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  • 5:49 AM

    Night Song

    Wayne Barlow

    Music For Quiet Listening

    Eastman Philharmonia

    Howard Hanson, conductor

    9:11
  • 5:44 AM

    O Come, O Come Emmanuel

    Traditional

    Gaelynn Lea, violin, looping pedal

    3:58
  • 5:06 AM

    Piano Trio No. 1

    Johannes Brahms

    For the Love of Brahms

    Joshua Bell, violin

    36:53
  • 5:01 AM

    Pol

    Johann Johannsson

    Johann Johannsson: 12 Conversations with Thilo Heinzmann

    Echo Collective

    4:33
  • 4:52 AM

    Hymn

    Valentin Silvestrov

    Ustvolskaya, Silvestrov, Kancheli: Works for Piano and Orchestra

    Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra

    Thomas Sanderling, conductor

    6:01
  • 4:37 AM

    Molitva (Prayer)

    Galina Grigorjeva

    Timeless Light

    Estonian National Male Choir

    Mikk Uleoja, conductor

    Allar Kaasik, cello

    13:32
  • 4:12 AM

    Symphony No. 9: Adagio

    Anton Bruckner

    Bruckner: Symphonies Nos. 6 and 9; Wagner

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Andris Nelsons, conductor

    23:58
  • 4:06 AM

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    Cory Smythe, piano

    4:53
  • 4:01 AM

    Hudson Preludes: Take Care

    Nico Muhly

    Benjamin Nicholas, organ

    4:40
  • 3:54 AM

    Mitt hjerte alltid vanker (My heart doth always wander)

    Traditional Scandinavian

    Winter Tales

    Classical Sundays

    Christian Badzura, conductor

    Mari Samuelsen, violin

    3:51
  • 3:42 AM

    Come to the Woods

    Jake Runestad

    The Singers

    Matthew Culloton, conductor

    Stephen Swanson, piano

    11:02
  • 3:19 AM

    Symphony No. 31

    Alan Hovhaness

    Northwest Sinfonia

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    21:57
  • 3:14 AM

    The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)

    Mel Torme

    Christmas Piano with Alexis

    Alexis Ffrench, piano

    3:15
  • 3:06 AM

    Intermezzo: Dreaming by the Fireside

    Richard Strauss

    Richard Strauss: Tone Poems

    Strasbourg Philharmonic Orchestra

    Marc Albrecht, conductor

    7:21
  • 3:01 AM

    The Kid on the Mountain; The Butterfly

    Traditional Irish

    Ronn McFarlane, lute

    4:52
  • 2:46 AM

    Air for Violin

    Aaron Jay Kernis

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    Truls Mork, cello

    11:42
  • 2:43 AM

    O send out thy light

    Owain Park

    Morning Star

    Gesualdo Six

    Owain Park, conductor

    2:31
  • 2:24 AM

    Fantasy Variations

    Ulysses Kay

    Dawson: Negro Folk Symphony - U. Kay: Fantasy Variations - Umbrian Scene

    Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Arthur Fagen, conductor

    17:55
  • 2:22 AM

    Pictures from Bashu (Six Sichuan Folk Songs): Evening Dance at Aba

    Hu-Wei Huang

    Chinasong | Shanghai Quartet

    Shanghai Quartet

    Eugenia Zukerman, flute

    1:06
  • 2:06 AM

    Prelude and Bourree

    Wilhelm Stenhammar

    Gavle Symphony Orchestra

    Hannu Koivula, conductor

    14:46
  • 2:01 AM

    Valse Triste

    Jean Sibelius

    Wagner: Siegfried-Idyll/Sibelius: Valse Triste/etc.

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    4:37
  • 1:50 AM

    L'Estro Armonico: Concerto No. 10 for Four Violins and Cello

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Il Giardino Armonico

    Giovanni Antonini, conductor

    Avi Avital, mandolin

    8:43
  • 1:27 AM

    Eternal Longing

    Vitezslav Novak

    Novak, V.: In the Tatra Mountains; Lady Godiva; Eternal Longing

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    20:25
  • 1:20 AM

    Romance

    Amy Beach

    Dawn Dongeun Wohn, violin

    Esther Park, piano

    6:04
  • 1:06 AM

    Into the Twilight

    Arnold Bax

    Bax: Tone Poems, Vol. 2

    Ulster Orchestra

    Bryden Thomson, conductor

    12:56
  • 1:01 AM

    Prague Symphony Orchestra

    Vaclav Smetacek, conductor

    4:48
  • 12:46 AM

    Leonore Overture No. 3

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: The Symphonies

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    12:19
  • 11:49 PM

    Andante and Hungarian Rondo

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Hummel, Weber: Bassoon Concertos

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Klaus Thunemann, bassoon

    9:47
  • 11:45 PM

    Chorale Prelude No. 10: My heart is ever yearning

    Johannes Brahms

    Canadian Brass

    2:43
  • 11:20 PM

    Piano Concerto

    Dora Bright

    Bright & Gipps: Piano Concertos

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Peebles, conductor

    Samantha Ward, piano

    24:06
  • 11:14 PM

    Sir Roger de Coverley (A Christmas Dance)

    Frank Bridge

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    4:45
  • 11:06 PM

    Carpathian Rhapsody

    Myroslav Skoryk

    Ukraine National Symphony Orchestra

    Volodymyr Sirenko, conductor

    Solomiya Ivakhiv, violin

    6:40
  • 11:01 PM

    Algarve Orchestra

    Alvaro Cassuto, conductor

    4:36
  • 10:52 PM

    Be Still and Know

    Carlos Simon

    Phoebe Wu, piano

    Teagan Faran, violin

    Victor Huls, cello

    6:27
  • 10:19 PM

    Negro Folk Symphony

    William Dawson

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Kellen Gray, conductor

    30:55
  • 10:15 PM

    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
  • 10:07 PM

    Umoja (Unity)

    Valerie Coleman

    Imani Winds

    Imani Winds

    2:49
  • 10:01 PM

    Fantasie Negre No. 4

    Florence Price

    Lara Downes, piano

    4:45
  • 9:51 PM

    Andante for Clarinet and Orchestra

    Alice Mary Smith

    Smith, A.M.: Symphonies

    London Mozart Players

    Howard Shelley, conductor

    Angela Malsbury, clarinet

    7:05
  • 9:22 PM

    Octet

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Haydn Violin Concertos, Mendelssohn Octet

    Sejong Soloists

    Gil Shaham, violin

    28:08
  • 9:14 PM

    Romanian Christmas Carols

    Bela Bartok

    THE KNIGHTS BEFORE CHRISTMAS

    The Knights

    Eric Jacobsen, conductor

    6:45
  • 9:06 PM

    Polonaise No. 6 "Heroic"

    Frederic Chopin

    Martha Argerich, piano

    6:17
  • 9:01 PM

    Anthony Glise, guitar

    4:33
  • 8:34 PM

    Hary Janos Suite

    Zoltan Kodaly

    Hary Janos Suite; Dances Of Galanta; Peacock Variations

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Yoel Levi, conductor

    24:09
  • 5:48 PM

    String Symphony No. 5

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Camerata Bern

    Thomas Furi, conductor

    10:07
  • 5:25 PM

    American Suite

    Antonin Dvorak

    Rochester Philharmonic

    David Zinman, conductor

    21:20
  • 5:21 PM

    The Maiden's Prayer

    Tekla Badarzewska

    Christopher Mallett, guitar

    3:31
  • 5:17 PM

    Ave Maria

    Gabriel Faure

    Boys of King's College Choir, Cambridge

    Stephen Cleobury, conductor

    Tom Winpenny, organ

    2:11
  • 5:06 PM

    Overture No. 3

    Jean-Marie Leclair

    Rare Fruits Council

    10:34
  • 5:01 PM

    Four Sketches: Legend

    Eugene Goossens

    Goossens: Chamber Works

    London Chamber Music Group

    Susan Milan, flute

    4:48
  • 4:40 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 4

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra

    Adam Fischer, conductor

    Rainer Kuchl, violin

    18:30
  • 4:23 PM

    Les Preludes

    Franz Liszt

    Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique; Liszt - Solti

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    15:03
  • 4:16 PM

    In the Bleak Midwinter

    Harold Darke

    Christmas with Septura

    Septura

    5:03
  • 4:06 PM

    Organ Concerto No. 2

    George Frideric Handel

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Richard Egarr, conductor

    Richard Egarr, organ

    9:41
  • 4:01 PM

    Symphony No. 1: Menuetto

    Louise Farrenc

    European Soloists, Luxembourg

    Christoph Konig, conductor

    4:32
  • 3:45 PM

    In the Fen Country

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams: Greensleeves/Tallis Fantasia

    New Queen's Hall Orchestra

    Barry Wordsworth, conductor

    13:55
  • 3:27 PM

    Poeme

    Ernest Chausson

    Secret Love Letters

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    Lisa Batiashvili, violin

    16:16
  • 3:21 PM

    Christmas Lullaby

    John Rutter

    Music on Christmas Morning

    Vasari Singers

    Jeremy Backhouse, conductor

    Martin Ford, organ

    4:58
  • 3:06 PM

    Four Characteristic Waltzes

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Rochelle Sennet, piano

    13:30
  • 3:01 PM

    Trio Sonata

    Willem de Fesch

    De Fesch: Chamber Music

    Ensemble of the Auvergne

    4:39
  • 2:53 PM

    Slavonic Dance No. 2

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: The Slavonic Dances

    Katia & Marielle Labeque, pianos

    5:02
  • 2:50 PM

    Snowride

    Angela Morley

    Another Night Before Christmas And Scrooge

    RTE Concert Orchestra

    Gavin Sutherland, conductor

    3:36
  • 2:16 PM

    Symphony No. 36 "Linz"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Prague Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    31:41
  • 2:06 PM

    Mandolin Concerto

    Emanuele Barbella

    Il Giardino Armonico

    Giovanni Antonini, conductor

    Avi Avital, mandolin

    8:11
  • 2:01 PM

    Cantilene

    Louis Cahuzac

    Ricardo Morales, clarinet

    Michael Chertock, piano

    4:35
  • 11:48 AM

    Moseltraume

    Lou Koster

    Koster: Orchestral Music

    Estro Armonico Luxembourg Chamber Orchestra

    Jonathan Kaell, conductor

    10:42
  • 11:22 AM

    Catalyst Quartet

    24:05
  • 11:18 AM

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    Randall Goosby, violin

    3:36
  • 11:12 AM

    Three Carols for Harp

    Christmas Music

    O Holy Night: Christmas Favorites

    Emily Mitchell, harp

    3:51
  • 11:06 AM

    Alsacian Scenes: Under the Lindens

    Jules Massenet

    Rhapsodie

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    5:28
  • 11:01 AM

    Barcarolle No. 8

    Gabriel Faure

    Faure: Nocturnes and Barcarolles

    Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano

    4:35
  • 10:40 AM

    Flute Concerto No. 2

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Flute Concertos

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    Emmanuel Pahud, flute

    18:43
  • 10:34 AM

    Silent Night

    Franz Gruber

    Ola Gjeilo, piano

    3:43
  • 10:26 AM

    Nocturne No. 14

    Frederic Chopin

    Nightscapes

    Magdalena Hoffmann, harp

    7:02
  • 10:11 AM

    Dance Poem

    Frank Bridge

    Orchestral Works, Vol. 2

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    13:59
  • 10:06 AM

    Goldberg Variations: Aria

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    For Glenn Gould

    Stewart Goodyear, piano

    3:59
  • 10:01 AM

    Good Night and Good Rest

    John Johnson

    Jakob Lindberg, lute

    4:42
  • 9:55 AM

    Christ the Apple Tree

    Stanford Scriven

    The Christmas Album

    Phoenix Chorale

    Christopher Gabbitas, conductor

    3:51
  • 9:46 AM

    Spiegel im Spiegel (Mirror in the Mirror)

    Arvo Part

    Arvo Part: Portrait

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    8:23
  • 9:01 AM

    Piano Sonata

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Piano Sonatas

    Shai Wosner, piano

    42:44
  • 8:45 AM

    Change

    Judd Greenstein

    Awake

    Now Ensemble

    13:23
  • 8:34 AM

    Winter Poem No. 1

    Glenn Buhr

    Winter Poems - Music of Glenn Buhr

    Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra

    Bramwell Tovey, conductor

    10:02
  • 8:30 AM

    Winter's Falling Light

    Carolyn Surrick

    Surrounded By Angels

    Ensemble Galilei

    3:06
  • 8:01 AM

    Songbook

    Daron Hagen

    Built For Buffalo

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    Michael Ludwig, violin

    27:49
  • 7:55 AM

    Villancico de Navidad (Christmas Carol)

    Agustin Barrios

    Goran Sollscher: Cavatina

    Goran Sollscher, guitar

    3:00
  • 7:31 AM

    Piano Concerto

    Ricardo Castro

    Mineria Symphony Orchestra

    Carlos Miguel Prieto, conductor

    Jorge Federico Osorio, piano

    23:57
  • 7:01 AM

    String Quartet No. 23 "Prussian"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: The Prussian Quartets

    Emerson String Quartet

    27:25
  • 6:46 AM

    Forest Idylls

    Vaino Raitio

    Tapiola Sinfonietta

    Tuomas Ollila-Hannikainen, conductor

    12:51
  • 6:40 AM

    Christmas Night

    Sergei Lyapunov

    Eteri Andjaparidze, piano

    4:59
  • 6:05 AM

    Symphony No. 1

    Carl Nielsen

    Nielsen: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2, 'The Four Temperaments'

    Seattle Symphony

    Thomas Dausgaard, conductor

    32:50
  • 6:01 AM

    Dromte mig en drom

    Traditional Danish

    Danish String Quartet

    3:45