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  • 5:41 AM

    Barococo

    Lars-Erik Larsson

    Larsson: Orchestral Works, Vol. 2

    Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Manze, conductor

    17:23
  • 5:19 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 30

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: The Complete Piano Sonatas, Nos. 1-32

    Alfred Brendel, piano

    20:01
  • 5:13 AM

    Sea Sketches: Calm Sea in Summer

    Grace Williams

    Sea Sketches

    Manitoba Chamber Orchestra

    Roy Goodman, conductor

    6:06
  • 5:06 AM

    The Nutcracker: Waltz of the Flowers

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Mari Kodama, piano

    Momo Kodama, piano

    6:01
  • 5:01 AM

    Lamento

    (Marie) Clemence de Grandval

    GRANDVAL: Oboe Works

    Budapest Strings

    Lajos Lencses, oboe

    4:16
  • 4:44 AM

    Five Bagatelles

    Gerald Finzi

    FINZI: Clarinet Concerto / Five Bagatelles / Three Soliloquies / Romance

    Northern Sinfonia

    Howard Griffiths, conductor

    Robert Plane, clarinet

    14:32
  • 4:37 AM

    I Wonder as I Wander; Coventry Carol; O Come, O Come Emmanuel

    Christmas Music

    A Christmas Collection

    Neil Hogan, guitar

    5:00
  • 4:13 AM

    Serenade for Winds

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Serenades

    Vienna Philharmonic Winds

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    22:54
  • 4:06 AM

    The Mission: Gabriel's Oboe/The Falls

    Ennio Morricone

    The Essential Yo-Yo Ma

    Rome Sinfonietta

    Ennio Morricone, conductor

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    5:38
  • 4:01 AM

    A Hermit Thrush at Morn

    Amy Beach

    The Solo Piano Music of Amy Beach, Vol. 2

    Joanne Polk, piano

    4:50
  • 3:34 AM

    Symphony No. 1

    Muzio Clementi

    Clementi, Vol. 2

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Francesco d'Avalos, conductor

    23:55
  • 3:15 AM

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

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Serenade No. 1, Variations on a Theme by Haydn

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Yoel Levi, conductor

    17:20
  • 3:10 AM

    Go Tell It on the Mountain

    Spiritual

    This Christmas with Imani Winds

    Imani Winds

    3:01
  • 3:06 AM

    An Andante

    Justin Holland

    Christopher Mallett, guitar

    4:05
  • 3:01 AM

    They Can't Take That Away from Me

    George Gershwin

    Classical Gershwin

    Katie Mahan, piano

    4:37
  • 2:53 AM

    The Last Emperor: Theme

    Ryuichi Sakamoto

    The Hollywood Sound

    London Symphony Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    4:59
  • 2:39 AM

    Snow Maiden Suite

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Orchestral Suites

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    12:28
  • 2:34 AM

    Three Carols for Harp

    Christmas Music

    O Holy Night: Christmas Favorites

    Emily Mitchell, harp

    3:51
  • 2:06 AM

    Violin Sonata

    Cesar Franck

    Concert Recording

    Bomsori Kim, violin

    26:56
  • 2:01 AM

    Callirhoe: Pas des escharpes

    Cecile Chaminade

    Compositrices: New Light on French Romantic Women Composers

    National Orchestra of Metz Grand Est

    David Reiland, conductor

    4:47
  • 1:53 AM

    Christmas Medley

    Richard Hayman

    Pops Christmas Party

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Arthur Fiedler, conductor

    5:09
  • 1:14 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 1

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: The Complete Piano Concertos

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Andrew Constantine, conductor

    Stewart Goodyear, piano

    37:29
  • 1:08 AM

    The Ash Grove

    Traditional Welsh

    Simple Gifts

    Salzedo Harp Duo

    3:37
  • 1:06 AM

    Prairie Miniature

    Arthur Farwell

    Vintage America

    Calico Winds

    1:55
  • 1:01 AM

    English Suite No. 3: Gavottes

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Johann Sebastian Bach: English Suites Nos. 2 And 3

    Ivo Pogorelich, piano

    4:31
  • 12:50 AM

    Men of Goodwill Variations on A Christmas Carol

    Benjamin Britten

    Britten: Young Person's Guide, Sea Interludes, Men Of Goodwill / Marriner

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    8:30
  • 12:42 AM

    Symphonic Sketches: Noel

    George Chadwick

    Chadwick: Symphony No. 2; Symphonic Sketches

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    7:17
  • 12:14 AM

    String Quartet No. 2

    Alexander Borodin

    Bartok, Borodin, Smetana: String Quartets

    Takacs Quartet

    26:07
  • 12:10 AM

    Battle Galliard

    Samuel Scheidt

    Canadian Brass Takes Flight

    Canadian Brass

    1:36
  • 12:07 AM

    Symphony on a Hymn Tune: 3rd movement

    Virgil Thomson

    Hanson Conducts McPhee Sessions Thomson

    Eastman-Rochester Symphony Orchestra

    Howard Hanson, conductor

    3:03
  • 12:01 AM

    Chaconne

    Jean-Baptiste Lully

    Chaconne

    Musica Antiqua Cologne

    Reinhard Goebel, conductor

    4:21
  • 11:36 PM

    Aranjuez Concerto

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Xuefei Yang: Rodrigo, Albeniz

    Barcelona Symphony Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    22:21
  • 11:13 PM

    Clarinet Concerto No. 1

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Sabine Meyer: Clarinet Connection

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Herbert Blomstedt, conductor

    Sabine Meyer, clarinet

    21:02
  • 11:07 PM

    Symphonic Metamorphosis: March

    Paul Hindemith

    Hindemith: Mathis der Maler, Symphonic Metamorphosis

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Yoel Levi, conductor

    4:28
  • 11:01 PM

    Procession of the Sardar

    Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov

    Empire Brass

    4:37
  • 10:51 PM

    The Merchant of Venice: Suite Anglaise No. 2

    Henri Rabaud

    Rabaud: Orchestral Works

    Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic

    Leif Segerstam, conductor

    7:11
  • 10:47 PM

    Trumpet Concerto: 3rd movement

    Johann Hummel

    Haydn, Hummel, Etc.: Trumpet Concertos

    German Chamber Philharmonic

    Alison Balsom, trumpet

    3:33
  • 10:25 PM

    The Tender Land Suite

    Aaron Copland

    Copland: Appalachian Spring, The Tender Land, Billy the Kid

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Aaron Copland, conductor

    20:43
  • 10:19 PM

    The Year: Winter

    Fanny Mendelssohn

    MENDELSSOHN-HENSEL, F.: Keyboard Music, Vol. 1 - Das Jahr: 12 Characterstucke

    Liana Serbescu, piano

    4:52
  • 10:07 PM

    A Children's Overture

    Roger Quilter

    British Light Music: Roger Quilter

    Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Adrian Leaper, conductor

    11:09
  • 10:01 PM

    Serenade: Finale

    William Alwyn

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Lloyd-Jones, conductor

    4:28
  • 9:44 PM

    Provence Suite

    Darius Milhaud

    Milhaud: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2, Suite Provencale

    Orchestra of Toulouse

    Michel Plasson, conductor

    14:09
  • 9:17 PM

    String Quartet No. 6

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Felix & Fanny

    Ebene Quartet

    25:58
  • 9:11 PM

    Carol of the Bells

    Mikola Leontovich

    This Christmas with Imani Winds

    Imani Winds

    3:43
  • 9:06 PM

    Mlada: Procession of the Nobles

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Pops a la Russe

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    4:25
  • 9:01 PM

    Vignettes

    William Grant Still

    Here's One

    Zina Schiff, violin

    4:22
  • 8:38 PM

    Symphony No. 95

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    20:24
  • 8:37 PM

    Prelude No. 22

    Frederic Chopin

    The Complete Chopin Preludes

    Yundi Li, piano

    :40
  • 8:23 PM

    Serenade No. 2

    Robert Volkmann

    German Chamber Academy

    Johannes Goritzki, conductor

    12:25
  • 8:17 PM

    Serenade for Flute, Harp and Strings

    Howard Hanson

    Griffes/Hanson/Foote/Bloch/Kennan/Arnold/Hovhaness

    New Zealand Chamber Orchestra

    Nicholas Braithwaite, conductor

    Alexa Still, flute

    5:35
  • 8:12 PM

    Christmas Tree Suite: Adeste fideles

    Franz Liszt

    Evening Bells

    Roland Pontinen, piano

    3:26
  • 8:06 PM

    Tancredi: Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    6:02
  • 8:01 PM

    Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano

    4:33
  • 7:42 PM

    L'Arlesienne Suite No. 2

    Georges Bizet

    Bizet, Thomas, Paray

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Paray, conductor

    16:08
  • 7:17 PM

    Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Rachmaninoff: The Piano Concertos and Paganini Rhapsody

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    Yuja Wang, piano

    23:40
  • 7:12 PM

    Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas

    Hugh Martin/Ralph Blane

    Christmas Time Is Here

    Canadian Brass

    3:18
  • 7:06 PM

    3 Dances

    William Byrd

    Gypsy's Round

    Buffalo Guitar Quartet

    5:17
  • 7:01 PM

    Festival Scherzo for Piano and Strings

    Madeleine Dring

    Guildhall Strings

    Robert Salter, conductor

    Martin Roscoe, piano

    4:32
  • 6:47 PM

    Cello Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: Cello Concertos

    London Chamber Orchestra

    Christopher Warren-Green, conductor

    Han-Na Chang, cello

    9:56
  • 6:21 PM

    Orchestral Suite No. 4 "Mozartiana"

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Serenade Suite no. 4 etc.

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    25:02
  • 6:14 PM

    Frosty the Snowman (in the style of Mozart)

    Nelson/Rollins

    What if Mozart Wrote "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"

    Hampton String Quartet

    5:15
  • 6:06 PM

    Gold and Silver Waltz

    Franz Lehar

    Famous Waltzes: Gold und Silber

    Vienna Volksoper Orchestra

    Franz Bauer-Theussl, conductor

    7:51
  • 6:01 PM

    Karelia Suite: Alla Marcia

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Karelia Suite; Rakastava; Lemminkainen

    Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra

    Susanna Malkki, conductor

    4:36
  • 5:51 PM

    How the West Was Won

    Alfred Newman

    Round-Up

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    7:21
  • 5:51 PM

    Ice Age: Opening Travel Music

    David Newman

    Varese Sarabande - A 25th Anniversary Celebration

    Studio Orchestra

    1:18
  • 5:50 PM

    Galaxy Quest: Main Theme

    David Newman

    Voyage

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    John Morris Russell, conductor

    1:11
  • 5:44 PM

    Monsters, Inc.: Boo's Adventures in Monstropolis

    Randy Newman

    Monsters, Inc.: An Original Walt Disney Records Soundtrack

    Studio Orchestra

    Randy Newman, conductor

    6:23
  • 5:33 PM

    Saving Mr. Banks: selections

    Thomas Newman

    Saving Mr. Banks Deluxe Edition

    Studio Orchestra

    Thomas Newman, conductor

    8:38
  • 5:29 PM

    The Last of the Mohicans: Main Theme

    Trevor Jones

    Cinema's Classic Romances

    City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra

    Kenneth Alwyn, conductor

    3:14
  • 5:23 PM

    The Age of Innocence: End Credits

    Elmer Bernstein

    The Age Of Innocence Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

    Studio Orchestra

    Elmer Bernstein, conductor

    5:04
  • 5:12 PM

    Steel Magnolias: Suite

    Georges Delerue

    Varese Sarabande - A 25th Anniversary Celebration

    Studio Orchestra

    8:08
  • 5:06 PM

    The Cider House Rules: End Credits

    Rachel Portman

    The Cider House Rules: Music from the Miramax Motion Picture

    Studio Orchestra

    David Snell, conductor

    4:36
  • 5:01 PM

    Driving Miss Daisy: End Titles

    Hans Zimmer

    Varese Sarabande - A 25th Anniversary Celebration

    Studio Orchestra

    4:52
  • 4:40 PM

    Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan: Suite

    James Horner

    Symphonic Star Trek

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    12:01
  • 4:19 PM

    Once Upon a Time in the West: Suite

    Ennio Morricone

    Morricone 60

    Czech National Symphony Orchestra

    Ennio Morricone, conductor

    17:50
  • 4:14 PM

    Hatari!: Baby Elephant Walk

    Henry Mancini

    Henry Mancini And His Orchestra ?– The Pink Panther And Other Hits

    Mancini Pops Orchestra

    Henry Mancini, conductor

    2:46
  • 4:10 PM

    Two for the Road: Main Title

    Henry Mancini

    Music from the Films of Audrey Hepburn

    Studio Orchestra

    2:42
  • 4:06 PM

    Peter Gunn: Theme

    Henry Mancini

    Mancini's Greatest Hits

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    2:26
  • 4:01 PM

    The Hobbit: Old Friends

    Howard Shore

    The Hobbit: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Howard Shore, conductor

    4:28
  • 3:37 PM

    Flute Concerto No. 1

    August Muller

    Muller: Flute Concertos

    South German Chamber Orchestra Pforzheim

    Timo Handschuh, conductor

    Tatjana Ruhland, flute

    21:36
  • 3:28 PM

    Variations on This Land is Your Land

    Kian Ravaei

    This Land

    Lara Downes, piano

    7:22
  • 3:20 PM

    Deck the Halls

    Traditional English

    Christmas Goes Baroque 2

    Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia

    Peter Breiner, conductor

    5:23
  • 3:07 PM

    The Fairy Queen: Suite

    Henry Purcell

    A Baroque Celebration

    New York Chamber Musicians

    Ilonna Pederson, conductor

    13:31
  • 2:44 PM

    Fantasia Mexicana

    Antonio Gomezanda

    Antonio Gomezanda: Orchestral Works

    Berlin Symphony Orchestra

    Jorge Velazco, conductor

    Alan Marks, piano

    14:47
  • 2:24 PM

    Dolly Suite

    Gabriel Faure

    The Beecham Edition: Bizet, Faure, Delibe, Debussy, Saint-Saens

    French National Radio and Television Orchestra

    Thomas Beecham, conductor

    17:57
  • 2:18 PM

    Sir Roger de Coverley (A Christmas Dance)

    Frank Bridge

    Frank Bridge, Frederick Delius

    New Zealand Chamber Orchestra

    Nicholas Braithwaite, conductor

    4:23
  • 2:06 PM

    Divertimento

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Ensemble Wien-Berlin

    Vienna-Berlin Ensemble

    10:58
  • 2:01 PM

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    4:27
  • 1:53 PM

    Messiah: O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Messiah

    Dunedin Consort and Players

    John Butt, conductor

    Annie Gill, contralto

    5:12
  • 1:18 PM

    Symphony No. 2

    Franz Schubert

    Franz Schubert: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 4

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Jonathan Nott, conductor

    34:00
  • 1:06 PM

    Variations Concertantes

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Felix Mendelssohn: Complete Works for Cello and Piano

    Marcy Rosen, cello

    9:35
  • 1:01 PM

    Choro de Saudade

    Agustin Barrios

    Aire Latino: Latin American Music for Guitar

    David Russell, guitar

    4:50
  • 12:43 PM

    The Incredible Flutist: Suite

    Walter Piston

    American Masters 2

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    15:50
  • 12:37 PM

    Christmas Medley

    Various

    Joy to the World

    Empire Brass & Friends

    4:19
  • 12:27 PM

    Gloriana: Courtly Dances

    Benjamin Britten

    Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf, Britten: Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    10:19
  • 12:16 PM

    Four Scottish Dances

    Malcolm Arnold

    Arnold: Dances

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Bryden Thomson, conductor

    8:20
  • 12:07 PM

    Egmont Overture

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphony No 3

    Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    9:04
  • 12:01 PM

    Oskar Ekberg, piano

    4:39
  • 11:41 AM

    Peer Gynt Suite No. 2

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg: Peer Gynt Suites 1 & 2, etc.

    San Francisco Symphony

    Herbert Blomstedt, conductor

    17:03
  • 11:24 AM

    Symphony No. 25

    Michael Haydn

    Michael Haydn: Symphonies

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    16:04
  • 11:18 AM

    Angels We Have Heard on High

    Traditional French

    Christmas Harp Music

    Ayako Shinozaki, harp

    3:14
  • 11:06 AM

    Children's Games (Jeux d'enfants)

    Georges Bizet

    Bizet: Carmen, L'Arlesienne, etc.

    Orchestra of Toulouse

    Michel Plasson, conductor

    11:49
  • 11:01 AM

    String Quartet No. 4: 1st movement

    Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Arabella String Quartet

    4:46
  • 10:49 AM

    Spanish Overture No. 2 "Summer Night in Madrid"

    Mikhail Glinka

    Glinka: Capriccio Brillante / Overture in D Major / Souvenir D'Une Nuit D'Ete A Madrid

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vassily Sinaisky, conductor

    8:59
  • 10:30 AM

    Swan Lake: Dance of the Swans

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tschaikowsky: Der Schwanensee

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    Joseph Silverstein, violin

    17:34
  • 10:24 AM

    3 German Carols

    Traditional

    Christmas Gift

    Solid Brass

    4:37
  • 10:06 AM

    English Suite No. 2

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    JS Bach: Partitas Nos. 1 & 2, English Suites Nos. 2 & 3

    Anne-Marie McDermott, piano

    16:57
  • 10:01 AM

    Symphonic Suite for Strings: Prelude

    Marion Bauer

    Marion Bauer: American Youth Concerto

    Ambache Chamber Orchestra and Ensemble

    4:39
  • 9:36 AM

    Symphony No. 7

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 7

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Colin Davis, conductor

    22:18
  • 9:21 AM

    String Quartet No. 9

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: The Early String Quartets

    Hagen Quartet

    14:09
  • 9:15 AM

    Coventry Carol; Good King Wenceslas

    Traditional

    Canadian Brass

    4:36
  • 9:01 AM

    New York Philharmonic

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin

    13:11
  • 8:35 AM

    Faithful Shepherd: Suite

    George Frideric Handel

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    23:09
  • 8:31 AM

    I Saw a Maiden

    Traditional

    In dulci jubilo: Choral Music for Advent and Christmas

    Harmonia Sacra

    Peter Leech, conductor

    3:16
  • 8:01 AM

    The Golden Spinning Wheel

    Antonin Dvorak

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor

    28:21
  • 7:33 AM

    Cello Concerto No. 1

    Victor Herbert

    Victor Herbert: Cello Concertos Nos. 1 and 2

    Ulster Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    Mark Kosower, cello

    25:23
  • 7:29 AM

    O Christmas Tree

    Traditional

    Christmas With The Pops: Traditional Christmas Favorites

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    3:16
  • 7:02 AM

    Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Handel Variations

    Emanuel Ax, piano

    25:55
  • 6:27 AM

    Enigma Variations

    Edward Elgar

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Bryden Thomson, conductor

    31:24
  • 6:21 AM

    In the Bleak Midwinter

    Harold Darke

    Carols without Words

    Studio Orchestra

    4:56
  • 6:01 AM

    Symphony No. 31 "Paris"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 31, 36 & 38

    London Mozart Players

    Jane Glover, conductor

    18:21