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  • 5:52 AM

    Shining Still

    Vanessa Lann

    The Crossing

    Donald Nally, conductor

    6:18
  • 5:42 AM

    Spiegel im Spiegel (Mirror in the Mirror)

    Arvo Part

    Maya Beiser, cello

    Michael Harrison, piano

    9:36
  • 5:29 AM

    Lux

    Hugi Gudmundsson

    Windbells

    Reykjavik Chamber Orchestra

    Ashildur Haraldsdottir, flute

    10:30
  • 5:20 AM

    Sielunmaisema: Winter

    Zibuokle Martinaityte

    Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra

    Karolis Variakojis, conductor

    Rokas Vaitkevicius, cello

    8:53
  • 5:15 AM

    O Come, O Come Emmanuel

    Traditional

    Gaelynn Lea, violin, looping pedal

    3:58
  • 5:07 AM

    Sleep: Path 19

    Max Richter

    American Contemporary Music Ensemble

    Max Richter, electronics

    7:50
  • 5:01 AM

    Wandering I

    Eydis Evensen

    Bylur

    Eydis Evensen, piano

    4:38
  • 4:41 AM

    Continents of City and Love

    Michael Byron

    FLUX Quartet

    Sarah Cahill, piano

    Joseph Kubera, piano

    Gregg August, double bass

    Kathleen Supove, synthesizer

    16:36
  • 4:36 AM

    Everything Passes, Everything is Connected

    Samantha Fernando

    Carols After A Plague

    The Crossing

    Donald Nally, conductor

    3:29
  • 4:31 AM

    Love Abounds in Everything

    Clarice Jensen

    Lys

    American Contemporary Music Ensemble

    Mari Samuelsen, violin

    4:23
  • 4:13 AM

    Dream in White on White

    John Luther Adams

    John Luther Adams: The Far Country

    The Apollo Quartet and Strings

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    Barbara Chapman, harp

    16:22
  • 4:07 AM

    Serenity (O Magnum Mysterium)

    Ola Gjeilo

    Ola Gjeilo

    Tenebrae

    Matthew Sharp, cello

    5:04
  • 4:01 AM

    In Winter's House

    Joanna Marsh

    United Strings of Europe

    Julian Azkoul, conductor

    4:33
  • 3:50 AM

    Joy to the World; Carol of the Bells; Ding Dong Merrily on High; I Heard the Bells; The Merry Bells of Speyer

    Christmas Music

    A Christmas Concert For Brass

    Pittsburgh Symphony Brass

    8:13
  • 3:23 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 1

    Max Bruch

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    Midori, violin

    25:11
  • 3:10 AM

    Christmas Medley

    Traditional

    On Christmas Night

    Choir of St. John's College, Cambridge

    Andrew Nethsingha, conductor

    John Challenger, organ

    11:41
  • 3:06 AM

    Winter's Falling Light

    Carolyn Surrick

    Surrounded By Angels

    Ensemble Galilei

    3:06
  • 3:01 AM

    The First Nowell; O Come, All Ye Faithful

    Christmas Music

    Christmas Harp Music

    Ayako Shinozaki, harp

    4:31
  • 2:47 AM

    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
  • 2:16 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 2

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin

    Paris Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    Khatia Buniatishvili, piano

    29:34
  • 2:10 AM

    Little Jesus, sweetly sleep

    Traditional

    Christmas Choral Spectacular

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Peter Breiner, conductor

    4:19
  • 2:06 AM

    A Lullaby/Away in a Manger

    Thomas Bold/William J. Kirkpatrick

    Christmas with Chanticleer

    Chanticleer

    Dawn Upshaw, soprano

    3:25
  • 2:01 AM

    Song without Words

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Dreaming

    Sara Sant'Ambrogio, cello

    4:45
  • 1:47 AM

    Es ist ein Ros' entsprungen; Weihnachten; Schlaf mein Kindelein; Stille Nacht

    Traditional German

    Calmus Christmas Carols

    Calmus Ensemble Leipzig

    11:50
  • 1:30 AM

    Capriccio Italien

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Capriccio Italien, Night on Bald Mountain, Sorcerer's Apprentice, Romanian Rhapsody No. 1, Bolero

    Dallas Symphony Orchestra

    Eduardo Mata, conductor

    15:14
  • 1:18 AM

    The Winter's Tale

    Lars-Erik Larsson

    Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Manze, conductor

    10:10
  • 1:07 AM

    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
  • 1:01 AM

    Flowers from Froso: Entry to the Summer Meadow

    Wilhelm Peterson-Berger

    Nordic Spring

    Christian Bergqvist, violin

    4:33
  • 11:46 PM

    Brass Suite

    Christmas Music

    A Canadian Brass Christmas

    Canadian Brass

    11:08
  • 11:36 PM

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    10:00
  • 11:31 PM

    Carol of the Bells

    Mikola Leontovich

    Carols without Words

    Studio Orchestra

    2:53
  • 11:27 PM

    O Come, O Come Emmanuel

    Traditional

    Carols without Words

    Studio Orchestra

    4:28
  • 11:16 PM

    Roman Carnival Overture

    Hector Berlioz

    Berlioz: 5 Overtures

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Alexander Gibson, conductor

    9:10
  • 11:06 PM

    A Christmas Festival

    Leroy Anderson

    White Christmas

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Arthur Fiedler, conductor

    9:39
  • 10:54 PM

    Festival Fanfare

    John Wasson

    Horns For The Holidays

    Dallas Wind Symphony

    Jerry Junkin, conductor

    3:43
  • 10:51 PM

    Humoresque No. 7

    Antonin Dvorak

    The Romantic Violinist: A Celebration Of Joseph Joachim

    Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra

    Sakari Oramo, conductor

    Daniel Hope, violin

    2:58
  • 10:27 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 16

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Piano Concertos

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Jeffrey Tate, conductor

    Mitsuko Uchida, piano

    22:18
  • 10:23 PM

    A Christmas Carol

    Charles Ives

    Theatre of Voices

    Paul Hillier, conductor

    2:53
  • 10:09 PM

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

    Christmas Music

    Christmas Harp Music

    Ayako Shinozaki, harp

    12:09
  • 10:06 PM

    Lieutenant Kije: Troika

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Pops a la Russe

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    3:04
  • 10:03 PM

    Carnival of the Animals: Aquarium

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Utah Symphony

    Thierry Fischer, conductor

    2:25
  • 9:41 PM

    Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra

    Benjamin Britten

    Britten in America

    BBC Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Davis, conductor

    17:02
  • 9:22 PM

    The Nutcracker: Miniature Overture; Act I, Nos 1-4

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    17:06
  • 9:12 PM

    Four Seasons: Winter

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi, Piazzolla: The Four Seasons

    Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra

    Eduardo Marturet, conductor

    Lara St. John, violin

    8:52
  • 9:06 PM

    Lo Yisa Goy

    Stacy Garrop

    Chicago a cappella

    5:05
  • 9:01 PM

    Concerto Grosso No. 2: 1st movement

    William Alwyn

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Lloyd-Jones, conductor

    4:36
  • 5:53 PM

    Serenade No. 7 "Haffner": 5th movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Capella Savaria

    Nicholas McGegan, conductor

    Zsolt Kallo, violin

    5:35
  • 5:32 PM

    Missa Carolae

    James Whitbourn

    James Whitbourn: Carolae: Music for Christmas

    Westminster Williamson Voices

    James Jordan, conductor

    Daryl Robinson, organ

    20:12
  • 5:10 PM

    Holberg Suite

    Edvard Grieg

    Tchaikovsky & Suk:Serenades for Strings/Grieg:Holberg Suite and Two Elegiac Melodies

    Polish Radio Chamber Orchestra

    Agnieszka Duczmal, conductor

    19:24
  • 5:06 PM

    Christmas Cracker

    Thomas Jones

    Another Night Before Christmas And Scrooge

    RTE Concert Orchestra

    Gavin Sutherland, conductor

    3:05
  • 5:01 PM

    Flute Sonata No. 3

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Carl Maria von Weber: Trio In G Minor/6 Sonatas For Flute And Piano, Op.10

    Aurele Nicolet, flute

    4:51
  • 4:45 PM

    O Little Town of Bethlehem; God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen; Jesus Christ the Apple Tree; Good King Wenceslas

    Christmas Music

    Carols From St. John's College, Cambridge

    Choir of St. John's College, Cambridge

    George Guest, conductor

    Philip Kenyon, organ

    13:45
  • 4:18 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 23 "Appassionata"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Sonatas 8, 17, and 23

    Ingrid Fliter, piano

    24:50
  • 4:13 PM

    Drive the Cold Winter Away

    John Playford

    Bright Day Star

    Baltimore Consort

    3:22
  • 4:06 PM

    Sicilian Vespers: Four Seasons: Winter

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Verdi: Ballet Music

    Monte Carlo National Opera Orchestra

    Antonio de Almeida, conductor

    6:44
  • 4:00 PM

    Shepherd's Music for Christmas

    Gregor Joseph Werner

    Christmas Festival

    London Festival Orchestra

    Ross Pople, conductor

    4:31
  • 3:55 PM

    The Sussex Mummers' Carol

    Traditional

    Christmas Around The World

    Burning River Brass

    2:16
  • 3:53 PM

    The Shortest Day

    Susan Cooper

    The Christmas Revels

    Robert J. Lurtsema, narrator

    2:00
  • 3:28 PM

    A Carol Symphony

    Victor Hely-Hutchinson

    HELY-HUTCHINSON: Carol Symphony / STANDFORD / KELLY

    City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra

    Gavin Sutherland, conductor

    24:43
  • 3:20 PM

    Bartered Bride: Overture

    Bedrich Smetana

    The Moldau

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Libor Pesek, conductor

    6:52
  • 3:12 PM

    In This Tyme of Chrystmas

    Abbie Betinis

    Concert Recording

    Rose Ensemble

    Jordan Sramek, conductor

    5:16
  • 3:01 PM

    Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Strings by Starlight

    Hollywood Bowl Orchestra

    Felix Slatkin, conductor

    Michael Rabin, violin

    9:37
  • 2:55 PM

    In the Bleak Midwinter

    Gustav Holst

    Carols From St. John's College, Cambridge

    Choir of St. John's College, Cambridge

    George Guest, conductor

    4:22
  • 2:46 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
  • 2:41 PM

    A Canadian Brass Christmas Card

    Howard Cable

    A Christmas Gloria

    Canadian Brass

    4:12
  • 2:35 PM

    Clarinet Sonata No. 1: 3rd mvt

    Johannes Brahms

    Stanley Drucker, clarinet

    Leonid Hambro, piano

    4:00
  • 2:27 PM

    Slavonic Dance No. 10

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Slavonic Dances

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Christoph von Dohnanyi, conductor

    6:16
  • 2:20 PM

    Sinfonia Concertante: 3rd movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Surprise Symphony, Sinfonia Concertante

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    Rainer Kuchl, violin

    6:01
  • 2:17 PM

    Musical Sleighride; White Christmas

    Christmas Music

    White Christmas

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Arthur Fiedler, conductor

    6:14
  • 2:09 PM

    Etude No. 11 "Winter Wind"

    Frederic Chopin

    Lang Lang, piano

    3:51
  • 2:04 PM

    Snow Maiden: Dance of the Tumblers

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Exotic Dances from the Opera

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    3:47
  • 1:52 PM

    Christmas Medley

    Traditional

    Monteverdi Choir

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    8:38
  • 1:49 PM

    Here Comes the Sun

    George Harrison

    Goran Sollscher, guitar

    1:57
  • 1:44 PM

    The Toy Factory: Little Elves, Fairies and Snowmen

    John Wineglass

    Dashing, Vol. 3

    Brno Philharmonic Orchestra

    Pavel Snajdr, conductor

    4:25
  • 1:28 PM

    Scheherazade: The Young Prince and the Young Princess

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Mad About Love

    Orchestre de la Bastille

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    9:42
  • 1:23 PM

    God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen

    Traditional

    Carols without Words

    Studio Orchestra

    4:09
  • 1:10 PM

    Wedding Day at Troldhaugen

    Edvard Grieg

    Symphonic Dances, Piano Concerto, Wedding Day at Toldhaugen

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    5:51
  • 1:04 PM

    Dance Suite after Couperin: Allemande

    Richard Strauss

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Rudolf Kempe, conductor

    5:11
  • 12:53 PM

    Wexford Carol; Murztaler Engelruf; 12 Days of Christmas

    Christmas Music

    A Christmas Concert For Brass

    Pittsburgh Symphony Brass

    8:18
  • 12:51 PM

    Fra Giovanni's Christmas Prayer (from “Take Joy: the Tasha Tudor Christmas Book”)

    The Christmas Revels

    Robert J. Lurtsema, narrator

    2:00
  • 12:44 PM

    Symphony No. 1: 4th movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Saarbrucken Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, conductor

    5:28
  • 12:35 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
  • 12:30 PM

    Tropic Winter: Pompons and Fans

    Nathaniel Dett

    My Cup Runneth Over: The Complete Piano Works of R. Nathaniel Dett

    Clipper Erickson, piano

    3:57
  • 12:22 PM

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

    Traditional

    Christmas with the Vienna Choir Boys

    Vienna Boys Choir

    Peter Marschik, conductor

    5:55
  • 12:15 PM

    The Nutcracker: Waltz of the Snowflakes

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Favorite Waltzes

    Berlin Chamber Orchestra

    Peter Wohlert, conductor

    6:30
  • 12:10 PM

    Valse "Snowstorm"

    Georgy Sviridov

    From Russia with Harp

    Sasha Boldachev, harp

    3:03
  • 12:04 PM

    Orchestral Suite No. 3: Air on the G String

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Daniel Hope: Air

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe Soloists

    Daniel Hope, violin

    5:01
  • 11:52 AM

    Minuet Antique

    Maurice Ravel

    Paris Orchestra

    Jean Martinon, conductor

    6:25
  • 11:45 AM

    Up! Good Christen Folk, and Listen; Unto Us is Born a Son; In dulci jubilo

    Medley

    Let The Angels Sing

    Danish National Vocal Ensemble

    Michael Bojesen, conductor

    Michala Petri, recorder

    6:44
  • 11:41 AM

    Schwanda the Bagpiper: Polka

    Jaromir Weinberger

    Concert in the Park

    Edmonton Wind Ensemble

    Harry Pinchin, conductor

    2:28
  • 11:31 AM

    Spartacus: Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia

    Aram Khachaturian

    Russian Ballet Suites

    Russian National Orchestra

    Alexander Vedernikov, conductor

    9:12
  • 11:27 AM

    Let it Snow! Let it Snow! Let it Snow!

    Jule Styne

    What if Mozart Wrote "White Christmas"?

    Northern Lights Orchestra

    Petri Juutilainen, conductor

    3:42
  • 11:22 AM

    Karelia Suite: Alla Marcia

    Jean Sibelius

    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    Pietari Inkinen, conductor

    4:49
  • 11:14 AM

    Rondo on "God rest you merry, gentlemen"

    Samuel Wesley

    The London Piano School, Vol 1

    Ian Hobson, piano

    6:31
  • 11:07 AM

    Concerto for Two Flutes

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra

    Nicholas McGegan, conductor

    Janet See, flute

    Stephen Schultz, flute

    6:48
  • 11:01 AM

    O Come, O Come Emmanuel

    Traditional

    Antoine Bareil, violin

    Valerie Milot, harp

    4:24
  • 10:52 AM

    Romanian Christmas Carols

    Bela Bartok

    THE KNIGHTS BEFORE CHRISTMAS

    The Knights

    Eric Jacobsen, conductor

    6:45
  • 10:26 AM

    Ascanio: Act III Ballet music

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra

    Jun Markl, conductor

    24:18
  • 10:13 AM

    A Christmas Rondo

    Rick Sowash

    A Christmas Gift

    Kris Frankenfeld, violin

    10:29
  • 10:06 AM

    Christmas Day

    Gustav Holst

    A Brass Organ Christmas

    Bay Brass

    David Krehbiel, conductor

    John Fenstermaker, organ

    6:43
  • 10:01 AM

    See Amid the Winter's Snow

    Traditional

    A Traditional Christmas Collection

    The Sixteen

    Harry Christophers, conductor

    Margaret Philips, organ

    4:50
  • 9:37 AM

    Violin Sonata

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sonatas for Keyboard and Violin

    Alina Ibragimova, violin

    21:07
  • 9:26 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
  • 9:17 AM

    Berenice: Overture, Minuet and Gigue

    George Frideric Handel

    Pachelbel Canon

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    7:11
  • 9:06 AM

    Suite of Carols for Woodwinds

    Leroy Anderson

    ANDERSON, L.: Sleigh Ride and Other Holiday Favourites

    BBC Concert Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    10:36
  • 9:01 AM

    Romance No. 3

    Robert Schumann

    Oboe Obsession: Romantic And Virtuosic Works For Oboe

    Allan Vogel, oboe

    4:43
  • 8:14 AM

    Symphony No. 1 "Winter Dreams"

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Symphonies No 1 & 2 / Schwarz, Seattle Symphony

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    44:11
  • 8:06 AM

    O Holy Night

    Adolphe Adam

    Santa Fe Desert Chorale

    Linda Mack, conductor

    5:47
  • 8:01 AM

    In the Bleak Midwinter

    Harold Darke

    Carols from New College, Oxford

    Choir of New College, Oxford

    Edward Higginbottom, conductor

    4:47
  • 7:43 AM

    Christmas Carol Medley

    John Rutter

    The Christmas Album

    Ambrosian Singers

    Vaughan Meakins, conductor

    15:48
  • 7:19 AM

    Guitar Concerto No. 1

    Mauro Giuliani

    English Chamber Orchestra

    George Malcolm, conductor

    Eduardo Fernandez, guitar

    22:31
  • 7:06 AM

    Brass Suite

    Christmas Music

    A Canadian Brass Christmas

    Canadian Brass

    11:08
  • 7:01 AM

    Of the Father's Heart Begotten

    Traditional

    In the Bleak Midwinter

    Choir of King's College, Cambridge

    Daniel Hyde, conductor

    4:48
  • 6:41 AM

    Lincolnshire Posy

    Percy Grainger

    Lincolnshire Posy

    Dallas Wind Symphony

    Jerry Junkin, conductor

    17:16
  • 6:21 AM

    Commonwealth Christmas Overture

    Malcolm Arnold

    Arnold Overtures

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Malcolm Arnold, conductor

    18:55
  • 6:06 AM

    Concerto for 2 Orchestras No. 1

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks, Concerti a due cori

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    13:31
  • 6:01 AM

    The Snowman: Prelude and Serenade

    Erich Korngold

    Favorite Holiday Classics

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    Michael Ludwig, violin

    4:39
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