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  • 5:51 AM

    Nox vitae: The Snow is Falling

    Galina Grigorjeva

    Estonian National Male Choir

    Mikk Uleoja, conductor

    7:32
  • 5:42 AM

    Little Snow

    Angel Lam

    Bokyung Byun, guitar

    7:44
  • 5:18 AM

    Seasonal Rites

    Michael Fine

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Philip Mann, conductor

    22:04
  • 5:06 AM

    Windows

    Reena Esmail

    Windows

    Watson Brass Quintet

    10:43
  • 5:01 AM

    Miniatures: A Piacere

    Vivian Fung

    Maia String Quartet

    John Bruce Yeh, clarinet

    Maia Quartet

    4:39
  • 4:43 AM

    the promise of the far horizon

    Jeffrey Mumford

    Corigliano Quartet

    15:12
  • 4:31 AM

    Assemble

    Emily Cooley

    8-Track

    Ashley Bathgate, cello

    9:55
  • 4:15 AM

    Orpheus Undone

    Missy Mazzoli

    Arctic Philharmonic

    Tim Weiss, conductor

    14:49
  • 4:06 AM

    Glassworks: Opening

    Philip Glass

    Philip Glass: Piano Works

    Siggi String Quartet

    Vikingur Olafsson, piano

    6:38
  • 4:01 AM

    Even This Laughter; Even Your Tears

    deVon Russell Gray

    Love at Last

    Lara Downes, piano

    4:26
  • 3:52 AM

    Pavane Couleur du temps

    Frank Martin

    Debussy, Martin, Caplet, Pierne, Jongen

    Oxalys

    6:20
  • 3:27 AM

    The Fairy's Kiss: Divertimento

    Igor Stravinsky

    London Sinfonietta

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    23:38
  • 3:21 AM

    Christmas Tree Suite: Abendglocken (Evening Bells)

    Franz Liszt

    Franz Liszt

    Jerome Lowenthal, piano

    4:30
  • 3:06 AM

    Noble and Sentimental Waltzes

    Maurice Ravel

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    13:46
  • 3:01 AM

    Romantic Waltz

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy's Harp

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    4:34
  • 2:55 AM

    Peace on Earth

    Errollyn Wallen

    Errollyn Wallen: Peace on Earth

    Choir of King's College, Cambridge

    3:35
  • 2:21 AM

    String Quartet

    Florence Price

    UNCOVERED Vol. 2

    Catalyst Quartet

    31:48
  • 2:17 AM

    Allegretto

    Mauro Giuliani

    David Starobin Performs Mauro Giuliani, Volume Two

    David Starobin, guitar

    2:07
  • 2:06 AM

    Unter bluhenden Linden

    Lou Koster

    Estro Armonico Luxembourg Chamber Orchestra

    Jonathan Kaell, conductor

    10:53
  • 2:01 AM

    Flowers of the Forest

    Anonymous

    Baltimore Consort

    4:35
  • 1:46 AM

    Ma vlast (My Country): From Bohemia's Woods and Fields

    Bedrich Smetana

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Libor Pesek, conductor

    12:30
  • 1:24 AM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 5

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Six Concertos for the Margrave of Brandenburg

    European Brandenburg Ensemble

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    Katy Bircher, flute

    20:40
  • 1:17 AM

    Suite of Carols

    Traditional

    A String Quartet Christmas

    Arturo Delmoni, violin

    4:31
  • 1:06 AM

    From Italy (Aus Italien): In the Campagna

    Richard Strauss

    R. Strauss: Aus Italien, Don Juan

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    10:28
  • 1:01 AM

    Coracao que sente

    Ernesto Nazareth

    Odeon: Brazilian Dances by Ernesto Nazareth

    Antoine Zemor, piano

    4:28
  • 12:45 AM

    Delights and Dances

    Michael Abels

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Mei-Ann Chen, conductor

    13:03
  • 12:45 AM

    Delights and Dances

    Michael Abels

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Mei-Ann Chen, conductor

    13:03
  • 12:43 AM

    Shepherd's Pipe Carol

    John Rutter

    Bach Choir

    David Willcocks, conductor

    3:01
  • 12:31 AM

    Capriol Suite

    Peter Warlock

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Alan Barlow, conductor

    10:53
  • 12:09 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Le Mozart Noir

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    Linda Melsted, violin

    21:08
  • 12:02 AM

    Rondo for Horn and Orchestra

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart y Mambo

    Havana Lyceum Orchestra

    Jose Antonio Mendez Padron, conductor

    Sarah Willis, horn

    6:26
  • 11:58 PM

    Down a Country Lane

    Aaron Copland

    Copland: Complete Music for Solo Piano

    Leo Smit, piano

    2:07
  • 11:49 PM

    An Outdoor Overture

    Aaron Copland

    Colorado Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    8:19
  • 11:43 PM

    Jason Vieaux, guitar

    4:58
  • 11:32 PM

    Symphony

    Leopold Mozart

    Leopold Mozart: Symphonies

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    9:52
  • 11:28 PM

    Go Tell It on the Mountain

    Spiritual

    This Christmas with Imani Winds

    Imani Winds

    3:01
  • 11:05 PM

    Montgomery Variations

    Margaret Bonds

    African American Voices II

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Kellen Grey, conductor

    22:59
  • 10:42 PM

    Tannhauser: Overture

    Richard Wagner

    Wagner: Orchestral Works

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Klaus Tennstedt, conductor

    15:27
  • 10:38 PM

    Souvenirs de Bayreuth

    Gabriel Faure

    Kathryn Stott, piano

    Martin Roscoe, piano

    4:05
  • 10:31 PM

    Orchestral Suite No. 2 "Characteristic": Waltz

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland

    Stefan Sanderling, conductor

    6:28
  • 10:24 PM

    Cello Concerto: 3rd movement

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    English Concert

    Andrew Manze, conductor

    Alison McGillivray, cello

    5:26
  • 10:18 PM

    Deck the Halls

    Traditional English

    Comfort and Joy, Vol. 2

    Cantus

    4:05
  • 10:10 PM

    Oboe Concerto

    Domenico Cimarosa

    Bella Napoli: Oboe Concertos

    Ensemble Berlin

    Christoph Hartmann, oboe

    8:35
  • 10:05 PM

    The Three-Cornered Hat: Neighbor's Dance

    Manuel de Falla

    Manuel de Falla's Spain

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    3:32
  • 10:02 PM

    Carnival: Suite of Five Dances: Frolic

    Montague Ring

    Rochelle Sennet, piano

    2:36
  • 9:54 PM

    Parade of the Wooden Soldiers

    Leon Jessel

    Home for the Holidays

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    John Morris Russell, conductor

    4:20
  • 9:40 PM

    A Moorside Suite

    Gustav Holst

    Holst: Hammersmith, Moorside Suite, Suites 1 And 2 / Dunn

    Dallas Wind Symphony

    Howard Dunn, conductor

    14:10
  • 9:31 PM

    Piano Quintet: 2nd movement

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Elena Urioste, violin

    Savitri Grier, violin

    Rosalind Ventris, viola

    Laura van der Heijden, cello

    Tom Poster, piano

    7:35
  • 9:21 PM

    The Lion in Winter Suite

    John Barry

    Cinema Choral Classics

    City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra

    Kenneth Alwyn, conductor

    8:12
  • 9:05 PM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Johann Stamitz

    Haydn, Hummel, Stamitz, Hertel: Trumpet Concertos

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Hakan Hardenberger, trumpet

    15:38
  • 9:00 PM

    Guitar Concerto: Larghetto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Baroque

    Arcangelo

    Jonathan Cohen, conductor

    Milos Karadaglic, guitar

    3:51
  • 6:44 PM

    Concerto for Two Violins

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach and Part

    Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra

    Arabella Steinbacher, violin

    14:23
  • 6:23 PM

    Flute Concerto No. 1

    Peter von Winter

    Prague Chamber Orchestra

    Bruno Meier, flute

    19:48
  • 6:18 PM

    The Carol of the Birds; Lo How a Rose E'er Blooming

    Traditional

    Kirkmount

    3:38
  • 6:06 PM

    Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    10:35
  • 6:01 PM

    Harp Consort No. 3

    William Lawes

    Lawes: Harp Consorts

    Les Voix Humaines

    Maxine Eilander, harp

    4:40
  • 5:58 PM

    Prelude No. 1

    Frederic Chopin

    The Complete Chopin Preludes

    Yundi Li, piano

    :31
  • 5:48 PM

    English Symphony Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    Martin Jones, piano

    9:42
  • 5:20 PM

    Serenade for Strings

    Peter Tchaikovsky

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

    Poland Radio Chamber Orchestra

    Agnieszka Duczmal, conductor

    27:23
  • 5:14 PM

    Winter Wonderland

    Felix Bernard

    Christmas at Steinway Hall

    Simon Mulligan, piano

    4:26
  • 5:08 PM

    In the Mountains: Sunny Day

    Josef Foerster

    Foerster: Symphony No. 5 & In den Bergen

    Osnabruck Symphony Orchestra

    Hermann Baumer, conductor

    4:29
  • 5:06 PM

    Venezuelan Waltz No. 3 "Natalia"

    Antonio Lauro

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    1:44
  • 5:01 PM

    Bella Bocca Polka

    Emil Waldteufel

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    4:46
  • 4:39 PM

    Holberg Suite

    Edvard Grieg

    Norwegian Chamber Orchestra

    Iona Brown, conductor

    19:21
  • 4:33 PM

    Anna Ciborowska, piano

    5:32
  • 4:22 PM

    Snowflake Ballet

    Jacques Offenbach

    Offenbach: Orchestral Works

    Orchestra de la Suisse Romande

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    10:23
  • 4:15 PM

    Christmas Medley

    Various

    Joy to the World

    Empire Brass & Friends

    4:19
  • 4:06 PM

    Concerto Grosso No. 1

    George Frideric Handel

    Linde Consort

    Hans-Martin Linde, conductor

    8:25
  • 4:01 PM

    Douglas Riva, piano

    4:30
  • 3:48 PM

    Fair Melusina Overture

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Seascapes

    Virginia Symphony Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    10:11
  • 3:40 PM

    Severn Suite

    Edward Elgar

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    18:00
  • 3:29 PM

    Fair Melusina Overture

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Seascapes

    Virginia Symphony Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    10:11
  • 3:22 PM

    Improvisation on Christmas Themes

    Improvisation

    MPR Taste Of The Holidays, Vol. 2

    Hiram Titus, piano

    5:25
  • 3:18 PM

    Cello Suite No. 1: Menuets

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Zuill Bailey, cello

    3:10
  • 3:08 PM

    The Merry Wives of Windsor: Overture

    Otto Nicolai

    Overtures

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Arthur Fiedler, conductor

    7:39
  • 3:05 PM

    Waltz No. 6 "Minute"

    Frederic Chopin

    The Chopin Album

    Lang Lang, piano

    2:10
  • 2:49 PM

    Tintagel

    Arnold Bax

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    15:00
  • 2:35 PM

    Divertimento No. 14

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    12:37
  • 2:30 PM

    Guitar Sonata No. 5: Rondo

    Wenzel Matiegka

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

    David Starobin, guitar

    3:07
  • 2:20 PM

    Symphony No. 1: 1st movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven Complete Symphonies

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Andris Nelsons, conductor

    9:41
  • 2:17 PM

    Carnival of the Animals: Finale

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Utah Symphony

    Thierry Fischer, conductor

    1:44
  • 2:10 PM

    All the Stars Looked Down

    John Rutter

    Rutter Orchestral Carols

    Choir of King's College, Cambridge

    Daniel Hyde, conductor

    3:46
  • 2:04 PM

    Handel in the Strand

    Percy Grainger

    Grainger, Leighton: Chamber Works

    Academy Chamber Ensemble

    4:25
  • 1:51 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 3: 1st movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Piano Concertos

    Norwegian Chamber Orchestra

    Leif Ove Andsnes, conductor

    Leif Ove Andsnes, piano

    8:24
  • 1:45 PM

    Symphony No. 1: 3rd movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Symphony No. 1; Beethoven: Egmont Overture

    Munich Philharmonic Orchestra

    Christian Thielemann, conductor

    5:15
  • 1:34 PM

    L'Etoile du Nord: Dance Suite

    Giacomo Meyerbeer

    Barcelona Symphony Orchestra

    Michal Nesterowicz, conductor

    9:06
  • 1:30 PM

    Winter's Falling Light

    Carolyn Surrick

    Surrounded By Angels

    Ensemble Galilei

    3:06
  • 1:27 PM

    O gladsome light

    Louis Bourgeois

    Lighten our Darkness: Music for the Close of Day

    Cambridge Singers

    John Rutter, conductor

    1:57
  • 1:20 PM

    Worship: A Concert Overture

    Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson

    African American Voices II

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Kellen Grey, conductor

    6:23
  • 1:06 PM

    Bourree Fantasque

    Emmanuel Chabrier

    French National Orchestra

    Armin Jordan, conductor

    7:02
  • 1:04 PM

    Tambourin

    Francois-Joseph Gossec

    James Galway - Celebrating 70: A Collection of Personal Favorites

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Gerhardt, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    1:24
  • 12:55 PM

    The Nutcracker: Act I, Nos 5-9

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    26:37
  • 12:45 PM

    Symphony No. 1 "Winter Dreams": 3rd movement

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Semyon Bychkov, conductor

    8:35
  • 12:40 PM

    Silent Night

    Franz Gruber

    Noel

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    3:41
  • 12:31 PM

    Concert Piece for Clarinet and Basset Horn

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Wurttemberg Chamber Orchestra

    Jorg Faerber, conductor

    Sabine Meyer, clarinet

    Wolfgang Meyer, basset horn

    8:27
  • 12:20 PM

    Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra

    Hans-Peter Frank, conductor

    9:33
  • 12:16 PM

    Mysterious Barricades

    Francois Couperin

    Nancy Allen: A Celebration for Harp

    Nancy Allen, harp

    2:47
  • 12:09 PM

    The Little Square Suite

    Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari

    Wolf-Ferrari: Orchestral Works

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Gianandrea Noseda, conductor

    5:57
  • 12:04 PM

    The Capricious One

    Edward Elgar

    Perlman Collection, Vol. 19

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    3:48
  • 11:41 AM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Johann Hummel

    Haydn, Hummel, Etc.: Trumpet Concertos

    German Chamber Philharmonic

    Alison Balsom, trumpet

    17:36
  • 11:19 AM

    String Concerto

    Giuseppe Valentini

    Musica Antiqua Cologne

    Reinhard Goebel, conductor

    19:30
  • 11:14 AM

    Carol of the Bells/God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen

    Mikola Leontovich

    A Star in the East

    Carolyn Surrick, viola da gamba

    3:53
  • 11:06 AM

    Three Dances: Divertissement

    Maurice Durufle

    Sinfonia of London

    John Wilson, conductor

    7:12
  • 11:01 AM

    Serenade No. 10 "Gran Partita": Minuet II

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart Serenade No. 10 for Winds "Gran Partita"

    London Symphony Orchestra Wind Ensemble

    4:33
  • 10:43 AM

    Daphnis and Chloe Suite No. 2

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel: Orchestral Works

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Bernard Haitink, conductor

    15:52
  • 10:26 AM

    Naive Music: selections

    Valentin Silvestrov

    Mykola Suk, pianist

    Mykola Suk, piano

    14:34
  • 10:21 AM

    Blessed be that maid Mary

    Traditional English

    Winter's Delights

    Quadriga Consort

    3:56
  • 10:06 AM

    Sussex Landscape

    Avril Coleridge-Taylor

    Coleridge-Taylor

    Chineke! Orchestra

    Roderick Cox, conductor

    13:31
  • 10:01 AM

    Childhood Dream (Reve d'enfant)

    Eugene Ysaye

    French Impressions

    Bienne Symphony Orchestra

    Jean-Jacques Kantorow, conductor

    Rachel Kolly d'Alba, violin

    4:35
  • 9:41 AM

    The Night Callings

    Heino Eller

    Estonian National Symphony Orchestra

    Olari Elts, conductor

    17:35
  • 9:05 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 21 "Elvira Madigan"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Colin Davis, conductor

    Alicia de Larrocha, piano

    29:32
  • 9:01 AM

    The Piano: The Heart Asks Pleasure First

    Michael Nyman

    Ahn-Plugged

    Ahn Trio

    3:06
  • 8:53 AM

    Blue Bird: Christmas Dream

    Engelbert Humperdinck

    Humperdinck: Fairy-Tale Music

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Karl Anton Rickenbacher, conductor

    5:21
  • 8:21 AM

    String Quartet

    Amanda Rontgen-Maier

    The Maier Quartet - Rendezvous: Leipzig

    Maier Quartet

    31:49
  • 8:06 AM

    Oboe Concerto

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: 3 Oboe Concertos

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Iona Brown, conductor

    Heinz Holliger, oboe

    12:58
  • 8:01 AM

    Eglogue

    Mel Bonis

    Myriam Barbaux-Cohen, piano

    4:23
  • 7:28 AM

    Fairy Tale

    Josef Suk

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    30:28
  • 7:24 AM

    In the Bleak Midwinter/Un Sospiro

    Gustav Holst

    Steinway Christmas Album

    Jeffrey Biegel, piano

    3:57
  • 7:01 AM

    String Quartet No. 23

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    The Haydn Project

    Emerson String Quartet

    20:31
  • 6:24 AM

    Orchestral Suite No. 2 "Characteristic"

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Prague Symphony Orchestra

    Jiri Belohlavek, conductor

    34:47
  • 6:12 AM

    Sacred and Profane Dances

    Claude Debussy

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Pierre Boulez, conductor

    Alice Chalifoux, harp

    10:05
  • 6:01 AM

    Four Christmas Motets

    Francis Poulenc

    Poulenc: Gloria

    Polyphony

    Stephen Layton, conductor

    10:01