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.
- 2:24 PM
Vienna Philharmonic
Andris Nelsons, conductor
11:48 - 2:21 PM
Preludes, Book 1: La fille aux cheveux de lin (The Girl with the Flaxen Hair)
Music to My Ears: A Collection of Music for Children of All Ages
Alan Feinberg, piano
3:02 - 2:14 PM
Houston Symphony Orchestra
Sergiu Comissiona, conductor
6:29 - 2:03 PM
London Chamber Orchestra
Christopher Warren-Green, conductor
10:55 - 1:53 PM
Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra
Eduardo Marturet, conductor
Lara St. John, violin
9:48 - 1:44 PM
Berlin Philharmonic
Klaus Tennstedt, conductor
9:35 - 1:33 PM
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Jun Markl, conductor
Ingrid Fliter, piano
10:10 - 1:27 PM
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
Vaclav Neumann, conductor
6:03 - 1:22 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 - 1:18 PM
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin, conductor
3:44 - 1:04 PM
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Daniel Hope, violin
13:39 - 12:59 PM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner, conductor
4:30 - 12:56 PM
Jorge Bolet, piano
3:56 - 12:44 PM
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
Erich Kunzel, conductor
King Keyes, zither
11:02 - 12:35 PM
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Manfred Honeck, conductor
8:29 - 12:26 PM
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Yoel Levi, conductor
9:34 - 12:19 PM
Tatrai Quartet
6:42 - 12:17 PM
Joshua Bell, violin
1:58 - 12:05 PM
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Bernard Haitink, conductor
11:36 - 12:01 PM
Tafelmusik
Jeanne Lamon, conductor
3:51 - 11:56 AM
Cleveland Orchestra
George Szell, conductor
5:27 - 11:49 AM
Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra
Kristjan Jarvi, conductor
Chad Hoopes, violin
6:23 - 11:44 AM
Murray Perahia, piano
5:03 - 11:39 AM
Berlin Philharmonic
Simon Rattle, conductor
4:52 - 11:27 AM
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
Riccardo Chailly, conductor
12:19 - 11:17 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 - 11:13 AM
Concerto Koln
Werner Ehrhardt, conductor
4:39 - 11:07 AM
Polish Chamber Orchestra
Jerzy Maksymiuk, conductor
5:14 - 10:59 AM
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Daniel Barenboim, conductor
Lang Lang, piano
8:13 - 10:52 AM
English Chamber Orchestra
Nigel Kennedy, violin
6:36 - 10:47 AM
German Opera Orchestra
Giuseppe Sinopoli, conductor
5:08 - 10:36 AM
B'Rock Baroque Orchestra
Rodolfo Richter, violin
10:14 - 10:31 AM
American String Quartet
5:07 - 10:25 AM
John O'Conor, piano
5:46 - 10:18 AM
Prague Chamber Orchestra
Charles Mackerras, conductor
7:00 - 10:08 AM
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
Erich Kunzel, conductor
9:43 - 9:55 AM
World Orchestra for Peace
Valery Gergiev, conductor
12:58 - 9:47 AM
RCA Symphony Orchestra
William Steinberg, conductor
Jascha Heifetz, violin
8:26 - 9:37 AM
Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra
Janos Rolla, conductor
Cyprien Katsaris, piano
8:58 - 9:27 AM
Philharmonia Orchestra
Otto Klemperer, conductor
10:02 - 9:20 AM
Moscow Virtuosi
Vladimir Spivakov, conductor
Vladimir Spivakov, violin
6:14 - 9:10 AM
Minnesota Orchestra
Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, conductor
10:28 - 9:04 AM
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
David Zinman, conductor
5:39 - 8:54 AM
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
Neeme Jarvi, conductor
10:09 - 8:48 AM
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Thomas Beecham, conductor
6:04 - 8:42 AM
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Sigiswald Kuijken, conductor
5:51 - 8:39 AM
Musica Antiqua Cologne
Reinhard Goebel, conductor
2:37 - 8:29 AM
Symphony No. 9 "From the New World": 4th movement
Dvorak: Symphony No. 9; Sibelius: Symphony No. 2
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Paul Paray, conductor
9:41 - 8:22 AM
Itzhak Perlman, violin
6:55 - 8:18 AM
Symphony No. 35 "Haffner": Menuetto
Mozart Symphonies 35 Haffner, 26 Linz, and 32
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Jukka-Pekka Saraste, conductor
3:43 - 8:06 AM
Ma vlast (My Country): Vltava (The Moldau)
Tchaikovsky: 1812; Dukas: Sorcerer's Apprentice; Smetana: Vltava (Die Moldau); Dvorak: Scherzo capriccioso; Mussorgsky: A Night on the Bare Mountain
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra
Mariss Jansons, conductor
12:05 - 7:56 AM
Der fliegende Hollander (The Flying Dutchman): Overture
Wagner: Der fliegende Hollander
Berlin State Orchestra
Daniel Barenboim, conductor
10:14 - 7:45 AM
Salome: Dance of the Seven Veils
Strauss: Don Juan; Death and Transfiguration; Dance of the Seven Veils; Rosenkavelier Suite
New York Philharmonic
Lorin Maazel, conductor
10:18 - 7:42 AM
Julian Lloyd Webber, cello
2:36 - 7:28 AM
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor
14:34 - 7:21 AM
Royal Opera, Covent Garden
Colin Davis, conductor
6:05 - 7:11 AM
Kirov Orchestra
Valery Gergiev, conductor
9:32 - 7:08 AM
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
Susan Palma, flute
3:33 - 7:02 AM
Symphony No. 4 "Italian": Saltarello
Mendelssohn: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4, Hebrides Overture
Cleveland Orchestra
George Szell, conductor
5:25 - 6:55 AM
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Yoel Levi, conductor
7:14 - 6:53 AM
John O'Conor, piano
1:38 - 6:49 AM
Tatrai Quartet
4:39 - 6:42 AM
Vienna Philharmonic
Claudio Abbado, conductor
6:31 - 6:31 AM
Boston Baroque
Martin Pearlman, conductor
10:38 - 6:28 AM
Vienna-Berlin Ensemble
3:02 - 6:14 AM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Iona Brown, conductor
Timothy Brown, horn
14:02 - 6:09 AM
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor
Milos Karadaglic, guitar
4:35 - 6:00 AM
Philharmonia Orchestra
Herbert von Karajan, conductor
9:10