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  • 5:54 AM

    Long is our Winter

    William Ferris

    William Ferris Chorale

    Paul French, conductor

    3:51
  • 5:41 AM

    Seasonal Music: Winter Music

    Christopher Stark

    Momenta Quartet

    12:58
  • 5:21 AM

    Mass "Cum Jubilo"

    Maurice Durufle

    Voices of Ascension

    Dennis Keene, conductor

    18:47
  • 5:06 AM

    Prince of Clouds

    Anna Clyne

    Two x Four

    Curtis 20/21 Ensemble

    Vinay Parameswaran, conductor

    Jennifer Koh, violin

    13:30
  • 5:01 AM

    Lyric Pieces: Det var engang (Once upon a time)

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg: Lyric Pieces

    Emil Gilels, piano

    4:36
  • 4:45 AM

    Salve Regina

    Arvo Part

    Arvo Part: Adam's Lament

    Latvian Radio Choir

    Tonu Kaljuste, conductor

    12:12
  • 4:37 AM

    Salve regina

    Tomas Luis de Victoria

    Nordic Voices Sing Victoria

    Nordic Voices

    7:57
  • 4:27 AM

    Six Noels for Harp

    Marcel Tournier

    Rejoice! A String Quartet Christmas

    Emily Mitchell, harp

    8:48
  • 4:06 AM

    Wind Quintet

    Jean Francaix

    20th Century Wind Quintets

    Vienna-Berlin Ensemble

    19:20
  • 4:01 AM

    Lully, Lulla, Lullay

    Philip Stopford

    Choir of St. Paul's Cathedral

    Andrew Carwood, conductor

    4:37
  • 3:48 AM

    White Landscapes

    Takashi Yoshimatsu

    Yoshimatsu: Piano Concerto

    Manchester Camerata

    Sachio Fujioka, conductor

    John Barrow, flute

    9:30
  • 3:40 AM

    Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom: Cherubic Hymn

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Rachmaninov, S.: Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom

    Kansas City Chorale

    Charles Bruffy, conductor

    6:28
  • 3:36 AM

    Kheruvimskaya pyessn (Cherubic hymn)

    Giuseppe Sarti

    In dulci jubilo: Choral Music for Advent and Christmas

    Harmonia Sacra

    Peter Leech, conductor

    3:24
  • 3:18 AM

    Partita for Flute, Violin, and Strings

    Paul Creston

    City of London Sinfonia

    David Amos, conductor

    Yossi Arnheim, flute

    Nicholas Ward, violin

    16:36
  • 3:06 AM

    Piano Quartet

    Gustav Mahler

    Daniel Hope, violin

    Paul Neubauer, viola

    David Finckel, cello

    Wu Han, piano

    11:37
  • 3:01 AM

    This Endris Night

    Stephen Paulus

    Dale Warland Singers

    Dale Warland, conductor

    Kathleen Robinson, oboe

    Kathy Kienzle, harp

    4:34
  • 2:56 AM

    Album leaf (Feuillet d'album)

    Emmanuel Chabrier

    Alexandre Tharaud, piano

    1:55
  • 2:49 AM

    String Quartet No. 1: Patterns

    Elena Ruehr

    Cypress String Quartet

    7:37
  • 2:23 AM

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    Sylvia McNair, soprano

    24:14
  • 2:12 AM

    Bassoon Sonata

    Charles Koechlin

    French Works for Bassoon and Piano

    Karen Geoghegan, bassoon

    8:58
  • 2:06 AM

    Pavane

    Samuel Scheidt

    Gala Concert

    Orchestra of the 18th Century

    Frans Bruggen, conductor

    5:36
  • 2:01 AM

    Bell Carol

    William Mathias

    Washington Chorus

    Robert Shafer, conductor

    William Neil, organ

    4:48
  • 1:43 AM

    Piano Concertino

    Henriette Bosmans

    Netherlands Radio Chamber Orchestra

    Ed Spanjaard, conductor

    Ronald Brautigam, piano

    14:42
  • 1:20 AM

    A Ceremony of Carols

    Benjamin Britten

    The Sixteen

    Harry Christophers, conductor

    Sioned Williams, harp

    21:35
  • 1:15 AM

    Poeme No. 1

    Alexander Scriabin

    Fantasia

    Yuja Wang, piano

    3:16
  • 1:06 AM

    Three Pieces

    Arthur Foote

    Fenwick Smith, flute

    Randall Hodgkinson, piano

    8:35
  • 1:01 AM

    Matinees Musicales: Nocturne

    Benjamin Britten

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Alexander Gibson, conductor

    4:32
  • 12:44 AM

    Divertimento No. 1

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart; Zuckerman

    National Arts Centre Orchestra

    Pinchas Zukerman, conductor

    14:08
  • 12:33 AM

    New York Polyphony

    Sarah Brailey, soprano

    Elizabeth Baber Weaver, soprano

    9:54
  • 12:23 AM

    Septet: 2nd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Leonidas Kavakos, violin

    Wen Xiao Zheng, viola

    Eric Terwillger, horn

    Hanno Simons, cello

    Christopher Corbett, clarinet

    Marco Postinghel, bassoon

    8:58
  • 12:07 AM

    A Song of Agincourt

    Charles Stanford

    Ulster Orchestra

    Howard Shelley, conductor

    15:39
  • 12:01 AM

    "Echo" Canzon

    Giovanni Gabrieli

    English Chamber Orchestra Brass

    Donald Fraser, conductor

    William Trafka, organ

    4:32
  • 11:49 PM

    English Symphony Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    Martin Jones, piano

    9:45
  • 11:23 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 1

    Max Bruch

    Bruch, Dvorak: Violin Concertos

    Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    Julia Fischer, violin

    23:47
  • 11:10 PM

    Break Forth. . . Medley

    Christmas Music

    Robert Shaw Orchestra

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    12:03
  • 11:06 PM

    Young Soldier's Joy

    Qi-Ming Lu

    Shanghai Quartet

    2:54
  • 11:01 PM

    Sleeping Beauty: Jubilee March

    Erkki Melartin

    Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra

    Leif Segerstam, conductor

    4:32
  • 10:48 PM

    Symphony No. 4 "Romantic": 3rd movement

    Anton Bruckner

    Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 & Overture in G Minor

    Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra

    Marek Janowski, conductor

    10:17
  • 10:22 PM

    Variations on a Nursery Song

    Ernst von Dohnanyi

    Dohnanyi: Variations on a Nursery Song

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    Eldar Nebolsin, piano

    24:12
  • 10:10 PM

    In the Bleak Midwinter; Coventry Carol; Angels We Have Heard on High

    Christmas Music

    Choir of King's College, Cambridge

    David Willcocks, conductor

    10:10
  • 10:07 PM

    L'Eventail de Jeanne (Jeanne's Fan): Rondo

    Georges Auric

    French Ballet Music of the 1920s

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Geoffrey Simon, conductor

    3:28
  • 10:01 PM

    Symphony: 2nd movement

    Johann Vanhal

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    Celia Nicklin, oboe

    4:48
  • 9:54 PM

    Don't Drink and Dance

    Olav L. Mjelva

    Nordic Fiddlers Bloc

    4:16
  • 9:45 PM

    Wexford Carol; Murztaler Engelruf; 12 Days of Christmas

    Christmas Music

    Pittsburgh Symphony Brass

    8:17
  • 9:16 PM

    Symphony No. 38 "Prague"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Rafael Kubelik, conductor

    27:24
  • 9:10 PM

    I Wonder as I Wander; Coventry Carol; O Come, O Come Emmanuel

    Christmas Music

    Neil Hogan, guitar

    4:55
  • 9:06 PM

    Vignettes: Carmela

    William Grant Still

    Sierra Winds

    (Selected members), conductor

    2:50
  • 9:01 PM

    Graceful Ghost Rag

    William Bolcom

    Ruskin Cooper, piano

    4:34
  • 5:50 PM

    The Planets: Jupiter

    Gustav Holst

    Holst: Orchestral Works, Vol. 2

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andrew Davis, conductor

    8:29
  • 5:46 PM

    Go Tell It on the Mountain

    Spiritual

    Imani Winds

    3:01
  • 5:30 PM

    Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    THE BRITISH PROJECT

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Mirga Grazinyte-Tyla, conductor

    15:18
  • 5:24 PM

    Away in a Manger

    William James Kirkpatrick

    A True North Christmas

    True North Brass

    3:41
  • 5:06 PM

    Keyboard Concerto No. 2

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    Ramin Bahrami, piano

    17:25
  • 5:01 PM

    Coventry Carol; Good King Wenceslas

    Traditional

    Canadian Brass

    4:36
  • 4:53 PM

    Messiah: O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Messiah

    Dunedin Consort and Players

    John Butt, conductor

    Annie Gill, contralto

    5:11
  • 4:41 PM

    Theme Varie

    Francis Poulenc

    Eric Parkin, piano

    11:53
  • 4:35 PM

    The Bells of Christmas

    Armas Maasalo

    Lahti Symphony Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    4:03
  • 4:32 PM

    Dona Nobis Pacem (Give Us Peace)

    Traditional

    Songs Of Joy And Peace

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    1:58
  • 4:06 PM

    Symphony No. 5: 4th and 5th movements

    Gustav Mahler

    Mahler: Symphony No. 5

    Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    24:41
  • 4:01 PM

    Sweet Little Jesus Boy

    Robert MacGimsey

    Jessye Norman, soprano

    4:34
  • 3:38 PM

    La Boutique fantasque (Fantastic Toy Shop)

    Ottorino Respighi

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    20:30
  • 3:22 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 3

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mitsuko Uchida, piano

    13:54
  • 3:15 PM

    The Nutcracker: Waltz of the Flowers

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Joy To The World

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Eugene Ormandy, conductor

    7:06
  • 3:06 PM

    Children's March (Over the Hills and Far Away)

    Percy Grainger

    Michigan State Symphonic Band

    Keith Brion, conductor

    6:58
  • 3:01 PM

    O Come, All Ye Faithful

    Traditional

    100 Years of Nine Lessons and Carols

    Choir of King's College, Cambridge

    David Willcocks, conductor

    4:36
  • 2:35 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 3

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Violinkonzerte, Mozart: Rondo

    Northern Sinfonia of England

    Heinrich Schiff, conductor

    Christian Tetzlaff, violin

    22:50
  • 2:23 PM

    Christmas Carols for Strings

    Traditional

    I Musici Montreal

    Yuli Turovsky, conductor

    10:41
  • 2:14 PM

    Songs of the Auvergne: Three Bourrees

    Joseph Canteloube

    Lyon National Orchestra

    Kent Nagano, conductor

    Dawn Upshaw, soprano

    6:57
  • 2:06 PM

    Siegfried: Forest Murmurs

    Richard Wagner

    Wagner: Orchestral Music from The Ring

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    7:40
  • 2:01 PM

    Flute Concerto: 1st movement

    Vilem Blodek

    Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Uros Lajovic, conductor

    Karl Bernhard Sebon, flute

    4:39
  • 11:54 AM

    In the Bleak Midwinter

    Harold Darke

    Choir of New College, Oxford

    Edward Higginbottom, conductor

    4:45
  • 11:44 AM

    Four Scottish Dances

    Malcolm Arnold

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Keith Lockhart, conductor

    8:40
  • 11:21 AM

    Suite for Viola da gamba and Strings

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

    Monica Huggett, conductor

    Sarah Cunningham, viola da gamba

    21:15
  • 11:18 AM

    Good King Wenceslas

    Traditional

    Most Wonderful Time

    Eaken Piano Trio

    3:03
  • 11:14 AM

    My Lodging is on the Cold Ground

    Mauro Giuliani

    David Russell, guitar

    2:29
  • 11:11 AM

    Ah, Bleak and Chill the Wintry Wind

    Alfred Burt

    Exultate

    Thomas D. Rossin, conductor

    2:20
  • 11:06 AM

    Etude No. 11 "Winter Wind"

    Frederic Chopin

    Lang Lang, piano

    3:51
  • 11:01 AM

    Czech Suite: Sousedska

    Antonin Dvorak

    Padua Chamber Orchestra

    David Golub, conductor

    4:35
  • 10:38 AM

    Concerto for flute and string orchestra

    Franz Richter

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    Barthold Kuijken, flute

    19:49
  • 10:24 AM

    Seven Joys of Christmas

    Kirke Mechem

    Santa Fe Desert Chorale

    Linda Mack, conductor

    Rosalind Simpson, harp

    12:40
  • 10:19 AM

    Flor da Noite (Night Flower)

    Radames Gnattali

    Francesca Anderegg, violin

    Erika Ribiero, piano

    3:40
  • 10:06 AM

    The Three-Cornered Hat: Suite

    Manuel de Falla

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Fritz Reiner, conductor

    12:11
  • 10:01 AM

    Clarinet Quartet No. 2: Pastorale

    Bernhard Crusell

    Osmo Vanska, clarinet

    Pekka Kaupinnen, violin

    Anu Airas, viola

    Ilkka Palli, cello

    4:48
  • 9:54 AM

    O Holy Night

    Adolphe Adam

    Leontyne Price: Christmas Songs

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    Leontyne Price, soprano

    4:25
  • 9:18 AM

    Symphonic Dances

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    35:33
  • 9:06 AM

    I Wonder as I Wander; Jesus, Jesus, Rest Your Heard; Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella

    Christmas Music

    Utah Chamber Artists

    Barlow Bradford, conductor

    10:12
  • 9:01 AM

    Rinaldo: Sibilar gli angui d'Aletto

    George Frideric Handel

    Septura

    Matthew Gee, trombone

    4:50
  • 8:47 AM

    From Italy (Aus Italien): In Rome's Ruins

    Richard Strauss

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    11:28
  • 8:36 AM

    Pastoral Variations on an Old Noel

    Marcel Samuel-Rousseau

    Caroline Leonardelli, harp

    9:35
  • 8:12 AM

    Viola Sonata No. 1

    Johannes Brahms

    Pinchas Zukerman, viola

    Daniel Barenboim, piano

    23:12
  • 8:06 AM

    Symphony No. 3: 4th movement

    Florence Price

    Women's Philharmonic

    Apo Hsu, conductor

    5:01
  • 8:01 AM

    Cello Suite No. 4: Bourrees

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Paul Galbraith, guitar

    4:31
  • 7:32 AM

    Symphony No. 63 "Loon Lake"

    Alan Hovhaness

    Hovhaness: Guitar Concerto No. 2

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Stewart Robertson, conductor

    26:15
  • 7:20 AM

    Es ist ein Ros' entsprungen; Weihnachten; Schlaf mein Kindelein; Stille Nacht

    Traditional German

    Calmus Ensemble Leipzig

    11:49
  • 7:07 AM

    Symphonie Fantastique: Reveries

    Hector Berlioz

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Paray, conductor

    11:26
  • 7:01 AM

    Prelude on an Old Folk Tune

    Amy Beach

    The Solo Piano Music of Amy Beach, Vol. 2

    Joanne Polk, piano

    4:37
  • 6:56 AM

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Martin Neary, conductor

    Michala Petri, recorder

    2:11
  • 6:23 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Arthur Somervell

    Coleridge-Taylor: Violin Concerto

    BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

    Martyn Brabbins, conductor

    Anthony Marwood, violin

    32:49
  • 6:16 AM

    Mallorca

    Isaac Albeniz

    Serenata Espanola

    Xavier de Maistre, harp

    6:13
  • 6:06 AM

    All my Heart; O Little One Sweet; Myn lyking

    Johann Georg Ebeling

    Cambridge Singers

    John Rutter, conductor

    8:11
  • 6:01 AM

    Mosaics: Scenes from Summer

    Aminollah Hossein

    East Of Melancholy

    Tara Kamangar, piano

    4:40