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  • 5:39 AM

    Symphony No. 28

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 26, 27, 28, 30 & 32

    London Mozart Players

    Jane Glover, conductor

    18:43
  • 5:32 AM

    Carol Fantasia

    John Fox

    Another Night Before Christmas And Scrooge

    RTE Concert Orchestra

    Gavin Sutherland, conductor

    6:12
  • 5:06 AM

    Horn Concerto

    Reinhold Gliere

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Werner Andreas Albert, conductor

    Marie Luise Neunecker, horn

    24:34
  • 5:01 AM

    Prisms: Desert Rose (Dance)

    Dusan Bogdanovic

    Alexander String Quartet

    William Kanengiser, guitar

    4:42
  • 4:54 AM

    A Christmas Carol Symphony: 2nd movement

    Patric Standford

    HELY-HUTCHINSON: Carol Symphony / STANDFORD / KELLY

    City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra

    Gavin Sutherland, conductor

    4:25
  • 4:24 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 3

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Lalo; Saint-Saens; Ravel

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Antonio Pappano, conductor

    Maxim Vengerov, violin

    29:21
  • 4:11 AM

    Symphony of Noels

    Michel Delalande

    Baroque Christmas

    Masques

    Olivier Fortin, conductor

    10:32
  • 4:06 AM

    Pelleas and Melisande: Sicilienne

    Gabriel Faure

    Mad About Love

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    3:59
  • 4:01 AM

    Tango No. 2

    Astor Piazzolla

    Tali Morgulis, piano

    4:45
  • 3:55 AM

    Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas

    Hugh Martin/Ralph Blane

    This Christmas with Imani Winds

    Imani Winds

    3:17
  • 3:20 AM

    Symphony No. 4

    Florence Price

    Florence Price: Symphony No. 4; William Dawson: Negro Folk Symphony

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    33:44
  • 3:13 AM

    Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Pure Classics

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    5:12
  • 3:06 AM

    3 Dances from Terpsichore

    Michael Praetorius

    Dale Kavanagh, guitar

    5:49
  • 3:01 AM

    Lullaby for Natalie

    John Corigliano

    Anne Akiko Meyers, violin

    Akira Eguchi, piano

    4:48
  • 2:48 AM

    Overture to a Picaresque Comedy

    Arnold Bax

    Bax: Cello Concerto, etc.

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Bryden Thomson, conductor

    10:52
  • 2:20 AM

    Clarinet Concerto

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart, Debussy, Takemitsu

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    Sabine Meyer, basset clarinet

    26:37
  • 2:11 AM

    Christmas Day

    Gustav Holst

    Bay Brass

    David Krehbiel, conductor

    John Fenstermaker, organ

    6:45
  • 2:06 AM

    Romance No. 2

    Robert Schumann

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    Samuel Sanders, piano

    4:10
  • 2:01 AM

    Sleeping Beauty: Entry of the Fairies

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Richard Bonynge, conductor

    4:50
  • 1:56 AM

    The Tale of Honza: Final Dance

    Oskar Nedbal

    Dvorak Chamber Orchestra

    Miroslav Homolka, conductor

    2:54
  • 12:35 AM

    Concerto Serenade

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Monte Carlo National Opera Orchestra

    Antonio de Almeida, conductor

    Catherine Michel, harp

    23:27
  • 12:28 AM

    Coppelia: Waltz of The Hours

    Leo Delibes

    Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Heinz Fricke, conductor

    6:17
  • 12:19 AM

    There Is a Flower; Sans Day Carol

    Traditional

    John Rutter: Music For Christmas

    Polyphony

    Stephen Layton, conductor

    7:09
  • 12:06 AM

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Spano, conductor

    12:59
  • 12:00 AM

    Violin Concerto: 3rd movement

    Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Violin Concertos by Black Composers

    Encore Chamber Orchestra

    Daniel Hege, conductor

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    4:37
  • 11:51 PM

    Grand Nonetto: Finale

    Louis Spohr

    Spohr, Martinu: Nonets / Ensemble Wien-Berlin

    Vienna-Berlin Ensemble

    7:33
  • 11:43 PM

    Pest Waltzes

    Joseph Lanner

    Concerto Koln

    7:38
  • 11:37 PM

    Piano Quintet: Scherzo

    Josef Suk

    Suk: Klavier- und Kammermusik

    Kiveli Dorken, piano

    5:47
  • 11:18 PM

    Norwegian Dances

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg: Norwegian Dances

    Estonian National Symphony Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    17:36
  • 11:13 PM

    Ragtime Oriole

    James Scott

    Richard Dowling, piano

    3:40
  • 11:01 PM

    Suite of Carols

    Leroy Anderson

    ANDERSON, L.: Orchestral Music, Vol. 3 - Sleigh Ride / The Typewriter / Plink, Plank, Plunk! / The Syncopated Clock

    BBC Concert Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    11:29
  • 10:55 PM

    The Bumblebee

    Paule Maurice

    National Arts Centre Orchestra

    Mario Bernardi, conductor

    Julia Nolan, saxophone

    4:00
  • 10:43 PM

    Sonatine

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel: Works For Solo Piano

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    11:43
  • 10:23 PM

    Spanish Dances Nos. 4, 5, 6

    Enrique Granados

    Granados: Twelve Spanish Dances

    Razumovsky Sinfonia

    Peter Breiner, conductor

    Norbert Kraft, guitar

    17:38
  • 10:18 PM

    Violin Sonata No. 1: 3rd movement

    Gabriel Faure

    Soovin Kim, violin

    Jeremy Denk, piano

    3:53
  • 10:10 PM

    Methinks I see an heav'nly host; Los que fueren de buen gusto

    Christmas Music

    The Christmas Album

    Taverner Consort

    Andrew Parrott, conductor

    7:02
  • 10:05 PM

    March Militaire No. 1

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Piano Music for Four Hands, Vol III

    Yaara Tal, piano

    4:45
  • 10:03 PM

    Nursery Suite: The Merry Doll

    Edward Elgar

    Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra

    Raymond Leppard, conductor

    1:36
  • 9:53 PM

    The Arctic Suite: Frozen World

    Jacob Shea

    Arctic Philharmonic

    Christian Kluxen, conductor

    Eldbjorg Hemsing, violin

    6:05
  • 9:37 PM

    Bull on the Roof (Le boeuf sur le toit)

    Darius Milhaud

    French Showpieces

    Quebec Symphony Orchestra

    Yoav Talmi, conductor

    James Ehnes, violin

    15:15
  • 9:22 PM

    Mandolin Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Iona Brown, conductor

    Christopher Parkening, guitar

    13:09
  • 9:09 PM

    "A Mozart Christmas"

    Traditional

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

    Hampton String Quartet

    11:57
  • 9:00 PM

    Scherzando No. 4

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn Ensemble Berlin

    Emmanuel Pahud, flute

    7:54
  • 6:53 PM

    Le Roi malgre lui (The King in Spite of Himself): Danse slave

    Emmanuel Chabrier

    Chabrier: Espana, Suite Pastoral, Fete Polonaise, Overture - Gwendoline, Danse Slave, Joyeuse Marche, Bourree Fantasque; Roussel: Suite in F, Op. 33

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Paray, conductor

    5:05
  • 6:20 PM

    Pictures at an Exhibition

    Modest Mussorgsky

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    32:16
  • 6:16 PM

    Three Tone Pictures: On the Water

    Elfrida Andree

    Oskar Ekberg, piano

    2:27
  • 6:06 PM

    Men of Goodwill Variations on A Christmas Carol

    Benjamin Britten

    Britten: Young Person's Guide, Sea Interludes, Men Of Goodwill / Marriner

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    8:30
  • 6:01 PM

    Canarios

    Santiago de Murcia

    Jacaras! Santiago de Murcia

    Paul O'Dette, guitar

    4:53
  • 5:53 PM

    The Wedding at Dovre

    Johan Svendsen

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra

    Bjarte Engeset, conductor

    5:33
  • 5:18 PM

    Symphonie Espagnole

    Edouard Lalo

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    Chee-Yun, violin

    33:23
  • 5:09 PM

    Of the Father's Heart Begotten; Angelus ad virginem; The Holly and the Ivy

    Traditional

    Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge

    Richard Marlow, conductor

    7:06
  • 5:06 PM

    Orchestral Suite No. 1: Marche Miniature

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Suites Nos. 1 And 2

    National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland

    Stefan Sanderling, conductor

    2:04
  • 5:01 PM

    Flute Concerto No. 161: Presto

    Johann Quantz

    Quantz: Floetenkonzerte

    Dresden Chamber Soloists

    Johannes Walter, flute

    4:39
  • 4:52 PM

    Aladdin: Dances

    Ernest Tomlinson

    Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Ernest Tomlinson, conductor

    6:35
  • 4:23 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 2

    Carl Maria von Weber

    C. Schumann: Concerto, Op. 7; Weber: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2

    Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra

    Dennis Burkh, conductor

    Elizabeth Rich, piano

    27:31
  • 4:18 PM

    Neopolitan Galliard

    Antonio Valente

    Hesperion XX

    Jordi Savall, conductor

    4:20
  • 4:11 PM

    The Polar Express: Suite

    Alan Silvestri

    The Polar Express Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

    Original Soundtrack Recording

    Alan Silvestri, conductor

    6:02
  • 4:06 PM

    Prelude No. 5

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Horowitz plays Rachmaninoff

    Vladimir Horowitz, piano

    3:23
  • 4:01 PM

    Petite Symphony: Finale

    Charles Gounod

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    4:47
  • 3:49 PM

    Danish National Chamber Orchestra

    Adam Fischer, conductor

    9:27
  • 3:47 PM

    Fantasy on La Traviata

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    Emmanuel Pahud, flute

    10:19
  • 3:35 PM

    Violin Concerto in the Style of Vivaldi

    Fritz Kreisler

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    Gil Shaham, violin

    11:12
  • 3:31 PM

    Clair de Lune

    Gabriel Faure

    Gil Shaham, violin

    Akira Eguchi, piano

    2:58
  • 3:25 PM

    Suite Bergamasque: Clair de lune (Moonlight)

    Claude Debussy

    Motherland

    Khatia Buniatishvili, piano

    5:33
  • 3:23 PM

    Fetes galantes: Clair de lune

    Claude Debussy

    Claude Debussy: Clair de lune

    Natalie Dessay, soprano

    2:27
  • 3:08 PM

    Masques and Bergamasques

    Gabriel Faure

    Faure: Pavane; Pelleas et Melisande, etc.

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    13:42
  • 3:01 PM

    Christmas Oratorio: Jauchzet, frohlocket

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Dashing, Vol. 2

    Joseph Galerna, organ

    6:09
  • 2:52 PM

    Il barbiere di Siviglia (Barber of Seville): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Overtures

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    7:34
  • 2:47 PM

    Scherzo a la Russe

    Igor Stravinsky

    Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Michael Gielen, conductor

    4:04
  • 2:42 PM

    Promenade (Walking the Dog)

    George Gershwin

    Gershwin: Dayful of Song

    Dallas Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    2:50
  • 2:33 PM

    Symphony No. 1 "Spring": Finale

    Robert Schumann

    Robert Schumann Symphonies 1-4

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    8:24
  • 2:21 PM

    Christmas Overture

    Otto Nicolai

    Nicolai: 4 Overtures, Symphony in D Major

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Karl Anton Rickenbacher, conductor

    10:51
  • 2:17 PM

    Airs for the Seasons: Pink (Summer)

    James Oswald

    Rezonance Baroque Ensemble

    Joanna Marsden, flute

    3:13
  • 2:11 PM

    Estrellita (My little star)

    Manuel Ponce

    Voice Of The Violin

    Orchestra of St. Luke's

    Michael Stern, conductor

    Joshua Bell, violin

    3:13
  • 2:04 PM

    Festival March

    Antonin Dvorak

    Rochester Philharmonic

    David Zinman, conductor

    5:39
  • 1:52 PM

    Symphony No. 3: 3rd movement

    Max Bruch

    Bruch: The 3 Symphonies, Swedish Dances

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    6:15
  • 1:42 PM

    Flute Concerto No. 5

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    Stephen Preston, flute

    8:58
  • 1:32 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 1: Rondo

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Andrew Constantine, conductor

    Stewart Goodyear, piano

    9:03
  • 1:23 PM

    Cantilena

    Adrian Shepherd, conductor

    7:06
  • 1:15 PM

    He is Born Emanuel; How Brightly Shines the Morning Star; Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming; Volta; God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen

    Christmas Music

    A Christmas Concert For Brass

    Pittsburgh Symphony Brass

    7:42
  • 1:10 PM

    Suite for Strings: Finale

    Frank Bridge

    Bridge, Bantock & Butterworth

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Norman Del Mar, conductor

    3:38
  • 1:04 PM

    Cosi fan tutte: Overture

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Overtures

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Hans Vonk, conductor

    4:48
  • 12:54 PM

    La Cambiale di Matrimonio (The Marriage Contract): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Overtures

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    5:12
  • 12:45 PM

    African Suite: Joyful Day

    Fela Sowande

    Black Composers Series 1974-1978

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Freeman, conductor

    7:38
  • 12:30 PM

    Italian Concerto

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Italian Concerto

    Harp Consort

    Andrew Lawrence-King, conductor

    13:13
  • 12:21 PM

    El Rorro; Coventry Carol; Deck the Halls

    Christmas Music

    Christmas with Roger Wagner

    Roger Wagner Chorale

    Roger Wagner, conductor

    7:29
  • 12:16 PM

    The Ball of Beatrice d'Este: Courante

    Reynaldo Hahn

    Harmonie Ensemble

    Steven Richman, conductor

    4:12
  • 12:08 PM

    Symphonic Dance No. 1

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg: Symphonic Dances, Norwegian Dances, Lyric Suite

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    6:46
  • 12:04 PM

    Mock Morris

    Percy Grainger

    The Record of Singing - The Very Best of Vols 1-4

    Studio Orchestra

    Harry Rabinowitz, conductor

    Martin Jones, piano

    3:14
  • 11:47 AM

    Little Serenade

    Lars-Erik Larsson

    A Swedish Serenade

    Stockholm Sinfonietta

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    11:09
  • 11:34 AM

    Children's Games (Jeux d'enfants)

    Georges Bizet

    Orchestre de la Bastille

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    11:21
  • 11:23 AM

    The Many Moods of Christmas No. 2

    Robert Russell Bennett

    The Many Moods of Christmas

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    10:56
  • 11:12 AM

    La Stravaganza: Violin Concerto No. 10

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: Violin Concerti

    Arte Dei Suonatori Baroque Orchestra

    Rachel Podger, violin

    9:11
  • 11:06 AM

    Danse (Tarantelle styrienne)

    Claude Debussy

    Ravel: Ma Mere L'Oye, Le Tombeau de Couperin

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Hugh Wolff, conductor

    5:26
  • 11:01 AM

    Mazurka No. 36

    Frederic Chopin

    Late Piano Music of Frederic Chopin

    Aleck Karis, piano

    4:46
  • 10:46 AM

    Symphony No. 5: 4th movement

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    The Tchaikovsky Project

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Semyon Bychkov, conductor

    12:06
  • 10:32 AM

    Horn Concerto No. 2

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Horn Concertos

    Israel Sinfonietta

    Uri Mayer, conductor

    David Jolley, horn

    12:54
  • 10:21 AM

    Noel, Noel, Bells are Ringing; Carol of the Bells; Nativity Carol

    Christmas Music

    Christmas with Roger Wagner

    Roger Wagner Chorale

    Roger Wagner, conductor

    8:42
  • 10:06 AM

    Fantasie for Piano and Orchestra

    Gabriel Faure

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos, conductor

    Alicia de Larrocha, piano

    14:35
  • 10:01 AM

    Lyrical Serenade

    Edward Elgar

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Norman Del Mar, conductor

    4:41
  • 9:29 AM

    Serenade No. 2

    Johannes Brahms

    Paris Orchestral Ensemble

    Armin Jordan, conductor

    29:39
  • 9:19 AM

    Six Noels for Harp

    Marcel Tournier

    LULLABIES AND CAROLS FOR CHRISTMAS

    Judy Loman, harp

    9:03
  • 9:06 AM

    Sonatina

    Federico Torroba

    Eduardo Fernandez Spanish Guitar Music

    Eduardo Fernandez, guitar

    11:25
  • 9:01 AM

    Sometime I Feel Like a Motherless Child

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano

    3:57
  • 8:23 AM

    Symphony No. 5

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 5 & 7

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor

    35:22
  • 8:16 AM

    Il est ne, le divin enfant; Lo, how a Rose E'er Blooming; Chorale Prelude: Es ist ein Ros

    Christmas Music

    In Dulci Jubilo

    Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra

    John Georgiadis, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    6:20
  • 8:01 AM

    New York Philharmonic

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin

    13:11
  • 7:30 AM

    Symphony No. 2

    Franz Krommer

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    27:47
  • 7:19 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
  • 7:01 AM

    Lincolnshire Posy

    Percy Grainger

    Shepherd's Hey

    London Wind Orchestra

    Denis Wick, conductor

    16:01
  • 6:23 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 2

    John Field

    New Irish Chamber Orchestra

    Janos Furst, conductor

    John O'Conor, piano

    35:02
  • 6:16 AM

    String Quartet No. 6: 1st movement

    Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Saint-Georges: 6 Concertante Quartets

    Arabella String Quartet

    6:47
  • 6:01 AM

    Concerto Grosso No. 8 "Christmas Concerto"

    Arcangelo Corelli

    Simphonies des Noels: A Treasury of Baroque Christmas Concerti

    The King's Violins

    Bernard Labadie, conductor

    13:10