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  • 5:33 AM

    Concerto in Galant Style

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Rodrigo: Concertos and Orchestral Works

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Enrique Batiz, conductor

    Robert Cohen, cello

    25:46
  • 5:23 AM

    Reflection of the Moon in the Er-Quan Spring

    Yan-Jun Hua

    Chinese National Symphony Orchestra

    China National Symphony Orchestra

    Zuohuang Chen, conductor

    8:34
  • 5:06 AM

    Christmas Carol Medley

    John Rutter

    The Christmas Album

    Ambrosian Singers

    Vaughan Meakins, conductor

    15:48
  • 5:01 AM

    Waltz No. 3

    Agustin Barrios

    Lily Afshar, guitar

    4:25
  • 4:54 AM

    Little Concert Suite: Nanette's Caprice

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    RTE Concert Orchestra

    Adrian Leaper, conductor

    3:49
  • 4:18 AM

    Symphony No. 2

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 7

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    33:11
  • 4:08 AM

    There is no Rose: Three Settings

    Various

    Sing Thee Nowell

    New York Polyphony

    8:00
  • 4:06 AM

    Yuletide Reverie

    Elfrida Andree

    Elfrida Andree: Complete Piano Works

    Oskar Ekberg, piano

    2:15
  • 4:01 AM

    Bach's Bells; Hark! the Herald Angels Sing

    Chris Coletti/Brandon Ridenour

    Christmas Time Is Here

    Canadian Brass

    4:39
  • 3:55 AM

    Scenes from Childhood: Dreaming

    Robert Schumann

    Reverie

    Carol Rosenberger, piano

    3:11
  • 3:28 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Erich Korngold

    The Silver Violin

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Kirill Karabits, conductor

    Nicola Benedetti, violin

    25:34
  • 3:15 AM

    Suite of Carols for Woodwinds

    Leroy Anderson

    ANDERSON, L.: Sleigh Ride and Other Holiday Favourites

    BBC Concert Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    10:36
  • 3:06 AM

    Three Pieces in Olden Style

    Henryk Gorecki

    Gorecki: Piano Concerto/Shostakovich: Chamber Symphony

    Amadeus Chamber Orchestra

    Agnieszka Duczmal, conductor

    8:58
  • 3:01 AM

    Fantasie Negre No. 4

    Florence Price

    Florence Price: Piano Discoveries: Fantsie Negre No. 4

    Lara Downes, piano

    4:45
  • 2:50 AM

    Suite for Strings: Finale

    Ethel Smyth

    British Music for Strings, Vol. 3

    South German Chamber Orchestra Pforzheim

    Douglas Bostock, conductor

    8:20
  • 2:23 AM

    Flute Concerto No. 1

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mito Chamber Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    Shigenori Kudo, flute

    25:07
  • 2:18 AM

    Six Pieces: Waltz

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Cynthia Raim, piano

    David Allen Wehr, piano

    4:17
  • 2:06 AM

    Christmas Medley

    Traditional

    Christmas Weekend 16 Favourite Carols

    Choir of St. John's College, Cambridge

    George Guest, conductor

    10:30
  • 2:01 AM

    Concierto en Flamenco: Alegrias de Cadiz

    Federico Torroba

    Torroba: Guitar Concertos 1

    Malaga Philharmonic Orchestra

    Manuel Coves, conductor

    Pepe Romero, guitar

    4:43
  • 12:35 AM

    Double Concerto

    Ethel Smyth

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Odaline de la Martinez, conductor

    Sophie Langdon, violin

    Richard Watkins, horn

    28:06
  • 12:19 AM

    Masques and Bergamasques

    Gabriel Faure

    Pavane

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    14:22
  • 12:14 AM

    Lauliku lapsepoli (The Singer's Childhood)

    Veljo Tormis

    The St. John's Boys' Choir

    St. John's Boys' Choir

    Andre-Louis Heywood, conductor

    2:54
  • 12:03 AM

    Duetto for Clarinet and Double Bass

    Giovanni Bottesini

    Camerata RCO

    Bram van Sambeek, bassoon

    Rick Stotijn, double bass

    9:37
  • 11:59 PM

    Riu, Riu, Chiu

    Anonymous Spanish

    Christmas Day in the Morning

    Cambridge Singers

    John Rutter, conductor

    Stephen Varcoe, baritone

    2:21
  • 11:18 PM

    Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming

    Traditional

    A Swedish Folk Christmas

    Saint Jacob's Chamber Choir

    Gary Graden, conductor

    Gunnar Idenstam, organ

    6:48
  • 11:09 PM

    Christmas Day

    Gustav Holst

    In Terra Pax: A Christmas Anthology

    City of London Choir

    Hilary Davan Wetton, conductor

    Julia Doyle, soprano

    7:26
  • 11:03 PM

    Alleluia

    Randall Thompson

    Salvation is Created

    Concordia Choir of Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota

    Rene Clausen, conductor

    4:28
  • 10:53 PM

    Finlandia

    Jean Sibelius

    Ports of Call

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    7:48
  • 10:22 PM

    Piano Trio No. 1

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Ludwig van Beethoven: Complete Piano Trios

    Trio Wanderer

    28:05
  • 10:19 PM

    Shchedrik (Song of Good Cheer)

    Mikola Leontovich

    Stralande Jul - Strahlende Weihnacht

    MDR Radio Chorus Leipzig

    Philipp Ahmann, conductor

    1:43
  • 10:09 PM

    Ave Maria

    Franz Biebl

    Comfort and Joy, Vol. 1

    Cantus

    6:35
  • 10:04 PM

    Star in the East

    Anonymous

    And Glory Shone Around: Early American Carols, Country Dances, Southern Harmony Hymns and Shaker Spiritual Songs

    Rose Ensemble

    4:05
  • 10:00 PM

    Maria Wiegenlied (Mary's Cradle Song)

    Sweet Dreams: Lullabies and Night Songs

    Caitlin Lynch, soprano

    2:04
  • 9:54 PM

    The Lost Birds: Hope Is the Thing with Feathers

    Christopher Tin

    Voces8

    4:46
  • 9:41 PM

    Guitar Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Sharon Isbin box set

    Zurich Chamber Orchestra

    Howard Griffiths, conductor

    Sharon Isbin, guitar

    11:42
  • 9:38 PM

    The Holly and the Ivy

    Traditional

    The Cambridge Singers Christmas Album / Rutter

    Cambridge Singers

    John Rutter, conductor

    2:54
  • 9:31 PM

    Stars

    Eriks Esenvalds

    There Is A Season

    Concordia Choir of Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota

    Rene Clausen, conductor

    5:36
  • 9:07 PM

    The Nutcracker Ballet

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky Nutcracker & Swan Lake Suite

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    21:22
  • 9:01 PM

    O Come, O Come Emmanuel

    Traditional

    A Robert Shaw Christmas

    Robert Shaw Chamber Singers

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    William Wilder, percussion

    2:47
  • 6:58 PM

    Prelude No. 1

    Frederic Chopin

    The Complete Chopin Preludes

    Yundi Li, piano

    :31
  • 6:47 PM

    Four Seasons: Autumn

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi | Orchestra of St. Luke's

    Orchestra of St. Luke's

    Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin

    10:46
  • 6:20 PM

    Horn Concerto

    Reinhold Gliere

    Russian Horn Concertos

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Werner Andreas Albert, conductor

    Marie Luise Neunecker, horn

    24:35
  • 6:11 PM

    El Rorro; Coventry Carol; Deck the Halls

    Christmas Music

    Christmas with Roger Wagner

    Roger Wagner Chorale

    Roger Wagner, conductor

    7:29
  • 6:06 PM

    Symphony No. 3

    William Boyce

    Boyce: 8 Symphonies

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    5:22
  • 6:01 PM

    Wexford Carol; Gloucestershire Wassail

    Traditional

    Christmas Spirit

    Mainstreet Brass Quintet

    4:40
  • 5:58 PM

    We Wish You a Merry Christmas

    Traditional

    Pittsburgh Symphony Brass

    1:01
  • 5:51 PM

    Handelian Rhapsody

    Percy Grainger

    Grainger: Piano Transcriptions

    Piers Lane, piano

    6:18
  • 5:24 PM

    Symphony No. 8

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 8

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    25:20
  • 5:17 PM

    Christmas Medley

    Traditional

    A String Quartet Christmas

    Arturo Delmoni, violin

    5:49
  • 5:06 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
  • 5:01 PM

    Suite for Violin and Piano: African Dancer

    William Grant Still

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    Matthew Hagle, piano

    4:34
  • 4:49 PM

    Myrtle Blossoms (Myrthenbluthen) Waltz

    Johann Strauss, Jr.

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    9:23
  • 4:24 PM

    Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Rachmaninoff, Paganini Rhapsody, Piano Concerto No. 2

    Mahler Chamber Orchestra

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    Yuja Wang, piano

    23:00
  • 4:08 PM

    Russian Christmas Music

    Alfred Reed

    Horns For The Holidays

    Dallas Wind Symphony

    Jerry Junkin, conductor

    13:53
  • 4:06 PM

    Carmina Burana: Dance

    Carl Orff

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    1:44
  • 4:01 PM

    Four German Carols

    Traditional

    An Old World Christmas

    Berlin Philharmonic Brass

    4:30
  • 3:52 PM

    Eugene Onegin: Waltz

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Waltzes

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Morton Gould, conductor

    6:03
  • 3:42 PM

    Variations on a Portuguese Hymn (Adeste fideles)

    Ferdinand Ries

    Ries: Flute and Piano Works - Flute Sonatas / Introduction and Polonaise / Variations on a Portuguese Hymn

    Uwe Grodd, flute

    9:24
  • 3:26 PM

    Les Preludes

    Franz Liszt

    Liszt: Symphonic Poems

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    15:00
  • 3:10 PM

    Six Promenades

    Edward Elgar

    Athena Ensemble

    14:03
  • 3:06 PM

    Christmas Cracker

    Thomas Jones

    Another Night Before Christmas And Scrooge

    RTE Concert Orchestra

    Gavin Sutherland, conductor

    3:05
  • 3:01 PM

    Symphony Concertante: Rondeau

    Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra, Pardubice

    Michael Halasz, conductor

    Yury Revich, violin

    Libor Jezek, violin

    Pavla Honsova, viola

    4:51
  • 2:53 PM

    The Carmen Ballet: Selections

    Rodion Shchedrin

    Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    5:33
  • 2:49 PM

    Manuel Barrueco, guitar

    3:00
  • 2:34 PM

    Symphony No. 9: 2nd mvt

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    NBC Symphony Orchestra

    Arturo Toscanini, conductor

    12:30
  • 2:31 PM

    La Boheme: Act II Introduction

    Giacomo Puccini

    Saint Cecilia Orchestra and Chorus

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    3:00
  • 2:26 PM

    Brass Suite

    Christmas Music

    A Canadian Brass Christmas

    Canadian Brass

    11:08
  • 2:22 PM

    Wassail Dances: Yorkshire Wassail

    Philip Lane

    HELY-HUTCHINSON: Carol Symphony / STANDFORD / KELLY

    City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra

    Gavin Sutherland, conductor

    3:02
  • 2:17 PM

    Four Cornish Dances: Excerpts

    Malcolm Arnold

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Bryden Thomson, conductor

    3:57
  • 2:08 PM

    The Birds: Prelude

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: The Birds, Three Boticelli Pictures

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    3:06
  • 2:04 PM

    Carnival of the Animals: Aquarium

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Utah Symphony

    Thierry Fischer, conductor

    2:25
  • 1:57 PM

    The Polar Express: Spirit of the Season

    Alan Silvestri

    The Polar Express Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

    Original Soundtrack Recording

    Alan Silvestri, conductor

    2:32
  • 1:50 PM

    Clarinet Quintet: 4th movement

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Catalyst Quartet

    Anthony McGill, clarinet

    7:03
  • 1:46 PM

    Rodeo: Hoe-Down

    Aaron Copland

    The Essence of America: Aaron Copland

    San Francisco Symphony

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    3:24
  • 1:34 PM

    Unto us is born; While shepherds; The First Nowell

    Christmas Music

    Christmas at King's: Favourite Carols

    Choir of King's College, Cambridge

    David Willcocks, conductor

    9:46
  • 1:29 PM

    Highland Memories: Harvest Dance

    Hamish MacCunn

    Royal Ballet Sinfonia

    John Wilson, conductor

    3:08
  • 1:26 PM

    Rigoletto: Zitti, zitti... (Whisper Chorus)

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    1:53
  • 1:19 PM

    La Scala di Seta (Silken Ladder): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Overtures

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    5:51
  • 1:15 PM

    Parade of the Wooden Soldiers

    Leon Jessel

    Marches I've Missed

    Dallas Wind Symphony

    Frederick Fennell, conductor

    3:02
  • 1:07 PM

    Symphony No. 104 "London": Finale

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies Nos 101 The Clock and 104 London

    Orchestra of St. Luke's

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    6:34
  • 1:04 PM

    Acis and Galatea: Happy We!

    George Frideric Handel

    Grand & Glorious - Great Operatic Choruses / Robert Shaw

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    1:56
  • 12:47 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 5 "Emperor"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven:The 5 Piano Concertos

    Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Kurt Sanderling, conductor

    Mitsuko Uchida, piano

    39:49
  • 12:35 PM

    Schlagobers Ballet: Entrance and dance of the Sugar; Round dance of Sugar, Coffee, and Cocoa; Whipped cream waltz

    Richard Strauss

    Strauss: Schlagobers Ballet, Op. 70

    Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra

    Hiroshi Wakasugi, conductor

    10:31
  • 12:32 PM

    The Love for Three Oranges: March

    Sergei Prokofiev

    The Fiddler Of The Opera

    Gil Shaham, violin

    1:29
  • 12:26 PM

    Symphony No. 2: 3rd movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    5:05
  • 12:19 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 1: 4th mvt

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Orchestra of St. Luke's

    7:00
  • 12:15 PM

    E'en So, Lord Jesus, Quickly Come

    Paul Manz

    Musica Sacra

    Richard Westenburg, conductor

    2:04
  • 12:08 PM

    Impromptu No. 2

    Franz Schubert

    Michael McHale, piano

    4:49
  • 12:04 PM

    Sebastian: Barcarolle

    Gian Carlo Menotti

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Eugene Ormandy, conductor

    3:41
  • 11:46 AM

    I Saw Three Ships; Away in a Manger; This Endris Night; We Wish You a Merry Christmas

    Traditional English

    A Victorian Christmas

    Robert DeCormier Singers

    Robert DeCormier, conductor

    12:04
  • 11:35 AM

    Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Chasson: Poeme; Massanet: Meditation de Thais

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    Joshua Bell, violin

    9:47
  • 11:28 AM

    Concerto

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Baroque Music for Brass and Organ

    Empire Brass

    William Kuhlman, organ

    6:47
  • 11:24 AM

    Anna Shelest, piano

    2:46
  • 11:12 AM

    Fair Melusina Overture

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Winterthur Music Collegium

    Douglas Boyd, conductor

    10:46
  • 11:06 AM

    Thais: Meditation

    Jules Massenet

    Escales: French Orchestral Works

    Sinfonia of London

    John Wilson, conductor

    5:34
  • 11:01 AM

    String Quartet No. 50: Minuet

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Leipzig String Quartet

    4:53
  • 10:39 AM

    Symphony No. 2

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Weber: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2

    London Classical Players

    Roger Norrington, conductor

    19:19
  • 10:27 AM

    Hungarian Pastoral Fantasy

    Franz Doppler

    Tokyo Concert Orchestra

    Shigenobu Yamaoka, conductor

    Jean-Pierre Rampal, flute

    10:10
  • 10:16 AM

    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
  • 10:06 AM

    Netherlands Chamber Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    9:15
  • 10:01 AM

    Return of the Jedi: Luke and Leia

    John Williams

    Return of the Jedi Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

    London Symphony Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    4:46
  • 9:34 AM

    Concerto Serenade

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Favourite Harp Concertos

    Monte Carlo National Opera Orchestra

    Antonio de Almeida, conductor

    Catherine Michel, harp

    23:28
  • 9:23 AM

    Angels from the Realms of Glory; O Little Town of Bethlehem; Silent Night

    Traditional

    A Traditional Christmas Collection

    The Sixteen

    Harry Christophers, conductor

    10:33
  • 9:07 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 13

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Sonatas "Quasi una Fantasia"

    Maria Joao Pires, piano

    15:31
  • 9:01 AM

    Minuetto

    Ricardo Castro

    El arbol de la vida

    Eduardo Mata University Youth Orchestra

    Gustavo Rivero Weber, conductor

    4:46
  • 8:40 AM

    Souvenir of a Beloved Place

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Complete Works for Violin and Orchestra

    Odense Symphony Orchestra

    Alexander Vedernikov, conductor

    Jennifer Koh, violin

    18:51
  • 8:33 AM

    Goyescas: Maiden and the Nightingale

    Enrique Granados

    Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

    6:11
  • 8:20 AM

    Christmas Carols for Strings

    Traditional

    Tchaikovsky: Children's Album, Mozart: Toy Symphony

    I Musici Montreal

    Yuli Turovsky, conductor

    10:42
  • 8:06 AM

    Four Characteristic Waltzes

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    RTE Concert Orchestra

    Adrian Leaper, conductor

    13:42
  • 8:01 AM

    Piano Sonata: Menuet

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    CPE Bach

    Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano

    4:38
  • 7:42 AM

    Symphony No. 2 "Mysterious Mountain"

    Alan Hovhaness

    An American Tapestry

    Dallas Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    16:42
  • 7:28 AM

    Old Christmas Music

    Philip Lane

    Another Night Before Christmas And Scrooge

    Royal Ballet Sinfonia

    Gavin Sutherland, conductor

    12:06
  • 7:06 AM

    Clarinet Concerto No. 1

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Sabine Meyer: Clarinet Connection

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Herbert Blomstedt, conductor

    Sabine Meyer, clarinet

    21:02
  • 7:01 AM

    String Quintet No. 1: Finale

    Luigi Boccherini

    Boccherini: String Quintets, Vol. VI

    La Magnifica Comunita

    4:46
  • 6:37 AM

    Symphony No. 7

    Jean Sibelius

    Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Jukka-Pekka Saraste, conductor

    20:59
  • 6:21 AM

    Romeo and Juliet: Love Scene

    Hector Berlioz

    Berlioz - Symphonie fantastique

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    16:12
  • 6:06 AM

    Christmas Tree Suite

    Franz Liszt

    Evening Bells

    Roland Pontinen, piano

    12:45
  • 6:01 AM

    The English Patient: Convento di Sant'Anna

    Gabriel Yared

    Angele Dubeau & La Pieta: Silence, on joue! A Time for Us

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    4:42
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