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  • 5:39 AM

    Holberg Suite

    Edvard Grieg

    Norwegian Chamber Orchestra

    Iona Brown, conductor

    19:21
  • 5:24 AM

    Christmas Medley

    Traditional

    Scott Kritzer, guitar

    12:31
  • 5:06 AM

    Orchestral Suite No. 2

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Sonnerie

    Monica Huggett, conductor

    17:45
  • 5:01 AM

    Four Medieval Dances: Galliarde

    Joseph Lauber

    Medieval Dances for Flute and Harp

    Laurel Zucker, flute

    4:47
  • 4:35 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 23 "Appassionata"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Piano Sonatas

    Yundi Li, piano

    23:04
  • 4:17 AM

    Karelia Suite

    Jean Sibelius

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Yoel Levi, conductor

    15:42
  • 4:11 AM

    In the Bleak Midwinter

    Harold Darke

    Christmas with Septura

    Septura

    5:03
  • 4:06 AM

    Semele: Where E'er You Walk

    George Frideric Handel

    Andante Cantabile

    Lynn Harrell, cello

    4:15
  • 4:01 AM

    The Color Purple: Theme

    Quincy Jones

    Varese Sarabande Symphony Orchestra

    David Newman, conductor

    Belinda Broughton, violin

    4:46
  • 3:49 AM

    Vienna 3/4 Time - Waltz Cycle

    Johann Wagenaar

    Wagenaar: Saul En David, Amphitrion, Etc / Riccardo Chailly

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    9:37
  • 3:21 AM

    Serenade for Strings

    Josef Suk

    Dvorak, Suk: String Serenades

    Suk Chamber Orchestra

    Joseph Suk, conductor

    26:47
  • 3:13 AM

    Silent Night

    Franz Gruber

    HOLIDAY CLASSICS

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    6:21
  • 3:06 AM

    Minuet of the Will-o'-the-Wisps

    Hector Berlioz

    Berlioz: La Marseillaise, Etc

    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    5:42
  • 3:01 AM

    Unsent Love Letters

    Elena Kats-Chernin

    Elena Kats-Chernin: Unsent Love Letters: Meditations on Erik Satie

    Tamara-Anna Cislowska, piano

    4:39
  • 2:50 AM

    Resonet in laudibus; Up good Christian folk; The First Noel

    Traditional

    Carols from Trinity

    Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge

    Richard Marlow, conductor

    7:36
  • 12:55 AM

    Chanson russe

    Igor Stravinsky

    Song

    Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello

    3:14
  • 12:37 AM

    The Firebird (L'oiseau de feu): Suite

    Igor Stravinsky

    Stravinsky, Petrouchka: Scherzo a la Russe, The Firebird Suite

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    19:59
  • 12:31 AM

    Clarinet Quintet: 3rd movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Mozart & Brahms

    Pacifica String Quartet

    Anthony McGill, clarinet

    4:34
  • 12:24 AM

    Symphony No. 2 "Ocean": 6th movement

    Anton Rubinstein

    RUBINSTEIN, A.: Symphony No. 2, "Ocean"

    Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra

    Stephen Gunzenhauser, conductor

    6:04
  • 12:18 AM

    O Come, O Come Emmanuel

    Traditional

    A Choral Christmas

    Voces8

    4:46
  • 12:04 AM

    Petite Suite

    Claude Debussy

    Rhapsodie

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    12:57
  • 11:59 PM

    Overture on French Carols

    Philip Lane

    British Light Music Premieres Vol. 2

    Royal Ballet Sinfonia

    Gavin Sutherland, conductor

    5:20
  • 11:48 PM

    Symphony: Finale

    Cesar Franck

    Franck: Symphony in D minor; Les olides

    New York Philharmonic

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    9:48
  • 11:36 PM

    Four Seasons: Autumn

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi Four Seasons

    St. Luke's Chamber Ensemble

    Kyung Wha Chung, violin

    11:04
  • 11:29 PM

    Wedding Cake

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Saint-Saens: Complete Piano Concertos

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Sakari Oramo, conductor

    Stephen Hough, piano

    5:48
  • 11:19 PM

    L'Italiana in Algeri (The Italian Girl in Algiers): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Jaime Laredo, conductor

    8:00
  • 11:04 PM

    It Came upon the Midnight Clear; If ye would hear the angels sing; O little town of Bethlehem; Away in a manger; We three kings

    Christmas Music

    Christmas from Saint Louis

    Saint Louis Chamber Chorus

    Philip Barnes, conductor

    15:00
  • 10:59 PM

    Festival March

    Emil Reesen

    Emil Reesen: Orchestral Works

    Aalborg Symphony Orchestra

    Bo Holten, conductor

    3:39
  • 10:45 PM

    Suite Francaise

    Francis Poulenc

    Paris Orchestra

    Georges Pretre, conductor

    12:22
  • 10:42 PM

    D'un jardin clair (A Sunny Garden)

    Lili Boulanger

    In Memoriam Lili Boulanger

    Emile Naoumoff, piano

    2:20
  • 10:27 PM

    Oboe d'Amore Concerto

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: 3 Oboe Concertos

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Iona Brown, conductor

    Heinz Holliger, oboe d'amore

    14:23
  • 10:22 PM

    Make We Joy Now in this Fest

    William Walton

    A Deep but Dazzling Darkness

    Apollo5

    3:42
  • 10:17 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 1: 2nd movement

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Sibelius, Prokofiev: Violin Concertos

    West German Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Thomas Sondergard, conductor

    Vilde Frang, violin

    3:50
  • 10:13 PM

    Trumpet Voluntary

    John Stanley

    Classic Wynton

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Anthony Newman, conductor

    Wynton Marsalis, trumpet

    3:34
  • 10:01 PM

    Christmas Overture

    Otto Nicolai

    Nicolai: 4 Overtures, Symphony in D Major

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Karl Anton Rickenbacher, conductor

    10:51
  • 9:42 PM

    Serenade for Strings

    Hans Gal

    Late Romantics

    Symphony Nova Scotia

    Georg Tintner, conductor

    15:11
  • 9:28 PM

    Symphony No. 27

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 26, 27, 28, 30 & 32

    London Mozart Players

    Jane Glover, conductor

    14:06
  • 9:17 PM

    O Little Town of Bethlehem; Born on Earth; Hark! the Herald Angels Sing

    Traditional

    Christmas Weekend 16 Favourite Carols

    Choir of St. John's College, Cambridge

    George Guest, conductor

    10:23
  • 9:06 PM

    White Landscapes

    Takashi Yoshimatsu

    Yoshimatsu: Piano Concerto

    Manchester Camerata

    Sachio Fujioka, conductor

    John Barrow, flute

    9:30
  • 9:00 PM

    Estudiantina

    Emil Waldteufel

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    5:13
  • 6:45 PM

    Symphony No. 3: Finale

    Aaron Copland

    Copland: Symphony No. 3 - Music For A Great City

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    13:30
  • 6:21 PM

    Concerto Serenade

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Rodrigo: Concertos and Orchestral Works

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Enrique Batiz, conductor

    Nancy Allen, harp

    22:57
  • 6:15 PM

    Here We Come a-Wassailing (Wassail Song)

    Traditional

    Star Over Bethlehem: Choral Jewels for Christmas

    Choral Arts Society of Washington

    Norman Scribner, conductor

    3:51
  • 6:10 PM

    Suite of Carols

    Traditional

    A String Quartet Christmas

    Arturo Delmoni, violin

    4:30
  • 6:06 PM

    Musical Jewelry Box

    Stephen Hough

    Melody's Mostly Musical Day

    Jenny Lin, piano

    3:19
  • 6:01 PM

    Iberia: Triana

    Isaac Albeniz

    Iberia

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Daniel, conductor

    John Williams, guitar

    4:37
  • 5:50 PM

    12 Contredanses

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphony No. 3

    Orchestra of St. Luke's

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    8:48
  • 5:21 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 2

    Carl Maria von Weber

    C. Schumann: Concerto, Op. 7; Weber: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2

    Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra

    Dennis Burkh, conductor

    Elizabeth Rich, piano

    27:31
  • 5:13 PM

    Festive Cheer

    Christmas Music

    London Brass

    6:33
  • 5:06 PM

    Festival Overture

    Hugo Alfven

    ALFVEN: Symphony No. 1 / Uppsala Rhapsody / Mountain King

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Niklas Willen, conductor

    5:28
  • 5:01 PM

    To Spring

    Chen Pei-xun

    Seow Yitkin Plays Popular Chinese Piano Pieces

    Yit Kin Seow, piano

    4:34
  • 4:51 PM

    Danse Macabre

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Angele Dubeau & La Pieta: Infernal Violins

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    6:54
  • 4:26 PM

    Symphony No. 85 "The Queen"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Hugh Wolff, conductor

    23:34
  • 4:17 PM

    The Spirit of Christmas

    Medley

    United States Air Force Band

    Lowell E. Graham, conductor

    7:53
  • 4:06 PM

    The Magic Harp Overture (Rosamunde)

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Symphony in C Major

    Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Roger Norrington, conductor

    10:00
  • 4:01 PM

    Slavonic Dance No. 9

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: The Slavonic Dances

    Katia & Marielle Labeque, pianos

    4:39
  • 3:49 PM

    Symphony

    Leopold Mozart

    Leopold Mozart: Symphonies

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    9:30
  • 3:48 PM

    Symphony

    Leopold Mozart

    Leopold Mozart: Symphonies

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    9:30
  • 3:36 PM

    Brass Suite

    Christmas Music

    A Canadian Brass Christmas

    Canadian Brass

    11:08
  • 3:26 PM

    The Planets: Venus

    Gustav Holst

    Holst: The Planets; Elgar: Pomp and Cirucmstance March No. 1

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    9:33
  • 3:19 PM

    The Nutcracker: Waltz of the Flowers

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker

    Stewart Goodyear, piano

    6:27
  • 3:07 PM

    Ma vlast (My Country): Vltava (The Moldau)

    Bedrich Smetana

    Smetana: Ma Vlast

    Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra

    Zdenek Macal, conductor

    11:44
  • 3:00 PM

    A Welcome March

    Charles Stanford

    Stanford | A Song of Agincourt & other works

    Ulster Orchestra

    Howard Shelley, conductor

    5:15
  • 2:50 PM

    Dance of the Hours

    Amilcare Ponchielli

    Dances from the Opera

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    8:48
  • 2:43 PM

    A Midsummer Night's Dream: Selections

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    Judi Dench, narrator

    6:00
  • 2:38 PM

    Noel with Variations

    Claude Balbastre

    Las Vegas Brass Quintet

    3:20
  • 2:33 PM

    Scarf Dance

    Cecile Chaminade

    The Sounds Of Remembered Dreams

    Humbert Lucarelli, oboe

    2:32
  • 2:23 PM

    Finlandia

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Symphony No. 3, etc.

    Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

    Lorin Maazel, conductor

    8:57
  • 2:19 PM

    A Life for the Tsar: Glory, glory

    Mikhail Glinka

    Russian Opera Choruses

    Bolshoi Symphony Orchestra

    Aleksander Lazarev, conductor

    3:33
  • 2:12 PM

    Quelle est cette odeur agreable? (What is this Lovely Fragrance?)

    Traditional French

    Carols from Clare

    Clare College Singers

    John Rutter, conductor

    3:24
  • 2:04 PM

    Nameday (Namensfeier) Overture

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Overtures

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    6:51
  • 1:58 PM

    Celtic Heart: Suo Gan

    Paul Mealor

    Serenity: The Music of Paul Mealor

    The Same Stream

    James Jordan, conductor

    1:36
  • 1:50 PM

    Symphony

    Juan Arriaga

    Arriaga: Symphony in D Minor, Los esclavos felices Overture, Etc / Solset, Mena, BBC Philharmonic

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Juanjo Mena, conductor

    27:58
  • 1:40 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 5 "Turkish": 3rd movement

    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

    8:20
  • 1:35 PM

    Flemish Carol; Past Three a Clock

    Traditional

    Carols from Clare

    Clare College Singers

    John Rutter, conductor

    3:52
  • 1:27 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 2: Presto

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Saint-Saens

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Andris Nelsons, conductor

    Lang Lang, piano

    6:45
  • 1:22 PM

    After a Dream (Apres un Reve)

    Gabriel Faure

    Intuition

    Paris Chamber Orchestra

    Douglas Boyd, conductor

    Gautier Capucon, cello

    3:22
  • 1:15 PM

    From heaven on high (Vom Himmel hoch)

    Michael Praetorius

    Christmas Wonderland

    Lahti Symphony Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    6:34
  • 1:10 PM

    Dance Antique

    William Mason

    Vintage America

    Calico Winds

    2:42
  • 1:04 PM

    Vocalise

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Masterpieces in Miniature

    San Francisco Symphony

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    5:25
  • 12:54 PM

    Hodie Christus Natus Est

    Jan Sweelinck

    Christmas at the Carillon 2004: Always

    Conspirare

    Craig Hella Johnson, conductor

    3:30
  • 12:49 PM

    The Nutcracker: selections

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Disney Fantasia: Music Evolved

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    4:34
  • 12:37 PM

    Six Italian Dance Tunes

    Peter Warlock

    London Festival Orchestra

    Ross Pople, conductor

    10:39
  • 12:30 PM

    A Favorite French Air

    Sophia Dussek

    Favourite Airs Arranged for the Harp

    Kyunghee Kim-Sutre, harp

    5:51
  • 12:23 PM

    Concerto Symphonique No. 4: Scherzo

    Henry Litolff

    Romantic Piano Concerto Vol. 14

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    Peter Donohoe, piano

    6:30
  • 12:14 PM

    Sinfonia; Ave Maria; Chorale

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    James Galway's Christmas Carols

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    James Galway, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    7:18
  • 12:06 PM

    Serenade No. 2: Rondo

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: The Symphonies

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Bernard Haitink, conductor

    5:58
  • 12:04 PM

    Waltz No. 6 "Minute"

    Frederic Chopin

    Autograph

    Alexandre Tharaud, piano

    1:50
  • 11:47 AM

    El Salon Mexico

    Aaron Copland

    Copland Ballet Music

    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    11:47
  • 11:28 AM

    Noble and Sentimental Waltzes

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel: Ballet And Dance Music

    Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    16:37
  • 11:21 AM

    Fum, Fum, Fum!; Riu, Riu, Chiu; I Saw Three Ships

    Christmas Music

    Isthmus Brass Christmas

    Isthmus Brass

    John Stevens, conductor

    6:57
  • 11:12 AM

    Prince and the Mermaid Suite

    William Grant Still

    Oregon String Quartet

    7:24
  • 11:06 AM

    Un Ballo in Maschera Quadrille

    Johann StraussJr.

    2018 New Year's Concerto

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    5:28
  • 11:01 AM

    Red Dragonfly

    Kosaku Yamada

    Salut d'Amour

    Anne Akiko Meyers, violin

    4:47
  • 10:47 AM

    Hebrides Overture (Fingal's Cave)

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4, Hebrides Overture

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    10:51
  • 10:34 AM

    Oboe Concerto

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Oboe Concertos Bwv 1053, 1055, 1059

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Douglas Boyd, oboe

    12:02
  • 10:21 AM

    Suite of Carols for Woodwinds

    Leroy Anderson

    ANDERSON, L.: Sleigh Ride and Other Holiday Favourites

    BBC Concert Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    10:36
  • 10:06 AM

    Sinfonia

    Marianne Martines

    Baroque Treasures

    Women's Philharmonic

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    14:55
  • 10:01 AM

    Peer Gynt: Solveig's Song

    Edvard Grieg

    Songs of Comfort and Hope

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    4:38
  • 9:37 AM

    Symphonic Variations

    Antonin Dvorak

    Brahms: Nine Hungarian Dances; Dvorak

    North German Radio Symphony

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    21:15
  • 9:27 AM

    Deck the Halls; Angel's Dance; We Wish You a Merry Christmas

    Christmas Music

    Home for the Holidays

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    John Morris Russell, conductor

    8:55
  • 9:01 AM

    Concerto Andaluz

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Spanish Night

    Internationale Philharmonie

    Horst-Hans Backer, conductor

    24:59
  • 8:39 AM

    Choral Fantasy

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Haydn: Symphonies No. 94 "Surprise" and No. 101 "Clock"

    Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra & Chorus

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    Helene Grimaud, piano

    19:01
  • 8:19 AM

    Serenade No. 1

    Robert Fuchs

    Fuchs: Serenades Nos. 1 and 2

    Cologne Chamber Orchestra

    Christian Ludwig, conductor

    19:39
  • 8:11 AM

    Il est ne, le divin enfant; Lo, how a Rose E'er Blooming; Chorale Prelude: Es ist ein Ros

    Christmas Music

    In Dulci Jubilo

    Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra

    John Georgiadis, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    6:20
  • 8:01 AM

    Renaissance Scottish Dances

    Peter Maxwell Davies

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Peter Maxwell Davies, conductor

    9:18
  • 7:32 AM

    Symphony No. 4

    Muzio Clementi

    Clementi, Vol. 3

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Francesco d'Avalos, conductor

    26:17
  • 7:18 AM

    There Shall a Star; Patapan; Carols

    Traditional

    Love Divine, Illumine Our Darkness

    St. Olaf Choir

    Anton Armstrong, conductor

    13:43
  • 7:01 AM

    Violin Sonata No. 6

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    J.S. Bach: The Sonatas for Violin and Harpsichord

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    14:40
  • 6:45 AM

    Christmas Revels

    Arthur Sullivan

    Sullivan: Victoria And Merrie England / Andrew Penny

    RTE Sinfonietta

    Andrew Penny, conductor

    13:35
  • 6:20 AM

    King Christian II Suite

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Finlandia, En Saga, The Swan of Tuonela, The Oceanides, Valse Triste, King Christian II Suite

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Thomas Sondergard, conductor

    24:42
  • 6:01 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Jean-Marie Leclair

    Jean-Marie Leclair: Violin Concertos

    La Cetra

    Leila Schayegh, conductor

    Leila Schayegh, violin

    16:37