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.
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Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Fritz Reiner, conductor
8:55 - 5:21 AM
Berlin Philharmonic
Simon Rattle, conductor
4:41 - 5:17 AM
Yo-Yo Ma, cello
4:12 - 5:06 AM
Vienna Philharmonic
Andris Nelsons, conductor
10:31 - 5:03 AM
Tafelmusik
Jeanne Lamon, conductor
3:05 - 4:52 AM
Vancouver Symphony Orchestra
Bramwell Tovey, conductor
10:46 - 4:49 AM
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Seiji Ozawa, conductor
2:39 - 4:46 AM
The Firebird (L'oiseau de feu): Finale
Stravinsky: L'ouiseau de feu, Le Sacre du printemps, Persephone
San Francisco Symphony
Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
3:19 - 4:40 AM
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Rafael Kubelik, conductor
5:42 - 4:37 AM
Ivan Moravec, piano
2:43 - 4:32 AM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Julia Fischer, violin
4:58 - 4:24 AM
Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra
Okko Kamu, conductor
8:15 - 4:15 AM
Philharmonia Zurich
Fabio Luisi, conductor
8:55 - 4:02 AM
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Andre Previn, conductor
12:43 - 3:55 AM
London Symphony Orchestra
Geoffrey Simon, conductor
6:36 - 3:44 AM
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Charles Mackerras, conductor
10:57 - 3:34 AM
Academy of Ancient Music
Richard Egarr, conductor
9:40 - 3:25 AM
Philadelphia Orchestra
Christoph Eschenbach, conductor
Olivier Latry, organ
8:41 - 3:14 AM
Piano Sonata No. 16
Mozart Piano Sonatas Complete IV/KV576, KV545, KV533 + 494
Ingrid Haebler, piano
10:47 - 3:10 AM
Berlin Philharmonic
Herbert von Karajan, conductor
3:25 - 3:02 AM
Vienna Volksoper Orchestra
Franz Bauer-Theussl, conductor
8:29 - 2:57 AM
New York Philharmonic
Kurt Masur, conductor
4:47 - 2:52 AM
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
Erich Kunzel, conductor
Alexander Kerr, violin
4:39 - 2:42 AM
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Charles Munch, conductor
10:26 - 2:36 AM
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
Riccardo Chailly, conductor
5:54 - 2:32 AM
Moura Lympany, piano
3:56 - 2:30 AM
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
Goran Sollscher, guitar
2:04 - 2:26 AM
Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
3:52 - 2:22 AM
Orchestra of Toulouse
Michel Plasson, conductor
3:39 - 2:18 AM
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
Vaclav Neumann, conductor
4:00 - 2:03 AM
Northern Sinfonia
Thomas Zehetmair, conductor
14:09 - 1:54 AM
Piano Concerto No. 9 "Jeunehomme": 3rd movement
Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 8 & 9
English Chamber Orchestra
Jeffrey Tate, conductor
Mitsuko Uchida, piano
9:29 - 1:50 AM
National Philharmonic Orchestra
David Measham, conductor
James Galway, flute
4:04 - 1:43 AM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner, conductor
6:16 - 1:38 AM
Emerson String Quartet
4:36 - 1:27 AM
Der fliegende Hollander (The Flying Dutchman): Overture
Klemperer Conducts Wagner: Album I
New Philharmonia Orchestra
Otto Klemperer, conductor
10:51 - 1:20 AM
Philharmonia Orchestra
Giuseppe Sinopoli, conductor
Gil Shaham, violin
7:30 - 1:14 AM
Joshua Rifkin, piano
5:02 - 1:06 AM
Cleveland Orchestra
Christoph von Dohnanyi, conductor
8:06 - 1:02 AM
Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra
Karl Munchinger, conductor
4:31 - 12:56 AM
German Requiem: Wie lieblich (How lovely are thy dwelling places)
Brahms: Ein Deutches Requiem
Revolutionary and Romantic Orchestra
John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
5:27 - 12:52 AM
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
3:51 - 12:43 AM
Pacifica String Quartet
Anthony McGill, clarinet
8:54 - 12:38 AM
Leon Fleisher, piano
4:48 - 12:30 AM
Vienna Philharmonic
Andris Nelsons, conductor
7:40 - 12:23 AM
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
Erich Kunzel, conductor
7:40 - 12:17 AM
Kuentz Chamber Orchestra
Paul Kuentz, conductor
Narciso Yepes, guitar
4:55 - 12:10 AM
Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
7:01 - 12:02 AM
Berlin Philharmonic
Rafael Kubelik, conductor
8:05 - 11:56 PM
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Seiji Ozawa, conductor
6:07 - 11:49 PM
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Jukka-Pekka Saraste, conductor
6:58 - 11:44 PM
Academy of Ancient Music
Richard Egarr, conductor
4:35 - 11:38 PM
String Quartet No. 9 "Razumovsky No. 3": 4th movement
Beethoven: The Middle String Quartets
Cypress String Quartet
5:59 - 11:34 PM
Seattle Symphony
Gerard Schwarz, conductor
3:27 - 11:24 PM
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Riccardo Chailly, conductor
10:19 - 11:19 PM
Yefim Bronfman, piano
4:14 - 11:09 PM
Netherlands Chamber Orchestra
David Zinman, conductor
9:48 - 11:04 PM
Russian National Orchestra
Mikhail Pletnev, conductor
5:37 - 10:55 PM
English Chamber Orchestra
Raymond Leppard, conductor
8:56 - 10:52 PM
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
Erich Kunzel, conductor
3:03 - 10:45 PM
Dresden State Orchestra
Hans Vonk, conductor
Sabine Meyer, clarinet
6:36 - 10:43 PM
Boris Berezovsky, piano
1:44 - 10:26 PM
Vienna Philharmonic
Simon Rattle, conductor
16:21 - 10:23 PM
Philadelphia Orchestra
Eugene Ormandy, conductor
3:27 - 10:13 PM
Vienna Volksopera Orchestra
Franz Bauer-Theussl, conductor
9:10 - 10:02 PM
London Symphony Orchestra
Istvan Kertesz, conductor
11:16 - 9:51 PM
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
Scott Yoo, conductor
11:04 - 9:42 PM
London Horns
Geoffrey Simon, conductor
8:46 - 9:37 PM
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Claudio Abbado, conductor
4:47 - 9:32 PM
Philharmonia Orchestra
Carlo Maria Giulini, conductor
4:12 - 9:24 PM
Netherlands Chamber Orchestra
Yakov Kreizberg, conductor
Julia Fischer, violin
8:20 - 9:18 PM
Ingrid Fliter, piano
5:51 - 9:12 PM
English Chamber Orchestra
Raymond Leppard, conductor
5:35 - 9:04 PM
Berlin Philharmonic
Colin Davis, conductor
8:15 - 8:53 PM
Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
10:11 - 8:44 PM
Die Meistersinger von Nurmberg (The Mastersingers of Nuremburg): Prelude to Act I
Wagner Without Words
Cleveland Orchestra
George Szell, conductor
9:33 - 8:40 PM
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
3:23 - 8:34 PM
New York Philharmonic
Leonard Bernstein, conductor
6:20 - 8:23 PM
La Serenissima
Adrian Chandler, conductor
Adrian Chandler, violin
10:38 - 8:11 PM
Dresden State Orchestra
Hans Vonk, conductor
Sabine Meyer, clarinet
11:52 - 8:07 PM
Philadelphia Orchestra
Mariss Jansons, conductor
3:41 - 8:01 PM
String Quartet No. 12 "American": 4th movement
Dvorak: G Major Op. 106 & F Major Op. 96 "American"
Pavel Haas Quartet
5:31 - 7:51 PM
Montreal Symphony Orchestra
Kent Nagano, conductor
Till Fellner, piano
10:23 - 7:48 PM
English Concert
Trevor Pinnock, conductor
2:32 - 7:42 PM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner, conductor
Joshua Bell, violin
5:53 - 7:41 PM
Brodsky Quartet
1:37 - 7:33 PM
Il barbiere di Siviglia (Barber of Seville): Overture
Rossini: Barber of Seville (highlights)
Orchestra of La Scala, Milan
Riccardo Chailly, conductor
7:04 - 7:22 PM
Berlin Philharmonic
Simon Rattle, conductor
11:18 - 7:19 PM
Piano Sonata No. 16: 3rd movement
Complete Mozart Edition, Vol. 17: Piano Sonatas
Mitsuko Uchida, piano
2:00 - 7:07 PM
Vienna Philharmonic
Andris Nelsons, conductor
12:19 - 7:03 PM
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor
4:27 - 6:59 PM
Violin Partita No. 3: Prelude
JS Bach: Partitas for Violin Nos. 1 & 3; Sonata No. 2
Ilya Gringolts, violin
3:22 - 6:54 PM
English Chamber Orchestra
Andrew Litton, conductor
Branford Marsalis, saxophone
5:34 - 6:45 PM
Philharmonia Orchestra
Herbert von Karajan, conductor
8:35 - 6:40 PM
Aranjuez Concerto: 3rd movement
Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez; Villa-Lobos: Concerto for Guitar, Five Preludes
Monteverdi Orchestra
John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
Julian Bream, guitar
5:05 - 6:37 PM
James Ehnes, violin
1:52 - 6:26 PM
I Musici
Heinz Holliger, oboe
11:35 - 6:23 PM
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
Vaclav Neumann, conductor
3:13 - 6:15 PM
Netherlands Chamber Orchestra
David Zinman, conductor
7:30 - 6:05 PM
Minnesota Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin, conductor
9:48 - 6:01 PM
Symphony No. 94 "Surprise": Finale
Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 94 & 95; Mozart: Toy Symphony
Hanover Band
Roy Goodman, conductor
4:07 - 5:58 PM
Anne Gastinel, cello
2:10 - 5:54 PM
La clemenza di Tito (The Clemency of Titus): Overture
Mozart: Overtures - Eine kleine Nachtmusik
Tafelmusik
Bruno Weil, conductor
4:42 - 5:40 PM
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Yoel Levi, conductor
13:38 - 5:29 PM
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor
10:56 - 5:21 PM
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Joseph Swensen, conductor
Robert McDuffie, violin
7:08 - 5:16 PM
Waltz No. 1 "Grand Valse brillante"
Rachmaninoff Performs Chopin, Tchaikovsky, and others
Sergei Rachmaninoff, piano
4:46 - 5:02 PM
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Vasily Petrenko, conductor
14:00 - 5:00 PM
English Chamber Orchestra Brass
Donald Fraser, conductor
1:54 - 4:57 PM
Philharmonia Orchestra
Otto Klemperer, conductor
2:51 - 4:52 PM
Boston Pops Orchestra
John Williams, conductor
5:12 - 4:47 PM
Abbey Road Ensemble
Lawrence Foster, conductor
Itzhak Perlman, violin
4:36 - 4:42 PM
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Gunter Wand, conductor
5:04 - 4:34 PM
Mari Kodama, piano
7:39 - 4:24 PM
Brandenburg Concerto No. 5: 1st movement
Bach: Six Concertos for the Margrave of Brandenburg
European Brandenburg Ensemble
Trevor Pinnock, conductor
9:59 - 4:20 PM
Sabine Meyer Wind Ensemble
3:57 - 4:14 PM
Orchestra of the 18th Century
Frans Bruggen, conductor
5:14 - 4:09 PM
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Jose Serebrier, conductor
5:04 - 4:02 PM
Handel and Haydn Society
Harry Christophers, conductor
7:35 - 3:51 PM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Joshua Bell, violin
10:37 - 3:43 PM
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
Erich Kunzel, conductor
7:43 - 3:34 PM
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Thomas Schippers, conductor
9:10 - 3:24 PM
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Bernard Haitink, conductor
9:10 - 3:16 PM
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
Riccardo Chailly, conductor
Ramin Bahrami, piano
8:22 - 3:02 PM
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra
Mariss Jansons, conductor
13:45 - 2:51 PM
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Andre Previn, conductor
10:38 - 2:40 PM
Piano Concerto No. 1: 2nd movement
The Complete Piano Works of Chopin, Vol 9: The Orchestral Works
Warsaw Philharmonic
Kazimierz Kord, conductor
Garrick Ohlsson, piano
10:29 - 2:27 PM
Consecration of the House: Overture
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7, The Consecration of the House
Dresden State Orchestra
Jeffrey Tate, conductor
12:39 - 2:21 PM
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor
5:29 - 2:20 PM
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Eugen Jochum, conductor
1:40 - 2:06 PM
Freiburg Baroque Orchestra
Petra Mullejans, violin
13:30 - 1:58 PM
Piano Concerto No. 18: 3rd movement
Mozart: Piano Concertos 18, K456 & 19, K459
Cleveland Orchestra
Mitsuko Uchida, conductor
Mitsuko Uchida, piano
7:53 - 1:49 PM
Saint Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra
Yuri Temirkanov, conductor
8:52 - 1:43 PM
France Radio Orchestra
Paavo Jarvi, conductor
6:01 - 1:32 PM
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
Istvan Kertesz, conductor
11:05 - 1:26 PM
San Francisco Symphony
Herbert Blomstedt, conductor
5:55 - 1:19 PM
Inon Barnatan, piano
6:21 - 1:09 PM
Budapest Festival Orchestra
Ivan Fischer, conductor
9:34 - 1:04 PM
English Chamber Orchestra
Raymond Leppard, conductor
5:36 - 12:51 PM
Bamberg Symphony Orchestra
Karl Anton Rickenbacher, conductor
12:11 - 12:47 PM
Chorus of the Theatre Royal de la Monnaie
Sylvain Cambreling, conductor
Jessye Norman, soprano
4:20 - 12:41 PM
Norwegian National Opera Orchestra
Rinaldo Alessandrini, conductor
6:03 - 12:37 PM
Kyung Wha Chung, violin
3:02 - 12:31 PM
Philharmonia Hungarica
Antal Dorati, conductor
5:52 - 12:25 PM
Hanover Band
Roy Goodman, conductor
6:26 - 12:13 PM
Scheherazade: The Festival at Baghdad
World Orchestra For Peace: The Credit Suisse Tour 2005
World Orchestra for Peace
Valery Gergiev, conductor
11:46 - 12:02 PM
CPE Bach Chamber Orchestra
Peter Schreier, conductor
10:46 - 12:00 PM
Zoltan Kocsis, piano
1:36 - 11:57 AM
I Salonisti
2:50 - 11:46 AM
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Rafael Kubelik, conductor
10:50 - 11:43 AM
London Symphony Orchestra
Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos, conductor
3:14 - 11:34 AM
Berlin Philharmonic
Herbert von Karajan, conductor
9:00 - 11:21 AM
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
Semyon Bychkov, conductor
12:20 - 11:12 AM
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor
Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano
8:55 - 11:08 AM
Swedish Chamber Orchestra
Roy Goodman, conductor
Niklas Eklund, trumpet
3:51 - 11:02 AM
Cleveland Orchestra
Pierre Boulez, conductor
6:26 - 10:57 AM
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
Erich Kunzel, conductor
4:30 - 10:48 AM
Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Justin Brown, conductor
Anne-Marie McDermott, piano
8:40 - 10:42 AM
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
5:28 - 10:34 AM
Kremerata Baltica
Gidon Kremer, conductor
8:12 - 10:25 AM
Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Lance Friedel, conductor
8:22 - 10:14 AM
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Georg Solti, conductor
11:37 - 9:59 AM
Philharmonia Orchestra
Giuseppe Sinopoli, conductor
14:09 - 9:50 AM
Gulbenkian Orchestra
Michel Swierczewski, conductor
9:03 - 9:42 AM
Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra
Ton Koopman, conductor
Monica Huggett, violin
7:42 - 9:36 AM
Eine kleine Nachtmusik: Romance
Mozart: Symphony No. 29, Violin Concerto No. 5, Nachtmusik
London Chamber Orchestra
Christopher Warren-Green, conductor
5:47 - 9:27 AM
English Chamber Orchestra
Jeffrey Tate, conductor
8:46 - 9:20 AM
Evgeny Kissin, piano
6:27 - 9:10 AM
Symphony No. 9 "Choral": 2nd movement
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 "Choral" and Fidelio Overture
New York Philharmonic
Leonard Bernstein, conductor
10:45 - 9:07 AM
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
Erich Kunzel, conductor
2:31 - 8:57 AM
By the Beautiful Blue Danube (An der schonen, blauen Donau)
J Strauss: An der Schonen Blauen Donau and others
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor
9:28 - 8:52 AM
Jutta Zoff, harp
5:14 - 8:45 AM
Vienna Philharmonic
Riccardo Muti, conductor
7:00 - 8:42 AM
Yo-Yo Ma, cello
2:27 - 8:35 AM
Tafelmusik
Jeanne Lamon, conductor
6:52 - 8:28 AM
National Philharmonic Orchestra
Bruno Bartoletti, conductor
7:33 - 8:20 AM
Eduardo Fernandez, guitar
6:58 - 8:06 AM
Israel Sinfonietta
Uri Mayer, conductor
David Jolley, horn
14:41 - 7:51 AM
Murray Perahia, piano
14:42 - 7:46 AM
I Solisti Italiani
5:09 - 7:42 AM
Philharmonia Virtuosi
Richard Kapp, conductor
3:47 - 7:28 AM
English Symphony Orchestra
William Boughton, conductor
Michael Bochmann, violin
13:42 - 7:19 AM
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Georg Solti, conductor
8:10 - 7:16 AM
Sviatoslav Richter, piano
2:42 - 7:07 AM
Philadelphia Orchestra
Riccardo Muti, conductor
9:42 - 7:00 AM
Tafelmusik
Bruno Weil, conductor
6:28 - 6:58 AM
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Jahja Ling, conductor
Rolf Smedvig, trumpet
1:31 - 6:51 AM
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Seiji Ozawa, conductor
6:47 - 6:47 AM
Pepe Romero, guitar
4:38 - 6:41 AM
Vienna Philharmonic
Leonard Bernstein, conductor
Rainer Kuchl, violin
6:01 - 6:35 AM
Sergey Schepkin, piano
5:43 - 6:27 AM
Europa Galante
Fabio Biondi, conductor
Giovanni Scaramuzzino, mandolin
8:06 - 6:23 AM
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
Bobby McFerrin, conductor
Bobby McFerrin, vocal
3:40 - 6:15 AM
Revolutionary and Romantic Orchestra
John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
7:42 - 6:04 AM
Philharmonia Orchestra
Giuseppe Sinopoli, conductor
Shlomo Mintz, violin
10:16 - 6:00 AM
Orchestra of St. Luke's
Donald Runnicles, conductor
4:38