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  • 5:29 AM

    Cello Concerto

    Edward Elgar

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    Inbal Segev, cello

    28:57
  • 5:24 AM

    The Babe of Bethlehem

    William Walker

    Pro Arte Singers

    Paul Hillier, conductor

    4:10
  • 5:06 AM

    Partita for Strings

    Gideon Klein

    Bartok, Martinu, Klein

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Christoph Eschenbach, conductor

    17:08
  • 5:01 AM

    Toccata

    Girolamo Frescobaldi

    Jian Wang: The Baroque Album

    Camerata Salzburg

    Jian Wang, cello

    4:37
  • 4:52 AM

    Soliloquy

    Haydn Wood

    Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Ernest Tomlinson, conductor

    5:50
  • 4:24 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 2

    Sergei Prokofiev

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    Gil Shaham, violin

    26:28
  • 4:20 AM

    O Holy Night

    Adolphe Adam

    Simply Christmas

    Ayako Shinozaki, harp

    4:06
  • 4:09 AM

    The Light Is the Same

    Reena Esmail

    Bruits

    Imani Winds

    8:50
  • 4:06 AM

    light moving

    David Lang

    In 27 Pieces: The Hilary Hahn Encores

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    2:48
  • 4:01 AM

    Postludium No. 4

    Valentin Silvestrov

    Ustvolskaya, Silvestrov, Kancheli: Works for Piano and Orchestra

    Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra

    Thomas Sanderling, conductor

    Elisaveta Blumina, piano

    4:33
  • 3:57 AM

    Ballade No. 2

    Frederic Chopin

    Louise Dubin, cello

    Julia Bruskin, cello

    Saeunn Thorsteinsdottir, cello

    Katherine Cherbas, cello

    2:15
  • 3:06 AM

    Ein Heldenleben

    Richard Strauss

    Minnesota Orchestra

    50:00
  • 2:21 AM

    Piano Concerto No.23

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    Ingrid Fliter

    26:00
  • 2:01 AM

    Ballade for Orchestra

    Samuel Coleridge Taylor

    Minnesota Orchestra

    11:40
  • 1:56 AM

    Five Finnish Folk Songs: IV. Mikin Pekko

    Michio Mamiya

    Appassionato

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    1:55
  • 1:26 AM

    Concerto for a Festival

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez and More

    Naples Philharmonic Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    David Russell, guitar

    29:40
  • 1:16 AM

    Symphony

    Carl Friedrich Abel

    Jet Set! Classical Glitterati

    New Dutch Academy

    Simon Murphy, conductor

    8:27
  • 1:10 AM

    Lullay my Jesus

    Peter Warlock

    Sancta Lucia: Licht In Dunkler Zeit (Light In A Dark Time)

    European Vocal Soloists

    Steffen Schreyer, conductor

    3:58
  • 1:06 AM

    Little Concert Suite: A Love Sonnet

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    RTE Concert Orchestra

    Adrian Leaper, conductor

    3:58
  • 1:01 AM

    Rondo on an Irish Air "Cory Owen"

    George Frederick Pinto

    PINTO: Fantasia and Sonata in C minor / Minuetto in A-Flat Major / Grand Sonata in E-Flat Minor

    Miceal O'Rourke, piano

    4:35
  • 12:55 AM

    Clarinet Concerto

    Ruth Gipps

    Reawakened

    BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

    Martyn Brabbins, conductor

    Robert Plane, clarinet

    18:41
  • 12:55 AM

    Sussex Mummers' Carol

    Trad., arr. Grainger

    Paul Coletti, viola

    Phillip Bush, piano

    3:36
  • 12:40 AM

    Scherzo Capriccioso

    Antonin Dvorak

    Ulster Orchestra

    Vernon Handley, conductor

    14:30
  • 12:36 AM

    Waltz No. 7

    Frederic Chopin

    Ingrid Fliter, piano

    3:33
  • 12:22 AM

    Snowflake Ballet

    Jacques Offenbach

    Gulbenkian Orchestra

    Michel Swierczewski, conductor

    11:09
  • 12:17 AM

    Carols from Scandinavia

    Medley

    St. Olaf Christmas Festival 2016: Light Dawns, Hope Blooms

    St. Olaf Choir

    Anton Armstrong, conductor

    3:54
  • 12:10 AM

    Suite Mignonne

    Jean Sibelius

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    7:02
  • 11:21 PM

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    45:02
  • 11:02 PM

    Cello Sonata No. 4

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Hope Amid Tears

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    16:43
  • 10:54 PM

    Symphony No. 1: Finale

    Johann Sterkel

    Sterkel: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 2/Ouvertures

    L'Arte del Mondo

    Werner Ehrhardt, conductor

    6:39
  • 10:48 PM

    Turquoise-Chartreuse

    Stanley Woolner

    blue horizon

    Ivan Konev, piano

    4:28
  • 10:45 PM

    Dona Nobis Pacem (Give Us Peace)

    Traditional

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    1:58
  • 10:27 PM

    Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams: A London Symphony, etc.

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Adrian Boult, conductor

    16:33
  • 10:18 PM

    In the Bleak Midwinter

    Alan Higbee

    Behold This Heavenly Night

    VocalEssence

    Philip Brunelle, conductor

    4:46
  • 10:11 PM

    Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    The Magic of Horowitz

    Vladimir Horowitz, piano

    4:55
  • 10:06 PM

    Home Alone: Star of Bethlehem

    John Williams

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    3:26
  • 10:05 PM

    Home Alone: Holiday Flight

    John Williams

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    1:10
  • 10:01 PM

    Home Alone: Somewhere in My Memory

    John Williams

    Joy to the World

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    3:46
  • 9:55 PM

    Messiah: For unto us a child is born

    George Frideric Handel

    Christmas with the Cambridge Singers

    City of London Sinfonia

    John Rutter, conductor

    4:10
  • 9:17 PM

    Symphony No. 7

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    36:10
  • 9:10 PM

    Thanksgiving

    George Winston

    December

    George Winston, piano

    4:05
  • 9:05 PM

    The Snowman: Walking in the Air

    Howard Blake

    MPR Taste Of The Holidays, Vol. 1

    Copper Street Brass Quintet

    3:52
  • 9:00 PM

    Hansel and Gretel: Evening Prayer

    Engelbert Humperdinck

    Sacred Songs

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andreas Delfs, conductor

    Renee Fleming, soprano

    3:21
  • 6:42 PM

    Symphony No. 3 "Eroica": 1st movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphonien 1-9

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    16:14
  • 6:21 PM

    Harp Quintet

    Jean Cras

    Isabelle Moretti, harp

    Michel Moragues, flute

    Thierry Brodard, violin

    Dominique Lobet, viola

    Jean-Philippe Martignoni, cello

    20:47
  • 6:18 PM

    Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming

    Michael Praetorius

    Christmas With Los Romeros

    Los Romeros

    2:14
  • 6:13 PM

    Lara Downes, piano

    2:42
  • 6:06 PM

    Cantata No. 42: Sinfonia

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra

    William Lacey, conductor

    7:08
  • 6:01 PM

    Valse Triste

    Jean Sibelius

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    4:40
  • 5:53 PM

    Rodeo: Saturday Night Waltz

    Aaron Copland

    Copland: Billy The Kid; Rodeo Etc.

    Colorado Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    5:15
  • 5:50 PM

    Dolly Suite: Berceuse

    Gabriel Faure

    Melody's Mostly Musical Day

    Jenny Lin, piano

    2:49
  • 5:24 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 12

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    WA Mozart: Piano Concertos K. 414 & 491

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Maurizio Pollini, conductor

    Maurizio Pollini, piano

    24:31
  • 5:16 PM

    Concerto Grosso No. 6 "Christmas Concerto"

    Giuseppe Torelli

    Christmas Concertos - Il Giardino Armonico

    Il Giardino Armonico

    Giovanni Antonini, conductor

    5:40
  • 5:06 PM

    Mazurka-oberek

    Alexander Glazunov

    Swiss Italian Orchestra

    Alexander Vedernikov, conductor

    Chloe Hanslip, violin

    9:48
  • 5:01 PM

    Summer Evening: Waltz

    Oscar Merikanto

    Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra

    Leif Segerstam, conductor

    4:35
  • 4:56 PM

    While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks

    Traditional

    A String Quartet Christmas

    Arturo Delmoni, violin

    2:21
  • 4:37 PM

    Concerto Pastorale

    Johann Christoph Pez

    Christmas Concertos - Il Giardino Armonico

    Il Giardino Armonico

    Giovanni Antonini, conductor

    18:15
  • 4:29 PM

    Basque Caprice

    Pablo de Sarasate

    Maxim Vengerov, violin

    Itamar Golan, piano

    6:57
  • 4:27 PM

    Short Fantasy on a Catalan Carol

    Carlos Salzedo

    Xavier de Maistre, harp

    :58
  • 4:13 PM

    Dioclesian Instrumental Music

    Henry Purcell

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    12:25
  • 4:06 PM

    Piano Quintet: 2nd movement

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Catalyst Quartet

    Stewart Goodyear, piano

    6:48
  • 4:01 PM

    Zefiro torna

    Claudio Monteverdi

    c. 1300-c. 2000

    Jeremy Denk, piano

    4:36
  • 3:30 PM

    Symphony No. 82 "The Bear"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Handel and Haydn Society

    Harry Christophers, conductor

    27:37
  • 3:26 PM

    Gabriel's Message

    Traditional Basque

    tidings

    Cantus

    2:52
  • 3:00 PM

    Bavarian Dances

    Edward Elgar

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Norman Del Mar, conductor

    12:47
  • 2:53 PM

    Gayane Ballet Suite

    Aram Khachaturian

    Royal Scottish Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    12:20
  • 2:46 PM

    Shout the Glad Tidings

    Ned Rorem

    Shout the Glad Tidings!

    The Singers

    Matthew Culloton, conductor

    :54
  • 2:34 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 3: 3rd movement

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Lalo; Saint-Saens; Ravel

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Antonio Pappano, conductor

    Maxim Vengerov, violin

    11:33
  • 2:30 PM

    Scherzino Mexicano

    Manuel Ponce

    Milos Karadaglic, guitar

    2:47
  • 2:24 PM

    Romeo and Juliet: The Young Juliet

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    4:03
  • 2:19 PM

    Cantata No. 62: Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Monteverdi Choir

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    4:27
  • 2:09 PM

    Piano Trio No. 1: 2nd movement

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn Piano Trios

    Trio con Brio Copenhagen

    6:32
  • 2:04 PM

    Slavonic Dance No. 9

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Slavonic Dances

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jiri Belohlavek, conductor

    4:11
  • 1:53 PM

    Christmas Oratorio

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Christmas Oratorio

    Bach-Collegium Stuttgart

    Helmuth Rilling, conductor

    Sibylla Rubens, soprano

    144:31
  • 1:42 PM

    Symphony No. 7: 3rd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 7

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    9:58
  • 1:40 PM

    Messiah: Hallelujah Chorus

    George Frideric Handel

    The Cambridge Buskers

    Cambridge Buskers

    1:40
  • 1:32 PM

    Ruslan and Ludmila: Overture

    Mikhail Glinka

    Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition, Night on Bald Mountain

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Fritz Reiner, conductor

    5:17
  • 1:21 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 2: 3rd movement

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Piano Concertos

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Jun Markl, conductor

    Ingrid Fliter, piano

    8:49
  • 1:15 PM

    Polonaise for Violin and Strings

    Franz Schubert

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Pinchas Zukerman, conductor

    Pinchas Zukerman, violin

    5:58
  • 1:06 PM

    Italian Serenade

    Hugo Wolf

    Emerson String Quartet

    7:06
  • 1:04 PM

    Acis and Galatea: Happy We!

    George Frideric Handel

    Grand & Glorious - Great Operatic Choruses / Robert Shaw

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    1:56
  • 12:51 PM

    Amahl and the Night Visitors: selections

    Gian Carlo Menotti

    Favorite Holiday Classics

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    6:07
  • 12:46 PM

    Huron Carol ('Twas in the Moon of Wintertime)

    Traditional

    Cantus

    3:52
  • 12:34 PM

    Symphony No. 39: 1st movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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

    North German Radio Philharmonic

    Andrew Manze, conductor

    10:48
  • 12:31 PM

    Rondeau

    Jean-Francois Dandrieu

    Wynton Marsalis: In Gabriel's Garden

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Anthony Newman, conductor

    Wynton Marsalis, trumpet

    1:59
  • 12:26 PM

    Peer Gynt: Anitra's Dance

    Edvard Grieg

    Minnesota Orchestra At One Hundred

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    3:25
  • 12:19 PM

    Symphonie Fantastique: A Ball

    Hector Berlioz

    Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Lorin Maazel, conductor

    6:00
  • 12:15 PM

    March of the Little Lead Soldiers

    Gabriel Pierne

    Sir Charles' Precious Music Box Ii

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Charles Groves, conductor

    3:05
  • 12:08 PM

    Sonata No. 5

    Heinrich Biber

    Parley of Instruments

    Roy Goodman, conductor

    5:46
  • 12:04 PM

    Hungarian Dance No. 6

    Johannes Brahms

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    3:12
  • 11:51 AM

    Four Seasons: Winter

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: Il Cimento Dell'Armonia e Dell'Inventione

    Europa Galante

    Fabio Biondi, conductor

    Fabio Biondi, violin

    7:44
  • 11:46 AM

    Etude No. 3 "Tristesse"

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Etudes Op. 10 & Op. 25 op. posth.

    Boris Berezovsky, piano

    4:32
  • 11:22 AM

    Oboe Concerto

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Elgar Howarth, conductor

    Derek Wickens, oboe

    22:20
  • 11:17 AM

    Jazz Suite No. 2: Waltz No. 2

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Voyage Central Park

    Aquarelle Guitar Quartet

    Lisa Friend, flute

    3:43
  • 11:06 AM

    Gli Incogniti

    Amandine Beyer, conductor

    10:11
  • 11:01 AM

    Two Christmas Interludes

    Henry Purcell

    Baroque Christmas Music

    Northwest Chamber Orchestra of Seattle

    Alun Francis, conductor

    4:42
  • 10:52 AM

    Brook Green Suite

    Gustav Holst

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Norman Del Mar, conductor

    6:16
  • 10:48 AM

    Fantasy on a Catalan Carol

    Traditional

    Noel

    Canadian Brass

    Angel Romero, guitar

    3:32
  • 10:28 AM

    Eine kleine Nachtmusik

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Overtures - Eine kleine Nachtmusik

    Tafelmusik

    Bruno Weil, conductor

    19:16
  • 10:19 AM

    Notturno

    Emilie Mayer

    Mayer: Piano Trios; Notturno

    Trio Vivente

    6:25
  • 10:06 AM

    Symphony

    Luigi Boccherini

    Boccherini: Complete Symphonies Vol. 5

    German Chamber Academy

    Johannes Goritzki, conductor

    12:59
  • 10:01 AM

    Spanish Dance No. 2 "Oriental"

    Enrique Granados

    Granados: Spanish Dances

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    4:42
  • 9:23 AM

    Symphony No. 2

    George Chadwick

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    34:55
  • 9:19 AM

    Mary's Lullaby

    John Rutter

    The Holly And The Ivy

    Choir of Clare College, Cambridge

    John Rutter, conductor

    3:37
  • 9:06 AM

    Summer Music

    Samuel Barber

    Jeanne Baxtresser, flute

    Joseph Robinson, oboe

    Stanley Drucker, clarinet

    Judith LeClair, bassoon

    Philip Myers, horn

    11:31
  • 9:01 AM

    Contemplation

    Henriette Renie

    Naoko Yoshino, harp

    4:33
  • 8:46 AM

    Fantasy Pieces

    Niels Gade

    Seunghee Lee, clarinet

    Katrine Gislinge, piano

    12:08
  • 8:41 AM

    Blessed be that maid Mary

    Traditional English

    Winter's Delights

    Quadriga Consort

    3:56
  • 8:33 AM

    Three Pieces for Cello and Piano

    Nadia Boulanger

    Marina Thibeault, viola

    Marie-Eve Scarfone, piano

    7:06
  • 8:06 AM

    Idyll for String Orchestra

    Leos Janacek

    Janacek: Idyll; Mladi

    Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    26:28
  • 8:01 AM

    Good Night and Good Rest

    John Johnson

    Jakob Lindberg, lute

    4:42
  • 7:45 AM

    Alexander Nevsky: The battle on the ice

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Prokofiev: Alexander Nevsky

    Kirov Orchestra

    Valery Gergiev, conductor

    Olga Borodina, mezzo-soprano

    13:03
  • 7:38 AM

    Melancolie

    Francis Poulenc

    Melancolie

    Miki Aoki, piano

    5:59
  • 7:06 AM

    String Quartet

    Ottorino Respighi

    Italian Journey

    Cremona Quartet

    30:42
  • 7:01 AM

    The sparrow on Christmas morning (Varpunen jouluaamuna)

    Otto Kotilainen

    Lahti Symphony Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    4:39
  • 6:26 AM

    Symphony No. 6

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 6, Fantasia

    BBC Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Davis, conductor

    32:03
  • 6:23 AM

    A Spotless Rose

    Herbert Howells

    Christmas Night

    Cambridge Singers

    John Rutter, conductor

    Nicholas Sears, baritone

    2:48
  • 6:06 AM

    Octet No. 4 (Notturno)

    Luigi Boccherini

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    15:12
  • 6:01 AM

    Triquilandia/Seguidilla

    Emilio Pujol

    David Russell, guitar

    4:42