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  • 5:47 AM

    Piano Quartet

    Gustav Mahler

    The Silver Violin

    Nicola Benedetti, violin

    11:43
  • 5:37 AM

    Three Botticelli Pictures: Adoration of the Magi

    Ottorino Respighi

    Sleigh Ride

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Keith Lockhart, conductor

    8:57
  • 5:13 AM

    Musica Callada (Silent Music): Book 4

    Federico Mompou

    Lilit Grigoryan, piano

    23:04
  • 5:06 AM

    Silent Night

    Franz Gruber

    Imagine Christmas

    American Contemporary Music Ensemble

    5:51
  • 5:01 AM

    Music for Bill and Me

    Lou Harrison

    Music for Harp

    Karen Gottlieb, harp

    4:28
  • 4:45 AM

    Romance

    Antonin Dvorak

    Pinchas Zukerman: Complete Recordings on Deutsche Grammophon and Philips

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Pinchas Zukerman, conductor

    Pinchas Zukerman, violin

    12:58
  • 4:39 AM

    O Magnum Mysterium

    Owain Park

    In Winter's House - Christmas with Tenebrae

    Tenebrae

    Nigel Short, conductor

    Grace Davidson, soprano

    5:40
  • 4:14 AM

    Piano Trio

    Claude Debussy

    French Moments

    Neave Trio

    22:59
  • 4:09 AM

    Scoring Berlin

    Mari Samuelsen, violin

    3:43
  • 4:06 AM

    O Come, O Come Emmanuel

    Traditional

    Robert Shaw Chamber Singers

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    2:37
  • 4:01 AM

    Au-dela du Temps: La lumiere tournante dans le reve

    Yuko Uebayashi

    Misericordia

    Carol Wincenc, flute

    4:28
  • 3:53 AM

    Lyric for Strings

    George Walker

    Live in Concert

    Sphinx Virtuosi

    Damon Gupton, conductor

    5:33
  • 3:48 AM

    Coventry Carol

    Traditional English

    A Christmas Carol

    Skylark Vocal Ensemble

    Carrie Cheron, mezzo-soprano

    4:28
  • 3:28 AM

    Pelleas and Melisande

    Jean Sibelius

    Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    18:46
  • 3:23 AM

    Now found is the fairest of roses

    Traditional

    Last Leaf

    Danish String Quartet

    2:55
  • 3:06 AM

    Poeme

    Ernest Chausson

    Secret Love Letters

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    Lisa Batiashvili, violin

    16:16
  • 3:01 AM

    Nocturne No. 10

    Gabriel Faure

    Faure: The Complete Music for Piano

    Kathryn Stott, piano

    4:43
  • 2:45 AM

    Fantasia on Christmas Carols

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    City of London Sinfonia

    John Rutter, conductor

    Stephen Varcoe, baritone

    11:27
  • 2:41 AM

    Intermezzo No. 4

    Johannes Brahms

    From Afar

    Vikingur Olafsson, piano

    5:00
  • 2:22 AM

    Siegfried Idyll

    Richard Wagner

    Brahms: Serenade No. 1; Wagner: Sigfried-Idyll

    Academy Chamber Ensemble

    18:02
  • 2:06 AM

    Wind Quintet

    Geraldine Mucha

    Mucha: Chamber Music

    Prague Wind Quintet

    13:45
  • 2:01 AM

    Violin Partita No. 2: Allemande

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    David Russell Plays Bach

    David Russell, guitar

    4:43
  • 1:49 AM

    Dance of the Hours

    Amilcare Ponchielli

    Overtures and Intermezzi

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Silvio Varviso, conductor

    9:32
  • 1:44 AM

    Christmas Tree Suite: Abendglocken (Evening Bells)

    Franz Liszt

    Evening Bells

    Roland Pontinen, piano

    4:21
  • 1:16 AM

    Quintet for Oboe, Clarinet and String Trio

    Ruth Gipps

    Peter Cigleris, clarinet

    Gareth Hulse, oboe

    John Mills, violin

    Lydia Lowndes-Northcott, viola

    Bozidar Vukotic, cello

    26:27
  • 1:07 AM

    String Quartet No. 2: Nocturne

    Alexander Borodin

    Borodin

    Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

    Bramwell Tovey, conductor

    7:54
  • 1:01 AM

    Rondo Amoroso

    Harald Saeverud

    Norwegian Composers Now - For Tomorrow: Harald Saeverud

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Per Dreier, conductor

    4:36
  • 11:49 PM

    A Winter Idyll

    Gustav Holst

    Holst: Symphony, "The Cotswolds" / Walt Whitman, Overture / Indra / Japanese Suite / A Winter Idyll

    Ulster Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    8:59
  • 11:47 PM

    We Wish You a Merry Christmas

    Traditional

    A Christmas Flourish

    Hannaford Street Silver Band

    James Curnow, conductor

    1:27
  • 11:33 PM

    Fantaisie

    Mel Bonis

    Tatjana Ruhland, flute

    Christina Singer, flute

    Lukas Friederich, violin

    Gesa Jenne-Donneweg, violin

    Ingrid Philippi, viola

    Ansgar Schneider, cello

    12:33
  • 11:24 PM

    Christmas Roses

    Emil Waldteufel

    Waldteufel Waltzes, Polkas and Galops

    Gulbenkian Orchestra

    Michel Swierczewski, conductor

    8:58
  • 11:07 PM

    Karelia Suite

    Jean Sibelius

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Yoel Levi, conductor

    15:42
  • 11:01 PM

    Cello Suite No. 6: Gavotte

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    J.S. Bach: Suites For Solo Cello

    Pierre Fournier, cello

    4:37
  • 10:55 PM

    Go Tell It on the Mountain

    Spiritual

    This Christmas with Imani Winds

    Imani Winds

    3:01
  • 10:54 PM

    Winter Moon

    Margaret Bonds

    Malcolm J. Merriweather, conductor

    Malcolm J. Merriweather, baritone

    Ashley Jackson, harp

    1:13
  • 10:21 PM

    Clarinet Quintet

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart & Brahms

    Pacifica String Quartet

    Anthony McGill, clarinet

    30:51
  • 10:15 PM

    The Band

    Lara Downes, piano

    4:14
  • 10:06 PM

    Beautiful Star

    Traditional

    Shout for Joy

    Barbara Hendricks, soprano

    3:12
  • 10:01 PM

    Let God Bring Tomorrow

    Joshua McGhee

    Where Freedom Rings: Compositions by Contemporary African American Composers

    Picasso Ensemble

    Douglas Brown, bassoon

    4:27
  • 9:48 PM

    Moseltraume

    Lou Koster

    Koster: Orchestral Music

    Estro Armonico Luxembourg Chamber Orchestra

    Jonathan Kaell, conductor

    10:42
  • 9:44 PM

    Reverie champetre

    Edmond Dede

    Nancy Ambrose King, oboe

    Wesley Baldwin, cello

    Jia An, piano

    2:58
  • 9:19 PM

    Symphony No. 82 "The Bear"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Stockholm Chamber Ensemble

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    23:34
  • 9:13 PM

    French Carol Medley

    Traditional French

    Christmas on Copper Street, Vol. 2

    Copper Street Brass Quintet

    5:14
  • 9:07 PM

    Troisieme Valse brillante

    Cecile Chaminade

    Chaminade: Piano Music 3

    Peter Jacobs, piano

    5:16
  • 9:01 PM

    King Carotte Overture

    Jacques Offenbach

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Antonio de Almeida, conductor

    4:44
  • 5:54 PM

    Five Meditations: What Sweeter Music

    John Rutter

    Distant Land

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    John Rutter, conductor

    4:00
  • 5:24 PM

    Piano Concerto

    Doreen Carwithen

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    Howard Shelley, piano

    28:52
  • 5:18 PM

    In the Bleak Midwinter

    Gustav Holst

    Isthmus Brass

    John Stevens, conductor

    5:57
  • 5:06 PM

    Symphony No. 8

    John Marsh

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    9:51
  • 5:01 PM

    Tianwa Yang, violin

    Markus Hadulla, piano

    4:35
  • 4:55 PM

    Prepare the Way

    Traditional Swedish

    Christmas With The Dale Warland Singers

    Dale Warland Singers

    Dale Warland, conductor

    3:00
  • 4:46 PM

    Der Rosenkavalier: Waltz Sequence No. 2

    Richard Strauss

    Strauss: Macbeth, etc.

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    8:25
  • 4:37 PM

    Cello Sonata No. 5

    Luigi Boccherini

    Boccherini: Cello Concertos and Sonatas

    Steven Isserlis, cello

    Maggie Cole, harpsichord

    8:08
  • 4:33 PM

    Once in Royal David's City

    Henry Gauntlett

    A Cello Christmas

    London Cello Sound

    Geoffrey Simon, conductor

    3:15
  • 4:24 PM

    The Holly and the Ivy: Fantasy on Christmas Carols

    Malcolm Arnold

    Arnold: Film Music, Vol. 2

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Rumon Gamba, conductor

    8:55
  • 4:20 PM

    The Holly and the Ivy

    Traditional

    Empire Brass

    2:46
  • 4:06 PM

    Keyboard Suite No. 8

    George Frideric Handel

    Keith Jarrett, piano

    12:43
  • 4:01 PM

    Chi passa per'sta strada

    Filippo Azzaiolo

    Yo-Yo Ma & The Silk Road Ensemble ?– Silk Road Journeys

    Silk Road Ensemble

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    4:39
  • 3:42 PM

    Santa Cruz de Pacairigua

    Evencio Castellanos

    Fiesta

    Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    16:19
  • 3:37 PM

    Plinio Fernandes, guitar

    4:15
  • 3:21 PM

    Dumbarton Oaks Concerto

    Igor Stravinsky

    Stravinsky: Pulcinella, Dumbarton Oaks

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    14:46
  • 3:16 PM

    White Christmas

    Irving Berlin

    Joseph Alessi, trombone

    Carl Lenthe, trombone

    Mark H. Lawrence, trombone

    M. Dee Stewart, trombone

    3:04
  • 3:06 PM

    An Outdoor Overture

    Aaron Copland

    Wind Symphony

    University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music Wind Symphony

    Eugene Corporon, conductor

    9:39
  • 3:01 PM

    L'Orfeo Baroque Orchestra

    Michi Gaigg, conductor

    4:31
  • 2:49 PM

    The Merry Wives of Windsor: Overture

    Otto Nicolai

    German Overtures

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Christian Thielemann, conductor

    8:39
  • 2:29 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 1

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Champs-Elysees Orchestra

    Alessandro Moccia, conductor

    Giuliano Carmignola, violin

    18:23
  • 2:16 PM

    Shepherd's Pipe Carol; Coventry Carol; In dulci jubilo; The First Nowell

    John Rutter/Traditional

    Christmas With London Brass

    London Brass

    11:30
  • 2:06 PM

    English Folk Song Suite

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams: Piano Concerto / The Wasps / English Folk Song Suite / The Running Set

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    James Judd, conductor

    9:08
  • 2:01 PM

    Scherzo No. 2

    Clara Schumann

    Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano

    4:47
  • 11:51 AM

    Romance for Violin and Orchestra

    Johan Svendsen

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra: Portrait

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra

    James DePreist, conductor

    Anton Kontra, violin

    7:46
  • 11:20 AM

    Piano Trio No. 1

    Rosalind Ellicott

    Trio Anima Mundi

    28:53
  • 11:13 AM

    The Christmas Song/Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas

    Mel Torme/Hugh Martin/Ralph Blane

    Christmas

    Buzz Brass

    5:45
  • 11:06 AM

    Ballad

    Eric Coates

    Eric Coates: Orchestral Works, Vol. 1

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    John Wilson, conductor

    5:52
  • 11:01 AM

    The Seasons: December (Christmas)

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra

    Leonid Grin, conductor

    4:39
  • 10:50 AM

    Trio No. 1 "London"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Jean-Pierre Rampal, flute

    Isaac Stern, violin

    Mstislav Rostropovich, cello

    8:01
  • 10:20 AM

    North Country Sketches

    Frederick Delius

    Delius: Florida Suite Etc.

    Ulster Orchestra

    Vernon Handley, conductor

    28:42
  • 10:14 AM

    A Hymn to the Virgin

    Benjamin Britten

    Equinox

    Voces8

    Barnaby Smith, conductor

    Emily Dickens, soprano

    3:54
  • 10:06 AM

    Reve angelique

    Anton Rubinstein

    Jeffrey Biegel, piano

    7:41
  • 10:01 AM

    In Praise of Music: For the Saint, Cecilia

    Dominick Argento

    Casa Gudi - Frederica Von Stade Sings Dominick Argento

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    4:34
  • 9:21 AM

    Symphony No. 8

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Symphonies Nos. 7 and 8

    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    37:09
  • 9:13 AM

    Nox Aurumque

    Eric Whitacre

    Light & Gold

    Eric Whitacre Singers

    Eric Whitacre, conductor

    6:16
  • 9:06 AM

    Christmas Oratorio: Pastoral Sinfonia

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Essential Bach

    Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra

    Karl Munchinger, conductor

    6:38
  • 9:01 AM

    Evening Mood

    Josef Suk

    Josef Suk, violin

    Josef Hala, piano

    4:53
  • 8:47 AM

    Divertissement on a Pastoral Theme

    Gabriel Pierne

    Pierne: Orchestral Works

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Juanjo Mena, conductor

    11:49
  • 8:37 AM

    Medley

    Christmas Music

    A Harp For Christmas

    Emily Mitchell, harp

    9:23
  • 8:11 AM

    Clarinet Quintet

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Beethoven: Center of Gravity, 4

    Miro Quartet

    Anthony McGill, clarinet

    24:11
  • 8:06 AM

    Meditation

    Alexander Glazunov

    Glazunov: Complete Concertos

    Russian National Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    4:08
  • 8:01 AM

    Lyric Pieces: Det var engang (Once upon a time)

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg: Lyric Pieces

    Emil Gilels, piano

    4:36
  • 7:54 AM

    Prayer for Peace

    Abbie Betinis

    Still

    Elektra Women's Choir

    Morna Edmundson, conductor

    4:35
  • 7:22 AM

    Angels' Songs

    William Alwyn

    William Alwyn: Lyra Angelica, Autumn Legend

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    William Alwyn, conductor

    Osian Ellis, harp

    31:15
  • 7:14 AM

    Nocturne No. 1

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: The Nocturnes

    Maria Joao Pires, piano

    5:32
  • 7:06 AM

    Nocturne

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Symphony No. 8, Scherzo Capriccioso, Notturno

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    8:04
  • 7:01 AM

    Nuit de Noel

    Ferruccio Busoni

    Autour de Noel

    Antoine Bareil, violin

    4:38
  • 6:53 AM

    Blue Bird: Christmas Dream

    Engelbert Humperdinck

    Humperdinck: Fairy-Tale Music

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Karl Anton Rickenbacher, conductor

    5:21
  • 6:21 AM

    Lise de la Salle, piano

    31:58
  • 6:15 AM

    Romance No. 3

    Clara Schumann

    Sarah Frisof, flute

    4:06
  • 6:06 AM

    Andante Cantabile

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33, etc.

    Moscow Chamber Orchestra

    Constantine Orbelian, conductor

    Alexander Kniazev, cello

    8:00
  • 6:01 AM

    If I Fell

    John Lennon

    Goran Sollscher, guitar

    4:34