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  • 5:50 AM

    Pari Intervallo (Parallel Intervals)

    Arvo Part

    Labyrinth

    Khatia Buniatishvili, piano

    7:49
  • 5:35 AM

    Breath

    Paul Fowler

    It is Time

    The Crossing

    Donald Nally, conductor

    15:17
  • 5:28 AM

    A Place We Once Walked

    Roger Eno

    Scoring Berlin

    Roger Eno, piano

    6:04
  • 5:16 AM

    Jhula-Jhule

    Reena Esmail

    Perspectives

    Dawn Donegun Wohn, violin

    10:51
  • 5:07 AM

    Sleep: Path 19

    Max Richter

    American Contemporary Music Ensemble

    Max Richter, electronics

    7:50
  • 5:01 AM

    There Will Be Hope

    Hania Rani/Dobrawa Czocher

    Hania Rani, piano and vocals

    Dobrawa Czocher, cello

    4:36
  • 4:41 AM

    Cloud Atlas

    Elena Ruehr

    Boston Modern Orchestra Project

    Gil Rose, conductor

    Jennifer Kloetzel, cello

    16:49
  • 4:28 AM

    String Quartet No. 3 "Light Scattering"

    Andrea Tarrodi

    TARRODI, A.: String Quartets

    Dahlkvist Quartet

    12:16
  • 4:15 AM

    Ciel d'Hiver (Winter Sky)

    Kaija Saariaho

    Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Hannu Lintu, conductor

    9:39
  • 4:07 AM

    Big Sky, Low Horizon

    Michael Ippolito

    Michael Ippolito: Songlines

    Attacca Quartet

    7:54
  • 4:01 AM

    Lighten our Darkness

    Ben Parry

    Ben Parry: The Hours

    Choir of Royal Holloway

    Rupert Gough, conductor

    4:42
  • 3:48 AM

    Romance No. 2

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Mad About Violins

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Giuseppe Sinopoli, conductor

    Shlomo Mintz, violin

    10:16
  • 3:23 AM

    The Four Moons

    Louis Ballard

    Ballard: The Four Moons, Devil's Promenade, Fantasy Aborigine No. 3, & Scenes from Indian Life

    Fort Smith Symphony

    John Jeter, conductor

    23:29
  • 3:19 AM

    William Chapman Nyaho, piano

    3:23
  • 3:11 AM

    Conte de Noel

    Alphonse Hasselmans

    Xavier de Maistre, harp

    6:03
  • 3:06 AM

    The Snows of Kilimanjaro: Memory Waltz

    Bernard Herrmann

    Torn Curtain: The Classic Film Music Of Bernard Herrmann

    City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra

    Paul Bateman, conductor

    4:24
  • 3:01 AM

    Padouana and Gagliarda

    Johann Schein

    Fretwork

    Silas Wollston, organ

    4:37
  • 2:49 AM

    Three German Songs

    Max Reger

    Camerata Vocale Freiburg

    Winfrid Toll, conductor

    9:59
  • 2:18 AM

    Horn Trio

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms, Koechlin, Banks: Horn Trios

    Barry Tuckwell, horn

    29:54
  • 2:09 AM

    Phantasy

    Ina Boyle

    Irish Roots

    Thessaloniki State Symphony Orchestra

    Daniel Geiss, conductor

    Daniel Hope, violin

    6:46
  • 2:06 AM

    Dance of the Rose

    Enrique Granados

    Razumovsky Sinfonia

    Peter Breiner, conductor

    Norbert Kraft, guitar

    1:47
  • 2:01 AM

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    4:38
  • 1:47 AM

    Estonian Dance Suite

    Eduard Tubin

    Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra

    Hans-Peter Frank, conductor

    11:14
  • 12:47 AM

    The Butterfly's Ball

    Frederic Cowen

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Rumon Gamba, conductor

    11:49
  • 12:39 AM

    Romance of the Prairie Lilies

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    RTE Concert Orchestra

    Adrian Leaper, conductor

    6:33
  • 12:24 AM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Leopold Mozart

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Jahja Ling, conductor

    Rolf Smedvig, trumpet

    13:05
  • 12:21 AM

    Still, Still, Still

    Traditional German

    Cantus

    2:35
  • 12:16 AM

    Silent Night

    Franz Gruber

    Into the Light

    Cantus

    5:11
  • 12:08 AM

    How the Grinch Stole Christmas: A Sleigh of Presents

    James Horner

    Studio Orchestra

    James Horner, conductor

    5:59
  • 12:06 AM

    Inquietude (Anxiety)

    Cecile Chaminade

    Peter Jacobs, piano

    2:12
  • 12:01 AM

    Symphony No. 1: Menuetto

    Louise Farrenc

    European Soloists, Luxembourg

    Christoph Konig, conductor

    4:32
  • 11:48 PM

    Fantasy on La Traviata

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    Emmanuel Pahud, flute

    10:19
  • 11:36 PM

    Oboe Concerto No. 2

    Tomaso Albinoni

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    David Reichenberg, oboe

    11:28
  • 11:31 PM

    Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas

    Hugh Martin/Ralph Blane

    Winter Calm

    Ray Chen, violin

    2:54
  • 11:27 PM

    Serenade

    Eunike Tanzil

    Player 1

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Cristian Macelaru, conductor

    Ray Chen, violin

    3:31
  • 11:11 PM

    Matinees Musicales

    Benjamin Britten

    Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra

    Okko Kamu, conductor

    14:27
  • 11:06 PM

    Joy to the World

    Traditional

    A Choral Christmas

    Voces8

    Jack Liebeck, conductor

    4:11
  • 10:53 PM

    Billy the Kid: Conclusion

    Aaron Copland

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    5:30
  • 10:38 PM

    Serenade and Allegro giocoso

    Felix Mendelssohn

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Lawrence Foster, conductor

    Stephen Hough, piano

    12:35
  • 10:28 PM

    Messiah: Comfort ye, my people

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Messiah

    Dunedin Consort and Players

    John Butt, conductor

    Nicholas Mulroy, tenor

    9:17
  • 10:12 PM

    Rondo for Violin and Strings

    Franz Schubert

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Pinchas Zukerman, conductor

    Pinchas Zukerman, violin

    14:39
  • 10:06 PM

    Waltz No. 1 "Grand Valse brillante"

    Frederic Chopin

    Ingrid Fliter, piano

    5:28
  • 10:03 PM

    Umoja (Unity)

    Valerie Coleman

    Umoja

    Imani Winds

    2:23
  • 9:43 PM

    Symphony No. 3 "Eroica": 1st movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: The Symphonies

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    15:04
  • 9:17 PM

    Horn Concerto

    Reinhold Gliere

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Werner Andreas Albert, conductor

    Marie Luise Neunecker, horn

    24:34
  • 9:12 PM

    It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year

    Eddie Pola/George Wyle

    Christmas Piano with Alexis

    Alexis Ffrench, piano

    2:37
  • 9:06 PM

    Christmas Overture

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Joy!

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    John Morris Russell, conductor

    5:49
  • 9:01 PM

    Symphony of Noels No. 5: 1st-4th movements

    Michel Corrette

    La Fantasia

    Rien Voskuilen, conductor

    4:36
  • 8:54 PM

    Jazz Suite: Polka

    Alexander Tsfasman

    Prokofiev, Rimsky-Korsakov, Tsfasman: Works for Piano and Orchestra

    BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

    Karl-Heinz Steffens, conductor

    Zlata Chochieva, piano

    4:29
  • 6:45 PM

    Fair Maid of Perth: Suite

    Georges Bizet

    Mexico City Philharmonic Orchestra

    Enrique Batiz, conductor

    13:22
  • 6:21 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 8

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Helene Grimaud, piano

    21:08
  • 6:14 PM

    Musical Sleighride; White Christmas

    Christmas Music

    White Christmas

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Arthur Fiedler, conductor

    6:14
  • 6:06 PM

    The Skaters Waltz

    Emil Waldteufel

    Karajan Conducts Orchestral Favorites I

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    7:29
  • 6:00 PM

    Daniel Hope, violin

    Jacques Ammon, piano

    4:35
  • 5:52 PM

    Orchestral Suite No. 2 "Characteristic": Waltz

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland

    Stefan Sanderling, conductor

    6:28
  • 5:26 PM

    String Quartet No. 12 "American"

    Antonin Dvorak

    Chilingirian Quartet

    24:38
  • 5:13 PM

    Choral Variations on Vom Himmel hoch

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    20th Century Bach / Seiji Ozawa, Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    10:33
  • 5:06 PM

    Clarinet Concerto No. 1: 3rd movement

    Bernhard Crusell

    Crusell: Clarinet Concertos

    Uppsala Chamber Orchestra

    Gerard Korsten, conductor

    Per Billman, clarinet

    6:31
  • 5:01 PM

    Suite for Violin and Piano: African Dancer

    William Grant Still

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    Matthew Hagle, piano

    4:34
  • 4:44 PM

    Don Juan and Faust: Six airs de ballet

    Moritz Moszkowski

    San Francisco Ballet Orchestra

    Martin West, conductor

    14:02
  • 4:21 PM

    Symphony No. 89

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    20:57
  • 4:12 PM

    Noel, Noel, Bells are Ringing; Carol of the Bells; Nativity Carol

    Christmas Music

    Christmas with Roger Wagner

    Roger Wagner Chorale

    Roger Wagner, conductor

    8:42
  • 4:06 PM

    I Capuleti e i Montecchi (Capulets and Montagues): Sinfonia

    Vincenzo Bellini

    Orchestra of St. Cecilia

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    4:40
  • 4:02 PM

    Menuet and A Little Gigue

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Sara Davis Buechner, piano

    4:31
  • 4:01 PM

    Warmth from Other Suns

    Carlos Simon

    Ivalas Quartet

    14:31
  • 3:52 PM

    Symphony No. 7: Finale

    Emilie Mayer

    Berlin Chamber Symphony Ensemble

    Jurgen Bruns, conductor

    6:06
  • 3:52 PM

    Recorder Concerto: Allegro

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: 6 Concertos

    I Solisti Veneti

    Claudio Scimone, conductor

    Michala Petri, recorder

    4:47
  • 3:30 PM

    In The South Overture (Alassio)

    Edward Elgar

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Alexander Gibson, conductor

    20:30
  • 3:23 PM

    The Christmas Song/Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas

    Mel Torme/Hugh Martin/Ralph Blane

    Christmas

    Buzz Brass

    5:45
  • 3:15 PM

    The Nutcracker: Waltz of the Flowers

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky - Nutcracker Favourite Selections

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    7:11
  • 2:59 PM

    Cyrano de Bergerac Overture

    Johann Wagenaar

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

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    13:46
  • 2:54 PM

    La Wally: Ebben! Ne andrò lontana

    Alfredo Catalani

    Callas: La Divina

    Maria Callas, soprano

    4:47
  • 2:44 PM

    Sense and Sensibility: Suite

    Patrick Doyle

    Studio Ensemble

    Robert Ziegler, conductor

    6:40
  • 2:38 PM

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Neil Thomson, conductor

    4:28
  • 2:34 PM

    How Can I Keep From Singing?

    Robert Lowry

    A Harvest Home

    Cantus

    2:50
  • 2:21 PM

    Suite of Carols

    Leroy Anderson

    ANDERSON, L.: Orchestral Music, Vol. 3 - Sleigh Ride / The Typewriter / Plink, Plank, Plunk! / The Syncopated Clock

    BBC Concert Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    11:29
  • 2:17 PM

    Calling All Workers

    Eric Coates

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Reginald Kilbey, conductor

    3:06
  • 2:10 PM

    Symphony: 3rd movement

    Alice Mary Smith

    London Mozart Players

    Howard Shelley, conductor

    3:01
  • 2:04 PM

    Procession of the Sardar

    Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov

    Sir Charles' Precious Music Box Ii

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Charles Groves, conductor

    4:33
  • 1:50 PM

    Adagio and Allegro

    Robert Schumann

    Chamber Music for Horn

    James Sommerville, horn

    9:23
  • 1:35 PM

    Christmas Revels

    Arthur Sullivan

    Sullivan: Victoria And Merrie England / Andrew Penny

    RTE Sinfonietta

    Andrew Penny, conductor

    13:35
  • 1:24 PM

    Symphony No. 8: 3rd movement

    Antonin Dvorak

    Antonín Dvorák: Symphonies Nos. 7 – 9

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    5:51
  • 1:20 PM

    Serenade

    Eunike Tanzil

    Player 1

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Cristian Macelaru, conductor

    Ray Chen, violin

    3:31
  • 1:09 PM

    Serenade No. 1: Menuetto 1 and 2

    Johannes Brahms

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Bernard Haitink, conductor

    4:12
  • 1:04 PM

    Cosi fan tutte: Overture

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Così fan tutte

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    4:00
  • 12:49 PM

    Tafelmusik I: Concerto

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Telemann: Triple Concertos

    Collegium Musicum 90

    Simon Standage, conductor

    21:11
  • 12:37 PM

    Symphony No. 3 "Scottish": 4th movement

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Symphonies

    Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    9:18
  • 12:32 PM

    Algerian Suite: French Military March

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Arthur Fiedler, conductor

    4:29
  • 12:27 PM

    Two Bits

    Henry Cowell

    41

    Jeanne Baxtresser, flute

    4:18
  • 12:22 PM

    Wexford Carol

    Traditional Irish

    Carols and Christmas Songs

    Welsh National Opera Orchestra

    Tecwyn Evans, conductor

    Bryn Terfel, bass

    4:15
  • 12:14 PM

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

    Traditional

    Adagio Trio

    6:44
  • 12:09 PM

    Concerto alla rustica (Rustic Concerto)

    Antonio Vivaldi

    La Serenissima

    Adrian Chandler, conductor

    4:09
  • 12:04 PM

    Dance of the Shepherd Girl

    Hugo Alfven

    Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    3:58
  • 11:43 AM

    Symphony No. 2

    John Marsh

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    14:46
  • 11:31 AM

    The Nutcracker: Divertissements

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker

    Stewart Goodyear, piano

    11:14
  • 11:18 AM

    Wedding Scenes

    Bedrich Smetana

    Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Stankovsky, conductor

    11:00
  • 11:06 AM

    Quartet No. 1

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Vienna-Berlin Ensemble

    11:02
  • 11:01 AM

    Symphony Concertante: Rondeau

    Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra, Pardubice

    Michael Halasz, conductor

    Yury Revich, violin

    Libor Jezek, violin

    Pavla Honsova, viola

    4:51
  • 10:43 AM

    Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dances

    Alexander Borodin

    Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra

    Gennady Rozhdestvensky, conductor

    15:07
  • 10:23 AM

    Oboe d'Amore Concerto

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    New Bach Collegium Musicum Leipzig

    Max Pommer, conductor

    Burkhard Glaetzner, oboe d'amore

    18:37
  • 10:14 AM

    Ave Maria

    Franz Biebl

    Christmas With Cantus

    Cantus

    7:04
  • 10:06 AM

    Gaelic Symphony: 2nd movement

    Amy Beach

    Nashville Symphony Orchestra

    Kenneth Schermerhorn, conductor

    7:20
  • 10:01 AM

    Lyric Quartet: The Quiet One

    William Grant Still

    Oregon String Quartet

    4:35
  • 9:39 AM

    American Suite

    Antonin Dvorak

    Budapest Festival Orchestra

    Ivan Fischer, conductor

    19:42
  • 9:26 AM

    Concert Overture No. 1

    Florence Price

    Wurttemberg Philharmonic Reutlingen

    John Jeter, conductor

    11:39
  • 9:15 AM

    Medley

    Christmas Music

    A Harp For Christmas

    Emily Mitchell, harp

    9:23
  • 9:01 AM

    Symphony

    Carl Stamitz

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    13:35
  • 8:38 AM

    La Boutique fantasque (Fantastic Toy Shop)

    Ottorino Respighi

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    20:30
  • 8:27 AM

    Four Christmas Motets

    Francis Poulenc

    Tafelmusik Chamber Choir

    Ivars Taurins, conductor

    10:46
  • 8:18 AM

    Prelude and Fugue No. 10

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Jenny Lin, piano

    6:49
  • 8:01 AM

    Horn Concerto No. 1

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Swedish Chamber Orchestra

    Nicholas McGegan, conductor

    Alec Frank-Gemmill, horn

    16:17
  • 7:22 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Daniel Harding, conductor

    Ray Chen, violin

    36:06
  • 7:15 AM

    Christmas Medley

    Traditional

    James Galway's Christmas Carols

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    James Galway, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    7:07
  • 7:01 AM

    Jakob Lindberg, lute

    11:50
  • 6:30 AM

    String Quartet No. 23 "Prussian"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Shanghai Quartet

    28:42
  • 6:23 AM

    Carol Fantasia

    John Fox

    Another Night Before Christmas And Scrooge

    RTE Concert Orchestra

    Gavin Sutherland, conductor

    6:12
  • 6:01 AM

    Ballet de Cour

    Gabriel Pierne

    Chamber Music Palm Beach

    19:54