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.
- 1:26 AM
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
3:01 - 1:09 AM
Philadelphia Orchestra
Riccardo Muti, conductor
17:43 - 12:57 AM
"Twinkle, Twinkle" Variations (Ah, vous dirais-je, Maman)
Mozart: Piano Sonatas and Variations
Fazil Say, piano
11:42 - 12:54 AM
Guildhall Strings
3:03 - 12:50 AM
San Francisco Symphony
Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
3:31 - 12:46 AM
Cleveland Quartet
3:47 - 12:35 AM
La Grande Ecurie et la Chambre du Roy
Jean-Claude Malgoire, conductor
John Holloway, violin
10:48 - 12:26 AM
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Bernard Haitink, conductor
9:06 - 12:18 AM
London Symphony Orchestra
Claudio Abbado, conductor
Rudolf Serkin, piano
7:54 - 12:08 AM
Paris Orchestra
Jean Martinon, conductor
Itzhak Perlman, violin
9:14 - 11:55 PM
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Walter Weller, conductor
13:16 - 11:46 PM
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Claudio Abbado, conductor
8:53 - 11:42 PM
Frederic Chiu, piano
3:03 - 11:39 PM
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
Hugh Wolff, conductor
3:04 - 11:28 PM
Vienna Philharmonic
Georg Solti, conductor
11:33 - 11:19 PM
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Georg Solti, conductor
8:10 - 11:17 PM
Orchestral Suite No. 4: Rejouissance
Bach: 4 Ouverturen-Suites, Ouverture Bwv 1070
Musica Antiqua Cologne
Reinhard Goebel, conductor
2:28 - 11:06 PM
Philadelphia Orchestra
Wolfgang Sawallisch, conductor
10:34 - 10:56 PM
University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music Wind Symphony
Eugene Corporon, conductor
9:39 - 10:50 PM
Quintet for Piano and Winds: 3rd movement
Mozart & Beethoven: Piano and Wind Quintets
Vienna Wind Soloists
Andre Previn, piano
5:48 - 10:44 PM
Paris Orchestral Ensemble
Armin Jordan, conductor
6:44 - 10:38 PM
Kuentz Chamber Orchestra
Paul Kuentz, conductor
Narciso Yepes, guitar
4:55 - 10:32 PM
Philharmonia Virtuosi
Richard Kapp, conductor
6:14 - 10:24 PM
English String Orchestra
William Boughton, conductor
Alexander Michejew, cello
8:26 - 10:14 PM
London Symphony Orchestra
Claudio Abbado, conductor
Martha Argerich, piano
9:30 - 10:08 PM
Cleveland Orchestra
Pierre Boulez, conductor
6:01 - 10:03 PM
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin, conductor
5:04 - 9:59 PM
Vadim Gluzman, violin
3:37 - 9:46 PM
I Musici
12:42 - 9:38 PM
Symphony No. 5: 1st movement
Beethoven For All: Music of Passion, Power and Beauty
West-Eastern Divan Orchestra
Daniel Barenboim, conductor
8:14 - 9:28 PM
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
Erich Kunzel, conductor
William Tritt, piano
9:04 - 9:25 PM
Solomon: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
Handel: Fireworks Music, Water Music Suite
Philip Jones Brass Ensemble
Elgar Howarth, conductor
3:11 - 9:14 PM
Berlin Philharmonic
Claudio Abbado, conductor
10:28 - 9:02 PM
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Thomas Schippers, conductor
12:03 - 8:58 PM
Lahti Symphony Orchestra
Osmo Vanska, conductor
4:06 - 8:51 PM
String Quartet No. 9 "Razumovsky No. 3": 4th movement
The Kernis Project: Beethoven
Jasper String Quartet
6:20 - 8:46 PM
Philharmonia Virtuosi
Richard Kapp, conductor
4:45 - 8:40 PM
Symphony No. 82 "The Bear": Finale
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
5:50 - 8:26 PM
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Andre Previn, conductor
Barry Griffiths, violin
14:15 - 8:23 PM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner, conductor
2:55 - 8:13 PM
Piano Concerto No. 16: 1st movement
Mozart: Piano Concertos Nr. 16, Kv 451 And Nr. 19, Kv 459
Southwest German Broadcasting Orchestra in Stuttgart
Neville Marriner, conductor
Christian Zacharias, piano
9:32 - 8:07 PM
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
Riccardo Chailly, conductor
5:54 - 8:03 PM
Columbia Symphony Orchestra
Isaac Stern, violin
3:47 - 7:50 PM
Minnesota Orchestra
Eiji Oue, conductor
12:37 - 7:39 PM
Orchestra of Flanders
Rudolf Werthen, conductor
Yolanda Kondonassis, harp
11:39 - 7:36 PM
Janine Jansen, violin
2:12 - 7:24 PM
North German Radio Symphony
Gunter Wand, conductor
12:21 - 7:19 PM
Philadelphia Orchestra
Eugene Ormandy, conductor
4:37 - 7:09 PM
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 - 7:01 PM
Vienna Philharmonic
Leonard Bernstein, conductor
8:14 - 6:56 PM
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor
4:14 - 6:51 PM
Symphony No. 4 "Italian": Saltarello
Mendelssohn: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4, Hebrides Overture
Cleveland Orchestra
George Szell, conductor
5:25 - 6:44 PM
Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1
Elgar: Symphony No. 1; "Pomp and Circumstance" Marches Nos. 1 & 4
Philharmonia Orchestra
Giuseppe Sinopoli, conductor
6:26 - 6:32 PM
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Manfred Honeck, conductor
11:42 - 6:26 PM
Pepe Romero, guitar
6:13 - 6:21 PM
Musicians of the Louvre
Marc Minkowski, conductor
4:42 - 6:19 PM
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
1:47 - 6:10 PM
Juilliard String Quartet
8:58 - 6:03 PM
New York Philharmonic
Leonard Bernstein, conductor
6:34 - 5:58 PM
German Requiem: Wie lieblich (How lovely are thy dwelling places)
Brahms: Ein Deutches Requiem
Revolutionary and Romantic Orchestra
John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
5:27 - 5:49 PM
Scottish National Orchestra
Neeme Jarvi, conductor
8:59 - 5:37 PM
Russian National Orchestra
Mikhail Pletnev, conductor
11:27 - 5:35 PM
Augustin Dumay, violin
1:14 - 5:28 PM
Music for the Royal Fireworks: Overture
Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks, Concerti a due cori
Tafelmusik
Jeanne Lamon, conductor
7:42 - 5:24 PM
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 - 5:20 PM
English Chamber Orchestra
Raymond Leppard, conductor
Wynton Marsalis, trumpet
3:33 - 5:13 PM
I Solisti Italiani
6:49 - 5:06 PM
Cello Concerto No. 1: 3rd movement
Haydn: Cello Concertos in C & D, Sinfonia Concertante
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Roger Norrington, conductor
Steven Isserlis, cello
7:03 - 4:58 PM
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
Riccardo Chailly, conductor
Ramin Bahrami, piano
7:16 - 4:54 PM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner, conductor
4:24 - 4:49 PM
Cleveland Orchestra
Christoph von Dohnanyi, conductor
5:15 - 4:44 PM
Philadelphia Orchestra
Eugene Ormandy, conductor
5:01 - 4:40 PM
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
Gil Shaham, violin
3:04 - 4:30 PM
Roman Carnival Overture
Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique, Roman Carnival Overture, Three Pieces from The Damnation of Faust
Halle Orchestra
John Barbirolli, conductor
9:43 - 4:22 PM
National Arts Centre Orchestra
Pinchas Zukerman, conductor
8:20 - 4:17 PM
Ingolf Wunder, piano
4:22 - 4:06 PM
Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra Amsterdam
Mario Venzago, conductor
Liza Ferschtman, violin
10:48 - 4:04 PM
North German Radio Symphony
John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
2:14 - 3:52 PM
Philharmonia Orchestra
Otto Klemperer, conductor
12:16 - 3:47 PM
Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra
Lawrence Leighton Smith, conductor
5:03 - 3:43 PM
Leon Fleisher, piano
3:28 - 3:33 PM
Symphony No. 2: 2nd movement
Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2, Dances from Aleko, Scherzo
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Paavo Jarvi, conductor
9:50 - 3:25 PM
Russian National Orchestra
Mikhail Pletnev, conductor
7:53 - 3:16 PM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Joshua Bell, conductor
Joshua Bell, violin
8:32 - 3:09 PM
Southwest German Broadcasting Orchestra in Baden-Baden and Freiburg
Michael Gielen, conductor
7:15 - 3:04 PM
London Classical Players
Roger Norrington, conductor
4:39 - 2:53 PM
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Yoel Levi, conductor
11:12 - 2:48 PM
San Francisco Symphony
Herbert Blomstedt, conductor
4:19 - 2:37 PM
Tafelmusik
Jeanne Lamon, conductor
10:38 - 2:34 PM
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
Dennis Russell Davies, conductor
3:04 - 2:29 PM
Berlin Philharmonic
Simon Rattle, conductor
4:41 - 2:25 PM
Carol Rosenberger, piano
3:58 - 2:10 PM
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
Kurt Masur, conductor
14:34 - 2:06 PM
Budapest Festival Orchestra
Ivan Fischer, conductor
3:51 - 1:51 PM
Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 6, Fantasia
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Davis, conductor
15:41 - 1:47 PM
Kyung Wha Chung, violin
3:28 - 1:33 PM
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin, conductor
13:27 - 1:29 PM
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
David Zinman, conductor
4:33 - 1:23 PM
Symphonie Fantastique: March to the Scaffold
Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique, La Mort de Cleopatre
Vienna Philharmonic
Valery Gergiev, conductor
4:51 - 1:16 PM
Pavane for a Dead Princess (Pavane pour une infante defunte)
Ravel: Ma Mere L'Oye, Pavane
French National Orchestra
Eliahu Inbal, conductor
6:47 - 12:57 PM
Ulster Orchestra
Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor
12:51 - 12:47 PM
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
James Judd, conductor
Jean Louis Steuerman, piano
9:36 - 12:39 PM
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Yoel Levi, conductor
7:55 - 12:26 PM
Sinfonia Concertante: 1st movement
Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 1, Sinfonia Concertante, etc.
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner, conductor
Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin
13:07 - 12:15 PM
Philadelphia Orchestra
Eugene Ormandy, conductor
10:32 - 12:09 PM
Prague Quartet
5:40 - 12:05 PM
Maria Joao Pires, piano
3:33 - 12:02 PM
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
Erich Kunzel, conductor
3:36 - 11:56 AM
Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra
Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
5:06 - 11:53 AM
English Chamber Orchestra
Nicholas Cleobury, conductor
Julian Lloyd Webber, cello
3:33 - 11:43 AM
Berlin Philharmonic
Claudio Abbado, conductor
10:03 - 11:36 AM
Minnesota Orchestra
Osmo Vanska, conductor
Stephen Hough, piano
6:40 - 11:32 AM
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
Pinchas Zukerman, conductor
Hermann Baumann, horn
3:40 - 11:23 AM
Kaiser-Walzer (Emperor Waltz)
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Plays Strauss 1929 - 1990
Vienna Philharmonic
Bruno Walter, conductor
9:06 - 11:15 AM
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Joseph Swensen, conductor
Robert McDuffie, violin
7:08 - 11:07 AM
Musicians of the Louvre
Marc Minkowski, conductor
7:55 - 10:57 AM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Alan Gilbert, conductor
Inon Barnatan, piano
10:04 - 10:52 AM
Hungarian March
Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique, Roman Carnival Overture, Three Pieces from The Damnation of Faust
Halle Orchestra
John Barbirolli, conductor
4:45 - 10:50 AM
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra
Mariss Jansons, conductor
2:49 - 10:46 AM
Swingle Singers
2:44 - 10:39 AM
Smithsonian Chamber Players
Kenneth Slowik, conductor
7:34 - 10:30 AM
Flute and Harp Concerto: Rondo
Mozart: Flute And Harp Concerto; Sinfonia Concertante
Orchestra Mozart
Claudio Abbado, conductor
Jacques Zoon, flute
8:28 - 10:21 AM
London Symphony Orchestra
Colin Davis, conductor
Evgeny Kissin, piano
8:16 - 10:11 AM
Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Teddy Abrams, conductor
Rachel Barton Pine, violin
10:25 - 10:07 AM
Academy of Ancient Music
Christopher Hogwood, conductor
3:44 - 9:52 AM
I Solisti Veneti
Claudio Scimone, conductor
14:57 - 9:50 AM
Rachel Van Voorhees, harp
2:32 - 9:47 AM
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
Erich Kunzel, conductor
2:31 - 9:41 AM
West-Eastern Divan Orchestra
Daniel Barenboim, conductor
5:52 - 9:37 AM
Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Prelude and Fugue No. 1
Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1
Till Fellner, piano
3:50 - 9:28 AM
Staatskapelle Berlin
Daniel Barenboim, conductor
8:57 - 9:24 AM
BBC Concert Orchestra
Barry Wordsworth, conductor
3:27 - 9:18 AM
Cleveland Orchestra
George Szell, conductor
5:59 - 9:07 AM
Symphony Orchestra
Leopold Stokowski, conductor
Julius Baker, flute
11:18 - 9:01 AM
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Colin Davis, conductor
5:14 - 8:50 AM
Scheherazade: The Tale of the Kalendar Prince
Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade / Tale of Tsar Saltan Suite
Seattle Symphony
Gerard Schwarz, conductor
Maria Larionoff, violin
11:29 - 8:45 AM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner, conductor
4:55 - 8:34 AM
London Symphony Orchestra
John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
9:51 - 8:23 AM
Sinfonia Concertante: 2nd movement
Pinchas Zukerman: Complete Recordings on Deutsche Grammophon and Philips
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
Zubin Mehta, conductor
Itzhak Perlman, violin
11:57 - 8:16 AM
Balasz Szokolay, piano
5:34 - 8:06 AM
Revolutionary and Romantic Orchestra
John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
10:47 - 8:03 AM
North German Radio Symphony
John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
2:49 - 7:54 AM
Scottish National Orchestra
Neeme Jarvi, conductor
8:50 - 7:45 AM
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Fritz Reiner, conductor
8:50 - 7:42 AM
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra Chamber Orchestra
Lisa Batiashvili, violin
3:11 - 7:27 AM
Saint Cecilia Orchestra
Antonio Pappano, conductor
Jan Lisiecki, piano
14:11 - 7:24 AM
Guildhall Strings
3:06 - 7:17 AM
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor
Anne Akiko Meyers, violin
6:52 - 7:14 AM
Boston Pops Orchestra
John Williams, conductor
3:04 - 7:02 AM
Cleveland Orchestra
Christoph von Dohnanyi, conductor
11:50 - 6:56 AM
John O'Conor, piano
5:46 - 6:49 AM
Dresden State Orchestra
Hans Vonk, conductor
6:36 - 6:43 AM
Violin Concerto No. 3: 3rd movement
Mozart: Complete Violin Concertos; Sinfonia Concertante K364
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner, conductor
Rachel Barton Pine, violin
6:34 - 6:39 AM
Orchestral Suite No. 3: Air on the G String
The Greatest Classical Show On Earth
Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra
Karl Munchinger, conductor
3:42 - 6:25 AM
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Tadaaki Otaka, conductor
13:45 - 6:18 AM
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Gerard Schwarz, conductor
6:44 - 6:12 AM
Fantasy for a Gentleman: Canario
RODRIGO: Concierto Pastorale / Fantasia para un Gentilhombre (Complete Orchestral Works, Vol. 8)
Asturias Symphony Orchestra
Maximiano Valdez, conductor
Joanna G'froerer, flute
4:52 - 6:02 AM
Musicians of the Louvre
Marc Minkowski, conductor
10:13 - 5:56 AM
Don Giovanni: Overture
Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 20, 21; Don Giovanni Overture
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Fritz Reiner, conductor
5:49 - 5:52 AM
New York Philharmonic
Leonard Bernstein, conductor
3:46 - 5:40 AM
Vienna Philharmonic
Andre Previn, conductor
12:06 - 5:34 AM
Robert DeGaetano, piano
5:40 - 5:27 AM
Staatskapelle Berlin
Daniel Barenboim, conductor
7:14 - 5:23 AM
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin, conductor
4:14 - 5:11 AM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner, conductor
Lynn Harrell, cello
11:22 - 5:07 AM
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
Neeme Jarvi, conductor
3:37 - 5:00 AM
Prague Chamber Orchestra
Charles Mackerras, conductor
7:29