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  • 5:28 AM

    Symphony No. 1

    York Bowen

    Bowen: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2 / Davis, Bbc Philharmonic

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andrew Davis, conductor

    29:44
  • 5:24 AM

    Gloucestershire Wassail

    Traditional English

    Waverly Consort Christmas

    Waverly Consort

    Michael Jaffee, conductor

    4:09
  • 5:06 AM

    String Quartet No. 3 "Mishima"

    Philip Glass

    Smith Quartet

    16:03
  • 5:01 AM

    D'un matin de printemps (Of a Spring Morning)

    Lili Boulanger

    Sarah Frisof, flute

    Daniel Pesca, piano

    4:42
  • 4:51 AM

    Light: Close Your Eyes

    Ramon Humet

    Ramon Humet: Light (Llum)

    Latvian Radio Choir

    Sigvards Klava, conductor

    Agnese Paunina, soprano

    6:48
  • 4:32 AM

    Violin Sonata No. 1

    Germaine Tailleferre

    Franco Mezzena, violin

    Bruno Mezzena, piano

    18:07
  • 4:27 AM

    Adam lay ybounden

    Peter Leech

    In dulci jubilo: Choral Music for Advent and Christmas

    Harmonia Sacra

    Peter Leech, conductor

    3:41
  • 4:06 AM

    Der Rosenkavalier: Suite

    Richard Strauss

    New York Philharmonic

    Lorin Maazel, conductor

    19:51
  • 4:01 AM

    Two Bagatelles

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    John O'Conor, piano

    4:33
  • 3:32 AM

    The Blue Pearl

    Erkki Melartin

    Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Hannu Lintu, conductor

    26:15
  • 3:28 AM

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

    Traditional Catalan

    Autour de Noel

    Antoine Bareil, violin

    3:45
  • 3:21 AM

    Elegie

    Gabriel Faure

    Nina Kotova

    Moscow Chamber Orchestra

    Constantine Orbelian, conductor

    Nina Kotova, cello

    5:21
  • 3:17 AM

    Peter Jacobs, piano

    3:47
  • 3:06 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    L'Orfeo Baroque Orchestra

    Elizabeth Wallfisch, conductor

    Elizabeth Wallfisch, violin

    8:52
  • 3:01 AM

    Sonatina: 2nd movement

    Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco

    Andrea Lieberknecht, flute

    Frank Bungarten, guitar

    4:32
  • 2:54 AM

    In This Tyme of Chrystmas

    Abbie Betinis

    Concert Recording

    Rose Ensemble

    Jordan Sramek, conductor

    5:16
  • 2:25 AM

    Verklarte Nacht (Transfigured Night)

    Arnold Schoenberg

    Trondheim Soloists

    Alisa Weilerstein, cello

    28:21
  • 2:15 AM

    Violin Concerto: 3rd movement

    Jean Sibelius

    The Perlman Edition: Sibelius and Korngold Violin Concertos

    Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    7:28
  • 2:07 AM

    Piece for Cello and Piano

    Nadia Boulanger

    Roland Pidoux, cello

    Emile Naoumoff, piano

    5:41
  • 2:01 AM

    Sacred Heart (Ubi Caritas III)

    Ola Gjeilo

    Ola Gjeilo

    Voces8

    Ben Hancox, violin

    4:37
  • 1:44 AM

    Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra & Chorus

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    Helene Grimaud, piano

    15:03
  • 1:22 AM

    Symphony No. 95

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    La Petite Bande

    Sigiswald Kuijken, conductor

    20:18
  • 1:16 AM

    Huron Carol ('Twas in the Moon of Wintertime)

    Traditional

    Candlelight Carols: Music for Chorus and Harp

    Seraphic Fire

    Patrick Dupre Quigley, conductor

    Jacqueline Kerrod, harp

    5:00
  • 1:07 AM

    Bukoolika (Bucolic)

    Ester Magi

    Ester Magi: Orchestral Music

    Estonian National Symphony Orchestra

    Arvo Volmer, conductor

    8:09
  • 1:01 AM

    Miniatures: Brecolada and Copla

    Joan Manen

    National Chamber Orchestra of Andorra

    Gerard Claret, conductor

    4:31
  • 12:56 AM

    Masters in This Hall

    Traditional

    Robert Shaw Chamber Singers

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    2:06
  • 12:49 AM

    Concerto for Two Oboes

    Antonio Vivaldi

    La Serenissima

    Adrian Chandler, conductor

    Rachel Chaplin, oboe

    Mark Baigent, oboe

    6:30
  • 12:39 AM

    The Battle of Legnano: Overture

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Orchestra of La Scala, Milan

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    9:08
  • 12:35 AM

    O Sanctissima

    Traditional

    Arturo Delmoni, violin

    Alexander Romanul, violin

    Katherine Murdock, viola

    Nathaniel Rosen, cello

    2:26
  • 12:30 AM

    Plinio Fernandes, guitar

    4:02
  • 12:06 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Samuel Barber

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    Anne Akiko Meyers, violin

    23:10
  • 12:01 AM

    The Arts and the Hours

    Jean-Philippe Rameau

    Debussy | Rameau | Vikingur Olafsson

    Vikingur Olafsson, piano

    4:45
  • 11:42 PM

    Keyboard Concerto No. 6

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Keyboard Concerti Vol. 2

    Australian Chamber Orchestra

    Richard Tognetti, conductor

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    16:25
  • 11:28 PM

    The Seasons: Autumn

    Alexander Glazunov

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Evgeny Svetlanov, conductor

    12:30
  • 11:21 PM

    Symphony No. 3 "Eroica": 3rd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphonies 1 & 3

    San Francisco Symphony

    Herbert Blomstedt, conductor

    5:55
  • 11:17 PM

    Good Christian Men Rejoice

    Traditional

    Joy to the World

    Empire Brass

    3:04
  • 11:06 PM

    Variations on an African American Spiritual

    Joshua McGhee

    Where Freedom Rings: Compositions by Contemporary African American Composers

    Picasso Ensemble

    9:55
  • 11:01 PM

    I'll make music

    Karl Jenkins

    Karl Jenkins: Motets

    Polyphony

    Stephen Layton, conductor

    4:33
  • 10:49 PM

    By the Beautiful Blue Danube (An der schonen, blauen Donau)

    Johann StraussJr.

    J Strauss: An der Schonen Blauen Donau and others

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor

    9:28
  • 10:44 PM

    Consolation No. 3

    Franz Liszt

    Jeffrey Biegel, piano

    4:44
  • 10:31 PM

    Introduction and Allegro

    Maurice Ravel

    Ulster Orchestra

    Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor

    Rachel Masters, harp

    11:12
  • 10:26 PM

    Messiah: For unto us a child is born

    George Frideric Handel

    Christmas with the Cambridge Singers

    City of London Sinfonia

    John Rutter, conductor

    4:10
  • 10:09 PM

    Sonata No. 6

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Minna Pensola, violin

    Antti Tikkanen, violin

    Tuomas Lehto, cello

    Niek de Groot, double bass

    15:36
  • 10:06 PM

    Waltz No. 6 "Minute"

    Frederic Chopin

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Gerhardt, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    2:05
  • 10:03 PM

    Suite No. 2 for Two Pianos "Silhouettes": La Coquette

    Anton Arensky

    Arensky: Five Suites For Two Pianos / Genova & Dimitrov Piano Duo

    Aglika Genova, piano

    2:33
  • 9:56 PM

    Sleigh Ride

    Leroy Anderson

    This Christmas with Imani Winds

    Imani Winds

    2:46
  • 9:36 PM

    Cello Concerto

    Georg Matthias Monn

    Jian Wang: The Baroque Album

    Camerata Salzburg

    Jian Wang, cello

    19:08
  • 9:26 PM

    Overture to Gwendoline

    Emmanuel Chabrier

    Vienna Philharmonic

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    8:31
  • 9:20 PM

    Serenade for Strings: Larghetto

    Antonin Dvorak

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Raymond Leppard, conductor

    5:08
  • 9:16 PM

    Hark! the Herald Angels Sing

    Traditional

    Canadian Brass

    2:17
  • 9:07 PM

    Symphony

    Johann Reichardt

    Jet Set! Classical Glitterati

    New Dutch Academy

    Simon Murphy, conductor

    9:42
  • 9:01 PM

    Overture "Water Music": Menuet; Gigue; Canarie

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Telemann: Water Music; Three Concertos

    Musica Antiqua Cologne

    Reinhard Goebel, conductor

    4:34
  • 6:56 PM

    Deck the Halls

    Traditional English

    Home for the Holidays

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    John Morris Russell, conductor

    2:14
  • 6:31 PM

    Triple Concerto

    Eric Ewazen

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    Jonathan Lombardo, trombone

    Timothy Smith, trombone

    Jeffrey Dee, bass trombone

    24:25
  • 6:21 PM

    Academy for Ancient Music Berlin

    8:50
  • 6:18 PM

    O Christmas Tree

    Traditional

    The Classic Christmas Album

    Vienna Boys Choir

    1:37
  • 6:06 PM

    Concerto Grosso No. 4

    George Frideric Handel

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    10:38
  • 6:01 PM

    Four Medieval Dances: Galliarde

    Joseph Lauber

    Rachel Talitman, harp

    Marcos Fregnani-Martins, flute

    4:38
  • 5:54 PM

    Maskarade: Overture

    Carl Nielsen

    BBC Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Davis, conductor

    4:37
  • 5:49 PM

    Coventry Carol; Good King Wenceslas

    Traditional

    Canadian Brass

    4:36
  • 5:21 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 23

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart Piano Concertos

    Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra

    Leon Fleisher, conductor

    Leon Fleisher, piano

    26:36
  • 5:06 PM

    A Midsummer Night's Dream: Overture

    Felix Mendelssohn

    F. Mendelssohn Bartholdy: A Midsummer Night's Dream

    Oregon Bach Festival Orchestra

    Helmuth Rilling, conductor

    12:54
  • 5:01 PM

    Symphony No. 1: Scherzo

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 4

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    4:34
  • 4:53 PM

    Polonaise No. 3 "Military"

    Frederic Chopin

    The Art of Ashkenazy

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano

    5:02
  • 4:50 PM

    Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming

    Michael Praetorius

    Christmas With Michala Petri

    Danish Radio Sinfonietta

    Michala Petri, recorder

    2:25
  • 4:22 PM

    Symphony

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Saint-Saens: Symphonies 2

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra

    Marc Soustrot, conductor

    26:17
  • 4:19 PM

    Fum, Fum, Fum!

    Traditional

    News Of Great Joy

    His Majestie's Clerkes

    Anne Heider, conductor

    1:27
  • 4:06 PM

    Concerto for Two Violins and Bassoon

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Concerti Bizarri

    Irish Baroque Orchestra

    Monica Huggett, conductor

    Monica Huggett, violin

    12:39
  • 4:01 PM

    Reverie

    Andre Caplet

    Dedicated to Barrere

    Leone Buyse, flute

    4:37
  • 3:40 PM

    Norwegian Dances

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg : Symphonic Dances

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    16:48
  • 3:36 PM

    Arpegiatta and Gallarda

    Johannes Kapsberger

    Folias And Canarios

    Hesperion XX

    Jordi Savall, conductor

    Rolf Lislevand, guitar

    3:20
  • 3:13 PM

    Symphony No. 102

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Musicians of the Louvre

    Marc Minkowski, conductor

    22:31
  • 3:06 PM

    Navarra

    Pablo de Sarasate

    Ani and Ida Kavafian: Mozart: Duo; Moszkowski: Suite; Sarasate: Navarra

    Ani Kavafian, violin

    6:04
  • 3:00 PM

    Slavonic Dance No. 6

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Slavonic Dances

    Budapest Festival Orchestra

    Ivan Fischer, conductor

    4:56
  • 2:53 PM

    Berceuse (Lullaby)

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Barcarolle, Polonaise-Fantasie, Ballade No. 4, etc.

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano

    5:11
  • 2:48 PM

    Four Characteristic Waltzes: Queen's Waltz

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    RTE Concert Orchestra

    Adrian Leaper, conductor

    5:14
  • 2:33 PM

    Horn Concerto No. 2

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: The Horn Concertos, Rondo

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Peter Damm, horn

    13:18
  • 2:31 PM

    Swan Lake: Dance of the Little Swans

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Bolshoi Symphony Orchestra

    Aleksander Lazarev, conductor

    1:45
  • 2:25 PM

    Fragments from Hans Andersen: The hardy tin soldier

    York Bowen

    Nicolas Namoradze, piano

    4:14
  • 2:22 PM

    Gayane: Sabre Dance

    Aram Khachaturian

    Symphonic Spectacular

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    2:24
  • 2:18 PM

    Nymphs and Satyr Suite: Scherzo

    Howard Hanson

    Philadelphia Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra

    Daniel Spalding, conductor

    Holly Blake, bassoon

    3:02
  • 2:09 PM

    Danse (Tarantelle styrienne)

    Claude Debussy

    Ravel: Ma Mere L'Oye, Le Tombeau de Couperin

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Hugh Wolff, conductor

    5:26
  • 2:04 PM

    Parade of the Wooden Soldiers

    Leon Jessel

    Joy to the World

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    4:26
  • 1:57 PM

    Here Comes the Sun

    George Harrison

    Goran Sollscher, guitar

    1:57
  • 1:50 PM

    Symphony on a French Mountain Air

    Vincent d'Indy

    Montreal Symphony Orchestra

    Charles Dutoit, conductor

    Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

    26:44
  • 1:47 PM

    Ding Dong Merrily on High

    Traditional French

    Voices of Angels

    Tore Aaen Aune, recorder

    1:19
  • 1:45 PM

    Wassail Song

    Traditional English

    Carols for Christmas

    Dale Warland Singers

    Dale Warland, conductor

    2:00
  • 1:29 PM

    Froissart Overture

    Edward Elgar

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    13:45
  • 1:20 PM

    Violin Concerto: 3rd movement

    Johannes Brahms

    The Knights

    Eric Jacobsen, conductor

    Gil Shaham, violin

    7:38
  • 1:17 PM

    Shepherd's Pipe Carol

    John Rutter

    John Rutter: Music For Christmas

    Polyphony

    Stephen Layton, conductor

    2:52
  • 1:11 PM

    Chacony (Chaconne)

    Henry Purcell

    Four and Twenty Fiddlers

    Parley of Instruments

    Peter Holman, conductor

    4:10
  • 1:08 PM

    Suite for Piano: Gavotte and Bourree

    Ethel Smyth

    Liana Serbescu, piano

    2:49
  • 1:04 PM

    Orchestral Suite No. 3: Gavottes

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Orchestral Suites

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    3:28
  • 12:56 PM

    Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella

    Traditional French

    Shout the Glad Tidings!

    The Singers

    Matthew Culloton, conductor

    1:29
  • 12:44 PM

    Violin Concerto: 3rd movement

    Franz Clement

    Beethoven and Clement Violin Concertos

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    11:53
  • 12:37 PM

    Symphony No. 3

    William Boyce

    Boyce: 8 Symphonies

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    5:22
  • 12:33 PM

    O Come, O Come Emmanuel

    Traditional

    Empire Brass

    2:45
  • 12:19 PM

    Oboe Quartet

    Wolfgang Mozart

    Philharmonia Quartet Berlin

    Hansjorg Schellenberger, oboe

    13:00
  • 12:15 PM

    Symphony No. 1 "Afro-American": Animato

    William Grant Still

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Kellen Gray, conductor

    3:13
  • 12:09 PM

    Joyous March

    Emmanuel Chabrier

    Tortelier's French Bonbons

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor

    3:38
  • 12:04 PM

    Picciola serenata: Minuetto

    Antonio Salieri

    Mozart � Salieri

    Armonia Ensemble

    4:57
  • 11:51 AM

    La Vida Breve: Interlude and Dance

    Manuel de Falla

    Falla: The Three-Cornered Hat, La Vida Breve, Homenajas

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    6:59
  • 11:49 AM

    Etude No. 4

    Frederic Chopin

    Louis Lortie, piano

    2:05
  • 11:25 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Joseph White

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Freeman, conductor

    Aaron Rosand, violin

    21:46
  • 11:22 AM

    Aladdin Suite: Oriental Festive March

    Carl Nielsen

    Grieg: Peer Gynt Suites 1 & 2, etc.

    San Francisco Symphony

    Herbert Blomstedt, conductor

    3:02
  • 11:18 AM

    The Nutcracker: Arabian Dance

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    3:54
  • 11:10 AM

    L'Estro Armonico: Concerto No. 6 for Violin

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Venice Baroque Orchestra

    Avi Avital, mandolin

    6:56
  • 11:06 AM

    Carmen: Seguedilla

    Georges Bizet

    Cantabile

    Prague Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Olivieri-Munroe, conductor

    Sol Gabetta, cello

    2:46
  • 11:01 AM

    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
  • 10:48 AM

    Morning Papers Waltz

    Johann StraussJr.

    Strauss

    Vienna Volksoper Orchestra

    Franz Bauer-Theussl, conductor

    10:37
  • 10:43 AM

    Toss the Feathers

    Traditional

    Claire Jones: Royal Harp Strings

    London Mozart Players

    Stuart Morley, conductor

    Claire Jones, harp

    4:08
  • 10:24 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 14

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mostly Mozart

    Alicia de Larrocha, piano

    17:34
  • 10:18 AM

    Carol of the Bells

    Mikola Leontovich

    Christmas Goes Baroque 2

    Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia

    Peter Breiner, conductor

    4:01
  • 10:06 AM

    Scheherazade: The Tale of the Kalendar Prince

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade / Tale of Tsar Saltan Suite

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    Maria Larionoff, violin

    11:29
  • 10:01 AM

    Partita No. 6: Courante

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Johann Sebastian Bach: The Six Partitas

    Sergey Schepkin, piano

    4:40
  • 9:15 AM

    Symphony No. 1 "Winter Dreams"

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: The Complete Symphonies

    Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    43:41
  • 9:11 AM

    Dream Variation

    Margaret Bonds

    Lara Downes, piano

    Rhiannon Giddens, vocals

    2:32
  • 9:06 AM

    Tous des oiseaux: The Dark Secret

    Eleni Karaindrou

    String Orchestra

    Argyro Seira, conductor

    3:55
  • 9:01 AM

    It Came upon the Midnight Clear

    Richard Willis

    Let It Snow!

    Chanticleer

    4:34
  • 8:49 AM

    Prelude and Fugue

    Marion Bauer

    Farm Journal / Cotillion Suite / Symphony In A / Prelude & Fugue / Suite For String Orchestra

    Vienna Orchestra

    Charles Adler, conductor

    9:41
  • 8:29 AM

    Nocturnes

    Francis Poulenc

    Poulenc: Piano Music

    Pascal Roge, piano

    19:31
  • 8:24 AM

    Noel nouvelet

    Traditional French

    A Deep but Dazzling Darkness

    Apollo5

    3:26
  • 8:06 AM

    Sonata for Flute, Viola, and Harp

    Claude Debussy

    Flute Masterpieces

    Paige Brook, flute

    17:07
  • 8:01 AM

    Black Anemones

    Joseph Schwantner

    Schoenfield/Schwantner/Beaser

    Ransom Wilson, flute

    4:43
  • 7:46 AM

    To a Nordic Princess

    Percy Grainger

    Grainger Edition Vol. 11: Works for Chorus & Orchestra 4

    Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    12:33
  • 7:42 AM

    Songs of the Auvergne: Berceuse

    Joseph Canteloube

    Cantabile

    Prague Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Olivieri-Munroe, conductor

    Sol Gabetta, cello

    2:45
  • 7:06 AM

    Piano Trio

    Louise Farrenc

    Neave Trio

    34:37
  • 7:01 AM

    Bethlehem Down

    Peter Warlock

    Choir of Westminster Abbey

    4:34
  • 6:33 AM

    A Child's Reliquary

    Richard Danielpour

    Vermont Symphony Orchestra

    Sarah Hicks, conductor

    Jaime Laredo, violin

    Sharon Robinson, cello

    25:43
  • 6:28 AM

    Blessed be that maid Mary

    Traditional English

    Winter's Delights

    Quadriga Consort

    3:56
  • 6:06 AM

    Serenade

    Endre Szervanszky

    1948

    Erdody Chamber Orchestra

    Zsolt Szefcsik, conductor

    20:20
  • 6:01 AM

    Lute Suite: Sarabande and Gigue

    Jan Antonin Losy

    Jakob Lindberg, lute

    4:38