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.
- 11:55 AM
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
Neeme Jarvi, conductor
4:12 - 11:45 AM
St. Luke's Chamber Ensemble
10:39 - 11:34 AM
Piano Concerto No. 9 "Jeunehomme": 1st movement
Mozart: Piano Concertos 9 & 23
Northern Sinfonia
Thomas Zehetmair, conductor
Imogen Cooper, piano
10:43 - 11:27 AM
Tatrai Quartet
6:42 - 11:24 AM
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
Gil Shaham, violin
2:56 - 11:14 AM
Chilingirian Quartet
9:19 - 11:11 AM
London Symphony Orchestra
Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos, conductor
3:14 - 11:04 AM
Parley of Instruments
Paul O'Dette, lute
7:03 - 11:00 AM
Anatol Ugorski, piano
3:58 - 10:56 AM
Musica Vitae
Jan-Olav Wedin, conductor
Gunilla von Bahr, piccolo/flute
3:55 - 10:40 AM
Capriccio Italien
Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto, Capriccio Italien, Francesca da Rimini
Philharmonia Orchestra
Seiji Ozawa, conductor
15:30 - 10:30 AM
Jasper String Quartet
9:28 - 10:25 AM
Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra
Ton Koopman, conductor
Yo-Yo Ma, cello
5:00 - 10:19 AM
Cleveland Orchestra
Pierre Boulez, conductor
6:01 - 10:16 AM
Michael Chertock, piano
3:02 - 10:07 AM
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 - 10:01 AM
A Midsummer Night's Dream: Nocturne
Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Symphony No. 4
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Yoel Levi, conductor
5:56 - 9:57 AM
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Myung-Whun Chung, conductor
James Galway, flute
3:38 - 9:41 AM
Saarbrucken Radio Symphony Orchestra
Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, conductor
15:49 - 9:32 AM
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Christian Zacharias, conductor
Jan Lisiecki, piano
8:32 - 9:29 AM
Academy of Ancient Music
Andrew Manze, conductor
Andrew Manze, violin
3:17 - 9:25 AM
Houston Symphony Orchestra
Sergiu Comissiona, conductor
3:38 - 9:18 AM
Appalachian Spring: Variations on a Shaker Melody
Copland: Appalachian Spring, Rodeo, Billy The Kid, Fanfare For The Common Man
New York Philharmonic
Leonard Bernstein, conductor
6:47 - 9:03 AM
Symphony No. 2: 3rd movement
Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2, Dances from Aleko, Scherzo
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Paavo Jarvi, conductor
14:44 - 8:56 AM
Piano Sonata No. 14 "Moonlight": 1st movement
Beethoven Piano Sonatas: Pathetique; Moonlight; Waldstein
Garrick Ohlsson, piano
6:54 - 8:45 AM
Four Seasons: Autumn
Isaac Stern - A Life in Music - Vivaldi: The Four Seasons, Double Concertos
Jerusalem Music Centre Chamber Orchestra
Isaac Stern, conductor
Isaac Stern, violin
11:20 - 8:34 AM
Berlin Philharmonic
Claudio Abbado, conductor
10:31 - 8:28 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 - 8:24 AM
Philippe Entremont, piano
3:36 - 8:20 AM
Symphony No. 94 "Surprise": Finale
Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 94 & 95; Mozart: Toy Symphony
Hanover Band
Roy Goodman, conductor
4:07 - 8:05 AM
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Barry Wordsworth, conductor
Janine Jansen, violin
14:31 - 7:54 AM
Minnesota Orchestra
Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, conductor
10:28 - 7:51 AM
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Robert Shaw, conductor
Judith Blegen, soprano
3:40 - 7:47 AM
London Symphony Orchestra
Adrian Boult, conductor
3:55 - 7:32 AM
Academy of Ancient Music
Christopher Hogwood, conductor
14:52 - 7:30 AM
Ingrid Fliter, piano
1:47 - 7:25 AM
Eduardo Fernandez, guitar
4:39 - 7:16 AM
Bamberg Symphony Orchestra
Jonathan Nott, conductor
8:29 - 7:10 AM
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
Vaclav Neumann, conductor
6:03 - 7:03 AM
Sinfonia Concertante: 3rd movement
Haydn: Cello Concertos in C & D, Sinfonia Concertante
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Roger Norrington, conductor
Marieke Blankestijn, violin
6:37 - 6:50 AM
World Orchestra for Peace
Valery Gergiev, conductor
12:58 - 6:47 AM
Preludes, Book 1: La fille aux cheveux de lin (The Girl with the Flaxen Hair)
.Such Stuff As Dreams...
Carol Rosenberger, piano
3:04 - 6:40 AM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner, conductor
6:49 - 6:36 AM
Ensemble Stephanie and Saar
3:42 - 6:18 AM
Violin Concerto: 1st movement
Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich: Violin Concertos / Gringolts, Etc
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
Itzhak Perlman, conductor
Ilya Gringolts, violin
18:11 - 6:08 AM
Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra
Evgeny Mravinsky, conductor
9:43 - 6:00 AM
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Yoel Levi, conductor
8:01