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  • 5:36 AM

    Hours of the Day

    Lars-Erik Larsson

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra

    James DePreist, conductor

    22:36
  • 5:21 AM

    Christmas Medley

    Traditional

    Scott Kritzer, guitar

    12:31
  • 5:06 AM

    Harvest Dance Suite

    Ilmari Hannikainen

    The Music of Ilmari and Vaino Hannikainen

    Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Petri Sakari, conductor

    14:35
  • 5:01 AM

    Nocturne-Quadrille

    Johann Strauss, Jr.

    CSSR State Philharmonic Orchestra

    Alfred Walter, conductor

    4:42
  • 4:43 AM

    The Nutcracker: selections

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    The Romantic Quartet

    15:13
  • 4:10 AM

    Piano Concerto

    Robert Schumann

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    Maria Joao Pires, piano

    31:52
  • 4:06 AM

    Ding Dong Merrily on High

    Traditional French

    Galliard Brass & Friends

    1:45
  • 4:01 AM

    Edgar: Act I Prelude

    Giacomo Puccini

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jacek Kaspszyk, conductor

    4:37
  • 3:51 AM

    Serenade No. 2: 1st movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: The Symphonies

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Bernard Haitink, conductor

    7:43
  • 3:39 AM

    Capriol Suite

    Peter Warlock

    Parkening Plays Vivaldi, Warlock & Praetorius

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Iona Brown, conductor

    Christopher Parkening, guitar

    10:52
  • 3:17 AM

    A Ceremony of Carols

    Benjamin Britten

    Britten: The Choral Works, Volume III

    The Sixteen

    Harry Christophers, conductor

    Sioned Williams, harp

    21:36
  • 3:11 AM

    O Traum der Jugend

    Fanny Mendelssohn

    Liana Serbescu, piano

    3:52
  • 3:06 AM

    The Gadfly: Romance

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    The Silver Violin

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Kirill Karabits, conductor

    Nicola Benedetti, violin

    3:37
  • 3:01 AM

    Summer Evening

    John Ireland

    Eric Parkin, piano

    4:46
  • 2:50 AM

    Resonet in laudibus; Up good Christian folk; The First Noel

    Traditional

    Carols from Trinity

    Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge

    Richard Marlow, conductor

    7:36
  • 2:17 AM

    Pictures at an Exhibition

    Modest Mussorgsky

    pictures at an exhibition

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    32:04
  • 2:06 AM

    Festive Cheer

    Roger Harvey

    Isthmus Brass Christmas

    Isthmus Brass

    John Stevens, conductor

    6:58
  • 2:01 AM

    Waltz No. 4

    Cecile Chaminade

    Chaminade: Piano Music 3

    Peter Jacobs, piano

    4:47
  • 1:48 AM

    Mazurka-Oberek

    Alexander Glazunov

    A La Carte

    Abbey Road Ensemble

    Lawrence Foster, conductor

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    10:10
  • 12:46 AM

    Petite Suite

    Claude Debussy

    Rhapsodie

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    12:57
  • 12:40 AM

    Overture on French Carols

    Philip Lane

    British Light Music Premieres Vol. 2

    Royal Ballet Sinfonia

    Gavin Sutherland, conductor

    5:20
  • 12:35 AM

    O Come, O Come Emmanuel

    Traditional

    A Choral Christmas

    Voces8

    4:46
  • 12:20 AM

    Potpourri on Themes of Mozart

    Louis Spohr

    Academy Chamber Ensemble

    13:32
  • 11:58 PM

    Danish National Chamber Orchestra

    Adam Fischer, conductor

    17:57
  • 11:42 PM

    Capriccio Italien

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Ports of Call

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    15:53
  • 11:33 PM

    Mandolin Concerto

    Emanuele Barbella

    Il Giardino Armonico

    Giovanni Antonini, conductor

    Avi Avital, mandolin

    8:11
  • 11:24 PM

    Dance of the Hours

    Amilcare Ponchielli

    Essential Ballet

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Bruno Bartoletti, conductor

    7:33
  • 11:07 PM

    It Came upon the Midnight Clear; If ye would hear the angels sing; O little town of Bethlehem; Away in a manger; We three kings

    Christmas Music

    Christmas from Saint Louis

    Saint Louis Chamber Chorus

    Philip Barnes, conductor

    15:00
  • 10:59 PM

    L'Italiana in Algeri (The Italian Girl in Algiers): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Overtures

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Yoel Levi, conductor

    7:17
  • 10:46 PM

    Symphony: Finale

    Cesar Franck

    Franck, Bizet: Overtures

    Paris Orchestra

    Semyon Bychkov, conductor

    11:28
  • 10:40 PM

    New Vienna Landler

    Joseph Lanner

    Ensemble Bella Musica Vienna

    Michael Dittrich, conductor

    5:34
  • 10:25 PM

    Oboe d'Amore Concerto

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: 3 Oboe Concertos

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Iona Brown, conductor

    Heinz Holliger, oboe d'amore

    14:23
  • 10:21 PM

    The Holly and the Ivy

    Traditional

    Nordic Nativity

    VocalEssence

    Philip Brunelle, conductor

    2:54
  • 10:09 PM

    Christmas Overture

    Otto Nicolai

    Nicolai: 4 Overtures, Symphony in D Major

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Karl Anton Rickenbacher, conductor

    10:51
  • 10:05 PM

    Trumpet Voluntary

    John Stanley

    Classic Wynton

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Anthony Newman, conductor

    Wynton Marsalis, trumpet

    3:34
  • 10:02 PM

    Humoresque

    Carl Nielsen

    Nielsen: Wind Chamber Music

    Steinar Hannevold, oboe

    2:22
  • 9:48 PM

    O Little Town of Bethlehem; Born on Earth; Hark! the Herald Angels Sing

    Traditional

    Christmas Weekend 16 Favourite Carols

    Choir of St. John's College, Cambridge

    George Guest, conductor

    10:23
  • 9:21 PM

    Scottish Fantasy

    Max Bruch

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    Anne Akiko Meyers, violin

    27:26
  • 9:12 PM

    Brook Green Suite

    Gustav Holst

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Norman Del Mar, conductor

    6:16
  • 9:08 PM

    Serenade

    Edward Elgar

    Peter Pettinger, piano

    3:07
  • 9:00 PM

    Chanukah Suite

    Traditional Jewish

    Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jeff Tyzik, conductor

    7:36
  • 6:55 PM

    Here We Come a-Wassailing (Wassail Song)

    Traditional

    Star Over Bethlehem: Choral Jewels for Christmas

    Choral Arts Society of Washington

    Norman Scribner, conductor

    3:51
  • 6:15 PM

    Symphony No. 7

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    West-Eastern Divan Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    38:00
  • 6:15 PM

    Symphony No. 7

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    West-Eastern Divan Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    38:00
  • 6:09 PM

    Suite of Carols

    Traditional

    A String Quartet Christmas

    Arturo Delmoni, violin

    4:30
  • 6:08 PM

    Suite of Carols

    Traditional

    A String Quartet Christmas

    Arturo Delmoni, violin

    4:30
  • 6:06 PM

    Syncopation

    Fritz Kreisler

    Joshua Bell, violin

    Paul Coker, piano

    1:46
  • 6:01 PM

    Merry Mount: Maypole Dances

    Howard Hanson

    American Visions

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Keith Lockhart, conductor

    4:43
  • 5:48 PM

    Concerto for Mixed Instruments

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Philharmonia Virtuosi

    Richard Kapp, conductor

    10:42
  • 5:48 PM

    Concerto for Mixed Instruments

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Philharmonia Virtuosi

    Richard Kapp, conductor

    10:42
  • 5:23 PM

    Pines of Rome

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    22:39
  • 5:23 PM

    Pines of Rome

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    22:39
  • 5:10 PM

    Shepherd's Pipe Carol; Coventry Carol; In dulci jubilo; The First Nowell

    John Rutter/Traditional

    Christmas With London Brass

    London Brass

    11:30
  • 5:10 PM

    Shepherd's Pipe Carol; Coventry Carol; In dulci jubilo; The First Nowell

    John Rutter/Traditional

    Christmas With London Brass

    London Brass

    11:30
  • 5:06 PM

    Musical Jewelry Box

    Stephen Hough

    Melody's Mostly Musical Day

    Jenny Lin, piano

    3:19
  • 5:01 PM

    A Downland Suite: Minuet

    John Ireland

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Julian Lloyd Webber, conductor

    4:42
  • 4:52 PM

    Symphony No. 5: Waltz

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky Waltzes

    Houston Symphony Orchestra

    Sergiu Comissiona, conductor

    6:29
  • 4:26 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 4

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin

    24:20
  • 4:12 PM

    Old Christmas Music

    Philip Lane

    Another Night Before Christmas And Scrooge

    Royal Ballet Sinfonia

    Gavin Sutherland, conductor

    12:06
  • 4:06 PM

    Jeux d'eau (Fountains)

    Maurice Ravel

    Water Music of the Impressionists

    Carol Rosenberger, piano

    5:33
  • 4:01 PM

    Symphony No. 2

    William Boyce

    Menuhin Festival Orchestra

    Yehudi Menuhin, conductor

    4:39
  • 3:56 PM

    Wassail, Wassail

    Traditional

    An Artaria Winter Holiday

    Artaria Quartet

    2:15
  • 3:44 PM

    Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    15:00
  • 3:24 PM

    L'Arlesienne Suite No. 1

    Georges Bizet

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    18:09
  • 3:12 PM

    A Christmas Rondo

    Rick Sowash

    A Christmas Gift

    Kris Frankenfeld, violin

    10:29
  • 3:07 PM

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

    Traditional Jewish

    Miracle of Miracles

    Chicago a cappella

    John William Trotter, conductor

    3:52
  • 3:00 PM

    Symphony No. 1: Finale

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Early Symphonies and Stage Music

    Copenhagen Philharmonic Orchestra

    Lawrence Foster, conductor

    5:52
  • 2:58 PM

    Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind: Main Theme

    Jon Brion

    Studio Orchestra

    2:00
  • 2:55 PM

    The Four Seasons: Summer

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra

    Janos Rolla, conductor

    Janos Rolla, violin

    3:00
  • 2:49 PM

    Concerto Grosso in g, Op. 6 No. 8, "Christmas"

    Archangelo Corelli

    Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra

    Janos Rolla, conductor

    4:44
  • 2:39 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 11: Rondeau

    Anne-Louise Brillon de Jouy

    Nicolas Horvath, piano

    7:34
  • 2:31 PM

    From heaven on high (Vom Himmel hoch)

    Michael Praetorius

    Christmas Wonderland

    Lahti Symphony Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    6:34
  • 2:21 PM

    Flute Concertino

    Cecile Chaminade

    Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra

    Philippe Auguin, conductor

    Manuela Wiesler, flute

    8:31
  • 2:18 PM

    Wondrous to Say

    Carl Nielsen

    Stille Nacht: Christmas Carols for Guitar

    Rossini Hayward, guitar

    2:15
  • 2:09 PM

    Serenade No. 9 "Posthorn": Rondo

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Camerata Academica Salzburg

    Sandor Vegh, conductor

    5:51
  • 2:04 PM

    The Nutcracker: Miniature Overture

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor

    3:36
  • 1:47 PM

    A Midsummer Night's Dream: Overture

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Overtures

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    12:02
  • 1:43 PM

    Wassail, Wassail

    Traditional

    An Artaria Winter Holiday

    Artaria Quartet

    2:15
  • 1:39 PM

    The Birds: The Hen

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: Ancient Airs And Dances I & Iii, Etc

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    2:47
  • 1:36 PM

    Go Tell It on the Mountain

    Spiritual

    This Christmas with Imani Winds

    Imani Winds

    3:01
  • 1:31 PM

    Symphony No. 1 "Afro-American": Animato

    William Grant Still

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Kellen Gray, conductor

    3:13
  • 1:23 PM

    Brass Suite

    Christmas Music

    A Canadian Brass Christmas

    Canadian Brass

    11:08
  • 1:15 PM

    Symphony No. 1: Scherzo

    Charles Gounod

    Orchestra of Toulouse

    Michel Plasson, conductor

    6:27
  • 1:10 PM

    Partita No. 4: Courante

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Sergey Schepkin, piano

    3:11
  • 1:04 PM

    Rolf Lislevand & Ensemble

    5:14
  • 12:48 PM

    Symphony No. 6 "Pastoral": 1st movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven For All: Music of Passion, Power and Beauty

    West-Eastern Divan Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    10:39
  • 12:43 PM

    See Amid the Winter Snow

    Robert Sieving

    Behold This Heavenly Night

    VocalEssence

    Philip Brunelle, conductor

    3:23
  • 12:36 PM

    Symphony No. 2: 3rd movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: The Symphonies

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Bernard Haitink, conductor

    5:22
  • 12:34 PM

    Deck the Halls

    Traditional English

    Sugar Plums: Christmas with The Summit Hill Brass Quintet

    Summit Hill Brass Quintet

    1:27
  • 12:20 PM

    Symphony No. 9

    Georg Anton Benda

    Benda: Sinfonias Nos. 7-12

    Prague Chamber Orchestra

    Christian Benda, conductor

    12:31
  • 12:16 PM

    Andante festivo

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Pelleas et Melisande, Valse Triste, Rakastava

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    3:32
  • 12:11 PM

    Sonatina: Scherzo

    Antonin Dvorak

    Josef Suk, violin

    Alfred Holecek, piano

    2:48
  • 12:04 PM

    Silent Night

    Franz Gruber

    HOLIDAY CLASSICS

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    6:21
  • 11:48 AM

    First Suite

    Gustav Holst

    Dallas Wind Symphony

    Howard Dunn, conductor

    10:43
  • 11:28 AM

    Symphony No. 35 "Haffner"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Sinfonia Varsovia

    Emmanuel Krivine, conductor

    18:00
  • 11:20 AM

    Sinfonia; Ave Maria; Chorale

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    James Galway's Christmas Carols

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    James Galway, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    7:18
  • 11:11 AM

    Mignon: Overture

    Ambroise Thomas

    Offenbach: Gaite Parisienne; Gounod, Thomas, Chabrier

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    8:07
  • 11:06 AM

    Schwanengesang, Book 1: Standchen (Serenade)

    Franz Schubert

    Gil Shaham, violin

    Goran Sollscher, guitar

    4:10
  • 11:01 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
  • 10:38 AM

    Idillio-Concertino

    Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari

    Wolf-Ferrari, Strauss, Vaughan Williams, Barber

    Lehigh Valley Chamber Orchestra

    Donald Spieth, conductor

    Humbert Lucarelli, oboe

    20:14
  • 10:21 AM

    Masques

    Olivier Fortin, conductor

    15:06
  • 10:17 AM

    An American Mosaic: Teachers and Students

    Richard Danielpour

    Simone Dinnerstein, piano

    2:21
  • 10:06 AM

    Cuban Overture

    George Gershwin

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Edo de Waart, conductor

    10:34
  • 10:01 AM

    Intermezzo for String Trio

    Zoltan Kodaly

    Dohnanyi, Kodaly, Martinu: String Trios

    Domus

    4:42
  • 9:35 AM

    Nelson Freire, piano

    23:10
  • 9:22 AM

    Suite of Carols for String Orchestra

    Leroy Anderson

    ANDERSON, L.: Sleigh Ride and Other Holiday Favourites

    BBC Concert Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    12:22
  • 9:01 AM

    Holberg Suite

    Edvard Grieg

    Norwegian Chamber Orchestra

    Iona Brown, conductor

    19:21
  • 8:33 AM

    Orchestral Suite No. 4 "Mozartiana"

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker

    New Philharmonia Orchestra

    Antal Dorati, conductor

    24:55
  • 8:22 AM

    Harp Sonata

    Paul Hindemith

    Elisabeth Plank, harp

    10:58
  • 8:10 AM

    I Wonder as I Wander; Jesus, Jesus, Rest Your Heard; Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella

    Christmas Music

    Utah Chamber Artists

    Barlow Bradford, conductor

    10:12
  • 8:01 AM

    The Bullfighter's Prayer

    Joaquin Turina

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    8:14
  • 7:28 AM

    Concerto for a Festival

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Naples Philharmonic Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    David Russell, guitar

    29:40
  • 7:13 AM

    There Shall a Star; Patapan; Carols

    Traditional

    Love Divine, Illumine Our Darkness

    St. Olaf Choir

    Anton Armstrong, conductor

    13:43
  • 7:01 AM

    Concerto for Two Oboes

    Tomaso Albinoni

    The Italian Job

    La Serenissima

    Adrian Chandler, conductor

    Gail Hennessy, oboe

    11:01
  • 6:45 AM

    Christmas Revels

    Arthur Sullivan

    Sullivan: Victoria And Merrie England / Andrew Penny

    RTE Sinfonietta

    Andrew Penny, conductor

    13:35
  • 6:20 AM

    King Christian II Suite

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Finlandia, En Saga, The Swan of Tuonela, The Oceanides, Valse Triste, King Christian II Suite

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Thomas Sondergard, conductor

    24:42
  • 6:01 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 10

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Mari Kodama, piano

    16:29