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  • 5:24 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 1

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Prokofiev and Tchaikovsky: Piano Concertos

    Lahti Symphony Orchestra

    Dima Slobodeniouk, conductor

    Haochen Zhang, piano

    33:57
  • 5:06 AM

    The Oceanides

    Jean Sibelius

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Alexander Gibson, conductor

    10:41
  • 5:01 AM

    Coventry Carol; Good King Wenceslas

    Traditional

    Canadian Brass

    4:36
  • 4:46 AM

    A Midsummer Night's Dream: Overture

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Overtures

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    12:02
  • 4:38 AM

    Spanish Carols and Dances

    Traditional

    Renaissonics

    6:32
  • 4:13 AM

    Nine Preludes

    Gabriel Faure

    Paul Crossley, piano

    23:47
  • 4:06 AM

    Strange Days (Giorni dispari)

    Ludovico Einaudi

    Ludovico Einaudi: Portrait

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    5:30
  • 4:01 AM

    Requiem: Benedictus

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart Requiem

    RIAS Chamber Choir

    Rene Jacobs, conductor

    Sophie Karthauser, soprano

    4:43
  • 3:47 AM

    Splash of Indigo

    Marty Regan

    Apollo Chamber Players

    11:31
  • 3:37 AM

    Six Noels for Harp

    Marcel Tournier

    Rejoice! A String Quartet Christmas

    Emily Mitchell, harp

    8:48
  • 3:28 AM

    Variations on a Theme of Valerie Capers

    John Robinson

    Josephine Gandolfi, piano

    Deanne Tucker, piano

    LaDoris Hazzard Cordell, piano

    8:04
  • 3:18 AM

    Symphony

    Luigi Boccherini

    Boccherini: Symphonies op. 21, Nos. 1-5

    German Chamber Academy

    Johannes Goritzki, conductor

    8:07
  • 3:06 AM

    A Spring Garland

    Armstrong Gibbs

    Guildhall Strings

    Robert Salter, conductor

    11:13
  • 3:01 AM

    Czech Suite: Romance

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Czech Suite; Nocturne; Serenade for Strings

    Padua Chamber Orchestra

    David Golub, conductor

    4:46
  • 2:45 AM

    Orchestral Suite No. 2 "Characteristic": Dreams of a Child

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland

    Stefan Sanderling, conductor

    13:09
  • 2:35 AM

    Ave Maria

    Charles Gounod

    I'll Be Home for the Holidays

    Eaken Piano Trio

    7:48
  • 2:18 AM

    Fountains of Rome

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: Pines of Rome, Fountains of Rome, Roman Festivals

    Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

    Lorin Maazel, conductor

    15:52
  • 2:06 AM

    Soirees Musicales

    Benjamin Britten

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Richard Bonynge, conductor

    9:35
  • 2:01 AM

    Church of Trees

    Liz Story

    Liz Story

    Liz Story, piano

    4:42
  • 12:52 AM

    Nocturnes: Fetes (Festivals)

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Trois Nocturnes, Jeux

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Bernard Haitink, conductor

    6:17
  • 12:46 AM

    Blue Bird: Christmas Dream

    Engelbert Humperdinck

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Karl Anton Rickenbacher, conductor

    5:20
  • 12:26 AM

    Robert le Diable: Ballet of the Nuns

    Giacomo Meyerbeer

    Barcelona Symphony Orchestra

    Michal Nesterowicz, conductor

    18:37
  • 12:16 AM

    The Enchanted Lake

    Anatol Liadov

    Impressions Of The Sea

    Long Beach Symphony Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    7:37
  • 12:06 AM

    An Outdoor Overture

    Aaron Copland

    Wind Symphony

    University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music Wind Symphony

    Eugene Corporon, conductor

    9:39
  • 12:01 AM

    Sursum Corda

    Edward Elgar

    Catherine Manoukian, violin

    Satoshi Sando, piano

    4:32
  • 11:46 PM

    Slavonic Rhapsody No. 3

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Paavo Berglund, conductor

    12:40
  • 11:28 PM

    Horn Concerto No. 3

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Jeffrey Tate, conductor

    Radovan Vlatkovic, horn

    15:50
  • 11:20 PM

    Les Chanteurs de Noel

    Alexander Glazunov

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    6:44
  • 11:15 PM

    Narciso Yepes, guitar

    3:18
  • 11:06 PM

    English Folk Song Suite

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    James Judd, conductor

    9:08
  • 11:01 PM

    Piano Trio No. 9: 3rd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: 11 Trios

    Beaux Arts Trio

    4:42
  • 10:51 PM

    Christmas Medley

    Traditional

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    James Galway, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    7:06
  • 10:29 PM

    Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    19:39
  • 10:23 PM

    English Suite No. 1: Bourees

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: English Suites 1-3

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano

    4:35
  • 10:09 PM

    Marosszek Dances

    Zoltan Kodaly

    Budapest Symphony Orchestra

    Gyorgy Lehel, conductor

    13:52
  • 10:06 PM

    Preludes, Book 1: La fille aux cheveux de lin (The Girl with the Flaxen Hair)

    Claude Debussy

    Romance Of The Violin

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Michael Stern, conductor

    Joshua Bell, violin

    2:36
  • 10:03 PM

    Cascades

    Scott Joplin

    Calico Winds

    2:49
  • 9:45 PM

    Symphony No. 30 "Alleluia"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    13:33
  • 9:37 PM

    Paraphrase on Tchaikovsky's Waltz of the Flowers

    Percy Grainger

    Grainger: Dished Up for Piano, Vol. 2

    Martin Jones, piano

    6:29
  • 9:25 PM

    Symphony No. 9 "Great": 4th movement

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert, Strauss

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Thomas Schippers, conductor

    12:03
  • 9:15 PM

    Adagio

    Tomaso Albinoni

    Sharon Isbin box set

    Zurich Chamber Orchestra

    Howard Griffiths, conductor

    Sharon Isbin, guitar

    7:46
  • 9:06 PM

    Variations on a Waltz for Orchestra

    Jerome Moross

    London Symphony Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    7:55
  • 9:01 PM

    Eight Russian Folk Songs: selections

    Anatol Liadov

    Kottos

    4:39
  • 6:46 PM

    Flute Quartet No. 4

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Boston Symphony Chamber Players

    11:58
  • 6:30 PM

    Russian Easter Festival Overture

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Rimsky-Korsakov: Sheherazade, Russian Easter Overture

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Spano, conductor

    15:15
  • 6:21 PM

    Christmas Oratorio: Rejoice

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    A Bach Festival

    Empire Brass

    Douglas Major, organ

    6:20
  • 6:15 PM

    Shepherd Fennel's Dance

    Henry Gardiner

    British Light Music Classics 4

    New London Orchestra

    Ronald Corp, conductor

    5:33
  • 6:06 PM

    Islamey (Oriental Fantasy)

    Mily Balakirev

    Natasha

    Natasha Paremski, piano

    8:30
  • 6:01 PM

    Humoresque No. 3

    Jean Sibelius

    Tapiola Sinfonietta

    Pekka Kuusisto, conductor

    Pekka Kuusisto, violin

    4:32
  • 5:41 PM

    Mother Goose (Ma mere l'oye): Suite

    Maurice Ravel

    Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra

    Dmitri Kitayenko, conductor

    17:45
  • 5:33 PM

    Amahl and the Night Visitors: Dance Suite

    Gian Carlo Menotti

    Barber: Souvenirs; Menotti: Sebastian, Amahl and the Night Visitors

    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Schenck, conductor

    6:04
  • 5:25 PM

    Glass Houses: No. 15

    Ann Southam

    Taktus

    7:29
  • 5:06 PM

    The Ball of Beatrice d'Este

    Reynaldo Hahn

    Harmonie Ensemble

    Steven Richman, conductor

    16:56
  • 5:01 PM

    2 Pieces for piano 6 hands: Romance

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Tharaud Plays Rachmaninoff

    Alexandre Tharaud, piano

    4:33
  • 4:48 PM

    Flute Concerto No. 3 "Il gardellino" ("The Goldfinch")

    Antonio Vivaldi

    I Musici

    Aurele Nicolet, flute

    10:01
  • 4:33 PM

    Symphony No. 1 "Classical"

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Prokofiev: Cinderella, etc.

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    14:05
  • 4:25 PM

    Romanian Christmas Carols

    Bela Bartok

    The Knights

    Eric Jacobsen, conductor

    6:45
  • 4:14 PM

    Capriccio: String Sextet

    Richard Strauss

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    10:00
  • 4:06 PM

    Suite "Water Piece"

    George Frideric Handel

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    Alison Balsom, trumpet

    7:18
  • 4:01 PM

    Hopkinson Smith, lute

    4:30
  • 3:56 PM

    Sussex Carol (On Christmas Night)

    Traditional English

    Christmas with the Cambridge Singers

    City of London Sinfonia

    John Rutter, conductor

    1:45
  • 3:18 PM

    Symphony No. 8

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Symphonies Nos. 7 and 8

    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    37:09
  • 3:08 PM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Maurice Andre plays Telemann

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Maurice Andre, trumpet

    8:27
  • 3:01 PM

    Christmas Garland (Medley)

    Traditional

    Sugar Plums: Christmas with The Summit Hill Brass Quintet

    Summit Hill Brass Quintet

    6:14
  • 2:40 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 2

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Netherlands Chamber Orchestra

    Yakov Kreizberg, conductor

    Julia Fischer, violin

    19:17
  • 2:34 PM

    The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)

    Mel Torme

    The Christmas Album

    American Horn Quartet

    Peter Luff/Kerry Turner, conductor

    3:40
  • 2:32 PM

    Othello Suite: Dance

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    RTE Concert Orchestra

    Adrian Leaper, conductor

    2:16
  • 2:26 PM

    Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming

    Michael Praetorius

    Equinox

    Voces8

    Barnaby Smith, conductor

    3:54
  • 2:18 PM

    Piano Quintet: Finale

    Robert Schumann

    Leonard Bernstein Plays and Conducts: Mozart, Beethoven, Ravel, Shostakovich, Gershwin

    Juilliard String Quartet

    Leonard Bernstein, piano

    7:21
  • 2:11 PM

    Humoresque No. 7

    Antonin Dvorak

    Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra

    Sakari Oramo, conductor

    Daniel Hope, violin

    2:57
  • 2:04 PM

    The Boatswain's Mate: Overture

    Ethel Smyth

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Rumon Gamba, conductor

    6:06
  • 1:56 PM

    Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day

    Traditional English

    Christmas With The Dale Warland Singers

    Dale Warland Singers

    Dale Warland, conductor

    2:13
  • 1:45 PM

    Dance of the Hours

    Amilcare Ponchielli

    Intermezzo

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    10:41
  • 1:37 PM

    Concerto for Two Violins: 2nd movement

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Violin Concertos

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Andrew Manze, conductor

    Andrew Manze, violin

    6:25
  • 1:30 PM

    Folk Suite No. 4

    William Grant Still

    Get on Board

    Sierra Winds

    4:59
  • 1:21 PM

    Hungarian Rhapsody No. 6

    Franz Liszt

    Liszt: Les Preludes, Mazeppa, Hungarian Rhapsodies

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Willi Boskovsky, conductor

    7:53
  • 1:15 PM

    Overture on French Carols

    Philip Lane

    Royal Ballet Sinfonia

    Gavin Sutherland, conductor

    5:21
  • 1:08 PM

    Choro No. 1 "Tipico Brasileiro"

    Heitor Villa-Lobos

    David Russell, guitar

    4:30
  • 1:04 PM

    Joyous March

    Emmanuel Chabrier

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Paray, conductor

    3:40
  • 12:55 PM

    Rodeo: Hoe-Down

    Aaron Copland

    He Got Game - The Music Of Aaron Copland (Motion Picture Soundtrack)

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Aaron Copland, conductor

    3:29
  • 12:48 PM

    Praeludium and Allegro

    Fritz Kreisler

    Con Amore

    Kyung Wha Chung, violin

    5:40
  • 12:38 PM

    Symphony No. 4: 4th movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Philharmonic of La Scala

    Carlo Maria Giulini, conductor

    7:48
  • 12:30 PM

    Valse-Caprice No. 2

    Gabriel Faure

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    7:33
  • 12:27 PM

    Sleeping Beauty: Three Ivans

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    1:16
  • 12:19 PM

    He is Born Emanuel; How Brightly Shines the Morning Star; Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming; Volta; God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen

    Christmas Music

    Pittsburgh Symphony Brass

    7:44
  • 12:11 PM

    Symphony No. 2

    William Boyce

    Boyce: Symphonies I-VIII

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    6:04
  • 12:04 PM

    Festive Overture

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra: Portrait

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra

    James DePreist, conductor

    6:13
  • 11:51 AM

    Images for Orchestra: Rondes de printemps (Spring Rounds)

    Claude Debussy

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Pierre Boulez, conductor

    7:42
  • 11:32 AM

    Wind Quintet

    Franz Danzi

    Academia Wind Quintet

    16:45
  • 11:20 AM

    Semiramide: Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Overtures

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Jaime Laredo, conductor

    12:21
  • 11:15 AM

    Winter Wonderland

    Felix Bernard

    Carol Of The Drum: A New Age Christmas

    Hampton String Quartet

    4:19
  • 11:11 AM

    Etude No. 1 "La Fileuse"

    Laura Netzel

    Rarities of Piano Music at Schloss vor Husum, 2001 Festival (Live)

    Fredrik Ullen, piano

    3:01
  • 11:06 AM

    Turkish Rondo

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Music for My Little Friends

    London Mozart Players

    James Galway, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    3:45
  • 11:01 AM

    Orchestral Suite No. 3: Bourree and Gigue

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    J.S. Bach: Orchestral Suites

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Richard Egarr, conductor

    4:35
  • 10:41 AM

    Symphony No. 2

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Wolfgang Sawallisch, conductor

    17:25
  • 10:25 AM

    Three Spanish Pieces

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Julian Bream, guitar

    14:39
  • 10:17 AM

    Sir Gawain & the Green Knight: A Christmas Legend: Arthur's Court at Christmas & Hunting Scenes

    Rick Sowash

    Cheryl Trace, violin

    Thaddeus Archer, trumpet

    Robert Clemens, cello

    Greg Kostraba, piano

    5:43
  • 10:06 AM

    Concert Suite No. 3

    Jean-Philippe Rameau

    Rameau: Six Concerts en sextuor

    Les Talens Lyriques

    Christophe Rousset, conductor

    10:33
  • 10:01 AM

    Four Preludes for Guitar

    Manuel Ponce

    Victoria Drake, harp

    4:45
  • 9:33 AM

    String Quartet No. 1

    Robert Schumann

    Dover Quartet

    25:27
  • 9:26 AM

    The Nutcracker: Waltz of the Flowers

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Semyon Bychkov, conductor

    6:43
  • 9:06 AM

    Amsterdam Sinfonietta

    Jaap ter Linden, conductor

    Pauline Oostenrijk, oboe

    17:51
  • 9:01 AM

    Child Grove; Easter Thursday; The Beggar Boy

    Anonymous

    King's Noyse

    4:37
  • 8:39 AM

    La Peri (The Fairy)

    Paul Dukas

    New York Philharmonic

    Pierre Boulez, conductor

    19:10
  • 8:34 AM

    Bell Carol

    William Mathias

    Washington Chorus

    Robert Shafer, conductor

    William Neil, organ

    4:48
  • 8:10 AM

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    22:10
  • 8:07 AM

    Fantasy Pieces: Humoresque

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Catalyst Quartet

    3:17
  • 8:01 AM

    All Dreams Begin With the Horizon: noble

    Christopher Theofanidis

    Christopher Atzinger, piano

    4:44
  • 7:38 AM

    Guitar Concerto No. 1

    Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco

    London Mozart Players

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    Nicola Hall, guitar

    20:45
  • 7:31 AM

    Three English Carols

    Traditional

    A String Quartet Christmas

    Arturo Delmoni, violin

    5:14
  • 7:06 AM

    Symphony "The Cotswolds"

    Gustav Holst

    Holst: Orchestral Works, Vol. 4

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andrew Davis, conductor

    23:35
  • 7:01 AM

    Pastoral

    David Guion

    Eugene Rowley, piano

    4:36
  • 6:28 AM

    Symphony No. 3

    Jean Sibelius

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Colin Davis, conductor

    30:52
  • 6:21 AM

    Two Noels

    Louis-Claude Daquin

    Noel! Noel! Noel! Christmas With Michala Petri

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Martin Neary, conductor

    Michala Petri, recorder

    5:22
  • 6:06 AM

    Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra

    Hans Graf, conductor

    13:37
  • 6:01 AM

    Nocturne No. 19

    Frederic Chopin

    Ivan Moravec, piano

    4:45