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.
- 9:58 PM
Philharmonia Zurich
Fabio Luisi, conductor
15:37 - 9:44 PM
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Andre Previn, conductor
Barry Griffiths, violin
14:15 - 9:35 PM
Stephen Hough, piano
8:32 - 9:33 PM
Juilliard String Quartet
2:01 - 9:24 PM
Scottish National Orchestra
Alexander Gibson, conductor
9:10 - 9:17 PM
Revolutionary and Romantic Orchestra
John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
5:53 - 9:14 PM
Manuel Barrueco, guitar
2:46 - 9:03 PM
Philharmonia Orchestra
Simon Wright, conductor
John Anderson, oboe
10:59 - 8:58 PM
Itzhak Perlman, violin
4:52 - 8:52 PM
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
Vaclav Neumann, conductor
6:43 - 8:41 PM
Cleveland Orchestra
Christoph von Dohnanyi, conductor
Joshua Smith, flute
10:26 - 8:34 PM
Berlin Philharmonic
Herbert von Karajan, conductor
6:52 - 8:21 PM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Julia Fischer, violin
13:17 - 8:14 PM
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin, conductor
6:21 - 8:08 PM
Orchestra of the 18th Century
Frans Bruggen, conductor
6:28 - 8:06 PM
Frederic Chiu, piano
1:39 - 8:02 PM
English Concert
Trevor Pinnock, conductor
Simon Standage, violin
3:44 - 7:50 PM
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra
Mariss Jansons, conductor
11:57 - 7:44 PM
Mischa Maisky, cello
5:29 - 7:37 PM
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Georg Solti, conductor
6:22 - 7:30 PM
Jason Vieaux, guitar
7:06 - 7:25 PM
Guildhall Strings
Robert Salter, conductor
4:59 - 7:08 PM
Cleveland Orchestra
George Szell, conductor
David Oistrakh, violin
16:48 - 7:00 PM
Thymos Quartet
Christoph Eschenbach, piano
7:46 - 6:50 PM
Berlin Philharmonic
Simon Rattle, conductor
10:14 - 6:42 PM
Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra
Willi Boskovsky, conductor
7:50 - 6:38 PM
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
Pinchas Zukerman, conductor
Hermann Baumann, horn
3:40 - 6:35 PM
Appalachian Spring: Variations on a Shaker Melody
Leonard Bernstein: The Encore Collection Vol. 3
New York Philharmonic
Leonard Bernstein, conductor
3:02 - 6:24 PM
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Jose Serebrier, conductor
Rachel Barton Pine, violin
10:13 - 6:08 PM
Philharmonia Orchestra
Neville Marriner, conductor
Misha Dichter, piano
15:41 - 6:04 PM
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
4:15 - 5:59 PM
Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra
Marcello Viotti, conductor
Rolando Villazon, tenor
4:27 - 5:55 PM
Kaori Muraji, guitar
4:09 - 5:46 PM
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
Semyon Bychkov, conductor
9:35 - 5:42 PM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner, conductor
Andrei Gavrilov, piano
3:26 - 5:34 PM
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor
7:15 - 5:25 PM
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Jose Serebrier, conductor
9:10 - 5:19 PM
Symphony No. 4 "Italian": Saltarello
Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Symphony No. 4
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Yoel Levi, conductor
5:20 - 5:17 PM
Budapest Festival Orchestra
Ivan Fischer, conductor
Andras Keller, violin
2:04 - 5:06 PM
Berlin Philharmonic
Karl Bohm, conductor
11:39 - 5:00 PM
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
David Zinman, conductor
Christian Zacharias, piano
5:13 - 4:57 PM
Minnesota Orchestra
Osmo Vanska, conductor
3:25 - 4:51 PM
String Quartet No. 12 "American": 4th movement
Dvorak: G Major Op. 106 & F Major Op. 96 "American"
Pavel Haas Quartet
5:31 - 4:45 PM
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Andre Previn, conductor
6:25 - 4:41 PM
Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra
Arabella Steinbacher, violin
3:40 - 4:36 PM
Philharmonia Orchestra
Carlo Maria Giulini, conductor
4:12 - 4:26 PM
Symphony No. 6 "Pastoral": 1st movement
Beethoven For All: Music of Passion, Power and Beauty
West-Eastern Divan Orchestra
Daniel Barenboim, conductor
10:39 - 4:16 PM
Krystian Zimerman, piano
8:54 - 4:04 PM
Orchestra de la Suisse Romande
Kazuki Yamada, conductor
12:04 - 3:54 PM
Tafelmusik
Jeanne Lamon, conductor
Jeanne Lamon, violin
9:44 - 3:42 PM
Piano Concerto No. 2: 2nd movement
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2; Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1
Warsaw Philharmonic
Stanislaw Wislocki, conductor
Sviatoslav Richter, piano
11:52 - 3:29 PM
CBC Vancouver Orchestra
Mario Bernardi, conductor
13:10 - 3:23 PM
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Rafael Kubelik, conductor
5:04 - 3:19 PM
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Antal Dorati, conductor
4:11 - 3:06 PM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner, conductor
Kenneth Sillito, violin
13:27 - 3:00 PM
Ruslan and Ludmila: Overture
Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition, Night on Bald Mountain
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Fritz Reiner, conductor
5:17 - 2:47 PM
Boston Pops Orchestra
John Williams, conductor
13:13 - 2:35 PM
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Robert Shaw, conductor
11:43 - 2:23 PM
Russian National Orchestra
Mikhail Pletnev, conductor
11:27 - 2:20 PM
Van Cliburn, piano
2:59 - 2:13 PM
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Salvatore Accardo, conductor
Salvatore Accardo, violin
6:26 - 2:04 PM
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
Erich Kunzel, conductor
8:52 - 1:57 PM
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Adrian Boult, conductor
7:35 - 1:52 PM
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor
4:50 - 1:47 PM
Chamber Orchestra of Lausanne
Lawrence Foster, conductor
Sharon Isbin, guitar
4:49 - 1:41 PM
William Wolfram, piano
5:41 - 1:27 PM
Berlin Philharmonic
Herbert von Karajan, conductor
13:53 - 1:19 PM
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Claudio Abbado, conductor
Yo-Yo Ma, cello
7:25 - 1:15 PM
Philadelphia Orchestra
Eugene Ormandy, conductor
3:59 - 1:04 PM
Houston Symphony Orchestra
Christoph Eschenbach, conductor
11:08 - 12:57 PM
"Twinkle, Twinkle" Variations (Ah, vous dirai-je, maman)
Mozart: Complete Solo Piano Works
Walter Gieseking, piano
6:13 - 12:53 PM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Michael Stern, conductor
Joshua Bell, violin
3:53 - 12:48 PM
Philharmonia Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin, conductor
5:24 - 12:45 PM
English Chamber Orchestra
Raymond Leppard, conductor
3:05 - 12:32 PM
Minnesota Orchestra
Eiji Oue, conductor
12:55 - 12:25 PM
San Francisco Symphony
Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
6:38 - 12:15 PM
Piano Concerto No. 3: Rondo
Beethoven: Piano Concertos / Fischer, Goode, Budapest Festival Orchestra
Budapest Festival Orchestra
Ivan Fischer, conductor
Richard Goode, piano
9:17 - 12:12 PM
Israel Sinfonietta
Uri Mayer, conductor
David Jolley, horn
3:28 - 12:02 PM
London Symphony Orchestra
Stanley Black, conductor
9:54 - 11:55 AM
Pavane for a Dead Princess (Pavane pour une infante defunte)
Ravel: Sheherazade; Le Tombeau De Couperin/Debussy: Ballades de Villon
Cleveland Orchestra
Pierre Boulez, conductor
6:47 - 11:50 AM
Suite Bergamasque: Clair de lune (Moonlight)
Children's Corner - Debussy Orchestrations
Quebec Symphony Orchestra
Yoav Talmi, conductor
5:07 - 11:45 AM
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin, conductor
4:49 - 11:35 AM
Berlin Philharmonic
Herbert von Karajan, conductor
9:20 - 11:33 AM
Gil Shaham, violin
1:29 - 11:24 AM
Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra
John Georgiadis, conductor
James Galway, flute
8:59 - 11:22 AM
Mito Chamber Orchestra
Seiji Ozawa, conductor
2:59 - 11:12 AM
Vienna Philharmonic
Carlos Kleiber, conductor
8:34 - 11:09 AM
Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
Stephen Gunzenhauser, conductor
3:17 - 11:01 AM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner, conductor
Karl Leister, clarinet
7:45 - 10:59 AM
Joshua Bell, violin
1:58 - 10:52 AM
Philharmonia Orchestra
William Boughton, conductor
6:49 - 10:43 AM
Tafelmusik
Jeanne Lamon, conductor
9:36 - 10:36 AM
Malmo Symphony Orchestra
James DePreist, conductor
6:13 - 10:24 AM
Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra
Andre Previn, conductor
12:32 - 10:18 AM
Yundi Li, piano
4:39 - 10:11 AM
Canadian Brass
7:34 - 10:02 AM
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
Erich Kunzel, conductor
8:27 - 9:59 AM
Choir of New College, Oxford
Edward Higginbottom, conductor
3:07 - 9:49 AM
English Chamber Orchestra
Nigel Kennedy, conductor
Nigel Kennedy, violin
10:24 - 9:45 AM
Prague Chamber Orchestra
Charles Mackerras, conductor
3:59 - 9:39 AM
Andras Schiff, piano
4:48 - 9:28 AM
Berlin Philharmonic
Herbert von Karajan, conductor
Maurice Andre, trumpet
11:11 - 9:25 AM
Seattle Symphony
Gerard Schwarz, conductor
3:39 - 9:15 AM
Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra
Gennady Rozhdestvensky, conductor
David Oistrakh, violin
8:53 - 9:06 AM
London Classical Players
Roger Norrington, conductor
9:11 - 8:59 AM
Halle Orchestra
Bryden Thomson, conductor
Stephen Hough, piano
6:46 - 8:49 AM
Vienna Philharmonic
Leonard Bernstein, conductor
10:21 - 8:39 AM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner, conductor
10:01 - 8:30 AM
Paris Orchestra
Daniel Barenboim, conductor
7:38 - 8:21 AM
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Bernard Haitink, conductor
9:47 - 8:13 AM
Stephen Kovacevich, piano
7:21 - 8:06 AM
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Claudio Abbado, conductor
Marieke Blankestijn, violin
6:19 - 8:00 AM
Tafelmusik
Bruno Weil, conductor
6:06 - 7:55 AM
Mother Goose (Ma mere l'oye): Laideronnette, Empress of the Pagodas
Ravel: Sheherazade, etc.
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Simon Rattle, conductor
5:03 - 7:42 AM
Szeged Symphony Orchestra
Tamas Pal, conductor
12:48 - 7:32 AM
German Chamber Philharmonic
David Fray, piano
9:58 - 7:26 AM
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
Kurt Masur, conductor
Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin
6:14 - 7:22 AM
Moscow Chamber Orchestra
Constantine Orbelian, conductor
3:59 - 7:07 AM
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Daniel Barenboim, conductor
14:09 - 7:00 AM
Harold Wright, clarinet
7:07 - 6:57 AM
Julian Lloyd Webber, cello
2:38 - 6:45 AM
Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra
James DePreist, conductor
11:50 - 6:42 AM
John Williams, guitar
3:18 - 6:29 AM
Berlin Philharmonic
Herbert von Karajan, conductor
12:24 - 6:23 AM
Symphony No. 94 "Surprise": 2nd movement
Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 94 & 100, Sinfonia Concertante
Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra
Adam Fischer, conductor
6:18 - 6:19 AM
Katia & Marielle Labeque, pianos
3:20 - 6:05 AM
Ensemble Caprice
Matthias Maute, conductor
13:17 - 6:00 AM
Minuet of the Will-o'-the-Wisps
Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique, Roman Carnival Overture, Three Pieces from The Damnation of Faust
Halle Orchestra
John Barbirolli, conductor
5:44