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.
- 12:11 PM
By the Beautiful Blue Danube (An der schonen, blauen Donau)
The Key to Classics: J. Strauss
Vienna Johann Strauss Orchestra
Willi Boskovsky, conductor
9:38 - 12:07 PM
La Petite Bande
Sigiswald Kuijken, conductor
3:56 - 11:52 AM
Russian Easter Festival Overture
Tchaikovsky: Marche Slav; Rimsky-Korsakov: Russian Easter Overture
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin, conductor
14:42 - 11:44 AM
Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Litton, conductor
7:50 - 11:39 AM
Brandenburg Concerto No. 3: 3rd movement
Bach: Concerts Brandebourgeois Nos. 1, 3, 4
Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra
Ton Koopman, conductor
4:45 - 11:35 AM
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra
Mariss Jansons, conductor
4:24 - 11:28 AM
London Symphony Orchestra
Valery Gergiev, conductor
6:52 - 11:16 AM
"Twinkle, Twinkle" Variations (Ah, vous dirais-je, Maman)
Mozart: Piano Sonatas and Variations
Fazil Say, piano
11:42 - 11:05 AM
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Claudio Abbado, conductor
Viktoria Mullova, violin
10:22 - 10:57 AM
Blair String Quartet
8:33 - 10:43 AM
Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra
Neeme Jarvi, conductor
13:43 - 10:37 AM
Moura Lympany, piano
4:56 - 10:31 AM
Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra
Jeffrey Kahane, conductor
Hilary Hahn, violin
6:50 - 10:22 AM
Philharmonia Orchestra
George Randolph Warren, conductor
8:47 - 10:11 AM
NBC Symphony Orchestra
Arturo Toscanini, conductor
10:11 - 10:03 AM
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
Kurt Masur, conductor
8:13 - 9:47 AM
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Paavo Jarvi, conductor
15:41 - 9:37 AM
English Chamber Orchestra
Jose Luis Garcia, conductor
Yo-Yo Ma, cello
9:03 - 9:34 AM
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
2:57 - 9:22 AM
Russian National Orchestra
Mikhail Pletnev, conductor
12:22 - 9:17 AM
Jorg Demus, piano
4:42 - 9:08 AM
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Bernard Haitink, conductor
8:45 - 9:04 AM
Boston Pops Orchestra
Arthur Fiedler, conductor
3:44 - 8:57 AM
German Chamber Philharmonic
Daniel Harding, conductor
7:11 - 8:54 AM
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Louis Langree, conductor
Natalie Dessay, soprano
2:55 - 8:48 AM
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Lorin Maazel, conductor
6:16 - 8:40 AM
Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra
Arabella Steinbacher, violin
7:40 - 8:37 AM
Lang Lang, piano
2:10 - 8:31 AM
Cleveland Orchestra
Christoph von Dohnanyi, conductor
6:29 - 8:25 AM
London Horns
Geoffrey Simon, conductor
5:31 - 8:20 AM
Philharmonia Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin, conductor
4:26 - 8:11 AM
Kaiser-Walzer (Emperor Waltz)
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Plays Strauss 1929 - 1990
Vienna Philharmonic
Wilhelm Furtwangler, conductor
9:27 - 8:03 AM
Berlin Philharmonic
Simon Rattle, conductor
8:29 - 7:55 AM
Piano Concerto No. 21 "Elvira Madigan": Andante
Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 10 & 21
English Chamber Orchestra
Jeffrey Tate, conductor
Mitsuko Uchida, piano
7:02 - 7:52 AM
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
Erich Kunzel, conductor
3:11 - 7:40 AM
Bamberg Symphony Orchestra
Claus Peter Flor, conductor
12:30 - 7:35 AM
Musica Antiqua Cologne
Reinhard Goebel, conductor
4:02 - 7:29 AM
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
Pinchas Zukerman, conductor
Pinchas Zukerman, violin
5:59 - 7:20 AM
String Quartet No. 63 "Sunrise": 1st movement
Haydn: String Quartets, Op. 76, Nos. 4 & 6
Orlando Quartet
8:39 - 7:14 AM
Louis Lortie, piano
6:07 - 7:10 AM
Endellion String Quartet
3:42 - 7:02 AM
Scottish National Orchestra
Neeme Jarvi, conductor
8:25 - 6:58 AM
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
3:22 - 6:54 AM
Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra
Alexander Shelley, conductor
Daniel Hope, violin
3:39 - 6:45 AM
Munich Philharmonic Orchestra
Christian Thielemann, conductor
9:07 - 6:39 AM
German Chamber Philharmonic
Martin Frost, conductor
Martin Frost, basset clarinet
6:39 - 6:27 AM
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Emmanuel Krivine, conductor
Maria Joao Pires, piano
10:55 - 6:23 AM
The Knights
Johnny Gandelsman, violin
4:34 - 6:18 AM
Philadelphia Orchestra
Eugene Ormandy, conductor
4:35 - 6:09 AM
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
Erich Kunzel, conductor
8:43 - 6:00 AM
Vienna Philharmonic
Simon Rattle, conductor
9:07