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  • 5:20 AM

    Cello Concerto

    Antonin Dvorak

    Alisa Weilerstein - Dvorak

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jiri Belohlavek, conductor

    Alisa Weilerstein, cello

    38:34
  • 5:10 AM

    Wexford Carol

    Traditional Irish

    Silent Night

    Hirundo Maris

    7:39
  • 5:06 AM

    Bethlehem Down

    Peter Warlock

    Chanticleer

    3:42
  • 5:01 AM

    Flute Sonata: Aria

    Otar Taktakishvili

    Marina Piccinini, flute

    Ewa Kupiec, piano

    4:39
  • 4:50 AM

    Dance Card: Celestial Blue

    Jennifer Higdon

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Mei-Ann Chen, conductor

    7:57
  • 4:38 AM

    Five French Carols

    Traditional French

    Christmas Songs Around the World

    Arsys Bourgogne

    Pierre Cao, conductor

    10:54
  • 4:14 AM

    The Fairy's Kiss: Divertimento

    Igor Stravinsky

    London Sinfonietta

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    23:38
  • 4:06 AM

    Blumenstuck (Flower Piece)

    Robert Schumann

    Andras Schiff, piano

    5:57
  • 4:01 AM

    Lyric Quartet: The Quiet One

    William Grant Still

    Oregon String Quartet

    4:35
  • 3:46 AM

    Forest Idylls

    Vaino Raitio

    Tapiola Sinfonietta

    Tuomas Ollila-Hannikainen, conductor

    12:51
  • 3:40 AM

    Raphaella Smits, guitar

    5:33
  • 3:31 AM

    Ave Maria

    Charles Gounod

    I'll Be Home for the Holidays

    Eaken Piano Trio

    7:48
  • 3:15 AM

    Poem for Cello and Orchestra

    Henriette Bosmans

    Cello Concertos

    Netherlands Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Ed Spanjaard, conductor

    Dimitri Ferschtman, cello

    14:32
  • 3:06 AM

    Flute Concerto: Andante

    Huw Watkins

    Halle Orchestra

    Ryan Wigglesworth, conductor

    Adam Walker, flute

    7:09
  • 3:01 AM

    A Spotless Rose

    Paul Mealor

    Blessing: The Music of Paul Mealor

    Voce Chamber Choir

    Mark Singleton, conductor

    4:51
  • 2:45 AM

    "Twinkle, Twinkle" Variations (Ah, vous dirai-je, maman)

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Complete Mozart Edition, Vol. 18: Piano Variations, Rondos Etc.

    Ingrid Haebler, piano

    13:10
  • 2:24 AM

    Divertimento

    Michael Ippolito

    C/O Chamber Orchestra

    18:21
  • 2:17 AM

    Carol Fantasia

    John Fox

    Another Night Before Christmas And Scrooge

    RTE Concert Orchestra

    Gavin Sutherland, conductor

    6:12
  • 2:13 AM

    Song without Words No. 30 "Spring Song"

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Songs without Words

    Luba Edlina, piano

    2:58
  • 2:06 AM

    Sarabande

    Claude Debussy

    RAVEL, M.: Orchestral Works, Vol. 3

    Lyon National Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    5:09
  • 2:01 AM

    The Mission: Gabriel's Oboe

    Ennio Morricone

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Keith Lockhart, conductor

    Anne Akiko Meyers, violin

    4:51
  • 1:48 AM

    Miniature Suite

    Poldowski

    Music of the Gilded Age

    Sylvan Winds

    10:29
  • 1:19 AM

    Guitar Concerto No. 3

    Mauro Giuliani

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Raymond Leppard, conductor

    Angel Romero, guitar

    27:25
  • 1:12 AM

    Amahl and the Night Visitors: Dance Suite

    Gian Carlo Menotti

    Barber: Souvenirs; Menotti: Sebastian, Amahl and the Night Visitors

    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Schenck, conductor

    6:04
  • 1:06 AM

    Dance of the Shepherd Girl

    Hugo Alfven

    Arcata String Quartet

    Don Bailey, flute

    4:17
  • 1:01 AM

    Four German Carols

    Traditional

    An Old World Christmas

    Berlin Philharmonic Brass

    4:30
  • 12:48 AM

    Prince Igor: Overture

    Alexander Borodin

    Borodin

    Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

    Bramwell Tovey, conductor

    10:46
  • 12:42 AM

    Suite dramatique: The evening song

    Lou Koster

    Estro Armonico Luxembourg Chamber Orchestra

    Jonathan Kaell, conductor

    4:03
  • 12:28 AM

    Concerto for 2 Orchestras No. 3

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Concerti a due cori

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    13:36
  • 12:13 AM

    A Christmas Greeting

    Alfred Burt

    We Wish You a Merry Christmas

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    12:50
  • 12:06 AM

    Three Preludes

    George Gershwin

    Summertime

    Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano

    6:26
  • 12:01 AM

    The Tempest: Rustic Dance

    Ernest Chausson

    Belgian Radio and TV Symphony Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    4:50
  • 11:51 PM

    Symphony No. 41 "Jupiter": Finale

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Ensemble Appassionato

    Mathieu Herzog, conductor

    7:23
  • 11:33 PM

    Overture, Scherzo and Finale

    Robert Schumann

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    16:50
  • 11:28 PM

    Make a Joyful Noise

    Frank Denson

    Empire Brass & Friends

    4:02
  • 11:18 PM

    Concerto No. 3

    Francesco Durante

    Francesco Durante: Concerti

    Concerto Koln

    9:53
  • 11:14 PM

    Once in Royal David's City

    Henry Gauntlett

    Stille Nacht: Christmas Carols for Guitar

    Rossini Hayward, guitar

    1:53
  • 11:06 PM

    Aida: Triumphal March

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    7:38
  • 11:01 PM

    Staatskapelle Weimar

    Peter Gulke, conductor

    4:38
  • 10:53 PM

    Dala Suite: Rustic Dances

    Helena Munktell

    Helena Munktell: Orchestral Works

    Gavle Symphony Orchestra

    Tobias Ringborg, conductor

    5:15
  • 10:40 PM

    "A Mozart Christmas"

    Traditional

    What if Mozart Wrote "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"

    Hampton String Quartet

    11:57
  • 10:33 PM

    Sonata for Piano 4-Hands

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Complete Piano Duets

    Amy Hamann, piano

    6:12
  • 10:17 PM

    The Good-humored Ladies

    Vincenzo Tommasini

    Irving: Glazunov, Scarlatti/Tommasini, Bach/Walton

    Concert Arts Orchestra

    Robert Irving, conductor

    14:56
  • 10:11 PM

    Holiday Cheer, A Suite of Seasonal Songs (Jingle Bells, Twelve Days of Christmas, Carol of the Bells, We Wish You a Merry Christmas)

    Christmas Music

    Let It Snow!

    Chanticleer

    3:49
  • 10:06 PM

    Paganini Etude No. 3 "La Campanella"

    Franz Liszt

    Liszt: My Piano Hero

    Lang Lang, piano

    4:46
  • 10:03 PM

    Othello Suite: Willow Song

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Chineke! Orchestra

    Fawzi Haimor, conductor

    2:39
  • 9:48 PM

    Concerto Grosso No. 12

    Arcangelo Corelli

    I Solisti Italiani

    10:39
  • 9:41 PM

    The Nutcracker: Christmas Tree and March

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Der Nussknacker and others

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    6:20
  • 9:31 PM

    La gazza ladra (The Thieving Magpie): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Overtures

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    8:53
  • 9:22 PM

    Mandolin Sonata

    Cristoforo Signorelli

    Artemandoline

    8:28
  • 9:16 PM

    O Little Town of Bethlehem

    Traditional

    A Traditional Christmas Collection

    The Sixteen

    Harry Christophers, conductor

    3:40
  • 9:06 PM

    Oboe Concerto No. 3

    George Frideric Handel

    City of London Sinfonia

    Nicholas Ward, conductor

    Anthony Camden, oboe

    9:25
  • 9:01 PM

    Piano Sonata: Scherzo

    Franz Schubert

    Simone Dinnerstein, piano

    4:45
  • 6:50 PM

    Global Warming

    Michael Abels

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Paul Freeman, conductor

    8:19
  • 6:29 PM

    Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

    Gustav Leonhardt, conductor

    Anner Bylsma, cello

    19:19
  • 6:25 PM

    Messiah: Every valley shall be exalted

    George Frideric Handel

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Thomas Beecham, conductor

    Jon Vickers, tenor

    3:34
  • 6:13 PM

    At Midnight Hour; Joy Be With You; Carol of the Birds; Winter's Falling Light

    Medley

    Surrounded By Angels

    Ensemble Galilei

    9:53
  • 6:06 PM

    Heather Hill

    Constance Warren

    South German Chamber Orchestra Pforzheim

    Douglas Bostock, conductor

    6:45
  • 6:01 PM

    Etude No. 89

    Helene de Montgeroult

    Hélène de Montgeroult: Études

    Clare Hammond, piano

    4:36
  • 5:39 PM

    Miss Sally's Party

    William Grant Still

    VocalEssence Orchestra

    Philip Brunelle, conductor

    19:02
  • 5:36 PM

    Ding Dong Merrily on High

    Traditional French

    Christmas

    Voces8

    1:28
  • 5:25 PM

    A Christmas Rondo

    Rick Sowash

    A Christmas Gift

    Kris Frankenfeld, violin

    10:29
  • 5:11 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 10

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Fazil Say, piano

    12:57
  • 5:06 PM

    Scherzo a la Russe

    Igor Stravinsky

    Stravinsky in America

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    3:59
  • 5:01 PM

    Caprice No. 24

    Niccolo Paganini

    Virtuoso Guitar Transcriptions

    Nicola Hall, guitar

    4:46
  • 4:49 PM

    Fairy Tales (Feen-Marchen) Waltz

    Johann Strauss, Jr.

    Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Alfred Eschwe, conductor

    9:45
  • 4:43 PM

    Christmas Night

    Sergei Lyapunov

    Christmas Piano Music

    Eteri Andjaparidze, piano

    4:59
  • 4:24 PM

    Bassoon Concerto

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Alexander Janiczek, conductor

    Peter Whelan, bassoon

    18:12
  • 4:13 PM

    Christmas Medley

    John Rutter

    Christmas Night

    Cambridge Singers

    John Rutter, conductor

    9:20
  • 4:06 PM

    Polonaise for Violin and Strings

    Franz Schubert

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Pinchas Zukerman, conductor

    Pinchas Zukerman, violin

    5:55
  • 4:01 PM

    French Suite No. 6: Allemande; Courante

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Peter Hill, piano

    4:31
  • 3:57 PM

    The Comedians

    Dmitri Kabalevsky

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Charles Groves, conductor

    15:25
  • 3:49 PM

    The Comedians

    Dmitri Kabalevsky

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Charles Groves, conductor

    15:25
  • 3:41 PM

    Romanian Christmas Carols

    Bela Bartok

    THE KNIGHTS BEFORE CHRISTMAS

    The Knights

    Eric Jacobsen, conductor

    6:45
  • 3:25 PM

    In the Fen Country

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    James Judd, conductor

    15:30
  • 3:21 PM

    High are the snowdrifts (On hanget korkeat nietokset)

    Jean Sibelius

    Christmas Wonderland

    Lahti Symphony Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    2:10
  • 3:00 PM

    A Toi (To You) Waltz

    Emil Waldteufel

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    6:59
  • 2:57 PM

    Waltz No. 6 "Minute"

    Frederic Chopin

    American Virtuosa - Tribute to Maud Powell

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    2:00
  • 2:51 PM

    Semele: Where e'er you walk

    George Frederick Handel

    English Chamber Orchestra

    John Nelson, conductor

    John Aler, tenor

    4:44
  • 2:48 PM

    The Poseidon Adventure: Main Title

    John Williams

    Studio Orchestra

    2:13
  • 2:44 PM

    The Gondoliers: Take a pair of sparkling eyes

    Gilbert & Sullivan:

    Topsy-Turvy Soundtrack

    Studio Orchestra

    Carl Davis, conductor

    Ian Balmain, cornet

    3:00
  • 2:36 PM

    The Nutcracker: Waltz of the Flowers

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker

    Stewart Goodyear, piano

    6:27
  • 2:32 PM

    Morning Song

    Edward Elgar

    Breakfast in Bed

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    3:01
  • 2:21 PM

    Trumpet Concerto: 1st movement

    Johann Hummel

    Haydn, Hummel, Etc.: Trumpet Concertos

    German Chamber Philharmonic

    Alison Balsom, trumpet

    9:20
  • 2:16 PM

    Snowride

    Angela Morley

    Another Night Before Christmas And Scrooge

    RTE Concert Orchestra

    Gavin Sutherland, conductor

    3:36
  • 2:08 PM

    Rhine Nymphs: Overture

    Jacques Offenbach

    Offenbach Romantique

    Musicians of the Louvre

    Marc Minkowski, conductor

    4:44
  • 2:04 PM

    Carnival of the Animals: The Swan

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Romance Of The Violin

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Michael Stern, conductor

    Joshua Bell, violin

    2:46
  • 1:54 PM

    March of the Toys

    Victor Herbert

    Pops Christmas Party

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Arthur Fiedler, conductor

    3:52
  • 1:50 PM

    Gloucestershire Wassail; Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day; Sussex Carol

    Traditional English

    Ancient Noels

    Ensemble Galilei

    Maggie Sansone, hammered dulcimer

    3:19
  • 1:38 PM

    Momentum Suite

    Peter Hope

    Northern Sinfonia

    David Lloyd-Jones, conductor

    10:09
  • 1:35 PM

    Jerusalem

    Hubert Parry

    The Last Night of the Proms 2003

    BBC Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    2:44
  • 1:31 PM

    Mock Morris

    Percy Grainger

    Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano

    3:08
  • 1:23 PM

    String Quartet: 2nd movement

    Maurice Ravel

    Debussy, Ravel, Dutilleux: Quartets

    Juilliard String Quartet

    6:32
  • 1:19 PM

    The Snowman: Walking in the Air

    Howard Blake

    Christmas at the Movies

    Michael Chertock, piano

    3:21
  • 1:10 PM

    Concerto for Two Horns

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Timothy Brown, horn

    Nicolas Hill, horn

    7:37
  • 1:04 PM

    Peer Gynt: Morning Mood

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg: Peer Gynt Suites 1 & 2, etc.

    San Francisco Symphony

    Herbert Blomstedt, conductor

    4:19
  • 12:55 PM

    Carol of the Bells/God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen

    Mikola Leontovich

    A Star in the East

    Carolyn Surrick, viola da gamba

    3:53
  • 12:50 PM

    Ave Generosa

    Ola Gjeilo

    Ola Gjeilo: Winter Songs

    Choir of Royal Holloway

    Rupert Gough, conductor

    4:30
  • 12:32 PM

    L'Horloge de Flore (The Flower Clock)

    Jean Francaix

    Strauss: Oboe Concerto, Francaix, Ibert, Satie, De Lancie

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    John de Lancie, oboe

    16:02
  • 12:22 PM

    Symphony No. 7: 3rd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphonien 1-9

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    8:29
  • 12:18 PM

    The Secret of Susanna: Overture

    Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Lance Friedel, conductor

    3:06
  • 12:16 PM

    Let it Snow!

    Jule Styne

    Artaria Quartet

    1:19
  • 12:07 PM

    Concert Piece for Clarinet and Basset Horn

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Works for Clarinet and String Orchestra

    Wurttemberg Chamber Orchestra

    Jorg Faerber, conductor

    Sabine Meyer, clarinet

    7:39
  • 12:04 PM

    Waltz No. 4 "Valse brillante"

    Frederic Chopin

    Ingrid Fliter, piano

    2:13
  • 11:51 AM

    Christmas Medley

    Traditional

    James Galway's Christmas Carols

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    James Galway, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    7:07
  • 11:40 AM

    Sonata No. 1

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

    (Selected members), conductor

    11:16
  • 11:32 AM

    Fantasia fugata

    Amy Beach

    Joanne Polk, piano

    5:55
  • 11:18 AM

    The Day Dawn

    Sally Beamish

    Sally Beamish: The Imagined Sound of Sun on Stone

    Swedish Chamber Orchestra

    Ola Rudner, conductor

    13:19
  • 11:15 AM

    How Brightly Beams the Morning Star

    Traditional

    A String Quartet Christmas

    Arturo Delmoni, violin

    2:24
  • 11:11 AM

    Ave Maria

    John Rutter

    A Christmas Festival

    Cambridge Singers

    John Rutter, conductor

    3:03
  • 11:06 AM

    Canon

    Johann Pachelbel

    Albinoni: Adagio; Pachelbel: Canon; Etc

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    4:15
  • 11:01 AM

    Lyric Waltz

    Jean Sibelius

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    4:49
  • 10:49 AM

    Brodsky Quartet

    9:02
  • 10:34 AM

    Umbrian Scene

    Ulysses Kay

    Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Arthur Fagen, conductor

    13:33
  • 10:30 AM

    Peace on Earth

    Errollyn Wallen

    Errollyn Wallen: Peace on Earth

    Choir of King's College, Cambridge

    3:35
  • 10:16 AM

    Old Christmas Music

    Philip Lane

    Another Night Before Christmas And Scrooge

    Royal Ballet Sinfonia

    Gavin Sutherland, conductor

    12:06
  • 10:06 AM

    Old Hungarian Dances

    Ferenc Farkas

    Frosunda Wind Quintet

    9:35
  • 10:01 AM

    O Magnum Mysterium

    Andrej Makor

    Be All Merry

    The Choral Scholars of University College Dublin

    Desmond Earley, conductor

    Eleanor Coleman, soprano

    4:32
  • 9:48 AM

    Miniature Suite

    Vitezslava Kapralova

    University of Michigan Symphony Orchestra

    Kenneth Kiesler, conductor

    9:46
  • 9:27 AM

    Piano Trio No. 3 "A Christmas Divertimento"

    Rick Sowash

    Rick Sowash: Piano Trios

    Mirecourt Trio

    20:43
  • 9:06 AM

    Jeux (Games)

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Images, etc.

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    19:20
  • 9:01 AM

    Suite of Three Pieces: Idylle

    Benjamin Godard

    La Flute Enchantee

    City of London Sinfonia

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    Susan Milan, flute

    4:54
  • 8:37 AM

    The Forest

    Howard Shore

    The Moon and the Forest

    National Arts Centre Orchestra

    Alexander Shelley, conductor

    Milos Karadaglic, guitar

    20:48
  • 8:33 AM

    The Snowman: Walking in the Air

    Howard Blake

    Christmas at the Movies

    Michael Chertock, piano

    3:21
  • 8:28 AM

    Winter's Wait

    James Whitbourn

    James Whitbourn: Carolae: Music for Christmas

    Westminster Williamson Voices

    James Jordan, conductor

    Daryl Robinson, organ

    4:04
  • 8:06 AM

    Suite for Strings

    Frank Bridge

    Music of John Ireland and Frank Bridge

    English Chamber Orchestra

    David Garforth, conductor

    21:13
  • 8:01 AM

    Ian Jones, piano

    4:41
  • 7:41 AM

    The Muse and the Poet

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Poems and Rhapsodies

    Ukraine National Symphony Orchestra

    Volodymyr Sirenko, conductor

    Solomiya Ivakhiv, violin

    17:22
  • 7:31 AM

    Six Noels for Harp

    Marcel Tournier

    LULLABIES AND CAROLS FOR CHRISTMAS

    Judy Loman, harp

    9:03
  • 7:06 AM

    Serenade No. 12

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Wind Serenades K. 375 & K. 388

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    23:31
  • 7:01 AM

    Orchestral Suite No. 4 "Mozartiana": Preghiera (Prayer)

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Suites Nos. 1-4

    Prague Symphony Orchestra

    Jiri Belohlavek, conductor

    4:37
  • 6:45 AM

    Oboe d'Amore Concerto

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Amsterdam Sinfonietta

    Jaap ter Linden, conductor

    Pauline Oostenrijk, oboe d'amore

    13:14
  • 6:41 AM

    Sweet was the Song

    Matthew Brown

    Behold This Heavenly Night

    VocalEssence

    Philip Brunelle, conductor

    4:02
  • 6:13 AM

    Symphony No. 2

    Niels Gade

    Gade: Symphonies 2 & 7

    Stockholm Sinfonietta

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    25:31
  • 6:06 AM

    Les Chanteurs de Noel

    Alexander Glazunov

    Noel

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    6:45
  • 6:01 AM

    Orchestral Quartet No. 5: Rondo

    Carl Stamitz

    Carl Stamitz: Orchestral Quartets, Op. 14

    NZSO Chamber Orchestra

    Donald Armstrong, conductor

    4:40