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  • 5:29 AM

    String Quartet

    Gabriel Faure

    Franck: Piano Quintet, Faure: String Quartet

    Medici String Quartet

    29:05
  • 5:17 AM

    French and English Christmas Music

    Traditional

    Apollo's Fire Baroque Orchestra

    Jeannette Sorrell, conductor

    11:20
  • 5:06 AM

    Netherlands Chamber Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    9:08
  • 5:01 AM

    Cello Sonata: 1st movement

    Charles Koechlin

    Koechlin and Pierne: Music for Cello and Piano

    Mats Lidstrom, cello

    4:34
  • 4:38 AM

    Summer Night Suite

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Prokofiev: Cinderella

    Russian National Orchestra

    Mikhail Pletnev, conductor

    20:15
  • 4:31 AM

    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
  • 4:22 AM

    Flute Concerto No. 2 "La notte" ("The Night")

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Europa Galante

    Fabio Biondi, conductor

    Lorenzo Cavasanti, recorder

    8:03
  • 4:16 AM

    Three Carols for Harp

    Christmas Music

    Emily Mitchell, harp

    3:51
  • 4:06 AM

    Late Swallows

    Frederick Delius

    New Zealand Chamber Orchestra

    Nicholas Braithwaite, conductor

    9:43
  • 4:01 AM

    In Delius' Sleep

    Harold Budd

    Zeitgeist

    Harold Budd, piano

    Bob Samarotto, clarinet

    4:40
  • 3:38 AM

    Souvenirs

    Samuel Barber

    Royal Scottish Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    20:41
  • 3:28 AM

    Men of Goodwill Variations on A Christmas Carol

    Benjamin Britten

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    8:30
  • 3:22 AM

    Sunlight

    Max Richter

    Baltic Sea Philharmonic

    Kristjan Jarvi, conductor

    3:54
  • 3:06 AM

    Guitar Quintet No. 2

    Luigi Boccherini

    Boccherini: The Guitar Quintets

    Academy Chamber Ensemble

    Pepe Romero, guitar

    15:13
  • 3:01 AM

    Fairytale Sleighride

    Adam Saunders

    Another Night Before Christmas And Scrooge

    Royal Ballet Sinfonia

    Gavin Sutherland, conductor

    4:30
  • 2:41 AM

    Orchestral Suite No. 4

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Boston Baroque

    Martin Pearlman, conductor

    17:32
  • 2:33 AM

    Christmas Medley

    Traditional

    Arturo Delmoni, violin

    Nina Bodnar, violin

    Natasha Lipkina, viola

    Nathaniel Rosen, cello

    6:15
  • 2:12 AM

    Symphony No. 1

    Jerome Moross

    London Symphony Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    20:04
  • 2:06 AM

    Four German Carols

    Traditional

    Berlin Philharmonic Brass

    4:30
  • 2:01 AM

    Intermezzo No. 2 "Klavierstucke"

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Late Piano Works

    Garrick Ohlsson, piano

    4:37
  • 12:55 AM

    Wondrous to Say

    Carl Nielsen

    Stille Nacht: Christmas Carols for Guitar

    Rossini Hayward, guitar

    2:15
  • 12:30 AM

    Symphony No. 2

    Niels Gade

    Gade: Symphonies 2 & 7

    Stockholm Sinfonietta

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    25:31
  • 12:24 AM

    Berceuse (Lullaby)

    Amy Beach

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    Matthew Hagle, piano

    3:45
  • 12:16 AM

    Resonet in laudibus; Up good Christian folk; The First Noel

    Traditional

    Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge

    Richard Marlow, conductor

    7:40
  • 12:06 AM

    Concerto Grosso No. 3

    Francesco Geminiani

    Geminiani: Concerti Grossi Op. 7

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Iona Brown, conductor

    8:28
  • 12:01 AM

    Per Flemstrom, flute

    Mats Bergstrom, guitar

    4:34
  • 11:47 PM

    Suite of Carols for Woodwinds

    Leroy Anderson

    BBC Concert Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    10:36
  • 11:28 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 1

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Il Giardino Armonico

    Giovanni Antonini, conductor

    18:09
  • 11:23 PM

    Watt's Cradle Hymn

    Traditional American

    American Boychoir

    James Litton, conductor

    4:14
  • 11:19 PM

    Lara Downes, piano

    2:42
  • 11:06 PM

    Suite Francaise

    Francis Poulenc

    Poulenc: Orchestral Works

    Paris Orchestra

    Georges Pretre, conductor

    12:23
  • 11:01 PM

    Impromptu No. 2

    Franz Schubert

    Radu Lupu, piano

    4:39
  • 10:54 PM

    Mary's Lullaby

    John Rutter

    The Holly And The Ivy

    Choir of Clare College, Cambridge

    John Rutter, conductor

    3:37
  • 10:42 PM

    William Tell: Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Overtures Vol 2 / Benda, Prague Sinfonia

    Prague Sinfonia Orchestra

    Christian Benda, conductor

    11:32
  • 10:27 PM

    Mediterranean Diptych

    Vincent d'Indy

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    13:59
  • 10:21 PM

    Symphony of Noels No. 2: Andante and Moderato

    Michel Corrette

    La Fantasia

    Rien Voskuilen, conductor

    4:41
  • 10:06 PM

    Flute Quartet No. 1

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Flute Quartets

    Emerson String Quartet

    Carol Wincenc, flute

    14:00
  • 10:03 PM

    Quem vidistis, pastores? (Shepherds, whom did you see?)

    Andrea Gabrieli

    Our Heart's Joy: A Chanticleer Christmas

    Chanticleer

    2:34
  • 9:55 PM

    Othello Suite: Willow Song

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    RTE Concert Orchestra

    Adrian Leaper, conductor

    2:34
  • 9:46 PM

    Christmas Medley

    Traditional

    Joy to the World

    Empire Brass

    9:33
  • 9:21 PM

    Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    Horacio Gutierrez, piano

    23:18
  • 9:06 PM

    Symphony No. 4

    Samuel Wesley

    Wesley: Symphonies

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    13:15
  • 9:01 PM

    Cello Concerto No. 2: 3rd movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Cello Concertos in C & D, Sinfonia Concertante

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Roger Norrington, conductor

    Steven Isserlis, cello

    4:42
  • 8:42 PM

    Jugendlieder (Youth Songs): Winter

    Alban Berg

    Daniel Hope, violin

    Simon Crawford-Phillips, piano

    1:04
  • 8:37 PM

    Dala Suite: Rustic Dances

    Helena Munktell

    Gavle Symphony Orchestra

    Tobias Ringborg, conductor

    5:14
  • 6:48 PM

    Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun

    Claude Debussy

    Paris Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    10:22
  • 6:42 PM

    Still, Still, Still

    Traditional German

    Sing, Choirs of Angels!

    Mormon Tabernacle Choir

    Craig Jessop, conductor

    5:52
  • 6:21 PM

    Cello Concerto

    Georg Matthias Monn

    Jian Wang: The Baroque Album

    Camerata Salzburg

    Jian Wang, cello

    19:08
  • 6:16 PM

    Blue Bird: Christmas Dream

    Engelbert Humperdinck

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Karl Anton Rickenbacher, conductor

    5:20
  • 6:06 PM

    Sonata for 2 Trumpets

    Petronio Franceschini

    Trumpet Music from the Italian Baroque

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Christopher Warren-Green, conductor

    John Wallace, trumpet

    7:23
  • 6:00 PM

    Art of Fugue: Contrapunctus 13

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    Chris Thile, mandolin

    Edgar Meyer, bass

    4:38
  • 5:53 PM

    O Magnum Mysterium (O Great Mystery)

    Morten Lauridsen

    Eventide

    Voces8

    5:44
  • 5:19 PM

    Symphony No. 4

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Christoph von Dohnanyi, conductor

    31:56
  • 5:14 PM

    String Quartet No. 4: 3rd movement

    Dmitri Klebanov

    Chamber Works by Dmitri Klebanov

    ARC Ensemble

    3:26
  • 5:06 PM

    The Nutcracker: Waltz of the Flowers

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker, Op. 71

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yuri Temirkanov, conductor

    7:13
  • 5:01 PM

    Leone Buyse, flute

    Martin Amlin, piano

    4:36
  • 4:48 PM

    A Christmas Rondo

    Rick Sowash

    A Christmas Gift

    Kris Frankenfeld, violin

    10:29
  • 4:23 PM

    Concerto Serenade

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Monte Carlo National Opera Orchestra

    Antonio de Almeida, conductor

    Catherine Michel, harp

    23:27
  • 4:17 PM

    The angel Gabriel

    Philip Moore

    In the Bleak Midwinter

    Choir of King's College, Cambridge

    Daniel Hyde, conductor

    4:01
  • 4:06 PM

    Poet and Peasant Overture

    Franz von Suppe

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    10:17
  • 4:01 PM

    Four Medieval Dances: Galliarde

    Joseph Lauber

    Rachel Talitman, harp

    Marcos Fregnani-Martins, flute

    4:38
  • 3:50 PM

    J.S. Dances

    Donald Grantham

    North Texas Wind Symphony

    Eugene Corporon, conductor

    Anastasia Markina, piano

    8:07
  • 3:22 PM

    Violin Sonata

    Cesar Franck

    Franck, Kurtag, Previn, Schumann

    Augustin Hadelich, violin

    27:47
  • 3:17 PM

    Rocking Carol (Little Jesus, Sweetly Sleep)

    Traditional Czech

    Clare College Singers

    John Rutter, conductor

    3:52
  • 3:11 PM

    Prayer for Peace

    Abbie Betinis

    Still

    Elektra Women's Choir

    Morna Edmundson, conductor

    4:35
  • 3:08 PM

    Gaudete (Rejoice!)

    Piae Cantiones

    A Christmas Festival

    Cambridge Singers

    John Rutter, conductor

    1:49
  • 3:02 PM

    Elizabethan Dance Suite

    Anthony Holborne

    Royal Brass: Music from the Renaissance & Baroque

    Empire Brass

    6:03
  • 3:00 PM

    Carol of the Bells

    Mikola Leontovich

    Season of Light

    Essential Voices USA

    Judith Clurman, conductor

    1:18
  • 2:45 PM

    Second Rhapsody

    George Gershwin

    Dallas Symphony Orchestra

    Justin Brown, conductor

    Anne-Marie McDermott, piano

    14:01
  • 2:36 PM

    Hymn and Fuguing Tune No. 10

    Henry Cowell

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Celia Nicklin, oboe

    6:50
  • 2:31 PM

    In dulci jubilo

    Robert Pearsall

    In dulci jubilo: Choral Music for Advent and Christmas

    Harmonia Sacra

    Peter Leech, conductor

    4:13
  • 2:27 PM

    Fur Elise

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    For Children

    Livia Rev, piano

    3:09
  • 2:17 PM

    School for Scandal Overture

    Samuel Barber

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    8:20
  • 2:07 PM

    Octet: 3rd movement

    Franz Schubert

    Chamber Players of Canada

    6:27
  • 2:04 PM

    Wand of Youth: The Wild Bears

    Edward Elgar

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

    Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra

    Raymond Leppard, conductor

    2:22
  • 1:46 PM

    Suite of Carols for String Orchestra

    Leroy Anderson

    ANDERSON, L.: Sleigh Ride and Other Holiday Favourites

    BBC Concert Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    12:22
  • 1:42 PM

    Seven Popular Spanish Songs: Jota

    Manuel de Falla

    Claremont Duo

    2:55
  • 1:34 PM

    Magic Flute: Overture

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Everybody's Mozart

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    7:02
  • 1:30 PM

    Carol Eliseus

    Huw Watkins

    WATKINS: CAROL ELISEUS

    Choir of King's College, Cambridge

    Stephen Cleobury, conductor

    2:17
  • 1:21 PM

    Horn Concerto No. 4: 1st movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: The Horn Concertos, Rondo

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Peter Damm, horn

    8:04
  • 1:15 PM

    Dance Suite after Couperin: Sarabande

    Richard Strauss

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Rudolf Kempe, conductor

    4:07
  • 1:09 PM

    Aquatintes No. 3/We Three Kings of Orient Are

    Bernard Andres

    Megan Metheney, harp

    4:47
  • 1:04 PM

    The Red Pony Suite: Morning on the Ranch

    Aaron Copland

    Copland: The Red Pony; Our Town; The Heiress Suite; Music For Movies

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    4:33
  • 12:43 PM

    Concerto for Two Violins

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: The Violin Concertos, Double Concerto

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Salvatore Accardo, violin

    16:01
  • 12:38 PM

    Messiah: For unto us a child is born

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel Bars: Popular Works of George Frideric Handel

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    3:48
  • 12:32 PM

    Make We Joy Now in this Fest

    William Walton

    Handel and Haydn Society Chorus

    Grant Llewellyn, conductor

    4:21
  • 12:21 PM

    Waltz No. 4 "Valse brillante"

    Frederic Chopin

    The Warsaw Recital

    Daniel Barenboim, piano

    2:42
  • 12:15 PM

    Fantasia on "In Dulci Jubilo"

    David Overton

    In Dulci Jubilo

    Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra

    John Georgiadis, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    4:58
  • 12:08 PM

    L'inganno felice (The Happy Deception): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    5:55
  • 12:04 PM

    March of the Little Lead Soldiers

    Gabriel Pierne

    Paris Orchestra

    Jean-Pierre Jacquillat, conductor

    2:54
  • 11:47 AM

    Symphony No. 3 "Eroica": 4th movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

    Manfred Honeck, conductor

    11:42
  • 11:44 AM

    Ding Dong Merrily on High

    Traditional French

    Christmas Carols

    Musica Sacra

    Richard Westenburg, conductor

    1:38
  • 11:26 AM

    Symphony No. 40

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 9, 12, 13, & 40

    Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra

    Adam Fischer, conductor

    17:21
  • 11:20 AM

    Concert Etude No. 2

    Agathe Grondahl

    Geir Henning Braaten, piano

    5:04
  • 11:16 AM

    Noel nouvelet

    Traditional French

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    1:55
  • 11:06 AM

    Christmas Medley

    Christmas Music

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Arthur Fiedler, conductor

    10:02
  • 11:01 AM

    Chi passa per'sta strada

    Filippo Azzaiolo

    Silk Road Ensemble

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    4:41
  • 10:53 AM

    Deck the Halls

    Traditional English

    Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia

    Peter Breiner, conductor

    5:23
  • 10:45 AM

    Moses Variations

    Niccolo Paganini

    Gil Shaham, violin

    Goran Sollscher, guitar

    7:15
  • 10:31 AM

    Concert Pieces

    Francois Couperin

    Jian Wang: The Baroque Album

    Camerata Salzburg

    Jian Wang, cello

    12:41
  • 10:23 AM

    Xavier de Maistre, harp

    6:12
  • 10:07 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 1

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra

    Niels Muus, conductor

    Anna Shelest, piano

    16:35
  • 10:01 AM

    Memories of the Alhambra

    Francisco Tarrega

    Famous Spanish Guitar Music

    Pepe Romero, guitar

    4:38
  • 9:53 AM

    Panis Angelicus

    Alexander L'Estrange

    On Eagles' Wings: Sacred Choral Works by Alexander L'Estrange

    Tenebrae

    Nigel Short, conductor

    James Sherlock, organ

    5:15
  • 9:27 AM

    Cello Sonata No. 1

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Zuill Bailey, cello

    Simone Dinnerstein, piano

    25:02
  • 9:18 AM

    There Is a Flower; Sans Day Carol

    Traditional

    Polyphony

    Stephen Layton, conductor

    7:08
  • 9:06 AM

    Philharmonic of La Scala

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    12:07
  • 9:01 AM

    Peter Jacobs, piano

    4:36
  • 8:25 AM

    Oboe Concerto

    Peteris Vasks

    Peteris Vasks: Oboe Concerto - Vestijums - Lauda

    Latvian National Symphony Orchestra

    Andris Poga, conductor

    Albrecht Mayer, oboe

    33:30
  • 8:18 AM

    Silent Night

    Franz Gruber

    A Swedish Folk Christmas

    St. Jacob's Chamber Choir

    Gary Graden, conductor

    Lisa Rydberg, violin

    6:10
  • 8:06 AM

    Fantasy Pieces

    Robert Schumann

    Karen Geoghegan, bassoon

    Philip Edward Fisher, piano

    10:26
  • 8:01 AM

    Shepherd's Music for Christmas

    Gregor Joseph Werner

    London Festival Orchestra

    Ross Pople, conductor

    4:30
  • 7:32 AM

    Symphony No. 4

    Muzio Clementi

    Clementi, Vol. 3

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Francesco d'Avalos, conductor

    26:17
  • 7:24 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
  • 7:11 AM

    Heidi Lowy, piano

    11:46
  • 7:06 AM

    Bogoroditsye dyevo

    Anonymous Russian

    In dulci jubilo: Choral Music for Advent and Christmas

    Harmonia Sacra

    Peter Leech, conductor

    3:48
  • 7:01 AM

    Album Leaf

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Music of the Gilded Age

    Sylvan Winds

    Boris Baev, oboe

    4:38
  • 6:41 AM

    Poeme for Violin and Orchestra

    George Walker

    Cleveland Chamber Symphony

    Edwin London, conductor

    Gregory Walker, violin

    17:50
  • 6:31 AM

    Magnificat

    Arvo Part

    Evocation of the Spirit

    Robert Shaw Festival Singers

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    9:15
  • 6:07 AM

    Symphony No. 10: Adagio

    Gustav Mahler

    The Romantic Age

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    22:48
  • 6:01 AM

    The Seasons: December (Christmas)

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra

    Leonid Grin, conductor

    4:39