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  • 5:44 AM

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra

    Daniel Bjarmason, conductor

    9:31
  • 5:33 AM

    Light: The Peaceful Heart

    Ramon Humet

    Latvian Radio Choir

    Sigvards Klava, conductor

    Agnese Paunina, soprano

    10:23
  • 5:25 AM

    Air

    Aaron Jay Kernis

    Living Music

    Alice K. Dade, flute

    12:00
  • 5:15 AM

    Ringing Changes

    Gerald Levinson

    Marcantonio Barone, piano

    Charles Abramovic, piano

    8:31
  • 5:07 AM

    On the Nature of Daylight

    Max Richter

    Max Richter: Exiles

    Baltic Sea Philharmonic

    Kristjan Jarvi, conductor

    7:17
  • 5:01 AM

    Come In!: 2nd movement

    Vladimir Martynov

    Mari

    Berlin Konzerthaus Orchestra

    Jonathan Stockhammer, conductor

    Mari Samuelsen, violin

    4:31
  • 4:50 AM

    The Things Left Unsaid

    Caleb Burhans

    Caleb Burhans: Evensong

    Tarab Cello Ensemble

    Caleb Burhans, conductor

    8:27
  • 4:44 AM

    The Fruits of Silence

    Peteris Vasks

    Winter

    Voces8

    5:29
  • 4:30 AM

    Freeform

    Glenn Branca

    Polish Radio National Symphony Orchestra

    Christian von Borries, conductor

    11:44
  • 4:19 AM

    Kronos Quartet

    9:58
  • 4:06 AM

    Metamorphosis II

    Philip Glass

    Dreaming Awake

    Bruce Levingston, piano

    10:20
  • 4:01 AM

    Dance: When you're broken open

    Anna Clyne

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    Inbal Segev, cello

    4:39
  • 3:54 AM

    Nocturne No. 20

    Frederic Chopin

    Romance Of The Violin

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Michael Stern, conductor

    Joshua Bell, violin

    4:05
  • 3:28 AM

    Flute Concerto

    Lowell Liebermann

    London Mozart Players

    Lowell Liebermann, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    24:34
  • 3:23 AM

    Suantrai ar Slanaitheora (Lullaby of our Saviour)

    Traditional

    Chamber Choir Ireland

    Paul Hillier, conductor

    3:57
  • 3:21 AM

    Sleep for Mama (Icelandic Folk Song)

    Traditional Icelandic

    Vikingur Olafsson, piano

    2:38
  • 3:06 AM

    Harp Sonata

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Virtuoso Harp

    Marion Hoffman, harp

    12:54
  • 3:01 AM

    Sarabande

    Ludovico Einaudi

    Ludovico Einaudi: Portrait

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    4:42
  • 2:54 AM

    Forest Clearing

    Sigurd Islandsmoen

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra

    Bjarte Engeset, conductor

    4:26
  • 2:48 AM

    Ronn McFarlane, lute

    3:56
  • 2:17 AM

    Symphony No. 7 "Pastoral"

    Alexander Glazunov

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    30:49
  • 2:06 AM

    Suite for Pardessus de Viole

    Louis de Caix D'Hervelois

    La Reveuse

    Florence Bolton, pardessus de viole

    8:49
  • 2:01 AM

    Two Bagatelles

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Pavel Kolesnikov, piano

    4:41
  • 1:49 AM

    Bassoon Concerto

    Johann Fasch

    Concerti Virtuosi

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    Dominic Teresi, bassoon

    9:15
  • 1:17 AM

    Symphony No. 2

    Emilie Mayer

    North German Radio Philharmonic

    Leo McFall, conductor

    30:37
  • 1:12 AM

    White Christmas

    Irving Berlin

    Trombones Under the Tree

    Joseph Alessi, trombone

    3:05
  • 1:06 AM

    Castor and Pollux: Overture

    Jean-Philippe Rameau

    Rameau: Castor et Pollux; Purcell: 3 Fantasias

    Orchestra of the 18th Century

    Frans Bruggen, conductor

    5:02
  • 1:01 AM

    The Tempest: Rustic Dance

    Ernest Chausson

    Belgian Radio and TV Symphony Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    4:50
  • 12:52 AM

    Wedding Cake

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Saint-Saens: Carnival of the Animals

    I Musici Montreal

    Yuli Turovsky, conductor

    David Owen Norris, piano

    6:24
  • 12:27 AM

    Symphony No. 85 "The Queen"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Hugh Wolff, conductor

    23:34
  • 12:22 AM

    The First Noel

    Traditional

    A String Quartet Christmas

    Arturo Delmoni, violin

    4:47
  • 12:18 AM

    Wood Notes: Whippoorwill's Shoes

    William Grant Still

    Fort Smith Symphony

    John Jeter, conductor

    2:25
  • 12:15 AM

    El Tragalochas

    Isaias Alvarado

    Graham Anthony Devine, guitar

    1:47
  • 12:06 AM

    Alborada del Gracioso (Morning Song of the Jester)

    Maurice Ravel

    Paris Orchestra

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    8:30
  • 12:01 AM

    Wind Quintet: 2nd movement

    Carl Nielsen

    Bergen Wind Quintet

    4:43
  • 11:46 PM

    Celtic Concerto

    Catrin Finch

    Sinfonia Cymru

    John Rutter, conductor

    Catrin Finch, harp

    12:40
  • 11:18 PM

    Cello Sonata No. 1

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Hope Amid Tears

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    25:53
  • 11:13 PM

    Sleigh Ride

    Leroy Anderson

    Lahti Symphony Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    3:05
  • 11:06 PM

    Wedding Day at Troldhaugen

    Edvard Grieg

    Ballad for Edvard Grieg

    Leif Ove Andsnes, piano

    6:17
  • 10:47 PM

    Symphony: Finale

    Cesar Franck

    Metropolitan Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    11:21
  • 10:45 PM

    Orchestral Suite No. 2: Badinerie

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    James Galway - Celebrating 70: A Collection of Personal Favorites

    Wurttemberg Chamber Orchestra

    Jorg Faerber, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    1:19
  • 10:34 PM

    Gloriana: Courtly Dances

    Benjamin Britten

    English Symphony Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    9:59
  • 10:26 PM

    3 Balletti e Correnti

    Giovanni Legrenzi

    La Serenissima

    Adrian Chandler, conductor

    Adrian Chandler, violin

    7:27
  • 10:15 PM

    Symphony No. 3: 3rd movement

    Marcel Tyberg

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    9:19
  • 10:07 PM

    Chanukah Suite

    Traditional Jewish

    Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jeff Tyzik, conductor

    7:36
  • 10:03 PM

    Dance Antique

    William Mason

    Calico Winds

    2:41
  • 9:40 PM

    Piano Concerto

    Jan Dussek

    Ulster Orchestra

    Howard Shelley, conductor

    Howard Shelley, piano

    18:04
  • 9:19 PM

    Cello Concerto No. 1

    Camille Saint-Saens

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Mstislav Rostropovich, conductor

    Han-Na Chang, cello

    19:20
  • 9:13 PM

    Lo how a rose

    Traditional

    Joy to the World

    Empire Brass

    3:40
  • 9:06 PM

    King Stephen: Overture

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven" Symphonis Nos 4 and 8

    Hanover Band

    Roy Goodman, conductor

    6:39
  • 9:01 PM

    Symphony No. 2: Scherzo

    Alexander Borodin

    Toronto Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Davis, conductor

    4:51
  • 6:42 PM

    Karelia Suite

    Jean Sibelius

    Lahti Symphony Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    Raimo Laukka, baritone

    17:09
  • 6:39 PM

    German Dance No. 3 "Sleigh Ride"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Divertimenti, German Dances

    Ensemble Wien

    2:16
  • 6:19 PM

    Cantilena

    Adrian Shepherd, conductor

    18:21
  • 6:16 PM

    First Snow

    Ola Gjeilo

    Ola Gjeilo: Winter Songs

    12 Ensemble

    Ola Gjeilo, piano

    2:26
  • 6:06 PM

    The Magic Harp

    Ina Boyle

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Ronald Corp, conductor

    9:15
  • 6:01 PM

    Symphonic Metamorphosis: March

    Paul Hindemith

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    4:41
  • 5:43 PM

    A Song of Agincourt

    Charles Stanford

    Ulster Orchestra

    Howard Shelley, conductor

    15:39
  • 5:21 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 1

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    20:35
  • 5:17 PM

    O Jesulein suss (O little one sweet)

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Star Over Bethlehem: Choral Jewels for Christmas

    Choral Arts Society of Washington

    Norman Scribner, conductor

    3:03
  • 5:13 PM

    Music Box

    Isaias Savio

    Batucada: South American Guitar Music

    Graham Anthony Devine, guitar

    2:20
  • 5:06 PM

    Swan Lake: Pas de trois

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake - Highlights

    Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre

    Valery Gergiev, conductor

    6:55
  • 5:01 PM

    Like a Singing Bird

    Bob Chilcott

    iSing Silicon Valley

    Jennah Delp Somers/Shane Troll, conductor

    4:36
  • 4:50 PM

    Anacreon: Overture

    Luigi Cherubini

    Cherubini: Overtures

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    8:36
  • 4:46 PM

    Christmas Cornucopia

    Kermit Poling

    Christmas Around the World

    West Edge String Quartet

    3:45
  • 4:15 PM

    Symphony No. 6

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Symphonies, Vol. 2

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Edward Gardner, conductor

    29:05
  • 4:06 PM

    Abdelazar: Incidental Music

    Henry Purcell

    A Baroque Feast

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    7:02
  • 4:01 PM

    Youthful Suite: English Waltz

    Percy Grainger

    Martin Jones, piano

    4:45
  • 3:48 PM

    Bright Blue Music

    Michael Torke

    Michael Torke's Color Music

    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    9:07
  • 3:44 PM

    Shchedryk (Song of Good Cheer)

    Mikola Leontovich

    Have Yourself an OK Christmas

    The OK Factor

    3:27
  • 3:26 PM

    Suite in the Ancient Style

    Vincent d'Indy

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra

    Rumon Gamba, conductor

    16:18
  • 3:18 PM

    Suite of Old Lettish Dances

    Andrejs Jansons

    Blue Skies

    USAF Band of Flight

    7:36
  • 3:08 PM

    Symphony No. 39: Finale

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    W.A. Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 38 & 39

    North German Radio Philharmonic

    Andrew Manze, conductor

    8:26
  • 2:58 PM

    La Stravaganza: Violin Concerto No. 1

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Arte Dei Suonatori Baroque Orchestra

    Rachel Podger, violin

    8:16
  • 2:52 PM

    Symphony No. 4: 3rd movement

    Florence Price

    Fort Smith Symphony

    John Jeter, conductor

    5:13
  • 2:41 PM

    L'Etoile du Nord: Dance Suite

    Giacomo Meyerbeer

    Barcelona Symphony Orchestra

    Michal Nesterowicz, conductor

    9:06
  • 2:35 PM

    Octet: Scherzo

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Pinchas Zukerman, conductor

    4:33
  • 2:31 PM

    Les Petits Pas No. 12/Still, Still, Still

    Bernard Andres

    Bernard's Christmas

    Megan Metheney, harp

    3:56
  • 2:23 PM

    Grand Duo Concertant: Rondo

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Here With You

    Anthony McGill, clarinet

    6:07
  • 2:19 PM

    Morning Song

    Edward Elgar

    And the Bridge is Love: English Music for Strings

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Julian Lloyd Webber, conductor

    Julian Lloyd Webber, cello

    3:09
  • 2:17 PM

    Sylvia: Pizzicati

    Leo Delibes

    New Philharmonia Orchestra

    Richard Bonynge, conductor

    1:55
  • 2:08 PM

    Symphony: Scherzo

    Igor Stravinsky

    Stravinsky: Symphony In E Flat, Firebird Suite

    Russian National Orchestra

    Mikhail Pletnev, conductor

    5:38
  • 2:04 PM

    Water Music Suite No. 2: Alla Hornpipe

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Music For The Royal Fireworks / Water Music

    Capella Istropolitana

    Bohdan Warchal, conductor

    2:56
  • 1:46 PM

    The Three-Cornered Hat: Suite

    Manuel de Falla

    Spain

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Fritz Reiner, conductor

    12:12
  • 1:42 PM

    Canzon Primi Toni No. 2

    Giovanni Gabrieli

    National Brass Ensemble: Gabrieli

    National Brass Ensemble

    2:38
  • 1:40 PM

    Danza Paraguaya No. 3 (London Carape)

    Agustin Barrios

    Berta Rojas, guitar

    1:48
  • 1:35 PM

    Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 2: Rustic Dance

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: Ancient Airs And Dances, Etc

    Chamber Orchestra of Lausanne

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    3:56
  • 1:30 PM

    String Quartet: Allegretto

    Fanny Mendelssohn

    Ebene Quartet

    3:35
  • 1:21 PM

    Cello Sonata No. 5: 1st movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Hope Amid Tears

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    6:54
  • 1:09 PM

    La Scala di Seta (Silken Ladder): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    5:57
  • 1:04 PM

    The Seasons: December (Christmas)

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Imagine Christmas

    Bruce Levingston, piano

    4:06
  • 12:57 PM

    Messiah: Their sound is gone out

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Messiah Highlights

    Boston Baroque

    Martin Pearlman, conductor

    1:21
  • 12:49 PM

    Gaelic Symphony: 2nd movement

    Amy Beach

    Nashville Symphony Orchestra

    Kenneth Schermerhorn, conductor

    7:20
  • 12:44 PM

    I Wonder as I Wander

    John Jacob Niles

    Mittens for Christmas

    Kirkmount

    4:21
  • 12:37 PM

    Oboe Concerto: 3rd movement

    (Marie) Clemence de Grandval

    GRANDVAL: Oboe Works

    Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Andrey Boreyko, conductor

    Lajos Lencses, oboe

    6:27
  • 12:33 PM

    Deborah: Polka

    Josef Foerster

    Small Czech Musical Gems

    Prague Symphony Orchestra

    Vaclav Smetacek, conductor

    3:07
  • 12:21 PM

    Symphony No. 6

    Georg Anton Benda

    Prague Chamber Orchestra

    Christian Benda, conductor

    Karel Stadtherr, violin

    10:56
  • 12:17 PM

    English Suite No. 1: Allemande

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: English Suites 1-3

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano

    3:24
  • 12:09 PM

    Symphony No. 104 "London": Minuet

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies 22, 104, Piano Concerto in D

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    6:19
  • 12:04 PM

    Peer Gynt: Morning Mood

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg: Peer Gynt

    Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    4:19
  • 11:44 AM

    Concerto No. 5

    Tomaso Albinoni

    Collegium Musicum 90

    Simon Standage, conductor

    7:20
  • 11:32 AM

    Miniature Suite

    Poldowski

    Sylvan Winds

    10:28
  • 11:27 AM

    O Come, O Come Emmanuel; Infant Holy, Infant Lowly; I Saw Three Ships

    Christmas Music

    A Star in the East

    Carolyn Surrick, viola da gamba

    5:05
  • 11:20 AM

    Toute vie

    Lou Koster

    Estro Armonico Luxembourg Chamber Orchestra

    Jonathan Kaell, conductor

    6:05
  • 11:15 AM

    Bagatelles: Poco Allegro

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Quartets Opp. 96 & 105

    Takacs Quartet

    Gabor Ormai, harmonium

    4:18
  • 11:11 AM

    March for Children

    Franz Schubert

    Yaara Tal, piano

    Andreas Groethuysen, piano

    2:32
  • 11:06 AM

    Nursery Suite: Awake

    Edward Elgar

    Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra

    Raymond Leppard, conductor

    4:25
  • 11:01 AM

    Violin Sonata No. 11: 1st movement

    Pietro Locatelli

    Locatelli: Violin Sonatas, Op. 6

    Locatelli Trio

    4:49
  • 10:47 AM

    Winged Creatures

    Michael Abels

    Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra

    Allen Tinkham, conductor

    Anthony McGill, clarinet

    Demarre McGill, flute

    11:38
  • 10:12 AM

    Symphony No. 5 "Sinfonia brevis"

    Erkki Melartin

    Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra

    Leonid Grin, conductor

    32:46
  • 10:06 AM

    In the Bleak Midwinter

    Harold Darke

    O Magnum Mysterium

    Grex Vocalis

    Carl Hogset, conductor

    Magnus Staveland, tenor

    4:15
  • 10:01 AM

    12 German Dances for Orchestra: Nos. 5-7

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    4:42
  • 9:30 AM

    Suite for Strings

    Ethel Smyth

    British Music for Strings, Vol. 3

    South German Chamber Orchestra Pforzheim

    Douglas Bostock, conductor

    28:50
  • 9:25 AM

    The Snowman: Walking in the Air

    Howard Blake

    Christmas at the Movies

    Michael Chertock, piano

    3:21
  • 9:06 AM

    The Night Callings

    Heino Eller

    Estonian National Symphony Orchestra

    Olari Elts, conductor

    17:35
  • 9:01 AM

    Jakob Lindberg, orpharion

    4:48
  • 8:25 AM

    Symphony No. 1

    Emilie Mayer

    North German Radio Philharmonic

    Leo McFall, conductor

    33:08
  • 8:21 AM

    La vierge a la creche (The Virgin at the Cradle)

    Albert Perilhou

    Noel

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    3:06
  • 8:13 AM

    Nocturne No. 5

    Gabriel Faure

    Faure: The Complete Music for Piano

    Kathryn Stott, piano

    7:33
  • 8:06 AM

    Generations: Sinfonietta No. 2: Alla sarabande

    Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson

    Serenely Cedille: Relaxing Rarities From Chicago's Classical Label

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Paul Freeman, conductor

    5:36
  • 8:01 AM

    String Quartet No. 1: 3rd movement

    Heitor Villa-Lobos

    Villa-Lobos String Quartets, Vol. 1

    Cuarteto Latinoamericano

    4:51
  • 7:33 AM

    Church Windows

    Ottorino Respighi

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    24:59
  • 7:28 AM

    Gesu Bambino

    Pietro Yon

    Still...Still...Stilll: Christmas Piano By Kelly Yost

    Kelly Yost, piano

    5:11
  • 7:06 AM

    Concertante for Flute and Clarinet

    Franz Danzi

    Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra

    Jean-Pierre Rampal, conductor

    Jean-Pierre Rampal, flute

    Paul Meyer, clarinet

    19:49
  • 7:01 AM

    Daniel's Chaconne

    Ronn McFarlane

    Ronn McFarlane, lute

    Carolyn Surrick, viola da gamba

    4:49
  • 6:54 AM

    Candlelight Carol

    John Rutter

    Christmas Night

    Cambridge Singers

    John Rutter, conductor

    4:12
  • 6:28 AM

    Orchestral Suite No. 4 "Mozartiana"

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    25:01
  • 6:06 AM

    Piano Trio No. 5

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: The Newstead Trio

    Newstead Trio

    20:20
  • 6:01 AM

    Oskar Ekberg, piano

    4:39