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.
- 10:23 PM
London Classical Players
Roger Norrington, conductor
5:10 - 10:14 PM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner, conductor
Andrei Gavrilov, piano
8:16 - 10:08 PM
Berlin Philharmonic
Simon Rattle, conductor
5:33 - 10:04 PM
Boston Baroque
Martin Pearlman, conductor
4:28 - 9:59 PM
Hungarian March
Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique; Hungarian & Trojan Marches; Corsair & Roman Carnival Overtures
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Paul Paray, conductor
4:52 - 9:44 PM
Ulster Orchestra
Vernon Handley, conductor
14:25 - 9:34 PM
Augustin Dumay, violin
9:46 - 9:24 PM
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Bernard Haitink, conductor
10:20 - 9:12 PM
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
Pinchas Zukerman, conductor
Pinchas Zukerman, violin
11:03 - 9:02 PM
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Litton, conductor
9:53 - 8:58 PM
Ingrid Fliter, piano
3:49 - 8:49 PM
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Eliahu Inbal, conductor
8:52 - 8:46 PM
Concentus Musicus Vienna
Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor
3:40 - 8:43 PM
Orchestral Suite No. 4: Rejouissance
Bach: 4 Ouverturen-Suites, Ouverture Bwv 1070
Musica Antiqua Cologne
Reinhard Goebel, conductor
2:28 - 8:32 PM
Symphony No. 4 "Italian": 1st movement
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 "Eroica", - Mendelssohn Symphony No. 4, "Italian"
Tafelmusik
Bruno Weil, conductor
11:04 - 8:26 PM
Cleveland Orchestra
George Szell, conductor
5:47 - 8:19 PM
San Francisco Symphony
Herbert Blomstedt, conductor
7:07 - 8:12 PM
Emil Gilels, piano
5:46 - 8:05 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 - 8:01 PM
The Firebird (L'oiseau de feu): Finale
Stravinsky: The Firebird; Scriabin: Prometheus / Gergiev
Kirov Orchestra
Valery Gergiev, conductor
3:34 - 7:58 PM
Eine kleine Nachtmusik: Rondo
Mozart: Symphony No. 29, Violin Concerto No. 5, Nachtmusik
London Chamber Orchestra
Christopher Warren-Green, conductor
2:39 - 7:47 PM
Philharmonia Orchestra
Simon Wright, conductor
John Anderson, oboe
10:59 - 7:42 PM
Desirae Brown, piano
5:04 - 7:32 PM
Budapest Festival Orchestra
Ivan Fischer, conductor
9:34 - 7:28 PM
Paris Orchestra
Semyon Bychkov, conductor
Mischa Maisky, cello
3:51 - 7:15 PM
Revolutionary and Romantic Orchestra
John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
12:40 - 7:11 PM
Boston Pops Orchestra
Arthur Fiedler, conductor
4:30 - 7:06 PM
I Musici
4:53 - 6:51 PM
Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra
Yakov Kreizberg, conductor
Julia Fischer, violin
14:16 - 6:45 PM
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Georg Solti, conductor
6:04 - 6:38 PM
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
Erich Kunzel, conductor
6:46 - 6:25 PM
Berlin Philharmonic
Herbert von Karajan, conductor
13:03 - 6:21 PM
Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin
3:35 - 6:15 PM
Serenade No. 10 "Gran Partita": Adagio
Mozart: Serenade in B flat Major "Gran Partita"
Orchestra of St. Luke's
Charles Mackerras, conductor
5:28 - 6:03 PM
Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra
David Zinman, conductor
Roberta Alexander, soprano
12:18 - 5:55 PM
New Philharmonia Orchestra
Adrian Boult, conductor
7:35 - 5:51 PM
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin, conductor
4:07 - 5:42 PM
West-Eastern Divan Orchestra
Daniel Barenboim, conductor
8:51 - 5:37 PM
Leslie Howard, piano
4:38 - 5:25 PM
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Thomas Schippers, conductor
12:03 - 5:21 PM
Tafelmusik
Jeanne Lamon, conductor
4:13 - 5:13 PM
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor
Anne Akiko Meyers, violin
6:52 - 5:11 PM
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Fritz Reiner, conductor
2:38 - 5:02 PM
Cleveland Orchestra
George Szell, conductor
8:13 - 4:53 PM
Dance of the Hours
Wagner: Siegfried Idyll, Boccherini, Dvorak, Faure, Grieg, Nicolai, Ponchielli, Suppe, Tchaikovsky
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner, conductor
9:12 - 4:46 PM
London Classical Players
Roger Norrington, conductor
6:33 - 4:37 PM
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra
Nicholas McGegan, conductor
9:39 - 4:30 PM
Symphony No. 104 "London": Finale
Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 104 "London" and 100 "Military"
Academy of Ancient Music
Christopher Hogwood, conductor
6:22 - 4:27 PM
Andre Kostelanetz Orchestra
Andre Kostelanetz, conductor
2:39 - 4:19 PM
Dresden State Orchestra
Christian Thielemann, conductor
Lisa Batiashvili, violin
8:04 - 4:15 PM
E.T.: Bicycle Chase (Flying Theme)
By Request: The Best of John Williams and the Boston Pops Orchestra
Boston Pops Orchestra
John Williams, conductor
3:45 - 4:09 PM
Modern Mandolin Quartet
5:53 - 4:04 PM
Scottish National Orchestra
Alexander Gibson, conductor
5:03 - 4:01 PM
Philharmonia Virtuosi
Richard Kapp, conductor
2:40 - 3:53 PM
Berlin Philharmonic
Herbert von Karajan, conductor
7:59 - 3:38 PM
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Oscar Shumsky, violin
15:06 - 3:32 PM
Andre Watts, piano
5:38 - 3:26 PM
Turibio Santos, guitar
6:03 - 3:20 PM
Revolutionary and Romantic Orchestra
John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
5:53 - 3:14 PM
Philadelphia Orchestra
Eugene Ormandy, conductor
5:02 - 3:05 PM
London Symphony Orchestra
Colin Davis, conductor
Sarah Chang, violin
9:59 - 2:53 PM
Piano Sonata No. 21 "Waldstein": 1st movement
Reubke, Beethoven: Sonata, Waldstein, Tandeln und Scherzen
Richard Raymond, piano
11:17 - 2:46 PM
Cleveland Orchestra
Pierre Boulez, conductor
7:08 - 2:42 PM
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
Pinchas Zukerman, conductor
Hermann Baumann, horn
3:40 - 2:40 PM
Yo-Yo Ma, cello
2:17 - 2:31 PM
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
Neeme Jarvi, conductor
8:19 - 2:25 PM
Vienna Philharmonic
Carlos Kleiber, conductor
6:09 - 2:16 PM
Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano
8:45 - 2:08 PM
Europa Galante
Fabio Biondi, conductor
Giovanni Scaramuzzino, mandolin
8:06 - 2:04 PM
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Jose Serebrier, conductor
3:36 - 1:59 PM
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Georg Solti, conductor
4:30 - 1:56 PM
Kansas City Symphony
William McGlaughlin, conductor
3:18 - 1:50 PM
Netherlands Chamber Orchestra
Yakov Kreizberg, conductor
Julia Fischer, violin
6:06 - 1:41 PM
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
Riccardo Chailly, conductor
Ramin Bahrami, piano
8:22 - 1:30 PM
Orchestra of the 18th Century
Frans Bruggen, conductor
10:57 - 1:27 PM
New York Philharmonic
Leonard Bernstein, conductor
2:37 - 1:12 PM
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
David Zinman, conductor
14:25 - 1:07 PM
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Colin Davis, conductor
5:37 - 12:59 PM
Piano Concerto No. 21 "Elvira Madigan": Andante
Mozart: Piano Concertos 21 And 23
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner, conductor
Ingrid Jacoby, piano
7:18 - 12:53 PM
National Philharmonic Orchestra
Charles Gerhardt, conductor
James Galway, flute
6:27 - 12:47 PM
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
Pinchas Zukerman, conductor
Pinchas Zukerman, violin
5:59 - 12:44 PM
Yolanda Kondonassis, harp
2:53 - 12:38 PM
Symphony No. 4 "Italian": Saltarello
Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Symphony No. 4
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Yoel Levi, conductor
5:20 - 12:29 PM
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Seiji Ozawa, conductor
9:06 - 12:25 PM
New York Chamber Symphony
Gerard Schwarz, conductor
Gerard Schwarz, trumpet
3:33 - 12:23 PM
Ulrike-Anima Mathe, violin
2:13 - 12:19 PM
Chilingirian Quartet
3:40 - 12:03 PM
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
15:49 - 11:56 AM
Bamberg Symphony Orchestra
Eugen Jochum, conductor
6:45 - 11:51 AM
Capella Istropolitana
Barry Wordsworth, conductor
5:36 - 11:43 AM
Staatskapelle Berlin
Daniel Barenboim, conductor
7:14 - 11:40 AM
Lynn Harrell, cello
2:29 - 11:33 AM
English Chamber Orchestra
Raymond Leppard, conductor
7:13 - 11:25 AM
Lahti Symphony Orchestra
Osmo Vanska, conductor
8:26 - 11:18 AM
Russian National Orchestra
Mikhail Pletnev, conductor
5:48 - 11:08 AM
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Claudio Abbado, conductor
10:57 - 11:02 AM
Minnesota Orchestra
Osmo Vanska, conductor
5:58 - 10:53 AM
Chamber Orchestra of Lausanne
Christian Zacharias, conductor
Christian Zacharias, piano
8:24 - 10:51 AM
Julian Bream, guitar
2:15 - 10:43 AM
Boston Pops Orchestra
Arthur Fiedler, conductor
7:39 - 10:39 AM
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
Hugh Wolff, conductor
3:04 - 10:37 AM
Academy of Ancient Music
Richard Egarr, conductor
2:49 - 10:24 AM
New York Philharmonic
Kurt Masur, conductor
Yo-Yo Ma, cello
12:50 - 10:19 AM
Artur Rubinstein, piano
4:11 - 10:14 AM
Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra
Janos Rolla, conductor
Dale Clevenger, horn
4:43 - 10:01 AM
Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra
Andre Previn, conductor
13:44 - 9:52 AM
Orchestra of Flanders
Rudolf Werthen, conductor
Yolanda Kondonassis, harp
8:26 - 9:45 AM
San Francisco Symphony
Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
6:51 - 9:42 AM
Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra
Sakari Oramo, conductor
Daniel Hope, violin
3:04 - 9:32 AM
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
Semyon Bychkov, conductor
9:35 - 9:25 AM
Paris Orchestra
Daniel Barenboim, conductor
6:56 - 9:21 AM
London Symphony Orchestra
John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
4:05 - 9:17 AM
National Philharmonic Orchestra
Gianandrea Gavazzeni, conductor
3:10 - 9:05 AM
Revolutionary and Romantic Orchestra
John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
12:00 - 8:51 AM
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Charles Mackerras, conductor
13:36 - 8:43 AM
Cleveland Orchestra
Louis Lane, conductor
8:57 - 8:32 AM
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
Erich Kunzel, conductor
10:17 - 8:24 AM
Academy of Ancient Music
Andrew Manze, conductor
Andrew Manze, violin
7:21 - 8:21 AM
Louis Lortie, piano
2:38 - 8:09 AM
Symphony No. 9 "From the New World": 4th movement
Dvorak: Symphony No. 9, Carnival Overture
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Riccardo Chailly, conductor
11:55 - 8:01 AM
English Chamber Orchestra
Raymond Leppard, conductor
7:53 - 7:59 AM
Orchestra of St. Luke's
Andre Previn, conductor
Kathleen Battle, soprano
2:34 - 7:49 AM
Philharmonia Orchestra
John Pritchard, conductor
Yehudi Menuhin, violin
9:12 - 7:45 AM
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Andrew Litton, conductor
Christopher Parkening, guitar
4:50 - 7:38 AM
Zoltan Kocsis, piano
6:11 - 7:26 AM
Russian National Orchestra
Mikhail Pletnev, conductor
11:27 - 7:24 AM
London Symphony Orchestra
Antal Dorati, conductor
2:11 - 7:18 AM
Brandenburg Concerto No. 5: 3rd movement
Bach: Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 4, 5, & 6
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner, conductor
Henryk Szeryng, violin
5:25 - 7:09 AM
Hollywood Bowl Orchestra
Felix Slatkin, conductor
Michael Rabin, violin
9:37 - 7:04 AM
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
David Zinman, conductor
5:15 - 6:56 AM
"Twinkle, Twinkle" Variations (Ah, vous dirai-je, maman)
Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 21 & 26
Andre Previn, piano
7:45 - 6:51 AM
New York Philharmonic
Leonard Bernstein, conductor
4:10 - 6:38 AM
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
Kurt Masur, conductor
13:46 - 6:28 AM
Juilliard String Quartet
8:58 - 6:24 AM
Musica Antiqua Cologne
Reinhard Goebel, conductor
3:43 - 6:17 AM
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Colin Davis, conductor
7:15 - 6:15 AM
Artur Rubinstein, piano
1:52 - 6:04 AM
Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra Amsterdam
Mario Venzago, conductor
Liza Ferschtman, violin
10:48 - 6:00 AM
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin, conductor
4:14