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  • 5:48 AM

    Variations on a Portuguese Hymn (Adeste fideles)

    Ferdinand Ries

    Uwe Grodd, flute

    Matteo Napoli, piano

    9:28
  • 5:30 AM

    Intimate Impressions

    Federico Mompou

    Mompou: Impresiones Intimas

    Anita Pontremoli, piano

    17:38
  • 5:21 AM

    Earth Teach Me Quiet

    Eriks Esenvalds

    Rising with The Crossing

    The Crossing

    Donald Nally, conductor

    7:11
  • 5:06 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Josef Myslivecek

    Dvorak Chamber Orchestra

    Libor Pesek, conductor

    Shizuka Ishikawa, violin

    15:00
  • 5:01 AM

    Slavonic Dance No. 12

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Slavonic Dances

    Budapest Festival Orchestra

    Ivan Fischer, conductor

    4:48
  • 4:52 AM

    Christmas Oratorio: Pastoral Sinfonia

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra

    Karl Munchinger, conductor

    6:37
  • 4:23 AM

    Symphony No. 2 "Sinfonie Capricieuse"

    Franz Berwald

    Berwald: Symphonies and Overtures

    Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Roy Goodman, conductor

    27:12
  • 4:20 AM

    Villancico de Navidad (Christmas Carol)

    Agustin Barrios

    The Ultimate Classical Christmas

    John Williams, guitar

    3:07
  • 4:06 AM

    The Sorcerer's Apprentice

    Paul Dukas

    Mephisto and Co.

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    11:19
  • 4:01 AM

    Peter Jacobs, piano

    4:30
  • 3:42 AM

    Serenade No. 2

    Robert Fuchs

    Cologne Chamber Orchestra

    Christian Ludwig, conductor

    16:03
  • 3:34 AM

    Christmas Medley

    Traditional

    A String Quartet Christmas

    Arturo Delmoni, violin

    6:08
  • 3:25 AM

    The Little Trifles (selections)

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    8:25
  • 3:20 AM

    O Holy Night

    Adolphe Adam

    Ayako Shinozaki, harp

    Kazuko Shinozaki, harp

    4:05
  • 3:06 AM

    Parsifal: Prelude to Act I

    Richard Wagner

    Klemperer Conducts Wagner: Album II

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Otto Klemperer, conductor

    13:06
  • 3:01 AM

    Lyric Pieces: Homesickness

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg: Lyric Pieces

    Leif Ove Andsnes, piano

    4:50
  • 2:40 AM

    The Garden of Fand

    Arnold Bax

    Bax: Tone Poems

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vernon Handley, conductor

    17:27
  • 2:29 AM

    Fantasy on Mozart's "La ci darem la mano"

    Franz Danzi

    Wurttemberg Chamber Orchestra

    Jorg Faerber, conductor

    Sabine Meyer, clarinet

    10:11
  • 2:18 AM

    Messiah: Comfort ye, my people

    George Frideric Handel

    Dunedin Consort and Players

    John Butt, conductor

    Nicholas Mulroy, tenor

    9:17
  • 2:06 AM

    Violin Concerto: Finale

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Violin Concerto

    Munich Philharmonic Orchestra

    Valery Gergiev, conductor

    Daniel Lozakovich, violin

    9:45
  • 2:01 AM

    In the Bleak Midwinter

    Gustav Holst

    Composer's Collection: Gustav Holst

    North Texas Wind Symphony

    Eugene Corporon, conductor

    4:35
  • 12:50 AM

    Three Botticelli Pictures: Adoration of the Magi

    Ottorino Respighi

    Chamber Orchestra of Lausanne

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    8:01
  • 12:39 AM

    Serenade No. 2: 1st movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jiri Belohlavek, conductor

    8:38
  • 12:23 AM

    Dances of Galanta

    Zoltan Kodaly

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Yoel Levi, conductor

    16:06
  • 12:18 AM

    El Noi de la Mare (The Son of the Virgin)

    Traditional Catalan

    Stille Nacht: Christmas Carols for Guitar

    Rossini Hayward, guitar

    3:04
  • 12:06 AM

    Helios Overture

    Carl Nielsen

    Danish National Symphony Orchestra

    Thomas Dausgaard, conductor

    11:55
  • 12:01 AM

    Prelude: 2nd movement

    William Grant Still

    New Zealand String Quartet

    Alexa Still, flute

    Susan DeWitt Smith, piano

    4:30
  • 11:47 PM

    Symphony No. 14

    William Herschel

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    11:19
  • 11:35 PM

    At Midnight Hour; Joy Be With You; Carol of the Birds; Winter's Falling Light

    Medley

    Ensemble Galilei

    9:55
  • 11:27 PM

    Symphony No. 9 "From the New World": 3rd movement

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Symphony No. 9, In der Nature

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    7:49
  • 11:12 PM

    Concerto for 2 Orchestras No. 1

    George Frideric Handel

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    13:31
  • 11:06 PM

    Christmas Medley

    Traditional

    A Festival Of Carols In Brass

    Philadelphia Brass Ensemble

    5:21
  • 11:01 PM

    Baal Shem: Simchat Torah (Rejoicing)

    Ernest Bloch

    Joshua Bell, violin

    Steven Isserlis, cello

    Sam Haywood, piano

    4:47
  • 10:47 PM

    Fantasia on Welsh Nursery Tunes

    Grace Williams

    Grace Williams: Sea Sketches

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Charles Groves, conductor

    10:54
  • 10:40 PM

    The Nutcracker: Waltz of the Flowers

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Ballet Suites

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    7:03
  • 10:28 PM

    La gazza ladra (The Thieving Magpie): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: 7 Overtures

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    9:29
  • 10:21 PM

    Fantasy Pieces: Minuet and Trio

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Catalyst Quartet

    6:53
  • 10:15 PM

    Christmas Waltzes

    Christmas Music

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Keith Lockhart, conductor

    4:29
  • 10:06 PM

    Piano Concerto: 3rd movement

    Doreen Carwithen

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    Howard Shelley, piano

    8:21
  • 10:03 PM

    Street Spirit (Fade Out)

    Radiohead

    12 Ensemble

    Milos Karadaglic, guitar

    2:45
  • 9:44 PM

    Introduction and Allegro

    Edward Elgar

    Zurich Chamber Orchestra

    13:56
  • 9:34 PM

    Prague Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    8:14
  • 9:15 PM

    Concerto for Two Violins

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Raglan Baroque Players

    Nicholas Kraemer, conductor

    Monica Huggett, violin

    Elizabeth Wallfisch, violin

    8:36
  • 9:06 PM

    Six Studies in English Folk Song

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Doris Lederer, viola

    Jude Mollenhauer, harp

    8:34
  • 9:01 PM

    Drop down ye heavens from above

    Anonymous

    Advent Carols from King's College London

    Choir of King's College, London

    Joseph Fort, conductor

    4:42
  • 6:44 PM

    Andante Spianato and Grand Polonaise

    Frederic Chopin

    Yundi Li, piano

    14:31
  • 6:39 PM

    Coventry Carol

    Traditional English

    Christmas Festival

    London Festival Orchestra

    Ross Pople, conductor

    2:58
  • 6:30 PM

    Bassoon Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    St. Mary's Chamber Players

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    John Miller, bassoon

    8:24
  • 6:21 PM

    Ave Maria

    Charles Gounod

    I'll Be Home for the Holidays

    Eaken Piano Trio

    7:48
  • 6:06 PM

    Ports of Call (Escales)

    Jacques Ibert

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    13:59
  • 6:01 PM

    Cello Suite No. 4: Bourrees

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Paul Galbraith, guitar

    4:31
  • 5:34 PM

    Catfish Row

    George Gershwin

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    24:30
  • 5:26 PM

    Les Chanteurs de Noel

    Alexander Glazunov

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    6:44
  • 5:11 PM

    Symphony No. 5: Adagietto

    Gustav Mahler

    Mahler: Symphony No. 5

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Bernard Haitink, conductor

    13:56
  • 5:06 PM

    Wassail Dances: Yorkshire Wassail

    Philip Lane

    City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra

    Gavin Sutherland, conductor

    3:02
  • 5:01 PM

    Violin Sonata No. 3: 3rd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Pinchas Zukerman, violin

    Marc Neikrug, piano

    4:34
  • 4:50 PM

    Horn Concerto No. 1

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Barry Tuckwell, conductor

    Barry Tuckwell, horn

    8:25
  • 4:38 PM

    Christmas Eve Suite

    Niels Gade

    Orchestra of the Mill

    Andrew Penny, conductor

    10:14
  • 4:16 PM

    Shakespeare's Tempest

    John Knowles Paine

    John Knowles Paine: Orchestral Works

    Ulster Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    20:00
  • 4:06 PM

    Violin Concerto "Per la Sra Chiara"

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Europa Galante

    Fabio Biondi, conductor

    9:39
  • 4:01 PM

    Symphony No. 5 "The Carnival": 1st movement

    Alfred Hill

    Alfred Hill: Symphonies Nos. 5 and 10

    Queensland Symphony Orchestra

    Wilfred Lehmann, conductor

    4:34
  • 3:48 PM

    The Holly and the Ivy: Fantasy on Christmas Carols

    Malcolm Arnold

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Rumon Gamba, conductor

    8:55
  • 3:25 PM

    Harlem Symphony

    James Price Johnson

    Concordia

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    21:44
  • 3:12 PM

    Oboe Sonata

    Camille Saint-Saens

    French Music for Flute and Oboe

    Nicholas Daniel, oboe

    11:25
  • 3:08 PM

    Gloucestershire Wassail; Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day; Sussex Carol

    Traditional English

    Ancient Noels

    Ensemble Galilei

    Maggie Sansone, hammered dulcimer

    3:19
  • 3:02 PM

    Sergio & Odair Assad, guitars

    4:58
  • 2:59 PM

    Our Town: Grover's Corners

    Aaron Copland

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    2:20
  • 2:57 PM

    Moon Over Bourbon Street

    Sting

    Leila Josefowicz, violin, conductor

    :00
  • 2:53 PM

    Trumpet Concerto: 3rd mvt

    Giuseppe Tartini

    Bolshoi Theater Orchestra

    Timofey Dokschitzer, trumpet

    3:00
  • 2:37 PM

    Serenade to Music

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams: Serenade, Flos Campi, Five Mystical Songs

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Matthew Best, conductor

    Soloists

    13:31
  • 2:29 PM

    Symphony No. 29: 4th movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Sinfonia Varsovia

    Emmanuel Krivine, conductor

    6:50
  • 2:27 PM

    Orchestral Suite No. 2: Badinerie

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Orchestal Suites

    Moscow Virtuosi

    Vladimir Spivakov, conductor

    1:23
  • 2:19 PM

    Four Carols: Good People All, This Christmastime; Still, Still, Still; Cherry Tree Carol; The Holly and the Ivy

    Traditional

    Adagio Trio

    6:44
  • 2:17 PM

    Souvenirs: Two-Step

    Samuel Barber

    Royal Scottish Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    1:46
  • 2:10 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
  • 2:04 PM

    Caprice No. 24

    Niccolo Paganini

    Virtuoso Guitar Transcriptions

    Nicola Hall, guitar

    4:46
  • 1:52 PM

    Symphony No. 3 "Eroica": 3rd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 "Eroica"

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Christoph von Dohnanyi, conductor

    5:15
  • 1:44 PM

    Variations on the Boar's Head Carol

    Rick Sowash

    Mirecourt Trio

    7:19
  • 1:36 PM

    Overture No. 1

    Louise Farrenc

    European Soloists, Luxembourg

    Christoph Konig, conductor

    6:59
  • 1:30 PM

    A Carol Symphony

    Victor Hely-Hutchinson

    The 5 Browns

    4:45
  • 1:20 PM

    Der Zigeunerbaron (The Gypsy Baron): Overture

    Johann Strauss, Jr.

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor

    7:57
  • 1:17 PM

    La Boheme: Musetta's Waltz ("Quando m'en vo")

    Giacomo Puccini

    The Romantic Harp

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    2:08
  • 1:09 PM

    Dancing Folk

    Oliver Davis

    Oliver Davis: Dance

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Bateman, conductor

    Kerenza Peacock, violin

    7:01
  • 1:04 PM

    La danza

    Gioacchino Rossini

    The Clarinotts

    Wiener Virtuosen

    4:29
  • 12:52 PM

    Three Danish Christmas Songs

    Traditional

    Noel! Noel! Noel! Christmas With Michala Petri

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Martin Neary, conductor

    Michala Petri, recorder

    4:43
  • 12:44 PM

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    6:29
  • 12:38 PM

    American Suite: 4th movement

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Symphony No. 9 in E minor; American Suite

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Libor Pesek, conductor

    4:33
  • 12:31 PM

    Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra

    Allen Tinkham, conductor

    Anthony McGill, clarinet

    Demarre McGill, flute

    6:08
  • 12:21 PM

    Concerto for Two Oboes

    Tomaso Albinoni

    Albinoni and Vivaldi Wind Concertos

    King's Consort

    Robert King, conductor

    Paul Goodwin, oboe

    9:18
  • 12:17 PM

    Dances of the Dolls: Lyric Waltz

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Lisa Batiashvili: Echoes Of Time

    Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    Lisa Batiashvili, violin

    3:23
  • 12:09 PM

    Fum, Fum, Fum!; Riu, Riu, Chiu; I Saw Three Ships

    Christmas Music

    Isthmus Brass

    John Stevens, conductor

    7:00
  • 12:09 PM

    Dances of the Dolls: Lyric Waltz

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Lisa Batiashvili: Echoes Of Time

    Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    Lisa Batiashvili, violin

    3:23
  • 12:04 PM

    Serenade for Strings: Waltz

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Semyon Bychkov, conductor

    4:01
  • 11:51 AM

    Christmas Oratorio: Shepherd's Music

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    White Christmas

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Arthur Fiedler, conductor

    7:24
  • 11:36 AM

    Lyric Quartet

    William Grant Still

    William Grant Still

    Oregon String Quartet

    13:43
  • 11:30 AM

    Creatures of Prometheus: Overture

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    5:12
  • 11:25 AM

    Jingle Bells

    James Pierpont

    CSSR State Philharmonic Orchestra

    Peter Breiner, conductor

    4:34
  • 11:14 AM

    Cuban Overture

    George Gershwin

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    9:47
  • 11:06 AM

    Flute Concerto No. 1 "La Tempesta di Mare" ("Storm at Sea")

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Tokyo Bach-Mozart Ensemble

    Masahiro Arita, baroque flute

    7:11
  • 11:01 AM

    Last Spring

    Edvard Grieg

    To the Spring

    Elena Urioste, violin

    4:33
  • 10:49 AM

    Christmas Roses

    Emil Waldteufel

    Gulbenkian Orchestra

    Michel Swierczewski, conductor

    9:00
  • 10:31 AM

    Concerto Grosso No. 11

    George Frideric Handel

    Concentus Musicus Vienna

    Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor

    16:42
  • 10:25 AM

    Five Meditations: What Sweeter Music

    John Rutter

    Distant Land

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    John Rutter, conductor

    4:00
  • 10:06 AM

    Piano Concerto in One Movement

    Florence Price

    Recorded Music of the African Diaspora, Vol. 3 - Florence B. Price: Concerto in One Movement; Symphony in E Minor

    New Black Music Repertory Ensemble

    Leslie B. Dunner, conductor

    Karen Walwyn, piano

    18:26
  • 10:01 AM

    From Jewish Life: Prayer

    Ernest Bloch

    20th Century Classics

    Mischa Maisky, cello

    4:41
  • 9:37 AM

    Viola Sonata No. 2

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms and Schumann

    Patricia McCarty, viola

    21:05
  • 9:26 AM

    Choral Variations on Vom Himmel hoch

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    10:33
  • 9:06 AM

    Peter Grimes: Four Sea Interludes

    Benjamin Britten

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    17:54
  • 9:01 AM

    Torre Bermeja (Vermillion Tower)

    Isaac Albeniz

    Stephen Marchionda, guitar

    4:40
  • 8:52 AM

    A Christmas Medley

    Clarice Assad

    Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin

    Raymond Mase, trumpet

    Fred Sherry, cello

    Anne-Marie McDermott, piano

    6:18
  • 8:44 AM

    Eight Miniatures

    Igor Stravinsky

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    8:10
  • 8:38 AM

    Angel's Dance

    Steven Amundson

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    John Morris Russell, conductor

    4:29
  • 8:07 AM

    Symphony No. 2

    Charles Gounod

    Gounod: Symphonies 1 & 2

    Orchestra of Toulouse

    Michel Plasson, conductor

    30:35
  • 8:01 AM

    Krysia Osostowicz, violin

    Daniel Tong, piano

    4:32
  • 7:37 AM

    Symphonic Variations

    Antonin Dvorak

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    21:25
  • 7:31 AM

    Blue Bird: Christmas Dream

    Engelbert Humperdinck

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Karl Anton Rickenbacher, conductor

    5:20
  • 7:06 AM

    Symphony No. 46

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Il Giardino Armonico

    Giovanni Antonini, conductor

    22:59
  • 7:01 AM

    The Snowman: Prelude and Serenade

    Erich Korngold

    Favorite Holiday Classics

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    Michael Ludwig, violin

    4:39
  • 6:34 AM

    La Mer (The Sea)

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Images, Prelude, La Mer

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    24:22
  • 6:25 AM

    6 Christmas Pieces

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra

    John Georgiadis, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    8:29
  • 6:06 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 26 "Les adieux"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: The Piano Sonatas, Vol. VI

    Andras Schiff, piano

    16:46
  • 6:01 AM

    Dowland's Adew for Master Oliver Cromwell

    John Dowland

    Ronn McFarlane, lute

    Carolyn Surrick, viola da gamba

    4:39