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  • 5:43 AM

    Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra & Chorus

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    Helene Grimaud, piano

    15:03
  • 5:33 AM

    Six Noels for Harp

    Marcel Tournier

    LULLABIES AND CAROLS FOR CHRISTMAS

    Judy Loman, harp

    9:03
  • 5:06 AM

    String Quartet

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy, Faure, Ravel: String Quartets

    Ebene Quartet

    26:06
  • 5:01 AM

    The Arts and the Hours

    Jean-Philippe Rameau

    Debussy | Rameau | Vikingur Olafsson

    Vikingur Olafsson, piano

    4:45
  • 4:49 AM

    Mathis der Maler (Mathis the Painter): Angel's Concert

    Paul Hindemith

    Hindemith: Mathis der Maler, Symphonic Metamorphosis

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Yoel Levi, conductor

    9:35
  • 4:43 AM

    Hymns for Private Use: Virga Rosa Virginum

    Nico Muhly

    Akropolis Reed Quintet

    Shara Nova, vocals

    4:37
  • 4:33 AM

    Northwestern University Cello Ensemble

    8:07
  • 4:14 AM

    Ballad Without Words

    Kurt Atterberg

    Atterberg: Symphony No. 6, etc.

    Norrkoping Symphony Orchestra

    Jun'ichi Hirokami, conductor

    18:31
  • 4:08 AM

    For Now I Am Winter

    Olafur Arnalds

    Winter

    Voces8

    4:41
  • 4:06 AM

    The Chill Air

    Brian Eno

    Eno Piano

    Bruce Brubaker, piano

    1:55
  • 4:01 AM

    Sarabande

    Ludovico Einaudi

    Ludovico Einaudi: Portrait

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    4:42
  • 3:39 AM

    Guitar Concerto "Chaconne"

    Wayne Siegel

    Jakob Bangsø: Guitar Concertos

    Tallinn Chamber Orchestra

    Kaisa Roose, conductor

    Jakob Bangso, guitar

    18:29
  • 3:17 AM

    Violin Sonata No. 3

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: The Violin Sonatas

    Pamela Frank, violin

    21:04
  • 3:12 AM

    The Christmas Tree

    Alexis Ffrench/Jobim Ffrench

    Christmas Piano with Alexis

    Alexis Ffrench, piano

    2:57
  • 3:06 AM

    Blue Bird: Christmas Dream

    Engelbert Humperdinck

    Humperdinck: Fairy-Tale Music

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Karl Anton Rickenbacher, conductor

    5:21
  • 3:01 AM

    Two Aquarelles

    Frederick Delius

    Welsh National Opera Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    4:45
  • 2:53 AM

    In the Bleak Midwinter

    Gustav Holst

    The Christmas Album

    Phoenix Chorale

    Christopher Gabbitas, conductor

    5:30
  • 2:47 AM

    Thais: Meditation

    Jules Massenet

    Escales: French Orchestral Works

    Sinfonia of London

    John Wilson, conductor

    5:34
  • 2:18 AM

    Les Sylphides Ballet

    Frederic Chopin

    Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Heinz Fricke, conductor

    27:18
  • 2:15 AM

    The Nutcracker: Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano

    Jeneba Kanneh-Mason, piano

    1:53
  • 2:06 AM

    Heideland

    Lou Koster

    Koster: Orchestral Music

    Estro Armonico Luxembourg Chamber Orchestra

    Jonathan Kaell, conductor

    7:48
  • 2:01 AM

    Lotus Land

    Cyril Scott

    Nancy Ruffer, flute

    Helen Crayford, piano

    4:51
  • 1:51 AM

    O Magnum Mysterium (O Great Mystery)

    Jennifer Higdon

    All Is Bright

    Handel and Haydn Society Chorus

    Grant Llewellyn, conductor

    7:39
  • 12:31 AM

    Violin Sonata

    Cesar Franck

    Lisa Batiashvili, violin

    Giorgi Gigashvili, piano

    27:21
  • 12:27 AM

    Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott (A Mighty Fortress is Our God)

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Eugene Ormandy, conductor

    2:20
  • 12:20 AM

    Silent Night

    Franz Gruber

    A Choral Christmas

    Voces8

    Jack Liebeck, conductor

    Jack Liebeck, violin

    6:43
  • 12:06 AM

    Romeo and Juliet

    Johan Svendsen

    Svendsen: Norwegian Rhapsodies

    South Jutland Symphony Orchestra

    Bjarte Engeset, conductor

    12:07
  • 12:01 AM

    Etude No. 89

    Helene de Montgeroult

    Hélène de Montgeroult: Études

    Clare Hammond, piano

    4:36
  • 11:49 PM

    Symphony No. 8

    John Marsh

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    9:51
  • 11:23 PM

    Concierto Breve

    Xavier Montsalvatge

    North German Radio Philharmonic

    Celso Antunes, conductor

    Jenny Lin, piano

    24:25
  • 11:15 PM

    Riu, Riu, Chiu; El nino querido; Villancico catalan

    Anonymous Spanish

    King's Singers

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    6:52
  • 11:07 PM

    Two Elegiac Melodies

    Edvard Grieg

    Ulster Orchestra

    Vernon Handley, conductor

    7:22
  • 11:01 PM

    Rondo for Horn and Orchestra

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart, Strauss: Horn Concertos

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Jeffrey Tate, conductor

    Radovan Vlatkovic, horn

    4:36
  • 10:54 PM

    A Prayer

    Ken Burton

    APM Recording

    Voces8 and Voces8 Scholars

    4:31
  • 10:50 PM

    Go Tell It on the Mountain

    Spiritual

    This Christmas with Imani Winds

    Imani Winds

    3:01
  • 10:21 PM

    Cello Sonata No. 2

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Works For Cello And Piano

    Zuill Bailey, cello

    27:52
  • 10:15 PM

    Nocturne No. 1

    Jon Batiste

    Jon Batiste, piano

    3:26
  • 10:07 PM

    See-Saw Waltz

    Justin Holland

    Justin Holland Recording Project

    Mark Delpriora, guitar

    3:19
  • 10:01 PM

    Prayer for Peace

    Abbie Betinis

    Still

    Elektra Women's Choir

    Morna Edmundson, conductor

    4:35
  • 9:42 PM

    Daphnis and Chloe Suite No. 2

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    15:57
  • 9:16 PM

    Symphony No. 87

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

    Sigiswald Kuijken, conductor

    24:34
  • 9:14 PM

    Mazurka No. 12

    Maria Szymanowska

    Anna Ciborowska, piano

    1:59
  • 9:07 PM

    Maoz Tzur (Rock of Ages)

    Traditional Jewish

    Miracle of Miracles

    Chicago a cappella

    John William Trotter, conductor

    5:23
  • 9:01 PM

    Concerto for Strings "Conch Shell"

    Antonio Vivaldi

    I Musici

    4:34
  • 8:47 PM

    Renascence

    Lita Grier

    Czech National Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Freeman, conductor

    Mary Stolper, flute

    10:54
  • 5:47 PM

    Capriccio Brillant

    Felix Mendelssohn

    New York Philharmonic

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    Helen Huang, piano

    11:25
  • 5:41 PM

    The Cherry Tree Carol

    Traditional

    Bright Day Star

    Baltimore Consort

    4:46
  • 5:29 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 2

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Brandenburg Concertos

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Mark Bennett, trumpet

    10:54
  • 5:23 PM

    Raymonda: Grand Adagio

    Alexander Glazunov

    Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Evgeny Svetlanov, conductor

    5:14
  • 5:19 PM

    Arturo Delmoni, violin

    Alexander Romanul, violin

    Katherine Murdock, viola

    Nathaniel Rosen, cello

    2:50
  • 5:06 PM

    Ein Tanzspiel

    Franz Schreker

    Orchestra de la Suisse Romande

    Kazuki Yamada, conductor

    12:29
  • 5:01 PM

    The Grumpy Old Bear

    Julius Fucik

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Libor Pesek, conductor

    Alan Pendlebury, bassoon

    4:36
  • 4:46 PM

    Serenade for Strings

    Edward Elgar

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    12:16
  • 4:37 PM

    Water Traveler

    Joe Hisaishi

    Studio Orchestra

    Joe Hisaishi, piano

    8:17
  • 4:26 PM

    In dulci jubilo; Jesus Christ the Apple Tree; Hark! the Herald Angels Sing

    Christmas Music

    Christmas With The Academy

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    9:01
  • 4:23 PM

    Banalities: Hotel

    Francis Poulenc

    Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

    1:42
  • 4:06 PM

    Symphony

    Carl Stamitz

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    16:40
  • 4:01 PM

    Violin Sonata: Scherzo

    Amy Beach

    Amy Beach: Violin Sonata etc.

    Gabrielle Lester, violin

    4:35
  • 3:49 PM

    Cantabile doloroso e Rondo giocoso

    Ole Bull

    Bruch, Wieniawski, Ole Bull

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Gourlay, conductor

    Charlie Siem, violin

    8:58
  • 3:43 PM

    Rondo on "God rest you merry, gentlemen"

    Samuel Wesley

    The London Piano School, Vol 1

    Ian Hobson, piano

    6:31
  • 3:28 PM

    Petite Suite Gauloise

    Louis Theodore Gouvy

    The Chamber Winds

    United States Air Force Band

    Lowell Graham, conductor

    13:43
  • 3:25 PM

    Nowell Sing We, Both All and Some

    Traditional English

    Apollo's Fire Baroque Orchestra

    Jeannette Sorrell, conductor

    Amanda Powell, soprano

    Molly Netter, alto

    Ross Hauck, tenor

    Jeffrey Strauss, baritone

    1:48
  • 3:02 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 2

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Elias String Quartet

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    17:23
  • 3:00 PM

    Two German Dances

    Franz Schubert

    Yaara Tal, piano

    Andreas Groethuysen, piano

    4:39
  • 2:48 PM

    Consecration of the House: Overture

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 'Erioca'

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    10:05
  • 2:44 PM

    Lullay

    Karl Jenkins

    Karl Jenkins: Motets

    Polyphony

    Stephen Layton, conductor

    3:59
  • 2:28 PM

    Violin Concerto

    Josef Myslivecek

    Dvorak Chamber Orchestra

    Libor Pesek, conductor

    Shizuka Ishikawa, violin

    15:00
  • 2:24 PM

    Little Fantasy on "The Twelve Days of Christmas"

    John Harbison

    A Christmas Gloria

    Canadian Brass

    3:01
  • 2:18 PM

    Memories of the Alhambra

    Francisco Tarrega

    Albeniz, Granados, Tarrega, Turina Etc.

    Eduardo Fernandez, guitar

    4:39
  • 2:06 PM

    Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: La Mer, Faune, Danses

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    10:41
  • 2:01 PM

    Prayer of Saint Gregory

    Alan Hovhaness

    Manhattan Chamber Orchestra

    Richard Auldon Clark, conductor

    Chris Gekker, trumpet

    4:37
  • 11:49 AM

    Trumpet Concerto No. 2

    Johann Molter

    Virtuoso Trumpet Concertos

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Simon Wright, conductor

    John Wallace, trumpet

    9:32
  • 11:32 AM

    Suite for Oboe, Clarinet, and Viola

    Randall Thompson

    Buried Treasure

    Kelly Peterson Peral, oboe

    14:42
  • 11:24 AM

    What Sweeter Music

    Wayland Rogers

    Christmas A Cappella: Songs from Around the World

    Chicago a cappella

    6:50
  • 11:06 AM

    Symphony No. 59 "Fire"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    Trevor Pinnock, harpsichord

    17:05
  • 11:01 AM

    Viola Quintet: Berceuse

    Alberto Hemsi

    ARC Ensemble

    Steven Dann, viola

    4:36
  • 10:52 AM

    The Nutcracker: Waltz of the Snowflakes

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker

    Stewart Goodyear, piano

    6:09
  • 10:48 AM

    The Snow Queen: Lullaby

    Tuomas Kantelinen

    Kantelinen: Lumikuningatar

    Finnish National Opera Orchestra

    Tuomas Kantelinen, conductor

    3:20
  • 10:23 AM

    La Mer (The Sea)

    Claude Debussy

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Bernard Haitink, conductor

    23:02
  • 10:21 AM

    Hodie Christus natus est

    Healey Willan

    Musica Intima

    1:53
  • 10:06 AM

    String Symphony No. 5

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Amadeus Ensemble

    Agnieszka Duczmal, conductor

    13:09
  • 10:01 AM

    Suite L'Inconnue: Chaconne

    Michel de la Barre

    La Magnifique: Flute Music for the Court of Louis XIV

    Immanuel Davis, flute

    4:40
  • 9:33 AM

    Violin Sonata No. 1

    Gabriel Faure

    Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin

    Lambert Orkis, piano

    25:12
  • 9:25 AM

    Past Three o'clock; O Come, all ye Faithful; Ding Dong Merrily on High

    Christmas Music

    Christmas With The Academy

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    6:49
  • 9:01 AM

    Symphony No. 10: Adagio

    Gustav Mahler

    The Romantic Age

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    22:48
  • 8:49 AM

    Sinfonia (for Orbiting Spheres)

    Missy Mazzoli

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra

    Daniel Bjarnason, conductor

    9:09
  • 8:40 AM

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    Octavio Brunetti, piano

    9:07
  • 8:31 AM

    Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella

    Traditional French

    This Christmas with Imani Winds

    Imani Winds

    6:42
  • 8:01 AM

    Piano Trio No. 4 "Dumky"

    Antonin Dvorak

    Wu Han, piano

    Philip Setzer, violin

    David Finckel, cello

    29:31
  • 7:55 AM

    The Snowman: Walking in the Air

    Howard Blake

    Imagine Christmas

    Ronn McFarlane, lute

    2:51
  • 7:18 AM

    Symphony No. 3

    Zdenek Fibich

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    37:20
  • 7:06 AM

    The Coachman

    Manos Hadjidakis

    Elena Papandreou, guitar

    9:33
  • 7:01 AM

    A Spotless Rose

    Paul Mealor

    Paul Mealor: A Tender Light

    Tenebrae

    Nigel Short, conductor

    4:37
  • 6:22 AM

    String Quartet No. 13 "Rosamunde"

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: String Quartets

    Belcea Quartet

    36:53
  • 6:15 AM

    Concerto Grosso No. 6 "Christmas Concerto"

    Giuseppe Torelli

    The King's Violins

    Bernard Labadie, conductor

    5:44
  • 6:01 AM

    The Pleasure Dome of Kubla Khan

    Charles Tomlinson Griffes

    Griffes: Orchestral Music

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    12:19