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.
- 6:02 PM
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
Semyon Bychkov, conductor
9:10 - 5:54 PM
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Howard Shelley, conductor
Michael Roll, piano
8:18 - 5:47 PM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner, conductor
7:02 - 5:44 PM
Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra
Sakari Oramo, conductor
Daniel Hope, violin
2:58 - 5:38 PM
A Midsummer Night's Dream: Nocturne
The Four Seasons: A Musical Calendar Of Favorite Classics
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Rafael Kubelik, conductor
5:33 - 5:35 PM
Rolf Smedvig, trumpet
2:58 - 5:26 PM
Vienna Philharmonic
Riccardo Muti, conductor
8:47 - 5:23 PM
Eric Himy, piano
2:50 - 5:08 PM
Bach Collegium Japan
Masaaki Suzuki, conductor
14:07 - 5:04 PM
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
Neeme Jarvi, conductor
4:07 - 5:01 PM
Chicago Sinfonietta
Paul Freeman, conductor
3:19 - 4:54 PM
Manuel Barrueco, guitar
6:42 - 4:49 PM
Symphony No. 104 "London": Minuet
Haydn: Symphonies Nos 101 The Clock and 104 London
Orchestra of St. Luke's
Charles Mackerras, conductor
4:39 - 4:45 PM
Leon Fleisher, piano
3:28 - 4:37 PM
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Georg Solti, conductor
8:42 - 4:31 PM
English Chamber Orchestra
Peter Maag, conductor
Joshua Bell, violin
5:42 - 4:25 PM
Minnesota Orchestra
Eiji Oue, conductor
5:42 - 4:21 PM
San Francisco Symphony
Edo de Waart, conductor
3:34 - 4:08 PM
Philharmonia Orchestra
Christian Thielemann, conductor
13:31 - 4:00 PM
Houston Symphony Orchestra
Sergiu Comissiona, conductor
7:05 - 3:57 PM
Kyung Wha Chung, violin
3:28 - 3:49 PM
Vienna Philharmonic
Willi Boskovsky, conductor
8:19 - 3:44 PM
Oregon Bach Festival Chamber Orchestra
Helmuth Rilling, conductor
4:18 - 3:38 PM
Berlin Philharmonic
Herbert von Karajan, conductor
Michel Schwalbe, violin
6:04 - 3:27 PM
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Kurt Masur, conductor
11:13 - 3:16 PM
Piano Concerto No. 16: 1st movement
Mozart: Piano Concertos Nr. 16, Kv 451 And Nr. 19, Kv 459
Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra
Neville Marriner, conductor
Christian Zacharias, piano
9:32 - 3:08 PM
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
Riccardo Chailly, conductor
8:24 - 3:05 PM
Christopher Parkening, guitar
2:37 - 2:56 PM
Amsterdam Guitar Trio
9:02 - 2:53 PM
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Pinchas Zukerman, conductor
3:21 - 2:46 PM
Juilliard String Quartet
6:32 - 2:44 PM
Janine Jansen, violin
2:12 - 2:36 PM
San Francisco Symphony
Herbert Blomstedt, conductor
7:38 - 2:26 PM
Russian National Orchestra
Mikhail Pletnev, conductor
10:08 - 2:14 PM
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 - 2:10 PM
Dallas Wind Symphony
Jerry Junkin, conductor
4:08 - 2:05 PM
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Colin Davis, conductor
5:05 - 2:00 PM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner, conductor
4:50 - 1:51 PM
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Georg Solti, conductor
8:56 - 1:48 PM
Berlin Philharmonic
Herbert von Karajan, conductor
2:44 - 1:37 PM
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
David Zinman, conductor
10:55 - 1:30 PM
Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Joshua Bell, violin
7:20 - 1:19 PM
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
James Judd, conductor
Jean Louis Steuerman, piano
9:36 - 1:09 PM
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
Neeme Jarvi, conductor
10:41 - 12:59 PM
Orchestra of Toulouse
Michel Plasson, conductor
9:34 - 12:56 PM
Vienna Philharmonic
Herbert von Karajan, conductor
2:57 - 12:48 PM
New York Philharmonic
Kurt Masur, conductor
Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin
8:20 - 12:36 PM
Piano Concerto No. 9 "Jeunehomme": 3rd movement
Mozart: Piano Concertos 9 & 23
Northern Sinfonia
Thomas Zehetmair, conductor
Imogen Cooper, piano
10:58 - 12:27 PM
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Libor Pesek, conductor
9:22 - 12:21 PM
Berlin Philharmonic
Simon Rattle, conductor
5:36 - 12:11 PM
By the Beautiful Blue Danube (An der schonen, blauen Donau)
The Key to Classics: J. Strauss
Vienna Johann Strauss Orchestra
Willi Boskovsky, conductor
9:38 - 12:07 PM
La Petite Bande
Sigiswald Kuijken, conductor
3:56 - 11:52 AM
Russian Easter Festival Overture
Tchaikovsky: Marche Slav; Rimsky-Korsakov: Russian Easter Overture
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin, conductor
14:42 - 11:44 AM
Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Litton, conductor
7:50 - 11:39 AM
Brandenburg Concerto No. 3: 3rd movement
Bach: Concerts Brandebourgeois Nos. 1, 3, 4
Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra
Ton Koopman, conductor
4:45 - 11:35 AM
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra
Mariss Jansons, conductor
4:24 - 11:28 AM
London Symphony Orchestra
Valery Gergiev, conductor
6:52 - 11:16 AM
"Twinkle, Twinkle" Variations (Ah, vous dirais-je, Maman)
Mozart: Piano Sonatas and Variations
Fazil Say, piano
11:42 - 11:05 AM
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Claudio Abbado, conductor
Viktoria Mullova, violin
10:22 - 10:57 AM
Blair String Quartet
8:33 - 10:43 AM
Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra
Neeme Jarvi, conductor
13:43 - 10:37 AM
Moura Lympany, piano
4:56 - 10:31 AM
Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra
Jeffrey Kahane, conductor
Hilary Hahn, violin
6:50 - 10:22 AM
Philharmonia Orchestra
George Randolph Warren, conductor
8:47 - 10:11 AM
NBC Symphony Orchestra
Arturo Toscanini, conductor
10:11 - 10:03 AM
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
Kurt Masur, conductor
8:13 - 9:47 AM
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Paavo Jarvi, conductor
15:41 - 9:37 AM
English Chamber Orchestra
Jose Luis Garcia, conductor
Yo-Yo Ma, cello
9:03 - 9:34 AM
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
2:57 - 9:22 AM
Russian National Orchestra
Mikhail Pletnev, conductor
12:22 - 9:17 AM
Jorg Demus, piano
4:42 - 9:08 AM
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Bernard Haitink, conductor
8:45 - 9:04 AM
Boston Pops Orchestra
Arthur Fiedler, conductor
3:44 - 8:57 AM
German Chamber Philharmonic
Daniel Harding, conductor
7:11 - 8:54 AM
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Louis Langree, conductor
Natalie Dessay, soprano
2:55 - 8:48 AM
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Lorin Maazel, conductor
6:16 - 8:40 AM
Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra
Arabella Steinbacher, violin
7:40 - 8:37 AM
Lang Lang, piano
2:10 - 8:31 AM
Cleveland Orchestra
Christoph von Dohnanyi, conductor
6:29 - 8:25 AM
London Horns
Geoffrey Simon, conductor
5:31 - 8:20 AM
Philharmonia Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin, conductor
4:26 - 8:11 AM
Kaiser-Walzer (Emperor Waltz)
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Plays Strauss 1929 - 1990
Vienna Philharmonic
Wilhelm Furtwangler, conductor
9:27 - 8:03 AM
Berlin Philharmonic
Simon Rattle, conductor
8:29 - 7:55 AM
Piano Concerto No. 21 "Elvira Madigan": Andante
Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 10 & 21
English Chamber Orchestra
Jeffrey Tate, conductor
Mitsuko Uchida, piano
7:02 - 7:52 AM
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
Erich Kunzel, conductor
3:11 - 7:40 AM
Bamberg Symphony Orchestra
Claus Peter Flor, conductor
12:30 - 7:35 AM
Musica Antiqua Cologne
Reinhard Goebel, conductor
4:02 - 7:29 AM
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
Pinchas Zukerman, conductor
Pinchas Zukerman, violin
5:59 - 7:20 AM
String Quartet No. 63 "Sunrise": 1st movement
Haydn: String Quartets, Op. 76, Nos. 4 & 6
Orlando Quartet
8:39 - 7:14 AM
Louis Lortie, piano
6:07 - 7:10 AM
Endellion String Quartet
3:42 - 7:02 AM
Scottish National Orchestra
Neeme Jarvi, conductor
8:25 - 6:58 AM
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
3:22 - 6:54 AM
Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra
Alexander Shelley, conductor
Daniel Hope, violin
3:39 - 6:45 AM
Munich Philharmonic Orchestra
Christian Thielemann, conductor
9:07 - 6:39 AM
German Chamber Philharmonic
Martin Frost, conductor
Martin Frost, basset clarinet
6:39 - 6:27 AM
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Emmanuel Krivine, conductor
Maria Joao Pires, piano
10:55 - 6:23 AM
The Knights
Johnny Gandelsman, violin
4:34 - 6:18 AM
Philadelphia Orchestra
Eugene Ormandy, conductor
4:35 - 6:09 AM
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
Erich Kunzel, conductor
8:43 - 6:00 AM
Vienna Philharmonic
Simon Rattle, conductor
9:07