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  • 5:51 AM

    You are Light and Morning: Paesaggio VIII

    Tonu Korvits

    Kõrvits: You Are Light and Morning

    Tallinn Chamber Orchestra

    Risto Joost, conductor

    7:05
  • 5:17 AM

    Violin Concerto "Distant Light"

    Peteris Vasks

    O/Modernt Chamber Orchestra

    Hugo Ticciati, conductor

    Hugo Ticciati, violin

    33:44
  • 5:07 AM

    her eastern light amid a cavernous dusk

    Jeffrey Mumford

    Aspen Wind Quintet

    8:21
  • 5:01 AM

    Air to Breath

    Daniel Bjarnason

    Epicycle II

    Gyda Valtysdottir, cello

    4:39
  • 4:45 AM

    Molitva (Prayer)

    Galina Grigorjeva

    Timeless Light

    Estonian National Male Choir

    Mikk Uleoja, conductor

    Allar Kaasik, cello

    13:32
  • 4:36 AM

    Wooden Bodies

    Tebogo Monnakgotla

    Malva String Quartet

    7:50
  • 4:26 AM

    Choirbook: An epidemic of darkness

    Jesper Koch

    Jesper Koch: Choirbook

    Danish National Vocal Ensemble

    Flemming Windekilde, conductor

    8:27
  • 4:22 AM

    Songs of Ascension: Winter Variation

    Meredith Monk

    Meredith Monk & Vocal Ensemble

    1:51
  • 4:01 AM

    O splendidissima gemma

    Stef Conner

    Blossom Street

    Hilary Campbell, conductor

    4:21
  • 3:54 AM

    O Holy Night

    Adolphe Adam

    Christmas Harp Music

    Ayako Shinozaki, harp

    4:06
  • 3:52 AM

    O Christmas Tree

    Traditional

    Christmas Harp Music

    Ayako Shinozaki, harp

    2:30
  • 3:26 AM

    Oboe Concerto

    Richard Strauss

    Strauss, Martinu: Oboe Concertos, Francaix: L'Horloge De Flore

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Simon Wright, conductor

    John Anderson, oboe

    24:32
  • 3:20 AM

    Home Alone: Somewhere in My Memory

    John Williams

    Joy to the World

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    3:46
  • 3:06 AM

    Symphony No. 2: 3rd movement

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2 / Vocalise

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    13:27
  • 3:01 AM

    Woodland Sketches (selected)

    Edward MacDowell

    Paula Robison, flute

    Eliot Fisk, guitar

    4:33
  • 2:36 AM

    Sinfonietta

    Leos Janacek

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jiri Belohlavek, conductor

    23:13
  • 2:24 AM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 2

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Brandenburg Concertos

    Musica Antiqua Cologne

    Reinhard Goebel, conductor

    10:36
  • 2:16 AM

    Ave Maria

    Franz Schubert

    Christmas with the Vienna Choir Boys

    Vienna Boys Choir

    Helmuth Froschauer, conductor

    5:52
  • 2:10 AM

    While by my sheep; Adeste fideles; Come, little children

    Traditional

    Christmas with the Vienna Choir Boys

    Vienna Boys Choir

    Peter Marschik, conductor

    5:55
  • 2:06 AM

    Beloved Sperl Polka

    Johann Strauss, Sr.

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    2:48
  • 2:01 AM

    Ladies in Lavender

    Nigel Hess

    Claire Jones: Royal Harp Strings

    London Mozart Players

    Stuart Morley, conductor

    Claire Jones, harp

    4:42
  • 12:30 AM

    Symphony No. 2 "Romantic"

    Howard Hanson

    Great American Composers: Copland, Griffes, Gould, Hanson

    RCA Symphony Orchestra

    Charles Gerhardt, conductor

    28:48
  • 12:19 AM

    Christmas Medley

    Traditional

    A Seraphic Fire Christmas

    Seraphic Fire

    Patrick Dupre Quigley, conductor

    9:22
  • 12:14 AM

    Danza Brasilera

    Jorge Morel

    Milos: Pasion

    Milos Karadaglic, guitar

    3:10
  • 12:06 AM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Tomaso Albinoni

    Italian Concertos

    Scottish Ensemble

    Jonathan Morton, conductor

    Alison Balsom, trumpet

    7:17
  • 12:01 AM

    Vespers: Laudate Dominum

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Voice Of The Violin

    Orchestra of St. Luke's

    Michael Stern, conductor

    Joshua Bell, violin

    4:44
  • 11:50 PM

    Carol of the Bells; O Come, All Ye Faithful; Joy to the World

    Christmas Music

    Joy to the World

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Eugene Ormandy, conductor

    8:37
  • 11:44 PM

    Il Signor Bruschino: Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Colin Davis, conductor

    5:00
  • 11:19 PM

    Symphony No. 2

    Dmitri Kabalevsky

    Kabalevsky: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra

    Darrell Ang, conductor

    23:13
  • 11:16 PM

    Noel nouvelet

    Traditional French

    Cantus

    2:50
  • 11:10 PM

    Gladiolus Rag

    Scott Joplin

    America Again

    Lara Downes, piano

    3:43
  • 11:06 PM

    Fidelity Rewarded Overture

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 96 and 102 (The Miracle)

    Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra

    Adam Fischer, conductor

    3:50
  • 10:50 PM

    Arabesques

    Claude Debussy

    Kathryn Stott, piano

    8:00
  • 10:48 PM

    Il est ne, le divin enfant (Now is born the divine Christ child)

    Traditional French

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    1:42
  • 10:32 PM

    Anticipations of Scotland

    Ignaz Moscheles

    Romantic Piano Concerto Vol 29

    Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra

    Howard Shelley, conductor

    Howard Shelley, piano

    14:52
  • 10:23 PM

    Christmas Medley

    Traditional

    Monteverdi Choir

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    8:16
  • 10:12 PM

    Overture for Wind Instruments

    Felix Mendelssohn

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    9:42
  • 10:06 PM

    Cantata No. 208: Sheep May Safely Graze

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    The Art of Bach

    Anderson & Roe Piano Duo

    4:44
  • 10:03 PM

    Minuet No. 2

    Giacomo Puccini

    Enso String Quartet

    2:37
  • 9:43 PM

    Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic Orchestra

    Samuel Friedman, conductor

    15:07
  • 9:39 PM

    Infant Holy, Infant Lowly

    Traditional Polish

    Sing, Choirs of Angels!

    Mormon Tabernacle Choir

    Craig Jessop, conductor

    3:50
  • 9:35 PM

    Etude No. 12 "Revolutionary"

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: The Complete Etudes

    Louis Lortie, piano

    2:49
  • 9:19 PM

    Horn Concerto No. 3

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Horn Concertos and Concert Rondo

    London Sinfonietta

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    Richard Watkins, horn

    14:29
  • 9:13 PM

    Piano Quartet No. 1: Scherzo

    Emilie Mayer

    Mariani Piano Quartet

    4:01
  • 9:06 PM

    The Nutcracker: Waltz of the Flowers

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    6:55
  • 9:01 PM

    Garmoshka

    Ljova

    The Knights

    Eric Jacobsen, conductor

    Johnny Gandelsman, violin

    Colin Jacobsen, violin

    4:36
  • 7:23 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 15 "Pastoral"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven Piano Sonatas 2

    Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, piano

    24:25
  • 7:18 PM

    O Magnum Mysterium

    Tomas Luis de Victoria

    Stile Antico

    4:20
  • 7:06 PM

    Hungarian Sketches

    Bela Bartok

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    10:59
  • 7:01 PM

    Sweet Little Jesus Boy

    Robert MacGimsey

    Sacred Songs

    Jessye Norman, soprano

    4:35
  • 6:57 PM

    The Kentucky Wassail Song

    John Jacob Niles

    Traditional and Modern Carols

    Pro Arte Singers

    Paul Hillier, conductor

    1:14
  • 6:51 PM

    Kentucky Rondo

    Otto Luening

    The Louisville Orchstra

    Louisville Orchestra

    Lawrence Leighton Smith, conductor

    4:56
  • 6:40 PM

    O Come, All Ye Faithful; The First Nowell; Hark! the Herald Angels Sing

    Christmas Music

    Sing Noel

    Washington Chorus

    Robert Shafer, conductor

    William Neil, organ

    10:07
  • 6:35 PM

    At a Certain Church

    John Wesley Work, III

    William Chapman Nyaho, piano

    2:48
  • 6:06 PM

    Symphony No. 103 "Drum Roll"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Orchestra of St. Luke's

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    28:44
  • 6:01 PM

    Piano Trio No. 1 "Four Seasons in Belleville": Spring

    Rick Sowash

    Mirecourt Trio

    4:40
  • 5:54 PM

    Parade of the Wooden Soldiers

    Leon Jessel

    Home for the Holidays

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    John Morris Russell, conductor

    4:20
  • 5:50 PM

    Ben Hur: Parade of the Charioteers

    Miklos Rozsa

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    3:24
  • 5:21 PM

    Symphony No. 2

    Randall Thompson

    American Masters: Harris, Thompson, Diamond

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    27:45
  • 5:16 PM

    The Twelve Days of Christmas

    Traditional English

    Carols from Clare

    Clare College Singers

    John Rutter, conductor

    3:11
  • 5:06 PM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Leopold Mozart

    Wynton Marsalis - The London Concert - Haydn, Hummel, Mozart

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Raymond Leppard, conductor

    Wynton Marsalis, trumpet

    8:57
  • 5:03 PM

    Jesus Christ the Apple Tree

    Elizabeth Poston

    Christmas At King's College

    Choir of King's College, Cambridge

    David Willcocks, conductor

    2:30
  • 5:01 PM

    Sussex Carol (On Christmas Night)

    Traditional English

    Christmas At King's College

    Choir of King's College, Cambridge

    Philip Ledger, conductor

    Thomas Trotter, organ

    2:03
  • 4:48 PM

    Concerto No. 12 "Christmas Concerto"

    Francesco Manfredini

    Bach: Brandenburg Concertos, etc.

    Polish Chamber Orchestra

    Jerzy Maksymiuk, conductor

    10:11
  • 4:16 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 3

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Saint-Saens: Concertos pour Violon

    Montreal Symphony Orchestra

    Kent Nagano, conductor

    Andrew Wan, violin

    30:26
  • 4:14 PM

    Gaudete (Rejoice!)

    Piae Cantiones

    The Carol Album: Seven Centuries of Christmas Music

    Taverner Players

    Andrew Parrott, conductor

    1:41
  • 4:06 PM

    Carpathian Rhapsody

    Myroslav Skoryk

    Ukraine National Symphony Orchestra

    Volodymyr Sirenko, conductor

    Solomiya Ivakhiv, violin

    6:40
  • 4:01 PM

    Trio for Piano, Oboe, and Horn: Adagio

    Carl Reinecke

    Dallas Chamber Players

    4:38
  • 3:51 PM

    Romance No. 2

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Violin Romances

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    Gil Shaham, violin

    7:31
  • 3:43 PM

    Suite of English Carols

    Elizabeth DiSavino

    Christmas Gift

    Solid Brass

    7:33
  • 3:42 PM

    Bolero

    Maurice Ravel

    Bolero

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    15:14
  • 3:15 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 1

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Rachmaninoff: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    Krystian Zimerman, piano

    26:16
  • 3:09 PM

    William Tell Overture

    Spike Jones Kids the Classics

    Spike Jones and his City Slickers

    3:06
  • 3:06 PM

    Orchestral Suite No. 2: Badinerie

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    The Greatest Classical Show On Earth

    Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra

    Karl Munchinger, conductor

    1:30
  • 3:01 PM

    3 German Carols

    Traditional

    Christmas Gift

    Solid Brass

    4:37
  • 2:52 PM

    Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1

    Edward Elgar

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    6:24
  • 2:49 PM

    Joy to the World

    Traditional

    Christmas With Los Romeros

    Los Romeros

    2:30
  • 2:48 PM

    Carol of the Bells

    Mikola Leontovich

    Christmas With Los Romeros

    Los Romeros

    1:09
  • 2:36 PM

    Scaramouche

    Darius Milhaud

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    Branford Marsalis, saxophone

    11:20
  • 2:32 PM

    Piano Quartet: Scherzo

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann and Brahms Piano Quartets

    Ames Piano Quartet

    3:35
  • 2:24 PM

    Oboe Concerto

    Vincenzo Bellini

    Bella Napoli: Oboe Concertos

    Ensemble Berlin

    Christoph Hartmann, oboe

    7:14
  • 2:14 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
  • 2:06 PM

    Serenade for Strings: 4th movement

    Josef Suk

    String Serenades, Vol. 2

    Anima Musicae Chamber Orchestra

    Laszlo G. Horvath, conductor

    7:18
  • 2:01 PM

    In the Blue Mountains: I Trollhallen

    Agathe Grondahl

    Backer Grondahl: Piano Works

    Sara Aimee Smiseth, piano

    4:42
  • 1:52 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 21 "Elvira Madigan": Andante

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Romance Of The Violin

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Michael Stern, conductor

    Joshua Bell, violin

    6:16
  • 1:48 PM

    In dulci jubilo

    Traditional German

    Carols from New College, Oxford

    Choir of New College, Oxford

    Edward Higginbottom, conductor

    3:17
  • 1:34 PM

    RTE Concert Orchestra

    Adrian Leaper, conductor

    12:40
  • 1:27 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 9

    Bruce Haynes

    Montreal Baroque Orchestra

    Eric Milnes, conductor

    6:29
  • 1:23 PM

    Auf Flugeln des Gesanges (On wings of song)

    Felix Mendelssohn

    My Gift To You

    Antonin Kubalek, piano

    4:04
  • 1:20 PM

    Shepherds, rejoice!

    William Billings

    Handel and Haydn Society

    Harry Christophers, conductor

    1:54
  • 1:13 PM

    Voyevoda: Dance of the Hay Girls

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    Peter Breiner, conductor

    5:32
  • 1:06 PM

    Concerto Grosso No. 6 "Christmas Concerto"

    Giuseppe Torelli

    Christmas Concertos

    I Solisti Italiani

    6:50
  • 1:01 PM

    Violin Concerto: 3rd movement

    Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Violin Concertos by Black Composers

    Encore Chamber Orchestra

    Daniel Hege, conductor

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    4:37
  • 12:55 PM

    Messiah: Rejoice greatly

    George Frederick Handel

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    Sylvia McNair, soprano

    4:00
  • 12:54 PM

    What Sweeter Music

    John Rutter

    Stillness and Sweet Harmony

    Cambridge Singers

    John Rutter, conductor

    4:17
  • 12:46 PM

    Piano Concerto: 3rd movement

    Dora Pejacevic

    BBC Symphony Orchestra

    Sakari Oramo, conductor

    Peter Donohoe, piano

    7:50
  • 12:44 PM

    Netherlands Wind Ensemble

    1:18
  • 12:34 PM

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    8:49
  • 12:29 PM

    Peer Gynt: Ase's Death

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg: Peer Gynt Suites 1 And 2

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    4:30
  • 12:23 PM

    Keyboard Concerto No. 6: 3rd movement

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Australian Chamber Orchestra

    Richard Tognetti, conductor

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    4:59
  • 12:15 PM

    Spanish Carols and Dances

    Traditional

    Carols For Dancing

    Renaissonics

    6:33
  • 12:06 PM

    La Procession del Rocio

    Joaquin Turina

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Antonio de Almeida, conductor

    8:19
  • 12:03 PM

    Polish National Dances: No. 2

    Xaver Scharwenka

    Xaver Scharwenka: The Piano Works

    Seta Tanyel, piano

    2:38
  • 11:54 AM

    Ding Dong Merrily on High; Jingle Bells

    Traditional

    Behold This Heavenly Night

    VocalEssence

    Philip Brunelle, conductor

    3:58
  • 11:36 AM

    Flute Concerto No. 2

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Flute Concertos

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    Emmanuel Pahud, flute

    18:43
  • 11:28 AM

    The Two Widows: Prelude and Polka

    Bedrich Smetana

    Czecho-Slovak State Philharmonic

    Robert Stankovsky, conductor

    6:05
  • 11:24 AM

    Bethlehem Down

    Peter Warlock

    Chanticleer

    3:42
  • 11:21 AM

    Angels We Have Heard on High

    Traditional French

    A Chanticleer Christmas: Holiday Favorites Broadcast Live on Public Radio

    Chanticleer

    2:23
  • 11:10 AM

    Concerto for Three Violins

    Antonio Vivaldi

    English Chamber Orchestra

    David Lockington, conductor

    Anne Akiko Meyers, violin

    9:30
  • 11:06 AM

    O Jesulein suss (O little one sweet)

    Samuel Scheidt

    Cambridge Singers

    John Rutter, conductor

    3:17
  • 11:01 AM

    Reverie

    Andre Caplet

    Dedicated to Barrere

    Leone Buyse, flute

    4:37
  • 10:48 AM

    Christmas Carols for Strings

    Traditional

    Tchaikovsky: Children's Album, Mozart: Toy Symphony

    I Musici Montreal

    Yuli Turovsky, conductor

    10:42
  • 10:25 AM

    Violin Sonata No. 2

    Johannes Brahms

    Arabella Steinbacher, violin

    Robert Kulek, piano

    21:11
  • 10:20 AM

    Huron Carol ('Twas in the Moon of Wintertime)

    Traditional

    Christmas A Cappella: Songs from Around the World

    Chicago a cappella

    3:01
  • 10:06 AM

    Manfred Overture

    Robert Schumann

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    13:11
  • 10:01 AM

    Nocturne No. 11

    Gabriel Faure

    Faure: The Complete Music for Piano

    Kathryn Stott, piano

    4:33
  • 9:40 AM

    Concerto for Flute, Strings and Two Horns

    Friedrich Hartmann Graf

    Friedrich Hartmann Graf: Flute Concertos

    South German Chamber Orchestra Pforzheim

    Johannes Moesus, conductor

    Gaby Pas-van Riet, flute

    17:50
  • 9:29 AM

    Four Christmas Motets

    Francis Poulenc

    Tafelmusik Chamber Choir

    Ivars Taurins, conductor

    10:46
  • 9:11 AM

    Partita for Flute, Violin, and Strings

    Paul Creston

    City of London Sinfonia

    David Amos, conductor

    Yossi Arnheim, flute

    Nicholas Ward, violin

    16:36
  • 9:06 AM

    Aznavoorian Duo

    4:17
  • 9:03 AM

    I Wonder as I Wander

    John Jacob Niles

    Musica Intima

    2:52
  • 9:01 AM

    Noel nouvelet

    Traditional French

    Musica Intima

    1:48
  • 8:19 AM

    Symphony

    Paul Dukas

    French National Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    38:56
  • 8:11 AM

    Romanian Christmas Carols

    Bela Bartok

    THE KNIGHTS BEFORE CHRISTMAS

    The Knights

    Eric Jacobsen, conductor

    6:45
  • 8:06 AM

    Orfeo Duo

    4:11
  • 8:03 AM

    I Wonder as I Wander

    John Jacob Niles

    Comfort and Joy, Vol. 1

    Cantus

    Brian Arreola, tenor

    2:33
  • 8:01 AM

    I Saw Three Ships

    Traditional English

    tidings

    Cantus

    2:00
  • 7:38 AM

    Les Reves de Colombine

    Amy Beach

    Joanne Polk, piano

    20:15
  • 7:34 AM

    Nowell: Arise and wake

    Andrew Smith

    New York Polyphony

    3:29
  • 7:31 AM

    Nowell: Out of your sleep

    Anonymous

    Sing Thee Nowell

    New York Polyphony

    3:00
  • 7:12 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 4

    Aarre Merikanto

    Violin Concertos 2 & 4

    Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra

    James DePreist, conductor

    Kaija Saarikettu, violin

    17:31
  • 7:06 AM

    Silent Night

    Franz Gruber

    Christmas Wonderland

    Lahti Symphony Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    5:24
  • 7:01 AM

    Leaving Capri

    Tonu Korvits

    Tonu Korvits: Hymns to the Nordic Lights

    Estonian National Symphony Orchestra

    Risto Joost, conductor

    4:35
  • 6:36 AM

    String Quartet No. 61 "Fifths"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Emerson String Quartet

    22:46
  • 6:33 AM

    The Cherry Tree Carol; Holly and the Ivy

    Traditional

    Adagio Trio

    2:12
  • 6:30 AM

    Good People All, This Christmastime

    Traditional

    Adagio Trio

    2:35
  • 6:26 AM

    What Child is This?

    Traditional English

    Winter Gift

    Adagio Trio

    3:52
  • 6:06 AM

    Ballad Without Words

    Kurt Atterberg

    Atterberg: Symphony No. 6, etc.

    Norrkoping Symphony Orchestra

    Jun'ichi Hirokami, conductor

    18:31
  • 6:01 AM

    In the Bleak Midwinter

    Gustav Holst

    'Twas the Night Before Christmas

    Burning River Brass

    4:30