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  • 5:35 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 23 "Appassionata"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Piano Sonatas

    Yundi Li, piano

    23:04
  • 5:27 AM

    Hymn to the Creator of Light

    John Rutter

    Choir of Clare College, Cambridge

    Graham Ross, conductor

    7:34
  • 5:06 AM

    Lachian Dances

    Leos Janacek

    Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Ondrej Lenard, conductor

    19:26
  • 5:01 AM

    Rosary Sonata No. 8: The Crowning with Thorns

    Heinrich Biber

    Biber: The Mystery Sonatas (Die Rosenkranz Sonaten)

    Tragicomedia

    John Holloway, violin

    4:40
  • 4:45 AM

    Quartet No. 5

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Vienna-Berlin Ensemble

    12:54
  • 4:36 AM

    A Christmas Overture

    Nigel Hess

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    John Rutter, conductor

    7:23
  • 4:28 AM

    Symphony No. 26

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphonies, Vol. 6

    Danish National Chamber Orchestra

    Adam Fischer, conductor

    8:01
  • 4:24 AM

    First Snow

    Ola Gjeilo

    Ola Gjeilo: Winter Songs

    12 Ensemble

    Ola Gjeilo, piano

    2:26
  • 4:06 AM

    Tuba Concerto

    John Williams

    Singapore Symphony Orchestra

    Anne Manson, conductor

    Oystein Baadsvik, tuba

    17:03
  • 3:12 AM

    Symphonie fantastique

    Hector Berlioz

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Fabien Gabel, conductor

    Tai Murray

    49:00
  • 2:23 AM

    Concerto in E minor for Violin and Orchestra, Opus 64

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Fabien Gabel,, conductor

    Tai Murray, violin

    27:00
  • 2:14 AM

    Overture to Königskinder (The King’s Children)

    Engelbert Humperdinck

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Fabien Gabel,, conductor

    8:00
  • 1:46 AM

    Roumanian Rhapsody No. 1

    Georges Enescu

    Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Lawrence Foster, conductor

    11:45
  • 1:33 AM

    Flute Quartet No. 2

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Emmanuel Pahud, flute

    Christoph Poppen, violin

    Hariolf Schlichtig, viola

    Jean-Guihen Queyras, cello

    11:39
  • 1:23 AM

    Christmas Roses

    Emil Waldteufel

    Gulbenkian Orchestra

    Michel Swierczewski, conductor

    9:00
  • 1:15 AM

    Six English Tunes

    Peter Warlock

    Warlock: Capriol Suite; The Curlew; Six English Tunes; Serenade; Six Italian Dance Tunes; Ross Pople/London Festival Orchestra

    London Festival Orchestra

    Ross Pople, conductor

    7:11
  • 1:06 AM

    Morning Papers Waltz

    Johann Strauss, Jr.

    Vienna Johann Strauss Orchestra

    Willi Boskovsky, conductor

    8:20
  • 1:01 AM

    The Snowman: Prelude and Serenade

    Erich Korngold

    Favorite Holiday Classics

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    Michael Ludwig, violin

    4:39
  • 11:54 PM

    French Suite No. 4: Allemande; Courante

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Murray Perahia, piano

    4:36
  • 11:38 PM

    Symphony No. 10

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    16:03
  • 11:30 PM

    The Children of Lir: Out With You O Children Of The King

    Patrick Cassidy

    Patrick Cassidy: The Children of Lir

    London Symphony Orchestra

    3:43
  • 11:19 PM

    The Skaters Waltz

    Emil Waldteufel

    The Four Seasons: A Musical Calendar Of Favorite Classics

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    8:44
  • 11:16 PM

    Lieutenant Kije: Troika

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Prokofiev: Classical Symphony

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    2:46
  • 11:10 PM

    Wexford Carol

    Traditional Irish

    Songs Of Joy And Peace

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    4:21
  • 11:05 PM

    Pueri concinite

    Johann Ritter von Herbeck

    Celebrating the Mystery: Music of Advent & Christmas

    Kantorei

    Axel Theimer, conductor

    4:30
  • 11:01 PM

    The Nutcracker: Miniature Overture

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Der Nussknacker and others

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    3:17
  • 10:42 PM

    Russian Christmas Music

    Alfred Reed

    Dallas Wind Symphony

    Jerry Junkin, conductor

    13:53
  • 10:33 PM

    Finlandia

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Finlandia, Valse Triste; Grieg: Sigurd Jorsalfar

    Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    7:32
  • 10:27 PM

    Song without Words

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Appassionato

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    4:07
  • 10:22 PM

    Eatnemen Vuelie

    Frode Fjellheim

    Snowflakes - A Classical Christmas

    Cantus Women's Choir

    Torodd Wigum, conductor

    Oystein Baadsvik, tuba

    3:21
  • 10:17 PM

    The Nutcracker: Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Christmas On Copper Street

    Copper Street Brass Quintet

    2:02
  • 10:16 PM

    The Nutcracker: Spanish Dance

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    MPR Taste Of The Holidays, Vol. 2

    Copper Street Brass Quintet

    1:15
  • 10:15 PM

    The Nutcracker: Russian Dance

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    MPR Taste Of The Holidays, Vol. 2

    Copper Street Brass Quintet

    1:04
  • 10:12 PM

    The Nutcracker: March

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    MPR Taste Of The Holidays, Vol. 2

    Copper Street Brass Quintet

    3:22
  • 10:05 PM

    When Icicles Hang: Blow thou winter

    John Rutter

    Fancies

    City of London Sinfonia

    John Rutter, conductor

    3:53
  • 9:51 PM

    Minor Alterations

    David Lovrein

    Dallas Wind Symphony

    6:00
  • 9:49 PM

    Ashokan Farewell

    Jay Ungar

    Nashville Chamber Orchestra

    Paul Gambill, conductor

    5:05
  • 9:33 PM

    Harold in Italy: March of the Pilgrims

    Hector Berlioz

    Revolutionary and Romantic Orchestra

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    Gerard Causse, viola

    7:32
  • 9:29 PM

    Hesperion XX

    Jordi Savall, conductor

    2:42
  • 9:22 PM

    Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Simone Dinnerstein, piano

    3:53
  • 9:14 PM

    Saving Private Ryan: Hymn to the Fallen

    John Williams

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    6:10
  • 9:00 PM

    Peer Gynt Suite No. 1

    Edvard Grieg

    Minnesota Orchestra At One Hundred

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    13:25
  • 6:42 PM

    Capriccio Espagnol

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Tchaikovsky: 1812, Marche Slave, Etc / Järvi, Gothenburg So

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    15:42
  • 6:36 PM

    O Come, O Come Emmanuel

    Traditional

    David Wood, guitar

    4:49
  • 6:25 PM

    Symphony No. 2 "In the Spring": 4th movement

    John Knowles Paine

    John Knowles Paine: Orchestral Works 2

    Ulster Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    11:09
  • 6:19 PM

    Once in Royal David's City

    Henry Gauntlett

    A Cello Christmas

    London Cello Sound

    Geoffrey Simon, conductor

    3:15
  • 6:06 PM

    Rob Roy: Overture

    Hector Berlioz

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Alexander Gibson, conductor

    13:03
  • 6:01 PM

    Intermezzo No. 1

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Klavierstucke Op. 119 / Fantasien op. 116 / 3 Intermezzi Op. 117

    Stephen Kovacevich, piano

    4:47
  • 5:57 PM

    Etude No. 9 "Butterfly"

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Etudes Opus 10, Op. 25

    Murray Perahia, piano

    1:00
  • 5:49 PM

    Kyung Wha Chung, violin

    Philip Moll, piano

    8:17
  • 5:29 PM

    Symphony No. 95

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Hanover Band

    Roy Goodman, conductor

    19:02
  • 5:17 PM

    Symphony of Noels

    Michel Delalande

    Masques

    Olivier Fortin, conductor

    10:29
  • 5:06 PM

    Little Serenade

    Lars-Erik Larsson

    Lars-Erik Larsson: Music for String Orchestra

    Orebro Chamber Orchestra

    Goran Nilson, conductor

    10:29
  • 5:01 PM

    Cello Sonata: 2nd movement

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Matt Haimovitz, cello

    Christopher O'Riley, piano

    4:48
  • 4:40 PM

    Bamboo Flute Concerto

    Ma Shui-long

    Copenhagen Philharmonic Orchestra

    Michala Petri, recorder

    18:18
  • 4:34 PM

    Angel's Dance

    Steven Amundson

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    John Morris Russell, conductor

    4:29
  • 4:25 PM

    Concerto Grosso No. 11

    Arcangelo Corelli

    Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra

    Janos Rolla, conductor

    8:26
  • 4:18 PM

    In the Bleak Midwinter

    Harold Darke

    Christmas with Septura

    Septura

    5:02
  • 4:06 PM

    Jeromita Linares

    Carlos Guastavino

    "Impresiones"

    Camerata Bariloche

    Pablo Cohen, guitar

    11:43
  • 4:01 PM

    Fantasie Negre No. 4

    Florence Price

    Lara Downes, piano

    4:45
  • 3:56 PM

    Rudolph Rubrinasus

    Philip Brunelle

    Behold This Heavenly Night

    VocalEssence

    Philip Brunelle, conductor

    1:00
  • 3:45 PM

    Diversions Overture

    Jack Gallagher

    London Symphony Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    10:07
  • 3:38 PM

    Piva and Canario

    Johannes Kapsberger

    Alla Luce: Music of Giovanni Girolamo Kapsberger

    Chatham Baroque

    5:34
  • 3:09 PM

    Czech Suite: Prelude-Pastorale

    Antonin Dvorak

    North German Radio Symphony

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    3:14
  • 3:00 PM

    The Planets: Jupiter

    Gustav Holst

    Holst: The Planets

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Colin Davis, conductor

    8:15
  • 2:54 PM

    Madame Bovary: Waltz

    Miklos Rozsa

    Hollywood Bowl Orchestra

    John Mauceri, conductor

    4:49
  • 2:48 PM

    Fantasia on "In Dulci Jubilo"

    David Overton

    Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra

    John Georgiadis, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    4:57
  • 2:39 PM

    African Suite: Joyful Day

    Fela Sowande

    National Arts Centre Orchestra

    Mario Bernardi, conductor

    7:49
  • 2:35 PM

    Sleigh Ride

    Leroy Anderson

    Buzz Brass

    2:50
  • 2:32 PM

    Tosca: Vissi d'arte

    Giacomo Puccini

    Philharmonia of Russia

    Constantine Orbelian, conductor

    Sondra Radvanovsky, soprano

    4:00
  • 2:23 PM

    Symphony No. 5 "Reformation": 2nd movement

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: The Symphonies

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    5:54
  • 2:18 PM

    Waltz No. 1 "Grand Valse brillante"

    Frederic Chopin

    Trifonov plays Chopin

    Daniil Trifonov, piano

    4:08
  • 2:08 PM

    Symphony No. 2 "Song of a New Race": 4th movement

    William Grant Still

    Fort Smith Symphony

    John Jeter, conductor

    7:13
  • 2:04 PM

    Cello Suite No. 1: Prelude

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Inspired by Bach

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    2:17
  • 1:52 PM

    Night of Silence

    Daniel Kantor

    Behold This Heavenly Night

    VocalEssence

    Philip Brunelle, conductor

    4:10
  • 1:49 PM

    Sonata

    Domenico Scarlatti

    Scarlatti: Complete Keyboard Sonatas, Vol. 15

    Orion Weiss, piano

    2:23
  • 1:32 PM

    Capriccio Italien

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Ports of Call

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    15:53
  • 1:27 PM

    Canzon Noni Toni

    Giovanni Gabrieli

    Gabrieli and St. Marks: Venetian Brass Music

    Wallace Collection

    2:52
  • 1:22 PM

    L'Arlesienne Suite No. 2: Menuet

    Georges Bizet

    Breakfast in Bed

    Toronto Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Davis, conductor

    4:16
  • 1:18 PM

    Three Carols for Harp

    Christmas Music

    Emily Mitchell, harp

    3:51
  • 1:15 PM

    Serenade No. 1: Scherzo

    Johannes Brahms

    Ulster Orchestra

    Vernon Handley, conductor

    2:39
  • 1:07 PM

    Romanian Christmas Carols

    Bela Bartok

    The Knights

    Eric Jacobsen, conductor

    6:45
  • 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
  • 12:57 PM

    Tosca: Act I Finale (Te Deum)

    Giacomo Puccini

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    :00
  • 12:50 PM

    Fidelio Overture

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphonies 1-9, Overtures "Fidelio" and "Egmont"

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Lorin Maazel, conductor

    6:21
  • 12:46 PM

    Peace and Joy

    Anonymous

    And Glory Shone Around: Early American Carols, Country Dances, Southern Harmony Hymns and Shaker Spiritual Songs

    Rose Ensemble

    2:18
  • 12:39 PM

    Holberg Suite: Air

    Edvard Grieg

    Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 2; Grieg: Holberg Suite

    Mito Chamber Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    6:20
  • 12:32 PM

    Concerto for Two Oboes

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerti Virtuosi

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    6:04
  • 12:26 PM

    Fantasia

    John Dowland

    Minnesota Varsity 2011 Featured Round Recordings

    Henry Johnston, guitar

    4:29
  • 12:21 PM

    A Downland Suite: Minuet

    John Ireland

    Music of John Ireland and Frank Bridge

    English Chamber Orchestra

    David Garforth, conductor

    4:26
  • 12:15 PM

    Symphony No. 100 "Military": Minuet

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Musicians of the Louvre

    Marc Minkowski, conductor

    4:41
  • 12:11 PM

    See Amid the Winter Snow

    Robert Sieving

    Behold This Heavenly Night

    VocalEssence

    Philip Brunelle, conductor

    3:23
  • 12:04 PM

    Jeux d'eau (Fountains)

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel: Works For Solo Piano

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    5:38
  • 11:43 AM

    Cockaigne Overture (In London Town)

    Edward Elgar

    Elgar: Complete Symphonies

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    14:47
  • 11:37 AM

    Do You Hear What I Hear?

    Noel Regney/Gloria Shayne

    Northern Lights Orchestra

    Petri Juutilainen, conductor

    4:53
  • 11:25 AM

    Norwegian Rhapsody No. 2

    Johan Halvorsen

    Trondheim Symphony Orchestra

    Ole Kristian Ruud, conductor

    11:55
  • 11:22 AM

    The Sussex Mummers' Carol

    Traditional

    Christmas Around The World

    Burning River Brass

    2:16
  • 11:11 AM

    Fritiof Suite: Prelude

    Elfrida Andree

    Stockholm Symphony Orchestra

    Gustaf Sjokvist, conductor

    9:02
  • 11:06 AM

    La clemenza di Tito (The Clemency of Titus): Overture

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Overtures - Eine kleine Nachtmusik

    Tafelmusik

    Bruno Weil, conductor

    4:42
  • 11:01 AM

    Piano Trio: 2nd movement

    Sveinbjorn Sveinbjornsson

    SVEINBJORNSSON: Piano Trios / Violin Sonata

    Audur Hafsteinsdottir, violin

    4:44
  • 10:46 AM

    String Symphony No. 6

    Felix Mendelssohn

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    12:15
  • 10:29 AM

    Joan Baez Suite

    John Duarte

    Sharon Isbin, guitar

    15:58
  • 10:23 AM

    The Bells of Christmas

    Armas Maasalo

    Lahti Symphony Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    4:03
  • 10:06 AM

    German Dances and Trios

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Symphony No. 5

    Moscow Virtuosi

    Vladimir Spivakov, conductor

    16:12
  • 10:01 AM

    The First Nowell; O Come, All Ye Faithful

    Christmas Music

    Christmas Harp Music

    Ayako Shinozaki, harp

    4:31
  • 9:29 AM

    Serenade (after Plato's Symposium)

    Leonard Bernstein

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Keith Lockhart, conductor

    Anne Akiko Meyers, violin

    29:15
  • 9:24 AM

    Christmas Night's Dream

    Ludwig Bonvin

    Gowanus Arts Ensemble

    Reuben Blundell, conductor

    4:22
  • 9:06 AM

    Suite in the Ancient Style

    Vincent d'Indy

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra

    Rumon Gamba, conductor

    16:18
  • 9:01 AM

    It Never Rains

    Gavin Bryars

    Rick Cox, electric guitar

    Alma Lisa Fernandez, viola

    Erika Duke-Kirkpatrick, cello

    James Bergman, double bass

    4:49
  • 8:46 AM

    My Week with Marilyn: Suite

    Alexandre Desplat

    Studio Orchestra

    Conrad Pope, conductor

    Lang Lang, piano

    11:47
  • 8:41 AM

    Nuit de Noel

    Ferruccio Busoni

    Antoine Bareil, violin

    Valerie Milot, harp

    4:38
  • 8:22 AM

    Symphony

    Antonio Rosetti

    Rosetti: Symphonies

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    17:24
  • 8:06 AM

    Afro-Cuban Concerto

    Valerie Coleman

    Imani Winds: The Classical Underground

    Imani Winds

    15:32
  • 8:01 AM

    Miami Grands: Key Biscayne, Dawn

    Michael Torke

    Miami Piano Circle

    Georgi Danchev, conductor

    4:41
  • 7:36 AM

    German Chamber Academy

    Johannes Goritzki, conductor

    22:41
  • 7:29 AM

    Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella; Lo, How a Rose E'Er Blooming; In Dulci Jubilo

    Christmas Music

    Trombones of the Saint Louis Symphony

    Cally Banham, English horn

    6:18
  • 7:07 AM

    The Forest

    Howard Shore

    The Moon and the Forest

    National Arts Centre Orchestra

    Alexander Shelley, conductor

    Milos Karadaglic, guitar

    20:48
  • 7:01 AM

    Homage (to William Levi Dawson)

    Zenobia Powell Perry

    Maria Corley, piano

    4:31
  • 6:35 AM

    Gaite Parisienne: Selections

    Jacques Offenbach

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    23:11
  • 6:26 AM

    When Christmas morning gleams; Yule, yule, sparkling yule; Virgin Mary

    Traditional Swedish

    Dagen ar Kommen (Swedish Christmas Songs)

    Gothenburg Cathedral Boy's Choir

    Simon Phipps, conductor

    8:09
  • 6:06 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 4

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra

    Adam Fischer, conductor

    Rainer Kuchl, violin

    18:30
  • 6:01 AM

    Giuliano Sommerhalder, trumpet

    Kasia Wieczorek, piano

    4:46