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  • 5:52 AM

    Closing

    Philip Glass

    Sonic Wires

    Katia Labeque, piano

    5:44
  • 5:29 AM

    Concerto for Two Pianos

    Bryce Dessner

    El Chan

    Paris Orchestra

    Matthias Pintscher, conductor

    Katia Labeque, piano

    22:38
  • 5:24 AM

    Cloud

    yMusic

    YMUSIC

    yMusic

    3:13
  • 5:11 AM

    Lignum

    Jekabs Jancevskis

    Songs of Fate

    Kremerata Baltica

    Alina Vizine, Zane Kalnina, Rakele Chijenaite, svilpaunieki

    12:15
  • 5:06 AM

    Ave Maria

    Alfred Momotenko

    Momotenko: Creator of Angels - Choral Works

    Latvian Radio Choir

    Sigvards Klava, conductor

    3:37
  • 5:01 AM

    Reflections on the Nature of Water: Crystalline; Fleet

    Jacob Druckman

    Paddle to the Sea

    Third Coast Percussion

    4:49
  • 4:52 AM

    Cerulean: Lullaby

    David Biedenbender

    Ex Machina

    Donald Sinta Quartet

    5:48
  • 4:17 AM

    Viola Concerto

    Magnus Lindberg

    Magnus Lindberg: Viola Concerto, Absence, Serenades

    Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Nicholas Collon, conductor

    Lawrence Power, viola

    33:31
  • 4:07 AM

    Baltic Sketches

    Stephen Scott

    Stephen Scott: Ice and Fire

    The Bowed Piano Ensemble

    7:57
  • 4:01 AM

    Pol

    Johann Johannsson

    Johann Johannsson: 12 Conversations with Thilo Heinzmann

    Echo Collective

    4:33
  • 3:42 AM

    Images, Book 1

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Images; Children's Corner; Suite Bergamasque; L'Isle Joyeuse

    Seong-Jin Cho, piano

    16:14
  • 3:19 AM

    Tamara

    Mily Balakirev

    Danse Macabre

    Montreal Symphony Orchestra

    Kent Nagano, conductor

    22:01
  • 3:14 AM

    O Come, O Come Emmanuel

    Traditional

    Home for the Holidays

    Genghis Barbie

    3:17
  • 3:06 AM

    Romance for Violin and Orchestra

    Johan Svendsen

    Violin Romances

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    Gil Shaham, violin

    6:49
  • 3:01 AM

    Lute Suite "L'Infidele": Sarabande

    Silvius Weiss

    L'infidele

    Jon Mendle, archguitar

    4:48
  • 2:42 AM

    Concertino for Horn

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Carl Maria von Weber: Wind Concertos

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Alexander Janiczek, conductor

    Alec Frank-Gemmill, horn

    16:10
  • 2:25 AM

    Piano Quartet

    Arthur Bliss

    Bliss: Chamber Music, Vol. 2

    Peter Donohoe, piano

    15:33
  • 2:20 AM

    Sir Roger de Coverley (A Christmas Dance)

    Frank Bridge

    Frank Bridge, Frederick Delius

    New Zealand Chamber Orchestra

    Nicholas Braithwaite, conductor

    4:23
  • 2:12 AM

    La Sylphide

    Louise Farrenc

    FARRENC, L.: Piano Works (Complete), Vol. 3 - Rondeaux

    Maria Stratigou, piano

    7:00
  • 2:06 AM

    Impromptu No. 2

    Franz Schubert

    Marie-Pierre Langlamet, harp

    5:10
  • 2:01 AM

    Pavane and Gigue

    William Byrd

    Stokowski's Symphonic Baroque

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    4:43
  • 1:54 AM

    Notturno

    Fanny Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn

    Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano

    4:15
  • 12:49 AM

    Symphony No. 4: Finale

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Dvorak: Symphony No. 4, Serenade for Strings

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    8:56
  • 12:45 AM

    Shepherd's Pipe Carol

    John Rutter

    Bach Choir

    David Willcocks, conductor

    3:01
  • 12:25 AM

    Symphony No. 1 "Night in the Tropics"

    Louis Moreau Gottschalk

    Gottschalk, Vol. 2

    Utah Symphony Orchestra

    Maurice Abravanel, conductor

    18:58
  • 12:18 AM

    Scherzo on Tropical Airs

    Santos Cifuentes

    Inca Trail Connections

    Norwegian Radio Orchestra

    Miguel Harth-Bedoya, conductor

    6:48
  • 12:00 AM

    Concerto

    Johann Heinichen

    Heinichen: Dresden Concerti

    Musica Antiqua Cologne

    Reinhard Goebel, conductor

    16:38
  • 11:42 PM

    German Dances and Trios

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Symphony No. 5

    Moscow Virtuosi

    Vladimir Spivakov, conductor

    16:12
  • 11:25 PM

    The Lark Ascending

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Elgar: Violin Concerto, Vaughan Williams: The Lark

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Colin Davis, conductor

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    16:11
  • 11:15 PM

    Alborada del Gracioso (Morning Song of the Jester)

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel: L'enfant Et Les Sortileges; Sheherazade

    Saito Kinen Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    8:00
  • 11:12 PM

    A Christmas Carol

    Charles Ives

    Nativitas: American Carols

    Kansas City Chorale

    Charles Bruffy, conductor

    1:57
  • 11:07 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 2 "Concord": The Alcotts

    Charles Ives

    Ives Denk

    Jeremy Denk, piano

    5:02
  • 10:46 PM

    Motet: Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: The Six Motets

    The Sixteen

    Harry Christophers, conductor

    13:50
  • 10:31 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 9

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Mari Kodama, piano

    13:34
  • 10:26 PM

    Deck the Halls (In Dulci Jubilo)

    Traditional English

    Christmas Tradition

    Canadian Brass

    Eric Robertson, organ

    3:01
  • 10:21 PM

    Nordic Folk Dances: The Elf-Maids and the Hunters

    Emil Hartmann

    Hartmann: Nordic Folk Dances; Hakon Jarl; A Carnival Feast

    Copenhagen Philharmonic Orchestra

    Bo Holten, conductor

    3:46
  • 10:16 PM

    Petite Suite: Caprice

    Joseph Lauber

    Joseph Lauber, 1864-1952

    Rachel Talitman, harp

    4:53
  • 10:08 PM

    Symphonic Scherzo

    Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov

    Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Donald Johanos, conductor

    7:13
  • 10:03 PM

    Paganini Etude No. 3 "La Campanella"

    Franz Liszt

    Liszt: My Piano Hero

    Lang Lang, piano

    4:46
  • 9:47 PM

    From Tale to Tale: The Months

    Oskar Nedbal

    Nedbal: From Tale To Tale

    Dvorak Chamber Orchestra

    Miroslav Homolka, conductor

    11:49
  • 9:24 PM

    Symphony No. 100 "Military"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies No. 100 Military and No. 103 Drimroll

    Orchestra of St. Luke's

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    22:16
  • 9:15 PM

    Phantasy

    Ina Boyle

    Irish Roots

    Thessaloniki State Symphony Orchestra

    Daniel Geiss, conductor

    Daniel Hope, violin

    6:46
  • 9:09 PM

    Jingle Bells

    James Pierpont

    Duino Soloists

    Antonio Pellegrino, conductor

    5:05
  • 9:00 PM

    La Belle Helene (Beautiful Helene): Overture

    Jacques Offenbach

    Offenbach Overtures

    Lille National Orchestra

    Darrell Ang, conductor

    8:30
  • 6:43 PM

    Capriccio Espagnol

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Tchaikovsky: 1812, Marche Slave, Etc / Järvi, Gothenburg So

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    15:42
  • 6:24 PM

    Keyboard Concerto No. 6

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    J.S. Bach: Complete Keyboard Concertos; J.S. Bach-Vivaldi: Two Concertos

    Moscow Virtuosi

    Saulius Sondeckis, conductor

    Julia Zilberquit, piano

    17:12
  • 6:18 PM

    Wexford Carol

    Traditional Irish

    Christmas Around the World

    West Edge String Quartet

    3:42
  • 6:07 PM

    Four Dances

    Edward Elgar

    Athena Ensemble

    11:38
  • 6:01 PM

    Picturesque Pieces: Pompous Minuet

    Emmanuel Chabrier

    pictures at an exhibition

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    4:33
  • 5:43 PM

    Harp Concerto

    Jean Eichner

    Eichner: Harp Concertos

    Kurpfalz Chamber Orchestra

    Stefan Fraas, conductor

    Silke Aichhorn, harp

    15:44
  • 5:19 PM

    Pulcinella Suite

    Igor Stravinsky

    Stravinsky: Pulcinella; Dumbarton Oaks

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    22:37
  • 5:13 PM

    Winter Wonderland

    Felix Bernard

    Christmas at Steinway Hall

    Simon Mulligan, piano

    4:26
  • 5:06 PM

    Neue Wiener Laendler (New Vienna Landler)

    Joseph Lanner

    Dance Music from Old Vienna

    Tanzquartett Wien

    5:23
  • 5:01 PM

    Scherzo No. 1

    Clara Schumann

    SCHUMANN, C.: Complete Piano Works

    Jozef de Beenhouwer, piano

    4:38
  • 4:48 PM

    Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2

    Franz Liszt

    Mephisto Magic

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    10:03
  • 4:19 PM

    Symphony No. 86

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 85 & 86

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Hugh Wolff, conductor

    28:19
  • 4:13 PM

    Christmas Medley

    Various

    Joy to the World

    Empire Brass & Friends

    4:19
  • 4:07 PM

    Standchen (Serenade)

    Franz Schubert

    Luiza Borac, piano

    5:38
  • 4:01 PM

    Flute Concerto No. 161: Presto

    Johann Quantz

    Quantz: Floetenkonzerte

    Dresden Chamber Soloists

    Johannes Walter, flute

    4:39
  • 3:55 PM

    Cinderella: Happiness Waltz

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Prokofiev: Symphony No. 6; Waltz Suite

    Sao Paulo Symphony Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    3:10
  • 3:37 PM

    Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet, Nutcracker Suite

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Lorin Maazel, conductor

    19:16
  • 3:34 PM

    Four German Carols

    Traditional

    An Old World Christmas

    Berlin Philharmonic Brass

    4:30
  • 3:17 PM

    Missa Solemnis: Gloria

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Missa Solemnis

    Revolutionary and Romantic Orchestra

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    Lucy Crowe, soprano

    15:29
  • 3:09 PM

    What Sweeter Music

    John Rutter

    Stillness and Sweet Harmony

    Cambridge Singers

    John Rutter, conductor

    4:17
  • 3:05 PM

    Cherry Ripe

    Frank Bridge

    Finzi; Parry; Bridge

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    3:15
  • 2:50 PM

    Liebeslieder Walzer (Love-Song Waltzes)

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: The Symphonies

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    12:52
  • 2:41 PM

    Valse-Caprice No. 2

    Gabriel Faure

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    7:33
  • 2:36 PM

    The Bells of Christmas

    Armas Maasalo

    Christmas Wonderland

    Lahti Symphony Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    4:03
  • 2:30 PM

    Symphony No. 5: 2nd movement

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Shostakovich: Symphonies 4, 5 & 6

    Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Klaus Makela, conductor

    5:16
  • 2:25 PM

    Minnesota Winter

    Jeff Lambert

    Dances of Spain and Argentina

    Minneapolis Guitar Quartet

    4:05
  • 2:19 PM

    A Midsummer Night's Dream: Scherzo

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream

    Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jeffrey Tate, conductor

    4:40
  • 2:11 PM

    Colonial Dance

    Florence Price

    Price: Songs of the Oak - Concert Overtures Nos. 1-2

    Wurttemberg Philharmonic Reutlingen

    John Jeter, conductor

    4:15
  • 2:04 PM

    Colonial Song

    Percy Grainger

    Lincolnshire Posy

    Dallas Wind Symphony

    Jerry Junkin, conductor

    6:11
  • 1:50 PM

    Robert le Diable: Pas de cinq

    Giacomo Meyerbeer

    Meyerbeer: Ballet Music From The Operas / Nesterowicz

    Barcelona Symphony Orchestra

    Michal Nesterowicz, conductor

    9:20
  • 1:46 PM

    Turandot: Nessun dorma

    Giacomo Puccini

    Franco Corelli, tenor

    3:00
  • 1:44 PM

    Rigoletto: La donna e mobile

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Enrique Caruso, tenor

    :00
  • 1:42 PM

    The Barber of Seville: Una voce poco fa

    Gioachino Rossini

    Luisa Tetrazzini, soprano

    4:21
  • 1:30 PM

    Symphony No. 9 "From the New World": 4th movement

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Piano Quintets In A, Op.5 & Op.81; Borodin: Quartet

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    11:42
  • 1:25 PM

    The Earle of Oxford's March

    William Byrd

    Philip Jones Brass Ensemble

    3:14
  • 1:22 PM

    A Voluntary, for My Lady Nevell

    William Byrd

    c. 1300-c. 2000

    Jeremy Denk, piano

    3:36
  • 1:11 PM

    Ascanio: Finale

    Camille Saint-Saens

    SAINT-SAËNS, C.: Ascanio: Ballet / Overtures to Stage Works (Malmö Symphony, Märkl)

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra

    Jun Markl, conductor

    3:58
  • 1:04 PM

    Donna Diana Overture

    Emil von Reznicek

    Great Comedy Overtures

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Lance Friedel, conductor

    6:00
  • 12:49 PM

    A Midsummer Night's Dream Suite

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream

    Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jeffrey Tate, conductor

    32:29
  • 12:38 PM

    Concert Piece

    Franz Schubert

    Beethoven, Dvorak, Schubert

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Pinchas Zukerman, conductor

    Pinchas Zukerman, violin

    9:43
  • 12:33 PM

    L'Enfance du Christ: Shepherd's Farewell

    Hector Berlioz

    The Power and the Majesty: Essential Choral Classics

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    3:26
  • 12:23 PM

    Symphony No. 33: Finale

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 31, 33 & 34

    Prague Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    8:43
  • 12:15 PM

    Concerto for Two Oboes

    Tomaso Albinoni

    London Virtuosi

    John Georgiadis, conductor

    Anthony Camden, oboe

    Alison Alty, oboe

    6:53
  • 12:10 PM

    Silent Night

    Franz Gruber

    Noel

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    3:41
  • 12:04 PM

    Ave Maria

    Charles Gounod

    Vida breve

    Stephen Hough, piano

    5:24
  • 11:46 AM

    Jeromita Linares

    Carlos Guastavino

    "Impresiones"

    Camerata Bariloche

    Pablo Cohen, guitar

    11:43
  • 11:39 AM

    Glass Houses: No. 2

    Ann Southam

    Mirrored Glass

    Taktus

    6:51
  • 11:22 AM

    Daphnis and Chloe: Part 3

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel: Daphnis and Chloe

    Radio France Chorus

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    16:01
  • 11:15 AM

    Angel's Dance

    Steven Amundson

    Home for the Holidays

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    John Morris Russell, conductor

    4:31
  • 11:06 AM

    The Merry Wives of Windsor: Overture

    Otto Nicolai

    Wagner: Siegfried Idyll, Boccherini, Dvorak, Faure, Grieg, Nicolai, Ponchielli, Suppe, Tchaikovsky

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    8:40
  • 11:01 AM

    Pecheurs de Nuit

    Cecile Chaminade

    Piano Music by Cecile Chaminade

    Peter Jacobs, piano

    4:33
  • 10:39 AM

    Variations on a Rococo Theme

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky, Miaskovsky, Shostakovich

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Maxim Shostakovich, conductor

    Julian Lloyd Webber, cello

    19:38
  • 10:25 AM

    Guitar Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: Concertos For Guitar And Strings

    I Musici

    Pepe Romero, guitar

    11:58
  • 10:21 AM

    Blessed be that maid Mary

    Traditional English

    Essential Carols

    Choir of King's College, Cambridge

    David Willcocks, conductor

    Simon Preston, organ

    2:36
  • 10:06 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 2

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Complete Mozart Edition, Vol. 17: Piano Sonatas

    Mitsuko Uchida, piano

    14:03
  • 10:01 AM

    Beyond the Fog: Mist

    Gary Schocker

    Garden In Harp - Compositions By Gary Schocker & Emily Mitchell

    Emily Mitchell, harp

    4:31
  • 9:43 AM

    In a Summer Garden

    Frederick Delius

    Delius: Orchestral Works

    Halle Orchestra

    John Barbirolli, conductor

    14:54
  • 9:05 AM

    Octet

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Quartet No. 2 in A Minor, Octet in Eb Major

    Cleveland Quartet

    31:49
  • 9:01 AM

    God Bless the Child

    Billie Holiday/Arthur HerzogJr.

    A Billie Holiday Songbook

    Lara Downes, piano

    3:26
  • 8:40 AM

    Symphony

    Luigi Boccherini

    Boccherini: Seven Symphonies

    Cantilena

    Adrian Shepherd, conductor

    18:22
  • 8:34 AM

    Blue Bird: Christmas Dream

    Engelbert Humperdinck

    Humperdinck: Fairy-Tale Music

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Karl Anton Rickenbacher, conductor

    5:21
  • 8:20 AM

    blue cathedral

    Jennifer Higdon

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Spano, conductor

    12:19
  • 8:01 AM

    Terzetto

    Antonin Dvorak

    Music@Menlo 2008: The Unfolding Of Music Ii, Vol. 3

    Arnaud Sussmann, violin

    17:44
  • 7:24 AM

    Symphony No. 45 "Farewell"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Orchestra of St. Luke's

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    34:03
  • 7:17 AM

    Christmas Overture

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Joy!

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    John Morris Russell, conductor

    5:49
  • 7:01 AM

    Wind Quintet

    Franz Danzi

    Danzi: Wind Quintets, Op. 56 Nos. 1 & 2, Op. 68 Nos. 1 & 2

    Academia Wind Quintet

    15:08
  • 6:21 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 1

    Niccolo Paganini

    Paganini, Spohr: Violin Concertos

    Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    37:37
  • 6:15 AM

    Fantasia on "In Dulci Jubilo"

    David Overton

    In Dulci Jubilo

    Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra

    John Georgiadis, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    4:58
  • 6:01 AM

    Old Wine in New Bottles

    Gordon Jacob

    The Chamber Winds

    Chamber Winds

    11:51