto: 2nd movement
The Most Relaxing Classical Album In The World...Ever!
Berlin Philharmonic
Herbert von Karajan, conductor
James Galway, flute
3:59 - 8:31 AM
Dance of the Hours
Wagner: Siegfried Idyll, Boccherini, Dvorak, Faure, Grieg, Nicolai, Ponchielli, Suppe, Tchaikovsky
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner, conductor
9:12 - 8:21 AM
Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra
David Zinman, conductor
Julia Fischer, violin
10:09 - 8:18 AM
Preludes, Book 1: La fille aux cheveux de lin (The Girl with the Flaxen Hair)
My Gift To You
Antonin Kubalek, piano
2:31 - 8:02 AM
Capriccio Espagnol
The Rostropovich Edition: Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade, etc.
Paris Orchestra
Mstislav Rostropovich, conductor
15:51 - 7:59 AM
English Chamber Orchestra
Anthony Newman, conductor
Wynton Marsalis, trumpet
2:50 - 7:56 AM
London Symphony Orchestra
Julius Rudel, conductor
Ruth Ann Swenson, soprano
2:33 - 7:43 AM
Revolutionary and Romantic Orchestra
John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
13:04 - 7:39 AM
Nelson Freire, piano
4:05 - 7:28 AM
La Grande Ecurie et la Chambre du Roy
Jean-Claude Malgoire, conductor
John Holloway, violin
10:48 - 7:19 AM
Seattle Symphony
Gerard Schwarz, conductor
8:54 - 7:17 AM
New York Philharmonic
Leonard Bernstein, conductor
1:49 - 7:05 AM
Cleveland Orchestra
Christoph von Dohnanyi, conductor
11:28 - 6:58 AM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner, conductor
Alfred Brendel, piano
6:37 - 6:47 AM
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Daniel Barenboim, conductor
11:06 - 6:33 AM
Berlin Philharmonic
Claudio Abbado, conductor
14:45 - 6:18 AM
Northern Sinfonia
Thomas Zehetmair, conductor
14:09 - 6:15 AM
London Symphony Orchestra
Charles Mackerras, conductor
2:57 - 6:09 AM
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor
5:56 - 6:07 AM
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
Goran Sollscher, guitar
2:04 - 6:00 AM
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
Erich Kunzel, conductor
6:46