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  • 5:44 AM

    Keyboard Concerto No. 7

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Moscow Virtuosi

    Saulius Sondeckis, conductor

    Julia Zilberquit, piano

    14:24
  • 5:34 AM

    The Holly and the Ivy: Fantasy on Christmas Carols

    Malcolm Arnold

    Arnold: Film Music, Vol. 2

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Rumon Gamba, conductor

    8:55
  • 5:06 AM

    Symphony No. 5 "Reformation"

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Freiburg Baroque Orchestra

    Pablo Heras-Casado, conductor

    26:36
  • 5:01 AM

    Etude No. 14

    Philip Glass

    Vikingur Olafsson, piano

    4:34
  • 4:46 AM

    Serenade for Strings

    Edward Elgar

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Pinchas Zukerman, conductor

    12:32
  • 4:17 AM

    Clarinet Concerto

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Hans Vonk, conductor

    Sabine Meyer, clarinet

    26:45
  • 4:09 AM

    Musical Sleighride; White Christmas

    Christmas Music

    White Christmas

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Arthur Fiedler, conductor

    6:14
  • 4:06 AM

    Waltz: If She Asks (Si Ela Perguntar)

    Dilermando Reis

    Christoph Denoth, guitar

    2:49
  • 4:01 AM

    Boulder Brass

    4:38
  • 3:43 AM

    African Suite

    Fela Sowande

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Freeman, conductor

    14:44
  • 3:35 AM

    The Nutcracker: Waltz of the Flowers

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker

    Stewart Goodyear, piano

    6:27
  • 3:20 AM

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    14:12
  • 3:15 AM

    Maple Leaf Rag

    Scott Joplin

    Joshua Rifkin, piano

    3:13
  • 3:06 AM

    Symphony No. 1 "Afro-American": Animato

    William Grant Still

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Kellen Gray, conductor

    3:13
  • 3:01 AM

    The Entertainer

    Scott Joplin

    William Bolcom, piano

    4:35
  • 2:52 AM

    An 18th Century Scherzo

    Haydn Wood

    Royal Ballet Sinfonia

    David Lloyd-Jones, conductor

    6:36
  • 2:24 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 21 "Waldstein"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    26:17
  • 2:11 AM

    The Many Moods of Christmas No. 2

    Robert Russell Bennett

    The Many Moods of Christmas

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    10:56
  • 2:06 AM

    Violin Sonata No. 1: Gigue

    Francesco Veracini

    John Holloway, violin

    Jaap ter Linden, cello

    Lars Ulrik Mortensen, harpsichord

    4:28
  • 2:01 AM

    Piano Concerto: 2nd movement

    Luise Adolpha Le Beau

    Berlin Chamber Symphony Ensemble

    Jurgen Bruns, conductor

    Katia Tchemberdji, piano

    4:41
  • 1:44 AM

    Sonatina No. 1 "From an Invalid's Workshop": 3rd movement

    Richard Strauss

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    13:36
  • 1:21 AM

    Fantasy for a Gentleman

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Rodrigo: Fantasía para un gentilhombre & Concierto de Aranjuez

    Spanish Radio and TV Orchestra

    Pedro Amaral, conductor

    Xianji Liu, guitar

    21:39
  • 1:13 AM

    Christmas Medley

    Traditional

    James Galway's Christmas Carols

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    James Galway, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    7:07
  • 1:10 AM

    Rag Caprice No. 2 "Romance"

    Darius Milhaud

    Exiles' Cafe

    Lara Downes, piano

    1:50
  • 1:06 AM

    Jazz Suite No. 2: March

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    3:06
  • 1:01 AM

    Serenade for Strings: Andante

    Max Bruch

    Wuppertal Symphony Orchestra

    George Hanson, conductor

    4:34
  • 12:52 AM

    Prelude and Quadruple Fugue

    Alan Hovhaness

    Eastern Music Festival Orchestra

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    6:53
  • 12:30 AM

    Symphony No. 35 "Haffner"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 35 & 38

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Colin Davis, conductor

    19:27
  • 12:26 AM

    Two Waltzes

    Germaine Tailleferre

    Germaine Tailleferre: Music for 2 Pianos & Piano 4 Hands

    Mark Clinton, piano

    3:14
  • 12:15 AM

    Christmas Medley

    Christmas Music

    Pops Christmas Party

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Arthur Fiedler, conductor

    9:59
  • 12:06 AM

    Halcyon Days

    Eric Coates

    Coates: The Three Elizabeths Suite

    East of England Orchestra

    Malcolm Nabarro, conductor

    8:02
  • 12:01 AM

    Variations on a Theme by Rossini

    Frederic Chopin

    Maxence Larrieu, flute

    Susanna Mildonian, harp

    4:47
  • 11:50 PM

    Violin Concerto: 3rd movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms and Joachim Violin Concertos

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Carlos Kalmar, conductor

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    8:35
  • 11:42 PM

    Andante and Rondo Capriccioso

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Jan Lisiecki, piano

    7:06
  • 11:24 PM

    Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 3

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: Ancient Airs And Dances, Etc

    Chamber Orchestra of Lausanne

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    16:52
  • 11:13 PM

    Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas; Silver Bells; The Christmas Song

    Medley

    Christmas Tradition

    Canadian Brass

    Eric Robertson, organ

    9:06
  • 11:06 PM

    Raiders of the Lost Ark March

    John Williams

    Digital Hollywood: Memorable Film Scores

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Stanley Black, conductor

    6:36
  • 11:01 PM

    The Tempest: Act IV Overture

    Arthur Sullivan

    Shakespeare's Tempest

    Kansas City Symphony

    Michael Stern, conductor

    4:45
  • 10:41 PM

    Peer Gynt Suite No. 2

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg: Peer Gynt Suites 1 & 2, etc.

    San Francisco Symphony

    Herbert Blomstedt, conductor

    17:03
  • 10:37 PM

    The Shepherd Girl's Sunday

    Ole Bull

    Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra

    Leif Segerstam, conductor

    4:06
  • 10:27 PM

    Men of Goodwill Variations on A Christmas Carol

    Benjamin Britten

    Britten: Young Person's Guide, Sea Interludes, Men Of Goodwill / Marriner

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    8:30
  • 10:24 PM

    Children's Corner: Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum

    Claude Debussy

    Desirae Brown, piano

    Deondra Brown, piano

    2:25
  • 10:12 PM

    Fantasy on Mozart's "La ci darem la mano"

    Franz Danzi

    Wurttemberg Chamber Orchestra

    Jorg Faerber, conductor

    Sabine Meyer, clarinet

    10:11
  • 10:06 PM

    Hungarian March

    Hector Berlioz

    Classic Marches

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    4:57
  • 10:02 PM

    Sinfonietta: Fanfare

    Leos Janacek

    Dvorak: Legends, Op. 59; Janacek: Sinfonietta

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    2:29
  • 9:52 PM

    Introduction and Fandango

    Luigi Boccherini

    L.A. Guitar Quartet

    Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

    5:58
  • 9:41 PM

    The Holly and the Ivy; Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming; O Tannenbaum

    Traditional/Praetorius

    Joy to the World

    Empire Brass

    9:22
  • 9:26 PM

    Carmen Suite

    Georges Bizet

    Carmen: Bold as Brass

    London Brass

    14:50
  • 9:12 PM

    Swedish Rhapsody No. 1 "Midsummer Vigil"

    Hugo Alfven

    Ports of Call

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    12:56
  • 9:06 PM

    Slavonic Dance No. 3

    Antonin Dvorak

    Houston Symphony Orchestra

    Andres Orozco-Estrada, conductor

    4:50
  • 9:01 PM

    Concerto No. 1

    Tomaso Albinoni

    Collegium Musicum 90

    Simon Standage, conductor

    4:35
  • 6:57 PM

    Deck the Halls

    Traditional English

    A Christmas Concert For Brass

    Pittsburgh Symphony Brass

    :57
  • 6:51 PM

    Arabesque

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann

    Nelson Freire, piano

    6:21
  • 6:20 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 5 "Turkish"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Hilary Hahn: Mozart 5, Vieuxtemps 4

    German Chamber Philharmonic

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    29:01
  • 6:08 PM

    Christmas Medley

    Traditional

    Christmas Weekend 16 Favourite Carols

    Choir of St. John's College, Cambridge

    George Guest, conductor

    10:30
  • 6:06 PM

    Brandenburgers in Bohemia: Ballet

    Bedrich Smetana

    Czecho-Slovak State Philharmonic

    Robert Stankovsky, conductor

    2:24
  • 6:00 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 2: 2nd movement

    Edward MacDowell

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Walter Hendl, conductor

    Van Cliburn, piano

    4:45
  • 5:47 PM

    Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage Overture

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Overtures

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    11:03
  • 5:19 PM

    String Quartet No. 12 "American"

    Antonin Dvorak

    Smetana: Dvorak Quartets

    Endellion String Quartet

    26:10
  • 5:09 PM

    The One Horse Open Sleigh; Gloucestershire Wassail; The Souling Song

    Traditional

    A Victorian Christmas

    Robert DeCormier Singers

    Robert DeCormier, conductor

    8:16
  • 5:06 PM

    The Seasons: September (The Hunt)

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Lydia Artymiw, piano

    2:50
  • 5:01 PM

    Robin Hood Suite: March of the Bowmen

    Frederic Curzon

    Robin Hood Country

    East of England Orchestra

    Malcolm Nabarro, conductor

    4:42
  • 4:53 PM

    Piano Concerto: Scherzo

    Amy Beach

    BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

    Rebecca Miller, conductor

    Danny Driver, piano

    5:34
  • 4:18 PM

    Symphony No. 4

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    33:37
  • 4:13 PM

    Joy to the World (in the style of Vivaldi)

    Traditional

    Christmas a la Vivaldi

    Czech Symphony Orchestra

    2:46
  • 4:06 PM

    Christmas Oratorio: Rejoice

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    A Bach Festival

    Empire Brass

    Douglas Major, organ

    6:20
  • 4:01 PM

    The Dance of the Goblins (La ronde des Lutins)

    Antonio Bazzini

    The Perlman Sound

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    4:37
  • 3:51 PM

    Beatrice and Benedict: Overture

    Hector Berlioz

    Franck: Symphony in D Minor, Works by D'Indy and Berlioz

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Charles Munch, conductor

    7:15
  • 3:40 PM

    Concerto Grosso No. 5 (after Corelli)

    Francesco Geminiani

    Geminiani: 12 Concerti Grossi

    I Musici

    9:32
  • 3:15 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 2

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Yoel Levi, conductor

    Andre Watts, piano

    24:01
  • 3:04 PM

    Personent hodie; Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming

    Traditional

    A Swedish Folk Christmas

    St. Jacob's Chamber Choir

    Gary Graden, conductor

    Lisa Rydberg, violin

    9:44
  • 3:01 PM

    Hungarian Dance No. 3

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Symphony No. 2, Hungarian Dances

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    2:46
  • 2:53 PM

    Fair Maid of Perth: 2 Dances

    Georges Bizet

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    6:18
  • 2:41 PM

    Symphony No. 9 "From the New World": 4th movement

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Symphonies Nos. 8 & 9

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Wolfgang Sawallisch, conductor

    10:34
  • 2:35 PM

    March of the Trolls

    Edvard Grieg

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yondani Butt, conductor

    3:53
  • 2:32 PM

    Musical Moment No. 3

    Franz Schubert

    Piano Book

    Lang Lang, piano

    2:01
  • 2:24 PM

    A Christmas Fantasy

    Gordon Langford

    Christmas Fantasy

    Huddersfield Choral Society

    Keith Rhodes, conductor

    7:21
  • 2:18 PM

    Adagio and Rondo

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Mozzafiato

    5:01
  • 2:08 PM

    Festive Overture

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Shostakovich: Symphony No. 10

    Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra

    James DePreist, conductor

    6:17
  • 2:04 PM

    Canzon Septimi Toni No. 2

    Giovanni Gabrieli

    Royal Academy of Music Brass

    3:09
  • 1:50 PM

    Danse (Tarantelle styrienne)

    Claude Debussy

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

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Hugh Wolff, conductor

    5:26
  • 1:47 PM

    Mysterious Barricades

    Francois Couperin

    Couperin: Keyboard Music

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    2:26
  • 1:39 PM

    Les Chanteurs de Noel

    Alexander Glazunov

    Noel

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    6:45
  • 1:30 PM

    Giselle: Entrance of Giselle

    Adolphe Adam

    Adam: Giselle

    Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden

    Richard Bonynge, conductor

    7:13
  • 1:26 PM

    Thunder and Lightning Polka

    Johann Strauss, Jr.

    Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    3:01
  • 1:19 PM

    Flute Concerto No. 1 "La Tempesta di Mare" ("Storm at Sea")

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    Patrick Gallois, flute

    6:50
  • 1:15 PM

    What Child is This?

    Traditional English

    Emily Mitchell, harp

    3:19
  • 1:08 PM

    Serenade

    Roman Hoffstetter

    Promenade Concert

    I Solisti Italiani

    5:29
  • 1:04 PM

    March of the Little Lead Soldiers

    Gabriel Pierne

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Juanjo Mena, conductor

    3:01
  • 12:55 PM

    O Christmas Tree

    Traditional

    An Appalachian Christmas

    Mark O'Connor, violin

    2:19
  • 12:48 PM

    Abduction from the Seraglio: Overture

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    The Key to Classics: Mozart

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    5:45
  • 12:38 PM

    Symphony No. 1 "Titan": 2nd movement

    Gustav Mahler

    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    8:31
  • 12:29 PM

    I Saw 3 Ships; Xmas Song; Mid-Winter; Masters in this Hall; In D

    Christmas Music

    A Christmas Concert For Brass

    Pittsburgh Symphony Brass

    8:10
  • 12:19 PM

    String Quartet No. 12 "Quartettsatz"

    Franz Schubert

    Emerson String Quartet

    9:00
  • 12:14 PM

    Caprice viennois (Viennese Caprice)

    Fritz Kreisler

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    Robert McDuffie, violin

    3:59
  • 12:09 PM

    L'Etoile du Nord: Dance Suite: Waltz

    Giacomo Meyerbeer

    Meyerbeer: Ballet Music From The Operas / Nesterowicz

    Barcelona Symphony Orchestra

    Michal Nesterowicz, conductor

    3:28
  • 12:04 PM

    Cavalleria Rusticana: Intermezzo

    Pietro Mascagni

    Intermezzo

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    4:07
  • 11:51 AM

    Prague Waltzes

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Legends, Prague Waltzes

    Budapest Festival Orchestra

    Ivan Fischer, conductor

    7:35
  • 11:39 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 22: 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mahler Chamber Orchestra

    Leif Ove Andsnes, conductor

    Leif Ove Andsnes, piano

    10:46
  • 11:28 AM

    Carnaval

    Robert Schumann

    pictures at an exhibition

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    10:01
  • 11:20 AM

    Of the Father's Heart Begotten; Angelus ad virginem; The Holly and the Ivy

    Traditional

    Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge

    Richard Marlow, conductor

    7:06
  • 11:13 AM

    Concerto for Two Trumpets

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi, Scarlatti, Torelli, Stradella

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Simon Wright, conductor

    John Wallace, trumpet

    6:12
  • 11:06 AM

    Voices of Spring Waltz (Fruhlingsstimmen)

    Johann Strauss, Jr.

    Strauss: Gala I

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Willi Boskovsky, conductor

    6:09
  • 11:01 AM

    Norse Legend

    Frank Bridge

    Orchestral Works, Vol. 2

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    4:47
  • 10:42 AM

    Violin Sonata No. 6

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    J.S. Bach: Sonates pour violon et clavecin, vol. 1

    James Ehnes, violin

    16:38
  • 10:29 AM

    Scherzo No. 4

    Frederic Chopin

    Cyprien Katsaris, piano

    10:39
  • 10:17 AM

    Christmas Overture

    Otto Nicolai

    Nicolai: 4 Overtures, Symphony in D Major

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Karl Anton Rickenbacher, conductor

    10:51
  • 10:06 AM

    Symphony No. 7

    William Boyce

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    9:58
  • 10:01 AM

    The Seawall Song

    Tamezo Narita

    Paillard Chamber Orchestra

    Jean-Francois Paillard, conductor

    4:33
  • 9:47 AM

    Little Serenade

    Lars-Erik Larsson

    A Swedish Serenade

    Stockholm Sinfonietta

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    11:09
  • 9:37 AM

    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
  • 9:12 AM

    Symphony No. 44 "Funeral"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    24:04
  • 9:06 AM

    Scherzo for Strings

    Horatio Parker

    Gowanus Arts Ensemble

    Reuben Blundell, conductor

    5:14
  • 9:01 AM

    Preludes, Book 2: La terrasse des audiences du clair de lune (Moonlit Terrace)

    Claude Debussy

    Jorge Federico Osorio, piano

    4:35
  • 8:23 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Aram Khachaturian

    Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    35:24
  • 8:14 AM

    Three Botticelli Pictures: Adoration of the Magi

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: Ancient Airs And Dances, Etc

    Chamber Orchestra of Lausanne

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    8:02
  • 8:06 AM

    Madrigal Concerto: Arietta

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Assad Brothers: Concertos for Two Guitars

    Saint Gallen Symphony Orchestra

    John Neschling, conductor

    Sergio & Odair Assad, guitars

    6:40
  • 8:01 AM

    Peace

    Jessie Montgomery

    Here With You

    Anthony McGill, clarinet

    4:39
  • 7:35 AM

    Symphony No. 3

    Franz Schubert

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    23:30
  • 7:22 AM

    Old Christmas Music

    Philip Lane

    Another Night Before Christmas And Scrooge

    Royal Ballet Sinfonia

    Gavin Sutherland, conductor

    12:06
  • 7:07 AM

    Polonaise-Fantasie

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin

    Maria Joao Pires, piano

    13:58
  • 7:01 AM

    Suite from Esclarmonde: Hymenee

    Jules Massenet

    Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra

    Kenneth Jean, conductor

    4:34
  • 6:42 AM

    Harp Concertino

    Germaine Tailleferre

    Women's Philharmonic

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    Gillian Benet, harp

    16:01
  • 6:36 AM

    Silent Night

    Franz Gruber

    HOLIDAY CLASSICS

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    6:21
  • 6:32 AM

    Partita No. 5: Corrente

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach Partitas

    Igor Levit, piano

    1:34
  • 6:01 AM

    Serenade No. 7 "Haffner": 7th movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Capella Savaria

    Nicholas McGegan, conductor

    Zsolt Kallo, violin

    4:52