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  • 5:24 AM

    String Quintet "American"

    Antonin Dvorak

    Gyorgy Kurtag: Moments Musicaux and Officium Breve/Antonin Dvorak: String Quintet Op. 97

    Parker Quartet

    Kim Kashkashian, viola

    34:00
  • 5:19 AM

    Winter Wonderland; Jingle Bells

    Traditional

    Christmas Rhapsody

    John Bayless, piano

    4:30
  • 5:06 AM

    Variations on a Swedish Air

    Bernhard Crusell

    Weber Clarinet Concerto No. 1 in F Minor, Op. 73 and works by Crusell, Tartini and Debussy

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor

    Emma Johnson, clarinet

    11:15
  • 5:01 AM

    Music for Symphony Orchestra: Andante

    Yasushi Akutagawa

    Japanese Orchestral Favourites

    Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra

    Ryusuke Numajiri, conductor

    4:42
  • 4:56 AM

    Yuletide Reverie

    Elfrida Andree

    Elfrida Andree: Complete Piano Works

    Oskar Ekberg, piano

    2:15
  • 4:51 AM

    Wake, Awake, for Night is Flying

    Philipp Nicolai

    St. Olaf Christmas Festival 2018: Good News of Great Joy

    St. Olaf Choir

    4:00
  • 4:13 AM

    Symphony No. 2

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann: The Four Symphonies

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Bernard Haitink, conductor

    36:23
  • 4:06 AM

    Piano Sonata: Andante

    Florence Price

    Calefax Reed Ensemble

    5:27
  • 4:01 AM

    Piano Concerto: 2nd movement

    Luise Adolpha Le Beau

    Berlin Chamber Symphony Ensemble

    Jurgen Bruns, conductor

    Katia Tchemberdji, piano

    4:41
  • 3:45 AM

    Der Rosenkavalier: Waltz Sequence No. 1

    Richard Strauss

    Strauss: The Alpine Symphony

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor

    13:29
  • 3:16 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 5 "Egyptian"

    Camille Saint-Saens

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Sakari Oramo, conductor

    Stephen Hough, piano

    26:51
  • 3:08 AM

    The Christmas Song/Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas

    Mel Torme/Hugh Martin/Ralph Blane

    Christmas

    Buzz Brass

    5:45
  • 3:06 AM

    Sonata No. 37

    Niccolo Paganini

    Reverie

    Dale Kavanagh, guitar

    1:45
  • 3:01 AM

    Shepherd's Song

    Han-Kun Sha

    Chinasong | Shanghai Quartet

    Shanghai Quartet

    4:47
  • 2:55 AM

    Lullaby

    Joanna Bruzdowicz

    Modern Lullabies

    Agata Kielar-Dlugosz, flute

    3:16
  • 2:48 AM

    Goldberg Variations: Aria

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Goldberg Variations

    Beatrice Rana, piano

    5:04
  • 2:11 AM

    Symphony No. 2

    Charles Ives

    Charles Ives: Complete Symphonies

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    35:48
  • 2:06 AM

    A Christmas Carol

    Charles Ives

    Carols Around The World

    Quink

    2:17
  • 2:01 AM

    La Sampaguita (The Flower of Manila)

    Dolores Paterno

    Sally Pinkas, piano

    4:46
  • 1:43 AM

    Suite in the Old Style

    Alfred Schnittke

    Moscow Virtuosi

    Vladimir Spivakov, conductor

    15:26
  • 1:18 AM

    Pines of Rome

    Ottorino Respighi

    Oregon Symphony

    James DePreist, conductor

    22:45
  • 1:14 AM

    Festival Fanfare

    John Wasson

    Horns For The Holidays

    Dallas Wind Symphony

    Jerry Junkin, conductor

    3:43
  • 1:06 AM

    Rondo

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Piano Sonatas, Fantasias

    Alicia de Larrocha, piano

    6:26
  • 1:01 AM

    Madrigal-Pavana

    Francisco Braga

    Serenata: Brazilian Music for Chamber Orchestra

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Neil Thomson, conductor

    4:35
  • 12:47 AM

    Roumanian Rhapsody No. 2

    Georges Enescu

    Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Lawrence Foster, conductor

    11:05
  • 12:47 AM

    Roumanian Rhapsody No. 2

    Georges Enescu

    Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Lawrence Foster, conductor

    11:05
  • 12:38 AM

    Petite Suite

    Stephen Paulus

    American Premieres

    Cosmos Trio

    11:10
  • 12:16 AM

    Sinfonia Concertante

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Cello Concertos in C & D, Sinfonia Concertante

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Roger Norrington, conductor

    Marieke Blankestijn, violin

    20:25
  • 12:11 AM

    A Carol Symphony

    Victor Hely-Hutchinson

    CHRISTMAS WITH THE 5 BROWNS

    The 5 Browns

    4:45
  • 12:03 AM

    Abdelazar: Incidental Music

    Henry Purcell

    A Baroque Feast

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    7:02
  • 11:56 PM

    Funny Face: Overture

    George Gershwin

    Gershwin: Overtures

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    5:51
  • 11:34 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 2

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Piano Concertos 1 & 2

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Herbert Blomstedt, conductor

    Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

    20:48
  • 11:24 PM

    Five Pieces

    Anthony Holborne

    Royal Brass: Music from the Renaissance & Baroque

    Empire Brass

    9:12
  • 11:18 PM

    Suite of Carols

    Traditional

    A String Quartet Christmas

    Arturo Delmoni, violin

    4:30
  • 11:01 PM

    Dances of Galanta

    Zoltan Kodaly

    Kodaly: Hary Janos Suite

    Budapest Festival Orchestra

    Ivan Fischer, conductor

    15:47
  • 10:55 PM

    Anthem: Lamentation Over Boston

    William Billings

    That Eternal Day

    Cantus

    5:22
  • 10:42 PM

    Foshay Tower (Washington Memorial)

    John Philip Sousa

    Sousa: Music for Wind Band, Vol. 1

    Royal Artillery Band

    Keith Brion, conductor

    3:07
  • 10:39 PM

    Minnesota March

    John Philip Sousa

    Sousa's Greatest Marches

    Royal Artillery Band

    Keith Brion, conductor

    3:16
  • 10:07 PM

    Finlandia

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Finlandia, Valse Triste; Grieg: Sigurd Jorsalfar

    Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    7:32
  • 10:00 PM

    Songs of the Auvergne: Berceuse

    Joseph Canteloube

    Cantabile

    Prague Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Olivieri-Munroe, conductor

    Sol Gabetta, cello

    2:45
  • 9:51 PM

    Flute Concerto No. 1 "La Tempesta di Mare" ("Storm at Sea")

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: 6 Concerti for Flauto traverso

    Tokyo Bach-Mozart Ensemble

    Masahiro Arita, baroque flute

    7:12
  • 9:31 PM

    L'Arlesienne Suite No. 1

    Georges Bizet

    Mexico City Philharmonic Orchestra

    Enrique Batiz, conductor

    19:08
  • 9:28 PM

    Hungarian Dance No. 5

    Johannes Brahms

    Joseph Alessi: Trombonastics

    Juilliard Alumni Trombone Choir

    Virginia Allen, conductor

    2:52
  • 9:06 PM

    Hamlet Fantasy Overture

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    TCHAIKOVSKY 1812 OVERTURE/THE TEMPEST/HAMLET

    Oregon Symphony

    James DePreist, conductor

    19:53
  • 9:00 PM

    Overture on French Carols

    Philip Lane

    British Light Music Premieres Vol. 2

    Royal Ballet Sinfonia

    Gavin Sutherland, conductor

    5:20
  • 6:45 PM

    Lady Radnor's Suite

    Hubert Parry

    Parry: Symphonic Variations

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Adrian Boult, conductor

    13:19
  • 6:36 PM

    Serenade for Strings: Finale

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Dvorak: Symphony No. 4, Serenade for Strings

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    7:33
  • 6:19 PM

    Les Preludes

    Franz Liszt

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    16:44
  • 6:13 PM

    Christmas Waltzes

    Christmas Music

    Holiday Pops

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Keith Lockhart, conductor

    4:30
  • 6:06 PM

    Intermezzo No. 2

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Piano Pieces Opp. 116-119

    Helene Grimaud, piano

    5:50
  • 6:01 PM

    Concerto Grosso: 2nd movement

    Henry Cowell

    Manhattan Chamber Orchestra

    Richard Auldon Clark, conductor

    4:41
  • 5:49 PM

    Andante and Hungarian Rondo

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Hummel, Weber: Bassoon Concertos

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Klaus Thunemann, bassoon

    9:47
  • 5:25 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 4

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Violin Concertos Nos. 1-5 - Adagio, K. 261 - Rondo, K. 269 & K. 373

    Swedish Chamber Orchestra

    Eivind Aadland, conductor

    Baiba Skride, violin

    22:35
  • 5:18 PM

    Alleluya, A New Work

    Anonymous

    Trio Mediaeval: Aquilonis

    Trio Mediaeval

    4:39
  • 5:06 PM

    17 Landler

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Complete Dances for Piano

    Michael Endres, piano

    11:13
  • 5:01 PM

    String Quartet: 3rd movement

    Florence Price

    UNCOVERED Vol. 2

    Catalyst Quartet

    4:26
  • 4:49 PM

    L'Africaine: Indian March

    Giacomo Meyerbeer

    Meyerbeer: Ballet Music From The Operas / Nesterowicz

    Barcelona Symphony Orchestra

    Michal Nesterowicz, conductor

    8:45
  • 4:22 PM

    Symphony No. 8

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 7 and 9

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    25:05
  • 4:16 PM

    Three German Carols

    Traditional

    CHRISTMAS WITH SOLID BRASS

    Solid Brass

    4:38
  • 4:06 PM

    Sonata No. 5

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Alexander's Feast, 3 Oboe Concertos, Sonata A 5

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    9:22
  • 4:01 PM

    Piano Sonata "Easter": 1st movement

    Fanny Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn

    Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano

    4:43
  • 3:55 PM

    Slavonic Dance No. 11

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Symphony No. 6; Two Slavonic Dances

    Houston Symphony Orchestra

    Andres Orozco-Estrada, conductor

    3:38
  • 3:45 PM

    Cello Concerto: 3rd movement

    Antonin Dvorak

    The Essential Yo-Yo Ma

    New York Philharmonic

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    12:50
  • 3:37 PM

    Slavonic Dance No. 16

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Slavonic dances, Opp. 46 & 72

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vaclav Neumann, conductor

    7:05
  • 3:30 PM

    Norma: Casta diva

    Vincenzo Bellini

    The Opera Album

    Orchestra of La Scala, Milan

    Tullio Serafin, conductor

    Maria Callas, soprano

    5:34
  • 3:12 PM

    Suite for Strings

    Arthur Foote

    American Stringbook

    do.gma chamber orchestra

    Mikhail Gurewitsch, conductor

    16:11
  • 3:06 PM

    Romance

    Clara Schumann

    SCHUMANN, C.: Complete Piano Works

    Jozef de Beenhouwer, piano

    5:22
  • 3:00 PM

    Fairytale Sleighride

    Adam Saunders

    Another Night Before Christmas And Scrooge

    Royal Ballet Sinfonia

    Gavin Sutherland, conductor

    4:30
  • 2:49 PM

    Grand Canyon Suite: On the Trail

    Ferde Grofe

    Out West!

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    7:24
  • 2:39 PM

    Symphony No. 40

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart Symphonies Nos 35,40,41

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    26:30
  • 2:30 PM

    Karelia Overture

    Jean Sibelius

    Land of a Thousand Lakes, The Beauty of Finnish National Romanticism

    Tampere Philharmonic

    Tuomas Ollila, conductor

    6:56
  • 2:26 PM

    Two Waltzes

    Germaine Tailleferre

    Germaine Tailleferre: Music for 2 Pianos & Piano 4 Hands

    Mark Clinton, piano

    3:14
  • 2:22 PM

    Magnificat: Deposuit

    Taylor Scott Davis

    A Choral Christmas

    Voces8

    Jack Liebeck, conductor

    3:01
  • 2:18 PM

    O sacrum convivium

    Olivier Messiaen

    Vaughan Williams: Mass In G Minor, And Other A Cappella Works

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chamber Chorus

    Norman Mackenzie, conductor

    3:07
  • 2:09 PM

    The Merchant of Venice: Suite: A la Valse

    Arthur Sullivan

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Vivian Dunn, conductor

    4:55
  • 2:04 PM

    String Quartet No. 4: 4th movement

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Quartets Nos. 4 & 14

    Tokyo String Quartet

    4:25
  • 1:48 PM

    First Suite

    Gustav Holst

    Composer's Collection: Gustav Holst

    North Texas Wind Symphony

    Eugene Corporon, conductor

    10:35
  • 1:46 PM

    Personent Hodie

    Gustav Holst

    Christmas With The Academy

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    1:41
  • 1:38 PM

    Waltz-Intermezzo

    Frank Bridge

    Showpieces and Encores

    Moscow Chamber Orchestra

    Constantine Orbelian, conductor

    6:13
  • 1:32 PM

    Lyric Pieces: Gade

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg: Lyric Pieces

    Balasz Szokolay, piano

    3:09
  • 1:22 PM

    Symphony No. 2: Finale

    Niels Gade

    Stockholm Sinfonietta

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    8:19
  • 1:17 PM

    Gesu Bambino

    Pietro Yon

    A True North Christmas

    True North Brass

    3:49
  • 1:08 PM

    Novelette "In Eastern Style"

    Alexander Glazunov

    Glazunov: Five Novelettes; String Quartet No. 5

    Saint Petersburg String Quartet

    8:06
  • 1:04 PM

    Fur Elise

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    My Gift To You

    Antonin Kubalek, piano

    2:52
  • 12:51 PM

    Trumpet Sonata No. 1

    Giuseppe Torelli

    Wynton Marsalis: In Gabriel's Garden

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Anthony Newman, conductor

    Wynton Marsalis, trumpet

    7:08
  • 12:45 PM

    Merry Mount: Maypole Dances

    Howard Hanson

    American Visions

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Keith Lockhart, conductor

    4:43
  • 12:30 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 4

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach

    Ensemble Caprice

    Matthias Maute, conductor

    13:55
  • 12:23 PM

    Jeux d'eau (Fountains)

    Maurice Ravel

    Water Music of the Impressionists

    Carol Rosenberger, piano

    5:33
  • 12:14 PM

    Die Fledermaus: Overture

    Johann StraussJr.

    Strauss: Waltzes And Overtures

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Franz Welser-Most, conductor

    7:48
  • 12:10 PM

    Carmen: Intermezzo

    Georges Bizet

    Escape Through Opera

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Leopold Stokowski, conductor

    3:04
  • 12:04 PM

    Adeste fideles

    Sophia Dussek

    Favourite Airs Arranged for the Harp

    Kyunghee Kim-Sutre, harp

    5:17
  • 11:46 AM

    Serenade No. 1: Allegro molto

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Serenade No. 1, etc.

    Ulster Orchestra

    Vernon Handley, conductor

    12:31
  • 11:26 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 2

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Pinchas Zukerman: Complete Recordings on Deutsche Grammophon and Philips

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Pinchas Zukerman, conductor

    Midori, violin

    17:55
  • 11:22 AM

    Carols for Yuletide: Coventry Carol

    Alex Freeman

    Alilo!

    HOL Choir

    Esko Kallio, conductor

    3:25
  • 11:12 AM

    Symphony No. 2: Andante

    Louise Farrenc

    Farrenc: Symphony No. 2 - Overtures Nos. 1 & 2

    North German Radio Symphony

    Johannes Goritzki, conductor

    8:17
  • 11:06 AM

    The Spanish Lady: Suite

    Edward Elgar

    Elgar: Music for Strings

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    5:50
  • 11:01 AM

    Hook: Flight to Neverland

    John Williams

    Celebrating John Williams

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    4:48
  • 10:42 AM

    Don Juan

    Richard Strauss

    Bravura: Respighi, Strauss

    Oregon Symphony

    James DePreist, conductor

    16:42
  • 10:29 AM

    Symphony No. 7

    Georg Anton Benda

    Benda: Sinfonias Nos. 7-12

    Prague Chamber Orchestra

    Christian Benda, conductor

    10:45
  • 10:22 AM

    Divertimento: Frolic

    Sy Brandon

    Almost All-American: 21st-Century Works for Clarinet

    Eileen Grycky, flute

    5:06
  • 10:06 AM

    Symphonie Fantastique: Reveries

    Hector Berlioz

    Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique

    San Francisco Symphony

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    15:43
  • 10:01 AM

    Nativity Carol

    John Rutter

    Christmas Night

    Cambridge Singers

    John Rutter, conductor

    4:24
  • 9:27 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 2

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: The 5 Piano Concertos

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    Rudolf Serkin, piano

    30:51
  • 9:22 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
  • 9:01 AM

    Serenade for Winds

    Emil Hartmann

    Romantic Wind Serenades

    Consortium Classicum

    19:39
  • 8:31 AM

    Symphony No. 39

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphonies 39 & 41

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Jukka-Pekka Saraste, conductor

    27:43
  • 8:25 AM

    Christus: There Shall a Star Come Out of Jacob

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Star Over Bethlehem: Choral Jewels for Christmas

    Choral Arts Society of Washington

    Norman Scribner, conductor

    5:19
  • 8:05 AM

    Symphony No. 3

    Alexander Borodin

    Borodin

    Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

    Bramwell Tovey, conductor

    18:08
  • 8:01 AM

    Scenes in Tin Can Alley: Children at Play

    Florence Price

    Scenes in Tin Can Alley

    John Tatsuo Cullen, piano

    3:07
  • 7:35 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Samuel Barber

    Barber & Meyer Violin Concertos

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Hugh Wolff, conductor

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    23:03
  • 7:29 AM

    Still, Still, Still

    Traditional German

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

    Kelly Yost, piano

    4:55
  • 7:01 AM

    Nights

    Florent Schmitt

    Florent Schmitt: Symphonie Concertante, Reves, Soirs

    Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Robertson, conductor

    26:36
  • 6:20 AM

    Orchestral Suite No. 3

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Suite No. 3 in G; Cappriccio italien; Marche slave; Gopak from 'Mazeppa'

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Adrian Boult, conductor

    38:33
  • 6:15 AM

    Les Petits Pas No. 1/O Come, O Come Emmanuel

    Bernard Andres

    Bernard's Christmas

    Megan Metheney, harp

    4:37
  • 6:01 AM

    Concerto for Trombone

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Trombone Concerti

    Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra

    Chikara Imamura, conductor

    Christian Lindberg, trombone

    11:41