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  • 5:50 AM

    Still Life with Avalanche

    Missy Mazzoli

    eighth blackbird

    8:45
  • 5:34 AM

    Over Light Earth

    Daniel Bjarnason

    Bjarnason: From Earth to Ether

    Aarhus Symphony Orchestra

    Daniel Bjarnason, conductor

    15:12
  • 5:28 AM

    An Economy of Means: Chorale

    Robert Honstein

    Doug Perkins, vibraphone

    5:32
  • 5:19 AM

    Augun

    Fjola Evans

    8-Track

    Ashley Bathgate, cello

    6:01
  • 5:06 AM

    blue cathedral

    Jennifer Higdon

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Spano, conductor

    12:19
  • 5:01 AM

    Siggi String Quartet

    4:37
  • 4:51 AM

    Littlemore Tractus

    Arvo Part

    Part: Tractus

    Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir

    Tonu Kaljuste, conductor

    7:20
  • 4:42 AM

    A Simple Place

    Bill Ryan

    Billband: Towards Daylight

    Billband

    8:07
  • 4:23 AM

    In a Treeless Place, Only Snow

    John Luther Adams

    American Contemporary Music Ensemble

    17:25
  • 4:12 AM

    Chicago College of Performing Arts Chamber Orchestra

    Markand Thakar, conductor

    8:32
  • 4:07 AM

    China Gates

    John Adams

    Nicolas Hodges, piano

    4:31
  • 4:01 AM

    Come In!: 2nd movement

    Vladimir Martynov

    Mari

    Berlin Konzerthaus Orchestra

    Jonathan Stockhammer, conductor

    Mari Samuelsen, violin

    4:31
  • 3:47 AM

    The Village: Suite

    James Newton Howard

    Night After Night: Music from the Movies of M. Night Shyamalan

    Studio Orchestra

    Gavin Greenaway, conductor

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    11:36
  • 3:26 AM

    Orchestral Suite No. 2

    Helvi Leiviska

    Leiviska: Orchestral Works

    Lahti Symphony Orchestra

    Dalia Stasevska, conductor

    20:41
  • 3:21 AM

    O Magnum Mysterium

    B.E. Boykin

    Into the Light

    Cantus

    3:13
  • 3:07 AM

    Little Concerto

    Carl Orff

    Mainz Wind Ensemble

    Klaus Rainer Scholl, conductor

    13:01
  • 3:01 AM

    Nocturne

    Cecile Chaminade

    Chaminade: Piano Music 2

    Peter Jacobs, piano

    4:37
  • 2:51 AM

    Christmas Medley

    Traditional

    James Galway's Christmas Carols

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    James Galway, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    7:07
  • 2:17 AM

    Symphony No. 2

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky Symphonies

    Russian National Orchestra

    Mikhail Pletnev, conductor

    33:08
  • 2:12 AM

    Winter's Falling Light

    Carolyn Surrick

    Surrounded By Angels

    Ensemble Galilei

    3:06
  • 2:06 AM

    Fantasy-Impromptu

    Frederic Chopin

    Bella Davidovich, piano

    5:05
  • 2:01 AM

    Doctor Zhivago: Lara's Theme

    Maurice Jarre

    Motion Picture Classics, Volume 1

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Arthur Fiedler, conductor

    4:46
  • 1:54 AM

    Winter Wonderland

    Felix Bernard

    Christmas at Steinway Hall

    Simon Mulligan, piano

    4:26
  • 12:48 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
  • 12:44 AM

    Lise de la Salle, piano

    3:11
  • 12:24 AM

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Louis Lane, conductor

    18:30
  • 12:20 AM

    Banjo and Fiddle

    William Kroll

    Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin

    Sandra Rivers, piano

    3:10
  • 12:00 AM

    Symphony No. 22 "Philosopher"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Philharmonia Hungarica

    Antal Dorati, conductor

    19:16
  • 11:50 PM

    Schwanda the Bagpiper: Polka and Fugue

    Jaromir Weinberger

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    8:26
  • 11:41 PM

    Six Children's Pieces (Kinderstucke)

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Complete Piano Works

    Martin Jones, piano

    7:29
  • 11:37 PM

    Solomon: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba

    George Frideric Handel

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    3:05
  • 11:14 PM

    Moses: Ballet Music

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Ballet Music

    Monte Carlo National Opera Orchestra

    Antonio de Almeida, conductor

    21:16
  • 11:09 PM

    O, ir kleyne likhtelekh (O, You Little Candle)

    Traditional Jewish

    Miracle of Miracles

    Chicago a cappella

    John William Trotter, conductor

    3:52
  • 11:05 PM

    Haneirot Halalu (These Lights We Light)

    Robert Applebaum

    Miracle of Miracles

    Chicago a cappella

    John William Trotter, conductor

    4:39
  • 10:49 PM

    Soirees Musicales

    Benjamin Britten

    Rossini, Respighi: La Boutique Fantasque

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Richard Bonynge, conductor

    9:35
  • 10:42 PM

    Festive Cheer

    Christmas Music

    London Brass

    6:33
  • 10:39 PM

    Hungarian Dance No. 7

    Johannes Brahms

    Romantic Dances for Piano Duet

    Duo Turgeon

    1:53
  • 10:28 PM

    Folk Songs for Orchestra

    George Walker

    Seattle Symphony

    Asher Fisch, conductor

    10:37
  • 10:24 PM

    The Red Shawl

    Gomidas Vartabed

    Sybarite5: Collective Wisdom

    Sybarite5

    2:29
  • 10:07 PM

    Mandolin Concerto

    Giovanni Paisiello

    Il Giardino Armonico

    Giovanni Antonini, conductor

    Avi Avital, mandolin

    15:54
  • 10:02 PM

    Sweet was the Song

    Matthew Brown

    Behold This Heavenly Night

    VocalEssence

    Philip Brunelle, conductor

    4:01
  • 9:56 PM

    Canzon Septimi Toni No. 2

    Giovanni Gabrieli

    Royal Academy of Music Brass

    3:09
  • 9:46 PM

    The Holly and the Ivy: Fantasy on Christmas Carols

    Malcolm Arnold

    Arnold: Film Music, Vol. 2

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Rumon Gamba, conductor

    8:55
  • 9:27 PM

    Orchestral Suite No. 4

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Sonnerie

    Monica Huggett, conductor

    17:32
  • 9:20 PM

    Serenade for Winds: Minuet

    Antonin Dvorak

    Concert Recording

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    6:01
  • 9:05 PM

    Concertino for Two Cellos

    Nikolaus Kraft

    Musica Viva Moscow Chamber Music

    Alexander Rudin, conductor

    Alexander Rudin, cello

    Emin Martirosian, cello

    14:27
  • 9:00 PM

    Liebesleid (Love's Sorrow)

    Fritz Kreisler

    Frost and Friends

    Martin Frost, clarinet

    3:45
  • 6:41 PM

    Variations on a Theme of Franz Schubert

    Emil Reesen

    Emil Reesen: Orchestral Works

    Aalborg Symphony Orchestra

    Bo Holten, conductor

    16:49
  • 6:26 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 3

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Concerts Brandebourgeois Nos. 1, 3, 4

    Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra

    Ton Koopman, conductor

    13:34
  • 6:21 PM

    Wexford Carol

    Traditional Irish

    Carols and Christmas Songs

    Welsh National Opera Orchestra

    Tecwyn Evans, conductor

    Bryn Terfel, bass

    4:15
  • 6:06 PM

    Froissart Overture

    Edward Elgar

    Elgar: 4 Overtures

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Alexander Gibson, conductor

    13:52
  • 6:01 PM

    Terpsichore: Chaconne

    George Frideric Handel

    Apollo's Fire Baroque Orchestra

    Jeannette Sorrell, conductor

    4:42
  • 5:48 PM

    Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2

    Franz Liszt

    Liszt: Orchestral Favorites - Hungarian Fantasy

    Szeged Symphony Orchestra

    Tamas Pal, conductor

    10:42
  • 5:42 PM

    Deck the Halls

    Traditional English

    Joy to the World

    Empire Brass

    3:28
  • 5:18 PM

    String Quartet No. 4

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: The Complete String Quartets

    Alban Berg Quartet

    23:10
  • 5:14 PM

    Entre le boeuf et l'ane gris

    Traditional French

    Rossini Hayward, guitar

    2:14
  • 5:06 PM

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Lorin Maazel, conductor

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    8:08
  • 5:01 PM

    Symphony

    Francesco Uttini

    The Gustavian Symphony

    Orchestra of the Royal Swedish Opera

    Philip Brunelle, conductor

    4:35
  • 4:20 PM

    Symphony No. 3 "Organ"

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Barber, Poulenc, Saint Saens

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Christoph Eschenbach, conductor

    Olivier Latry, organ

    37:48
  • 4:10 PM

    A Christmas Fantasy

    Gordon Langford

    A Christmas Fantasy

    Huddersfield Choral Society

    Keith Rhodes, conductor

    7:19
  • 4:06 PM

    Partita No. 1: Courante

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    3:09
  • 4:00 PM

    Perpetual Motion

    Niccolo Paganini

    Carnaval

    Eastman Wind Ensemble

    Donald Hunsberger, conductor

    Wynton Marsalis, cornet

    4:33
  • 3:51 PM

    La Cenerentola (Cinderella): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    8:06
  • 3:50 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 16

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Piano Sonatas

    Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano

    8:27
  • 3:34 PM

    Oboe Concerto

    (Marie) Clemence de Grandval

    GRANDVAL: Oboe Works

    Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Andrey Boreyko, conductor

    Lajos Lencses, oboe

    16:54
  • 3:22 PM

    The Oak

    Florence Price

    Price: Songs of the Oak - Concert Overtures Nos. 1-2

    Wurttemberg Philharmonic Reutlingen

    John Jeter, conductor

    10:43
  • 3:20 PM

    Caroling, Caroling

    Alfred Burt

    Yuletide

    The Choral Project

    Daniel Hughes, conductor

    1:27
  • 3:10 PM

    The Skaters Waltz

    Emil Waldteufel

    Dance!: The World's Favourite Ice-Skating Music

    Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Willi Boskovsky, conductor

    7:50
  • 3:00 PM

    Concerto Grosso No. 3

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: 6 Concerti Grossi Op 3

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    7:42
  • 2:43 PM

    The Comedians

    Dmitri Kabalevsky

    Kabalevsky, Prokofiev, Glinka, Tchaikovsky

    San Diego Chamber Orchestra

    Donald Barra, conductor

    15:29
  • 2:35 PM

    The Adventures of Robin Hood: Robin Hood and His Merry Men

    Erich Korngold

    Europe Goes To Hollywood

    Royal Philharmonic Pops

    John Scott, conductor

    4:23
  • 2:30 PM

    Arabesque No. 1

    Claude Debussy

    Memory

    Helene Grimaud, piano

    4:14
  • 2:24 PM

    Symphony: 1st movement

    Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Le Mozart Noir

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    4:49
  • 2:19 PM

    Canadian Brass

    2:31
  • 2:16 PM

    The Virgin's Cradle Hymn

    Richard Voorhaar

    Behold This Heavenly Night

    VocalEssence

    Philip Brunelle, conductor

    3:10
  • 2:09 PM

    Butterflying

    Elena Kats-Chernin

    Ragtime & Blue

    Nicola Sweeney, violin

    4:22
  • 2:04 PM

    Peer Gynt: Morning Mood

    Edvard Grieg

    Scandinavian Rhapsody, A Selection of Orchestral Favourites

    Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra

    Leif Segerstam, conductor

    4:30
  • 1:51 PM

    Karelia Overture

    Jean Sibelius

    Lahti Symphony Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    8:09
  • 1:46 PM

    Symphony No. 94 "Surprise": Minuet

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 94 & 100, Sinfonia Concertante

    Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra

    Adam Fischer, conductor

    4:58
  • 1:37 PM

    Afro-Cuban Concerto: Danza

    Valerie Coleman

    Imani Winds: The Classical Underground

    Imani Winds

    5:51
  • 1:29 PM

    Gold and Silver Waltz

    Franz Lehar

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    6:34
  • 1:25 PM

    Winter Light

    Ola Gjeilo

    Ola Gjeilo: Dreamweaver

    Roberto Sorrentino, cello

    2:49
  • 1:20 PM

    Al Hanisim (For the Miracles)

    Traditional Jewish

    Miracle of Miracles

    Chicago a cappella

    John William Trotter, conductor

    4:02
  • 1:12 PM

    John Anderson, oboe

    Andrew Sparling, bass clarinet

    2:15
  • 1:04 PM

    Bartered Bride: Overture

    Bedrich Smetana

    Menuhin and Czech Music

    Brno State Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yehudi Menuhin, conductor

    6:32
  • 12:49 PM

    English Dances: Second Set

    Malcolm Arnold

    Arnold: Dances

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Bryden Thomson, conductor

    9:32
  • 12:45 PM

    The Fairy Queen: Dance for the Fairies

    Henry Purcell

    Boston Baroque

    Martin Pearlman, conductor

    3:40
  • 12:39 PM

    French Carol Medley

    Traditional French

    Christmas on Copper Street, Vol. 2

    Copper Street Brass Quintet

    5:14
  • 12:19 PM

    Eine kleine Nachtmusik

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, Divertimenti

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    17:20
  • 12:16 PM

    Second Suite: Petite Waltz

    Theodore Dubois

    Sylvan Winds

    Diva Goodfriend-Koven, flute

    Mark Dover, clarinet

    Nanci Belmont, bassoon

    2:51
  • 12:09 PM

    Symphony No. 6: Intermezzo

    Alexander Glazunov

    Alexander Glazunov: Symphony No. 6, Lyric Poems

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    5:00
  • 12:04 PM

    Concerto alla rustica (Rustic Concerto)

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Strings! The Definitive Collection

    Guildhall Strings

    3:42
  • 11:48 AM

    Magnolia Suite: Part 1

    Nathaniel Dett

    Clipper Erickson, piano

    10:44
  • 11:28 AM

    Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 2

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances

    Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    17:48
  • 11:22 AM

    O Come, O Come Emmanuel; Infant Holy, Infant Lowly; I Saw Three Ships

    Christmas Music

    A Star in the East

    Carolyn Surrick, viola da gamba

    5:05
  • 11:06 AM

    Concertino

    Josef Myslivecek

    Myslivecek: Symphonies

    Concerto Koln

    14:39
  • 11:01 AM

    Intermezzo No. 4

    Johannes Brahms

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    4:39
  • 10:46 AM

    Symphony No. 13

    William Herschel

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    11:59
  • 10:19 AM

    Quintet for Oboe, Clarinet and String Trio

    Ruth Gipps

    Peter Cigleris, clarinet

    Gareth Hulse, oboe

    John Mills, violin

    Lydia Lowndes-Northcott, viola

    Bozidar Vukotic, cello

    26:27
  • 10:11 AM

    In the Bleak Midwinter

    Gustav Holst

    Isthmus Brass

    John Stevens, conductor

    5:57
  • 10:06 AM

    Cavalleria Rusticana: Intermezzo

    Pietro Mascagni

    The Most Relaxing Classical Album In The World...Ever!

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    3:39
  • 10:01 AM

    Piano Sonata: 2nd movement

    Helene de Montgeroult

    The Future is Female, Vol. 3 "At Play"

    Sarah Cahill, piano

    4:39
  • 9:48 AM

    Negro Folk Symphony: Hope in the Night

    William Dawson

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    9:51
  • 9:39 AM

    Etude No. 2

    Philip Glass

    Dreaming Awake

    Bruce Levingston, piano

    9:02
  • 9:33 AM

    Serenity (O Magnum Mysterium)

    Ola Gjeilo

    Ola Gjeilo

    Tenebrae

    Matthew Sharp, cello

    5:05
  • 9:01 AM

    Symphony No. 1 "Serious Symphony"

    Franz Berwald

    Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Roy Goodman, conductor

    30:29
  • 8:30 AM

    String Quartet No. 2

    Camille Saint-Saens

    SAINT-SAENS, C.: String Quartets Nos. 1 and 2

    Fine Arts Quartet

    28:39
  • 8:26 AM

    Marriage of Figaro: Sull'aria...Che soave zefiretto

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Escape Through Opera

    Orchestra of Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    Karita Mattila, soprano

    2:59
  • 8:07 AM

    Concerto for Harp and String Orchestra

    Alan Hovhaness

    Music of Hovhaness

    I Fiamminghi

    Rudolf Werthen, conductor

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    18:02
  • 8:03 AM

    Silent Night

    Franz Gruber

    Christmas Piano with Alexis

    Alexis Ffrench, piano

    2:53
  • 8:01 AM

    Still, Still, Still

    Traditional German

    Christmas Piano with Alexis

    Alexis Ffrench, piano

    1:50
  • 7:36 AM

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Pierre Boulez, conductor

    22:22
  • 7:28 AM

    The Nutcracker: Waltz of the Snowflakes

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker

    Stewart Goodyear, piano

    6:09
  • 7:01 AM

    The Blue Pearl

    Erkki Melartin

    Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Hannu Lintu, conductor

    26:15
  • 6:52 AM

    O Holy Night; The First Noel

    Traditional

    Mittens for Christmas

    Kirkmount

    6:33
  • 6:10 AM

    Symphony No. 3 "Irish"

    Charles Stanford

    Stanford: Symphony No. 3 'Irish'

    Ulster Orchestra

    Vernon Handley, conductor

    41:30
  • 6:01 AM

    Nocturne No. 8

    Frederic Chopin

    Carol Rosenberger, piano

    6:54