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.
- 5:25 AM
William Vermeulen, horn
6:42 - 5:17 AM
Berlin Philharmonic
Simon Rattle, conductor
7:29 - 5:10 AM
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Libor Pesek, conductor
6:52 - 5:01 AM
Philharmonia Orchestra
John Pritchard, conductor
Yehudi Menuhin, violin
9:12 - 4:55 AM
Malmo Symphony Orchestra
James DePreist, conductor
5:32 - 4:52 AM
Israel Sinfonietta
Uri Mayer, conductor
David Jolley, horn
3:33 - 4:46 AM
Jorge Bolet, piano
5:35 - 4:36 AM
Kirov Orchestra
Valery Gergiev, conductor
9:32 - 4:32 AM
The King's Violins
Bernard Labadie, conductor
3:59 - 4:25 AM
Vienna Philharmonic
Riccardo Muti, conductor
7:00 - 4:20 AM
Boston Pops Orchestra
John Williams, conductor
4:36 - 4:09 AM
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Daniel Harding, conductor
Ray Chen, violin
10:31 - 4:02 AM
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Yoel Levi, conductor
7:14 - 3:57 AM
Ingrid Fliter, piano
5:24 - 3:50 AM
Royal Opera, Covent Garden
Colin Davis, conductor
6:05 - 3:45 AM
Brandenburg Concerto No. 3: 3rd movement
Bach: Six Concertos for the Margrave of Brandenburg
European Brandenburg Ensemble
Trevor Pinnock, conductor
4:40 - 3:37 AM
String Quartet No. 2: Nocturne
Borodin: Three Symphonies, Petite Suite, Polovetsian Dances
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
Neeme Jarvi, conductor
8:28 - 3:31 AM
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
Kurt Masur, conductor
Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin
6:14 - 3:20 AM
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Seiji Ozawa, conductor
Rudolf Serkin, piano
10:17 - 3:14 AM
Consortium Classicum
5:41 - 3:07 AM
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Fritz Reiner, conductor
6:47 - 3:00 AM
English Chamber Orchestra
Raymond Leppard, conductor
Arthur Grumiaux, violin
7:25 - 2:55 AM
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin, conductor
4:21 - 2:51 AM
Symphony No. 100 "Military": Minuet
Haydn: Symphonies No. 100 Military and No. 103 Drimroll
Orchestra of St. Luke's
Charles Mackerras, conductor
4:44 - 2:40 AM
Australian Chamber Orchestra
Richard Tognetti, conductor
Angela Hewitt, piano
9:37 - 2:30 AM
Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
10:11 - 2:15 AM
English String Orchestra
William Boughton, conductor
15:12 - 2:07 AM
San Francisco Symphony
Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
7:26 - 2:01 AM
Romanian Folk Dances
Bartok: Romanian Folk-Dances, Kodaly: Galanta Dances, Marosszek Dances
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
Hugh Wolff, conductor
6:07 - 1:56 AM
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor
Milos Karadaglic, guitar
4:35 - 1:46 AM
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
The Sorceror's Apprentice; Ben Kingsley: Peter and the Wolf & Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra
London Symphony Orchestra
Charles Mackerras, conductor
10:19 - 1:40 AM
Symphony No. 35 "Haffner": 1st movement
Mozart: Symphonies No 29, 33, 35, 38, And 41
Orchestra Mozart
Claudio Abbado, conductor
5:35 - 1:35 AM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner, conductor
4:57 - 1:29 AM
Staatskapelle Berlin
Daniel Barenboim, conductor
5:58 - 1:24 AM
Lang Lang, piano
4:46 - 1:18 AM
Takacs Quartet
5:23 - 1:07 AM
Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dances
Tchaikovsky: 1812, Marche Slave, Etc / Järvi, Gothenburg So
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
Neeme Jarvi, conductor
Torgny Sporsen, bass
11:22 - 1:00 AM
Nocturnes: Fetes (Festivals)
Debussy: Pelleas Et Melisande Suite; Prelude To The Afternoon Of A Faun; Three Nocturnes
Berlin Philharmonic
Claudio Abbado, conductor
6:16 - 12:51 AM
Vienna Philharmonic
Andris Nelsons, conductor
9:41 - 12:44 AM
Piano Concerto No. 21 "Elvira Madigan": 3rd movement
Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 17 & 21
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Claudio Abbado, conductor
Maria Joao Pires, piano
6:37 - 12:30 AM
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Thomas Schippers, conductor
13:57 - 12:26 AM
Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra
Ton Koopman, conductor
3:21 - 12:12 AM
Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra
Okko Kamu, conductor
13:29 - 12:08 AM
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
Riccardo Chailly, conductor
4:24 - 12:00 AM
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Wolfgang Sawallisch, conductor
8:00 - 11:57 PM
Academy of Ancient Music
Richard Egarr, conductor
2:36 - 11:50 PM
Philadelphia Orchestra
Eugene Ormandy, conductor
7:10 - 11:40 PM
London Symphony Orchestra
John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
9:51 - 11:26 PM
I Musici
Ursula Holliger, harp
13:11 - 11:20 PM
Kathryn Stott, piano
5:51 - 11:14 PM
Norwegian Chamber Orchestra
Iona Brown, conductor
Truls Mork, cello
6:07 - 11:09 PM
Berlin Philharmonic
Klaus Tennstedt, conductor
4:46 - 11:00 PM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner, conductor
8:40 - 10:55 PM
Cleveland Orchestra
George Szell, conductor
4:56 - 10:49 PM
L'Archibudelli
Charles Neidich, clarinet
6:08 - 10:42 PM
Violin Sonata No. 5 "Spring": 4th movement
Beethoven: Piano and Violin Sonatas, Vol.2
Isaac Stern, violin
6:38 - 10:28 PM
Chamber Orchestra of Lausanne
Alberto Zedda, conductor
14:21 - 10:23 PM
CPE Bach Chamber Orchestra
Peter Schreier, conductor
4:01 - 10:17 PM
Angel Romero, guitar
6:17 - 10:08 PM
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Carlos Kalmar, conductor
Rachel Barton Pine, violin
8:35 - 9:57 PM
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Yoel Levi, conductor
11:00 - 9:47 PM
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Claudio Abbado, conductor
Viktoria Mullova, violin
10:22 - 9:42 PM
English Baroque Soloists
John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
3:47 - 9:36 PM
Scottish National Orchestra
Neeme Jarvi, conductor
5:51 - 9:26 PM
Dresden State Orchestra
Giuseppe Sinopoli, conductor
10:55 - 9:22 PM
Piano Sonata No. 14 "Moonlight": 2nd movement
Beethoven Piano Sonatas: Pathetique; Moonlight; Waldstein
Garrick Ohlsson, piano
2:41 - 9:15 PM
Handel and Haydn Society
Harry Christophers, conductor
7:35 - 9:05 PM
Berlin Philharmonic
Herbert von Karajan, conductor
10:02 - 8:59 PM
London Symphony Orchestra
Daniel Harding, conductor
Nicola Benedetti, violin
5:32 - 8:55 PM
The Red Poppy: Russian Sailor's Dance
Tchaikovsky: Marche Slav; Rimsky-Korsakov: Russian Easter Overture
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin, conductor
3:38 - 8:47 PM
Symphony No. 9 "From the New World": 3rd movement
Dvorak: Symphony No. 9, Carnival Overture
Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra
Andre Previn, conductor
8:03 - 8:44 PM
Richard Raymond, piano
2:35 - 8:29 PM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Iona Brown, conductor
Timothy Brown, horn
14:44 - 8:27 PM
Musica Antiqua Cologne
Reinhard Goebel, conductor
2:37 - 8:14 PM
German Chamber Philharmonic
Daniel Harding, conductor
12:46 - 8:04 PM
Philharmonia Orchestra
Christian Thielemann, conductor
9:24 - 8:00 PM
Anne Akiko Meyers, violin
3:51 - 7:48 PM
Orchestral Ensemble of Paris
John Nelson, conductor
12:01 - 7:46 PM
Kansas City Symphony
Michael Stern, conductor
1:41 - 7:41 PM
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor
Milos Karadaglic, guitar
4:49 - 7:36 PM
New York Philomusica
Paige Brook, conductor
Paige Brook, flute
5:29 - 7:27 PM
Cleveland Orchestra
George Szell, conductor
8:13 - 7:18 PM
Dresden State Orchestra
Hans Vonk, conductor
Christian Zacharias, piano
8:41 - 7:09 PM
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
Erich Kunzel, conductor
9:24 - 7:00 PM
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Antal Dorati, conductor
8:02 - 6:52 PM
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Seiji Ozawa, conductor
8:07 - 6:47 PM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Murray Perahia, conductor
Murray Perahia, piano
5:20 - 6:40 PM
Halle Orchestra
Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, conductor
6:12 - 6:32 PM
Midsummer Mozart Festival Orchestra
George Cleve, conductor
8:32 - 6:27 PM
Orchestra of the 18th Century
Frans Bruggen, conductor
4:44 - 6:14 PM
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Fritz Reiner, conductor
12:12 - 6:10 PM
Philadelphia Orchestra
Riccardo Muti, conductor
4:46 - 6:00 PM
Minnesota Orchestra
Osmo Vanska, conductor
9:36 - 5:56 PM
Hakon Austbo, piano
3:17 - 5:47 PM
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Itzhak Perlman, conductor
Itzhak Perlman, violin
9:22 - 5:38 PM
Die Meistersinger von Nurmberg (The Mastersingers of Nuremburg): Prelude to Act I
Wagner: Wesendonck-Lieder; Preludes And Overtures
Cleveland Orchestra
Franz Welser-Most, conductor
8:49 - 5:29 PM
English Baroque Soloists
John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
8:37 - 5:24 PM
Alexis Weissenberg, piano
4:42 - 5:21 PM
Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra
Jeffrey Kahane, conductor
Hilary Hahn, violin
3:24 - 5:06 PM
Dresden State Orchestra
Rudolf Kempe, conductor
14:44 - 4:59 PM
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
Kurt Masur, conductor
6:27 - 4:52 PM
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Seiji Ozawa, conductor
Frederica von Stade, mezzo-soprano
6:54 - 4:42 PM
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin, conductor
9:59 - 4:38 PM
Pinchas Zukerman, violin
3:29 - 4:25 PM
Lyon National Orchestra
Jun Markl, conductor
12:58 - 4:22 PM
Tafelmusik
Jeanne Lamon, conductor
3:26 - 4:18 PM
Berlin Philharmonic
Herbert von Karajan, conductor
Maurice Andre, trumpet
3:34 - 4:10 PM
Houston Symphony Orchestra
Sergiu Comissiona, conductor
7:21 - 4:01 PM
Saarbrucken Radio Symphony Orchestra
Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, conductor
9:21 - 3:55 PM
Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
6:17 - 3:51 PM
Academy for Ancient Music Berlin
Rene Jacobs, conductor
4:00 - 3:45 PM
Musicians of the Louvre
Marc Minkowski, conductor
5:40 - 3:39 PM
Cleveland Orchestra
Pierre Boulez, conductor
6:20 - 3:28 PM
Vienna Philharmonic
John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
10:04 - 3:25 PM
Michael Laird Brass Ensemble
Peter Hurford, organ
3:01 - 3:20 PM
Revolutionary and Romantic Orchestra
John Eliot Gardner, conductor
4:37 - 3:18 PM
Boris Berezovsky, piano
2:20 - 3:07 PM
Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Teddy Abrams, conductor
Rachel Barton Pine, violin
10:25 - 3:03 PM
Philharmonia Orchestra
Charles Groves, conductor
4:33 - 2:56 PM
Dresden State Orchestra
Bernard Haitink, conductor
6:28 - 2:42 PM
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
Pinchas Zukerman, conductor
Hermann Baumann, horn
13:24 - 2:37 PM
Intermezzo No. 2 "Klavierstucke"
Brahms: 2 Rhapsodies, Op. 79, Piano Pieces, Opp. 117-119
Radu Lupu, piano
4:56 - 2:31 PM
CPE Bach Chamber Orchestra
Peter Schreier, conductor
5:48 - 2:27 PM
City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra
Paul Bateman, conductor
4:17 - 2:19 PM
Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra
Alfred Walter, conductor
7:34 - 2:04 PM
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor
14:34 - 1:55 PM
Boston Baroque
Martin Pearlman, conductor
9:34 - 1:52 PM
Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin
2:15 - 1:50 PM
Orion String Quartet
1:57 - 1:46 PM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner, conductor
4:30 - 1:42 PM
Berlin Philharmonic
Simon Rattle, conductor
3:35 - 1:29 PM
Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra
Andre Previn, conductor
12:52 - 1:23 PM
Minnesota Orchestra
Eiji Oue, conductor
5:42 - 1:14 PM
Murray Perahia, piano
9:00 - 1:08 PM
Avalon String Quartet
6:08 - 1:04 PM
Quebec Symphony Orchestra
Yoav Talmi, conductor
3:25 - 12:54 PM
Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra
Eduardo Marturet, conductor
Lara St. John, violin
9:48 - 12:51 PM
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Antal Dorati, conductor
3:31 - 12:46 PM
Symphony No. 36 "Linz": Menuetto
Mozart Symphonies 35 Haffner, 26 Linz, and 32
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Jukka-Pekka Saraste, conductor
4:16 - 12:40 PM
Piano Concerto No. 2: Rondo
Beethoven: Piano Concertos / Fischer, Goode, Budapest Festival Orchestra
Budapest Festival Orchestra
Ivan Fischer, conductor
Richard Goode, piano
6:09 - 12:30 PM
Montreal Symphony Orchestra
Mario Bernardi, conductor
James Ehnes, violin
9:15 - 12:21 PM
Orchestra of Toulouse
Michel Plasson, conductor
9:34 - 12:10 PM
Musica Antiqua Cologne
Reinhard Goebel, conductor
10:21 - 12:03 PM
Berlin Philharmonic
Mariss Jansons, conductor
Sarah Chang, violin
7:24 - 11:58 AM
Alicia de Larrocha, piano
4:33 - 11:54 AM
Seattle Symphony
Gerard Schwarz, conductor
3:27 - 11:47 AM
Orchestra of the 18th Century
Frans Bruggen, conductor
7:24 - 11:42 AM
Russian National Orchestra
Mikhail Pletnev, conductor
5:04 - 11:34 AM
Canadian Brass
7:34 - 11:29 AM
London Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Litton, conductor
Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin
4:17 - 11:19 AM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Angel Romero, guitar
10:02 - 11:14 AM
Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano
4:53 - 11:05 AM
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
Riccardo Chailly, conductor
8:44 - 11:02 AM
Jascha Silberstein, cello
3:16 - 10:58 AM
Houston Symphony Orchestra
Sergiu Comissiona, conductor
4:12 - 10:52 AM
Brandenburg Concerto No. 6: 3rd movement
Bach: Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 4, 5, 6
Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra
Ton Koopman, conductor
5:34 - 10:49 AM
Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin
2:59 - 10:37 AM
Revolutionary and Romantic Orchestra
John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
12:00 - 10:33 AM
Mother Goose (Ma mere l'oye): Laideronnette, Empress of the Pagodas
Debussy, Ravel: Images Pour Orchestre - Ma Mere L'oye
New York Philharmonic
Leonard Bernstein, conductor
3:37 - 10:21 AM
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
Erich Kunzel, conductor
King Keyes, zither
11:02 - 10:10 AM
Berlin Philharmonic
Simon Rattle, conductor
11:18 - 9:56 AM
Mitsuko Uchida, piano
13:37 - 9:52 AM
Rachel Van Voorhees, harp
3:44 - 9:43 AM
Boston Baroque
Martin Pearlman, conductor
9:20 - 9:35 AM
Vienna Philharmonic
Claudio Abbado, conductor
8:03 - 9:24 AM
Symphony No. 9 "From the New World": 4th movement
Dvorak: Symphony No. 9 From the New World
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin, conductor
11:01 - 9:16 AM
Polonaise No. 6 "Heroic"
The Complete Piano Works of Chopin, Vol 5: Polonaises & Impromptus
Garrick Ohlsson, piano
7:00 - 9:06 AM
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Georg Solti, conductor
10:01 - 9:00 AM
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Thomas Beecham, conductor
5:39 - 8:55 AM
Orchestra of St. Luke's
Michael Stern, conductor
Joshua Bell, violin
4:41 - 8:54 AM
Drottningholm Baroque Ensemble
Penelope Evison, flute
1:26 - 8:45 AM
Minnesota Orchestra
Osmo Vanska, conductor
9:12 - 8:36 AM
Mainz Chamber Orchestra
Gunter Kehr, conductor
Walter Klien, piano
8:38 - 8:22 AM
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Manfred Honeck, conductor
13:53 - 8:18 AM
Budapest Festival Orchestra
Ivan Fischer, conductor
Andras Keller, violin
3:21 - 8:15 AM
Berlin Philharmonic
Herbert von Karajan, conductor
2:44 - 8:04 AM
I Musici
Heinz Holliger, oboe
11:35 - 7:58 AM
Khatia Buniatishvili, piano
5:33 - 7:53 AM
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra
Mariss Jansons, conductor
4:43 - 7:46 AM
Smithsonian Chamber Players
Kenneth Slowik, conductor
7:34 - 7:42 AM
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Rafael Kubelik, conductor
3:05 - 7:36 AM
String Quartet No. 9 "Razumovsky No. 3": 4th movement
Beethoven: The Middle String Quartets
Cypress String Quartet
5:59 - 7:27 AM
Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso
Isaac Stern - A Life In Music - Lalo, Saint-Saens, Chausson
Philadelphia Orchestra
Eugene Ormandy, conductor
Isaac Stern, violin
8:49 - 7:21 AM
Symphony No. 94 "Surprise": 2nd movement
Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 94 & 95; Mozart: Toy Symphony
Hanover Band
Roy Goodman, conductor
6:01 - 7:16 AM
Yundi Li, piano
4:21 - 7:11 AM
Sabine Meyer Wind Ensemble
5:23 - 7:01 AM
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Robert Shaw, conductor
9:34 - 6:51 AM
Orchestra de la Suisse Romande
Kazuki Yamada, conductor
9:40 - 6:49 AM
Lieutenant Kije: Troika
Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite, Prokofiev: Lieutenant Kije, Dukas: The Sourcerer's Apprentice
Saint Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra
Yuri Temirkanov, conductor
2:35 - 6:45 AM
San Francisco Symphony
Herbert Blomstedt, conductor
4:19 - 6:39 AM
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor
5:11 - 6:33 AM
Emil Gilels, piano
5:46 - 6:26 AM
Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Joshua Bell, violin
7:20 - 6:22 AM
Berlin Philharmonic
Herbert von Karajan, conductor
3:32 - 6:19 AM
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Jahja Ling, conductor
Rolf Smedvig, trumpet
2:50 - 6:09 AM
Vienna Johann Strauss Orchestra
Willi Boskovsky, conductor
10:12 - 6:00 AM
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Litton, conductor
8:56