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  • 5:21 AM

    Symphony No. 3

    Johannes Brahms

    Saito Kinen Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    37:01
  • 5:17 AM

    Pescatore; Saltarello

    Pietro Paolo Borrono

    Renaissance Favorites For Guitar

    David Russell, guitar

    2:36
  • 5:06 AM

    Once as I Remember; A Spotless Rose: In the Bleak Midwinter

    Traditional

    Christmas Night

    Cambridge Singers

    John Rutter, conductor

    9:55
  • 5:01 AM

    Two Preludes

    Frederic Chopin

    Rafal Blechacz, piano

    4:39
  • 4:50 AM

    Dance of the Blessed Spirits

    Christoph Gluck

    Pachelbel Canon and Other Favorites

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Raymond Leppard, conductor

    7:53
  • 4:25 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 2

    Max Bruch

    Bruch: Scottish Fantasy and Violin Concerto No. 2

    Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    23:38
  • 4:20 AM

    Pastoral

    David Guion

    Prairie Echoes - Piano Music of David Guion

    Eugene Rowley, piano

    4:37
  • 4:06 AM

    We Wish You; Jingle Bells; 12 Days; Winter W'land; Deck the Hall

    Christmas Music

    Christmas Harp Music

    Ayako Shinozaki, harp

    12:09
  • 4:01 AM

    Etude No. 11: for arpeggios

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Images, Etudes

    Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano

    4:40
  • 3:54 AM

    O Holy Night

    Adolphe Adam

    Leontyne Price: Christmas Songs

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    Leontyne Price, soprano

    4:25
  • 3:48 AM

    Sweet Little Jesus Boy

    Robert MacGimsey

    Sacred Songs

    Jessye Norman, soprano

    4:35
  • 3:40 AM

    String Quartet No. 6: 1st movement

    Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Saint-Georges: 6 Concertante Quartets

    Arabella String Quartet

    6:47
  • 3:27 AM

    Miniatures

    William Grant Still

    Vintage America

    Calico Winds

    12:22
  • 3:23 AM

    La Boheme: Musetta's Waltz ("Quando m'en vo")

    Giacomo Puccini

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andrew Davis, conductor

    Nicole Cabell, soprano

    2:41
  • 3:06 AM

    The Nutcracker: Divertissements

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker

    Stewart Goodyear, piano

    11:14
  • 3:01 AM

    Bees and Bumblebees

    Eugene Arcade Dede

    Gowanus Arts Ensemble

    Reuben Blundell, conductor

    4:33
  • 2:48 AM

    Symphony of Noels

    Michel Delalande

    Baroque Christmas

    Masques

    Olivier Fortin, conductor

    10:32
  • 2:29 AM

    Daphnis and Chloe Suite No. 2

    Maurice Ravel

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    16:47
  • 2:19 AM

    Grande Overture

    Mauro Giuliani

    Reverie

    Dale Kavanagh, guitar

    8:00
  • 2:06 AM

    The Many Moods of Christmas No. 3

    Robert Russell Bennett

    The Many Moods of Christmas

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    12:48
  • 2:01 AM

    Csardas

    Vittorio Monti

    Play

    Edgar Moreau, cello

    4:49
  • 1:51 AM

    Danzon Cubano

    Aaron Copland

    Copland: Appalachian Spring

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    6:47
  • 1:23 AM

    Flute and Harp Concerto

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Flute Concertos

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    Susan Palma, flute

    26:30
  • 1:21 AM

    Children's Album: Aubade

    Cecile Chaminade

    Peter Jacobs, piano

    1:20
  • 1:08 AM

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

    John Rutter/Traditional

    Christmas With London Brass

    London Brass

    11:30
  • 1:06 AM

    Orfeo: Toccata

    Claudio Monteverdi

    Saint Cecilia Orchestra

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    1:29
  • 1:01 AM

    The Jester at the Wedding: Caprice

    Eric Coates

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    John Wilson, conductor

    4:41
  • 12:52 AM

    Ballade No. 2

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Opp. 33-36, 38

    Maurizio Pollini, piano

    6:28
  • 12:50 AM

    Masters in This Hall

    Traditional

    Dream Season: The Christmas Harp

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    1:41
  • 12:47 AM

    Huron Carol ('Twas in the Moon of Wintertime)

    Traditional

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    2:15
  • 12:31 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 2

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Concerts Avec Plusiers Instruments I

    Cafe Zimmermann

    Pablo Valletti, violin

    15:23
  • 12:24 AM

    Christmas Oratorio: Rejoice

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    A Bach Festival

    Empire Brass

    Douglas Major, organ

    6:20
  • 12:17 AM

    Ascent

    Ludovico Einaudi

    Ludovico Einaudi: Seven Days Walking: Day One

    Ludovico Einaudi, piano

    5:37
  • 12:06 AM

    Salome: Dance of the Seven Veils

    Richard Strauss

    Strauss, Liszt, Korngold, Busoni, Schreker

    Orchestra de la Suisse Romande

    Kazuki Yamada, conductor

    9:40
  • 12:01 AM

    Bagatelles: Poco Allegro

    Antonin Dvorak

    National Chamber Players

    Lowell Graham, conductor

    4:44
  • 11:52 PM

    String Quartet No. 5: 4th movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Dover Quartet

    6:19
  • 11:33 PM

    Dolly Suite

    Gabriel Faure

    Musical Fun and Games

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    17:13
  • 11:28 PM

    Greensleeves

    Traditional

    Musical Gifts from Joshua Bell and Friends

    Joshua Bell, violin

    4:16
  • 11:26 PM

    Ding Dong Merrily on High

    Traditional French

    Baltimore Consort

    1:45
  • 11:11 PM

    Trio Sonata No. 15

    William Boyce

    Boyce: Trio Sonatas

    Parley of Instruments

    Peter Holman, conductor

    13:23
  • 11:06 PM

    O Come, All Ye Faithful

    Traditional

    Taverner Players

    Andrew Parrott, conductor

    4:48
  • 11:01 PM

    Tale of Tsar Saltan Suite: March

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    4:43
  • 10:52 PM

    Piano Quintet: Scherzo

    Josef Suk

    Suk: Klavier- und Kammermusik

    Kiveli Dorken, piano

    5:47
  • 10:48 PM

    Here is the little door

    Herbert Howells

    Sing We Christmas

    Chanticleer

    4:02
  • 10:24 PM

    Piano Sonata for Four Hands

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Sonatas for Piano Duet, K 381 & 521; Sonata for 2 Pianos, K 448; Andante and Variations, K 501

    Martha Argerich, piano

    22:44
  • 10:21 PM

    Fum, Fum, Fum!

    Traditional

    'Twas the Night Before Christmas

    Burning River Brass

    2:08
  • 10:10 PM

    Messiah: Comfort ye, my people

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Messiah

    Dunedin Consort and Players

    John Butt, conductor

    Nicholas Mulroy, tenor

    9:17
  • 10:06 PM

    Three Dances

    Pierre Phalese

    La Rocque 'n' Roll

    Baltimore Consort

    3:20
  • 10:03 PM

    Little Concert Suite: Tarantelle Fretillante

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Coleridge-Taylor: Hiawatha OVerture / Petite Suite

    RTE Concert Orchestra

    Adrian Leaper, conductor

    2:39
  • 9:52 PM

    O Magnum Mysterium (O Great Mystery)

    Morten Lauridsen

    Handel and Haydn Society

    Harry Christophers, conductor

    5:57
  • 9:33 PM

    Simple Symphony

    Benjamin Britten

    Norwegian Chamber Orchestra

    Iona Brown, conductor

    17:35
  • 9:22 PM

    Choral Variations on Vom Himmel hoch

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    20th Century Bach / Seiji Ozawa, Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    10:33
  • 9:16 PM

    Suite: Finale

    Gordon Jacob

    In This Hid Clearing...

    University of Missouri Wind Ensemble

    Thomas O'Neal, conductor

    4:00
  • 9:06 PM

    Christmas Medley

    Traditional

    Empire Brass

    9:31
  • 9:01 PM

    Keyboard Sonata No. 7

    Antonio Soler

    Soler: Keyboard Sonatas Nos. 1-15

    Martina Filjak, piano

    4:46
  • 6:54 PM

    Piano Trio No. 1: 3rd movement

    Elfrida Andree

    Trio Nordica

    3:44
  • 6:22 PM

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Colin Davis, conductor

    31:26
  • 6:08 PM

    O come, all ye faithful; The Shepherd's Carol; Hark! the Herald Angels Sing

    Traditional

    A Christmas Festival

    Cambridge Singers

    John Rutter, conductor

    11:05
  • 6:06 PM

    Beautiful Rosemary (Schon Rosmarin)

    Fritz Kreisler

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Gerhardt, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    1:50
  • 6:01 PM

    L'Orfeo Baroque Orchestra

    Michi Gaigg, conductor

    4:39
  • 5:46 PM

    Suite Francaise

    Francis Poulenc

    Poulenc: Orchestral Works

    Paris Orchestra

    Georges Pretre, conductor

    12:23
  • 5:22 PM

    Aranjuez Concerto

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Xuefei Yang: Rodrigo, Albeniz

    Barcelona Symphony Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    22:21
  • 5:11 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
  • 5:06 PM

    Jingle Bells

    James Pierpont

    Duino Soloists

    Antonio Pellegrino, conductor

    5:05
  • 5:00 PM

    Symphony No. 2: Scherzo

    Alexander Borodin

    Toronto Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Davis, conductor

    4:52
  • 4:56 PM

    Fantasy

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Baroque Music for Brass and Organ

    Empire Brass

    William Kuhlman, organ

    2:38
  • 4:24 PM

    Serenade for Strings

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Netherlands Chamber Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    29:47
  • 4:09 PM

    Christmas Revels

    Arthur Sullivan

    Sullivan: Victoria And Merrie England / Andrew Penny

    RTE Sinfonietta

    Andrew Penny, conductor

    13:35
  • 4:06 PM

    Mazurka No. 15

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: The Mazurkas

    Mirian Conti, piano

    2:16
  • 4:01 PM

    Pastoral Suite: Villagers' Dance

    Emmanuel Chabrier

    Chabrier: Espana

    French National Orchestra

    Armin Jordan, conductor

    4:52
  • 3:43 PM

    Second Rhapsody

    George Gershwin

    Dallas Symphony Orchestra

    Justin Brown, conductor

    Anne-Marie McDermott, piano

    14:01
  • 3:30 PM

    Miracle on 34th Street: Suite

    Cyril Mockridge

    It's A Wonderful Life, Miracle On 34th St. & A Christmas Carol

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Newman, conductor

    11:02
  • 3:28 PM

    Rudolph Rubrinasus

    Philip Brunelle

    Behold This Heavenly Night

    VocalEssence

    Philip Brunelle, conductor

    1:00
  • 3:05 PM

    Symphony No. 93

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn, Symphonies Nos. 93, 95 & 97

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    23:15
  • 3:04 PM

    Symphony No. 94 "Surprise": 2nd movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies no 94 "Surprise" & 100 "Military"

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    5:45
  • 3:00 PM

    Hungarian Dance No. 6

    Johannes Brahms

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    3:04
  • 2:47 PM

    The Many Moods of Christmas No. 4

    Robert Russell Bennett

    The Many Moods of Christmas

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    12:13
  • 2:35 PM

    On the Town: Three Dance Episodes

    Leonard Bernstein

    Bernstein: Chichester Psalms

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    10:32
  • 2:25 PM

    The Planets: Jupiter

    Gustav Holst

    Holst: Orchestral Works, Vol. 2

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andrew Davis, conductor

    8:29
  • 2:18 PM

    Goin' Home

    Antonin Dvorak

    That Eternal Day

    Cantus

    5:18
  • 2:09 PM

    Festival March

    Antonin Dvorak

    Rochester Philharmonic

    David Zinman, conductor

    5:39
  • 2:04 PM

    Solomon: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba

    George Frideric Handel

    The Greatest Classical Show On Earth

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    3:06
  • 1:56 PM

    The Snowman: Walking in the Air

    Howard Blake

    Richard Stoltzman, clarinet

    3:33
  • 1:47 PM

    Symphony No. 8: 4th movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: The 9 Symphonies

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    7:38
  • 1:42 PM

    Prelude No. 5

    Heitor Villa-Lobos

    Julian Bream, guitar

    3:44
  • 1:33 PM

    Three Botticelli Pictures: Adoration of the Magi

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: Ancient Airs And Dances, Etc

    Chamber Orchestra of Lausanne

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    8:01
  • 1:27 PM

    The Bumblebee

    Paule Maurice

    Milhaud, Morice, Forsyth, Sowande

    National Arts Centre Orchestra

    Mario Bernardi, conductor

    Julia Nolan, saxophone

    4:02
  • 1:16 PM

    Suite of Carols for Woodwinds

    Leroy Anderson

    ANDERSON, L.: Sleigh Ride and Other Holiday Favourites

    BBC Concert Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    10:36
  • 1:13 PM

    Chopsticks

    Arthur de Lulli

    Melody's Mostly Musical Day

    Jenny Lin, piano

    1:25
  • 1:09 PM

    Prelude and Fugue No. 7

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Dmitri Shostakovich: 24 Preludes and Fugues, Op. 87

    Jenny Lin, piano

    3:09
  • 1:04 PM

    Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 1: Gagliarda

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: Ancient Airs And Dances, Etc

    Chamber Orchestra of Lausanne

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    3:36
  • 12:49 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
  • 12:45 PM

    Go Tell It on the Mountain

    Traditional

    MPR Taste Of The Holidays, Vol. 3

    The Singers

    Matthew Culloton, conductor

    2:15
  • 12:33 PM

    Carmen Fantasy

    Franz Waxman

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin

    10:59
  • 12:24 PM

    Symphony No. 8

    Georg Anton Benda

    Benda: Sinfonias Nos. 7-12

    Prague Chamber Orchestra

    Christian Benda, conductor

    7:24
  • 12:20 PM

    The Shepherd

    Karl Jenkins

    Karl Jenkins: Motets

    Polyphony

    Stephen Layton, conductor

    2:50
  • 12:17 PM

    Our Town: Grover's Corners

    Aaron Copland

    Copland: The Red Pony; Our Town; The Heiress Suite; Music For Movies

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    2:21
  • 12:11 PM

    William Tell: Pas de six

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Monte Carlo National Opera Orchestra

    Antonio de Almeida, conductor

    4:55
  • 12:04 PM

    Waltz No. 1 "Grand Valse brillante"

    Frederic Chopin

    The Chopin Album

    Lang Lang, piano

    5:48
  • 11:47 AM

    Academic Festival Overture

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Symphony No. 4

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    10:57
  • 11:33 AM

    Five Carols for Brass

    Christmas Music

    Victorian Christmas

    Passion for Brass

    12:23
  • 11:25 AM

    Serenade No. 7 "Haffner": Rondo

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: 6 German Dances; Haffner Serenade

    North German Radio Symphony

    Gunter Wand, conductor

    8:10
  • 11:17 AM

    Fiesta criolla

    Manuel Gomez Carrillo

    Fiesta Criolla: Latin-American Orchestral Works

    Wurttemberg Philharmonic Reutlingen

    Gabriel Castagna, conductor

    7:10
  • 11:12 AM

    Cello Suite No. 3: Courante

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    3:00
  • 11:06 AM

    Slavonic Dance No. 4

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Slavonic Dances

    Budapest Festival Orchestra

    Ivan Fischer, conductor

    6:05
  • 11:01 AM

    10 National Airs with Variations: No. 4

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Variations on Folk Songs

    Patrick Gallois, flute

    4:46
  • 10:43 AM

    Five Bagatelles

    Gerald Finzi

    FINZI: Clarinet Concerto / Five Bagatelles / Three Soliloquies / Romance

    Northern Sinfonia

    Howard Griffiths, conductor

    Robert Plane, clarinet

    14:32
  • 10:32 AM

    Larghetto for Horn and Orchestra

    Emmanuel Chabrier

    Vienna Philharmonic

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    Ronald Janezic, horn

    9:57
  • 10:18 AM

    "A Mozart Christmas"

    Traditional

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

    Hampton String Quartet

    11:57
  • 10:06 AM

    Variations

    Mauro Giuliani

    Raphaella Smits, guitar

    11:33
  • 10:01 AM

    Violin Sonata: Scherzo

    Amy Beach

    Gabrielle Lester, violin

    Diana Ambache, piano

    4:35
  • 9:24 AM

    Symphonic Dances

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Gateways

    Shanghai Symphony Orchestra

    Long Yu, conductor

    33:58
  • 9:09 AM

    Russian Christmas Music

    Alfred Reed

    Horns For The Holidays

    Dallas Wind Symphony

    Jerry Junkin, conductor

    13:53
  • 9:06 AM

    Grazer Galopp

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Impromptus D899/Moments Musicaux D780

    Andras Schiff, piano

    2:01
  • 9:01 AM

    Egyptian March

    Johann Strauss, Jr.

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor

    4:44
  • 8:33 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 7 for Three Pianos

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Semyon Bychkov, conductor

    Katia & Marielle Labeque, pianos

    Semyon Bychkov, piano

    25:20
  • 8:21 AM

    Brass Suite

    Christmas Music

    A Canadian Brass Christmas

    Canadian Brass

    11:08
  • 8:06 AM

    Lady Radnor's Suite

    Hubert Parry

    Parry: Symphonic Variations

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Adrian Boult, conductor

    13:19
  • 8:01 AM

    Nocturne

    Alan Hovhaness

    Harp Spectacular

    Susann McDonald, harp

    4:39
  • 7:26 AM

    Double Concerto

    Johannes Brahms

    Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra Amsterdam

    Yakov Kreizberg, conductor

    Julia Fischer, violin

    Daniel Muller-Schott, cello

    31:57
  • 7:12 AM

    A Christmas Greeting

    Alfred Burt

    We Wish You a Merry Christmas

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    12:50
  • 7:06 AM

    Saul and David: Prelude to Act II

    Carl Nielsen

    Nielsen: Clarinet Concerto, Flute Concerto

    Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    5:03
  • 7:01 AM

    Nocturne

    Cecile Chaminade

    Chaminade: Piano Music 2

    Peter Jacobs, piano

    4:37
  • 6:35 AM

    Roman Festivals

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: Roman Trilogy

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    23:56
  • 6:25 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
  • 6:13 AM

    Guitar Sonata No. 5

    Wenzel Matiegka

    W.T. Matiegka: Six Sonatas, Op. 31

    David Starobin, guitar

    11:22
  • 6:01 AM

    Coventry Carol; Good King Wenceslas

    Traditional

    Canadian Brass

    4:36
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