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  • 5:52 AM

    Nocturne No. 18

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin

    Maria Joao Pires, piano

    6:19
  • 5:11 AM

    String Quartet

    Ethel Smyth

    Villiers Quartet

    39:32
  • 5:06 AM

    Five Meditations: What Sweeter Music

    John Rutter

    Distant Land

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    John Rutter, conductor

    4:00
  • 5:01 AM

    Daniel's Chaconne

    Ronn McFarlane

    Fermi's Paradox

    Ronn McFarlane, lute

    4:49
  • 4:49 AM

    Symphony No. 5: Adagietto

    Gustav Mahler

    Mahler: Symphony No. 5

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    9:45
  • 4:22 AM

    Cello Sonata No. 1

    Johannes Brahms

    Reflection: Works by Robert and Clara Schumann and Brahms

    Helene Grimaud, piano

    25:21
  • 4:18 AM

    There is no rose

    Adrian Peacock

    Morning Star

    Gesualdo Six

    Owain Park, conductor

    3:01
  • 4:07 AM

    Rhapsody for Saxophone and Orchestra

    Claude Debussy

    20th Century French Masterpieces

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    Sigurd Rascher, saxophone

    10:15
  • 4:01 AM

    The Bells of St. Genevieve

    Marin Marais

    Strings! The Definitive Collection

    Guildhall Strings

    4:47
  • 3:55 AM

    O Holy Night

    Adolphe Adam

    Christmas Piano with Alexis

    Alexis Ffrench, piano

    3:08
  • 3:20 AM

    Symphony No. 4

    Florence Price

    Florence Price: Symphony No. 4; William Dawson: Negro Folk Symphony

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    33:44
  • 3:13 AM

    Tales of Hoffmann: Barcarolle

    Jacques Offenbach

    Chorus of the Theatre Royal de la Monnaie

    Sylvain Cambreling, conductor

    Jessye Norman, soprano

    Ann Murray, mezzo-soprano

    4:20
  • 3:06 AM

    Bright Star

    Margaret Bonds

    Bright Star

    Lara Downes, piano

    1:27
  • 3:01 AM

    Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello

    4:35
  • 2:49 AM

    Violin Sonata No. 6

    Arcangelo Corelli

    Corelli: Violin Sonatas, Op. 5

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    9:37
  • 2:17 AM

    Symphony No. 3

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: The Complete Symphonies

    Lahti Symphony Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    30:39
  • 2:12 AM

    The Snowman: Walking in the Air

    Howard Blake

    Christmas at the Movies

    Michael Chertock, piano

    3:21
  • 2:06 AM

    Fantasy for Flute and Orchestra

    Gabriel Faure

    Celebration for Flute and Orchestra

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Steuart Bedford, conductor

    William Bennett, flute

    5:12
  • 2:01 AM

    Song without Words

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Dreaming

    Sara Sant'Ambrogio, cello

    4:45
  • 1:46 AM

    St. Paul's Suite

    Gustav Holst

    Wilson: St. Kentigern Suite

    Scottish Ensemble

    Jonathan Rees, conductor

    11:56
  • 1:41 AM

    A Melrose Rhapsody

    Helen Leach

    Diary of the Bee: Chamber Works by Helen Leach

    Benedict Holland, violin

    4:28
  • 1:21 AM

    Horn Concerto No. 2

    Richard Strauss

    Strauss: Horn Concertos Nos. 1 & 2, Britten: Serenade Op. 31

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Ingo Metzmacher, conductor

    Marie Luise Neunecker, horn

    18:52
  • 1:12 AM

    Four Carols: Good People All, This Christmastime; Still, Still, Still; Cherry Tree Carol; The Holly and the Ivy

    Traditional

    Adagio Trio

    6:44
  • 1:06 AM

    Festival March

    Antonin Dvorak

    Rochester Philharmonic

    David Zinman, conductor

    5:39
  • 1:01 AM

    A Scotts Tune; A Scots Tune; Swit Sant Nickola

    Anonymous Scottish

    softLOUD

    Sean Shibe, guitar

    4:49
  • 12:42 AM

    Blackberry Winter

    Conni Ellisor

    Conversations in Silence

    Nashville Chamber Orchestra

    Paul Gambill, conductor

    Stephen Seifert, mountain dulcimer and Tennessee music box

    16:46
  • 12:41 AM

    Blackberry Winter

    Conni Ellisor

    Conversations in Silence

    Nashville Chamber Orchestra

    Paul Gambill, conductor

    Stephen Seifert, mountain dulcimer and Tennessee music box

    16:46
  • 12:21 AM

    Piano Sonata

    Cecile Chaminade

    Chaminade: Piano Music 3

    Peter Jacobs, piano

    18:45
  • 12:12 AM

    Night Revels

    Leevi Madetoja

    Music by Leevi Madetoja & Tauno Pylkkanen

    Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Jorma Panula, conductor

    7:59
  • 12:07 AM

    Carol of the Bells

    Mikola Leontovich

    Christmas Goes Baroque 2

    Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia

    Peter Breiner, conductor

    4:01
  • 12:00 AM

    Swan Lake: Waltz

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Mussorgsky: Pictures at an exhibition

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    6:59
  • 11:42 PM

    Faust Ballet Music

    Charles Gounod

    Gounod: Faust

    Orchestra of Toulouse

    Michel Plasson, conductor

    16:23
  • 11:27 PM

    Symphony No. 4

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    14:28
  • 11:15 PM

    Scheherazade: The Sea and Sinbad's Ship

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor

    10:39
  • 11:08 PM

    Oriental Wind

    Joe Hisaishi

    Dream Songs

    Studio Orchestra

    Joe Hisaishi, piano

    5:30
  • 11:04 PM

    White Christmas

    Irving Berlin

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

    Hampton String Quartet

    3:42
  • 11:00 PM

    Valse "Snowstorm"

    Georgy Sviridov

    From Russia with Harp

    Sasha Boldachev, harp

    3:03
  • 10:46 PM

    Spitfire Prelude and Fugue

    William Walton

    Walton: Battle of Britain Suite, Etc

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    8:35
  • 10:40 PM

    Navarra

    Pablo de Sarasate

    Sarasate: Music For Violin And Orchestra 3

    Navarra Symphony Orchestra

    Ernest Martinez Izquierdo, conductor

    Tianwa Yang, violin

    6:25
  • 10:34 PM

    Evening Rhapsody (Abends-Rhapsodie)

    Joachim Raff

    Revelations

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Francesco d'Avalos, conductor

    5:11
  • 10:30 PM

    Good King Wenceslas

    Traditional

    Empire Brass

    2:29
  • 10:26 PM

    Make a Joyful Noise

    Frank Denson

    Empire Brass & Friends

    4:02
  • 10:16 PM

    Roman Carnival Overture

    Hector Berlioz

    Berlioz: 5 Overtures

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Alexander Gibson, conductor

    9:10
  • 10:03 PM

    Miniatures

    William Grant Still

    Vintage America

    Calico Winds

    12:22
  • 9:53 PM

    Handelian Rhapsody

    Percy Grainger

    Grainger: Piano Transcriptions

    Piers Lane, piano

    6:18
  • 9:29 PM

    Faithful Shepherd: Suite

    George Frideric Handel

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    23:09
  • 9:09 PM

    Merry Mount Suite

    Howard Hanson

    Howard Hanson: Symphony No. 1, Merry Mount Suites

    Nashville Symphony Orchestra

    Kenneth Schermerhorn, conductor

    17:49
  • 9:04 PM

    Here We Come a-Wassailing (Wassail Song)

    Traditional

    Carols from Clare

    Clare College Singers

    John Rutter, conductor

    4:08
  • 9:00 PM

    Four Characteristic Waltzes: Rustic Waltz

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Coleridge-Taylor: Hiawatha OVerture / Petite Suite

    RTE Concert Orchestra

    Adrian Leaper, conductor

    3:01
  • 6:46 PM

    Florida Suite: Daybreak

    Frederick Delius

    Vaughan Williams and Delius

    English Symphony Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    11:55
  • 6:21 PM

    Symphony No. 96 "Miracle"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    24:22
  • 6:16 PM

    Nocturne

    Cecile Chaminade

    Chaminade: Piano Music 2

    Peter Jacobs, piano

    4:37
  • 6:10 PM

    Festival Fanfare

    John Wasson

    Horns For The Holidays

    Dallas Wind Symphony

    Jerry Junkin, conductor

    3:43
  • 6:06 PM

    The Seasons: November (Troika)

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Seasons, etc.

    Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra

    Leonid Grin, conductor

    3:13
  • 6:01 PM

    Memories of the Alhambra

    Francisco Tarrega

    Guitar Favourites

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    4:36
  • 5:28 PM

    Scottish Fantasy

    Max Bruch

    Jean Sibelius: Concerto for Violin in D minor, Op. 47, Max Bruch: Scottish Fantasy for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 46

    Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    Midori, violin

    30:30
  • 5:17 PM

    English Folk Song Suite

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams: Piano Concerto / The Wasps / English Folk Song Suite / The Running Set

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    James Judd, conductor

    9:08
  • 5:11 PM

    Wexford Carol; Gloucestershire Wassail

    Traditional

    Christmas Spirit

    Mainstreet Brass Quintet

    4:40
  • 5:06 PM

    7 Landler

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    BEETHOVEN, L. van: Bagatelles and Dances, Vol. 1

    Jeno Jando, piano

    4:00
  • 5:01 PM

    Conga del Fuego

    Arturo Marquez

    Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    4:46
  • 4:49 PM

    Cantilena and Finale

    Carlos Guastavino

    "Impresiones"

    Camerata Bariloche

    9:43
  • 4:29 PM

    L'Arlesienne Suite No. 2

    Georges Bizet

    Bizet/Serebrier: Carmen Symphony

    Barcelona Symphony Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    18:06
  • 4:23 PM

    Concert Variations on "O Tannenbaum"

    Carlos Salzedo

    Christmas Harp

    Xavier de Maistre, harp

    3:41
  • 4:06 PM

    Concerto for 2 Orchestras No. 3

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks, Concerti a due cori

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    16:28
  • 4:01 PM

    Paper Moon

    Manos Hadjidakis

    Paper Moon: Songs by Manos Hadjidakis

    Elena Papandreou, guitar

    4:36
  • 3:56 PM

    Paul O'Dette, lute

    2:47
  • 3:53 PM

    The Little Match Girl: Prelude

    August Enna

    Danish National Orchestra

    Thomas Dausgaard, conductor

    5:28
  • 3:36 PM

    Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 2

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: Ancient Airs And Dances, Etc

    Chamber Orchestra of Lausanne

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    18:51
  • 3:23 PM

    Rienzi: Overture

    Richard Wagner

    German Overtures

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Christian Thielemann, conductor

    11:38
  • 3:09 PM

    "Twinkle, Twinkle" Variations (Ah, vous dirai-je, maman)

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    For Children

    Helen Huang, piano

    12:54
  • 3:00 PM

    Rodeo: Buckaroo Holiday

    Aaron Copland

    The Essence of America: Aaron Copland

    San Francisco Symphony

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    7:31
  • 2:55 PM

    Sleigh Ride

    Leroy Anderson

    This Christmas with Imani Winds

    Imani Winds

    2:46
  • 2:46 PM

    Violin Concerto: 3rd movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Violin Concerto, Double Concerto

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    Gil Shaham, violin

    7:29
  • 2:43 PM

    Orchestral Suite No. 2: Badinerie

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    James Galway - Celebrating 70: A Collection of Personal Favorites

    Wurttemberg Chamber Orchestra

    Jorg Faerber, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    1:19
  • 2:36 PM

    Berceuse (Lullaby)

    Frederic Chopin

    The Complete Piano Works of Chopin, Vol 5: Masterpieces & Miniatures

    Garrick Ohlsson, piano

    5:58
  • 2:31 PM

    Gnomentanz (Dance of the Gnomes)

    David Popper

    Wendy Warner plays Popper and Piatigorsky

    Wendy Warner, cello

    3:32
  • 2:25 PM

    Perpetuum mobile

    Simon Jeffes

    "Still Life" At The Penguin Cafe

    BBC Concert Orchestra

    Barry Wordsworth, conductor

    4:29
  • 2:19 PM

    O Holy Night

    Adolphe Adam

    Christmas from Norway

    Norwegian Radio Orchestra

    Christian Eggen, conductor

    Lise Davidsen, soprano

    4:58
  • 2:17 PM

    The Musical Box

    Anatol Liadov

    Liadov: The Enchanted Lake, and other orchestral works.

    Mexico City Philharmonic Orchestra

    Enrique Batiz, conductor

    1:34
  • 2:07 PM

    Eugene Onegin: Waltz

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky Waltzes

    Houston Symphony Orchestra

    Sergiu Comissiona, conductor

    6:40
  • 2:04 PM

    Roma Suite: A Roma Dance

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Coleridge-Taylor: Hiawatha OVerture / Petite Suite

    RTE Concert Orchestra

    Adrian Leaper, conductor

    2:03
  • 2:04 PM

    Eugene Onegin: Waltz

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky Waltzes

    Houston Symphony Orchestra

    Sergiu Comissiona, conductor

    6:40
  • 1:57 PM

    Philip Jones Brass Ensemble

    2:00
  • 1:49 PM

    Die Meistersinger von Nurmberg (The Mastersingers of Nuremburg): Dance; Finale

    Richard Wagner

    Reiner Conducts Wagner

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Fritz Reiner, conductor

    6:18
  • 1:43 PM

    Cantata No. 62: Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    The Baroque Christmas Album

    Monteverdi Choir

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    4:28
  • 1:29 PM

    Concerto for Oboe and Violin

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Il Giardino Armonico

    Giovanni Antonini, conductor

    Avi Avital, mandolin

    12:28
  • 1:21 PM

    Crown Imperial

    William Walton

    Walton: Belshazzar's Feast/ Henry V Suite

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    6:51
  • 1:15 PM

    A Carol Symphony

    Victor Hely-Hutchinson

    CHRISTMAS WITH THE 5 BROWNS

    The 5 Browns

    4:45
  • 1:09 PM

    Thais: Meditation

    Jules Massenet

    A La Carte

    Abbey Road Ensemble

    Lawrence Foster, conductor

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    4:36
  • 1:04 PM

    The Royal Palaces Suite: The Ballroom in Buckingham Palace

    Arthur Bliss

    Bliss: Film Music

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Rumon Gamba, conductor

    4:00
  • 12:53 PM

    Les Boreades Suite

    Jean-Philippe Rameau

    Rameau: Suites

    Orchestra of the 18th Century

    Frans Bruggen, conductor

    18:55
  • 12:46 PM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn, Hummel, Etc.: Trumpet Concertos

    German Chamber Philharmonic

    Alison Balsom, trumpet

    14:38
  • 12:34 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 4: Rondo

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: The Complete Piano Concertos

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Andrew Constantine, conductor

    Stewart Goodyear, piano

    10:05
  • 12:31 PM

    Swedish Polka

    Hugo Alfven

    Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra

    Okko Kamu, conductor

    2:09
  • 12:21 PM

    Suite for Strings: Finale

    Ethel Smyth

    South German Chamber Orchestra Pforzheim

    Douglas Bostock, conductor

    8:19
  • 12:16 PM

    A Canadian Brass Christmas Card

    Howard Cable

    A Christmas Gloria

    Canadian Brass

    4:12
  • 12:10 PM

    Hungarian Dances: Selected

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Hungarian Dances

    Budapest Festival Orchestra

    Ivan Fischer, conductor

    Andras Keller, violin

    4:35
  • 12:04 PM

    Staatskapelle Weimar

    Peter Gulke, conductor

    4:38
  • 11:50 AM

    Sigurd Jorsalfar: Homage March

    Edvard Grieg

    Sibelius: Finlandia, Valse Triste; Grieg: Sigurd Jorsalfar

    Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    8:46
  • 11:29 AM

    Symphony No. 35 "Haffner"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 35 & 38

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Colin Davis, conductor

    19:27
  • 11:26 AM

    The Nutcracker: March

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Ballet Suites for Piano Duo

    Mari Kodama, piano

    2:21
  • 11:17 AM

    Straussiana

    Erich Korngold

    Strauss, Liszt, Korngold, Busoni, Schreker

    Orchestra de la Suisse Romande

    Kazuki Yamada, conductor

    7:14
  • 11:06 AM

    Trumpet Concerto No. 2

    Johann Hertel

    J.C. & J.W. Hertel: Trumpet Concertos

    Wurttemberg Chamber Orchestra

    Wolfgang Bauer, conductor

    Wolfgang Bauer, trumpet

    10:28
  • 11:01 AM

    String Symphony No. 5: 1st movement

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn String Symphonies

    Amadeus Ensemble

    Agnieszka Duczmal, conductor

    4:48
  • 10:41 AM

    Le Tombeau de Couperin

    Maurice Ravel

    The French Connection

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    16:51
  • 10:23 AM

    Harp Concertino

    Germaine Tailleferre

    Women's Philharmonic

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    Gillian Benet, harp

    16:01
  • 10:17 AM

    See Amid the Winter's Snow

    Traditional

    A Traditional Christmas Collection

    The Sixteen

    Harry Christophers, conductor

    Margaret Philips, organ

    4:50
  • 10:06 AM

    Rosen aus dem Suden (Roses from the South) Waltz

    Johann Strauss, Jr.

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    10:33
  • 10:01 AM

    Seville

    Isaac Albeniz

    Guitare Festival

    Turibio Santos, guitar

    4:33
  • 9:44 AM

    London Suite

    Eric Coates

    The Music of Eric Coates

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Groves, conductor

    14:23
  • 9:39 AM

    The Holly and the Ivy

    Traditional

    This Christmas with Imani Winds

    Imani Winds

    3:48
  • 9:22 AM

    Five Pieces in Folk-Style

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann: Cello Concerto

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    16:07
  • 9:01 AM

    Symphony No. 78

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies Nos 78 & 102

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    19:48
  • 8:29 AM

    Symphony No. 5

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Symphonien Nos 5 & 8 "Unfinished"

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    29:45
  • 8:22 AM

    Up Good Christen Folk and Listen; In the Bleak Midwinter

    Harold Darke

    Christmas Carols from King's College

    Choir of King's College, Cambridge

    David Willcocks, conductor

    Stephen Varcoe, baritone

    5:51
  • 8:01 AM

    Cello Concerto

    Georg Matthias Monn

    Jian Wang: The Baroque Album

    Camerata Salzburg

    Jian Wang, cello

    19:08
  • 7:25 AM

    Symphony No. 2

    Zdenek Fibich

    Fibich: Symphonies Nos 2 & 3

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    33:21
  • 7:19 AM

    Silent Night

    Franz Gruber

    Christmas Wonderland

    Lahti Symphony Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    5:24
  • 7:01 AM

    Horn Concerto

    Franz Pokorny

    Horn Concertos

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Iona Brown, conductor

    Hermann Baumann, horn

    16:00
  • 6:54 AM

    Coventry Carol

    Traditional English

    Christmas with Sonos Handbells

    Sonos Handbell Ensemble

    James Meredith, conductor

    3:53
  • 6:50 AM

    Consolation No. 3

    Franz Liszt

    Live at the Mariinsky

    George Li, piano

    4:02
  • 6:02 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Edward Elgar

    Concert Recording

    Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Daniel Harding, conductor

    Frank Peter Zimmermann, violin

    46:25