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  • 5:50 AM

    Bruce Brubaker, piano

    7:38
  • 5:43 AM

    On the Nature of Daylight

    Max Richter

    Max Richter: Exiles

    Baltic Sea Philharmonic

    Kristjan Jarvi, conductor

    7:17
  • 5:38 AM

    the little match girl passion: have mercy, my god

    David Lang

    Lang: The Little Match Girl Passion

    Theatre of Voices

    Paul Hillier, conductor

    4:37
  • 5:20 AM

    Dream in White on White

    John Luther Adams

    The Apollo Quartet and Strings

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    Barbara Chapman, harp

    16:22
  • 5:13 AM

    Cantus Arcticus: Swans Migrating

    Einojuhani Rautavaara

    Finlandia: A Festival of Finnish Music

    Lahti Symphony Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    6:28
  • 5:06 AM

    Voces8

    4:55
  • 5:01 AM

    Michael Jon Fink, celesta

    4:43
  • 4:52 AM

    Be Still and Know

    Carlos Simon

    My Ancestor's Gift

    Phoebe Wu, piano

    6:28
  • 4:26 AM

    Berlin Mass

    Arvo Part

    Part: Te Deum

    Tallinn Chamber Orchestra

    Tonu Kaljuste, conductor

    24:30
  • 4:13 AM

    Winter Poem No. 1

    Glenn Buhr

    Winter Poems - Music of Glenn Buhr

    Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra

    Bramwell Tovey, conductor

    10:02
  • 4:06 AM

    Chor Leoni Men's Chorus

    Erick Lichte, conductor

    5:32
  • 4:01 AM

    Wed

    David Lang

    Heavy

    Ethel

    4:38
  • 3:43 AM

    Noble and Sentimental Waltzes

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel: Piano Concertos, Valses Nobles et Sentimentales, Sonatine

    Alicia de Larrocha, piano

    15:08
  • 3:21 AM

    Our Lord's Nativity

    Rihards Dubra

    Christmas Joy In Latvia: Latvian Christmas Cantatas

    New York Latvian Concert Choir

    Andres Jansons, conductor

    Viesturs Jansons, tenor

    20:36
  • 3:11 AM

    Impromptu for Harp

    Gabriel Faure

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    8:25
  • 3:06 AM

    Lux Aurumque

    Eric Whitacre

    Eric Whitacre Singers

    Eric Whitacre, conductor

    4:06
  • 3:01 AM

    Suite of Three Pieces: Idylle

    Benjamin Godard

    City of London Sinfonia

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    Susan Milan, flute

    4:50
  • 2:47 AM

    Suite of Carols for Woodwinds

    Leroy Anderson

    BBC Concert Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    10:36
  • 2:44 AM

    The Nutcracker: Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Semyon Bychkov, conductor

    2:10
  • 2:35 AM

    Christmas Medley

    Traditional

    Monteverdi Choir

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    8:38
  • 2:32 AM

    In the Bleak Midwinter

    Gustav Holst

    Home for the Holidays

    Genghis Barbie

    2:57
  • 12:48 AM

    Symphony: Finale

    Georges Bizet

    Ravel: Ma Mere L'Oye; Debussy: Fantaisie; Bizet: Symphony in C

    Prague Philharmonia

    Emmanuel Villaume, conductor

    8:52
  • 12:45 AM

    Go Tell It on the Mountain

    Spiritual

    Cantus

    2:30
  • 12:31 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 9

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Awadagin Pratt, piano

    12:59
  • 12:22 AM

    Four Christmas Carols

    Gordon Getty

    December Celebration

    New Century Chamber Orchestra

    Dawn Harms, conductor

    8:18
  • 12:18 AM

    Snowride

    Angela Morley

    Another Night Before Christmas And Scrooge

    RTE Concert Orchestra

    Gavin Sutherland, conductor

    3:36
  • 12:14 AM

    Let it Snow!

    Jule Styne

    Buzz Brass

    2:48
  • 12:06 AM

    Athalia: Overture

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn in Birmingham, Vol. 5: Overtures

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Edward Gardner, conductor

    8:00
  • 12:04 AM

    Deck the Halls

    Traditional English

    Christmas Carols

    Musica Sacra

    Richard Westenburg, conductor

    :56
  • 12:01 AM

    Scottis Dance/Swit St. Nikclas

    Traditional Scottish

    Solstice Spirit: The Musical Visions of Sister Gildaherd the Benign

    Kirk Elliott

    3:49
  • 11:49 PM

    The Cobblers on the Heath

    Uuno Klami

    Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Sakari Oramo, conductor

    8:11
  • 11:47 PM

    Hark! the Herald Angels Sing

    Traditional

    Canadian Brass

    2:17
  • 11:43 PM

    O Come, All Ye Faithful

    Traditional

    Canadian Brass: The Christmas Album

    Canadian Brass

    3:56
  • 11:36 PM

    Dance of the Blessed Spirits

    Christoph Gluck

    Fantasy: A Night At The Opera

    Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    Emmanuel Pahud, flute

    5:42
  • 11:32 PM

    Glory to the Christ Child

    Alan Bullard

    The Sixteen

    Harry Christophers, conductor

    2:50
  • 11:31 PM

    Bright Star

    Margaret Bonds

    Lara Downes, piano

    1:26
  • 11:19 PM

    Choral Variations on Vom Himmel hoch

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    10:33
  • 11:06 PM

    Roumanian Rhapsody No. 1

    Georges Enescu

    Symphonic Spectacular

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    11:52
  • 11:01 PM

    Serenade No. 6 "Serenata Notturna": 1st movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    4:38
  • 10:48 PM

    Christmas Medley

    Traditional

    Choir of St. John's College, Cambridge

    George Guest, conductor

    10:30
  • 10:38 PM

    Organ Concerto No. 2

    George Frideric Handel

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Richard Egarr, conductor

    Richard Egarr, organ

    9:41
  • 10:25 PM

    Miracle on 34th Street: Suite

    Cyril Mockridge

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Newman, conductor

    11:02
  • 10:24 PM

    Jingle Bells

    James Pierpont

    Christmas Harp

    Xavier de Maistre, harp

    1:08
  • 10:11 PM

    Gli Incogniti

    Amandine Beyer, conductor

    10:29
  • 10:06 PM

    Peer Gynt: Morning Mood

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg: Peer Gynt

    Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    4:19
  • 10:03 PM

    The Christmas Tree: Waltz

    Vladimir Rebikov

    Steinway Christmas Album

    Jeffrey Biegel, piano

    2:38
  • 9:53 PM

    A Canadian Brass Christmas Card

    Howard Cable

    A Christmas Gloria

    Canadian Brass

    4:12
  • 9:26 PM

    Santa Claus Symphony

    William Henry Fry

    Royal Scottish Orchestra

    Tony Rowe, conductor

    26:11
  • 9:18 PM

    Folk Suite No. 4

    William Grant Still

    Calico Winds

    5:28
  • 9:06 PM

    Tales from the Vienna Woods

    Johann Strauss, Jr.

    Vienna Johann Strauss Orchestra

    Willi Boskovsky, conductor

    12:01
  • 9:01 PM

    The Nutcracker: March; Galop and Dance of the Parents

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Stewart Goodyear, piano

    4:33
  • 6:43 PM

    Christmas Carol Medley

    John Rutter

    Ambrosian Singers

    Vaughan Meakins, conductor

    15:48
  • 6:16 PM

    Oboe Concerto

    Richard Strauss

    Strauss: Violin Concerto, Oboe Concerto

    Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor

    Gordon Hunt, oboe

    24:59
  • 6:12 PM

    Carol Eliseus

    Huw Watkins

    Choir of King's College, Cambridge

    Stephen Cleobury, conductor

    2:16
  • 6:06 PM

    Gesu Bambino

    Pietro Yon

    Still...Still...Stilll: Christmas Piano By Kelly Yost

    Kelly Yost, piano

    5:11
  • 6:01 PM

    Sinfonia in Classic Mode: Minuet

    Joseph Marx

    Bochum Symphony Orchestra

    Steven Sloane, conductor

    4:41
  • 5:47 PM

    French and English Christmas Music

    Traditional

    Apollo's Fire Baroque Orchestra

    Jeannette Sorrell, conductor

    11:20
  • 5:33 PM

    The King's Violins

    Bernard Labadie, conductor

    Valerie Milot, harp

    13:14
  • 5:30 PM

    All My Heart This Night Rejoices

    Traditional

    Christmas Night

    Cambridge Singers

    John Rutter, conductor

    2:15
  • 5:27 PM

    Once as I Remember

    Traditional

    Cambridge Singers

    John Rutter, conductor

    2:30
  • 5:26 PM

    The Cherry Tree Carol

    Traditional

    Cambridge Singers

    John Rutter, conductor

    1:51
  • 5:11 PM

    Masques and Bergamasques

    Gabriel Faure

    Faure: Requiem Op. 48

    Lyon National Orchestra

    Emmanuel Krivine, conductor

    12:58
  • 5:06 PM

    The Fairy Queen: Dance for the Fairies

    Henry Purcell

    Boston Baroque

    Martin Pearlman, conductor

    3:40
  • 5:01 PM

    The Friendly Beasts

    Traditional English

    All Are Welcome!

    Concordia Choir of Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota

    Rene Clausen, conductor

    4:34
  • 4:50 PM

    Karelia Overture

    Jean Sibelius

    Lahti Symphony Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    8:09
  • 4:43 PM

    What Sweeter Music; Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day

    Christmas Music

    Trinity Choir of Boston

    Brian Jones, conductor

    6:30
  • 4:20 PM

    Wallfisch Band

    Elizabeth Wallfisch, conductor

    Elizabeth Wallfisch, violin

    21:55
  • 4:10 PM

    6 Christmas Pieces

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra

    John Georgiadis, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    8:29
  • 4:06 PM

    Santa Claus is Comin' to Town

    J. Fred Coots

    Crouch End Festival Chorus

    Evan Jolly/Paul Bateman, conductor

    2:56
  • 4:01 PM

    Harp Consort No. 3

    William Lawes

    Lawes: Harp Consorts

    Les Voix Humaines

    Maxine Eilander, harp

    4:40
  • 3:55 PM

    Silent Night

    Franz Gruber

    Trondheim Symphony Orchestra

    Torodd Wigum, conductor

    Oystein Baadsvik, tuba

    3:16
  • 3:41 PM

    Rondo

    Franz Schubert

    SCHUBERT, F.: Piano Works for Four Hands, Vol. 4

    Rico Gulda, piano

    12:24
  • 3:34 PM

    The Twelve Days of Christmas

    Traditional English

    Noel

    Choral Scholars of King's College, Cambridge

    6:58
  • 3:20 PM

    Christmas Revels

    Arthur Sullivan

    RTE Sinfonietta

    Andrew Penny, conductor

    13:35
  • 3:11 PM

    The Skaters Waltz

    Emil Waldteufel

    With Love from Vienna

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    8:04
  • 3:00 PM

    Euryanthe Overture

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Christian Thielemann, conductor

    8:31
  • 2:47 PM

    Children's Games (Jeux d'enfants)

    Georges Bizet

    Toronto Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Davis, conductor

    11:30
  • 2:44 PM

    Holly Jolly Christmas

    Johnny Marks

    Imagine Christmas

    Jasper String Quartet

    2:13
  • 2:35 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 17: 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    Maria Joao Pires, piano

    7:22
  • 2:25 PM

    It's A Wonderful Life: Suite

    Dimitri Tiomkin

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Newman, conductor

    7:55
  • 2:22 PM

    Good-Will to Men and Peace on Earth

    Dobrinka Tabakova

    A Deep but Dazzling Darkness

    Apollo5

    2:56
  • 2:18 PM

    Looking Glass Insects

    Deems Taylor

    The Musical Fantasies of Charles Griffes and Deems Taylor

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    2:52
  • 2:12 PM

    Where Riches is Everlastingly

    Bob Chilcott

    For the Beauty of the Earth: 2018 Concordia College Christmas Concert

    Concordia Choir of Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota

    Rene Clausen, conductor

    2:16
  • 2:04 PM

    Symphony No. 7 "Pastoral": Allegro moderato

    Alexander Glazunov

    Glazunov: Symphonies 4 And 7

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    7:26
  • 1:54 PM

    Messiah: Ev'ry Valley

    George Frideric Handel

    Boston Baroque

    Martin Pearlman, conductor

    Bruce Fowler, tenor

    5:44
  • 1:51 PM

    A Virgin Most Pure

    Traditional

    Jacqueline Schwab, piano

    3:13
  • 1:47 PM

    Prepare the Way

    Traditional

    Dale Warland Singers

    Dale Warland, conductor

    3:06
  • 1:44 PM

    Once in Royal David's City

    Henry Gauntlett

    A Cello Christmas

    London Cello Sound

    Geoffrey Simon, conductor

    3:15
  • 1:37 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 6: 1st movement

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    JS Bach: Brandenburg Concerto

    Academy of Ancient Music Berlin

    5:37
  • 1:34 PM

    Dances in the Canebrakes: Nimble Feet

    Florence Price

    Asa

    William Chapman Nyaho, piano

    2:13
  • 1:22 PM

    The Nutcracker: Characteristic Dances

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker

    Kirov Orchestra

    Valery Gergiev, conductor

    11:08
  • 1:17 PM

    The Little Drummer Boy

    Katherine K. Davis

    THE KNIGHTS BEFORE CHRISTMAS

    The Knights

    Eric Jacobsen, conductor

    3:28
  • 1:13 PM

    Canzon No. 7

    Giovanni Gabrieli

    Empire Brass & Friends

    3:55
  • 1:07 PM

    String Quartet No. 63 "Sunrise": Finale

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: String Quartets, Op. 76, Nos. 4 & 6

    Orlando Quartet

    5:04
  • 1:04 PM

    Norwegian Dance No. 2

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg: Norwegian Dances

    Estonian National Symphony Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    2:19
  • 12:52 PM

    Legend No. 6

    Antonin Dvorak

    Masterpieces in Miniature

    San Francisco Symphony

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    5:42
  • 12:49 PM

    Ave Maria

    Charles Gounod

    Songs From The Arc Of Life

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    2:40
  • 12:39 PM

    A Child is Born; In dulci jubilo; On Christmas Night

    Traditional

    Christmas Carols from King's College

    Choir of King's College, Cambridge

    David Willcocks, conductor

    John Wells, organ

    7:52
  • 12:26 PM

    Prague Chamber Orchestra

    11:50
  • 12:21 PM

    Christmas Night's Dream

    Ludwig Bonvin

    Gowanus Arts Ensemble

    Reuben Blundell, conductor

    4:22
  • 12:17 PM

    Three Carols for Harp

    Christmas Music

    Emily Mitchell, harp

    3:51
  • 12:08 PM

    Christmas Medley

    Traditional

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    James Galway, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    7:06
  • 12:04 PM

    Wexford Carol

    Traditional Irish

    Carolyn Surrick, viola da gamba

    Ronn McFarlane, lute

    2:42
  • 11:47 AM

    Symphony No. 6 "Pastoral": 1st movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Sympohonies Nos. 4 & 6

    Orchestra of the 18th Century

    Frans Bruggen, conductor

    10:57
  • 11:44 AM

    Go Tell It on the Mountain

    Spiritual

    The Singers

    Matthew Culloton, conductor

    2:33
  • 11:38 AM

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Alexander Schneider, conductor

    Isaac Stern, violin

    5:25
  • 11:26 AM

    Symphony of Noels

    Michel Delalande

    Masques

    Olivier Fortin, conductor

    10:29
  • 11:23 AM

    Music Box

    Isaias Savio

    Batucada: South American Guitar Music

    Graham Anthony Devine, guitar

    2:20
  • 11:13 AM

    The Holly and the Ivy; Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming; O Tannenbaum

    Traditional/Praetorius

    Empire Brass

    9:21
  • 11:06 AM

    Song for Orchestra

    Ruth Gipps

    Gipps: Symphonies Nos 2 and 4, etc.

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Rumon Gamba, conductor

    5:57
  • 11:01 AM

    Four English Country Dances

    John Playford

    Hesperus

    4:50
  • 10:51 AM

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

    Traditional

    Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge

    Richard Marlow, conductor

    7:40
  • 10:35 AM

    Concerto Grosso No. 8 "Christmas Concerto"

    Arcangelo Corelli

    I Solisti Italiani

    14:23
  • 10:31 AM

    Tu scendi dalle stelle (You descended from the heavens)

    Alfonso Maria de Liguori

    Lux De Caelo: Music For Christmas

    Choir of Clare College, Cambridge

    Graham Ross, conductor

    2:41
  • 10:23 AM

    Three Tone Pictures

    Elfrida Andree

    Oskar Ekberg, piano

    7:25
  • 10:06 AM

    Mother Goose (Ma mere l'oye): Suite

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    15:41
  • 10:01 AM

    Shepherd's Music for Christmas

    Gregor Joseph Werner

    London Festival Orchestra

    Ross Pople, conductor

    4:30
  • 9:32 AM

    The Peace of Christmas

    Christmas Music

    City of London Sinfonia

    John Rutter, conductor

    26:37
  • 9:24 AM

    Flute Concertino

    Cecile Chaminade

    CBC Vancouver Orchestra

    Mario Bernardi, conductor

    Timothy Hutchins, flute

    7:37
  • 9:11 AM

    Four Christmas Motets

    Francis Poulenc

    Tafelmusik Chamber Choir

    Ivars Taurins, conductor

    10:46
  • 9:06 AM

    Ave Maria

    Gabriel Faure

    Musical Gifts from Joshua Bell and Friends

    Steven Isserlis, cello

    4:10
  • 9:01 AM

    The Honeysuckle; The Fairy Round; The Night Watch

    Anthony Holborne

    Jakob Lindberg, lute

    4:45
  • 8:54 AM

    Romance No. 5

    Johannes Brahms

    Paul Lewis, piano

    3:44
  • 8:47 AM

    Ave, dulcissima Maria

    Morten Lauridsen

    Polyphony

    Stephen Layton, conductor

    Morten Lauridsen, finger cymbals

    7:04
  • 8:14 AM

    Symphony No. 4

    Florence Price

    Fort Smith Symphony

    John Jeter, conductor

    31:25
  • 8:10 AM

    Here We Come a-Wassailing (Wassail Song)

    Traditional

    Star Over Bethlehem: Choral Jewels for Christmas

    Choral Arts Society of Washington

    Norman Scribner, conductor

    3:51
  • 8:06 AM

    Jesus Christ the Apple Tree

    Elizabeth Poston

    Choral Arts Society of Washington

    Norman Scribner, conductor

    3:28
  • 8:01 AM

    Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring; Amazing Grace

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    John Bayless, piano

    4:50
  • 7:53 AM

    Lullay, my liking

    Graham Ross

    Lux De Caelo: Music For Christmas

    Choir of Clare College, Cambridge

    Graham Ross, conductor

    4:58
  • 7:35 AM

    Concerto Pastorale

    Johann Christoph Pez

    Christmas Concertos - Il Giardino Armonico

    Il Giardino Armonico

    Giovanni Antonini, conductor

    18:15
  • 7:09 AM

    Suite for 13 Wind Instruments

    Richard Strauss

    R. Strauss: Music for Wind Ensemble

    Netherlands Wind Ensemble

    Edo de Waart, conductor

    23:44
  • 7:06 AM

    Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella

    Traditional French

    Dream Season: The Christmas Harp

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    2:39
  • 7:01 AM

    Romance

    Johann Peter Salomon

    Journey to Mozart

    Zurich Chamber Orchestra

    Daniel Hope, violin

    4:40
  • 6:55 AM

    Just Constellations: The Magic Constellation: Winter

    Michael Harrison

    Roomful of Teeth

    3:26
  • 6:45 AM

    Ciel d'Hiver (Winter Sky)

    Kaija Saariaho

    Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Hannu Lintu, conductor

    9:39
  • 6:17 AM

    The Joy of Christmas

    Christmas Music

    City of London Sinfonia

    John Rutter, conductor

    25:28
  • 6:06 AM

    Musical Moment No. 6

    Franz Schubert

    Mitsuko Uchida, piano

    10:29
  • 6:01 AM

    This Endris Night

    Stephen Paulus

    Dale Warland Singers

    Dale Warland, conductor

    Kathleen Robinson, oboe

    Kathy Kienzle, harp

    4:34