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.
- 11:00 AM
The King's Violins
Bernard Labadie, conductor
Alexandre Tharaud, piano
10:26 - 10:56 AM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner, conductor
3:52 - 10:48 AM
Budapest Festival Orchestra
Ivan Fischer, conductor
7:35 - 10:42 AM
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
Kurt Masur, conductor
5:56 - 10:34 AM
Vienna Symphony Orchestra
Willi Boskovsky, conductor
8:12 - 10:26 AM
Orchestra of the 18th Century
Frans Bruggen, conductor
7:24 - 10:24 AM
Gil Shaham, violin
1:42 - 10:14 AM
Kirov Orchestra
Valery Gergiev, conductor
9:32 - 10:09 AM
Milos Karadaglic, guitar
5:51 - 9:54 AM
National Arts Centre Orchestra
Pinchas Zukerman, conductor
14:08 - 9:46 AM
Zurich Chamber Orchestra
Howard Griffiths, conductor
Sharon Isbin, guitar
7:44 - 9:41 AM
Michael Landrum, piano
4:38 - 9:31 AM
Philharmonia Orchestra
Wilhelm Furtwangler, conductor
Yehudi Menuhin, violin
10:22 - 9:24 AM
Minnesota Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin, conductor
6:58 - 9:16 AM
Oregon Bach Festival Chamber Orchestra
Helmuth Rilling, conductor
7:09 - 9:12 AM
New Queen's Hall Orchestra
Barry Wordsworth, conductor
4:17 - 9:03 AM
Revolutionary and Romantic Orchestra
John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
8:50 - 8:57 AM
Barry Tuckwell, horn
6:13 - 8:52 AM
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
David Zinman, conductor
4:31 - 8:46 AM
Dresden State Orchestra
Colin Davis, conductor
6:39 - 8:42 AM
The Three-Cornered Hat: Neighbor's Dance
Muti | Philadelphia Orchestra | de Falla, Ravel, Chabrier
Philadelphia Orchestra
Riccardo Muti, conductor
3:11 - 8:38 AM
London Symphony Orchestra
Andre Previn, conductor
4:16 - 8:24 AM
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Riccardo Chailly, conductor
13:21 - 8:20 AM
German Chamber Philharmonic
David Fray, piano
4:03 - 8:17 AM
Berlin Philharmonic
Andre Cluytens, conductor
2:46 - 8:01 AM
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Yoel Levi, conductor
15:42 - 7:49 AM
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
11:30 - 7:46 AM
Orchestra of the Bastille
Myung-Whun Chung, conductor
3:55 - 7:40 AM
Musicians of the Louvre
Marc Minkowski, conductor
5:40 - 7:33 AM
Minnesota Orchestra
Osmo Vanska, conductor
Stephen Hough, piano
6:21 - 7:27 AM
Netherlands Chamber Orchestra
Yakov Kreizberg, conductor
Julia Fischer, violin
6:06 - 7:24 AM
San Francisco Symphony
Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
3:24 - 7:08 AM
Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis
Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis; Fantasia on Greensleeves; The Lark Ascending; Five Variants of "Dives and Lazarus"
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner, conductor
15:16 - 7:01 AM
Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra
Jeffrey Kahane, conductor
Hilary Hahn, violin
6:55 - 6:51 AM
London Symphony Orchestra
Colin Davis, conductor
Evgeny Kissin, piano
9:48 - 6:44 AM
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Simon Rattle, conductor
7:11 - 6:40 AM
Die Meistersinger von Nurmberg (The Mastersingers of Nuremburg): Prelude to Act I
New Classical Arrangements for Brass
Copper Street Brass Quintet
3:39 - 6:34 AM
Aranjuez Concerto: 1st movement
Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez; Villa-Lobos: Concerto for Guitar, Five Preludes
Monteverdi Orchestra
John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
Julian Bream, guitar
5:55 - 6:26 AM
English Northern Philharmonia
Paul Daniel, conductor
7:07 - 6:17 AM
English Chamber Orchestra
Jose Luis Garcia, conductor
Yo-Yo Ma, cello
9:03 - 6:15 AM
Maurizio Pollini, piano
1:39 - 6:08 AM
Adagio for Strings
Norman Dello Joio: Triumph of St. Joan; Variations, Chaconne & Finale
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
James Sedares, conductor
7:29 - 6:02 AM
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
Leonard Bernstein, conductor
5:55 - 5:58 AM
Musica Antiqua Cologne
Reinhard Goebel, conductor
3:06 - 5:54 AM
Boston Pops Orchestra
John Williams, conductor
4:29 - 5:49 AM
Norwegian National Opera Orchestra
Rinaldo Alessandrini, conductor
4:31 - 5:41 AM
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Wolfgang Sawallisch, conductor
Frank Peter Zimmermann, violin
8:34 - 5:36 AM
Piano Sonata No. 8 "Pathetique": 2nd movement
Beethoven: Piano Sonatas 8, 15, 27 & 30
Jonathan Biss, piano
4:24 - 5:30 AM
Bournemouth Sinfonietta
Andrew Litton, conductor
5:55 - 5:18 AM
Minnesota Orchestra
Eiji Oue, conductor
11:49 - 5:09 AM
Philadelphia Orchestra
Eugene Ormandy, conductor
9:10 - 5:00 AM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner, conductor
Neil Black, oboe
8:52