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.
- 5:13 PM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner, conductor
Peter Damm, horn
15:56 - 5:09 PM
Ingolf Wunder, piano
4:22 - 5:05 PM
Boston Pops Orchestra
Arthur Fiedler, conductor
3:34 - 4:56 PM
English Chamber Orchestra
Jeffrey Tate, conductor
Frank Peter Zimmermann, violin
8:54 - 4:46 PM
Vienna Philharmonic
John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
10:04 - 4:41 PM
Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Prelude and Fugue No. 1
Bach: Well-Tempered Clavier Book 1
Angela Hewitt, piano
4:02 - 4:29 PM
Philharmonia Orchestra
Christian Thielemann, conductor
12:09 - 4:24 PM
Tafelmusik
Bruno Weil, conductor
5:08 - 4:15 PM
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor
8:44 - 4:08 PM
London Symphony Orchestra
Andre Previn, conductor
6:56 - 4:03 PM
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Gunter Wand, conductor
5:04 - 3:55 PM
Piano Trio No. 7 "Archduke": 4th movement
Innovation/Evolution: The Unfolding of Music, 2: The Age of Reason
Jeffrey Kahane, piano
7:02 - 3:50 PM
Taverner Players
Andrew Parrott, conductor
5:00 - 3:46 PM
Rotterdam Chamber Orchestra
Conrad van Alphen, conductor
4:19 - 3:42 PM
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
Erich Kunzel, conductor
4:30 - 3:36 PM
Aranjuez Concerto: 3rd movement
Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez; Villa-Lobos: Concerto for Guitar, Five Preludes
Monteverdi Orchestra
John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
Julian Bream, guitar
5:05 - 3:30 PM
Norwegian National Opera Orchestra
Rinaldo Alessandrini, conductor
6:29 - 3:23 PM
Symphony No. 101 "The Clock": 3rd movement
Haydn: Symphonies Nos 101 The Clock and 104 London
Orchestra of St. Luke's
Charles Mackerras, conductor
6:47 - 3:20 PM
Andre Watts, piano
2:20 - 3:09 PM
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
11:21 - 3:03 PM
Vienna Boys Choir
5:13 - 2:52 PM
Minnesota Orchestra
Eiji Oue, conductor
Adam Kuenzel, flute
10:44 - 2:42 PM
Night on Bald Mountain
Moussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition, Night on the Bare Mountain
Philadelphia Orchestra
Riccardo Muti, conductor
10:37 - 2:31 PM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Alan Gilbert, conductor
Inon Barnatan, piano
10:04 - 2:27 PM
Swedish Chamber Orchestra
Roy Goodman, conductor
Niklas Eklund, trumpet
3:51 - 2:25 PM
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Paavo Jarvi, conductor
2:43 - 2:18 PM
West-Eastern Divan Orchestra
Daniel Barenboim, conductor
5:52 - 2:08 PM
Berlin Philharmonic
Herbert von Karajan, conductor
10:24 - 2:02 PM
Norwegian Chamber Orchestra
Iona Brown, conductor
Truls Mork, cello
6:07 - 1:58 PM
Quebec Symphony Orchestra
Yoav Talmi, conductor
3:34 - 1:45 PM
A Midsummer Night's Dream: Overture
F. Mendelssohn Bartholdy: A Midsummer Night's Dream
Oregon Bach Festival Orchestra
Helmuth Rilling, conductor
12:54 - 1:41 PM
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Charles Mackerras, conductor
Eric Ruske, horn
3:13 - 1:27 PM
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Georg Solti, conductor
14:42 - 1:20 PM
Vienna Philharmonic
Riccardo Muti, conductor
7:00 - 1:17 PM
Piano Sonata No. 14 "Moonlight": 2nd movement
Beethoven: Piano Sonatas op. 106 and op. 27/2
Murray Perahia, piano
2:13 - 1:02 PM
Philharmonia Orchestra
Otto Klemperer, conductor
14:46 - 12:52 PM
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
Gil Shaham, violin
9:48 - 12:48 PM
Symphony No. 94 "Surprise": Finale
Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 94 & 95; Mozart: Toy Symphony
Hanover Band
Roy Goodman, conductor
4:07 - 12:40 PM
Piano Concerto No. 1: 3rd movement
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2; Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1
Vienna Symphony Orchestra
Herbert von Karajan, conductor
Sviatoslav Richter, piano
7:06 - 12:32 PM
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
Riccardo Chailly, conductor
8:44 - 12:30 PM
New York Philharmonic
Leonard Bernstein, conductor
1:49 - 12:27 PM
Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra
Jeffrey Kahane, conductor
Hilary Hahn, violin
2:33 - 12:12 PM
Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra
Gennady Rozhdestvensky, conductor
15:07 - 12:07 PM
Berlin Philharmonic
Simon Rattle, conductor
4:41 - 12:00 PM
English Chamber Orchestra
Jeffrey Tate, conductor
Mitsuko Uchida, piano
7:06 - 11:47 AM
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Charles Mackerras, conductor
13:02 - 11:41 AM
Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra
Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
5:58 - 11:31 AM
Scottish Fantasy: Finale
Jean Sibelius: Concerto for Violin in D minor, Op. 47, Max Bruch: Scottish Fantasy for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 46
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
Zubin Mehta, conductor
Midori, violin
9:39 - 11:26 AM
Tafelmusik
Jeanne Lamon, conductor
4:13 - 11:21 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 - 11:19 AM
Lang Lang, piano
2:10 - 11:06 AM
Symphony No. 9 "From the New World": 1st movement
Dvorak: Symphony No. 9 'From The New World'
London Symphony Orchestra
Istvan Kertesz, conductor
12:28 - 11:03 AM
Appalachian Spring: Variations on a Shaker Melody
Bernstein: Candide Overture, Barber: Adagio for Strings, Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra
Lukas Foss, conductor
3:35 - 10:58 AM
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
Leonard Bernstein, conductor
Marilyn Horne, mezzo-soprano
4:54 - 10:53 AM
Boston Baroque
Martin Pearlman, conductor
4:28 - 10:47 AM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner, conductor
Joshua Bell, violin
5:53 - 10:38 AM
Mahler Chamber Orchestra
Leif Ove Andsnes, conductor
Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
8:50 - 10:32 AM
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Colin Davis, conductor
5:37 - 10:24 AM
Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Lance Friedel, conductor
8:19 - 10:15 AM
Minnesota Orchestra
Edo de Waart, conductor
Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin
8:37 - 10:12 AM
Iceland Symphony Orchestra
Bjarte Engeset, conductor
2:42 - 10:05 AM
English Chamber Orchestra
Jeffrey Tate, conductor
Radovan Vlatkovic, horn
6:59 - 9:50 AM
Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra
Antal Dorati, conductor
14:34 - 9:43 AM
Berlin Philharmonic
Herbert von Karajan, conductor
7:07 - 9:37 AM
Orchestra of the 18th Century
Frans Bruggen, conductor
5:35 - 9:27 AM
Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra
Lawrence Foster, conductor
9:49 - 9:23 AM
Symphonie Fantastique: March to the Scaffold
Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique; Hungarian & Trojan Marches; Corsair & Roman Carnival Overtures
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Paul Paray, conductor
4:25 - 9:19 AM
Gil Shaham, violin
3:34 - 9:11 AM
Brandenburg Concerto No. 1: 4th movement
Bach: Six Concertos for the Margrave of Brandenburg
European Brandenburg Ensemble
Trevor Pinnock, conductor
7:32 - 9:00 AM
Die Meistersinger von Nurmberg (The Mastersingers of Nuremburg): Prelude to Act I
Klemperer Conducts Wagner: Album II
Philharmonia Orchestra
Otto Klemperer, conductor
11:01 - 8:56 AM
Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra
Leif Segerstam, conductor
4:35 - 8:52 AM
Chicago Sinfonietta
Paul Freeman, conductor
3:19 - 8:48 AM
Norwegian National Opera Orchestra
Rinaldo Alessandrini, conductor
4:31 - 8:46 AM
Augustin Dumay, violin
1:14 - 8:35 AM
Szeged Symphony Orchestra
Tamas Pal, conductor
10:42 - 8:24 AM
Hebrides Overture (Fingal's Cave)
Mendelssohn: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4, Hebrides Overture
Cleveland Orchestra
George Szell, conductor
10:51 - 8:17 AM
Tatrai Quartet
6:40 - 8:07 AM
Vienna Philharmonic
Carlos Kleiber, conductor
9:52 - 8:02 AM
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
David Zinman, conductor
5:39 - 7:52 AM
London Symphony Orchestra
Claudio Abbado, conductor
Martha Argerich, piano
9:30 - 7:50 AM
English Chamber Orchestra
Raymond Leppard, conductor
William Bennett, flute
1:35 - 7:44 AM
Moscow Virtuosi
Vladimir Spivakov, conductor
Vladimir Spivakov, violin
6:14 - 7:38 AM
Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra
Antal Dorati, conductor
5:49 - 7:28 AM
New York Philharmonic
Leonard Bernstein, conductor
10:11 - 7:22 AM
London Classical Players
Roger Norrington, conductor
5:51 - 7:16 AM
Piano Sonata No. 14 "Moonlight": 1st movement
The Greatest Classical Show On Earth
Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano
5:28 - 7:08 AM
Berlin Philharmonic
Rafael Kubelik, conductor
8:05 - 7:01 AM
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
Erich Kunzel, conductor
6:22 - 6:49 AM
English Baroque Soloists
John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
11:49 - 6:44 AM
Boston Pops Orchestra
John Williams, conductor
5:28 - 6:42 AM
Amadeus Ensemble
Julius Rudel, conductor
1:40 - 6:39 AM
Philadelphia Orchestra
Mariss Jansons, conductor
3:41 - 6:35 AM
Kyung Wha Chung, violin
3:28 - 6:30 AM
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Davis, conductor
4:27 - 6:20 AM
Orchestra of Flanders
Rudolf Werthen, conductor
Yolanda Kondonassis, harp
10:31 - 6:16 AM
Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra
Zubin Mehta, conductor
2:41 - 6:00 AM
Symphony No. 5: 3rd-4th movements
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5, Wellington's Victory, Egmont
Canadian Brass
Georg Tintner, conductor
16:40