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.
- 4:53 PM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner, conductor
3:52 - 4:47 PM
Symphony No. 35 "Haffner": 1st movement
Mozart: Symphonies No 29, 33, 35, 38, And 41
Orchestra Mozart
Claudio Abbado, conductor
5:35 - 4:41 PM
Philadelphia Orchestra
Riccardo Muti, conductor
6:44 - 4:30 PM
Netherlands Chamber Orchestra
David Zinman, conductor
9:48 - 4:14 PM
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Paavo Jarvi, conductor
15:57 - 4:09 PM
Emerson String Quartet
5:19 - 4:05 PM
Andras Schiff, piano
3:50 - 4:02 PM
Lieutenant Kije: Troika
Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite, Prokofiev: Lieutenant Kije, Dukas: The Sourcerer's Apprentice
Saint Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra
Yuri Temirkanov, conductor
2:35 - 3:53 PM
Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra
Mario Bernardi, conductor
8:38 - 3:46 PM
Cantus
7:04 - 3:41 PM
Cleveland Orchestra
George Szell, conductor
4:45 - 3:35 PM
Symphony No. 94 "Surprise": 2nd movement
Haydn: London Symphonies 93, 94 "The Surprise", & 95
La Petite Bande
Sigiswald Kuijken, conductor
6:50 - 3:32 PM
Ruth Laredo, piano
1:42 - 3:20 PM
I Musici
Pepe Romero, guitar
11:58 - 3:16 PM
Boston Pops Orchestra
Arthur Fiedler, conductor
4:29 - 3:10 PM
Vienna Philharmonic
Christoph von Dohnanyi, conductor
5:28 - 3:08 PM
Budapest Festival Orchestra
Ivan Fischer, conductor
Andras Keller, violin
1:45 - 3:04 PM
Symphonie Fantastique: March to the Scaffold
Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique; Hungarian & Trojan Marches; Corsair & Roman Carnival Overtures
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Paul Paray, conductor
4:25 - 2:59 PM
Alfred Brendel, piano
4:34 - 2:56 PM
Tafelmusik
Jeanne Lamon, conductor
2:37 - 2:53 PM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner, conductor
Barry Tuckwell, horn
3:14 - 2:45 PM
Berlin Philharmonic
Herbert von Karajan, conductor
7:59 - 2:41 PM
John Williams, guitar
3:18 - 2:29 PM
New York Philharmonic
Leonard Bernstein, conductor
11:53 - 2:23 PM
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor
Milos Karadaglic, guitar
5:55 - 2:19 PM
Leslie Howard, piano
4:04 - 2:06 PM
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 - 2:02 PM
Houston Symphony Orchestra
Sergiu Comissiona, conductor
4:54 - 1:58 PM
da Capo Brass
3:47 - 1:51 PM
Chicago Symphony Orchestra Brass
Jay Friedman, conductor
6:11 - 1:44 PM
Prague Chamber Orchestra
Charles Mackerras, conductor
7:19 - 1:34 PM
Richard Goode, piano
9:34 - 1:31 PM
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
Gil Shaham, violin
3:04 - 1:24 PM
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor
6:27 - 1:12 PM
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Claudio Abbado, conductor
11:53 - 1:03 PM
Philharmonia Orchestra
Christian Thielemann, conductor
9:24 - 12:58 PM
Berlin Philharmonic
Herbert von Karajan, conductor
4:04 - 12:44 PM
National Arts Centre Orchestra
Pinchas Zukerman, conductor
14:08 - 12:41 PM
English Chamber Orchestra
Raymond Leppard, conductor
Raymond Leppard, harpsichord
2:54 - 12:35 PM
Cleveland Orchestra
Christoph von Dohnanyi, conductor
5:29 - 12:24 PM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner, conductor
Lynn Harrell, cello
11:22 - 12:20 PM
Cleveland Quartet
John O'Conor, piano
3:49 - 12:09 PM
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Riccardo Chailly, conductor
10:19 - 12:02 PM
Zurich Chamber Orchestra
Howard Griffiths, conductor
Sharon Isbin, guitar
7:44 - 11:57 AM
East Coast Chamber Orchestra
4:11 - 11:52 AM
Suite Bergamasque: Clair de lune (Moonlight)
Children's Corner - Debussy Orchestrations
Quebec Symphony Orchestra
Yoav Talmi, conductor
5:07 - 11:50 AM
Septura
1:44 - 11:41 AM
Camerata Salzburg
Leonidas Kavakos, conductor
Leonidas Kavakos, violin
9:09 - 11:35 AM
Emil Gilels, piano
5:46 - 11:29 AM
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Charles Munch, conductor
6:08 - 11:21 AM
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Paul Paray, conductor
7:32 - 11:09 AM
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
11:30 - 11:03 AM
Brandenburg Concerto No. 6: 1st movement
Bach: Concerts Brandebourgeois Nos. 2, 5, 6
Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra
Ton Koopman, conductor
6:14 - 10:48 AM
Russian Easter Festival Overture
Rimsky-Korsakov: Antar and Russian Easter Festival
Philharmonia Orchestra
Evgeny Svetlanov, conductor
15:04 - 10:44 AM
Budapest Festival Orchestra
Ivan Fischer, conductor
3:13 - 10:39 AM
City of Granada Orchestra
Josep Pons, conductor
Marco Socias, guitar
4:51 - 10:36 AM
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Daniel Barenboim, conductor
2:43 - 10:20 AM
Cleveland Orchestra
George Szell, conductor
David Oistrakh, violin
16:48 - 10:16 AM
Andre Watts, piano
2:57 - 10:02 AM
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
14:03 - 9:55 AM
Minnesota Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin, conductor
6:58 - 9:50 AM
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
Erich Kunzel, conductor
4:34 - 9:46 AM
Norwegian National Opera Orchestra
Rinaldo Alessandrini, conductor
4:31 - 9:32 AM
Concerto for Oboe and Violin
Bach: Concerto in C minor, BWV 1060, for violin, oboe, strings and continuo ; Oratorium Festo Paschali: BWV 249. Adagio
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Heinz Holliger, conductor
Heinz Holliger, oboe
13:49 - 9:30 AM
Stephen Kovacevich, piano
1:57 - 9:25 AM
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
Neeme Jarvi, conductor
4:02 - 9:13 AM
Bamberg Symphony Orchestra
Karl Anton Rickenbacher, conductor
12:11 - 9:04 AM
English Chamber Orchestra
Jeffrey Tate, conductor
Frank Peter Zimmermann, violin
8:54 - 8:57 AM
Piano Concerto No. 16: 3rd movement
Mozart: Piano Concertos Nr. 16, Kv 451 And Nr. 19, Kv 459
Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra
Neville Marriner, conductor
Christian Zacharias, piano
6:32 - 8:53 AM
Musica Antiqua Cologne
Reinhard Goebel, conductor
3:41 - 8:46 AM
Budapest Festival Orchestra
Ivan Fischer, conductor
7:35 - 8:41 AM
London Classical Players
Roger Norrington, conductor
4:39 - 8:38 AM
The Three-Cornered Hat: Neighbor's Dance
Muti | Philadelphia Orchestra | de Falla, Ravel, Chabrier
Philadelphia Orchestra
Riccardo Muti, conductor
3:11 - 8:21 AM
Symphony No. 9 "Great": 4th movement
Schubert: Symphonies Nos. 8 "Unfinished" & 9 "The Great"
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
Herbert Blomstedt, conductor
16:22 - 8:18 AM
Angela Hewitt, piano
2:26 - 8:07 AM
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Bernard Haitink, conductor
11:36 - 8:04 AM
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
2:49 - 7:58 AM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner, conductor
Leila Josefowicz, violin
5:23 - 7:53 AM
Boston Pops Orchestra
John Williams, conductor
5:11 - 7:49 AM
Academy for Ancient Music Berlin
Rene Jacobs, conductor
4:00 - 7:43 AM
Houston Symphony Orchestra
Sergiu Comissiona, conductor
6:27 - 7:38 AM
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Andras Schiff, conductor
Andras Schiff, piano
4:02 - 7:26 AM
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Manfred Honeck, conductor
11:42 - 7:23 AM
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
Neeme Jarvi, conductor
2:49 - 7:12 AM
Ma vlast (My Country): Vltava (The Moldau)
Fibich: Symphony No. 1/Smetana: Vysehrad, Vlatava
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Neeme Jarvi, conductor
11:25 - 7:03 AM
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Carlos Kalmar, conductor
Rachel Barton Pine, violin
8:35 - 6:56 AM
English Chamber Orchestra
Jeffrey Tate, conductor
Mitsuko Uchida, piano
7:06 - 6:49 AM
Cleveland Orchestra
Christoph von Dohnanyi, conductor
6:59 - 6:45 AM
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
Christopher Hogwood, conductor
3:36 - 6:42 AM
San Francisco Symphony
Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
3:24 - 6:37 AM
London Classical Players
Roger Norrington, conductor
4:37 - 6:27 AM
Die Meistersinger von Nurmberg (The Mastersingers of Nuremburg): Prelude to Act I
Music of Wagner
Minnesota Orchestra
Neville Marriner, conductor
9:45 - 6:19 AM
Philharmonia Orchestra
Christian Thielemann, conductor
8:01 - 6:04 AM
Berlin Philharmonic
Nigel Kennedy, violin
14:00 - 6:00 AM
New York Philharmonic
Leonard Bernstein, conductor
4:32