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.
- 3:45 PM
Violin Concerto: 3rd movement
Jean Sibelius: Concerto for Violin in D minor, Op. 47, Max Bruch: Scottish Fantasy for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 46
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
Zubin Mehta, conductor
Midori, violin
7:38 - 3:38 PM
Piano Concerto No. 21 "Elvira Madigan": 3rd movement
Mozart: The Piano Concertos
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner, conductor
Alfred Brendel, piano
6:11 - 3:34 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 - 3:25 PM
Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Lance Friedel, conductor
8:22 - 3:20 PM
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin, conductor
4:18 - 3:05 PM
Revolutionary and Romantic Orchestra
John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
15:33 - 2:53 PM
Scheherazade: The Festival at Baghdad
World Orchestra For Peace: The Credit Suisse Tour 2005
World Orchestra for Peace
Valery Gergiev, conductor
11:46 - 2:48 PM
Berlin Philharmonic
Klaus Tennstedt, conductor
5:12 - 2:38 PM
Symphony No. 4 "Italian": 1st movement
Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Symphony No. 4
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Yoel Levi, conductor
9:19 - 2:32 PM
Dresden State Orchestra
Hans Vonk, conductor
6:08 - 2:26 PM
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor
5:11 - 2:20 PM
Artur Rubinstein, piano
6:04 - 2:08 PM
Vienna Philharmonic
Andris Nelsons, conductor
11:48 - 2:05 PM
New York Philharmonic
Leonard Bernstein, conductor
3:28 - 2:00 PM
San Francisco Symphony
Herbert Blomstedt, conductor
4:19 - 1:49 PM
La Grande Ecurie et la Chambre du Roy
Jean-Claude Malgoire, conductor
John Holloway, violin
10:48 - 1:45 PM
Cleveland Orchestra
Lorin Maazel, conductor
4:05 - 1:39 PM
Orli Shaham, piano
5:24 - 1:25 PM
Philharmonia Orchestra
Giuseppe Sinopoli, conductor
14:09 - 1:21 PM
English Baroque Soloists
John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
3:47 - 1:13 PM
National Philharmonic Orchestra
Bruno Bartoletti, conductor
7:33 - 1:03 PM
Berlin Philharmonic
Herbert von Karajan, conductor
Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin
10:16 - 1:00 PM
Maria Tipo, piano
3:03 - 12:55 PM
Colorado Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Litton, conductor
4:09 - 12:46 PM
Minnesota Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin, conductor
9:48 - 12:38 PM
London Symphony Orchestra
Andre Previn, conductor
6:56 - 12:33 PM
A Midsummer Night's Dream: Nocturne
The Four Seasons: A Musical Calendar Of Favorite Classics
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Rafael Kubelik, conductor
5:33 - 12:23 PM
Chilingirian Quartet
9:19 - 12:19 PM
Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
4:01 - 12:05 PM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner, conductor
Peter Damm, horn
13:18 - 12:03 PM
English Concert
Trevor Pinnock, conductor
2:44 - 11:56 AM
New York Philharmonic
Leonard Bernstein, conductor
6:31 - 11:47 AM
Philadelphia Orchestra
Christoph Eschenbach, conductor
Olivier Latry, organ
8:41 - 11:41 AM
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
Kurt Masur, conductor
6:25 - 11:33 AM
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Wolfgang Sawallisch, conductor
Frank Peter Zimmermann, violin
7:46 - 11:30 AM
Van Cliburn, piano
2:59 - 11:23 AM
Angel Romero, guitar
6:17 - 11:13 AM
Kirov Orchestra
Valery Gergiev, conductor
9:32 - 11:09 AM
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
Erich Kunzel, conductor
4:30 - 11:05 AM
Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra
Arabella Steinbacher, violin
3:40 - 11:00 AM
La clemenza di Tito (The Clemency of Titus): Overture
Mozart: Overtures - Eine kleine Nachtmusik
Tafelmusik
Bruno Weil, conductor
4:42 - 10:57 AM
Lang Lang, piano
3:28 - 10:49 AM
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 - 10:45 AM
London Symphony Orchestra
Gerard Schwarz, conductor
3:32 - 10:34 AM
Paris Orchestra
Daniel Barenboim, conductor
10:23 - 10:23 AM
Cleveland Orchestra
Christoph von Dohnanyi, conductor
11:51 - 10:14 AM
Carol Rosenberger, piano
8:24 - 10:06 AM
English Chamber Orchestra
Steven Mercurio, conductor
Anne Akiko Meyers, violin
7:35 - 10:03 AM
New York Philharmonic
Giuseppe Sinopoli, conductor
3:14 - 9:59 AM
City of London Sinfonia
John Rutter, conductor
Caroline Ashton, soprano
3:28 - 9:53 AM
Hanover Band
Roy Goodman, conductor
6:26 - 9:46 AM
Dresden State Orchestra
Hans Vonk, conductor
Sabine Meyer, clarinet
6:36 - 9:41 AM
Earl Wild, piano
4:26 - 9:26 AM
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
Kurt Masur, conductor
15:00 - 9:19 AM
Orchestra of La Francophonie
Jean-Philippe Tremblay, conductor
6:41 - 9:09 AM
Vienna Philharmonic
Mariss Jansons, conductor
9:51 - 9:04 AM
Philharmonia Orchestra
Eduardo Mata, conductor
James Galway, flute
4:36 - 8:59 AM
John O'Conor, piano
4:50 - 8:49 AM
Boston Baroque
Martin Pearlman, conductor
Christina Day Martinson, violin
10:47 - 8:43 AM
Eine kleine Nachtmusik: Romance
Mozart: Symphony No. 29, Violin Concerto No. 5, Nachtmusik
London Chamber Orchestra
Christopher Warren-Green, conductor
5:47 - 8:36 AM
Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra
Adam Fischer, conductor
6:38 - 8:29 AM
Cleveland Orchestra
Pierre Boulez, conductor
6:26 - 8:24 AM
Prague Quartet
5:40 - 8:07 AM
The King's Violins
Bernard Labadie, conductor
Alexandre Tharaud, piano
15:36 - 8:03 AM
Minnesota Orchestra
Osmo Vanska, conductor
4:15 - 7:59 AM
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
Erich Kunzel, conductor
3:27 - 7:48 AM
Berlin Philharmonic
Simon Rattle, conductor
11:53 - 7:44 AM
Yo-Yo Ma, cello
2:42 - 7:31 AM
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra
Mariss Jansons, conductor
13:45 - 7:25 AM
Pepe Romero, guitar
4:38 - 7:10 AM
Israel Sinfonietta
Uri Mayer, conductor
David Jolley, horn
15:53 - 6:54 AM
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Thomas Schippers, conductor
15:03 - 6:41 AM
Lyon National Orchestra
Jun Markl, conductor
12:58 - 6:29 AM
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Bernard Haitink, conductor
11:36 - 6:22 AM
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Rafael Kubelik, conductor
6:42 - 6:19 AM
Berlin Philharmonic
Simon Rattle, conductor
3:35 - 6:13 AM
Gil Shaham, violin
5:13 - 6:07 AM
Houston Symphony Orchestra
Sergiu Comissiona, conductor
6:27 - 6:01 AM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner, conductor
5:12 - 5:58 AM
Rotterdam Chamber Orchestra
Conrad van Alphen, conductor
2:52 - 5:53 AM
English Chamber Orchestra
Andrew Litton, conductor
Branford Marsalis, saxophone
5:34 - 5:46 AM
Tafelmusik
Bruno Weil, conductor
6:28 - 5:42 AM
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
Riccardo Chailly, conductor
4:24 - 5:36 AM
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
4:56 - 5:31 AM
London Classical Players
Roger Norrington, conductor
5:44 - 5:21 AM
Die Meistersinger von Nurmberg (The Mastersingers of Nuremburg): Prelude to Act I
Wagner Without Words
Cleveland Orchestra
George Szell, conductor
9:33 - 5:12 AM
Vienna Volksoper Orchestra
Franz Bauer-Theussl, conductor
8:29 - 5:00 AM
Bath Festival Chamber Orchestra
Yehudi Menuhin, conductor
12:27