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  • 5:34 AM

    String Quartet No. 16

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: The Late Quartets

    Calidore String Quartet

    24:23
  • 5:13 AM

    Siegfried Idyll

    Richard Wagner

    Schoenberg: Pelleas & Melisande; Wagner: Siegfried Idyll

    German Opera Orchestra

    Christian Thielemann, conductor

    19:14
  • 5:06 AM

    The Nutcracker: Waltz of the Snowflakes

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker

    Stewart Goodyear, piano

    6:09
  • 5:01 AM

    Suite of Three Pieces: Idylle

    Benjamin Godard

    La Flute Enchantee

    City of London Sinfonia

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    Susan Milan, flute

    4:54
  • 4:48 AM

    Winter Poem No. 1

    Glenn Buhr

    Winter Poems - Music of Glenn Buhr

    Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra

    Bramwell Tovey, conductor

    10:02
  • 4:44 AM

    I Wonder as I Wander

    John Jacob Niles

    And So Flows the River

    Ronn McFarlane, lute

    3:53
  • 4:13 AM

    Cello Concerto

    Edward Elgar

    Elgar

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello

    29:11
  • 1:47 AM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 8

    Bruce Haynes

    Montreal Baroque Orchestra

    Eric Milnes, conductor

    11:05
  • 1:28 AM

    Variations on a Theme by Haydn "St. Antoni Chorale"

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: The Four Symphonies

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    17:09
  • 1:19 AM

    Romanian Christmas Carols

    Bela Bartok

    THE KNIGHTS BEFORE CHRISTMAS

    The Knights

    Eric Jacobsen, conductor

    6:45
  • 1:06 AM

    Roumanian Rhapsody No. 1

    Georges Enescu

    Dallas Symphony Orchestra

    Eduardo Mata, conductor

    13:09
  • 1:01 AM

    Piano Trio No. 6: Allegretto

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Piano Trios Vol. 1

    Florestan Trio

    4:44
  • 12:46 AM

    Calico Winds

    12:22
  • 12:29 AM

    Symphony No. 4

    David Maslanka

    Transformations

    St. Olaf Band

    Timothy Mahr, conductor

    29:29
  • 12:15 AM

    Bagatelles

    Antonin Dvorak

    Quartetto Gelato

    12:53
  • 12:01 AM

    Victory at Sea Suite

    Richard Rodgers

    Houston Symphony Orchestra

    Sergiu Comissiona, conductor

    13:27
  • 11:45 PM

    O Holy Night

    Adolphe Adam

    Christmas In Santa Fe

    Santa Fe Desert Chorale

    Linda Mack, conductor

    5:47
  • 11:44 PM

    Carol of the Bells

    Mikola Leontovich

    Noel

    Dale Warland Singers

    Dale Warland, conductor

    1:24
  • 11:42 PM

    E'en So, Lord Jesus, Quickly Come

    Paul Manz

    Musica Sacra

    Richard Westenburg, conductor

    2:04
  • 11:32 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 2: 2nd movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Concerto No 2, Beethoven: Sonata No. 23

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Erich Leinsdorf, conductor

    Sviatoslav Richter, piano

    8:42
  • 11:11 PM

    Symphony No. 9 "From the New World": Largo

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: 9 Symphonien

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Rafael Kubelik, conductor

    13:03
  • 11:05 PM

    Give Good Gifts

    Anonymous

    And Glory Shone Around: Early American Carols, Country Dances, Southern Harmony Hymns and Shaker Spiritual Songs

    Rose Ensemble

    1:38
  • 10:28 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 2

    Frederic Chopin

    Polish Festival Orchestra

    Krystian Zimerman, conductor

    Krystian Zimerman, piano

    35:40
  • 10:14 PM

    Fantasia on Christmas Carols

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    City of London Sinfonia

    John Rutter, conductor

    Stephen Varcoe, baritone

    11:27
  • 10:06 PM

    Turandot: Nessun dorma

    Giacomo Puccini

    Carreras Domingo Pavarotti In Concert

    Orchestra of Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    Luciano Pavarotti, tenor

    2:59
  • 10:04 PM

    Flight of the Bumblebee

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    1:22
  • 9:46 PM

    Song without Words No. 12 "Venetian Gondola Song"

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Murray Perahia, piano

    2:50
  • 9:35 PM

    Concerto for Two Mandolins

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Europa Galante

    Fabio Biondi, conductor

    10:04
  • 9:23 PM

    The Nutcracker: Waltz of the Flowers

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    7:11
  • 9:17 PM

    What a Wonderful World

    George Weiss/Bob Thiele

    Bryn Terfel: Homeward Bound

    Mormon Tabernacle Choir

    Mack Wilberg, conductor

    Bryn Terfel, baritone

    4:08
  • 9:14 PM

    There Is No Rose

    Benjamin Britten

    Compass Rose Brass Ensemble

    2:52
  • 9:00 PM

    The Chairman Dances

    John Adams

    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    12:26
  • 6:48 PM

    Night on Bald Mountain

    Modest Mussorgsky

    Mussorgsky: Pictures at an exhibition

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Lorin Maazel, conductor

    10:27
  • 6:27 PM

    Harp Concerto

    Francois Boieldieu

    Harp Concertos

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Iona Brown, conductor

    Marisa Robles, harp

    20:15
  • 6:22 PM

    Three Carols for Harp

    Christmas Music

    Emily Mitchell, harp

    3:51
  • 6:17 PM

    Angel's Dance

    Steven Amundson

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    John Morris Russell, conductor

    4:29
  • 6:06 PM

    As You Like It: Suite

    Roger Quilter

    British Light Music: Roger Quilter

    Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Adrian Leaper, conductor

    9:17
  • 6:01 PM

    Slavonic Dance No. 9

    Antonin Dvorak

    Katia & Marielle Labeque, pianos

    4:37
  • 5:45 PM

    Symphony No. 16

    Carlos Baguer

    Baguer: Symphonies

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    13:17
  • 5:20 PM

    Symphony on a French Mountain Air

    Vincent d'Indy

    Radio Philharmonic Orchestra of France

    Marek Janowski, conductor

    Catherine Collard, piano

    23:57
  • 5:12 PM

    French Carol Medley

    Traditional French

    Copper Street Brass Quintet

    5:13
  • 5:06 PM

    Suite Bergamasque: Clair de lune (Moonlight)

    Claude Debussy

    A Touch of Class

    Angel Romero, guitar

    5:29
  • 5:00 PM

    Waltz-Impromptu

    Franz Liszt

    Les Bis de Alexis Weissenberg

    Alexis Weissenberg, piano

    4:35
  • 4:48 PM

    Albany Symphony Orchestra

    David Alan Miller, conductor

    Ryan Roberts, oboe

    10:05
  • 4:28 PM

    Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 3

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: Ancient Airs And Dances I & Iii, Etc

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    16:34
  • 4:22 PM

    Introduction and Tarantella

    Pablo de Sarasate

    Gil Shaham, violin

    Akira Eguchi, piano

    5:12
  • 4:19 PM

    Budapest Brass Quintet

    1:28
  • 4:06 PM

    CPE Bach Chamber Orchestra

    Hartmut Haenchen, conductor

    11:40
  • 4:01 PM

    Bell Carol Fantasy

    Kim Diehnelt

    Dashing Vol. 4

    Janackova Philharmonic Ostrava

    Stanislav Vavrinek, conductor

    4:52
  • 3:46 PM

    Symphony No. 3 "Polish": Finale

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Semyon Bychkov, conductor

    9:31
  • 3:45 PM

    Marosszek Dances

    Zoltan Kodaly

    Philharmonia Hungarica

    Antal Dorati, conductor

    13:43
  • 3:34 PM

    Hebrides Overture (Fingal's Cave)

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4, Hebrides Overture

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    10:51
  • 3:07 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 23

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Concert Recording

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Yeol Eum Som, piano

    26:33
  • 3:02 PM

    Festival Fanfare

    John Wasson

    Horns For The Holidays

    Dallas Wind Symphony

    Jerry Junkin, conductor

    3:43
  • 2:58 PM

    Florencia en al Amazonas: Selection

    Daniel Catan

    Texas Music Festival Orchestra

    Cynthia Clayton, soprano

    2:00
  • 2:47 PM

    Ma vlast (My Country): Vltava (The Moldau)

    Bedrich Smetana

    Dvorak: New World Symphony

    Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

    Istvan Kertesz, conductor

    11:05
  • 2:36 PM

    Symphony No. 4: 3rd mvt

    Anton Bruckner

    Munich Philharmonic

    Sergiu Celibidache, conductor

    11:00
  • 2:30 PM

    Jesus Christ the Apple Tree

    Elizabeth Poston

    In Winter's House - Christmas with Tenebrae

    Tenebrae

    Nigel Short, conductor

    2:50
  • 2:22 PM

    Concerto Grosso No. 3

    George Frideric Handel

    Concerti grossi op.3

    Handel and Haydn Society

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    7:24
  • 2:19 PM

    Ging heut' morgens ubers Feld

    Gustav Mahler

    Gustav Mahler, piano

    2:00
  • 2:07 PM

    Overture No. 2

    Louise Farrenc

    North German Radio Symphony

    Johannes Goritzki, conductor

    6:55
  • 2:04 PM

    La Peri (The Fairy): Fanfare

    Paul Dukas

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    1:50
  • 1:52 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 13: Finale

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Piano Sonatas

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    6:13
  • 1:42 PM

    Concert Waltz No. 1

    Alexander Glazunov

    Glazunov: Symphony No. 3; Concert Walzes Nos. 1 & 2

    Russian State Symphony Orchestra

    Valery Polyansky, conductor

    9:18
  • 1:37 PM

    Fugue "Little"

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    For Thy Pleasure

    Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

    3:34
  • 1:34 PM

    The First Nowell

    Traditional English

    Carols for Christmas

    Dale Warland Singers

    Dale Warland, conductor

    2:41
  • 1:31 PM

    Still, Still, Still

    Traditional German

    Christmas Piano with Alexis

    Alexis Ffrench, piano

    1:50
  • 1:20 PM

    Violin Concerto: 3rd movement

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak, Khachaturian Violin Concertos

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Teddy Abrams, conductor

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    10:25
  • 1:15 PM

    Turkish Rondo

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Complete Piano Sonatas

    Yeol Eum Som, piano

    3:51
  • 1:06 PM

    The Planets: Venus, the Bringer of Peace

    Gustav Holst

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    7:22
  • 1:04 PM

    Acis and Galatea: Happy We!

    George Frideric Handel

    Grand & Glorious - Great Operatic Choruses / Robert Shaw

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    1:56
  • 12:50 PM

    Symphony No. 90

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn Symphonies

    Hanover Band

    Roy Goodman, conductor

    26:42
  • 12:42 PM

    Italian Serenade

    Hugo Wolf

    In the South

    Brodsky Quartet

    6:48
  • 12:35 PM

    Blue Bird: Christmas Dream

    Engelbert Humperdinck

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Karl Anton Rickenbacher, conductor

    5:20
  • 12:31 PM

    Hansel and Gretel: Evening Prayer

    Engelbert Humperdinck

    Vienna Waldhorn Society

    3:00
  • 12:22 PM

    Oboe Concerto

    Vincenzo Bellini

    Ensemble Berlin

    Christoph Hartmann, oboe

    7:13
  • 12:16 PM

    String Trio: Rondo

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Complete Trios

    Grumiaux Trio

    5:46
  • 12:08 PM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Johann Fasch

    Carole Dawn Reinhart

    German Bach Soloists

    Helmut Winschermann, conductor

    Carole Dawn Reinhart, trumpet

    6:16
  • 12:04 PM

    Morning Song

    Edward Elgar

    And the Bridge is Love: English Music for Strings

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Julian Lloyd Webber, conductor

    Julian Lloyd Webber, cello

    3:09
  • 11:42 AM

    Concerto Grosso No. 11

    George Frideric Handel

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    16:45
  • 11:25 AM

    Suite for String Orchestra

    Susan Spain-Dunk

    South German Chamber Orchestra Pforzheim

    Douglas Bostock, conductor

    15:37
  • 11:22 AM

    Romance

    Germaine Tailleferre

    The Flower of France

    Quynh Nguyen, piano

    2:13
  • 11:14 AM

    Les Chanteurs de Noel

    Alexander Glazunov

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    6:44
  • 11:06 AM

    Gymnopedies

    Erik Satie

    The Artistry of Christopher Parkening

    Christopher Parkening, guitar

    7:06
  • 11:01 AM

    Rondo Amoroso

    Harald Saeverud

    Norwegian Composers Now - For Tomorrow: Harald Saeverud

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Per Dreier, conductor

    4:36
  • 10:44 AM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 4

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Lorraine Hunt Lieberson

    Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

    Margaret Batjer, conductor

    Margaret Batjer, violin

    14:16
  • 10:27 AM

    String Quartet No. 12

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Quartetto Italiano

    15:49
  • 10:18 AM

    Ode to the Snow

    Chen Pei-xun

    Chinese National Symphony Orchestra

    China National Symphony Orchestra

    Zuohuang Chen, conductor

    8:09
  • 10:14 AM

    It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year

    Eddie Pola/George Wyle

    Christmas Piano with Alexis

    Alexis Ffrench, piano

    2:37
  • 10:11 AM

    The Christmas Tree

    Alexis Ffrench/Jobim Ffrench

    Christmas Piano with Alexis

    Alexis Ffrench, piano

    2:57
  • 10:06 AM

    Tales of Hoffmann: Barcarolle

    Jacques Offenbach

    Karajan Conducts Orchestral Favorites II

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    4:09
  • 10:01 AM

    Andantino

    Alfredo Catalani

    Catalani: Ero e Leandro / Contemplazione / Il Mattino

    Rome Symphony Orchestra

    Francesco La Vecchia, conductor

    4:31
  • 9:48 AM

    At Midnight Hour; Joy Be With You; Carol of the Birds; Winter's Falling Light

    Medley

    Ensemble Galilei

    9:55
  • 9:11 AM

    Symphony No. 3

    Ruth Gipps

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Rumon Gamba, conductor

    36:27
  • 9:01 AM

    Sonata for Violin and Continuo

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Violin Sonatas

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    8:37
  • 8:53 AM

    Folk Songs for Orchestra: Little Blue Flower

    Huang Ruo

    Into the Vast World

    Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra

    Liang Zhang, conductor

    5:51
  • 8:40 AM

    Scherzo No. 4

    Frederic Chopin

    Lang Lang in Paris

    Lang Lang, piano

    12:20
  • 8:08 AM

    Serenade for Strings

    Antonin Dvorak

    Tchaikovsky, Dvorak: String Serenades

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    30:43
  • 8:04 AM

    Choir of Royal Holloway

    Rupert Gough, conductor

    3:07
  • 8:01 AM

    Winter Light

    Ola Gjeilo

    Ola Gjeilo: Dreamweaver

    Roberto Sorrentino, cello

    2:49
  • 7:40 AM

    String Quartet No. 53 "The Lark"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn String Quartets - Live at the Wigmore Hall, Vol. 2

    Lindsay String Quartet

    18:31
  • 7:18 AM

    Sleeping Beauty Ballet Suite

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    19:56
  • 7:11 AM

    Xavier de Maistre, harp

    6:12
  • 7:01 AM

    Citywinds

    9:35
  • 6:40 AM

    Ballad Without Words

    Kurt Atterberg

    Atterberg: Symphony No. 6, etc.

    Norrkoping Symphony Orchestra

    Jun'ichi Hirokami, conductor

    18:31
  • 6:34 AM

    Gesu Bambino

    Pietro Yon

    Still...Still...Stilll: Christmas Piano By Kelly Yost

    Kelly Yost, piano

    5:11
  • 6:01 AM

    String Quintet No. 1

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Hausmusik

    31:15