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  • 5:53 AM

    Blue Curve of the Earth

    Tina Davidson

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    Cory Smythe, piano

    4:53
  • 5:37 AM

    Tabuh-Tabuhan, Toccata for Orchestra

    Colin McPhee

    Eastman-Rochester Symphony Orchestra

    Howard Hanson, conductor

    16:32
  • 5:22 AM

    Aurora ficta

    Stephen Scott

    The Bowed Piano Ensemble

    13:05
  • 5:11 AM

    Sunrise of the Planetary Dream Collector

    Terry Riley

    Kronos Quartet

    10:20
  • 5:06 AM

    Starburst

    Jessie Montgomery

    Strum: Music for Strings

    String Orchestra

    3:26
  • 5:01 AM

    Jubilate Deo

    Dobrinka Tabakova

    Truro Cathedral Choir

    Christopher Gray, conductor

    Joseph Wicks, organ

    4:35
  • 4:50 AM

    Three Polish Christmas Carols

    Witold Lutoslawski

    Karolju - Christmas Music From Rouse, Lutoslawski, Rodrigo

    BBC Symphony Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    Julia Doyle, soprano

    7:39
  • 4:33 AM

    of shadow and light...

    Richard Prior

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Spano, conductor

    15:29
  • 4:22 AM

    Chasing Shadows

    Giovanni Piacentini

    Chiaroscuro

    Tim Fain, violin

    9:48
  • 4:14 AM

    On Being Wrong

    Christopher Cerrone

    Ashley Bathgate, cello

    6:44
  • 4:06 AM

    Drifting Circles

    Anne Muller

    Attacca Quartet

    5:57
  • 4:01 AM

    Third Sound Ensemble

    4:35
  • 3:41 AM

    Peer Gynt Suite No. 2

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg: Peer Gynt Suites 1 & 2, etc.

    San Francisco Symphony

    Herbert Blomstedt, conductor

    17:03
  • 3:30 AM

    Prelude, Fugue, and Variation

    Cesar Franck

    Awadagin Pratt, piano

    10:20
  • 3:23 AM

    La Vida Breve: Interlude and Dance

    Manuel de Falla

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Fritz Reiner, conductor

    6:35
  • 3:17 AM

    Wexford Carol

    Traditional

    Christmas Day in the Morning

    Cambridge Singers

    John Rutter, conductor

    Stephen Varcoe, baritone

    3:59
  • 3:06 AM

    Danish National Chamber Orchestra

    Adam Fischer, conductor

    10:17
  • 3:01 AM

    Christmas Medley

    John Playford

    Nova! Nova!

    The Playfords

    4:22
  • 2:50 AM

    String Symphony No. 6

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    CPE Bach Chamber Orchestra

    Hartmut Haenchen, conductor

    8:49
  • 2:40 AM

    Barcarolle

    Frederic Chopin

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano

    8:42
  • 2:32 AM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra

    Marios Papadopoulous, conductor

    Paul Merkelo, trumpet

    6:50
  • 2:24 AM

    Methinks I see an heav'nly host; Los que fueren de buen gusto

    Christmas Music

    The Christmas Album

    Taverner Consort

    Andrew Parrott, conductor

    7:02
  • 2:07 AM

    Blackberry Winter

    Conni Ellisor

    Conversations in Silence

    Nashville Chamber Orchestra

    Paul Gambill, conductor

    Stephen Seifert, mountain dulcimer and Tennessee music box

    16:46
  • 2:01 AM

    Cantilene

    Louis Cahuzac

    Ricardo Morales, clarinet

    Michael Chertock, piano

    4:35
  • 12:48 AM

    Violin Concerto: 3rd movement

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak, Khachaturian Violin Concertos

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Teddy Abrams, conductor

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    10:25
  • 12:45 AM

    The Virgin's Cradle Hymn

    Edmund Rubbra

    Christmas With The Dale Warland Singers

    Dale Warland Singers

    Dale Warland, conductor

    1:36
  • 12:37 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 11: 1st movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Piano Concertos

    The King's Violins

    Bernard Labadie, conductor

    Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano

    7:48
  • 12:21 AM

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Simon Joly, conductor

    14:48
  • 12:13 AM

    Three Short Pieces

    Jacques Ibert

    French Wind Music

    Reykjavik Wind Quintet

    6:53
  • 12:06 AM

    Orchestral Suite No. 2 "Characteristic": Waltz

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Suites Nos. 1-4

    Prague Symphony Orchestra

    Jiri Belohlavek, conductor

    6:11
  • 12:01 AM

    Love's Labours Lost: 3 Soliloquies

    Gerald Finzi

    Northern Sinfonia

    Howard Griffiths, conductor

    4:48
  • 11:53 PM

    Cosi fan tutte: Overture

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Cosi fan Tutte Highlights

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    4:36
  • 11:52 PM

    Carol of the Bells

    Mikola Leontovich

    Season of Light

    Essential Voices USA

    Judith Clurman, conductor

    1:18
  • 11:22 PM

    Symphony No. 103 "Drum Roll"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Capella Istropolitana

    Barry Wordsworth, conductor

    27:45
  • 11:18 PM

    The Little Drummer Boy

    Katherine K. Davis

    THE KNIGHTS BEFORE CHRISTMAS

    The Knights

    Eric Jacobsen, conductor

    3:28
  • 11:10 PM

    While Shepherds Watched

    William Billings

    Columbus Consort

    6:22
  • 11:06 PM

    El Amor Brujo: Ritual Fire Dance

    Manuel de Falla

    Twentieth Century Classics

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    3:40
  • 10:49 PM

    Mephisto Waltz No. 1

    Franz Liszt

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    8:53
  • 10:47 PM

    Michala Petri, recorder

    Lars Hannibal, guitar

    1:22
  • 10:29 PM

    Faust Ballet Music

    Charles Gounod

    Gounod: Faust

    Orchestra of Toulouse

    Michel Plasson, conductor

    16:23
  • 10:22 PM

    Sonata Natalis

    Johann Schmelzer

    Ludwig Guttler Brass Ensemble

    Ludwig Guttler, conductor

    6:32
  • 10:16 PM

    Berceuse (Lullaby)

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 2

    Nelson Freire, piano

    4:05
  • 10:06 PM

    Concerto Grosso No. 10

    Arcangelo Corelli

    I Solisti Italiani

    9:59
  • 10:03 PM

    O Sanctissima

    Traditional

    Arturo Delmoni, violin

    Alexander Romanul, violin

    Katherine Murdock, viola

    Nathaniel Rosen, cello

    2:25
  • 9:36 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 1

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Prokofiev: Violin Concertos 1 & 2

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    Gil Shaham, violin

    21:32
  • 9:18 PM

    Sinfonia No. 1

    Franz Beck

    Beck: Symphonies Op. 3, Nos. 1-4

    Toronto Chamber Orchestra

    Kevin Mallon, conductor

    16:33
  • 9:13 PM

    Thou who wast rich beyound all splendour

    Traditional French

    In the Bleak Midwinter

    Choir of King's College, Cambridge

    Daniel Hyde, conductor

    3:32
  • 9:06 PM

    Cringlemire Garden

    Ruth Gipps

    British Music for Strings, Vol. 3

    South German Chamber Orchestra Pforzheim

    Douglas Bostock, conductor

    6:19
  • 9:01 PM

    Mignon: Connais-tu le pays?

    Ambroise Thomas

    Cantabile

    Prague Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Olivieri-Munroe, conductor

    Sol Gabetta, cello

    4:36
  • 6:35 PM

    Pibroch Suite

    Alexander Mackenzie

    Scottish Fantasies for Violin & Orchestra

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Alexander Platt, conductor

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    23:37
  • 6:25 PM

    Concerto No. 12 "Christmas Concerto"

    Francesco Manfredini

    Christmas Concertos

    Cis Ensemble of Salzburg

    Jurgen Geise, conductor

    8:23
  • 6:16 PM

    Years of Pilgrimage: The Fountains at the Villa d'Este

    Franz Liszt

    Water

    Helene Grimaud, piano

    7:38
  • 6:06 PM

    The Countess: Overture

    Stanislaw Moniuszko

    Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra

    Antoni Wit, conductor

    8:54
  • 6:01 PM

    Suite for Violin and Piano: African Dancer

    William Grant Still

    Blues Dialogues: Music by Black Composers

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    4:34
  • 5:50 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 20

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven #4

    Paul Lewis, piano

    8:28
  • 5:30 PM

    Horn Concerto No. 2

    Richard Strauss

    Strauss: Horn Concertos Nos. 1 & 2, Britten: Serenade Op. 31

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Ingo Metzmacher, conductor

    Marie Luise Neunecker, horn

    18:52
  • 5:27 PM

    Ave Maria

    Javier Busto

    December Stillness

    Dale Warland Singers

    Dale Warland, conductor

    2:28
  • 5:10 PM

    Concerto for String Orchestra

    Grazyna Bacewicz

    Cracow Philharmonic Orchestra

    Roland Bader, conductor

    15:10
  • 5:06 PM

    Violin Partita No. 3: Prelude

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    J.S. Bach: Sonatas and Partitas - Complete

    Paul Galbraith, guitar

    4:01
  • 5:01 PM

    In the Bleak Midwinter

    Gustav Holst

    Composer's Collection: Gustav Holst

    North Texas Wind Symphony

    Eugene Corporon, conductor

    4:35
  • 4:51 PM

    Violin Concerto "Il riposo" (Christmas Concerto)

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: Le Quattro Stagioni

    Brecon Baroque

    Rachel Podger, violin

    7:31
  • 4:31 PM

    Bassoon Concerto

    Nino Rota

    Concerti Italiani

    CBC Vancouver Orchestra

    Mario Bernardi, conductor

    Christopher Millard, bassoon

    18:14
  • 4:13 PM

    Piano Trio No. 43

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Beaux Arts Trio

    17:24
  • 4:06 PM

    Thais: Meditation

    Jules Massenet

    Violin for Anne Rice

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Leila Josefowicz, violin

    5:23
  • 4:01 PM

    Tale of Tsar Saltan Suite: March

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    4:43
  • 3:44 PM

    Rounds for String Orchestra

    David Diamond

    Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    13:51
  • 3:35 PM

    Ave Maria

    Franz Biebl

    Christmas With Cantus

    Cantus

    7:04
  • 3:10 PM

    Cello Concerto

    Robert Schumann

    Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Colin Davis, conductor

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    24:47
  • 3:04 PM

    The Planets: Mercury

    Gustav Holst

    Holst: The Planets

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Colin Davis, conductor

    4:14
  • 2:58 PM

    The Prophet: Coronation March

    Giacomo Meyerbeer

    Classic Marches

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    3:41
  • 2:47 PM

    Variations on a Portuguese Hymn (Adeste fideles)

    Ferdinand Ries

    Uwe Grodd, flute

    Matteo Napoli, piano

    9:28
  • 2:42 PM

    L'Arlesienne Suite No. 2: Farandole

    Georges Bizet

    Orchestra of the Bastille

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    3:20
  • 2:37 PM

    Sonatina No. 2 "Happy Workshop": 3rd movement

    Richard Strauss

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    4:11
  • 2:34 PM

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    23:31
  • 2:21 PM

    Trumpet Concerto No. 1

    Johann Molter

    Trumpet Concertos

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Elgar Howarth, conductor

    Hakan Hardenberger, trumpet

    10:50
  • 2:17 PM

    Les Tours de Passe-Passe (Sleight of Hand)

    Francois Couperin

    David Russell, guitar

    2:46
  • 2:10 PM

    Jeni Slotchiver, piano

    4:12
  • 2:04 PM

    Divertissement: 2nd movement

    Emile Bernard

    Sylvan Winds

    4:40
  • 1:55 PM

    12 Minuets for Orchestra: No. 6-7

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Complete Overtures

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    4:14
  • 1:51 PM

    The Virgin's Cradle Hymn

    Frederick Durrant

    In dulci jubilo: Choral Music for Advent and Christmas

    Harmonia Sacra

    Peter Leech, conductor

    2:09
  • 1:38 PM

    Capriccio Brillant

    Felix Mendelssohn

    New York Philharmonic

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    Helen Huang, piano

    11:25
  • 1:32 PM

    All is Calm: Selection

    Peter Rothstein

    Cantus

    6:00
  • 1:24 PM

    Sinfonia Concertante: 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: The Violin Concertos; Sinfonia concertante

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Anne-Sophie Mutter, conductor

    Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin

    6:11
  • 1:19 PM

    Coventry Carol

    Traditional English

    THE KNIGHTS BEFORE CHRISTMAS

    The Knights

    Eric Jacobsen, conductor

    Alex Sopp, vocals

    3:05
  • 1:09 PM

    Amahl and the Night Visitors: Introduction, March and Shepherd's Dance

    Gian Carlo Menotti

    United States Air Force Band

    Lowell E. Graham, conductor

    4:30
  • 1:04 PM

    Mock Morris

    Percy Grainger

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Kenneth Montgomery, conductor

    3:29
  • 12:43 PM

    Concerto Grosso

    Pietro Locatelli

    Christmas Concertos

    I Solisti Italiani

    14:55
  • 12:40 PM

    Wand of Youth: Moths and Butterflies

    Edward Elgar

    Elgar: The Wand of Youth, Suites I & II; Dream Children; Nursery Suite; Starlight Express

    Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra

    Raymond Leppard, conductor

    1:58
  • 12:37 PM

    Wand of Youth: Fountain Dance

    Edward Elgar

    Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra

    Raymond Leppard, conductor

    2:34
  • 12:33 PM

    Sleigh Ride

    Leroy Anderson

    American Horn Quartet

    Peter Luff/Kerry Turner, conductor

    2:56
  • 12:24 PM

    Concerto No. 5

    Francesco Durante

    Francesco Durante: Concerti

    Concerto Koln

    7:39
  • 12:18 PM

    Canon

    Johann Pachelbel

    A New Baroque

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    5:03
  • 12:16 PM

    Beautiful Rosemary (Schon Rosmarin)

    Fritz Kreisler

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    Samuel Sanders, piano

    1:51
  • 12:12 PM

    I Wonder as I Wander

    John Jacob Niles

    Comfort and Joy, Vol. 1

    Cantus

    Brian Arreola, tenor

    2:33
  • 12:04 PM

    The Conspirators (or, The Domestic War): Overture

    Franz Schubert

    Prague Sinfonia

    Christian Benda, conductor

    6:57
  • 11:44 AM

    Clarinet Concerto No. 3

    Carl Stamitz

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Iona Brown, conductor

    Sabine Meyer, clarinet

    14:20
  • 11:30 AM

    St. Paul's Suite

    Gustav Holst

    City of London Sinfonia

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    12:50
  • 11:26 AM

    Lieutenant Kije: Troika

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Prokofiev: Alexander Nevsky; Lieutenant Kije; Scythian Suite

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    2:44
  • 11:22 AM

    The angel Gabriel

    Philip Moore

    In the Bleak Midwinter

    Choir of King's College, Cambridge

    Daniel Hyde, conductor

    4:01
  • 11:18 AM

    Songs My Mother Taught Me

    Antonin Dvorak

    Julian Lloyd Webber, cello

    John Lenehan, piano

    2:37
  • 11:06 AM

    Concerto No. 7

    Pietro Locatelli

    Raglan Baroque Players

    Elizabeth Wallfisch, conductor

    11:11
  • 11:01 AM

    Symphony No. 5: Scherzo

    Alexander Glazunov

    Glazunov: Symphonies 1 & 5

    Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    4:33
  • 10:45 AM

    Consecration of the House: Overture

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Jeffrey Tate, conductor

    12:39
  • 10:42 AM

    Canzon

    Hans Hassler

    Blasermusik Zur Weihnacht

    Ludwig Guttler Brass Ensemble

    Ludwig Guttler, conductor

    1:55
  • 10:30 AM

    Scaramouche

    Darius Milhaud

    Creation

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    Branford Marsalis, saxophone

    11:20
  • 10:06 AM

    Theme and Variations

    Amy Beach

    Carol Wincenc, flute

    Kevin Lawrence, violin

    Carolyn Stuart, violin

    Sheila Brown, viola

    Brooks Whitehouse, cello

    21:58
  • 10:01 AM

    Snowcarols: In the Bleak Midwinter

    William Ferris

    Snowcarols: Christmas Music by William Ferris

    William Ferris Chorale

    Paul French, conductor

    4:44
  • 9:45 AM

    Fantasia on British Sea Songs

    Henry Wood

    Orchestral Lollipops

    Brandenburg State Orchestra Frankfurt

    Howard Griffiths, conductor

    13:33
  • 9:37 AM

    Concerto Grosso No. 6 "Christmas Concerto"

    Giuseppe Torelli

    Christmas Concerti

    I Musici

    7:29
  • 9:13 AM

    Hours of the Day

    Lars-Erik Larsson

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra

    James DePreist, conductor

    22:36
  • 9:06 AM

    Celtic Fare

    Scott Tennant/Simon Jeffes

    Air and Ground

    Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

    5:55
  • 9:01 AM

    L'incoronazione di Poppea: Pur ti miro

    Claudio Monteverdi

    Axiom Quartet

    4:35
  • 8:56 AM

    O my deir hert

    Virgil Thomson

    Handel and Haydn Society Chorus

    Grant Llewellyn, conductor

    2:27
  • 8:30 AM

    Four Tone Poems after Arnold Bocklin

    Max Reger

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    24:57
  • 8:09 AM

    Violin Sonata No. 2

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: The Violin Sonatas

    Pamela Frank, violin

    19:37
  • 8:06 AM

    Gabriel's Message

    Traditional Basque

    In dulci jubilo: Choral Music for Advent and Christmas

    Harmonia Sacra

    Peter Leech, conductor

    2:27
  • 8:01 AM

    Cello Suite No. 3: Sarabande

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Yo-Yo Ma Plays Bach

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    4:41
  • 7:40 AM

    Guitar Quintet No. 7

    Luigi Boccherini

    Academy Chamber Ensemble

    Pepe Romero, guitar

    18:35
  • 7:33 AM

    Sonata Natalis

    Johann Schmelzer

    Ludwig Guttler Brass Ensemble

    Ludwig Guttler, conductor

    6:32
  • 7:27 AM

    Tropic Winter: Pompons and Fans

    Nathaniel Dett

    My Cup Runneth Over: The Complete Piano Works of R. Nathaniel Dett

    Clipper Erickson, piano

    3:57
  • 7:06 AM

    Symphony No. 4

    Niels Gade

    Gade: Symphonies 3 & 4

    Stockholm Sinfonietta

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    20:35
  • 7:01 AM

    Abbywood Trail

    Dale Kavanagh

    Guitar Gala Night

    Dale Kavanagh, guitar

    4:44
  • 6:47 AM

    Trio Sonata

    Giovanni Bononcini

    Bononcini: Amarilli: Cantates Pour Alto Solo

    Il Seminario Musicale

    11:03
  • 6:42 AM

    In This Tyme of Chrystmas

    Abbie Betinis

    Rose Ensemble

    Jordan Sramek, conductor

    5:06
  • 6:06 AM

    Cello Sonata

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin

    Maria Joao Pires, piano

    33:58
  • 6:01 AM

    Donkey Carol

    John Rutter

    The Holly And The Ivy

    Choir of Clare College, Cambridge

    John Rutter, conductor

    4:32