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.
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Covent Garden Opera Orchestra
Mark Elder, conductor
Roberto Alagna, tenor
3:26 - 9:55 PM
New York Philharmonic
Leonard Bernstein, conductor
1:50 - 9:46 PM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Murray Perahia, conductor
Murray Perahia, piano
8:00 - 9:39 PM
Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra
Adam Fischer, conductor
6:38 - 9:30 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 - 9:20 PM
London Mozart Players
Howard Shelley, conductor
Urban Agnas, trumpet
9:16 - 9:17 PM
Cleveland Orchestra
Christoph von Dohnanyi, conductor
3:26 - 9:12 PM
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor
5:06 - 8:56 PM
Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra
Ondrej Lenard, conductor
15:29 - 8:47 PM
Paul Lewis, piano
8:28 - 8:38 PM
Pacifica String Quartet
Anthony McGill, clarinet
9:08 - 8:29 PM
Vienna Philharmonic
Christian Thielemann, conductor
8:39 - 8:22 PM
Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Joshua Bell, violin
7:20 - 8:16 PM
Maria Tipo, piano
5:23 - 8:07 PM
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
Riccardo Chailly, conductor
9:19 - 7:55 PM
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
Pinchas Zukerman, conductor
Pinchas Zukerman, violin
11:03 - 7:51 PM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner, conductor
4:24 - 7:44 PM
West-Eastern Divan Orchestra
Daniel Barenboim, conductor
7:02 - 7:40 PM
Miki Aoki, piano
3:15 - 7:31 PM
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 - 7:28 PM
New York Philharmonic
Leonard Bernstein, conductor
3:12 - 7:22 PM
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Christopher Hogwood, conductor
5:58 - 7:11 PM
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
10:12 - 7:06 PM
Russian National Orchestra
Mikhail Pletnev, conductor
5:48 - 6:58 PM
English Chamber Orchestra
Colin Davis, conductor
Alicia de Larrocha, piano
7:38 - 6:56 PM
London Symphony Orchestra
Andre Previn, conductor
1:41 - 6:53 PM
Berlin Philharmonic
Andre Cluytens, conductor
2:46 - 6:46 PM
Cleveland Orchestra
Pierre Boulez, conductor
7:08 - 6:30 PM
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Claudio Abbado, conductor
15:33 - 6:26 PM
Philadelphia Orchestra
Wolfgang Sawallisch, conductor
4:24 - 6:21 PM
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
Riccardo Chailly, conductor
4:24 - 6:19 PM
Richard Raymond, piano
1:48 - 6:11 PM
English String Orchestra
William Boughton, conductor
Alexander Michejew, cello
8:26 - 6:03 PM
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Leopold Stokowski, conductor
7:11 - 5:49 PM
Vienna Philharmonic
Lorin Maazel, conductor
14:41 - 5:43 PM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner, conductor
5:45 - 5:33 PM
Piano Concerto No. 1: Rondo
Beethoven: Piano Concertos / Fischer, Goode, Budapest Festival Orchestra
Budapest Festival Orchestra
Ivan Fischer, conductor
Richard Goode, piano
9:11 - 5:26 PM
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Charles Munch, conductor
7:19 - 5:10 PM
Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra
Jun Markl, conductor
Zuill Bailey, cello
15:20 - 5:08 PM
Academy of Ancient Music
Richard Egarr, conductor
1:41 - 5:03 PM
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Colin Davis, conductor
5:05 - 4:50 PM
Minnesota Orchestra
Eiji Oue, conductor
12:37 - 4:43 PM
Philharmonia Orchestra
Carlo Maria Giulini, conductor
7:24 - 4:32 PM
Berlin Philharmonic
Claudio Abbado, conductor
10:28 - 4:24 PM
Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra Amsterdam
Yakov Kreizberg, conductor
Julia Fischer, violin
7:55 - 4:20 PM
Hakon Austbo, piano
3:40 - 4:11 PM
Staatskapelle Berlin
Daniel Barenboim, conductor
9:10 - 4:03 PM
Seattle Symphony
Gerard Schwarz, conductor
7:24 - 3:58 PM
Boston Pops Orchestra
John Williams, conductor
5:11 - 3:55 PM
Cleveland Orchestra
Franz Welser-Most, conductor
3:20 - 3:48 PM
Violin Concerto No. 3: 3rd movement
Mozart: The Violin Concertos; Sinfonia concertante
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Anne-Sophie Mutter, conductor
Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin
6:27 - 3:45 PM
Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano
3:03 - 3:38 PM
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Andrew Litton, conductor
Christopher Parkening, guitar
6:04 - 3:29 PM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner, conductor
9:34 - 3:20 PM
Vienna Philharmonic
Riccardo Muti, conductor
8:47 - 3:09 PM
New York Philharmonic
Pierre Boulez, conductor
10:18 - 3:06 PM
Endellion String Quartet
3:42 - 2:57 PM
Australian Chamber Orchestra
Richard Tognetti, conductor
Richard Tognetti, violin
8:30 - 2:54 PM
Daniel Barenboim, piano
2:42 - 2:50 PM
Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra
Janos Rolla, conductor
Dale Clevenger, horn
3:47 - 2:44 PM
Ulster Orchestra
Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor
6:01 - 2:36 PM
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
Erich Kunzel, conductor
8:05 - 2:27 PM
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Lorin Maazel, conductor
8:57 - 2:20 PM
Stockholm Chamber Orchestra
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
6:58 - 2:17 PM
David Greilsammer, piano
2:11 - 2:07 PM
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Georg Solti, conductor
10:01 - 2:02 PM
Houston Symphony Orchestra
Sergiu Comissiona, conductor
4:54 - 1:57 PM
Cleveland Orchestra
George Szell, conductor
5:27 - 1:48 PM
Egmont Overture
Stanislaw Skrowaczewski - The Minnesota Orchestra: The Vox Recordings
Minnesota Orchestra
Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, conductor
8:40 - 1:44 PM
Julian Lloyd Webber, cello
3:25 - 1:32 PM
Berlin Philharmonic
Herbert von Karajan, conductor
11:50 - 1:29 PM
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
3:27 - 1:22 PM
Halle Orchestra
Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, conductor
6:12 - 1:17 PM
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin, conductor
5:04 - 1:07 PM
Orchestra Mozart
Claudio Abbado, conductor
10:27 - 12:53 PM
Symphony No. 1 "Classical"
Abbado conducts Prokofiev Peter & Wolf & Classical Symphony
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Claudio Abbado, conductor
13:15 - 12:49 PM
Columbia Symphony Orchestra
Isaac Stern, violin
3:47 - 12:47 PM
Orion String Quartet
1:57 - 12:43 PM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner, conductor
3:54 - 12:30 PM
Academy of Ancient Music
Andrew Manze, conductor
Andrew Manze, violin
13:13 - 12:20 PM
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor
Helene Grimaud, piano
9:22 - 12:13 PM
Symphony No. 5: 1st movement
Schubert: Symphonies Nos. 5 and 8; Overture "Die Zauberharfe"
Netherlands Radio Chamber Orchestra
Ton Koopman, conductor
6:34 - 12:09 PM
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor
4:14 - 12:00 PM
Paris Orchestra
Jean Martinon, conductor
Itzhak Perlman, violin
9:14 - 11:48 AM
Vienna Philharmonic
Georg Solti, conductor
11:33 - 11:42 AM
Ruth Laredo, piano
5:32 - 11:28 AM
Bach Collegium Japan
Masaaki Suzuki, conductor
14:07 - 11:25 AM
Orchestral Suite No. 4: Rejouissance
Bach: 4 Ouverturen-Suites, Ouverture Bwv 1070
Musica Antiqua Cologne
Reinhard Goebel, conductor
2:28 - 11:21 AM
La Petite Bande
Sigiswald Kuijken, conductor
3:56 - 11:17 AM
Lahti Symphony Orchestra
Osmo Vanska, conductor
4:07 - 11:06 AM
Berlin Philharmonic
Simon Rattle, conductor
11:18 - 10:58 AM
Piano Concerto No. 1: 3rd movement
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1; Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 3
RAI National Symphony Orchestra
Juraj Valcuha, conductor
Behzod Abduraimov, piano
6:55 - 10:52 AM
Philharmonia Virtuosi
Richard Kapp, conductor
6:14 - 10:48 AM
English Chamber Orchestra
Jeffrey Tate, conductor
Radovan Vlatkovic, horn
3:41 - 10:43 AM
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Jose Serebrier, conductor
5:22 - 10:34 AM
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Claudio Abbado, conductor
8:53 - 10:28 AM
Symphony No. 3 "Eroica": 3rd movement
Beethoven For All: Music of Passion, Power and Beauty
West-Eastern Divan Orchestra
Daniel Barenboim, conductor
6:13 - 10:11 AM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Murray Perahia, conductor
Murray Perahia, piano
15:37 - 10:08 AM
Orchestra of the 18th Century
Frans Bruggen, conductor
3:14 - 10:04 AM
Boston Pops Orchestra
John Williams, conductor
3:45 - 9:59 AM
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Robert Shaw, conductor
5:09 - 9:55 AM
Candide: Overture
Bernstein: West Side Story; On the Town; Candide - Overture; Prelude, Fugue and Riffs
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin, conductor
4:27 - 9:45 AM
University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music Wind Symphony
Eugene Corporon, conductor
9:39 - 9:42 AM
Sarah Chang, violin
2:54 - 9:29 AM
Academy of London
Richard Stamp, conductor
Ray Still, oboe
12:03 - 9:25 AM
Philharmonia Virtuosi
Richard Kapp, conductor
4:45 - 9:19 AM
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor
5:24 - 9:12 AM
Paris Orchestral Ensemble
Armin Jordan, conductor
6:44 - 9:03 AM
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Litton, conductor
8:56 - 8:58 AM
Yundi Li, piano
4:30 - 8:54 AM
L'Arlesienne Suite No. 1: Carillon
Bizet: "Carmen" Suite, "L'Arlesienne" Suite/Offenbach: Barcarolle, "Orpheus in the Underworld" Overture
Berlin Philharmonic
Herbert von Karajan, conductor
4:03 - 8:45 AM
Vienna Philharmonic
Andris Nelsons, conductor
8:57 - 8:42 AM
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
3:01 - 8:32 AM
Die Meistersinger von Nurmberg (The Mastersingers of Nuremburg): Prelude to Act I
Wagner: Overtures And Orchestral Music
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra
Mariss Jansons, conductor
9:44 - 8:23 AM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner, conductor
Heinrich Schiff, cello
9:09 - 8:15 AM
Piano Concerto No. 21 "Elvira Madigan": 3rd movement
Mozart: Piano Concertos No 20 & 21
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Christian Zacharias, conductor
Jan Lisiecki, piano
7:21 - 8:09 AM
Cleveland Orchestra
Lorin Maazel, conductor
6:00 - 8:02 AM
I Solisti Italiani
6:49 - 7:58 AM
Quebec Symphony Orchestra
Yoav Talmi, conductor
4:35 - 7:51 AM
Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1
Elgar: Symphony No. 1; "Pomp and Circumstance" Marches Nos. 1 & 4
Philharmonia Orchestra
Giuseppe Sinopoli, conductor
6:26 - 7:40 AM
Boston Baroque
Martin Pearlman, conductor
10:46 - 7:36 AM
Piano Quintet "Trout": Scherzo
Schubert: Trout Quintet, Mozart: Eine kleine Nachtmusik, Hugo Wolf: Italian Serenade
Takacs Quartet
Andreas Haefliger, piano
3:52 - 7:25 AM
Symphony No. 6 "Pastoral": 1st movement
Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 6 "Pastoral"
London Classical Players
Roger Norrington, conductor
10:32 - 7:22 AM
Boston Pops Orchestra
Arthur Fiedler, conductor
3:01 - 7:12 AM
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
Gil Shaham, violin
10:17 - 7:01 AM
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
Julian Bream, guitar
10:36 - 6:55 AM
Claudio Arrau, piano
5:39 - 6:48 AM
Southwest German Broadcasting Orchestra in Baden-Baden and Freiburg
Michael Gielen, conductor
7:15 - 6:41 AM
Juilliard String Quartet
6:32 - 6:39 AM
French National Orchestra
Seiji Ozawa, conductor
2:32 - 6:29 AM
West-Eastern Divan Orchestra
Daniel Barenboim, conductor
9:28 - 6:25 AM
Vadim Gluzman, violin
3:37 - 6:18 AM
Symphony No. 9 "From the New World": 3rd movement
Dvorak: Symphony No. 9; Sibelius: Symphony No. 2
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Paul Paray, conductor
6:52 - 6:07 AM
Piano Concerto No. 9 "Jeunehomme": 3rd movement
Mozart: Piano Concertos 9 & 23
Northern Sinfonia
Thomas Zehetmair, conductor
Imogen Cooper, piano
10:58 - 6:03 AM
Berlin Philharmonic
Herbert von Karajan, conductor
4:14 - 6:00 AM
Vienna Philharmonic
Claudio Abbado, conductor
2:55