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  • 5:43 AM

    Piano Trio

    Josef Suk

    Suk: Complete Chamber Works

    Suk Trio

    15:31
  • 5:37 AM

    Adagio Trio

    5:10
  • 5:20 AM

    Arafura Dances

    Ross Edwards

    Concerto

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Paul Daniel, conductor

    John Williams, guitar

    17:06
  • 5:13 AM

    Bethlehem Down

    Peter Warlock

    Song of the Nativity

    The Sixteen

    Harry Christophers, conductor

    4:44
  • 5:06 AM

    On the Nature of Daylight

    Max Richter

    Jess Gillam: Rise

    Jess Gillam Ensemble

    Jess Gillam, soprano saxophone

    6:21
  • 5:01 AM

    Music for Symphony Orchestra: Andante

    Yasushi Akutagawa

    Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra

    Ryusuke Numajiri, conductor

    4:41
  • 4:53 AM

    O Little Town of Bethlehem

    Traditional

    Antoine Bareil, violin

    Valerie Milot, harp

    4:38
  • 4:35 AM

    Scenes from Childhood

    Robert Schumann

    Mirian Conti, piano

    17:38
  • 4:28 AM

    The Sea: Moonlight

    Frank Bridge

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    5:51
  • 4:17 AM

    New York Polyphony

    Sarah Brailey, soprano

    Elizabeth Baber Weaver, soprano

    9:54
  • 4:06 AM

    Sacred and Profane Dances

    Claude Debussy

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    Frances Tietov, harp

    9:50
  • 4:01 AM

    End of Day

    Todd Reynolds

    Todd Reynolds, viola

    4:28
  • 3:47 AM

    Five French Carols

    Traditional French

    Arsys

    Pierre Cao, conductor

    10:53
  • 3:21 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 21 "Waldstein"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Alice Sara Ott, piano

    24:44
  • 3:13 AM

    Silent Woods

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Cello Concerto

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Lorin Maazel, conductor

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    6:41
  • 3:06 AM

    Solo Flute Partita: Allemande

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandon Patrick George, flute

    5:55
  • 3:01 AM

    Leaving Capri

    Tonu Korvits

    Tonu Korvits: Hymns to the Nordic Lights

    Estonian National Symphony Orchestra

    Risto Joost, conductor

    4:35
  • 2:53 AM

    Deck the Halls

    Traditional English

    Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia

    Peter Breiner, conductor

    5:23
  • 2:47 AM

    Polonaise No. 1

    Henryk Wieniawski

    Paganini, Sarasate, Kreisler, Wieniawski

    Maxim Vengerov, violin

    5:17
  • 2:26 AM

    Symphony No. 1

    Dmitri Kabalevsky

    Kabalevsky: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra

    Darrell Ang, conductor

    18:48
  • 2:14 AM

    Four Christmas Motets

    Francis Poulenc

    Tafelmusik Chamber Choir

    Ivars Taurins, conductor

    10:46
  • 2:06 AM

    Alborada del Gracioso (Morning Song of the Jester)

    Maurice Ravel

    Seattle Symphony

    Ludovic Morlot, conductor

    7:42
  • 2:01 AM

    Les Brises d'Orient: Souvenir d'Occident

    Felicien David

    Daniel Blumenthal, piano

    4:35
  • 1:55 AM

    Riu, Riu, Chiu

    Anonymous Spanish

    Taverner Players

    Andrew Parrott, conductor

    3:23
  • 1:47 AM

    Tara Helen O'Connor, flute

    Margaret Kampmeier, piano

    7:19
  • 1:18 AM

    Mississippi River Suite

    Florence Price

    The Oak - Mississippi River Suite - Symphony No. 3

    Women's Philharmonic

    Apo Hsu, conductor

    27:44
  • 1:09 AM

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

    Traditional

    Adagio Trio

    6:44
  • 1:06 AM

    Petite Suite: Reverie

    Alexander Borodin

    Borodin: Symphony No. 2 in B minor, etc.

    Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra

    Gennady Rozhdestvensky, conductor

    3:02
  • 1:01 AM

    Flute Concerto No. 161: Presto

    Johann Quantz

    Dresden Chamber Soloists

    Johannes Walter, flute

    4:39
  • 12:43 AM

    Clarinet Concerto

    Johann Stamitz

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Iona Brown, conductor

    Sabine Meyer, clarinet

    15:39
  • 12:37 AM

    A Carol Symphony

    Victor Hely-Hutchinson

    The 5 Browns

    4:45
  • 12:17 AM

    Symphony No. 6

    Samuel Wesley

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    18:21
  • 12:10 AM

    Love came down at Christmas

    Eleanor Daley

    Gesualdo Six

    5:25
  • 12:06 AM

    Tales of Hoffmann: Barcarolle

    Jacques Offenbach

    BBC Concert Orchestra

    Barry Wordsworth, conductor

    3:34
  • 12:01 AM

    I Capuleti e i Montecchi (Capulets and Montagues): Sinfonia

    Vincenzo Bellini

    Orchestra of St. Cecilia

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    4:40
  • 11:56 PM

    Silver Bells

    Jay Livingston

    Chilly Gonzales, piano

    2:39
  • 11:46 PM

    Berlin Baroque Soloists

    Rainer Kussmaul, conductor

    Emmanuel Pahud, flute

    9:05
  • 11:32 PM

    Divertissement on Russian Songs

    Henri Rabaud

    Rabaud: Marouf, Eglogue, Etc.

    Loire Valley Philharmonic

    Pierre Dervaux, conductor

    12:38
  • 11:20 PM

    The Many Moods of Christmas No. 1

    Robert Russell Bennett

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    11:29
  • 11:12 PM

    L'Amazone: caprice-mazurka

    Charles Lucien Lambert

    Gary Hammond, piano

    6:09
  • 11:06 PM

    Danse (Tarantelle styrienne)

    Claude Debussy

    Ulster Orchestra

    Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor

    5:35
  • 11:01 PM

    Les Soirees d'Auteuil: Scherzo

    Napoleon Coste

    Anabel Montesinos, guitar

    4:29
  • 10:48 PM

    Symphony No. 2: 4th movement

    Heinrich von Herzogenberg

    North German Radio Philharmonic

    Frank Beermann, conductor

    10:47
  • 10:37 PM

    Sky: 1st movement

    Michael Torke

    Albany Symphony Orchestra

    David Alan Miller, conductor

    Tessa Lark, violin

    9:43
  • 10:27 PM

    Symphony

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 2

    Academy for Ancient Music Berlin

    8:50
  • 10:21 PM

    Valse-Caprice

    Cecile Chaminade

    Hiroko Ishimoto, piano

    5:11
  • 10:17 PM

    Rondeau

    Jean-Joseph Mouret

    The Bells of St. Genevieve and other Baroque delights

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Donald Fraser, conductor

    Crispian Steele-Perkins, trumpet

    1:55
  • 10:06 PM

    Christmas Overture

    Otto Nicolai

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Karl Anton Rickenbacher, conductor

    10:51
  • 10:03 PM

    Marelles No. 12/Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day

    Bernard Andres

    Bernard's Christmas

    Megan Metheney, harp

    2:41
  • 9:44 PM

    Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks

    Richard Strauss

    R Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    14:19
  • 9:41 PM

    Polichinelle

    Fritz Kreisler

    Joshua Bell, violin

    Paul Coker, piano

    1:41
  • 9:16 PM

    Symphony No. 43 "Mercury"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    24:12
  • 9:13 PM

    Waltz No. 6 "Minute"

    Frederic Chopin

    Ingrid Fliter, piano

    1:51
  • 9:06 PM

    Away in a Manger; Veni, Veni, Emanuel

    Traditional

    London Brass

    Lesley Pearson, organ

    6:00
  • 9:01 PM

    Octet: 2nd movement

    Jean Francaix

    Gaudier Ensemble

    4:36
  • 6:53 PM

    See Amid the Winter's Snow

    Traditional

    The Sixteen

    Harry Christophers, conductor

    Margaret Philips, organ

    4:50
  • 6:36 PM

    Flute Concerto

    Carl Stamitz

    Flute Concertos

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    Barthold Kuijken, flute

    16:14
  • 6:30 PM

    Christmas Tree Suite: Abendglocken (Evening Bells)

    Franz Liszt

    Evening Bells

    Roland Pontinen, piano

    4:21
  • 6:19 PM

    La Stravaganza: Violin Concerto No. 12

    Antonio Vivaldi

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    Simon Standage, violin

    9:45
  • 6:06 PM

    Ethiopia's Shadow in America

    Florence Price

    Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra

    John Jeter, conductor

    12:44
  • 6:01 PM

    Violin Concerto: 3rd movement

    Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Violin Concertos by Black Composers

    Encore Chamber Orchestra

    Daniel Hege, conductor

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    4:37
  • 5:55 PM

    Choir of Royal Holloway

    Rupert Gough, conductor

    3:07
  • 5:46 PM

    Vocalise

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2; Vocalise, op. 34

    Saint Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yuri Temirkanov, conductor

    8:52
  • 5:15 PM

    Nonet for Strings and Winds

    Louise Farrenc

    Farrenc: Musique de chambre

    Philippe Bernold, flute

    29:06
  • 5:08 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
  • 5:06 PM

    Tourbillon-Galopp (Whirlwind galop)

    Joseph Lanner

    Vienna Philharmonic

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    1:52
  • 5:01 PM

    Liebesleid (Love's Sorrow)

    Fritz Kreisler

    Yevgeny Sudbin, piano

    4:32
  • 4:57 PM

    Drive the Cold Winter Away

    John Playford

    Galante Kurzweyl: Dances from Renaissance, Baroqu and Rococo

    Ensemble Buon Tempo

    1:36
  • 4:49 PM

    Wexford Carol; Murztaler Engelruf; 12 Days of Christmas

    Christmas Music

    Pittsburgh Symphony Brass

    8:17
  • 4:21 PM

    Clarinet Concerto

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Hans Vonk, conductor

    Sabine Meyer, clarinet

    26:45
  • 4:16 PM

    The Angel Gabriel

    Traditional

    A Deep but Dazzling Darkness

    Apollo5

    3:14
  • 4:06 PM

    Concert Piece

    Franz Schubert

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Pinchas Zukerman, conductor

    Pinchas Zukerman, violin

    9:43
  • 4:00 PM

    Il delirio amoroso: Introduction

    George Frideric Handel

    Le Concert d'Astree

    Emmanuelle Haim, conductor

    4:50
  • 3:51 PM

    Ave, dulcissima Maria

    Morten Lauridsen

    Polyphony

    Stephen Layton, conductor

    Morten Lauridsen, finger cymbals

    7:04
  • 3:49 PM

    Ave, dulcissima Maria

    Morten Lauridsen

    Polyphony

    Stephen Layton, conductor

    Morten Lauridsen, finger cymbals

    7:04
  • 3:25 PM

    Sleeping Beauty Ballet Suite

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky | Sleeping Beauty & Swan Lake

    Bolshoi Symphony Orchestra

    Aleksander Lazarev, conductor

    23:18
  • 3:19 PM

    In the Bleak Midwinter

    Gustav Holst

    THE KNIGHTS BEFORE CHRISTMAS

    The Knights

    Eric Jacobsen, conductor

    4:13
  • 3:05 PM

    Concerto for Oboe and Violin

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    JS Bach: Violin Concertos

    Janine Jansen and Friends

    Janine Jansen, violin

    13:31
  • 3:00 PM

    Pirogov: Waltz

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Moscow Chamber Orchestra

    Constantine Orbelian, conductor

    4:36
  • 2:44 PM

    Symphony No. 7: 1st movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven 5 And 7

    Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

    Manfred Honeck, conductor

    13:53
  • 2:40 PM

    New York Polyphony

    Sarah Brailey, soprano

    Elizabeth Baber Weaver, soprano

    9:54
  • 2:31 PM

    Four Seasons: Winter

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: Il Cimento Dell'Armonia e Dell'Inventione

    Europa Galante

    Fabio Biondi, conductor

    Fabio Biondi, violin

    7:44
  • 2:25 PM

    Fantasy-Impromptu

    Frederic Chopin

    Artur Rubinstein, piano

    5:12
  • 2:19 PM

    Les Petits Pas No. 1/O Come, O Come Emmanuel

    Bernard Andres

    Bernard's Christmas

    Megan Metheney, harp

    4:37
  • 2:17 PM

    The Love for Three Oranges: March

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    Lisa Batiashvili, violin

    1:33
  • 2:08 PM

    Rondo alla polacca

    Nikolaus von Krufft

    Hermann Baumann, horn

    Leonard Hokanson, piano

    5:11
  • 2:04 PM

    Slavonic Dance No. 5

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Slavonic dances, Opp. 46 & 72

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vaclav Neumann, conductor

    3:13
  • 1:50 PM

    La Cenerentola (Cinderella): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Overtures

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Jaime Laredo, conductor

    7:50
  • 1:41 PM

    Introduction and Rondo

    Charles-Marie Widor

    Lille National Orchestra

    Alexandre Bloch, conductor

    Annelien Van Wauwe, clarinet

    7:32
  • 1:33 PM

    Il est ne, le divin enfant; Lo, how a Rose E'er Blooming; Chorale Prelude: Es ist ein Ros

    Christmas Music

    Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra

    John Georgiadis, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    Regensburg Domspatzen soloist

    6:19
  • 1:28 PM

    Fidelity Rewarded Overture

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 96 and 102 (The Miracle)

    Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra

    Adam Fischer, conductor

    3:50
  • 1:23 PM

    Arabesque No. 1

    Claude Debussy

    Maria Graf – Recital: Debussy, Faure, Caplet, Tailleferre, Tournier, Roussel, Ravel

    Maria Graf, harp

    4:10
  • 1:17 PM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Alessandro Stradella

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Simon Wright, conductor

    John Wallace, trumpet

    5:42
  • 1:10 PM

    A Carol Fantasy

    John Alexander

    Christmas Time Is Here

    Pacific Chorale

    John Alexander, conductor

    5:02
  • 1:04 PM

    Karelia Suite: Alla Marcia

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Symphony No. 1, 'Karelia' Suite

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    4:53
  • 12:52 PM

    Much Ado About Nothing: Overture

    Erich Korngold

    Korngold: Symphony In F; Much Ado About Nothing

    Strausbourg Philharmonic Orchestra

    Marc Albrecht, conductor

    5:23
  • 12:49 PM

    The Bourgeois Gentleman: Courante

    Richard Strauss

    R. Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos (Suite)

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    2:48
  • 12:40 PM

    Concerto Grosso No. 6 "Christmas Concerto"

    Giuseppe Torelli

    Baroque Christmas Music

    Northwest Chamber Orchestra of Seattle

    Alun Francis, conductor

    6:42
  • 12:31 PM

    Symphony No. 5

    Johann Christian Bach

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    8:09
  • 12:24 PM

    Sleeping Beauty: Bluebird pas de deux

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Stravinsky: Le Baiser de la Fee, etc.

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    5:30
  • 12:18 PM

    O Come, All Ye Faithful

    Traditional

    Christmas Choral Spectacular

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Peter Breiner, conductor

    5:47
  • 12:07 PM

    Sinfonia

    Carlo Lonati

    Ensemble Giardino di Delizie

    9:23
  • 12:04 PM

    Venezuelan Waltz No. 3 "Natalia"

    Antonio Lauro

    Sharon Isbin, guitar

    Gaudencio Thiago de Mello, percussion

    2:22
  • 11:42 AM

    Grand Variations on a Theme by Count Gallenberg

    Louise Farrenc

    European Soloists, Luxembourg

    Christoph Konig, conductor

    Jean Muller, piano

    13:34
  • 11:35 AM

    Symphony No. 6

    William Boyce

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    6:35
  • 11:26 AM

    Das Rheingold: Entry of the Gods into Valhalla

    Richard Wagner

    New York Philharmonic

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    6:35
  • 11:21 AM

    Orchestral Suite No. 3: Air on the G String

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Albinoni: Adagio; Pachelbel: Canon; Etc

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    4:41
  • 11:13 AM

    He is Born Emanuel; How Brightly Shines the Morning Star; Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming; Volta; God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen

    Christmas Music

    Pittsburgh Symphony Brass

    7:44
  • 11:10 AM

    Platee: Entrance of Mercury

    Jean-Philippe Rameau

    The Galileo Project: Music of the Spheres

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    1:24
  • 11:06 AM

    Humoresque No. 7

    Antonin Dvorak

    American Virtuosa - Tribute to Maud Powell

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    3:46
  • 11:01 AM

    Sonatina No. 2 "Happy Workshop": 2nd movement

    Richard Strauss

    Netherlands Wind Ensemble

    Edo de Waart, conductor

    4:32
  • 10:48 AM

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

    Medley

    Ensemble Galilei

    9:55
  • 10:31 AM

    Horn Concerto No. 4

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Israel Sinfonietta

    Uri Mayer, conductor

    David Jolley, horn

    15:57
  • 10:28 AM

    Hodie Christus natus est

    Healey Willan

    Musica Intima

    1:53
  • 10:21 AM

    Four Song Transcriptions: Chabrier's "Song for Jeanne"

    Robert Helps

    Naomi Niskala, piano

    5:48
  • 10:06 AM

    Rondo for Violin and Strings

    Franz Schubert

    National Arts Centre Orchestra

    Pinchas Zukerman, conductor

    Pinchas Zukerman, violin

    14:13
  • 10:01 AM

    String Quartet No. 62 "Emperor": Minuet

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Mozart: Hunt & Dissonance Quartets; Haydn

    Emerson String Quartet

    4:36
  • 9:30 AM

    Czecho-Slovak State Philharmonic

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    28:19
  • 9:24 AM

    A Virgin Most Pure

    Ghislaine Reece-Trapp

    Harmonia Sacra

    Peter Leech, conductor

    5:06
  • 9:11 AM

    Cello Sonata

    Claude Debussy

    Duo

    Sol Gabetta, cello

    11:19
  • 9:06 AM

    Mignon: Connais-tu le pays?

    Ambroise Thomas

    Cantabile

    Prague Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Olivieri-Munroe, conductor

    Sol Gabetta, cello

    4:36
  • 9:01 AM

    The sparrow on Christmas morning (Varpunen jouluaamuna)

    Otto Kotilainen

    Lahti Symphony Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    4:39
  • 8:18 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 1

    Frederic Chopin

    Grieg, Chopin: Piano Concertos

    San Francisco Symphony

    Herbert Blomstedt, conductor

    Olli Mustonen, piano

    40:24
  • 8:06 AM

    Three German Songs

    Max Reger

    Camerata Vocale Freiburg

    Winfrid Toll, conductor

    9:49
  • 8:01 AM

    Tianwa Yang, violin

    Markus Hadulla, piano

    4:35
  • 7:47 AM

    Fantasia on Christmas Carols

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    City of London Sinfonia

    John Rutter, conductor

    Stephen Varcoe, baritone

    11:27
  • 7:37 AM

    Mandolin Concerto

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Potsdam Chamber Academy

    Avi Avital, mandolin

    Shalev Ad-El, harpsichord

    9:34
  • 7:32 AM

    I Wonder as I Wander

    John Jacob Niles

    Dream Season: The Christmas Harp

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    2:39
  • 7:06 AM

    Nonet

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Chamber Music

    Mary Ashley Barret, oboe

    25:57
  • 7:01 AM

    Sonata

    Domenico Scarlatti

    Scarlatti, D.: 13 Keyboard Sonatas

    Susan Miron, harp

    4:29
  • 6:29 AM

    Christmas Eve Suite

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Rimsky-Korsakov: Suites

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    29:14
  • 6:26 AM

    A la antigua

    Ernesto Lecuona

    Gabriela Montero, piano

    2:12
  • 6:20 AM

    Masquerade

    Anna Clyne

    BBC Symphony Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    4:56
  • 6:06 AM

    Leonore Overture No. 3

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Overtures; Piano Concerto No. 5

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Walter Weller, conductor

    13:16