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  • 5:19 AM

    Symphony No. 4

    Johannes Brahms

    North German Radio Symphony

    Gunter Wand, conductor

    38:39
  • 5:11 AM

    O Holy Night; The First Noel

    Traditional

    Mittens for Christmas

    Kirkmount

    6:33
  • 5:06 AM

    Swing Low, Sweet Chariot

    Florence Price

    Apollo Chamber Players

    4:56
  • 5:01 AM

    Song and Dance No. 9

    Federico Mompou

    Stephen Hough, piano

    4:33
  • 4:48 AM

    Hungarian Pastoral Fantasy

    Franz Doppler

    Favorite Encores

    Tokyo Concert Orchestra

    Shigenobu Yamaoka, conductor

    Jean-Pierre Rampal, flute

    10:10
  • 4:29 AM

    Eine kleine Nachtmusik

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Paper Music

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Bobby McFerrin, conductor

    17:27
  • 4:22 AM

    Inspiration Waltzes

    Nathaniel Dett

    My Cup Runneth Over: The Complete Piano Works of R. Nathaniel Dett

    Clipper Erickson, piano

    6:05
  • 4:16 AM

    A Christmas Carol Symphony: 2nd movement

    Patric Standford

    HELY-HUTCHINSON: Carol Symphony / STANDFORD / KELLY

    City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra

    Gavin Sutherland, conductor

    4:25
  • 4:06 AM

    Eclogue

    Gerald Finzi

    Ferguson: Amore Langueo; Piano Concerto/Finzi: Eclogue

    City of London Sinfonia

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    Howard Shelley, piano

    9:42
  • 4:01 AM

    Terpsichore: Chaconne

    George Frideric Handel

    Apollo's Fire Baroque Orchestra

    Jeannette Sorrell, conductor

    4:42
  • 3:51 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 1: 3rd movement

    Niccolo Paganini

    Paganini: Violin Concerto No. 1, Tchaikovsky: Serenade Melancolique, Valse Scherzo

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    Midori, violin

    7:03
  • 3:27 AM

    Carnival of the Animals

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    22:03
  • 3:13 AM

    Harp Sonata

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Virtuoso Harp

    Marion Hoffman, harp

    12:54
  • 3:06 AM

    What Sweeter Music; Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day

    Christmas Music

    Trinity Choir of Boston

    Brian Jones, conductor

    6:30
  • 3:01 AM

    Intermezzo No. 1

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Klavierstucke Op. 119 / Fantasien op. 116 / 3 Intermezzi Op. 117

    Stephen Kovacevich, piano

    4:47
  • 2:41 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 2

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Elias String Quartet

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    17:23
  • 2:19 AM

    The Firebird (L'oiseau de feu) Ballet

    Igor Stravinsky

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    20:43
  • 2:11 AM

    While by my sheep; Adeste fideles; Come, little children

    Traditional

    Christmas with the Vienna Choir Boys

    Vienna Boys Choir

    Peter Marschik, conductor

    5:55
  • 2:06 AM

    Waldesrauschen (Forest Murmurs)

    Franz Liszt

    Liszt Piano Music, 20

    William Wolfram, piano

    4:24
  • 2:01 AM

    Scherzo

    Alfredo Catalani

    Puccini, Catalani, Ponchielli: for orchestra

    Orchestra of La Scala, Milan

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    4:42
  • 1:42 AM

    The Lark Ascending

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Poems and Rhapsodies

    Ukraine National Symphony Orchestra

    Volodymyr Sirenko, conductor

    Solomiya Ivakhiv, violin

    16:35
  • 1:19 AM

    Faust Ballet Music

    Charles Gounod

    French Opera Highlights

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Paray, conductor

    21:10
  • 1:12 AM

    Waltz No. 2

    Cecile Chaminade

    Piano Music by Cecile Chaminade

    Peter Jacobs, piano

    4:54
  • 1:06 AM

    Overture on French Carols

    Philip Lane

    British Light Music Premieres Vol. 2

    Royal Ballet Sinfonia

    Gavin Sutherland, conductor

    5:20
  • 1:01 AM

    Dance of the Flowers

    Amy Beach

    Joanne Polk, piano

    4:41
  • 12:49 AM

    Concerto Grosso

    LOCATELLI: Concerti Grossi, Op. 1, Nos. 1- 6

    Capella Istropolitana

    Jaroslav Krechek, conductor

    8:45
  • 12:40 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 17 "The Tempest": 3rd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Piano Sonatas

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    7:15
  • 12:33 AM

    Symphony No. 87: 4th movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 83 & 87

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Hugh Wolff, conductor

    6:14
  • 12:22 AM

    Finlandia

    Jean Sibelius

    Scandinavian Rhapsody, A Selection of Orchestral Favourites

    Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra

    Leif Segerstam, conductor

    9:17
  • 11:54 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 5

    Henri Vieuxtemps

    Bruch: Concerto No. 1, Scottish Fantasy

    New Symphony Orchestra of London

    Malcolm Sargent, conductor

    Jascha Heifetz, violin

    17:12
  • 11:28 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 14 "Moonlight"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Sonatas 13, 14, 23

    Andre Watts, piano

    16:30
  • 11:22 PM

    Nun danket alle Gott

    Organ Odyssey

    Mary Preston, organ

    3:54
  • 11:12 PM

    Horn Concerto No. 1

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    London Sinfonietta

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    Richard Watkins, horn

    8:33
  • 10:31 PM

    Symphony No. 5

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphonies No 4 & 5

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    32:32
  • 10:24 PM

    Encanto: We Don't Talk About Bruno

    Lin-Manuel Miranda

    Lang Lang, piano

    4:04
  • 10:08 PM

    Fantasia on Christmas Carols

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams: Serenade, Flos Campi, Five Mystical Songs

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Matthew Best, conductor

    Thomas Allen, baritone

    12:26
  • 10:04 PM

    Today in Bethlehem

    Christmas Carols

    Poznan Nightingales

    Stefan Stuligrosz, conductor

    2:47
  • 9:58 PM

    The Snowman: Walking in the Air

    Howard Blake

    Christmas on Copper Street

    Copper Street Brass Quintet

    3:54
  • 9:55 PM

    Angel Springs

    Joe Hisaishi

    The Bedtime Sessions

    Lara Downes, piano

    2:31
  • 9:45 PM

    Symphony No. 7: 2nd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Essential Beethoven

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Antal Dorati, conductor

    8:35
  • 9:09 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 2

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Rachmaninoff, Paganini Rhapsody, Piano Concerto No. 2

    Mahler Chamber Orchestra

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    Yuja Wang, piano

    33:08
  • 9:01 PM

    Cinema Paradiso: Love Theme

    Ennio Morricone

    Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Nikoloz Rachveli, conductor

    Lisa Batiashvili, violin

    Maximilian Hornung, cello

    4:20
  • 6:55 PM

    Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas

    Hugh Martin/Ralph Blane

    Canadian Brass

    Eric Robertson, organ

    3:23
  • 6:38 PM

    L'Arlesienne Suite No. 2

    Georges Bizet

    Bizet: "Carmen" Suite, "L'Arlesienne" Suite/Offenbach: Barcarolle, "Orpheus in the Underworld" Overture

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    18:33
  • 6:25 PM

    New York Chamber Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin

    10:48
  • 6:17 PM

    El Rorro; Coventry Carol; Deck the Halls

    Christmas Music

    Christmas with Roger Wagner

    Roger Wagner Chorale

    Roger Wagner, conductor

    7:29
  • 6:07 PM

    Knights Templar Overture

    Otto Nicolai

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Karl Anton Rickenbacher, conductor

    8:16
  • 6:01 PM

    Hopkinson Smith, lute

    4:35
  • 5:52 PM

    Three Pieces for Piano

    Amy Beach

    The Solo Piano Music of Amy Beach, Vol. 1

    Joanne Polk, piano

    5:27
  • 5:25 PM

    Symphony No. 97

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra

    Adam Fischer, conductor

    26:01
  • 5:18 PM

    Veni, veni Emmanuel

    Traditional

    Westminster Choir College

    Joe Miller, conductor

    5:11
  • 5:06 PM

    Oboe Concerto

    Alessandro Marcello

    Albinoni, Cimarosa, Marcello, Sammartini, Lotti: Oboe Concertos

    I Musici

    Heinz Holliger, oboe

    11:35
  • 5:01 PM

    Four Mendiants: Dried Figs

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Alessandro Marangoni, piano

    4:45
  • 4:58 PM

    Here We Come a-Wassailing (Wassail Song)

    Traditional

    A Festival Of Carols In Brass

    Philadelphia Brass Ensemble

    1:07
  • 4:52 PM

    Torch Dance

    Moritz Moszkowski

    From Foreign Lands

    San Francisco Ballet Orchestra

    Martin West, conductor

    6:15
  • 4:22 PM

    Piano Trio No. 5 "Ghost"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Piano Trios

    Trio Sora

    27:38
  • 4:20 PM

    Gallarda

    Alonso Mudarra

    The Renaissance Album

    Goran Sollscher, guitar

    1:18
  • 4:11 PM

    Suite of English Carols

    Elizabeth DiSavino

    Christmas Gift

    Solid Brass

    7:33
  • 4:06 PM

    Pomp and Circumstance March No. 4

    Edward Elgar

    Sir Charles' Precious Music Box 1

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Charles Groves, conductor

    5:14
  • 4:01 PM

    Symphony No. 2 "Four Temperaments": 2nd movement

    Carl Nielsen

    Nielsen

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    4:42
  • 3:55 PM

    A Lullaby/Away in a Manger

    Thomas Bold/William J. Kirkpatrick

    Christmas with Chanticleer

    Chanticleer

    Dawn Upshaw, soprano

    3:25
  • 3:24 PM

    Serenade for Strings

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings; The Seasons

    Moscow Chamber Orchestra

    Constantine Orbelian, conductor

    29:28
  • 3:00 PM

    Etude No. 12 "Revolutionary"

    Frederic Chopin

    The Chopin Recital

    Andre Watts, piano

    2:20
  • 2:52 PM

    Symphonie Fantastique: A Ball

    Hector Berlioz

    Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique

    London Classical Players

    Roger Norrington, conductor

    6:02
  • 2:48 PM

    March of the Trolls

    Edvard Grieg

    Wonderland

    Alice Sara Ott, piano

    2:55
  • 2:36 PM

    Orpheus in the Underworld: Overture

    Jacques Offenbach

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    9:36
  • 2:30 PM

    Andersen: Entr'acte

    Oskar Nedbal

    Nedbal: From Tale To Tale

    Dvorak Chamber Orchestra

    Miroslav Homolka, conductor

    5:29
  • 2:20 PM

    Clarinet Quintet: 1st movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Tesla Quartet

    Alexander Fiterstein, clarinet

    9:29
  • 2:17 PM

    The Three-Cornered Hat: The Corregidor

    Manuel de Falla

    Bizet: Carmen Suite; Falla: Dances

    Los Romeros

    1:54
  • 2:10 PM

    Christmas Tree Suite: The shepherds at the manger

    Franz Liszt

    Evening Bells

    Roland Pontinen, piano

    3:37
  • 2:05 PM

    The Harmonious Blacksmith

    George Frideric Handel

    London Brass

    4:30
  • 1:50 PM

    Symphony No. 7: 3rd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 - The Creatures of Prometheus (complete ballet)

    Freiburg Baroque Orchestra

    Gottfried von der Goltz, conductor

    9:26
  • 1:42 PM

    Images for Orchestra: Iberia: On Highways and Byways

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Images, Prelude, La Mer

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    7:01
  • 1:34 PM

    March

    Clara Schumann

    SCHUMANN, C.: Complete Piano Works

    Jozef de Beenhouwer, piano

    6:14
  • 1:21 PM

    Arion

    Jean-Louis Blouin, viola

    12:13
  • 1:17 PM

    Intermezzo: Happy End

    Richard Strauss

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Andre Previn, conductor

    2:18
  • 1:12 PM

    Angels We Have Heard on High

    Traditional French

    Christmas Goes Baroque 2

    Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia

    Peter Breiner, conductor

    3:05
  • 1:07 PM

    Mlada: Procession of the Nobles

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Orchestral Suites

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    4:53
  • 1:05 PM

    Acis and Galatea: Happy We!

    George Frideric Handel

    Grand & Glorious - Great Operatic Choruses / Robert Shaw

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    1:56
  • 12:52 PM

    Serenade: 4th movement

    Arthur Bird

    North Texas Chamber Players

    Eugene Corporon, conductor

    5:25
  • 12:42 PM

    Spring Song

    Jean Sibelius

    BBC Symphony Orchestra

    Sakari Oramo, conductor

    9:04
  • 12:37 PM

    Hutsul Triptych: Childhood

    Myroslav Skoryk

    Odessa Philharmonic Orchestra

    Hobart Earle, conductor

    4:08
  • 12:27 PM

    Recorder Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Baroque Recorder Concertos

    Sonnerie

    Monica Huggett, conductor

    Pamela Thorby, recorder

    9:09
  • 12:23 PM

    Romantic Pieces: Romance

    Antonin Dvorak

    Renaud Capucon, violin

    Khatia Buniatishvili, piano

    2:55
  • 12:16 PM

    The Christmas Song/Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas

    Mel Torme/Hugh Martin/Ralph Blane

    Christmas

    Buzz Brass

    5:45
  • 12:10 PM

    Namouna: Cigarette Waltz

    Edouard Lalo

    French National Orchestra

    Jean Martinon, conductor

    5:23
  • 12:04 PM

    La clemenza di Tito (The Clemency of Titus): Overture

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Overtures

    Zurich Operahouse Orchestra

    Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor

    4:47
  • 11:46 AM

    Symphony No. 5: 4th movement

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    The Tchaikovsky Project

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Semyon Bychkov, conductor

    12:06
  • 11:35 AM

    As You Like It: Suite

    Roger Quilter

    British Light Music: Roger Quilter

    Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Adrian Leaper, conductor

    9:17
  • 11:26 AM

    String Quartet No. 14 "Death and the Maiden": Presto

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Late Chamber Music

    Belcea Quartet

    9:11
  • 11:21 AM

    Rejoice and sing

    John Rutter

    The Gift Of Life

    Cambridge Singers

    John Rutter, conductor

    3:56
  • 11:11 AM

    Hermann and Dorothea Overture

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann, R.: Overtures

    Polish National Radio Orchestra

    Johannes Wildner, conductor

    8:19
  • 11:06 AM

    Memories of the Alhambra

    Francisco Tarrega

    Eduardo Fernandez, guitar

    4:38
  • 11:01 AM

    Symphony No. 7 "Midday": 3rd movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn Symphonies 1761-63

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    4:31
  • 10:35 AM

    Gaite Parisienne: Selections

    Jacques Offenbach

    Offenbach: Gaite; Five Overtures

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    23:12
  • 10:24 AM

    Six Studies in English Folk Song

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams: Violin Sonata, String Quartet No. 2 Etc.

    Nash Ensemble

    9:14
  • 10:18 AM

    Three Carols

    Christmas Music

    Joy of Christmas

    Choral Guild of Atlanta

    William Noll, conductor

    4:27
  • 10:06 AM

    Heidi Lowy, piano

    11:46
  • 10:01 AM

    English Idyll No. 2

    George Butterworth

    Halle Orchestra

    Mark Elder, conductor

    4:36
  • 9:32 AM

    Idyll for String Orchestra

    Leos Janacek

    Janacek: Idyll; Mladi

    Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    26:28
  • 9:27 AM

    O Little Town of Bethlehem

    Traditional

    Christmas With The Dale Warland Singers

    Dale Warland Singers

    Dale Warland, conductor

    4:06
  • 9:06 AM

    Cello Concerto No. 9

    Luigi Boccherini

    Jian Wang: The Baroque Album

    Camerata Salzburg

    Jian Wang, cello

    19:25
  • 9:01 AM

    Izumi Tateno, piano

    4:42
  • 8:41 AM

    Concerto Grosso No. 11

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Concerti Grossi, Op. 3 & 6

    Handel and Haydn Society

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    16:50
  • 8:35 AM

    Carol Fantasia

    John Fox

    Another Night Before Christmas And Scrooge

    RTE Concert Orchestra

    Gavin Sutherland, conductor

    6:12
  • 8:22 AM

    Six Italian Dance Tunes

    Peter Warlock

    London Festival Orchestra

    Ross Pople, conductor

    10:39
  • 8:06 AM

    Northern Chamber Orchestra

    Nicholas Ward, conductor

    15:38
  • 8:01 AM

    Last Spring

    Edvard Grieg

    To the Spring

    Elena Urioste, violin

    4:33
  • 7:37 AM

    Flute Concerto No. 1

    Saverio Mercadante

    I Solisti Veneti

    Claudio Scimone, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    21:00
  • 7:33 AM

    The Nutcracker: Waltz of the Snowflakes

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Pas de Deux - Tchaikovsky: Famous Waltzes

    New York Philharmonic

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    3:58
  • 7:06 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 23 "Appassionata"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Ingrid Fliter, piano

    24:49
  • 7:01 AM

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

    Vincenzo Bellini

    Orchestra of St. Cecilia

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    4:40
  • 6:32 AM

    Concierto del Sur

    Manuel Ponce

    Mi Alma Mexicana

    Philharmonic Orchestra of the Americas

    Alondra de la Parra, conductor

    Pablo Sainz Villegas, guitar

    26:13
  • 6:28 AM

    The Carol of the Birds; Lo How a Rose E'er Blooming

    Traditional

    Kirkmount

    3:38
  • 6:06 AM

    Celtic Symphony

    Granville Bantock

    Bantock: Symphonies

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vernon Handley, conductor

    19:56
  • 6:01 AM

    Sayyid Chant and Dance No. 29

    Georges Ivanovitch Gurdjieff

    Levant

    Serouj Kradjian, piano

    4:43