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.
- 4:27 AM
La Serenissima
Adrian Chandler, conductor
Adrian Chandler, violin
12:00 - 4:18 AM
National Arts Centre Orchestra
Pinchas Zukerman, conductor
8:18 - 4:07 AM
Philharmonia Orchestra
Otto Klemperer, conductor
10:49 - 4:03 AM
Liebesfreud (Love's Joy)
Leonidas Kavakos Plays Debussy, Kreisler, Paganini, Schubert, Tchaikovsky, Wieniawski & more
Leonidas Kavakos, violin
3:50 - 3:59 AM
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
Neeme Jarvi, conductor
3:37 - 3:52 AM
Vienna Philharmonic
Riccardo Muti, conductor
7:00 - 3:47 AM
Cleveland Orchestra
Christoph von Dohnanyi, conductor
5:29 - 3:40 AM
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 - 3:38 AM
Tafelmusik
Jeanne Lamon, conductor
2:37 - 3:28 AM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner, conductor
9:27 - 3:21 AM
Piano Concerto No. 21 "Elvira Madigan": 3rd movement
MOZART, WA: Piano Concertos Nos. 20 and 21
Fine Arts Quartet
Alon Goldstein, piano
6:34 - 3:09 AM
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Claudio Abbado, conductor
11:53 - 3:02 AM
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Paul Paray, conductor
7:32 - 2:58 AM
Chicago Sinfonietta
Paul Freeman, conductor
3:19 - 2:54 AM
East Coast Chamber Orchestra
4:11 - 2:46 AM
I Musici
Pepe Romero, guitar
8:23 - 2:42 AM
Lynn Harrell, cello
3:08 - 2:34 AM
Berlin Philharmonic
Simon Rattle, conductor
8:11 - 2:25 AM
Philharmonia Orchestra
Otto Klemperer, conductor
8:26 - 2:19 AM
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Gerard Schwarz, conductor
6:19 - 2:12 AM
Cleveland Orchestra
Lorin Maazel, conductor
6:21 - 2:08 AM
CPE Bach Chamber Orchestra
Peter Schreier, conductor
4:39 - 2:01 AM
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
Erich Kunzel, conductor
6:28 - 1:47 AM
National Arts Centre Orchestra
Pinchas Zukerman, conductor
14:08 - 1:39 AM
Zurich Chamber Orchestra
Howard Griffiths, conductor
Sharon Isbin, guitar
7:44 - 1:29 AM
Kirov Orchestra
Valery Gergiev, conductor
9:32 - 1:27 AM
Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin
1:41 - 1:12 AM
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor
14:34 - 1:08 AM
New Queen's Hall Orchestra
Barry Wordsworth, conductor
4:17 - 1:01 AM
Minnesota Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin, conductor
6:58 - 12:58 AM
New Philharmonia Orchestra & Chorus
Riccardo Muti, conductor
2:24 - 12:54 AM
Seattle Chamber Music Society
James Ehnes, violin
4:29 - 12:45 AM
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Manfred Honeck, conductor
8:58 - 12:40 AM
Jorg Demus, piano
4:42 - 12:36 AM
Modern Mandolin Quartet
4:11 - 12:29 AM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner, conductor
6:10 - 12:19 AM
Orchestre de la Bastille
Myung-Whun Chung, conductor
9:42 - 12:08 AM
I Musici
Heinz Holliger, oboe
11:35 - 12:02 AM
London Symphony Orchestra
Colin Davis, conductor
Evgeny Kissin, piano
5:47 - 11:54 PM
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Simon Rattle, conductor
7:11 - 11:49 PM
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor
5:29 - 11:46 PM
San Francisco Symphony
Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
3:24 - 11:38 PM
Symphony No. 104 "London": Finale
Haydn: Symphonies Nos 101 The Clock and 104 London
Orchestra of St. Luke's
Charles Mackerras, conductor
6:34 - 11:34 PM
Berlin Philharmonic
Klaus Tennstedt, conductor
4:42 - 11:26 PM
Prague Chamber Orchestra
Charles Mackerras, conductor
7:19 - 11:22 PM
Gil Shaham, violin
3:34 - 11:10 PM
Philadelphia Orchestra
Riccardo Muti, conductor
12:38 - 11:04 PM
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
Leonard Bernstein, conductor
5:55 - 10:55 PM
Virgil Fox, organ
8:44 - 10:46 PM
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
Pietari Inkinen, conductor
8:55 - 10:38 PM
Barry Tuckwell, horn
7:25 - 10:24 PM
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
14:03 - 10:18 PM
Brandenburg Concerto No. 5: 3rd movement
Bach: Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 4, 5, 6
Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra
Ton Koopman, conductor
5:21 - 10:12 PM
Staatskapelle Berlin
Herbert von Karajan, conductor
6:20 - 10:03 PM
Russian National Orchestra
Mikhail Pletnev, conductor
9:03 - 9:59 PM
Lang Lang, piano
3:28 - 9:51 PM
London Symphony Orchestra
Viktor Fedotov, conductor
Vanessa-Mae, violin
8:26 - 9:42 PM
Der Rosenkavalier: Waltz Sequence No. 2
Richard Strauss: Der Rosenkavelier; Die Frau ohne Schatten; Burleske
Seattle Symphony
Gerard Schwarz, conductor
8:44 - 9:37 PM
Colas Breugnon Overture
Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition, Night on Bald Mountain
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Fritz Reiner, conductor
4:48 - 9:34 PM
Tafelmusik
Jeanne Lamon, conductor
2:30 - 9:25 PM
Symphony No. 104 "London": 1st movement
Haydn: Symphonies Nos 101 The Clock and 104 London
Orchestra of St. Luke's
Charles Mackerras, conductor
8:42 - 9:20 PM
John O'Conor, piano
4:37 - 9:09 PM
Prague Chamber Orchestra
Charles Mackerras, conductor
10:58 - 9:02 PM
English Northern Philharmonia
Paul Daniel, conductor
7:07 - 8:50 PM
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
11:30 - 8:44 PM
Frank Almond, violin
6:18 - 8:37 PM
Columbia Symphony Orchestra
Bruno Walter, conductor
6:45 - 8:25 PM
French National Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin, conductor
11:44 - 8:20 PM
Orchestra of the 18th Century
Frans Bruggen, conductor
4:26 - 8:07 PM
Berlin Philharmonic
Rafael Kubelik, conductor
13:03 - 8:02 PM
Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Prelude and Fugue No. 1
Johann Sebastian Bach: Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1
Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano
4:24 - 7:58 PM
London Symphony Orchestra
Leonard Bernstein, conductor
4:30 - 7:52 PM
String Quartet No. 9 "Razumovsky No. 3": 4th movement
The Kernis Project: Beethoven
Jasper String Quartet
6:20 - 7:45 PM
Houston Symphony Orchestra
Sergiu Comissiona, conductor
6:40 - 7:40 PM
Philharmonia Orchestra
Eduardo Mata, conductor
James Galway, flute
4:36 - 7:32 PM
New York Philharmonic
Leonard Bernstein, conductor
7:24 - 7:29 PM
Vienna Philharmonic
Leonard Bernstein, conductor
3:26 - 7:20 PM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Murray Perahia, conductor
Murray Perahia, piano
8:00 - 7:17 PM
Concentus Musicus Vienna
Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor
3:40 - 7:06 PM
Minnesota Orchestra
Eiji Oue, conductor
Adam Kuenzel, flute
10:44 - 6:53 PM
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Charles Mackerras, conductor
13:02 - 6:50 PM
Lyon Opera Orchestra
Kent Nagano, conductor
Kiri Te Kanawa, soprano
2:21 - 6:39 PM
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Thomas Schippers, conductor
11:14 - 6:36 PM
Alisa Weilerstein, cello
2:48 - 6:27 PM
English Chamber Orchestra
Charles Groves, conductor
John Williams, guitar
8:38 - 6:25 PM
North German Radio Symphony
John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
2:33 - 6:17 PM
Cleveland Orchestra
Christoph von Dohnanyi, conductor
6:59 - 6:04 PM
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
William Purvis, horn
13:12 - 5:55 PM
Dresden State Orchestra
Wolfgang Sawallisch, conductor
8:58 - 5:52 PM
Musica Antiqua Cologne
Reinhard Goebel, conductor
3:06 - 5:47 PM
New York Philharmonic
Leonard Bernstein, conductor
4:27 - 5:39 PM
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 - 5:35 PM
Die Meistersinger von Nurmberg (The Mastersingers of Nuremburg): Prelude to Act I
New Classical Arrangements for Brass
Copper Street Brass Quintet
3:39 - 5:31 PM
Symphonie Fantastique: March to the Scaffold
Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique, La Mort de Cleopatre
Vienna Philharmonic
Valery Gergiev, conductor
4:51 - 5:24 PM
Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano
6:12 - 5:13 PM
English Baroque Soloists
John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
10:37 - 5:09 PM
City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra
Paul Bateman, conductor
4:17 - 5:00 PM
Europa Galante
Fabio Biondi, conductor
Fabio Biondi, violin
9:02 - 4:53 PM
Orchestra de la Suisse Romande
Neeme Jarvi, conductor
6:20 - 4:49 PM
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
Riccardo Chailly, conductor
4:24 - 4:44 PM
Michael Chertock, piano
4:51 - 4:32 PM
Berlin Philharmonic
Karl Bohm, conductor
11:33 - 4:27 PM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner, conductor
Leila Josefowicz, violin
5:23 - 4:17 PM
The King's Violins
Bernard Labadie, conductor
Valerie Milot, harp
9:21 - 4:11 PM
I Solisti Italiani
5:29 - 4:07 PM
Brandenburg Concerto No. 3: 3rd movement
Bach: Concerts Brandebourgeois Nos. 1, 3, 4
Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra
Ton Koopman, conductor
4:45 - 3:55 PM
New York Philharmonic
Giuseppe Sinopoli, conductor
11:19 - 3:46 PM
By the Beautiful Blue Danube (An der schonen, blauen Donau)
Vienna Philharmonic New Year's Day Concert 1991
Vienna Philharmonic
Claudio Abbado, conductor
9:30 - 3:35 PM
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Leonidas Kavakos, conductor
Leonidas Kavakos, violin
10:27 - 3:30 PM
Philadelphia Orchestra
Eugene Ormandy, conductor
4:10 - 3:22 PM
I Solisti Veneti
Claudio Scimone, conductor
Bonifacio Bianchi, mandolin
8:26 - 3:18 PM
Miki Aoki, piano
3:02 - 3:12 PM
Symphony No. 94 "Surprise": 2nd movement
Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 94 & 95; Mozart: Toy Symphony
Hanover Band
Roy Goodman, conductor
6:01 - 3:03 PM
Philharmonia Orchestra
Carlo Maria Giulini, conductor
9:31 - 2:54 PM
Lohengrin: Treulich gefuhrt (Bridal Chorus)
Brass At Wahalla: Philip Jones Ensemble Plays Wagner
Philip Jones Brass Ensemble
Elgar Howarth, conductor
8:23 - 2:51 PM
Choir of New College, Oxford
Edward Higginbottom, conductor
2:58 - 2:47 PM
Revolutionary and Romantic Orchestra
John Eliot Gardner, conductor
4:37 - 2:42 PM
Nelson Freire, piano
4:16 - 2:34 PM
Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra Amsterdam
Yakov Kreizberg, conductor
Julia Fischer, violin
8:09 - 2:29 PM
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Litton, conductor
4:51 - 2:13 PM
Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis
Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis; Fantasia on Greensleeves; The Lark Ascending; Five Variants of "Dives and Lazarus"
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner, conductor
15:16 - 2:06 PM
Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra
Carlo Maria Giulini, conductor
7:23 - 1:54 PM
Ma vlast (My Country): Vltava (The Moldau)
Fibich: Symphony No. 1/Smetana: Vysehrad, Vlatava
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Neeme Jarvi, conductor
11:25 - 1:44 PM
Musica Antiqua Cologne
Reinhard Goebel, conductor
9:40 - 1:34 PM
Vienna Philharmonic
Christian Thielemann, conductor
10:13 - 1:24 PM
Flute and Harp Concerto: 2nd movement
L. Laskine Joue Boieldieu, Mozart, Pierne
Paillard Chamber Orchestra
Jean-Francois Paillard, conductor
Jean-Pierre Rampal, flute
9:42 - 1:17 PM
Roland Pontinen, piano
6:09 - 1:13 PM
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor
Milos Karadaglic, guitar
4:35 - 1:02 PM
Orchestra of St. Luke's
Charles Mackerras, conductor
10:28 - 12:59 PM
Quebec Symphony Orchestra
Yoav Talmi, conductor
3:34 - 12:54 PM
National Philharmonic Orchestra
Richard Bonynge, conductor
4:46 - 12:44 PM
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Leonard Bernstein, conductor
9:43 - 12:39 PM
Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin
4:20 - 12:31 PM
English Chamber Orchestra
Jeffrey Tate, conductor
7:49 - 12:27 PM
Philadelphia Orchestra
Eugene Ormandy, conductor
3:57 - 12:21 PM
Avalon String Quartet
6:08 - 12:13 PM
Vienna Symphony Orchestra
Willi Boskovsky, conductor
8:12 - 12:05 PM
Philharmonia Orchestra
Christian Thielemann, conductor
7:58 - 11:59 AM
Jorge Bolet, piano
5:29 - 11:51 AM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Joshua Bell, violin
8:23 - 11:42 AM
New York Philharmonic
Pierre Boulez, conductor
8:49 - 11:35 AM
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Claudio Abbado, conductor
5:49 - 11:30 AM
Capella Istropolitana
Barry Wordsworth, conductor
5:36 - 11:21 AM
Vienna Philharmonic
Simon Rattle, conductor
9:07 - 11:10 AM
Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra
David Zinman, conductor
Julia Fischer, violin
10:09 - 11:03 AM
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Seiji Ozawa, conductor
6:47 - 10:59 AM
Royal Opera, Covent Garden
Richard Armstrong, conductor
Angela Gheorghiu, soprano
3:45 - 10:50 AM
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Charles Mackerras, conductor
9:42 - 10:47 AM
Academy of Ancient Music
Andrew Manze, conductor
Andrew Manze, violin
2:33 - 10:41 AM
Maria Tipo, piano
5:23 - 10:37 AM
Israel Sinfonietta
Uri Mayer, conductor
David Jolley, horn
4:07 - 10:26 AM
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Libor Pesek, conductor
10:44 - 10:11 AM
Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks
Richard Strauss: Don Juan; Burlesque; Serenade; Till Eulenspiegel
Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra
Paavo Berglund, conductor
15:03 - 10:05 AM
London Classical Players
Roger Norrington, conductor
5:44 - 9:55 AM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Murray Perahia, conductor
Murray Perahia, piano
9:15 - 9:52 AM
Xuefei Yang, guitar
3:52 - 9:44 AM
Eine kleine Nachtmusik: 1st movement
Mozart: Overtures - Eine kleine Nachtmusik
Tafelmusik
Bruno Weil, conductor
7:30 - 9:35 AM
Bamberg Symphony Orchestra
Jonathan Nott, conductor
8:29 - 9:32 AM
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
2:49 - 9:25 AM
Philharmonia Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin, conductor
7:24 - 9:17 AM
Concertante
Jeremy Denk, piano
7:26 - 9:07 AM
Berlin Philharmonic
Herbert von Karajan, conductor
Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin
10:16 - 9:03 AM
Jean-Pierre Rampal, flute
3:29 - 8:53 AM
Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra
Lawrence Foster, conductor
9:49 - 8:49 AM
Musica Antiqua Cologne
Reinhard Goebel, conductor
3:41 - 8:43 AM
New York Philharmonic
Leonard Bernstein, conductor
6:20 - 8:37 AM
Berceuse (Lullaby)
The Complete Piano Works of Chopin, Vol 5: Masterpieces & Miniatures
Garrick Ohlsson, piano
5:57 - 8:28 AM
Moscow Virtuosi
Vladimir Spivakov, conductor
Vladimir Spivakov, violin
8:54 - 8:24 AM
Appalachian Spring: Variations on a Shaker Melody
Bernstein: Candide Overture, Barber: Adagio for Strings, Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra
Lukas Foss, conductor
3:35 - 8:09 AM
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Georg Solti, conductor
14:42 - 8:01 AM
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor
7:41 - 7:51 AM
English Chamber Orchestra
Nigel Kennedy, conductor
Nigel Kennedy, violin
10:25 - 7:44 AM
Minnesota Orchestra
Eiji Oue, conductor
6:52 - 7:36 AM
Harold Wright, clarinet
7:07 - 7:33 AM
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Paavo Jarvi, conductor
2:43 - 7:24 AM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner, conductor
Heinrich Schiff, cello
9:09 - 7:20 AM
James Ehnes, piano
3:51 - 7:14 AM
Halle Orchestra
Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, conductor
6:12 - 7:02 AM
Prague Sinfonia Orchestra
Christian Benda, conductor
11:32 - 6:57 AM
New York Philharmonic
Leonard Bernstein, conductor
4:32 - 6:50 AM
Netherlands Chamber Orchestra
David Zinman, conductor
7:30 - 6:46 AM
San Francisco Symphony
Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
3:31 - 6:43 AM
Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra
Jeffrey Kahane, conductor
Hilary Hahn, violin
3:26 - 6:39 AM
Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano
3:03 - 6:35 AM
Orchestra of St. Luke's
Donald Runnicles, conductor
4:38 - 6:23 AM
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Georg Solti, conductor
11:49 - 6:18 AM
Orchestra of the 18th Century
Frans Bruggen, conductor
4:44 - 6:13 AM
Paris Orchestra
Daniel Barenboim, conductor
4:52 - 6:00 AM
English Concert
Trevor Pinnock, conductor
Ursula Holliger, harp
13:07