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  • 5:14 AM

    Symphony No. 5

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    44:48
  • 5:06 AM

    O Magnum Mysterium (O Great Mystery)

    Morten Lauridsen

    Eventide

    Voces8

    5:44
  • 5:01 AM

    Romance

    Johann Peter Salomon

    Journey to Mozart

    Zurich Chamber Orchestra

    Daniel Hope, violin

    4:40
  • 4:26 AM

    Piano Sonata

    Franz Schubert

    Paul Lewis, piano

    31:58
  • 4:19 AM

    To Seek Where Shadows Are: In the Bleak Midwinter

    Paul Mealor

    Blessing: The Music of Paul Mealor

    Voce Chamber Choir

    Mark Singleton, conductor

    5:24
  • 4:15 AM

    Mitt hjerte alltid vanker (My heart doth always wander)

    Traditional Scandinavian

    Winter Tales

    Classical Sundays

    Christian Badzura, conductor

    Mari Samuelsen, violin

    3:51
  • 4:06 AM

    Andante for Flute and Orchestra

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Tokyo Concert Orchestra

    Shigenobu Yamaoka, conductor

    Jean-Pierre Rampal, flute

    7:07
  • 4:01 AM

    Images, Book 2: Cloches a travers les feuilles (Bells through the leaves)

    Claude Debussy

    Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano

    4:52
  • 3:50 AM

    Night Revels

    Leevi Madetoja

    Music by Leevi Madetoja & Tauno Pylkkanen

    Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Jorma Panula, conductor

    7:59
  • 3:48 AM

    O Come, O Come Emmanuel

    Traditional

    Dream Season: The Christmas Harp

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    2:12
  • 3:15 AM

    Piano Quintet No. 2

    Louise Farrenc

    Schubert Ensemble

    30:58
  • 3:06 AM

    Symphony of Noels No. 2

    Michel Corrette

    La Fantasia

    Rien Voskuilen, conductor

    7:38
  • 3:01 AM

    Pecheurs de Nuit

    Cecile Chaminade

    Piano Music by Cecile Chaminade

    Peter Jacobs, piano

    4:33
  • 2:55 AM

    In the Bleak Midwinter

    Gustav Holst

    Home for the Holidays

    Genghis Barbie

    2:57
  • 2:12 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Mendelssohn, Beethoven: Violin Concertos

    Camerata Salzburg

    Roger Norrington, conductor

    Joshua Bell, violin

    42:09
  • 2:06 AM

    Weihnachtstraum (Christmas Dream)

    Max Reger

    Steinway Christmas Album

    Jeffrey Biegel, piano

    2:07
  • 2:01 AM

    Wesendonck-Lieder (Wesendonk Songs): Traume (Dreams)

    Richard Wagner

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Mark Elder, conductor

    Lise Davidsen, soprano

    4:49
  • 1:54 AM

    Capriccio No. 8

    Variations for Guitar

    Tilman Hoppstock, guitar

    4:30
  • 1:16 AM

    Symphony No. 1

    Florence Price

    Fort Smith Symphony

    John Jeter, conductor

    37:15
  • 1:10 AM

    The Ballad of the Brown King: Oh, Sing of the King Who Was Tall and Brown

    Margaret Bonds

    Dessoff Choirs

    Malcolm J. Merriweather, conductor

    4:10
  • 1:06 AM

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Antal Dorati, conductor

    2:26
  • 1:01 AM

    Two-Part Inventions Nos. 1 and 6

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Invention

    Tessa Lark, violin

    4:39
  • 12:48 AM

    Overture

    Fanny Mendelssohn

    Boulanger, Tailleferre, Mendelssohn, Schumann

    Women's Philharmonic

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    10:31
  • 12:43 AM

    Little Fantasy on "The Twelve Days of Christmas"

    John Harbison

    A Christmas Gloria

    Canadian Brass

    3:01
  • 12:21 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 3

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    Simon Standage, violin

    21:17
  • 12:17 AM

    Jesus Christ the Apple Tree

    Elizabeth Poston

    In Winter's House - Christmas with Tenebrae

    Tenebrae

    Nigel Short, conductor

    2:50
  • 12:06 AM

    Spartacus: Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia

    Aram Khachaturian

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Stanley Black, conductor

    9:51
  • 12:01 AM

    Intermezzo No. 2

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: 7 Fantasies, Op. 116, 4 Piano Pieces, Op. 119, Piano Sonata No. 2, Op. 2

    Emanuel Ax, piano

    4:46
  • 11:47 PM

    Symphony No. 17

    William Herschel

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    11:49
  • 11:42 PM

    Angel's Dance

    Steven Amundson

    Home for the Holidays

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    John Morris Russell, conductor

    4:31
  • 11:32 PM

    Variations on "I Got Rhythm"

    George Gershwin

    Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue

    Aalborg Symphony Orchestra

    Wayne Marshall, conductor

    Wayne Marshall, piano

    8:24
  • 11:27 PM

    Dances from Terpsichore

    Michael Praetorius

    Apollo's Fire Baroque Orchestra

    Jeannette Sorrell, conductor

    4:25
  • 11:21 PM

    Medley of French Carols

    Traditional

    Winter Gift

    Adagio Trio

    3:51
  • 11:07 PM

    A Moorside Suite

    Gustav Holst

    English String Miniatures, Vol. 4

    Northern Sinfonia of England

    David Lloyd-Jones, conductor

    14:10
  • 11:01 PM

    Invitation to the Polka

    Johann StraussJr.

    J. Strauss, Jr. Edition: Vol. 18

    Slovak State Phiharmonic, Kosice

    Alfred Walter, conductor

    4:50
  • 10:50 PM

    Symphony No. 39: Finale

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    7:56
  • 10:49 PM

    Carol of the Bells

    Mikola Leontovich

    Christmas With Los Romeros

    Los Romeros

    1:09
  • 10:40 PM

    Symphony No. 5: 3rd movement

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Symphony No. 5, etc.

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    7:39
  • 10:36 PM

    Ragtime Dance

    Scott Joplin

    Joshua Rifkin, piano

    3:13
  • 10:23 PM

    Bavarian Dances

    Edward Elgar

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Norman Del Mar, conductor

    12:47
  • 10:07 PM

    Concerto for Two Violins

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Air: The Bach Album

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Steven Mercurio, conductor

    Anne Akiko Meyers, violin

    14:21
  • 10:03 PM

    Bach's Bells

    Chris Colletti

    Christmas Time Is Here

    Canadian Brass

    Bill Cahn, percussion

    2:39
  • 9:47 PM

    Miniatures for Small Orchestra

    Roque Cordero

    African Heritage Symphonic Series, Vol. II

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Paul Freeman, conductor

    11:43
  • 9:26 PM

    Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 2

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: Ancient Airs And Dances, Etc

    Chamber Orchestra of Lausanne

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    18:51
  • 9:21 PM

    Candlelight Carol

    John Rutter

    Rejoice! A String Quartet Christmas

    Arturo Delmoni, violin

    4:25
  • 9:15 PM

    Snowcarols: In the Bleak Midwinter

    William Ferris

    Snowcarols: Christmas Music by William Ferris

    William Ferris Chorale

    Paul French, conductor

    4:44
  • 9:06 PM

    Oboe Concerto No. 6

    Tomaso Albinoni

    Venetian Oboe Concertos

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Simon Wright, conductor

    John Anderson, oboe

    8:11
  • 9:01 PM

    Harp Consort No. 3

    William Lawes

    Lawes: Harp Consorts

    Les Voix Humaines

    Maxine Eilander, harp

    4:40
  • 6:44 PM

    Panamanian Dances

    William Grant Still

    Berlin Symphony Orchestra

    Isaiah Jackson, conductor

    14:00
  • 6:40 PM

    Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas

    Hugh Martin/Ralph Blane

    Eaken Piano Trio

    2:56
  • 6:23 PM

    Symphony No. 21

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    16:46
  • 6:18 PM

    Amahl and the Night Visitors: Shepherd's Dance

    Gian Carlo Menotti

    NBC Television Theatre Orchestra

    Thomas Schippers, conductor

    3:21
  • 6:07 PM

    Capriol Suite

    Peter Warlock

    Parkening Plays Vivaldi, Warlock & Praetorius

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Iona Brown, conductor

    Christopher Parkening, guitar

    10:52
  • 6:01 PM

    Sleeping Beauty: Polacca

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Sleeping Beauty

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    4:33
  • 5:44 PM

    Andante Spianato and Grand Polonaise

    Frederic Chopin

    Yundi Li: Chopin

    Yundi Li, piano

    14:30
  • 5:36 PM

    Fum, Fum, Fum!; Riu, Riu, Chiu; I Saw Three Ships

    Christmas Music

    Isthmus Brass Christmas

    Isthmus Brass

    John Stevens, conductor

    6:57
  • 5:20 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 6

    Charles Auguste de Beriot

    Beriot: Works for Violin & Orchestra

    Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra, Pardubice

    Michael Halasz, conductor

    Ayana Tsuji, violin

    15:30
  • 5:15 PM

    I Dream a World

    Damien Sneed

    Will Liverman, baritone

    Paul Sanchez, piano

    2:40
  • 5:07 PM

    Three Spirituals

    Adolphus Hailstork

    Virginia Symphony Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    8:08
  • 5:01 PM

    Ensemble Giardino di Delizie

    4:35
  • 4:52 PM

    Carol Fantasia

    John Fox

    Another Night Before Christmas And Scrooge

    RTE Concert Orchestra

    Gavin Sutherland, conductor

    6:12
  • 4:25 PM

    Symphony No. 29

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 25, 29, 33

    Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra

    Ton Koopman, conductor

    26:18
  • 4:14 PM

    Theme and Variations

    Charlotte Sohy

    National Orchestra of Avignon-Provence

    Debora Waldman, conductor

    Cordelia Palm, violin

    8:40
  • 4:06 PM

    Concerto for Two Flutes

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    Stephen Preston, flute

    Nicholas McGegan, flute

    7:16
  • 4:01 PM

    Three Improvisations

    Francis Poulenc

    Poulenc: Piano Music

    Pascal Roge, piano

    4:42
  • 3:43 PM

    Scherzo Capriccioso

    Antonin Dvorak

    Ulster Orchestra

    Vernon Handley, conductor

    14:30
  • 3:34 PM

    Morning Star Waltz

    Justin Holland

    Justin Holland Recording Project

    Michael Vascones, guitar

    8:43
  • 3:27 PM

    Christmas Medley

    Traditional

    Noels & Carols from the Olde World

    Apollo's Fire Baroque Orchestra

    Jeannette Sorrell, conductor

    Sandra Simon, soprano

    5:37
  • 3:13 PM

    Jane Eyre

    John Williams

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    13:26
  • 3:06 PM

    Prelude and Fugue No. 13

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Dmitri Shostakovich: 24 Preludes and Fugues, Op. 87

    Jenny Lin, piano

    6:00
  • 3:01 PM

    Wallom Green/Curtain Tune

    John Playford/Henry Purcell

    Barokksolistene

    Bjarte Eike, violin

    4:40
  • 2:57 PM

    "Every Valley Shall be Exalted" from Messiah

    George Frideric Handel

    Messiah Highlights

    Boston Baroque

    Martin Pearlman, conductor

    Bruce Fowler, tenor

    3:00
  • 2:45 PM

    Cantilena

    Susan Spain-Dunk

    Rediscovered: British Clarinet Concertos

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Ben Palmer, conductor

    Peter Cigleris, clarinet

    11:26
  • 2:41 PM

    Angels We Have Heard on High

    Traditional French

    Home for the Holidays

    Genghis Barbie

    2:23
  • 2:30 PM

    Symphony No. 9: Scherzo

    Anton Bruckner

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, conductor

    10:14
  • 2:26 PM

    Les Cyclopes

    Jean-Philippe Rameau

    Debussy | Rameau | Vikingur Olafsson

    Vikingur Olafsson, piano

    2:51
  • 2:24 PM

    Les Sauvages

    Jean-Philippe Rameau

    Debussy | Rameau | Vikingur Olafsson

    Vikingur Olafsson, piano

    1:23
  • 2:18 PM

    Hiro Kurosaki, violin

    William Christie, organ

    5:17
  • 2:16 PM

    Moravian Dances: Threes

    Leos Janacek

    Janacek: Taras Bulba, Lachian Dances / Wit, Warsaw

    Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra

    Antoni Wit, conductor

    1:24
  • 2:09 PM

    Be All Merry

    Eoghan Desmond

    Be All Merry

    The Choral Scholars of University College Dublin

    Desmond Earley, conductor

    Katherine Hunka, violin

    3:16
  • 2:04 PM

    Orchestral Suite No. 3: Air on the G String

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Albinoni, Pachelbel, Vivaldi, Bach

    Scottish Ensemble

    Jonathan Rees, conductor

    4:42
  • 1:58 PM

    Good Christian Men Rejoice

    Traditional

    Songs Of Angels: Christmas Hymns And Carols

    Robert Shaw Chamber Singers

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    1:23
  • 1:50 PM

    Symphony No. 6: Scherzo

    Emilie Mayer

    Emilie Mayer: Music From The Shadows - Symphonies Nos. 6 & 3

    Bremerhaven Symphony Orchestra

    Marc Niemann, conductor

    7:16
  • 1:48 PM

    Spread your wings, O Jesus

    Traditional Swedish

    Aftonpsalm Och Julesang

    Hakan Hagegard, baritone

    2:10
  • 1:36 PM

    Suite for Orchestra 'The B's': Overture

    Herbert Howells

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    9:56
  • 1:27 PM

    Rondo for Violin and Orchestra

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Raymond Leppard, conductor

    Cho-Liang Lin, violin

    7:05
  • 1:20 PM

    In the Bleak Midwinter

    Gustav Holst

    Dulci Jubilo: Christmas With The Singers

    The Singers

    Matthew Culloton, conductor

    Min Kim, harp

    6:00
  • 1:16 PM

    The Gumsuckers March

    Percy Grainger

    Lincolnshire Posy

    Dallas Wind Symphony

    Jerry Junkin, conductor

    3:45
  • 1:07 PM

    Swan Lake: Waltz

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Pas de Deux - Tchaikovsky: Famous Waltzes

    New York Philharmonic

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    7:17
  • 1:04 PM

    Song without Words No. 25 "May Breezes"

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello

    Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano

    2:01
  • 12:49 PM

    Concerto for Two Mandolins

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Europa Galante

    Fabio Biondi, conductor

    10:04
  • 12:45 PM

    Once in Royal David's City

    Henry Gauntlett

    A Cello Christmas

    London Cello Sound

    Geoffrey Simon, conductor

    3:15
  • 12:28 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 9

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Awadagin Pratt: Beethoven Piano Sonatas

    Awadagin Pratt, piano

    13:00
  • 12:22 PM

    Tales of Hoffmann: Barcarolle

    Jacques Offenbach

    Karajan Conducts Orchestral Favorites II

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    4:09
  • 12:07 PM

    Symphony No. 1: 3rd movement

    Carl Nielsen

    Nielsen: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2, 'The Four Temperaments'

    Seattle Symphony

    Thomas Dausgaard, conductor

    8:29
  • 12:05 PM

    Scenes from Childhood: Of Foreign Lands and People

    Robert Schumann

    Lise de la Salle plays Schumann

    Lise de la Salle, piano

    1:59
  • 11:45 AM

    Popular Andean Dances

    Celso Garrido-Lecca

    Inca Trail Connections

    Norwegian Radio Orchestra

    Miguel Harth-Bedoya, conductor

    12:58
  • 11:37 AM

    The Gadfly: Romance

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    The Sound of the Academy

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    6:22
  • 11:28 AM

    Six Noels for Harp

    Marcel Tournier

    Emily Mitchell, harp

    8:48
  • 11:17 AM

    The Magic Harp Overture (Rosamunde)

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Symphony in C Major

    Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Roger Norrington, conductor

    10:00
  • 11:09 AM

    Symphony No. 3

    Georg Anton Benda

    Benda: Sinfonias Nos. 1-6

    Prague Chamber Orchestra

    Christian Benda, conductor

    6:46
  • 11:06 AM

    Beautiful Rosemary (Schon Rosmarin)

    Fritz Kreisler

    Lara St. John, violin

    Matt Herskowitz, piano

    2:10
  • 11:01 AM

    Garden of Roses (Il giardino di rose): Sinfonia

    Alessandro Scarlatti

    A. Scarlatti: Sinfonie & Concertos

    Accademia Bizantina

    Ottavio Dantone, conductor

    4:43
  • 10:42 AM

    Wand of Youth Suite No. 2

    Edward Elgar

    Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance Marches

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    15:55
  • 10:32 AM

    6 Christmas Pieces

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra

    John Georgiadis, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    8:29
  • 10:24 AM

    The Snow Queen: Pas de Deux

    Tuomas Kantelinen

    Finnish National Opera Orchestra

    Tuomas Kantelinen, conductor

    7:24
  • 10:14 AM

    Zeynep Ucbasaran, piano

    8:51
  • 10:06 AM

    L'Isle joyeuse (Joyous Isle)

    Claude Debussy

    Lyon National Orchestra

    Jun Markl, conductor

    6:54
  • 10:01 AM

    Enfantines: selections

    Ernest Bloch

    Margaret Fingerhut, piano

    4:46
  • 9:30 AM

    String Quartet

    Maurice Ravel

    Emerson String Quartet: Complete Recordings

    Emerson String Quartet

    28:03
  • 9:25 AM

    Gesu Bambino

    Pietro Yon

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

    Kelly Yost, piano

    5:11
  • 9:06 AM

    Variations on a Theme of Franz Schubert

    Emil Reesen

    Emil Reesen: Orchestral Works

    Aalborg Symphony Orchestra

    Bo Holten, conductor

    16:49
  • 9:01 AM

    Impromptu No. 2

    Franz Schubert

    Michael McHale, piano

    4:49
  • 8:52 AM

    Slavonic Dance No. 16

    Antonin Dvorak

    Budapest Festival Orchestra

    Ivan Fischer, conductor

    6:45
  • 8:27 AM

    Nash Ensemble

    24:30
  • 8:23 AM

    Christmas (Weihnachten)

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Christmas Songs Around the World

    Arsys Bourgogne

    Pierre Cao, conductor

    1:32
  • 8:17 AM

    Blue Bird: Christmas Dream

    Engelbert Humperdinck

    Humperdinck: Fairy-Tale Music

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Karl Anton Rickenbacher, conductor

    5:21
  • 8:06 AM

    Aurora Awakes

    John Mackey

    North Texas Wind Symphony | Mackey

    North Texas Wind Symphony

    Eugene Corporon, conductor

    10:53
  • 8:01 AM

    Nocturne

    Louise Farrenc

    Piano Works

    Konstanze Eickhorst, piano

    4:51
  • 7:47 AM

    Symphony No. 5: 3rd movement

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Michael Collins, conductor

    11:40
  • 7:39 AM

    This Ember Night

    Graham Lack

    Equinox

    Voces8

    Barnaby Smith, conductor

    6:52
  • 7:06 AM

    Chineke! Orchestra

    Kevin John Edusei, conductor

    Elena Urioste, violin

    31:22
  • 7:01 AM

    Etiolles (Valse)

    Mel Bonis

    Memoires d'une femme

    Myriam Barbaux-Cohen, piano

    4:38
  • 6:43 AM

    Violin Sonata No. 1

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    J.S. Bach: Sonatas and Partitas - Complete

    Paul Galbraith, guitar

    15:30
  • 6:36 AM

    The Christmas Song/Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas

    Mel Torme/Hugh Martin/Ralph Blane

    Christmas

    Buzz Brass

    5:45
  • 6:06 AM

    Fritiof Suite

    Elfrida Andree

    Stockholm Symphony Orchestra

    Gustaf Sjokvist, conductor

    28:31
  • 6:01 AM

    Images, Book 1: Reflets dans l'eau (Reflections in the Water)

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Images, Etudes

    Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano

    4:43