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  • 5:53 AM

    Gesu Bambino

    Pietro Yon

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

    Kelly Yost, piano

    5:11
  • 5:15 AM

    String Quartet No. 13 "Rosamunde"

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: String Quartets

    Belcea Quartet

    36:53
  • 5:06 AM

    Lore-Lore

    Lou Koster

    Koster: Orchestral Music

    Estro Armonico Luxembourg Chamber Orchestra

    Jonathan Kaell, conductor

    7:54
  • 5:01 AM

    Elegy, to Calvin Simmons

    Lou Harrison

    Lou Harrison: A Portrait

    California Symphony

    Barry Jekowsky, conductor

    4:44
  • 4:54 AM

    Aoife Ni Bhriain, violin

    4:10
  • 4:13 AM

    Symphony No. 5

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 5 - Finzi: Clarinet Concerto

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Michael Collins, conductor

    39:24
  • 4:06 AM

    Bethlehem Down

    Peter Warlock

    Mater ora filium: Music for Epiphany

    Choir of Clare College, Cambridge

    Graham Ross, conductor

    5:13
  • 4:01 AM

    The Jane Pickering Lute Book

    Anonymous

    The Scottish Lute

    Ronn McFarlane, lute

    4:41
  • 3:44 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 9

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Awadagin Pratt: Beethoven Piano Sonatas

    Awadagin Pratt, piano

    13:00
  • 3:29 AM

    Delights and Dances

    Michael Abels

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Mei-Ann Chen, conductor

    13:03
  • 3:23 AM

    The Nutcracker: Waltz of the Snowflakes

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker

    Stewart Goodyear, piano

    6:09
  • 3:14 AM

    A Ballet Through Mud: The Night Dances When You Least Expect It

    RZA

    A Ballet Through Mud

    Colorado Symphony Orchestra

    Christopher Dragon, conductor

    7:16
  • 3:06 AM

    Go Tell It on the Mountain

    Spiritual

    This Christmas with Imani Winds

    Imani Winds

    3:01
  • 3:01 AM

    Enchantment: Song of the Shrine

    Nathaniel Dett

    My Cup Runneth Over: The Complete Piano Works of R. Nathaniel Dett

    Clipper Erickson, piano

    4:27
  • 2:53 AM

    Little dove

    Ivan Khandoshkin

    KHANDOSHKIN: 3 Violin Sonatas, Op. 3 / 6 Russian Songs

    Anastasia Khitruk, violin

    5:05
  • 2:19 AM

    Symphony No. 1

    Alexander Borodin

    Borodin: Three Symphonies, Petite Suite, Polovetsian Dances

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    32:36
  • 2:09 AM

    Four Christmas Carols

    Gordon Getty

    December Celebration

    New Century Chamber Orchestra

    Dawn Harms, conductor

    8:19
  • 2:06 AM

    High are the snowdrifts (On hanget korkeat nietokset)

    Jean Sibelius

    Christmas Wonderland

    Lahti Symphony Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    2:10
  • 2:01 AM

    Paris Quartet No. 11: Pas vite and Un peu gai

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Telemann: 12 Paris Quartets

    Barthold Kuijken, flute

    4:41
  • 1:42 AM

    Santa Cruz de Pacairigua

    Evencio Castellanos

    Fiesta

    Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    16:19
  • 12:52 AM

    Nocturnes: Fetes (Festivals)

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Trois Nocturnes, Jeux

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Bernard Haitink, conductor

    6:17
  • 12:44 AM

    The Hours Suite: Movement II

    Philip Glass

    Philip Glass, Portrait

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    7:15
  • 12:37 AM

    Adeste fideles

    Sophia Dussek

    Favourite Airs Arranged for the Harp

    Kyunghee Kim-Sutre, harp

    5:17
  • 12:25 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 22

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    BEETHOVEN: PIANO SONATAS OPP 2/1, 14/2, 53 & 54

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    12:01
  • 12:16 AM

    Concert Piece for Clarinet and Basset Horn

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Works for Clarinet and String Orchestra

    Wurttemberg Chamber Orchestra

    Jorg Faerber, conductor

    Sabine Meyer, clarinet

    7:39
  • 12:06 AM

    In dulci jubilo; Jesus Christ the Apple Tree; Hark! the Herald Angels Sing

    Christmas Music

    Christmas With The Academy

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    9:01
  • 12:01 AM

    Ca'azapa (Popular Paraguayan Song)

    Agustin Barrios

    Intimate Barrios

    Berta Rojas, guitar

    4:36
  • 11:47 PM

    Symphony No. 5: 4th movement

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5

    West-Eastern Divan Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    11:37
  • 11:28 PM

    Good King Wenceslas; Carol of the Bells; O Come, O Come Emmanuel; I Wonder as I Wander; What Child is This?; The First Nowell; Hark! the Herald Angels Sing; Hallelujah Chorus

    Christmas Music

    Canadian Brass: The Christmas Album

    Canadian Brass

    17:28
  • 11:21 PM

    Sonata No. 11

    George Frideric Handel

    Bach, Handel: Trio Sonatas

    Linde Consort

    6:05
  • 11:12 PM

    Samson and Delilah: Bacchanale

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Exotic Dances from the Opera

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    7:29
  • 11:06 PM

    Les Troyens (The Trojans): Trojan March

    Hector Berlioz

    Berlioz: La Marseillaise, Etc

    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    5:22
  • 11:01 PM

    Czech Suite: Sousedska

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Czech Suite; Nocturne; Serenade for Strings

    Padua Chamber Orchestra

    David Golub, conductor

    4:36
  • 10:51 PM

    African Suite: Joyful Day

    Fela Sowande

    Black Composers Series 1974-1978

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Freeman, conductor

    7:38
  • 10:47 PM

    Fancy Free Ballet: Danzon

    Leonard Bernstein

    Leonard Bernstein: Marin Alsop The Complete Naxos Recordings

    Sao Paulo Symphony Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    3:04
  • 10:33 PM

    Concerto for Mixed Instruments

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: Concerti per Mandolini

    I Solisti Veneti

    Claudio Scimone, conductor

    Ugo Orlandi, mandolin

    11:43
  • 10:18 PM

    The Tale of Honza: Dances and Adagio

    Oskar Nedbal

    Nedbal: The Tale of Honza, Princess Hyacinth

    Dvorak Chamber Orchestra

    Miroslav Homolka, conductor

    14:40
  • 10:10 PM

    Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella; Lo, How a Rose E'Er Blooming; In Dulci Jubilo

    Christmas Music

    Cor Christmas

    Trombones of the Saint Louis Symphony

    Cally Banham, English horn

    6:18
  • 10:06 PM

    Fugue "Little"

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Stokowski Transcriptions

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    3:34
  • 10:03 PM

    First Snow

    Ola Gjeilo

    Ola Gjeilo: Winter Songs

    12 Ensemble

    Ola Gjeilo, piano

    2:26
  • 9:51 PM

    Serenade No. 2: 1st movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: The Symphonies

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Bernard Haitink, conductor

    7:43
  • 9:26 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 10

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 10, 19, 20

    Wurttemberg Chamber Orchestra

    Jorg Faerber, conductor

    Martha Argerich, piano

    22:38
  • 9:19 PM

    Wexford Carol; Gloucestershire Wassail

    Traditional

    Christmas Spirit

    Mainstreet Brass Quintet

    4:40
  • 9:13 PM

    Sonata Natalis

    Johann Schmelzer

    Frohlich soll mein

    Ludwig Guttler Brass Ensemble

    Ludwig Guttler, conductor

    6:32
  • 9:06 PM

    Celebration Overture

    Peter Boyer

    BOYER, P.: Symphony No. 1 / Silver Fanfare / Festivities / Three Olympians / Celebration Overture

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Peter Boyer, conductor

    6:35
  • 9:01 PM

    Robin Hood Suite: March of the Bowmen

    Frederic Curzon

    Robin Hood Country

    East of England Orchestra

    Malcolm Nabarro, conductor

    4:42
  • 8:46 PM

    Pastoral Suite

    Lars-Erik Larsson

    Swedish Orchestral Favourites

    Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra

    Okko Kamu, conductor

    12:23
  • 6:51 PM

    Don Pasquale: Sinfonia

    Gaetano Donizetti

    Saint Cecilia Orchestra

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    6:43
  • 6:23 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 5 "Egyptian"

    Camille Saint-Saens

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Sakari Oramo, conductor

    Stephen Hough, piano

    26:51
  • 6:12 PM

    Six Noels for Harp

    Marcel Tournier

    Rejoice! A String Quartet Christmas

    Emily Mitchell, harp

    8:48
  • 6:06 PM

    Overture on French Carols

    Philip Lane

    British Light Music Premieres Vol. 2

    Royal Ballet Sinfonia

    Gavin Sutherland, conductor

    5:20
  • 6:00 PM

    Symphony: 4th movement

    Johan Zander

    Royal Swedish Opera Orchestra

    Philip Brunelle, conductor

    4:44
  • 5:51 PM

    A Christmas Fantasy

    Gordon Langford

    A Christmas Fantasy

    Huddersfield Choral Society

    Keith Rhodes, conductor

    7:19
  • 5:26 PM

    Clarinet Concerto No. 4

    Louis Spohr

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Kenneth Sillito, conductor

    Sabine Meyer, clarinet

    24:10
  • 5:20 PM

    The Carol of the Birds; Lo How a Rose E'er Blooming

    Traditional

    Kirkmount

    3:38
  • 5:07 PM

    Excelsior! Symphonic Overture

    Wilhelm Stenhammar

    Nordic Classical Favourites 2

    Norrkoping Symphony Orchestra

    Alexander Hanson, conductor

    13:18
  • 5:01 PM

    Amazing Grace

    Traditional

    Serafin String Quartet

    4:35
  • 4:50 PM

    Schwanda the Bagpiper: Polka and Fugue

    Jaromir Weinberger

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    8:26
  • 4:21 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 21 "Waldstein"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    26:17
  • 4:12 PM

    Symphony of Noels No. 2

    Michel Corrette

    La Fantasia

    Rien Voskuilen, conductor

    7:38
  • 4:06 PM

    La Scala di Seta (Silken Ladder): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Prague Sinfonia Orchestra

    Christian Benda, conductor

    6:01
  • 4:00 PM

    Symphony No. 2: 3rd movement

    Richard Hol

    Residentie Orchestra The Hague

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    4:42
  • 3:47 PM

    Miracle on 34th Street: Suite

    Cyril Mockridge

    It's A Wonderful Life, Miracle On 34th St. & A Christmas Carol

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Newman, conductor

    11:02
  • 3:46 PM

    Miracle on 34th Street: Suite

    Cyril Mockridge

    It's A Wonderful Life, Miracle On 34th St. & A Christmas Carol

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Newman, conductor

    11:02
  • 3:37 PM

    Flowers of France

    Germaine Tailleferre

    The Flower of France

    Quynh Nguyen, piano

    8:16
  • 3:35 PM

    A Spotless Rose

    Ola Gjeilo

    Christmas at the Carillon 2007: Love Again

    Conspirare

    Craig Hella Johnson, conductor

    1:26
  • 3:27 PM

    Sonata No. 11

    Johann Rosenmuller

    Rosenmuller: Sonate da camera e Sinfonie

    Hesperion XX

    Jordi Savall, conductor

    6:04
  • 3:11 PM

    The Comedians

    Dmitri Kabalevsky

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Charles Groves, conductor

    15:25
  • 3:04 PM

    Tomorrow shall be my dancing day; Rejoice and be merry

    Traditional

    A Christmas Festival

    Cambridge Singers

    John Rutter, conductor

    5:31
  • 2:58 PM

    Nabucco: Va, pensiero (Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves)

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Verdi: Requiem & Operatic Choruses

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    5:09
  • 2:43 PM

    Froissart Overture

    Edward Elgar

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    13:45
  • 2:37 PM

    Three Cuban Dances

    Ignacio Cervantes

    Davide Cabassi, piano

    3:55
  • 2:33 PM

    Messiah: And He shall purify

    George Frideric Handel

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Stephen Cleobury, conductor

    2:37
  • 2:23 PM

    Symphony No. 1: Finale

    Charles Gounod

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra

    Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor

    8:54
  • 2:18 PM

    Hungarian March

    Hector Berlioz

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    4:00
  • 2:08 PM

    Away in a Manger; Veni, Veni, Emanuel

    Traditional

    London Brass

    Lesley Pearson, organ

    6:00
  • 2:05 PM

    The Firebird (L'oiseau de feu) Ballet

    Igor Stravinsky

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    20:43
  • 1:51 PM

    Orb and Sceptre

    William Walton

    Walton: In Honour of the City of London, etc.

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    David Willcocks, conductor

    7:52
  • 1:44 PM

    Danserye: Six Dances

    Tielman Susato

    Brass Surround

    Millar Brass Ensemble

    13:36
  • 1:35 PM

    Danish National Chamber Orchestra

    Adam Fischer, conductor

    7:07
  • 1:23 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
  • 1:18 PM

    Concertino Pastorale: Finale

    John Ireland

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    George Hurst, conductor

    3:59
  • 1:09 PM

    Paraphrase on Tchaikovsky's Waltz of the Flowers

    Percy Grainger

    The Grainger Edition Vol. 16: Works For Solo Piano 1

    Penelope Thwaites, piano

    7:09
  • 1:04 PM

    Serenade for Strings: Waltz

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Semyon Bychkov, conductor

    4:01
  • 12:48 PM

    Symphony of Noels

    Michel Delalande

    Baroque Christmas

    Masques

    Olivier Fortin, conductor

    10:32
  • 12:41 PM

    Symphony No. 101 "The Clock": Finale

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonien Nr. 101 & 102

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor

    5:24
  • 12:36 PM

    Joy to the World

    Traditional

    A Choral Christmas

    Voces8

    Jack Liebeck, conductor

    4:11
  • 12:32 PM

    In Dulci Jubilo

    Traditional

    A Choral Christmas

    Voces8

    3:14
  • 12:24 PM

    Paulus (St. Paul): Overture

    Felix Mendelssohn

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Edward Gardner, conductor

    6:29
  • 12:18 PM

    L'inganno felice (The Happy Deception): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    5:55
  • 12:09 PM

    Concerto for Two Flutes

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra

    Jean-Pierre Rampal, conductor

    Jean-Pierre Rampal, flute

    Shigenori Kudo, flute

    6:49
  • 12:04 PM

    Waltz of the Spring Maid

    Florence Price

    Waltzes and Character Pieces of Florence Price

    Michael Clark, piano

    3:56
  • 11:51 AM

    The Spirit of Christmas

    Medley

    United States Air Force Band

    Lowell E. Graham, conductor

    7:53
  • 11:35 AM

    Symphony No. 11

    Michael Haydn

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    14:02
  • 11:27 AM

    Festive Cheer

    Roger Harvey

    Isthmus Brass Christmas

    Isthmus Brass

    John Stevens, conductor

    6:58
  • 11:17 AM

    Mignon: Overture

    Ambroise Thomas

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor

    8:18
  • 11:06 AM

    Introduction and Variations

    Elias Parish-Alvars

    Catrin Finch, harp

    11:06
  • 11:01 AM

    Hopkinson Smith, lute

    4:35
  • 10:48 AM

    Symphony No. 2: 4th movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    10:05
  • 10:31 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Josef Myslivecek

    Dvorak Chamber Orchestra

    Libor Pesek, conductor

    Shizuka Ishikawa, violin

    15:00
  • 10:18 AM

    Brass Suite

    Christmas Music

    A Canadian Brass Christmas

    Canadian Brass

    11:08
  • 10:06 AM

    Fair Melusina Overture

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    11:28
  • 10:01 AM

    Nocturne No. 2

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: The Nocturnes

    Maria Joao Pires, piano

    4:24
  • 9:41 AM

    Dolly Suite

    Gabriel Faure

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    17:12
  • 9:33 AM

    It's A Wonderful Life: Suite

    Dimitri Tiomkin

    It's A Wonderful Life, Miracle On 34th St. & A Christmas Carol

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Newman, conductor

    7:56
  • 9:08 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 1

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra

    Dennis Burkh, conductor

    Elizabeth Rich, piano

    22:31
  • 9:01 AM

    Candlelight Carol; The Holly and the Ivy

    Traditional

    American Boychoir

    James Litton/Fernando Malvar-Ruiz, conductor

    William Trafka, organ

    6:47
  • 8:46 AM

    Symphony No. 2

    Jean Sibelius

    Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    42:20
  • 8:16 AM

    Symphony No. 2

    Jean Sibelius

    Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    42:20
  • 8:14 AM

    Three Botticelli Pictures: Adoration of the Magi

    Ottorino Respighi

    Sleigh Ride

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Keith Lockhart, conductor

    8:57
  • 8:05 AM

    Three Botticelli Pictures: Adoration of the Magi

    Ottorino Respighi

    Sleigh Ride

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Keith Lockhart, conductor

    8:57
  • 8:01 AM

    The Seasons: December (Christmas)

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Lang Lang in Paris

    Lang Lang, piano

    3:40
  • 7:37 AM

    Idillio-Concertino

    Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari

    Folkwang Chamber Orchestra

    Robert Maxym, conductor

    Omar Zoboli, oboe

    21:14
  • 7:27 AM

    Pastoral Variations on an Old Noel

    Marcel Samuel-Rousseau

    Noel nouvelet

    Caroline Leonardelli, harp

    9:35
  • 7:22 AM

    O Magnum Mysterium

    Tomas Luis de Victoria

    Stile Antico

    4:20
  • 7:01 AM

    Cello Suite No. 2

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    18:58
  • 6:49 AM

    Guitar Sonatina

    Manuel Ponce

    Manuel Barrueco, guitar

    8:59
  • 6:40 AM

    Angels We Have Heard on High; Hark! the Herald Angels Sing

    Traditional

    Christmas Goes Baroque 2

    Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia

    Peter Breiner, conductor

    8:38
  • 6:01 AM

    Symphony "Polonia"

    Emil Mlynarski

    Concert Recording

    Poznan Philharmonia

    Lukasz Borowicz, conductor

    36:52