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  • 5:38 AM

    String Quartet No. 1

    Elena Ruehr

    Elena Ruehr: Six String Quartets

    Cypress String Quartet

    20:47
  • 5:20 AM

    In a Treeless Place, Only Snow

    John Luther Adams

    American Contemporary Music Ensemble

    17:25
  • 5:16 AM

    One with the Darkness, One with the Light

    James Primosch

    James Primosch: Carthage

    The Crossing

    Donald Nally, conductor

    2:25
  • 5:09 AM

    Picture Etudes: Olive Orchard

    Adam Schoenberg

    Nadia Shpachenko, piano

    5:35
  • 5:06 AM

    Nadia Shpachenko, piano

    1:50
  • 5:01 AM

    Perpetuum Mobile

    Jurgis Juozapaitis

    Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra

    Juha Kangas, conductor

    4:29
  • 4:51 AM

    Heat curls up from the dust

    Jeff Herriott

    Dawn Chorus

    Grand Valley State University New Music Ensemble

    Bill Ryan, conductor

    7:17
  • 4:31 AM

    Liquid Melancholy

    James Stephenson

    Liquid Melancholy: Clarinet Music of James M. Stephenson

    Lake Forest Symphony

    Vladimir Kulenovic, conductor

    John Bruce Yeh, clarinet

    18:03
  • 4:18 AM

    Veni creator

    Pawel Lukaszewski

    State Choir Latvija

    Maris Sirmais, conductor

    11:45
  • 4:07 AM

    Eternity's Sunrise

    Howard Skempton

    HOWARD SKEMPTON: Man and Bat, Piano Concerto, The Moon is Flashing, Eternity's Sunrise

    Ensemble 360

    9:13
  • 4:01 AM

    Jubilate Deo

    Dobrinka Tabakova

    Truro Cathedral Choir

    Christopher Gray, conductor

    Joseph Wicks, organ

    4:35
  • 3:53 AM

    Gymnopedie Nos. 1 and 3

    Erik Satie

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    5:52
  • 3:23 AM

    Symphony No. 1

    Paul Ben-Haim

    Ben-Haim: Symphony No. 1

    Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

    Lahav Shani, conductor

    27:42
  • 3:14 AM

    Concerto No. 12 "Christmas Concerto"

    Francesco Manfredini

    Christmas Concertos - Il Giardino Armonico

    Il Giardino Armonico

    Giovanni Antonini, conductor

    7:35
  • 3:06 AM

    A Fugal Concerto

    Gustav Holst

    Tippett, Holst, Corelli, Bach

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    Kathryn Greenbank, oboe

    7:23
  • 3:01 AM

    Duo Similia

    4:38
  • 2:41 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 4

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    English Concert

    Simon Standage, violin

    17:05
  • 2:38 AM

    I saw a fair maiden

    Peter Warlock

    Cambridge Singers

    John Rutter, conductor

    2:58
  • 2:30 AM

    Metamorphosis II

    Philip Glass

    Jenny Lin, piano

    6:31
  • 2:21 AM

    Esther: Overture

    George Frideric Handel

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Raymond Leppard, conductor

    8:16
  • 2:17 AM

    Baloo, Lammy

    Traditional

    Christmas Carols

    Musica Sacra

    Richard Westenburg, conductor

    2:09
  • 2:06 AM

    Mephisto Waltz No. 1 "Dance in the Village Inn"

    Franz Liszt

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    10:40
  • 2:01 AM

    Memories of the Alhambra

    Francisco Tarrega

    Albeniz, Granados, Tarrega, Turina Etc.

    Eduardo Fernandez, guitar

    4:39
  • 12:38 AM

    Orchestral Suite No. 3

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Orchestral Suites

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Philip Ledger, conductor

    20:46
  • 12:30 AM

    Italian Serenade

    Hugo Wolf

    I Musici

    7:24
  • 12:27 AM

    Susann McDonald, harp

    1:22
  • 12:20 AM

    Christmas Medley

    Traditional

    Arturo Delmoni, violin

    Danielle Maddon, violin

    Ellen DePasquale, viola

    Rafael Figueroa, cello

    6:12
  • 12:16 AM

    Ten Piano Pieces: Andante

    Necil Kazim Akses

    Beyza Yazgan, piano

    2:56
  • 12:06 AM

    Egmont Overture

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 5, "Egmont" Overture

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    8:56
  • 12:01 AM

    Doors of Thy Mercy

    Alexander Kastalsky

    Kastalsky: Vechnaya Pamiat Geroyam

    Clarion Choir

    Steven Fox, conductor

    4:41
  • 11:40 PM

    Romeo and Juliet: Ballet Music

    Charles Gounod

    Orchestra of Toulouse

    Michel Plasson, conductor

    18:01
  • 11:37 PM

    O Little Town of Bethlehem

    Traditional

    The Great British Carol Collection

    Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge

    Richard Marlow, conductor

    2:31
  • 11:17 PM

    Concerto Pastorale

    Johann Christoph Pez

    Christmas Concertos - Il Giardino Armonico

    Il Giardino Armonico

    Giovanni Antonini, conductor

    18:15
  • 11:12 PM

    Piano Suite No. 1: Pastorale

    Lewis Spratlan

    Nadia Shpachenko, piano

    3:26
  • 11:10 PM

    The King's March

    Jeremiah Clarke

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Anthony Newman, conductor

    Wynton Marsalis, trumpet

    1:12
  • 11:06 PM

    March of the Toys

    Victor Herbert

    Joy to the World

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    3:44
  • 10:49 PM

    Riu, Riu, Chiu

    Anonymous Spanish

    The Carol Album: Seven Centuries of Christmas Music

    Taverner Players

    Andrew Parrott, conductor

    3:23
  • 10:33 PM

    Concertstuck

    Cecile Chaminade

    Beach, Chaminade, Howell: Piano Concertos

    BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

    Rebecca Miller, conductor

    Danny Driver, piano

    14:51
  • 10:29 PM

    Romantic Pieces: Cavatina

    Antonin Dvorak

    Renaud Capucon, violin

    Khatia Buniatishvili, piano

    3:17
  • 10:19 PM

    Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra

    Jean-Pierre Rampal, conductor

    8:17
  • 10:17 PM

    Etude No. 5 "Black Keys"

    Frederic Chopin

    The Complete Piano Works of Chopin, Vol. 10: Etudes

    Garrick Ohlsson, piano

    1:41
  • 10:06 PM

    Adagio for Strings

    Samuel Barber

    Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

    Manfred Honeck, conductor

    9:13
  • 10:02 PM

    O Come, O Come Emmanuel

    Traditional

    Empire Brass

    2:45
  • 9:48 PM

    Concerto for Two Violins: 2nd movement; 3rd movement

    Bohuslav Martinu

    Martinu: Double Concertos

    Marseille Philharmonic Orchestra

    Lawrence Foster, conductor

    Deborah Nemtanu, violin

    10:43
  • 9:43 PM

    El Amor Brujo: Ritual Fire Dance

    Manuel de Falla

    Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

    3:33
  • 9:26 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 14 "Moonlight"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Op. 27/2, Op. 13, Op. 11

    Misha Dichter, piano

    15:12
  • 9:19 PM

    Ave Maria

    Franz Schubert

    Christmas with the Vienna Choir Boys

    Vienna Boys Choir

    Helmuth Froschauer, conductor

    5:52
  • 9:06 PM

    Octet: 4th movement

    Franz Schubert

    Isabelle Faust, violin

    Anne-Katharina Schreiber, violin

    James Boyd, viola

    Kristin von der Goltz, cello

    James Munro, bass

    Lorenzo Coppola, clarinet

    12:05
  • 9:01 PM

    Symphony No. 95: 2nd movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 94 & 95; Mozart: Toy Symphony

    Hanover Band

    Roy Goodman, conductor

    4:35
  • 6:36 PM

    Double Concerto

    Elias Parish-Alvars

    Parish-Alvars

    Strasbourg Philharmonic Orchestra

    Theodor Guschlbauer, conductor

    Marielle Nordmann, harp

    21:50
  • 6:26 PM

    Sussex Carol; Sans Day Carol; Here We Come A-Wassailing

    Traditional

    Noel! Noel! Noel! Christmas With Michala Petri

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Martin Neary, conductor

    Michala Petri, recorder

    8:51
  • 6:19 PM

    Nocturne and Allegro Scherzando

    Philippe Gaubert

    Laurel Zucker, flute

    Paul Switzler, piano

    5:35
  • 6:07 PM

    Symphony No. 9 "Choral": 2nd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Andris Nelsons, conductor

    11:55
  • 6:01 PM

    Symphony No. 1: 3rd movement

    Johan Svendsen

    Svendsen: Symphonies 1 & 2

    Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    4:45
  • 5:55 PM

    Make We Joy Now in this Fest

    William Walton

    All Is Bright

    Handel and Haydn Society Chorus

    Grant Llewellyn, conductor

    4:21
  • 5:48 PM

    Petite Suite: Finale

    Alexander Borodin

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Geoffrey Simon, conductor

    6:11
  • 5:22 PM

    Sextet

    Louise Farrenc

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

    Linos Ensemble

    24:51
  • 5:17 PM

    Victory At Sea: Guadalcanal March

    Richard Rodgers

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    3:10
  • 5:06 PM

    Mazurka-oberek

    Alexander Glazunov

    Swiss Italian Orchestra

    Alexander Vedernikov, conductor

    Chloe Hanslip, violin

    9:48
  • 5:01 PM

    Czech Suite: Sousedska

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Czech Suite; Nocturne; Serenade for Strings

    Padua Chamber Orchestra

    David Golub, conductor

    4:36
  • 4:50 PM

    Noel, Noel, Bells are Ringing; Carol of the Bells; Nativity Carol

    Christmas Music

    Christmas with Roger Wagner

    Roger Wagner Chorale

    Roger Wagner, conductor

    8:42
  • 4:21 PM

    Violin Concerto

    Niels Gade

    Romantic Violin Concertos

    Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra

    John Storgards, conductor

    Christina Astrand, violin

    26:43
  • 4:15 PM

    Gondoliera

    Franz Liszt

    Homages

    Benjamin Grosvenor, piano

    5:26
  • 4:06 PM

    Flute Concertino

    Cecile Chaminade

    CBC Vancouver Orchestra

    Mario Bernardi, conductor

    Timothy Hutchins, flute

    7:37
  • 4:01 PM

    Spanish Serenade

    Joaquin Malats

    Homages: A Musical Dedication

    Christoph Denoth, guitar

    4:35
  • 3:27 PM

    Symphony No. 1

    Carl Nielsen

    Royal Danish Orchestra

    Paavo Berglund, conductor

    31:25
  • 3:22 PM

    Three Romances: No. 1

    Clara Schumann

    Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano

    3:01
  • 3:12 PM

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

    Johann StraussJr.

    Strauss: Waltzes And Overtures

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Franz Welser-Most, conductor

    9:39
  • 3:02 PM

    Silent Night; Nativity Carol; Infant Holy; Deck the Halls; We Wish You a Merry Christmas

    Christmas Music

    A Christmas Concert For Brass

    Pittsburgh Symphony Brass

    7:52
  • 2:57 PM

    The Shepherd's Carol

    Bob Chilcott

    Tenebrae

    Nigel Short, conductor

    3:20
  • 2:53 PM

    Suite No. 1: Eclogue

    George Templeton Strong

    STRONG: Ondine / From a Notebook of Sketches, Suites 1-3

    Moscow Symphony Orchestra

    Adriano, conductor

    3:31
  • 2:49 PM

    Turandot: Nessun dorma

    Giacomo Puccini

    Carreras Domingo Pavarotti In Concert

    Orchestra of Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    Luciano Pavarotti, tenor

    2:59
  • 2:45 PM

    Le Tombeau de Couperin: Rigaudon

    Maurice Ravel

    Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra

    Dmitri Mitropoulos, conductor

    2:22
  • 2:31 PM

    Scottish Rhapsody "Prince Charlie"

    John McEwen

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Alexander Platt, conductor

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    12:58
  • 2:26 PM

    Skye Boat Song

    Traditional

    The Fairie Round

    Shelley Phillips, english horn

    Barry Phillips, cello

    3:00
  • 2:19 PM

    Symphonic Metamorphosis: March

    Paul Hindemith

    Hindemith: Mathis der Maler - Symphony, etc.

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Wolfgang Sawallisch, conductor

    4:53
  • 2:17 PM

    March of the Three Kings

    Traditional French

    Arturo Delmoni, violin

    Danielle Maddon, violin

    Ellen DePasquale, viola

    Rafael Figueroa, cello

    1:41
  • 2:10 PM

    Scherzo

    (Marie) Clemence de Grandval

    GRANDVAL: Oboe Works

    Budapest Strings

    Lajos Lencses, oboe

    4:17
  • 2:04 PM

    Fantasia on Greensleeves

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams: Orchestral Works

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    4:13
  • 1:47 PM

    The Sorcerer's Apprentice

    Paul Dukas

    The Sorceror's Apprentice; Ben Kingsley: Peter and the Wolf & Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    10:19
  • 1:40 PM

    Serenade No. 9 "Posthorn": 6th movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    More Mozart's Greatest Hits

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    5:08
  • 1:32 PM

    Christmas Oratorio: Jauchzet, frohlocket!

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach Society of Minnesota

    Mathias Maute, conductor

    Vocalessence Ensemble Singers

    7:22
  • 1:24 PM

    Hymn and Fuguing Tune No. 10: Hymn

    Henry Cowell

    Cowell: Concerto Grosso/Hymn & Fuguing Tune No 10

    Manhattan Chamber Orchestra

    Richard Auldon Clark, conductor

    5:50
  • 1:20 PM

    Piano Suite No. 1: Pastorale

    Lewis Spratlan

    Nadia Shpachenko, piano

    3:26
  • 1:07 PM

    Ruler of the Spirits: Overture

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    6:17
  • 1:04 PM

    Shepherd's Hey

    Percy Grainger

    Dallas Wind Symphony

    Jerry Junkin, conductor

    2:02
  • 12:55 PM

    What Child

    Paul Lohman

    Behold This Heavenly Night

    VocalEssence

    Philip Brunelle, conductor

    3:10
  • 12:49 PM

    Piano Quartet No. 1: Scherzo

    Gabriel Faure

    Faure: Piano Quartets 1 And 2

    Domus

    5:09
  • 12:41 PM

    Musical Sleighride; White Christmas

    Christmas Music

    White Christmas

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Arthur Fiedler, conductor

    6:14
  • 12:33 PM

    The Merchant of Venice: Suite Anglaise No. 2

    Henri Rabaud

    Rabaud: Orchestral Works

    Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic

    Leif Segerstam, conductor

    7:11
  • 12:29 PM

    English Suite No. 2: Gigue

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    3:11
  • 12:20 PM

    Symphony No. 6 "Pathetique": 2nd movement

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky/Dvorak/Honeck/PSO

    Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

    Manfred Honeck, conductor

    7:53
  • 12:17 PM

    Aria No. 3

    Marco Uccellini

    Romanesca

    1:44
  • 12:15 PM

    The Boar's Head Carol

    Traditional

    Songs Of Angels: Christmas Hymns And Carols

    Robert Shaw Chamber Singers

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    1:05
  • 12:09 PM

    The Tick-Tock Clock

    Richard Strauss

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    3:54
  • 12:04 PM

    Dreams of Love No. 3 (Liebestraum)

    Franz Liszt

    Night Stories

    Jenny Lin, piano

    4:33
  • 11:50 AM

    Bishop Rock

    Doreen Carwithen

    CARWITHEN: Piano Concerto / Bishop Rock / ODTAA / Suffolk Suite

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    8:16
  • 11:32 AM

    Symphony No. 50

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    17:50
  • 11:27 AM

    The Lamb

    John Tavener

    The Cambridge Singers Christmas Album / Rutter

    Cambridge Singers

    John Rutter, conductor

    3:26
  • 11:21 AM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Johann Fasch

    German Bach Soloists

    Helmut Winschermann, conductor

    Carole Dawn Reinhart, trumpet

    6:15
  • 11:18 AM

    Nursery Suite: The Merry Doll

    Edward Elgar

    Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra

    Raymond Leppard, conductor

    1:36
  • 11:15 AM

    Mazurka No. 24

    Frederic Chopin

    Bruce Liu: Chopin: Highlights from the 18th International Chopin Piano Competition

    Bruce Liu, piano

    2:20
  • 11:10 AM

    Go Tell It on the Mountain

    Spiritual

    This Christmas with Imani Winds

    Imani Winds

    3:01
  • 11:06 AM

    Miao Mountain Morning

    Chen Gang

    Chinasong | Shanghai Quartet

    Shanghai Quartet

    3:52
  • 11:01 AM

    Le Tombeau de Couperin: Menuet

    Maurice Ravel

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Hugh Wolff, conductor

    4:32
  • 10:46 AM

    Kaiser-Walzer (Emperor Waltz)

    Johann StraussJr.

    Schonberg, Webern, Berg: The Waltz Arrangements

    Linos Ensemble

    12:19
  • 10:39 AM

    What Sweeter Music; Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day

    Christmas Music

    Trinity Choir of Boston

    Brian Jones, conductor

    6:30
  • 10:25 AM

    Poema concertante

    Xavier Montsalvatge

    North German Radio Philharmonic

    Celso Antunes, conductor

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    12:29
  • 10:20 AM

    New York Waltzes

    Lou Harrison

    Lara Downes, piano

    3:15
  • 10:06 AM

    Mandolin Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Iona Brown, conductor

    Christopher Parkening, guitar

    13:09
  • 10:01 AM

    Figure Humaine: Liberte

    Francis Poulenc

    12 Cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic

    4:34
  • 9:26 AM

    Symphony No. 6

    Edmund Rubbra

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Norman Del Mar, conductor

    32:27
  • 9:23 AM

    Resonet in laudibus (Sound Forth in Praise)

    Jacob Handl

    Christmas At Trinity

    Choir of Trinity Church

    Owen Burdick, conductor

    2:35
  • 9:13 AM

    Bassoon Sonata

    Charles Koechlin

    French Works for Bassoon and Piano

    Karen Geoghegan, bassoon

    8:58
  • 9:06 AM

    Concerto Grosso No. 6 "Christmas Concerto"

    Giuseppe Torelli

    Christmas Concertos - Il Giardino Armonico

    Il Giardino Armonico

    Giovanni Antonini, conductor

    5:40
  • 9:01 AM

    Graceful Ghost Rag

    William Bolcom

    Richard Dowling, piano

    4:32
  • 8:55 AM

    Four Characteristic Pieces: Romance

    Clara Schumann

    Jozef de Beenhouwer, piano

    3:03
  • 8:47 AM

    Methinks I see an heav'nly host; Los que fueren de buen gusto

    Christmas Music

    The Christmas Album

    Taverner Consort

    Andrew Parrott, conductor

    7:02
  • 8:12 AM

    Symphony No. 1

    Reinhold Gliere

    Gliere: Symphony No. 1, Suite: The Red Poppy

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Edward Downes, conductor

    34:15
  • 8:06 AM

    Time Lapse

    Ludovico Einaudi

    Ludovico Einaudi: Portrait

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    4:56
  • 8:01 AM

    Homage to Paradise Valley: Roho, Pumzika Kwa Amani (Spirits, Rest Peacefully)

    Jeff Scott

    Akropolis Reed Quintet

    4:45
  • 7:56 AM

    Orpheus and his Lute

    William Schuman

    Paula Robison, flute

    Eliot Fisk, guitar

    2:46
  • 7:32 AM

    Symphony No. 10: Adagio

    Gustav Mahler

    The Romantic Age

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    22:48
  • 7:06 AM

    String Quartet No. 3

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Amadeus Quartet

    21:32
  • 7:01 AM

    Donkey Carol

    John Rutter

    The Holly And The Ivy

    Choir of Clare College, Cambridge

    John Rutter, conductor

    4:32
  • 6:25 AM

    String Sextet

    Antonin Dvorak

    Tchaikovsky, Dvorak: String Sextets

    Sarah Chang, violin

    33:02
  • 6:18 AM

    Beata Dei genitrix Maria

    Francisco Guerrero

    A Spanish Nativity

    Stile Antico

    6:50
  • 6:06 AM

    Capriccio "On the Departure of a Brother"

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    10:05
  • 6:01 AM

    Nocturne No. 2

    Mikalojus Ciurlionis

    Ciurlionis: On the Harp Strings

    Joana Daunyte, harp

    4:42