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.
- 5:26 AM
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Charles Mackerras, conductor
4:00 - 5:11 AM
London Symphony Orchestra
Charles Mackerras, conductor
14:46 - 5:05 AM
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor
5:10 - 4:56 AM
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin, conductor
9:20 - 4:53 AM
Piano Sonata No. 14 "Moonlight": 2nd movement
Beethoven Piano Sonatas: Pathetique; Moonlight; Waldstein
Garrick Ohlsson, piano
2:41 - 4:43 AM
B'Rock Baroque Orchestra
Rodolfo Richter, violin
10:14 - 4:27 AM
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Daniel Barenboim, conductor
15:30 - 4:22 AM
Emerson String Quartet
5:14 - 4:13 AM
Piano Quintet "Trout": Theme and Variations
Schubert: Trout Quintet, Mozart: Piano Quartet
Yefim Bronfman, piano
8:02 - 4:07 AM
Tatrai Quartet
6:42 - 4:04 AM
Eduardo Fernandez, guitar
2:43 - 4:00 AM
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Robert Shaw, conductor
3:42 - 3:53 AM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner, conductor
6:31 - 3:48 AM
Philharmonia Orchestra
Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor
James Ehnes, violin
5:34 - 3:37 AM
Dresden State Orchestra
Hans Vonk, conductor
Christian Zacharias, piano
10:42 - 3:32 AM
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Yehudi Menuhin, conductor
4:37 - 3:27 AM
Cleveland Orchestra
Christoph von Dohnanyi, conductor
4:31 - 3:17 AM
New York Chamber Symphony
Gerard Schwarz, conductor
Gerard Schwarz, trumpet
9:54 - 3:12 AM
Philadelphia Orchestra
Wolfgang Sawallisch, conductor
5:01 - 3:06 AM
London Classical Players
Roger Norrington, conductor
5:51 - 2:51 AM
Russian Easter Festival Overture
Tchaikovsky: 1812, Marche Slave, Etc / Järvi, Gothenburg So
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
Neeme Jarvi, conductor
14:52 - 2:48 AM
Vienna Philharmonic
Fritz Reiner, conductor
3:28 - 2:44 AM
London Sinfonietta
Richard Hickox, conductor
Richard Watkins, horn
3:14 - 2:34 AM
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Libor Pesek, conductor
9:22 - 2:29 AM
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
Kurt Masur, conductor
5:56 - 2:20 AM
Aalborg Symphony Orchestra
Wayne Marshall, conductor
Wayne Marshall, piano
8:24 - 2:16 AM
Brandenburg Concerto No. 1: 1st movement
Bach: Brandenburg Concertos No 1-3 / Martin Pearlman
Boston Baroque
Martin Pearlman, conductor
3:49 - 2:06 AM
London Symphony Orchestra
Andre Previn, conductor
10:19 - 1:51 AM
Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra
Neville Marriner, conductor
14:43 - 1:46 AM
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Charles Mackerras, conductor
4:05 - 1:42 AM
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Davis, conductor
4:28 - 1:34 AM
Piano Concerto No. 18: 3rd movement
Mozart: Piano Concertos 18, K456 & 19, K459
Cleveland Orchestra
Mitsuko Uchida, conductor
Mitsuko Uchida, piano
7:53 - 1:26 AM
Berlin Philharmonic
Simon Rattle, conductor
7:29 - 1:23 AM
English Chamber Orchestra
Daniel Barenboim, conductor
3:01 - 1:12 AM
I Solisti Veneti
Claudio Scimone, conductor
Ugo Orlandi, mandolin
10:35 - 1:10 AM
Vienna Philharmonic
Andre Previn, conductor
1:45 - 1:05 AM
Symphony No. 94 "Surprise": 2nd movement
Haydn: Symphonies no 94 "Surprise" & 100 "Military"
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Georg Solti, conductor
5:45 - 1:01 AM
Leon Fleisher, piano
3:28 - 12:54 AM
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Claudio Abbado, conductor
7:09 - 12:49 AM
Tafelmusik
Jeanne Lamon, conductor
4:51 - 12:44 AM
Swedish Chamber Orchestra
Roy Goodman, conductor
Niklas Eklund, trumpet
3:51 - 12:34 AM
Scheherazade: The Sea and Sinbad's Ship
Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade; Tsar Saltan Suite etc.
Philharmonia Orchestra
Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor
10:39 - 12:29 AM
Guarneri Quartet
5:12 - 12:26 AM
Idil Biret, piano
2:37 - 12:16 AM
Pacifica String Quartet
Anthony McGill, clarinet
9:08 - 12:06 AM
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Daniel Barenboim, conductor
10:31 - 11:53 PM
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
Semyon Bychkov, conductor
12:20 - 11:50 PM
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
Neeme Jarvi, conductor
2:49 - 11:43 PM
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Seiji Ozawa, conductor
Rudolf Serkin, piano
6:45 - 11:34 PM
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor
8:44 - 11:31 PM
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
3:22 - 11:23 PM
Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra
Arabella Steinbacher, violin
7:40 - 11:15 PM
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
Erich Kunzel, conductor
8:27 - 11:10 PM
Symphony No. 100 "Military": 2nd movement
Haydn: Symphonies No. 100 Military and No. 103 Drimroll
Orchestra of St. Luke's
Charles Mackerras, conductor
4:57 - 11:01 PM
Mainz Chamber Orchestra
Gunter Kehr, conductor
Walter Klien, piano
8:38 - 10:49 PM
Minnesota Orchestra
Eiji Oue, conductor
11:49 - 10:45 PM
Cleveland Orchestra
Christoph von Dohnanyi, conductor
3:23 - 10:39 PM
String Quartet No. 9 "Razumovsky No. 3": 4th movement
The Kernis Project: Beethoven
Jasper String Quartet
6:20 - 10:31 PM
Philharmonia Orchestra
Herbert von Karajan, conductor
7:29 - 10:22 PM
Dresden State Orchestra
Wolfgang Sawallisch, conductor
8:58 - 10:19 PM
Itzhak Perlman, violin
3:08 - 10:13 PM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner, conductor
5:25 - 10:02 PM
Halle Orchestra
Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, conductor
10:43 - 9:58 PM
Mito Chamber Orchestra
Seiji Ozawa, conductor
4:28 - 9:51 PM
Prague Chamber Orchestra
Charles Mackerras, conductor
7:00 - 9:46 PM
Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
4:38 - 9:35 PM
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
Riccardo Chailly, conductor
10:46 - 9:30 PM
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin, conductor
4:41 - 9:19 PM
Tafelmusik
Jeanne Lamon, conductor
10:11 - 9:08 PM
London Symphony Orchestra
Istvan Kertesz, conductor
11:16 - 9:01 PM
Odense Symphony Orchestra
Alexander Lazarev, conductor
Joyce Yang, piano
7:26 - 8:50 PM
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Robert Shaw, conductor
10:31 - 8:45 PM
Philharmonia Orchestra
William Boughton, conductor
5:18 - 8:33 PM
Cleveland Orchestra
Franz Welser-Most, conductor
11:34 - 8:24 PM
Revolutionary and Romantic Orchestra
John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
8:15 - 8:17 PM
Piano Concerto No. 21 "Elvira Madigan": 3rd movement
Mozart: Piano Concertos 21 And 23
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner, conductor
Ingrid Jacoby, piano
7:17 - 8:11 PM
Moscow Virtuosi
Vladimir Spivakov, conductor
5:28 - 8:02 PM
Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra
Ton Koopman, conductor
9:30 - 7:57 PM
Iceland Symphony Orchestra
Bjarte Engeset, conductor
4:01 - 7:53 PM
New York Philharmonic
Leonard Bernstein, conductor
4:32 - 7:43 PM
Kirov Orchestra
Valery Gergiev, conductor
9:32 - 7:37 PM
Itzhak Perlman, violin
5:31 - 7:28 PM
West-Eastern Divan Orchestra
Daniel Barenboim, conductor
8:52 - 7:25 PM
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Rafael Kubelik, conductor
3:38 - 7:16 PM
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Georg Solti, conductor
8:10 - 7:08 PM
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
Erich Kunzel, conductor
8:21 - 7:02 PM
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor
5:56 - 6:54 PM
Berlin Philharmonic
Herbert von Karajan, conductor
7:32 - 6:50 PM
Concentus Musicus Vienna
Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor
4:10 - 6:45 PM
Boston Pops Orchestra
John Williams, conductor
4:23 - 6:36 PM
Berlin City Opera Orchestra
Artur Rother, conductor
8:29 - 6:27 PM
German Chamber Philharmonic
Paavo Jarvi, conductor
Janine Jansen, violin
9:26 - 6:20 PM
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
6:25 - 6:04 PM
Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra
Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor
15:49 - 5:53 PM
Il Giardino Armonico
Enrico Onofri, violin
10:35 - 5:41 PM
Swedish Rhapsody No. 1 "Midsummer Vigil"
The Four Seasons: A Musical Calendar Of Favorite Classics
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
Neeme Jarvi, conductor
12:44 - 5:38 PM
Preludes, Book 1: La fille aux cheveux de lin (The Girl with the Flaxen Hair)
At the Break
Christopher O'Riley, piano
2:18 - 5:33 PM
Brandenburg Concerto No. 3: 3rd movement
Bach: Six Concertos for the Margrave of Brandenburg
European Brandenburg Ensemble
Trevor Pinnock, conductor
4:40 - 5:23 PM
Scheherazade: The Young Prince and the Young Princess
Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade / Tale of Tsar Saltan Suite
Seattle Symphony
Gerard Schwarz, conductor
Maria Larionoff, violin
10:40 - 5:16 PM
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Christopher Hogwood, conductor
5:58 - 5:07 PM
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
David Zinman, conductor
8:41 - 5:02 PM
Aranjuez Concerto: 1st movement
Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez; Villa-Lobos: Concerto for Guitar, Five Preludes
Monteverdi Orchestra
John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
Julian Bream, guitar
5:55 - 4:58 PM
Music for the Royal Fireworks: La Rejouissance
Handel: Music For The Royal Fireworks; Water Music
Capella Istropolitana
Bohdan Warchal, conductor
3:30 - 4:55 PM
Berlin Philharmonic
Andre Cluytens, conductor
2:46 - 4:46 PM
Philadelphia Orchestra
Eugene Ormandy, conductor
8:52 - 4:40 PM
Cleveland Orchestra
George Szell, conductor
5:59 - 4:33 PM
French National Orchestra
Georges Pretre, conductor
7:04 - 4:23 PM
Jasper String Quartet
9:28 - 4:19 PM
Lynn Harrell, cello
3:30 - 4:15 PM
Philharmonia Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin, conductor
4:26 - 4:03 PM
Minnesota Orchestra
Eiji Oue, conductor
11:19 - 3:55 PM
Ton Koopman, organ
7:58 - 3:49 PM
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
Kurt Masur, conductor
6:29 - 3:42 PM
New York Philharmonic
Leonard Bernstein, conductor
6:20 - 3:39 PM
Arcadi Volodos, piano
3:04 - 3:35 PM
Modern Mandolin Quartet
4:11 - 3:24 PM
Vienna Philharmonic
Georg Solti, conductor
10:38 - 3:13 PM
English Baroque Soloists
John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
10:01 - 3:04 PM
Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra
Evgeny Mravinsky, conductor
9:43 - 2:54 PM
Dresden State Orchestra
Silvio Varviso, conductor
9:32 - 2:47 PM
Moscow Virtuosi
Vladimir Spivakov, conductor
Vladimir Spivakov, violin
6:29 - 2:44 PM
Tafelmusik
Jeanne Lamon, conductor
3:00 - 2:35 PM
Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra
Leif Segerstam, conductor
9:17 - 2:27 PM
Revolutionary and Romantic Orchestra
John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
7:42 - 2:17 PM
Academy of Ancient Music
Christopher Hogwood, conductor
Lisa Beznosiuk, flute
9:46 - 2:04 PM
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
Erich Kunzel, conductor
12:22 - 1:59 PM
Star Wars: Princess Leia
John Williams' Classic Film Scores Close Encounters of the Third Kind and Star Wars
National Philharmonic Orchestra
Charles Gerhardt, conductor
5:06 - 1:51 PM
Berlin Philharmonic
Herbert von Karajan, conductor
8:18 - 1:45 PM
Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra
Jeffrey Kahane, conductor
Hilary Hahn, violin
5:20 - 1:38 PM
Olga Kern, piano
6:59 - 1:34 PM
Vienna Philharmonic
Leonard Bernstein, conductor
3:26 - 1:26 PM
Philadelphia Orchestra
Eugene Ormandy, conductor
8:49 - 1:19 PM
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Rafael Kubelik, conductor
5:42 - 1:16 PM
I Solisti Italiani
3:57 - 1:05 PM
Chamber Orchestra of Leos Janacek
Kazuhito Yamashita, guitar
10:44 - 12:59 PM
Murray Perahia, piano
5:44 - 12:56 PM
Philharmonia Orchestra
Otto Klemperer, conductor
2:51 - 12:52 PM
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
Bobby McFerrin, conductor
4:24 - 12:41 PM
Alban Berg Quartet
Ensemble
10:38 - 12:34 PM
Brandenburg Concerto No. 6: 1st movement
Bach: Concerts Brandebourgeois Nos. 2, 5, 6
Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra
Ton Koopman, conductor
6:14 - 12:30 PM
Abduction from the Seraglio: Overture
Mozart: Overtures - Eine kleine Nachtmusik
Tafelmusik
Bruno Weil, conductor
4:31 - 12:22 PM
Russian National Orchestra
Mikhail Pletnev, conductor
8:06 - 12:18 PM
Ingrid Fliter, piano
2:56 - 12:09 PM
English Chamber Orchestra
Jose Luis Garcia, conductor
Yo-Yo Ma, cello
9:03 - 12:03 PM
Stephen Marchionda, guitar
5:36 - 11:59 AM
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
4:10 - 11:56 AM
Covent Garden Opera Orchestra
Mark Elder, conductor
Roberto Alagna, tenor
3:26 - 11:52 AM
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Riccardo Chailly, conductor
3:42 - 11:43 AM
Chilingirian Quartet
9:19 - 11:39 AM
Anne Akiko Meyers, violin
3:30 - 11:30 AM
Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Lance Friedel, conductor
8:22 - 11:28 AM
Moscow Virtuosi
Vladimir Spivakov, conductor
2:31 - 11:15 AM
West-Eastern Divan Orchestra
Daniel Barenboim, conductor
12:39 - 11:12 AM
Philadelphia Orchestra
Christian Thielemann, conductor
3:05 - 11:05 AM
Violin Concerto No. 3: 3rd movement
Mozart: The Violin Concertos; Sinfonia concertante
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Anne-Sophie Mutter, conductor
Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin
6:27 - 10:57 AM
The King's Violins
Bernard Labadie, conductor
Alexandre Tharaud, piano
7:23 - 10:45 AM
London Symphony Orchestra
Claudio Abbado, conductor
11:58 - 10:42 AM
New York Philharmonic
Leonard Bernstein, conductor
3:12 - 10:37 AM
Berlin Philharmonic
Simon Rattle, conductor
4:41 - 10:28 AM
Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra
John Georgiadis, conductor
James Galway, flute
8:59 - 10:24 AM
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
Riccardo Chailly, conductor
4:24 - 10:21 AM
Murray Perahia, piano
2:15 - 10:07 AM
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Vasily Petrenko, conductor
14:00 - 10:05 AM
Eine kleine Nachtmusik: Minuet
Mozart: Symphony No. 29, Violin Concerto No. 5, Nachtmusik
London Chamber Orchestra
Christopher Warren-Green, conductor
2:11 - 9:56 AM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner, conductor
Dmitry Sitkovetsky, violin
8:58 - 9:44 AM
Symphony No. 9 "From the New World": Largo
Dvorak: Piano Quintets In A, Op.5 & Op.81; Borodin: Quartet
Minnesota Orchestra
Neville Marriner, conductor
11:34 - 9:34 AM
Staatskapelle Berlin
Simone Dinnerstein, piano
9:06 - 9:30 AM
Enigma Variations: Nimrod
Elgar: Enigma Variations, Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition
Toronto Symphony Orchestra
Peter Oundjian, conductor
4:18 - 9:25 AM
Symphony No. 104 "London": Minuet
Haydn: Symphonies Nos 101 The Clock and 104 London
Orchestra of St. Luke's
Charles Mackerras, conductor
4:39 - 9:19 AM
Philadelphia Orchestra
Eugene Ormandy, conductor
6:14 - 9:07 AM
English Baroque Soloists
John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
11:31 - 8:58 AM
Long Beach Symphony Orchestra
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
9:19 - 8:44 AM
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
Hugh Wolff, conductor
13:32 - 8:36 AM
Janine Jansen, violin
7:44 - 8:21 AM
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor
14:34 - 8:17 AM
Sviatoslav Richter, piano
4:08 - 8:10 AM
Orchestra of La Francophonie
Jean-Philippe Tremblay, conductor
6:41 - 8:03 AM
New York Philharmonic
Kurt Masur, conductor
7:17 - 7:49 AM
English Chamber Orchestra
Daniel Barenboim, conductor
Pinchas Zukerman, violin
13:36 - 7:45 AM
Moscow Virtuosi
Vladimir Spivakov, conductor
3:21 - 7:40 AM
Symphony No. 41 "Jupiter": Finale
Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 28, 33, 35, 39, 40, 41, Eine kleine Nachtmusik
Cleveland Orchestra
George Szell, conductor
5:59 - 7:33 AM
Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
6:24 - 7:19 AM
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Yoel Levi, conductor
13:38 - 7:11 AM
Music for the Royal Fireworks: Overture
Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks, Concerti a due cori
Tafelmusik
Jeanne Lamon, conductor
7:42 - 7:01 AM
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
William Steinberg, conductor
Nathan Milstein, violin
9:32 - 6:56 AM
Gerhard Oppitz, piano
5:08 - 6:51 AM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner, conductor
4:30 - 6:45 AM
Staatskapelle Berlin
Daniel Barenboim, conductor
5:58 - 6:43 AM
English Baroque Soloists
John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
2:31 - 6:39 AM
Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra
Ton Koopman, conductor
3:21 - 6:33 AM
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
Erich Kunzel, conductor
6:22 - 6:20 AM
Vienna Philharmonic
Andris Nelsons, conductor
12:19 - 6:11 AM
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Georg Solti, conductor
8:42 - 6:00 AM
Bolshoi Symphony Orchestra
Aleksander Lazarev, conductor
11:23