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  • 5:48 AM

    Swan of Tuonela

    Jean Sibelius

    Reveries

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    Marni Hougham, English horn

    9:32
  • 5:17 AM

    Piano Trio No. 1

    Anton Arensky

    Shostakovich/Arensky Piano Trios

    Trio con Brio Copenhagen

    29:55
  • 5:09 AM

    All Things Majestic: String Lake

    Jennifer Higdon

    Nashville Symphony Orchestra

    Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor

    7:04
  • 5:06 AM

    The Snowman: Walking in the Air

    Howard Blake

    Imagine Christmas

    Ronn McFarlane, lute

    2:51
  • 5:01 AM

    London Mozart Players

    James Galway, flute

    Philip Moll, piano

    4:29
  • 4:47 AM

    Entr'acte

    Caroline Shaw

    United Strings of Europe

    Julian Azkoul, conductor

    10:43
  • 4:45 AM

    Bagatelle No. 1

    Valentin Silvestrov

    Valentin Silvestrov: Bagatellen Und Serenaden

    Valentin Silvestrov, piano

    2:08
  • 4:38 AM

    Serenity (O Magnum Mysterium)

    Ola Gjeilo

    Ola Gjeilo

    Tenebrae

    Matthew Sharp, cello

    5:05
  • 4:20 AM

    Concerto for Harp and String Orchestra

    Alan Hovhaness

    Music of Hovhaness

    I Fiamminghi

    Rudolf Werthen, conductor

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    18:02
  • 4:06 AM

    Quiet Reflections

    Jack Gallagher

    Jack Gallagher: Symphony No. 2 "Ascendant"

    London Symphony Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    12:01
  • 4:01 AM

    Love's Labours Lost: 3 Soliloquies

    Gerald Finzi

    Northern Sinfonia

    Howard Griffiths, conductor

    4:48
  • 3:54 AM

    Late One Night

    Frederic Hand

    Frederic Hand, guitar

    3:51
  • 3:27 AM

    Variations, Chaconne and Finale

    Norman Dello Joio

    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    James Sedares, conductor

    25:37
  • 3:06 AM

    Cello Suite No. 2

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    18:58
  • 3:01 AM

    In the Bleak Midwinter

    Chris Hutchings

    Harmonia Sacra

    Peter Leech, conductor

    4:41
  • 2:38 AM

    String Quintet

    Maria Bach

    M. Bach: Piano Quintet "Wolga"

    Christine Busch, violin

    20:32
  • 2:33 AM

    O Nata Lux

    Thomas Tallis

    Lux

    Voces8

    Christian Forshaw, saxophone

    2:55
  • 2:19 AM

    Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Elgar: Introduction and Allegro, etc; Vaughan Williams

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    14:10
  • 2:06 AM

    Alexa Still, flute

    Susan DeWitt Smith, piano

    10:36
  • 2:01 AM

    Padouana and Gagliarda

    Johann Schein

    Fretwork

    Silas Wollston, organ

    4:37
  • 1:52 AM

    Christmas Tree Suite

    Franz Liszt

    Liszt: Complete Piano Music Vol. 8

    Leslie Howard, piano

    6:36
  • 1:24 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 2

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    Lisa Batiashvili, violin

    26:15
  • 1:18 AM

    At Dusk

    Mel Bonis

    Memoires d'une femme

    Myriam Barbaux-Cohen, piano

    3:52
  • 1:06 AM

    La Valse

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    11:32
  • 1:01 AM

    Madrigal-Pavana

    Francisco Braga

    Serenata: Brazilian Music for Chamber Orchestra

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Neil Thomson, conductor

    4:35
  • 11:30 PM

    The Albeniz Concerto

    Stephen Goss

    Barcelona Symphony Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    28:17
  • 11:23 PM

    Evening Rhapsody (Abends-Rhapsodie)

    Joachim Raff

    Revelations

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Francesco d'Avalos, conductor

    5:11
  • 11:20 PM

    Winter's Falling Light

    Carolyn Surrick

    Surrounded By Angels

    Ensemble Galilei

    3:06
  • 11:06 PM

    Rome Symphony Orchestra

    Francesco La Vecchia, conductor

    11:56
  • 11:01 PM

    Sextet: Rondo

    Luigi Gatti

    Calamus Ensemble

    4:44
  • 10:57 PM

    It Came upon the Midnight Clear

    Richard Willis

    Leontyne Price: Christmas Songs

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    Leontyne Price, soprano

    1:49
  • 10:43 PM

    Sussex Landscape

    Avril Coleridge-Taylor

    Coleridge-Taylor

    Chineke! Orchestra

    Roderick Cox, conductor

    13:31
  • 10:20 PM

    English Suite No. 5

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Rochelle Sennet, piano

    20:57
  • 10:17 PM

    African Noel

    Traditional

    MPR Taste Of The Holidays, Vol. 1

    National Lutheran Choir

    1:24
  • 10:07 PM

    Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello

    4:35
  • 10:01 PM

    African Suite: Waltz

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Coleridge-Taylor

    Chineke! Orchestra

    Kevin John Edusei, conductor

    4:37
  • 9:52 PM

    Andorra National Chamber Orchestra

    Gerard Claret, conductor

    6:15
  • 9:48 PM

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

    Traditional Catalan

    Stille Nacht: Christmas Carols for Guitar

    Rossini Hayward, guitar

    3:04
  • 9:18 PM

    Symphony No. 4 "Italian"

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    28:58
  • 9:14 PM

    Idyll No. 5

    Agathe Grondahl

    Backer Grondahl: Piano Works

    Sara Aimee Smiseth, piano

    3:12
  • 9:07 PM

    Concerto Grosso No. 6

    George Frideric Handel

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    6:30
  • 9:01 PM

    Minuet No. 1

    Giacomo Puccini

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jacek Kaspszyk, conductor

    4:39
  • 5:50 PM

    Gold and Silver Waltz

    Franz Lehar

    Lehar: Waltzes

    Vienna Johann Strauss Orchestra

    Willi Boskovsky, conductor

    8:41
  • 5:23 PM

    Violin Concerto

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto

    Freiburg Baroque Orchestra

    Pablo Heras-Casado, conductor

    Isabelle Faust, violin

    25:00
  • 5:18 PM

    Silent Night

    Franz Gruber

    Noel

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    3:41
  • 5:06 PM

    Symphony No. 5: Adagietto

    Gustav Mahler

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    11:02
  • 5:01 PM

    Nocturne No. 5

    Stephan Elmas

    Mikael Ayrapetyan, piano

    4:44
  • 4:45 PM

    Symphony No. 4

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Il Giardino Armonico

    Giovanni Antonini, conductor

    13:28
  • 4:27 PM

    Songs of the Oak

    Florence Price

    Price: Songs of the Oak - Concert Overtures Nos. 1-2

    Wurttemberg Philharmonic Reutlingen

    John Jeter, conductor

    16:21
  • 4:21 PM

    The Green Bough

    Joan Trimble

    Bruce Posner, piano

    Donald Garvelmann, piano

    4:28
  • 4:06 PM

    Concerto for Oboe and Violin

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Concerto in C minor, BWV 1060, for violin, oboe, strings and continuo ; Oratorium Festo Paschali: BWV 249. Adagio

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Heinz Holliger, conductor

    Heinz Holliger, oboe

    13:49
  • 4:01 PM

    Wexford Carol; Gloucestershire Wassail

    Traditional

    Christmas Spirit

    Mainstreet Brass Quintet

    4:40
  • 3:53 PM

    Six Cafe Pieces: A Funny Waltz

    Vojislav Ivanovic

    Balkanisms

    Mak Grgic, guitar

    5:08
  • 3:19 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 9 "Jeunehomme"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 6, 8, And 9

    Mantova Chamber Orchestra

    Carlo Fabiano, conductor

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    32:41
  • 3:06 PM

    Children's Games (Jeux d'enfants)

    Georges Bizet

    Bizet: Symphony in C; Carmen - Suites Nos 1 & 2; Jeux d'enfants - Suite; Overture: Patrie

    French National Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    10:53
  • 3:01 PM

    Amadigi di Gaula: Sento la gioia (I feel the joy)

    George Frideric Handel

    Sound The Trumpet: Royal Music of Purcell and Handel

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    Alison Balsom, trumpet

    4:34
  • 2:44 PM

    Matinees Musicales

    Benjamin Britten

    Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra

    Okko Kamu, conductor

    14:27
  • 2:39 PM

    The Aldeburgh Carol

    Ben Parry

    Tenebrae

    Nigel Short, conductor

    Rachel Haworth, soprnao

    Victoria Meteyard, soprano

    Elisabeth Paul, alto

    Jeremy Budd, tenor

    Gabriel Crouch, bass

    4:32
  • 2:17 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 8 "In the Form of a Vocal Scene"

    Louis Spohr

    Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    19:52
  • 2:06 PM

    The Skaters Waltz

    Emil Waldteufel

    Waldteufel Waltzes, Polkas and Galops

    Gulbenkian Orchestra

    Michel Swierczewski, conductor

    9:03
  • 2:01 PM

    Second Suite: Intermezzo

    Charles-Edouard Lefebvre

    Music of the Gilded Age

    Sylvan Winds

    Nicholas Gallas, clarinet

    4:31
  • 11:50 AM

    Concerto for Violin and Cello

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    Anner Bylsma, cello

    Jeanne Lamon, violin

    8:36
  • 11:32 AM

    Daphnis and Chloe Suite No. 2

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel: Orchestral Works

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Bernard Haitink, conductor

    15:52
  • 11:26 AM

    Still, Still, Still

    Traditional German

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

    Kelly Yost, piano

    4:55
  • 11:18 AM

    Serenade: Notturno

    Wilhelm Stenhammar

    Wilhelm Stenhammar: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2; Serenade; Excelsior!

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    6:20
  • 11:06 AM

    Fantasia after J.S. Bach

    Ferruccio Busoni

    Bach-Busoni: Goldberg Variations

    Sara Davis Buechner, piano

    11:39
  • 11:01 AM

    Two Fantasias

    Thomas Lupo

    Thomas Lupo: Fantasia

    Fretwork

    4:41
  • 10:48 AM

    Oboe Concerto No. 8

    Tomaso Albinoni

    I Solisti Italiani

    Hansjorg Schellenberger, oboe

    10:10
  • 10:43 AM

    Suite of Carols

    Traditional

    A String Quartet Christmas

    Arturo Delmoni, violin

    4:31
  • 10:14 AM

    Symphony No. 2 "Song of a New Race"

    William Grant Still

    Fort Smith Symphony

    John Jeter, conductor

    26:55
  • 10:06 AM

    Ballade No. 2

    Johannes Brahms

    Awadagin Pratt, piano

    6:23
  • 10:01 AM

    Serenade for Strings: Romanza

    Ernst von Dohnanyi

    English Sinfonia

    John Farrer, conductor

    4:37
  • 9:20 AM

    Orchestral Suite No. 3

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Suite No. 3 in G; Cappriccio italien; Marche slave; Gopak from 'Mazeppa'

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Adrian Boult, conductor

    38:33
  • 9:15 AM

    O Little One Sweet

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Christmas Together

    Piano Guys

    3:43
  • 9:06 AM

    Heideland

    Lou Koster

    Koster: Orchestral Music

    Estro Armonico Luxembourg Chamber Orchestra

    Jonathan Kaell, conductor

    7:48
  • 9:01 AM

    Intermezzo for String Trio

    Zoltan Kodaly

    Dohnanyi, Kodaly, Martinu: String Trios

    Domus

    4:42
  • 8:53 AM

    Berceuse (Lullaby)

    Frederic Chopin

    Rachmaninoff, Chopin: Piano Sonatas etc.

    Helene Grimaud, piano

    4:55
  • 8:28 AM

    String Quartet

    Gabriel Faure

    Debussy, Faure, Ravel: String Quartets

    Ebene Quartet

    24:20
  • 8:24 AM

    Villancico de Navidad (Christmas Carol)

    Agustin Barrios

    The Ultimate Classical Christmas

    John Williams, guitar

    3:07
  • 8:06 AM

    Suite Bergamasque

    Claude Debussy

    Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

    17:13
  • 8:01 AM

    Overture No. 5: Andante

    Carl Friedrich Abel

    Il Fondamento

    Paul Dombrecht, conductor

    4:44
  • 7:35 AM

    Clarinet Trio

    Louise Farrenc

    Farrenc, L.: Piano Trio, Op. 33 / Clarinet Trio, Op. 44 / Sextet, Op. 40

    Linos Ensemble

    22:53
  • 7:30 AM

    O Magnum Mysterium

    Andrej Makor

    Be All Merry

    The Choral Scholars of University College Dublin

    Desmond Earley, conductor

    Eleanor Coleman, soprano

    4:32
  • 7:06 AM

    String Quintet No. 1

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: The String Quintets

    Amadeus Quartet

    Cecil Aronowitz, viola

    22:15
  • 7:01 AM

    Prague Symphony Orchestra

    Vaclav Smetacek, conductor

    4:48
  • 6:55 AM

    In the Bleak Midwinter

    Gustav Holst

    Christmas Favorites

    Rachel Van Voorhees, harp

    3:04
  • 6:45 AM

    Winter Poem No. 1

    Glenn Buhr

    Winter Poems - Music of Glenn Buhr

    Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra

    Bramwell Tovey, conductor

    10:02
  • 6:06 AM

    Symphony No. 3 "Sinfonia Espansiva"

    Carl Nielsen

    Nielsen: Symphony No. 3; Symphony No. 4

    Seattle Symphony

    Thomas Dausgaard, conductor

    Esteli Gomez, soprano

    36:39
  • 6:01 AM

    String Quartet No. 1: 3rd movement

    Heitor Villa-Lobos

    Villa-Lobos String Quartets, Vol. 1

    Cuarteto Latinoamericano

    4:51