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  • 5:25 AM

    Enigma Variations

    Edward Elgar

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    32:37
  • 5:18 AM

    Tomorrow shall be my dancing day; Rejoice and be merry

    Traditional

    A Christmas Festival

    Cambridge Singers

    John Rutter, conductor

    5:31
  • 5:06 AM

    Variations

    Mauro Giuliani

    Raphaella Smits, guitar

    11:33
  • 5:01 AM

    Being: Part 7

    Michael Torke

    American Modern Ensemble

    Michael Torke, conductor

    4:50
  • 4:52 AM

    An 18th Century Scherzo

    Haydn Wood

    Royal Ballet Sinfonia

    David Lloyd-Jones, conductor

    6:36
  • 4:12 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms, Clara Schumann

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Christian Thielemann, conductor

    Lisa Batiashvili, violin

    37:52
  • 4:06 AM

    Watt's Cradle Hymn

    Traditional American

    American Boychoir

    James Litton, conductor

    4:14
  • 4:01 AM

    Angela's Ashes: Angela's Prayer

    John Williams

    Angela's Ashes (Music From The Motion Picture)

    Studio Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    4:47
  • 3:40 AM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Johann Hummel

    Trumpet Concertos

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Raymond Leppard, conductor

    Wynton Marsalis, trumpet

    17:36
  • 3:19 AM

    Miss Sally's Party

    William Grant Still

    VocalEssence Orchestra

    Philip Brunelle, conductor

    19:02
  • 3:14 AM

    We Shall Walk Through the Valley

    Undine Smith Moore

    Dance Like the Wind: Music of Today's Black Composers

    VocalEssence

    Philip Brunelle, conductor

    2:53
  • 3:06 AM

    Go Tell It on the Mountain

    Spiritual

    This Christmas with Imani Winds

    Imani Winds

    3:01
  • 3:01 AM

    Bees and Bumblebees

    Eugene Arcade Dede

    American Romantics

    Gowanus Arts Ensemble

    Reuben Blundell, conductor

    4:33
  • 2:52 AM

    Concert Paraphrase of Verdi's "Rigoletto"

    Franz Liszt

    Yundi Li: Liszt

    Yundi Li, piano

    6:23
  • 2:21 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Bruch: Violin Concert No. 1

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    28:57
  • 2:15 AM

    Fantasia on "In Dulci Jubilo"

    David Overton

    Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra

    John Georgiadis, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    4:57
  • 2:06 AM

    Mignon: Overture

    Ambroise Thomas

    Great Comedy Overtures

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Lance Friedel, conductor

    8:22
  • 2:01 AM

    Peter Jacobs, piano

    4:35
  • 1:51 AM

    Symphony No. 6: Finale

    Emilie Mayer

    Bremerhaven Symphony Orchestra

    Marc Niemann, conductor

    6:29
  • 1:17 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 2

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Rachmaninoff, Paganini Rhapsody, Piano Concerto No. 2

    Mahler Chamber Orchestra

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    Yuja Wang, piano

    33:08
  • 1:09 AM

    Christmas Oratorio: Jauchzet, frohlocket

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Dashing, Vol. 2

    Joseph Galerna, organ

    6:09
  • 1:06 AM

    Capriccio No. 7

    Johannes Brahms

    Paul Lewis, piano

    2:28
  • 1:01 AM

    Notre Dame: Intermezzo

    Franz Schmidt

    Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Lawrence Foster, conductor

    4:43
  • 12:51 AM

    Slavonic Dance No. 4

    Antonin Dvorak

    Sabre Dance

    Houston Symphony Orchestra

    Sergiu Comissiona, conductor

    7:05
  • 12:47 AM

    Symphony: Finale

    Cesar Franck

    Metropolitan Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    11:21
  • 12:36 AM

    Concerto for Two Cellos

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi & Friends - La Folia (Madness & Other Concertos) / Sorrell, Apollo's Fire

    Apollo's Fire Baroque Orchestra

    Jeannette Sorrell, conductor

    Rene Schiffer, cello

    10:36
  • 12:31 AM

    Slavonic Dance No. 8

    Antonin Dvorak

    Concert A La Carte

    Vienna-Berlin Ensemble

    3:46
  • 12:13 AM

    Little Concert Suite

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Coleridge-Taylor: Hiawatha OVerture / Petite Suite

    RTE Concert Orchestra

    Adrian Leaper, conductor

    16:03
  • 12:02 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 37

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Sonatas Hob XVI 37, 40, 52, Andante

    Alfred Brendel, piano

    10:33
  • 12:01 AM

    Carol of the Bells

    Mikola Leontovich

    Christmas With The Dale Warland Singers

    Dale Warland Singers

    Dale Warland, conductor

    1:24
  • 11:51 PM

    The Planets: Jupiter

    Gustav Holst

    Holst: The Planets

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Colin Davis, conductor

    8:15
  • 11:30 PM

    Guitar Quintet No. 4 "Fandango"

    Luigi Boccherini

    Boccherini: Quintets IV, V, VI

    Artaria Quartet

    Richard Savino, guitar

    20:28
  • 11:23 PM

    Prelude No. 13 "Airs de fete"

    Joseph Jongen

    Jongen: 13 Preludes/24 Petits Preludes

    Ivan Ilic, piano

    5:06
  • 11:18 PM

    White Christmas

    Irving Berlin

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

    Hampton String Quartet

    3:42
  • 11:15 PM

    Valse "Snowstorm"

    Georgy Sviridov

    From Russia with Harp

    Sasha Boldachev, harp

    3:03
  • 11:01 PM

    Sinfonia Concertante: 1st movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Pinchas Zukerman: Complete Recordings on Deutsche Grammophon and Philips

    Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    13:27
  • 10:58 PM

    The Nutcracker: Russian Dance

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Dances From Renaissance To Nutcracker

    Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

    1:01
  • 10:47 PM

    Bartered Bride: Dances

    Bedrich Smetana

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Libor Pesek, conductor

    10:44
  • 10:41 PM

    To Seek Where Shadows Are: In the Bleak Midwinter

    Paul Mealor

    Blessing: The Music of Paul Mealor

    Voce Chamber Choir

    Mark Singleton, conductor

    5:24
  • 10:37 PM

    String Quartet No. 1: Rondeau

    Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Black Composers Series 1974-1978

    Juilliard String Quartet

    2:51
  • 10:22 PM

    Keyboard Concerto No. 4

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Keyboard Concertos BWV 1052-1058

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Andras Schiff, conductor

    Andras Schiff, piano

    13:14
  • 10:18 PM

    Make a Joyful Noise

    Frank Denson

    Empire Brass & Friends

    4:02
  • 10:07 PM

    Symphony No. 4 "Italian": 1st movement

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Symphonies 3 & 4

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    10:01
  • 10:03 PM

    Three Latin-American Dances: Mestizo Waltz

    Gabriela Lena Frank

    Utah Symphony Orchestra

    Keith Lockhart, conductor

    3:09
  • 9:51 PM

    Images for Orchestra: Rondes de printemps (Spring Rounds)

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Images, etc.

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    8:20
  • 9:35 PM

    Flute Concerto

    Frederick the Great

    CPE Bach Chamber Orchestra

    Hartmut Haenchen, conductor

    Manfred Friedrich, flute

    14:42
  • 9:31 PM

    Here We Come a-Wassailing (Wassail Song)

    Traditional

    Clare College Singers

    John Rutter, conductor

    4:08
  • 9:06 PM

    Faithful Shepherd: Suite

    George Frideric Handel

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    23:09
  • 9:00 PM

    Elegie

    Frank Bridge

    Bridge, F.: Cello Sonata / 4 Short Pieces / Serenade in A Major / Berceuse / Britten, B.: Cello Sonata in C Major

    Oystein Birkeland, cello

    4:18
  • 6:52 PM

    Petite Suite: Finale

    Alexander Borodin

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Geoffrey Simon, conductor

    6:11
  • 6:20 PM

    Clarinet Quintet

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart & Brahms

    Pacifica String Quartet

    Anthony McGill, clarinet

    30:51
  • 6:14 PM

    Romance

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius

    Leif Ove Andsnes, piano

    3:53
  • 6:09 PM

    Festival Fanfare

    John Wasson

    Horns For The Holidays

    Dallas Wind Symphony

    Jerry Junkin, conductor

    3:43
  • 6:06 PM

    The Seasons: November (Troika)

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Seasons, etc.

    Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra

    Leonid Grin, conductor

    3:13
  • 6:01 PM

    March No. 1

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Titans

    Anagnoson & Kinton, duo pianos

    4:41
  • 5:47 PM

    Roumanian Rhapsody No. 1

    Georges Enescu

    Symphonic Spectacular

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    11:52
  • 5:22 PM

    Concerto for violin and string orchestra

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Violin Concertos

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Viktoria Mullova, violin

    22:16
  • 5:16 PM

    Wexford Carol; Gloucestershire Wassail

    Traditional

    Christmas Spirit

    Mainstreet Brass Quintet

    4:40
  • 5:06 PM

    Symphony No. 2

    Thomas Arne

    Cantilena

    Adrian Shepherd, conductor

    9:30
  • 5:00 PM

    Dance of the Flowers

    Amy Beach

    Joanne Polk, piano

    4:41
  • 4:39 PM

    Serenade No. 1

    Robert Fuchs

    Fuchs: Serenades Nos. 1 and 2

    Cologne Chamber Orchestra

    Christian Ludwig, conductor

    19:39
  • 4:19 PM

    L'Arlesienne Suite No. 2

    Georges Bizet

    Bizet/Serebrier: Carmen Symphony

    Barcelona Symphony Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    18:06
  • 4:13 PM

    Concert Variations on "O Tannenbaum"

    Carlos Salzedo

    Christmas Harp

    Xavier de Maistre, harp

    3:41
  • 4:06 PM

    Concerto for Two Oboes

    Antonio Vivaldi

    La Serenissima

    Adrian Chandler, conductor

    Rachel Chaplin, oboe

    Mark Baigent, oboe

    6:30
  • 4:01 PM

    Symphony No. 1: 3rd movement

    Johan Svendsen

    Svendsen: Symphonies 1 & 2

    Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    4:45
  • 3:48 PM

    Symphony No. 2: 4th movement

    Heinrich von Herzogenberg

    North German Radio Philharmonic

    Frank Beermann, conductor

    10:47
  • 3:47 PM

    Symphony No. 2: 4th movement

    Heinrich von Herzogenberg

    North German Radio Philharmonic

    Frank Beermann, conductor

    10:47
  • 3:36 PM

    Sonata No. 5

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Sonatas Op. 5

    London Baroque

    10:13
  • 3:31 PM

    German Dances

    William Brade

    Brass Ensemble

    Ludwig Guttler, trumpet

    4:50
  • 3:19 PM

    William Tell: Overture

    Giaocchino Rossini

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    11:00
  • 3:01 PM

    Sleigh Ride

    Leroy Anderson

    This Christmas with Imani Winds

    Imani Winds

    2:46
  • 2:57 PM

    English Suite No. 2: Gigue

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Renaud Capucon, violin

    Gautier Capucon, cello

    2:31
  • 2:43 PM

    Petite Suite

    Claude Debussy

    Rhapsodie

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    12:57
  • 2:33 PM

    Voices of Spring Waltz (Fruhlingsstimmen)

    Johann Strauss, Jr.

    Strauss: Gala I

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Willi Boskovsky, conductor

    6:09
  • 2:30 PM

    Maria Wiegenlied (Mary's Cradle Song)

    Max Reger

    Christmas from Norway

    Norwegian Radio Orchestra

    Christian Eggen, conductor

    Lise Davidsen, soprano

    2:22
  • 2:21 PM

    Jubilee Overture

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    7:41
  • 2:17 PM

    Song for Baba

    Julian Lloyd Webber

    Lullaby

    Julian Lloyd Webber, cello

    2:41
  • 2:07 PM

    Symphony No. 82 "The Bear": 1st movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 22, 78, 82

    Stockholm Chamber Orchestra

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    6:58
  • 2:04 PM

    Gazebo Dances: Tarantella

    John Corigliano

    North Texas Wind Symphony

    Eugene Corporon, conductor

    2:27
  • 1:49 PM

    Music for the Royal Fireworks

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Water Music, Royal Fireworks

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    18:31
  • 1:42 PM

    Hary Janos Suite: Intermezzo

    Zoltan Kodaly

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Yoel Levi, conductor

    5:14
  • 1:38 PM

    Bagatelles: Allegretto scherzando (3)

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Quartets Opp. 96 & 105

    Takacs Quartet

    Gabor Ormai, harmonium

    3:03
  • 1:31 PM

    Cello Sonata No. 1: 3rd movement

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Music for Cello and Piano

    Antonio Meneses, cello

    6:03
  • 1:27 PM

    Dance Suite after Couperin: Tourbillon

    Richard Strauss

    Kempe Conducts Richard Strauss - 3

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Rudolf Kempe, conductor

    3:16
  • 1:18 PM

    Concerto for Three Violins

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Bach, Bologne, Previn, Vivaldi, Williams

    Mutter's Virtuosi

    Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin

    8:33
  • 1:15 PM

    Othello Suite: Military March

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Chineke! Orchestra

    Fawzi Haimor, conductor

    2:07
  • 1:11 PM

    Los Romeros

    1:42
  • 1:08 PM

    El Nino Querido

    Traditional

    The Christmas Album

    Phoenix Chorale

    Christopher Gabbitas, conductor

    3:14
  • 1:04 PM

    Minuet

    Luigi Boccherini

    Jewels of the Classics

    Philharmonia Virtuosi

    Richard Kapp, conductor

    3:41
  • 12:49 PM

    Gloriana: Courtly Dances

    Benjamin Britten

    Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf, Britten: Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    10:19
  • 12:36 PM

    6 German Dances

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: German Dances, Marches

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    11:42
  • 12:30 PM

    Concerto No. 1

    Tomaso Albinoni

    Collegium Musicum 90

    Simon Standage, conductor

    4:35
  • 12:21 PM

    Seasons' Celebration: St. Andrew's Day

    Howard Cable

    Symphony Nova Scotia

    Howard Cable, conductor

    8:00
  • 12:15 PM

    A Canadian Brass Christmas Card

    Howard Cable

    A Christmas Gloria

    Canadian Brass

    4:12
  • 12:10 PM

    Etude No. 21

    Louise Farrenc

    Joanne Polk, piano

    4:12
  • 12:04 PM

    Symphony No. 2: 3rd movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Andris Nelsons, conductor

    5:13
  • 11:52 AM

    Summer in Buenos Aires (Verano Porteno)

    Astor Piazzolla

    Piazzolla: Sinfonia Buenos Aires

    Nashville Symphony Orchestra

    Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor

    Tianwa Yang, violin

    6:30
  • 11:36 AM

    Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Elgar: Introduction and Allegro, etc; Vaughan Williams

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    14:10
  • 11:25 AM

    Flute Concerto No. 3 "Il gardellino" ("The Goldfinch")

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: Six Flute Concertos, Op.10

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    Stephen Preston, flute

    10:28
  • 11:22 AM

    Milos Karadaglic, guitar

    2:31
  • 11:18 AM

    The Nutcracker: March

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Ballet Suites for Piano Duo

    Mari Kodama, piano

    2:21
  • 11:06 AM

    Sleeping Beauty: Grand Pas de Deux

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Richard Bonynge, conductor

    11:48
  • 11:00 AM

    The Red Pony Suite: The Gift

    Aaron Copland

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

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    4:50
  • 10:46 AM

    Snow Maiden Suite

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Orchestral Suites

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    12:28
  • 10:40 AM

    See Amid the Winter's Snow

    Traditional

    A Traditional Christmas Collection

    The Sixteen

    Harry Christophers, conductor

    Margaret Philips, organ

    4:50
  • 10:22 AM

    Fantastic Dances

    Joaquin Turina

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Enrique Batiz, conductor

    17:00
  • 10:06 AM

    Fantasy on Polish Airs

    Frederic Chopin

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Misha Dichter, piano

    13:51
  • 10:01 AM

    Sonata Concertante: Rondo

    Louis Spohr

    Spohr: Works for Harp and Flute

    Marielle Nordmann, harp

    4:49
  • 9:45 AM

    Symphony Concertante

    Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra, Pardubice

    Michael Halasz, conductor

    Yury Revich, violin

    Libor Jezek, violin

    13:02
  • 9:41 AM

    The Holly and the Ivy

    Traditional

    This Christmas with Imani Winds

    Imani Winds

    3:48
  • 9:06 AM

    Symphony No. 2

    Franz Schubert

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor

    33:47
  • 9:01 AM

    When The Birds Return

    John Williams

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    3:44
  • 8:27 AM

    Symphony No. 2

    Kurt Atterberg

    Atterberg: Symphonies

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    31:25
  • 8:24 AM

    Wild Swans: Eliza's Aria

    Elena Kats-Chernin

    Nicola Sweeney, violin

    Sarah Nicolls, piano

    3:20
  • 8:16 AM

    Up Good Christen Folk and Listen; In the Bleak Midwinter

    Harold Darke

    Christmas Carols from King's College

    Choir of King's College, Cambridge

    David Willcocks, conductor

    Stephen Varcoe, baritone

    5:51
  • 8:01 AM

    Grand Overture No. 5

    Johann Christian Bach

    Bach Six Grand Overtures

    English Symphony Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    13:48
  • 7:22 AM

    Symphony No. 8

    Antonin Dvorak

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Christoph von Dohnanyi, conductor

    37:10
  • 7:16 AM

    Silent Night

    Franz Gruber

    Christmas Wonderland

    Lahti Symphony Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    5:24
  • 7:02 AM

    Jeromita Linares

    Carlos Guastavino

    "Impresiones"

    Camerata Bariloche

    Pablo Cohen, guitar

    11:43
  • 6:48 AM

    Fantasy on Mozart's "La ci darem la mano"

    Franz Danzi

    Wurttemberg Chamber Orchestra

    Jorg Faerber, conductor

    Sabine Meyer, clarinet

    10:11
  • 6:43 AM

    Fairytale Sleighride

    Adam Saunders

    Another Night Before Christmas And Scrooge

    Royal Ballet Sinfonia

    Gavin Sutherland, conductor

    4:30
  • 6:39 AM

    Partita No. 1: Allemande

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach Partitas

    Igor Levit, piano

    3:32
  • 6:02 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 2

    Bela Bartok

    Concert Recording

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Edward Gardner, conductor

    Christian Tetzlaff, violin

    36:03