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  • 5:55 AM

    Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas

    Hugh Martin/Ralph Blane

    Chad Lawson, piano

    3:20
  • 5:46 AM

    Festina Lente

    Arvo Part

    MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Kristjan Jarvi, conductor

    7:41
  • 5:42 AM

    Huron Carol ('Twas in the Moon of Wintertime)

    Traditional

    Cantus

    3:52
  • 5:06 AM

    Symphony No. 11 "Winter"

    Joachim Raff

    Basel Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Mario Venzago, conductor

    34:32
  • 5:01 AM

    Partita: Pavane

    Paul Lansky

    David Starobin, guitar

    Mari Yoshinaga, percussion

    4:39
  • 4:47 AM

    Improvisations on Bach's "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring"

    Noam Sivan

    Yael Weiss, piano

    10:47
  • 4:41 AM

    Chorale

    Errollyn Wallen

    Timelapse

    Orchestra of the Swan

    5:00
  • 4:37 AM

    In the Bleak Midwinter

    Gustav Holst

    THE KNIGHTS BEFORE CHRISTMAS

    The Knights

    Eric Jacobsen, conductor

    4:13
  • 4:06 AM

    String Quartet No. 1 "From My Life"

    Bedrich Smetana

    Pavel Haas Quartet

    28:25
  • 4:01 AM

    Album Leaf

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Music of the Gilded Age

    Sylvan Winds

    Boris Baev, oboe

    4:38
  • 3:40 AM

    Violin Sonata No. 4

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Discovering Dutch Ensembles

    Liza Ferschtman, violin

    17:55
  • 3:28 AM

    Winter Poem No. 1

    Glenn Buhr

    Winter Poems - Music of Glenn Buhr

    Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra

    Bramwell Tovey, conductor

    10:02
  • 3:23 AM

    O Magnum Mysterium

    Tomas Luis de Victoria

    A Spanish Nativity

    Stile Antico

    4:21
  • 3:14 AM

    Three Botticelli Pictures: Adoration of the Magi

    Ottorino Respighi

    Chamber Orchestra of Lausanne

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    8:01
  • 3:06 AM

    Overture No. 2

    Louise Farrenc

    European Soloists, Luxembourg

    Christoph Konig, conductor

    7:07
  • 3:01 AM

    Symphony: 2nd movement

    Johann Vanhal

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    Celia Nicklin, oboe

    4:48
  • 2:40 AM

    Divertimento

    Michael Ippolito

    C/O Chamber Orchestra

    18:21
  • 2:37 AM

    German Dance No. 3 "Sleigh Ride"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Divertimenti, German Dances

    Ensemble Wien

    2:16
  • 2:21 AM

    Horn Concerto

    Leopold Mozart

    Swedish Chamber Orchestra

    Nicholas McGegan, conductor

    Alec Frank-Gemmill, horn

    14:28
  • 2:16 AM

    The Snowman: Walking in the Air

    Howard Blake

    Christmas at the Movies

    Michael Chertock, piano

    3:21
  • 2:06 AM

    Overture for a Masque

    E.J. Moeran

    Ulster Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    9:22
  • 2:01 AM

    North Texas Wind Symphony

    Eugene Corporon, conductor

    4:42
  • 1:48 AM

    Christmas Tree Suite

    Franz Liszt

    Eteri Andjaparidze, piano

    9:59
  • 1:26 AM

    Images for Orchestra: Iberia

    Claude Debussy

    Works by Ravel and Debussy

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Fritz Reiner, conductor

    20:21
  • 1:22 AM

    Dance of the Shepherd Girl

    Hugo Alfven

    Voyage

    Arcata String Quartet

    Don Bailey, flute

    4:19
  • 1:06 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 1

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Zurich Chamber Orchestra

    Howard Griffiths, conductor

    Sharon Isbin, guitar

    13:47
  • 1:01 AM

    Orchestra of La Scala, Milan

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    4:42
  • 12:46 AM

    La Valse

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel: Ballet And Dance Music

    Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    12:23
  • 12:40 AM

    Prayer for Peace

    Abbie Betinis

    Still

    Elektra Women's Choir

    Morna Edmundson, conductor

    4:35
  • 12:24 AM

    Danish National Chamber Orchestra

    Adam Fischer, conductor

    14:16
  • 12:13 AM

    Quartettino

    Rezso Kokai

    Walter Boeykens Ensemble

    10:15
  • 12:09 AM

    I Wonder as I Wander

    John Jacob Niles

    Dream Season: The Christmas Harp

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    2:39
  • 12:06 AM

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    3:01
  • 12:01 AM

    Impromptu No. 3

    Frederic Chopin

    The Chopin Collection: The Impromptus

    Artur Rubinstein, piano

    4:51
  • 11:50 PM

    Three Spirituals

    Adolphus Hailstork

    Virginia Symphony Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    8:08
  • 11:29 PM

    Petite Symphony

    Charles Gounod

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    20:00
  • 11:23 PM

    Overture on French Carols

    Philip Lane

    Royal Ballet Sinfonia

    Gavin Sutherland, conductor

    5:21
  • 11:17 PM

    English Suite No. 2: Prelude

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: English Suites 1-3

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano

    4:22
  • 11:06 PM

    Symphony No. 8

    John Marsh

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    9:51
  • 11:01 PM

    Orchestral Study No. 3

    Arthur Bliss

    English Northern Philharmonia

    David Lloyd-Jones, conductor

    4:51
  • 10:47 PM

    The Fairies: Overture

    Richard Wagner

    Philharmonia Zurich

    Fabio Luisi, conductor

    11:20
  • 10:43 PM

    O Christmas Tree

    Traditional

    Joy to the World

    Empire Brass

    2:53
  • 10:37 PM

    Doce de coco

    Jaco do Bandolim

    Appassionato

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    5:12
  • 10:18 PM

    Carmen Suite No. 2

    Georges Bizet

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    17:39
  • 10:13 PM

    Do You Hear What I Hear?

    Noel Regney/Gloria Shayne

    THE KNIGHTS BEFORE CHRISTMAS

    The Knights

    Eric Jacobsen, conductor

    Wu Man, pipa

    3:41
  • 10:06 PM

    Norwegian Dance No. 1

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg: Norwegian Dances

    Estonian National Symphony Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    6:15
  • 10:03 PM

    Boston Symphony Chamber Players

    2:51
  • 9:48 PM

    Guitar Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Zurich Chamber Orchestra

    Howard Griffiths, conductor

    Sharon Isbin, guitar

    10:15
  • 9:30 PM

    Bassoon Concerto in F

    Carl Maria von Weber

    ASMITF

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Klaus Thunemann, bassoon

    :00
  • 9:24 PM

    Vigilate

    William Byrd

    Veni Emmanuel

    Choir of Clare College, Cambridge

    Graham Ross, conductor

    4:05
  • 9:20 PM

    Baltimore Consort

    2:14
  • 9:06 PM

    Divertimento No. 1

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart; Zuckerman

    National Arts Centre Orchestra

    Pinchas Zukerman, conductor

    14:08
  • 9:01 PM

    Fantasia Suite No. 8

    John Jenkins

    Locke Consort

    4:36
  • 6:47 PM

    By the Beautiful Blue Danube (An der schonen, blauen Donau)

    Johann StraussJr.

    2018 New Year's Concerto

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    11:05
  • 6:35 PM

    Carnaval

    Robert Schumann

    pictures at an exhibition

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    10:01
  • 6:31 PM

    March of the Toys

    Victor Herbert

    Pops Christmas Party

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Arthur Fiedler, conductor

    3:51
  • 6:22 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 2

    Anne-Louise Brillon de Jouy

    Nicolas Horvath, piano

    8:45
  • 6:18 PM

    Paraphrase on "O Little Town of Bethlehem"

    Carlos Salzedo

    Christmas Harp

    Xavier de Maistre, harp

    1:55
  • 6:06 PM

    Oboe Concerto

    Alessandro Marcello

    Albinoni, Cimarosa, Marcello, Sammartini, Lotti: Oboe Concertos

    I Musici

    Heinz Holliger, oboe

    11:35
  • 6:01 PM

    String Quartet No. 50: Minuet

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: String Quartets Vol. 5

    Leipzig String Quartet

    4:53
  • 5:50 PM

    Omphale's Spinning Wheel

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra

    Marc Soustrot, conductor

    8:03
  • 5:13 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 1

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Concerto!

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    Alicia de Larrocha, piano

    35:13
  • 5:06 PM

    French Carol Medley

    Traditional French

    Copper Street Brass Quintet

    5:13
  • 5:01 PM

    Serenade No. 6 "Serenata Notturna": 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Divertimento KV334; Serenata Notturna

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    4:49
  • 4:53 PM

    Sir Roger de Coverley (A Christmas Dance)

    Frank Bridge

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    4:45
  • 4:50 PM

    Jesus Christ the Apple Tree

    Elizabeth Poston

    Cambridge Singers

    John Rutter, conductor

    2:33
  • 4:34 PM

    Suite for Violin and String Orchestra

    Laura Netzel

    Laura Netzel: Chamber Portrait

    Musica Vitae

    Malin Broman, conductor

    Malin Broman, violin

    15:01
  • 4:20 PM

    Symphony No. 9

    Georg Anton Benda

    Benda: Sinfonias Nos. 7-12

    Prague Chamber Orchestra

    Christian Benda, conductor

    12:31
  • 4:10 PM

    Norwegian Radio Orchestra

    Miguel Harth-Bedoya, conductor

    9:12
  • 4:06 PM

    Solomon: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba

    George Frideric Handel

    Pachelbel Canon

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    3:18
  • 4:01 PM

    Bassoon Concerto: Rondo

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Tapiola Sinfonietta

    Janne Nisonen, conductor

    Jaakko Luoma, bassoon

    4:45
  • 3:54 PM

    Little Fantasy on "The Twelve Days of Christmas"

    John Harbison

    Canadian Brass

    3:01
  • 3:36 PM

    Eroica Trio

    16:22
  • 3:31 PM

    Hacia Belen va una Burra Rin-Rin

    Traditional Spanish

    THE KNIGHTS BEFORE CHRISTMAS

    The Knights

    Eric Jacobsen, conductor

    Magos Herrera, vocals

    3:27
  • 3:15 PM

    Masques and Bergamasques

    Gabriel Faure

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    14:22
  • 3:02 PM

    Norfolk Rhapsody No. 1

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Bryden Thomson, conductor

    11:45
  • 2:50 PM

    Violin Concerto: Finale

    Aram Khachaturian

    Dvorak, Khachaturian Violin Concertos

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Teddy Abrams, conductor

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    10:06
  • 2:45 PM

    Village Dance

    Claude Champagne

    Quebec Symphony Orchestra

    Yoav Talmi, conductor

    4:47
  • 2:44 PM

    Violin Concerto: Finale

    Aram Khachaturian

    Dvorak, Khachaturian Violin Concertos

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Teddy Abrams, conductor

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    10:06
  • 2:41 PM

    Turandot: Nessun dorma

    Giacomo Puccini

    Franco Corelli, tenor

    3:00
  • 2:31 PM

    L'amant anonyme: Overture-Symphony

    Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Le Mozart Noir

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    7:42
  • 2:25 PM

    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
  • 2:17 PM

    Images for Orchestra: Iberia: On Highways and Byways

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Orchestral Music

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Bernard Haitink, conductor

    6:47
  • 2:10 PM

    A Moorside Suite: March

    Gustav Holst

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andrew Davis, conductor

    4:09
  • 2:04 PM

    String Quintet No. 1: Finale

    Luigi Boccherini

    Boccherini: String Quintets, Vol. VI

    La Magnifica Comunita

    4:46
  • 1:52 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 21 "Elvira Madigan": 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Simone Dinnerstein: Mozart in Havana

    Havana Lyceum Orchestra

    Jose Antonio Mendez Padron, conductor

    Simone Dinnerstein, piano

    7:23
  • 1:47 PM

    String Quartet No. 4: Scherzo

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Cecilia String Quartet

    3:57
  • 1:40 PM

    Symphony No. 2: 3rd movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Budapest Festival Orchestra

    Ivan Fischer, conductor

    5:38
  • 1:31 PM

    Morning, Noon, and Night in Vienna

    Franz von Suppe

    Vienna Soiree

    Vienna Philharmonic

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    8:08
  • 1:27 PM

    An Old Carol (I SIng of a Maiden)

    Roger Quilter

    In the Bleak Midwinter

    Choir of King's College, Cambridge

    Daniel Hyde, conductor

    2:50
  • 1:20 PM

    Symphony No. 104 "London": Finale

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies Nos 101 The Clock and 104 London

    Orchestra of St. Luke's

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    6:34
  • 1:16 PM

    O Little One Sweet

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Christmas Together

    Piano Guys

    3:43
  • 1:09 PM

    Symphony No. 3: 3rd movement

    Florence Price

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    5:02
  • 1:04 PM

    Salut d'amour (Love's Greeting)

    Edward Elgar

    Sir Charles' Precious Music Box 1

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Charles Groves, conductor

    3:53
  • 12:48 PM

    Academic Festival Overture

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Symphony 1, Academic Festival Overture

    Houston Symphony Orchestra

    Christoph Eschenbach, conductor

    11:04
  • 12:42 PM

    Folk Suite No. 4

    William Grant Still

    Get on Board

    Sierra Winds

    4:59
  • 12:33 PM

    Andante festivo

    Jean Sibelius

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    5:04
  • 12:28 PM

    Kyunghee Kim-Sutre, harp

    4:10
  • 12:19 PM

    Jean de Paris: Overture

    Francois Boieldieu

    Francois-Adrien Boieldieu: Piano Concerto; Six Overtures

    Swiss Italian Orchestra

    Howard Griffiths, conductor

    7:50
  • 12:16 PM

    Wondrous to Say

    Carl Nielsen

    Stille Nacht: Christmas Carols for Guitar

    Rossini Hayward, guitar

    2:15
  • 12:08 PM

    Concerto for Two Flutes

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra

    Nicholas McGegan, conductor

    Janet See, flute

    Stephen Schultz, flute

    6:48
  • 12:04 PM

    Coffee and Cakes

    Charlie Chaplin

    Duo Intermezzo

    2:37
  • 11:44 AM

    Sonata No. 4

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Camerata Bern

    Thomas Furi, conductor

    13:44
  • 11:39 AM

    The Swan-Queen

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    From Russia with Harp

    Sasha Boldachev, harp

    3:55
  • 11:30 AM

    Nocturnes: Nuages (Clouds)

    Claude Debussy

    Paris Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    8:31
  • 11:25 AM

    Ave Generosa

    Ola Gjeilo

    Choir of Royal Holloway

    Rupert Gough, conductor

    4:29
  • 11:21 AM

    The Holy Boy

    John Ireland

    Noel

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    3:10
  • 11:06 AM

    Six Variations on an Original Theme

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Louis Lortie, piano

    13:51
  • 11:01 AM

    German Dances

    William Brade

    Brass Ensemble

    Ludwig Guttler, trumpet

    4:50
  • 10:47 AM

    Folk Songs for Orchestra

    George Walker

    George Walker: Orchestral Works

    Cleveland Chamber Symphony

    Edwin London, conductor

    11:36
  • 10:42 AM

    Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas

    Hugh Martin/Ralph Blane

    Imani Winds

    3:22
  • 10:24 AM

    Guitar Concerto

    Ferdinando Carulli

    Carulli, Molino: Guitar Concertos

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Iona Brown, conductor

    Pepe Romero, guitar

    16:18
  • 10:15 AM

    Ave Maria

    Charles Gounod

    I'll Be Home for the Holidays

    Eaken Piano Trio

    7:48
  • 10:06 AM

    Reverie and Caprice

    Hector Berlioz

    French Showpieces

    Quebec Symphony Orchestra

    Yoav Talmi, conductor

    8:30
  • 10:00 AM

    Novelette (Interlude in Olden Style)

    Alexander Glazunov

    Utrecht String Quartet

    4:44
  • 9:56 AM

    Sleep for Mama (Icelandic Folk Song)

    Traditional Icelandic

    Vikingur Olafsson, piano

    2:38
  • 9:28 AM

    Clarinet Concerto

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    Sabine Meyer, basset clarinet

    26:30
  • 9:23 AM

    Lullay

    Karl Jenkins

    Karl Jenkins: Motets

    Polyphony

    Stephen Layton, conductor

    3:59
  • 9:06 AM

    Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams: Norfolk Rhapsody etc.

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Bryden Thomson, conductor

    16:06
  • 9:01 AM

    Night Song

    Edward Elgar

    Elgar: Miniatures

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Norman Del Mar, conductor

    4:43
  • 8:58 AM

    Short Fantasy on a Noel Provencal

    Carlos Salzedo

    Xavier de Maistre, harp

    :51
  • 8:34 AM

    String Quartet

    Reynaldo Hahn

    Reynaldo Hahn

    Parisii Quartet

    23:03
  • 8:27 AM

    Conte de Noel

    Alphonse Hasselmans

    Christmas Harp

    Xavier de Maistre, harp

    6:03
  • 8:06 AM

    Brandenburg State Orchestra Frankfurt

    David Porcelijn, conductor

    19:23
  • 8:01 AM

    String Poetic: Nocturne

    Jennifer Higdon

    String Poetic

    Jennifer Koh, violin

    4:46
  • 7:55 AM

    Silent Night

    Franz Gruber

    4 Girls 4 Harps At Christmas

    4 Girls 4 Harps

    3:31
  • 7:35 AM

    Rusalka Fantasy

    Antonin Dvorak

    Tchaikovsky/Dvorak/Honeck/PSO

    Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

    Manfred Honeck, conductor

    20:01
  • 7:27 AM

    This Ember Night

    Graham Lack

    Voces8

    Barnaby Smith, conductor

    6:51
  • 7:06 AM

    Fantasie for Piano Four-Hands

    Franz Schubert

    Four Hands

    Leon Fleisher, piano

    19:03
  • 7:01 AM

    Hansel and Gretel: Dream Pantomime

    Engelbert Humperdinck

    New York Pops

    Skitch Henderson, conductor

    4:52
  • 6:46 AM

    Shades of Darkness: Midnight Blue

    Stefania de Kenessey

    Andiamo Chamber Ensemble

    12:33
  • 6:26 AM

    Ballad Without Words

    Kurt Atterberg

    Atterberg: Symphony No. 6, etc.

    Norrkoping Symphony Orchestra

    Jun'ichi Hirokami, conductor

    18:31
  • 6:21 AM

    Christmas Tree Suite: The shepherds at the manger

    Franz Liszt

    Evening Bells

    Roland Pontinen, piano

    3:37
  • 6:01 AM

    Cello Suite No. 5: Gavottes

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Christopher Parkening, guitar

    4:46