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  • 5:46 AM

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Avlana Eisenberg, conductor

    Zina Schiff, violin

    11:55
  • 5:34 AM

    Salve Regina

    Arvo Part

    Arvo Part: Adam's Lament

    Latvian Radio Choir

    Tonu Kaljuste, conductor

    12:12
  • 5:13 AM

    In the Mists

    Leos Janacek

    Leif Ove Andsnes, piano

    19:24
  • 5:06 AM

    Nocturnes: Nuages (Clouds)

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: La Mer, Nocturnes, Etc

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Pierre Boulez, conductor

    6:05
  • 5:01 AM

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    4:37
  • 4:52 AM

    In the Bleak Midwinter

    Gustav Holst

    Dulci Jubilo: Christmas With The Singers

    The Singers

    Matthew Culloton, conductor

    Min Kim, harp

    6:00
  • 4:16 AM

    Symphony No. 11 "Winter"

    Joachim Raff

    Basel Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Mario Venzago, conductor

    34:32
  • 4:08 AM

    Concerto Grosso No. 6 "Christmas Concerto"

    Giuseppe Torelli

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    6:05
  • 4:06 AM

    Three Fanfares for Four Trumpets

    Ulysses Kay

    Dallas Symphony Trumpets

    1:37
  • 4:01 AM

    Ave Maria

    Gabriel Faure

    Choir of Trinity College

    Richard Marlow, conductor

    Camilla Otaki, soprano

    Joanne Andrews, soprano

    Richard Pearce, organ

    4:32
  • 3:54 AM

    Laetetur Jerusalem

    Ruth Watson Henderson

    Puer Natus In Bethlehem, Alleluia!

    Elmer Iseler Singers

    Lydia Adams, conductor

    3:58
  • 3:33 AM

    Piano Sonata

    Clara Schumann

    SCHUMANN, C.: Complete Piano Works

    Jozef de Beenhouwer, piano

    19:30
  • 3:17 AM

    Phantasy Quintet

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams: Violin Sonata, String Quartet No. 2 Etc.

    Nash Ensemble

    14:23
  • 3:06 AM

    Suite of Carols for Woodwinds

    Leroy Anderson

    BBC Concert Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    10:36
  • 3:01 AM

    Billy the Kid: Prairie Night

    Aaron Copland

    Copland: Old American Songs, Eight Poems Of Emily Dickinson Etc.

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Hugh Wolff, conductor

    4:43
  • 2:38 AM

    La Boutique fantasque (Fantastic Toy Shop)

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances, La Boutique Fantasque

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    20:31
  • 2:25 AM

    Le Sinfonie

    Lodovico Viadana

    Swiss Italian Orchestra

    Dennis Russell Davies, conductor

    11:34
  • 2:17 AM

    What Sweeter Music

    Wayland Rogers

    Chicago a cappella

    6:50
  • 2:06 AM

    Melancholy Serenade

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Russian National Orchestra

    Yakov Kreizberg, conductor

    Julia Fischer, violin

    9:29
  • 2:01 AM

    O Holy Night

    Adolphe Adam

    Chanticleer

    4:40
  • 1:55 AM

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Agustin Leon Ara, violin

    2:51
  • 1:52 AM

    Riu, Riu, Chiu

    Anonymous Spanish

    Taverner Players

    Andrew Parrott, conductor

    3:23
  • 1:20 AM

    String Quartet No. 3

    Robert Schumann

    The Schumann Quartets

    Dover Quartet

    30:08
  • 1:17 AM

    The Holy Boy

    John Ireland

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    James Galway, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    2:44
  • 1:12 AM

    Winter Holiday

    Betty King

    Samantha Ege, piano

    2:44
  • 1:06 AM

    Ludus pro Patria: Night and Love

    Augusta Holmes

    Holmes: Orchestral Works

    Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic

    Patrick Davin, conductor

    5:39
  • 1:01 AM

    It Came upon the Midnight Clear

    Richard Willis

    Chanticleer

    4:33
  • 12:42 AM

    Symphonic Variations

    Cesar Franck

    Ravel: Piano Concertos/Faure/Franck

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos, conductor

    Alicia de Larrocha, piano

    16:50
  • 12:26 AM

    Symphony No. 4

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven Symphonies No. 4 & 8

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Christoph von Dohnanyi, conductor

    31:46
  • 12:11 AM

    Prelude, Fugue, and Allegro

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bacheando

    Plinio Fernandes, guitar

    13:46
  • 12:04 AM

    The Polar Express: Suite

    Alan Silvestri

    The Polar Express Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

    Original Soundtrack Recording

    Alan Silvestri, conductor

    6:02
  • 11:48 PM

    Introduction and Allegro

    Edward Elgar

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Julian Lloyd Webber, conductor

    13:54
  • 11:41 PM

    Evensong

    Stephen Paulus

    December Stillness

    Dale Warland Singers

    Dale Warland, conductor

    5:05
  • 11:38 PM

    Huron Carol ('Twas in the Moon of Wintertime)

    Traditional

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    2:15
  • 11:12 PM

    Serenade No. 6 "Serenata Notturna"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Serenata Notturna, Divertimenti

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    13:17
  • 11:07 PM

    Messiah: For unto us a child is born

    George Frideric Handel

    Toronto Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Davis, conductor

    3:56
  • 10:59 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 14 "Moonlight": 1st movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Murray Perahia, piano

    5:17
  • 10:55 PM

    Jesus Christ the Apple Tree

    Elizabeth Poston

    Cambridge Singers

    John Rutter, conductor

    2:33
  • 10:52 PM

    Personent Hodie

    Traditional

    Carols From The Old And New Worlds

    Theatre of Voices

    Paul Hillier, conductor

    1:27
  • 10:49 PM

    First Light

    Ola Gjeilo

    Dawn

    Ola Gjeilo, piano

    2:03
  • 10:11 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 3

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Mahler Chamber Orchestra

    Leif Ove Andsnes, conductor

    Leif Ove Andsnes, piano

    35:20
  • 10:01 PM

    When Christ is Born

    Traditional

    Christmas Carols

    Poznan Nightingales

    Stefan Stuligrosz, conductor

    5:49
  • 9:51 PM

    The Planets: Jupiter

    Gustav Holst

    Holst: Orchestral Works, Vol. 2

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andrew Davis, conductor

    8:29
  • 9:31 PM

    Saxophone Concerto

    Michael Torke

    Three

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    David Alan Miller, conductor

    John Harle, saxophone

    18:03
  • 9:27 PM

    Vespers: Rejoice, O Virgin (Bogoroditse Devo)

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Rachmaninoff Vespers

    Dale Warland Singers

    Dale Warland, conductor

    2:31
  • 9:22 PM

    Messiah: And the Glory of the Lord

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel Bars: Popular Works of George Frideric Handel

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    3:12
  • 9:16 PM

    Christ the Apple Tree

    Stanford Scriven

    Emmanuel

    National Lutheran Choir

    David Cherwien, conductor

    3:59
  • 9:13 PM

    I Am So Glad Each Christmas Eve

    Traditional Norwegian

    MPR Taste Of The Holidays, Vol. 2

    Magnum Chorum

    Christopher Aspaas, conductor

    1:37
  • 9:02 PM

    Symphony No. 2: 1st movement

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 5

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    9:12
  • 6:46 PM

    Spartacus: Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia

    Aram Khachaturian

    Russian Adagios

    Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Evgeny Svetlanov, conductor

    11:53
  • 6:24 PM

    Piano Trio

    Claude Debussy

    David Golub, piano

    Mark Kaplan, violin

    Colin Carr, cello

    21:49
  • 6:13 PM

    Concerto No. 12 "Christmas Concerto"

    Francesco Manfredini

    I Solisti Italiani

    9:15
  • 6:06 PM

    Symphony No. 2: Scherzo

    Alexander Borodin

    Borodin: Symphonies No 1 & 2, Etc

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra

    Jun'ichi Hirokami, conductor

    5:38
  • 6:01 PM

    Bransle gay

    Pierre Attaingnant

    Attaingnant: Preludes, chansons & danses

    Hopkinson Smith, lute

    4:35
  • 5:51 PM

    O Magnum Mysterium (O Great Mystery)

    Jennifer Higdon

    Choir of Clare College, Cambridge

    Graham Ross, conductor

    7:06
  • 5:22 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 1

    Max Bruch

    Brahms & Bruch: Violin Concertos

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Edo de Waart, conductor

    Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin

    26:58
  • 5:17 PM

    Villancico de Navidad (Christmas Carol)

    Agustin Barrios

    The Ultimate Classical Christmas

    John Williams, guitar

    3:07
  • 5:06 PM

    Concerto Grosso No. 2

    George Frideric Handel

    Boston Baroque

    Martin Pearlman, conductor

    10:45
  • 5:01 PM

    Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra

    Alfred Walter, conductor

    4:49
  • 4:53 PM

    Horn Concerto No. 1: 3rd movement

    Richard Strauss

    Beethoven 3/Strauss

    Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

    Manfred Honeck, conductor

    William Caballero, horn

    5:20
  • 4:46 PM

    Musica Sacra

    Richard Westenburg, conductor

    6:32
  • 4:21 PM

    Appalachian Spring

    Aaron Copland

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    23:29
  • 4:09 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 40

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Gilbert Kalish, piano

    10:00
  • 4:06 PM

    O Little Town of Bethlehem

    Traditional

    Hollywood Bowl Orchestra

    Carmen Dragon, conductor

    2:25
  • 4:01 PM

    Flute Concerto: 1st movement

    Vilem Blodek

    Concertos brilliantes for flute

    Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Uros Lajovic, conductor

    Karl Bernhard Sebon, flute

    4:39
  • 3:46 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 2 "I Profeti" (The Prophets): Isaiah

    Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco

    Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    12:23
  • 3:46 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 2 "I Profeti" (The Prophets): Isaiah

    Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco

    Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    12:23
  • 3:37 PM

    Adagio

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: ViolinKonzert No. 1; Adagio; 2 Rondos

    Vienna Philharmonic

    James Levine, conductor

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    7:57
  • 3:11 PM

    Symphony No. 101 "The Clock"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Concert Recording

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    25:08
  • 3:03 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 1

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach Brandenburg Concertos Disk1

    St Luke's Chamber Ensemble

    19:05
  • 2:57 PM

    Cantata No. 133: Ich freue mich in dir

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Christmas with Septura

    Septura

    4:09
  • 2:53 PM

    Piano Trio

    Johann Hummel

    Hummel: Piano Trios

    Beaux Arts Trio

    16:06
  • 2:39 PM

    Overture "At the Tabard Inn"

    George Dyson

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Willcocks, conductor

    11:30
  • 2:35 PM

    Make We Joy Now in this Fest

    Matthew Culloton

    On a Christmas Morn: Carols of Matthew Culloton

    The Singers

    Matthew Culloton, conductor

    3:05
  • 2:25 PM

    Christmas Roses

    Emil Waldteufel

    Gulbenkian Orchestra

    Michel Swierczewski, conductor

    9:00
  • 2:23 PM

    Toy Soldiers' March

    Fritz Kreisler

    The Kreisler Album

    Joshua Bell, violin

    1:49
  • 2:22 PM

    Toy Soldiers' March

    Fritz Kreisler

    The Kreisler Album

    Joshua Bell, violin

    1:49
  • 2:16 PM

    I Cannot Dance, O Lord

    Aaron Jay Kernis

    The World Beloved: A Bluegrass Mass

    VocalEssence Ensemble Singers

    Philip Brunelle, conductor

    3:37
  • 2:10 PM

    Venezuelan Waltz No. 3 "Natalia"

    Antonio Lauro

    Berta Rojas, guitar

    2:53
  • 2:04 PM

    Impromptu No. 2

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Works for Solo Piano, Vol. 2

    Barry Douglas, piano

    4:45
  • 1:45 PM

    String Symphony No. 6

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Amadeus Ensemble

    Agnieszka Duczmal, conductor

    13:30
  • 1:37 PM

    Das Rheingold: Entry of the Gods into Valhalla

    Richard Wagner

    Wagner: Highlights from "The Ring"

    New York Philharmonic

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    6:35
  • 1:30 PM

    Concerto for Two Oboes

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: 6 Double Concertos

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Celia Nicklin, oboe

    6:38
  • 1:20 PM

    Three Spirituals

    Adolphus Hailstork

    Adolphus Hailstork: An American Port Of Call

    Virginia Symphony Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    8:08
  • 1:15 PM

    Parade of the Wooden Soldiers

    Leon Jessel

    Joy to the World

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    4:25
  • 1:11 PM

    The Nutcracker: March

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    CHRISTMAS WITH THE 5 BROWNS

    The 5 Browns

    2:32
  • 1:04 PM

    Messiah: Hallelujah Chorus

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel Bars: Popular Works of George Frideric Handel

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    3:42
  • 12:55 PM

    El Amor Brujo: Ritual Fire Dance

    Manuel de Falla

    Symphonic Spectacular

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    4:00
  • 12:51 PM

    Maria Wiegenlied (Mary's Cradle Song)

    Max Reger

    Christmas from Norway

    Norwegian Radio Orchestra

    Christian Eggen, conductor

    Lise Davidsen, soprano

    2:22
  • 12:35 PM

    Symphony No. 9 "Choral": 2nd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: The 9 Symphonies

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    14:04
  • 12:31 PM

    Piano Trio No. 32

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Beaux Arts Trio

    16:11
  • 12:23 PM

    Three Short Pieces

    Jacques Ibert

    FRENCH MUSIC FOR WIND QUINTET

    Danish National Symphony Wind Quintet

    6:51
  • 12:20 PM

    Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day

    Traditional English

    Christmas Night

    Cambridge Singers

    John Rutter, conductor

    1:57
  • 12:15 PM

    Dance of the Shepherd Girl

    Hugo Alfven

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra: Portrait

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra

    James DePreist, conductor

    4:15
  • 12:09 PM

    Canon and Gigue

    Johann Pachelbel

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    5:09
  • 12:04 PM

    Crystal Sky

    Ola Gjeilo

    Ola Gjeilo: Night

    Ola Gjeilo, piano

    3:42
  • 11:48 AM

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

    Medley

    Ensemble Galilei

    9:55
  • 11:32 AM

    Rapsodie espagnole

    Maurice Ravel

    Seattle Symphony

    Ludovic Morlot, conductor

    15:13
  • 11:28 AM

    Splendid Jewel

    Stephen Paulus

    Phoenix Chorale

    Charles Bruffy, conductor

    3:45
  • 11:13 AM

    Harp Concerto

    George Frideric Handel

    Baroque, Vol. 6

    Toulouse Chamber Orchestra

    Louis Auriacombe, conductor

    Lily Laskine, harp

    13:40
  • 11:07 AM

    Polonaise for Violin and Strings

    Franz Schubert

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Emil Tchakarov, conductor

    Gidon Kremer, violin

    5:40
  • 11:01 AM

    Sarah Cahill, piano

    4:39
  • 10:55 AM

    Winter's Falling Light

    Carolyn Surrick

    Ensemble Galilei

    3:05
  • 10:48 AM

    L'Isle joyeuse (Joyous Isle)

    Claude Debussy

    Lyon National Orchestra

    Jun Markl, conductor

    6:54
  • 10:31 AM

    Horn Concerto No. 4

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Horn Concertos

    Israel Sinfonietta

    Uri Mayer, conductor

    David Jolley, horn

    15:53
  • 10:25 AM

    Gabriel's Message

    Traditional Basque

    A Choral Christmas

    Voces8

    Jack Liebeck, conductor

    4:06
  • 10:06 AM

    Double Keyboard Concerto

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    The Art of Bach

    Anderson & Roe Piano Duo

    17:58
  • 10:01 AM

    The sparrow on Christmas morning (Varpunen jouluaamuna)

    Otto Kotilainen

    Lahti Symphony Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    4:39
  • 9:25 AM

    Symphony No. 2

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    33:38
  • 9:13 AM

    Five French Carols

    Traditional French

    Arsys

    Pierre Cao, conductor

    10:53
  • 9:01 AM

    Skylark Lullaby

    Jennifer Bellor

    Eastman Saxophone Project

    Chien-Kwan Lin, conductor

    10:22
  • 8:28 AM

    String Quartet No. 10 "Harp"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Alexander String Quartet

    31:04
  • 8:19 AM

    Missa Puer natus est: Agnus Dei

    Thomas Tallis

    Stile Antico

    8:23
  • 8:06 AM

    Symphony No. 1 "Titan": 3rd movement

    Gustav Mahler

    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    11:01
  • 8:01 AM

    Three Carols for Harp

    Christmas Music

    Emily Mitchell, harp

    3:51
  • 7:56 AM

    Carol Eliseus

    Huw Watkins

    Choir of King's College, Cambridge

    Stephen Cleobury, conductor

    2:16
  • 7:14 AM

    Symphony No. 2

    Wilhelm Stenhammar

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    42:04
  • 7:01 AM

    Symphony of Noels

    Michel Delalande

    Masques

    Olivier Fortin, conductor

    10:29
  • 6:50 AM

    Violin Concerto "Il riposo" (Christmas Concerto)

    Antonio Vivaldi

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    8:40
  • 6:23 AM

    Wind Quintet No. 3

    David Maslanka

    David Maslanka: Wind Quintets

    Bergen Wind Quintet

    26:45
  • 6:16 AM

    Behold a Tender Babe

    Paul Mealor

    Blessing: The Music of Paul Mealor

    Voce Chamber Choir

    Mark Singleton, conductor

    Jack Anthony Pott, tenor

    4:57
  • 6:01 AM

    Violin Sonata No. 2

    Germaine Tailleferre

    Franco Mezzena, violin

    Bruno Mezzena, piano

    14:08