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  • 5:36 AM

    Pulcinella Suite

    Igor Stravinsky

    Stravinsky: Pulcinella & Danses Concertantes

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Alexander Gibson, conductor

    22:38
  • 5:20 AM

    Concerto Grosso No. 6 "Christmas Concerto"

    Giuseppe Sammartini

    Simphonies des Noels: A Treasury of Baroque Christmas Concerti

    The King's Violins

    Bernard Labadie, conductor

    13:47
  • 5:06 AM

    There Shall a Star; Patapan; Carols

    Traditional

    Love Divine, Illumine Our Darkness

    St. Olaf Choir

    Anton Armstrong, conductor

    13:43
  • 5:01 AM

    Christmas Oratorio: Tecum Principium

    Camille Saint-Saens

    A Christmas Feast

    Helen Campo, flute

    4:26
  • 4:40 AM

    Christmas Eve

    Arnold Bax

    Bax: Symphony No. 1

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Bryden Thomson, conductor

    17:54
  • 4:18 AM

    Guitar Quintet No. 4 "Fandango"

    Luigi Boccherini

    Boccherini, Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Guitar Quintets

    Tokyo String Quartet

    Kazuhito Yamashita, guitar

    20:15
  • 4:14 AM

    Ave Maria

    Franz Biebl

    Eventide

    Voces8

    3:22
  • 4:11 AM

    The Youth's Magic Horn: Who thought up this little song?

    Gustav Mahler

    Storyteller

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Eivind Aadland, conductor

    Tine Thing Helseth, trumpet

    1:51
  • 4:06 AM

    Winter Wonderland; Jingle Bells

    Traditional

    Christmas Rhapsody

    John Bayless, piano

    4:30
  • 4:01 AM

    Orphee Suite: Orphee and the Princess

    Philip Glass

    The Orpheus Suite for Piano

    Paul Barnes, piano

    4:36
  • 3:47 AM

    The Nutcracker: Divertissements

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker

    Stewart Goodyear, piano

    11:14
  • 3:44 AM

    A Slumber Song of the Madonna

    Samuel Barber

    Muse

    Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello

    1:42
  • 3:22 AM

    Grandpa Christmas

    Michael Morpurgo

    Carnival

    The Kanneh-Masons

    Michael Morpurgo, narrator

    21:04
  • 3:14 AM

    Homeland

    Allison Loggins-Hull

    Jennifer Grim: Through Broken Time

    Jennifer Grim, flute

    5:48
  • 3:06 AM

    Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas

    Hugh Martin/Ralph Blane

    This Christmas with Imani Winds

    Imani Winds

    3:17
  • 3:01 AM

    Andante festivo

    Jean Sibelius

    Live in Concert

    Sphinx Virtuosi

    Damon Gupton, conductor

    4:35
  • 2:48 AM

    Variations on a Portuguese Hymn (Adeste fideles)

    Ferdinand Ries

    Ries: Flute and Piano Works - Flute Sonatas / Introduction and Polonaise / Variations on a Portuguese Hymn

    Uwe Grodd, flute

    9:24
  • 2:21 AM

    Symphony on a French Mountain Air

    Vincent d'Indy

    d'Indy: Orchestral Works, Vol. 5

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra

    Rumon Gamba, conductor

    Louis Lortie, piano

    26:20
  • 2:14 AM

    French Carol Medley

    Traditional French

    Christmas on Copper Street, Vol. 2

    Copper Street Brass Quintet

    5:14
  • 2:06 AM

    A Christmas Overture

    Nigel Hess

    A Christmas Festival

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    John Rutter, conductor

    7:23
  • 2:01 AM

    Concert Study

    Felix Godefroid

    Revelation

    Valerie Milot, harp

    4:46
  • 1:44 AM

    Silent Night Paraphrase; Joy; Jauchzet frohlochet

    Christmas Music

    A Good Housekeeping Christmas

    The Salon Orchestra

    13:59
  • 12:45 AM

    Old Christmas Music

    Philip Lane

    Another Night Before Christmas And Scrooge

    Royal Ballet Sinfonia

    Gavin Sutherland, conductor

    12:06
  • 12:23 AM

    Octet for Winds

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Greatest Hits

    Netherlands Wind Ensemble

    21:01
  • 12:09 AM

    Break Forth. . . Medley

    Christmas Music

    A Festival Of Carols

    Robert Shaw Orchestra

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    12:04
  • 12:01 AM

    The Nutcracker: Waltz of the Flowers

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Mad About Mad About

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    6:57
  • 11:59 PM

    Country Gardens

    Percy Grainger

    Grainger: Folk-Inspired Works for Piano Duet and Piano Duo

    Bilder Duo

    2:23
  • 11:44 PM

    Christmas Tree Suite

    Franz Liszt

    Another Night Before Christmas And Scrooge

    RTE Concert Orchestra

    Gavin Sutherland, conductor

    13:30
  • 11:27 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 6

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Brandenbug Concertos Nos. 4, 5, 6

    Boston Baroque

    Martin Pearlman, conductor

    16:30
  • 11:19 PM

    Carol Fantasia

    John Fox

    Another Night Before Christmas And Scrooge

    RTE Concert Orchestra

    Gavin Sutherland, conductor

    6:12
  • 11:08 PM

    Personent hodie; Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming

    Traditional

    A Swedish Folk Christmas

    St. Jacob's Chamber Choir

    Gary Graden, conductor

    Lisa Rydberg, violin

    9:44
  • 11:05 PM

    Wonderful Town: The Story of My Life

    Leonard Bernstein

    For Lenny

    Lara Downes, piano

    2:32
  • 11:00 PM

    Ruslan and Ludmila: Overture

    Mikhail Glinka

    Russian Sketches

    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    4:56
  • 10:52 PM

    Laudate Dominum

    Marc-Antoine Charpentier

    Charpentier: Te Deum; Magnificat

    Musica Polyphonica

    Louis Devos, conductor

    6:47
  • 10:31 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 1

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: The Violin Concertos; Sinfonia concertante

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Anne-Sophie Mutter, conductor

    Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin

    20:27
  • 10:18 PM

    Unto us is born; While shepherds; The First Nowell

    Christmas Music

    Christmas at King's: Favourite Carols

    Choir of King's College, Cambridge

    David Willcocks, conductor

    9:46
  • 10:10 PM

    Alcina Overture

    George Frideric Handel

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Raymond Leppard, conductor

    7:26
  • 10:06 PM

    Lux Aeterna

    Edward Elgar

    Lux

    Voces8

    3:48
  • 10:02 PM

    O Tannenbaum

    Traditional

    Christmas Piano with Alexis

    Alexis Ffrench, piano

    2:31
  • 9:39 PM

    Missa Carolae

    James Whitbourn

    James Whitbourn: Carolae: Music for Christmas

    Westminster Williamson Voices

    James Jordan, conductor

    Daryl Robinson, organ

    20:12
  • 9:17 PM

    Concertante for Flute and Clarinet

    Franz Danzi

    Winged Creatures

    Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra

    Allen Tinkham, conductor

    Anthony McGill, clarinet

    20:39
  • 9:15 PM

    Oberek No. 1

    Grazyna Bacewicz

    Violin Odyssey

    Itamar Zorman, violin

    1:42
  • 9:06 PM

    Variations on the Boar's Head Carol

    Rick Sowash

    Rick Sowash: Piano Trios

    Mirecourt Trio

    7:14
  • 9:00 PM

    The Girl from Corsica

    Trevor Duncan

    British Light Music Classics - 3

    New London Orchestra

    Ronald Corp, conductor

    4:39
  • 6:51 PM

    A Christmas Fantasy

    Gordon Langford

    Christmas Fantasy

    Huddersfield Choral Society

    Keith Rhodes, conductor

    7:21
  • 6:41 PM

    He is Born Emanuel; How Brightly Shines the Morning Star; Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming; Volta; God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen

    Christmas Music

    A Christmas Concert For Brass

    Pittsburgh Symphony Brass

    7:42
  • 6:21 PM

    Sleeping Beauty Ballet Suite

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Der Nussknacker and others

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    19:57
  • 6:16 PM

    Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas

    Hugh Martin/Ralph Blane

    This Christmas with Imani Winds

    Imani Winds

    3:17
  • 6:13 PM

    Sleigh Ride

    Leroy Anderson

    This Christmas with Imani Winds

    Imani Winds

    2:46
  • 6:06 PM

    Light Cavalry Overture

    Franz von Suppe

    New Year's Concert 2013

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Franz Welser-Most, conductor

    7:06
  • 6:01 PM

    Symphonic Suite for Strings: Prelude

    Marion Bauer

    Marion Bauer: American Youth Concerto

    Ambache Chamber Orchestra and Ensemble

    4:39
  • 5:45 PM

    Christmas Revels

    Arthur Sullivan

    Sullivan: Victoria And Merrie England / Andrew Penny

    RTE Sinfonietta

    Andrew Penny, conductor

    13:35
  • 5:29 PM

    12 Variations on Handel's "See, The Conquering Hero Comes" from Judas Maccabaeus

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Hope Amid Tears

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    13:51
  • 5:22 PM

    The Polar Express: Suite

    Alan Silvestri

    The Polar Express Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

    Original Soundtrack Recording

    Alan Silvestri, conductor

    6:02
  • 5:06 PM

    A Winter's Tale

    Josef Suk

    uk: A Summer's Tale, Op. 29 & A Winter's Tale, Op. 9

    Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Mogrelia, conductor

    14:43
  • 5:01 PM

    Hook: Flight to Neverland

    John Williams

    Celebrating John Williams

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    4:48
  • 4:50 PM

    Men of Goodwill Variations on A Christmas Carol

    Benjamin Britten

    Britten: Young Person's Guide, Sea Interludes, Men Of Goodwill / Marriner

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    8:30
  • 4:42 PM

    Frosty the Snowman (in the style of Mozart)

    Nelson/Rollins

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

    Hampton String Quartet

    5:15
  • 4:24 PM

    Scenes from Childhood

    Robert Schumann

    Children's World

    Mirian Conti, piano

    17:38
  • 4:09 PM

    O Little Town of Bethlehem; God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen; Jesus Christ the Apple Tree; Good King Wenceslas

    Christmas Music

    Carols From St. John's College, Cambridge

    Choir of St. John's College, Cambridge

    George Guest, conductor

    Philip Kenyon, organ

    13:45
  • 4:06 PM

    French Suite No. 5: Gavotte; Bourree

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    J.S. Bach: The French Suites

    Peter Hill, piano

    2:34
  • 4:00 PM

    Village Dance

    Claude Champagne

    Dancing For 100 Years

    Quebec Symphony Orchestra

    Yoav Talmi, conductor

    4:48
  • 3:54 PM

    Jingle Bells

    James Pierpont

    Christmas Goes Baroque 1

    CSSR State Philharmonic Orchestra

    Peter Breiner, conductor

    4:35
  • 3:46 PM

    Christmas Medley

    Christmas Music

    Foothills Brass

    11:29
  • 3:42 PM

    O Little Town of Bethlehem

    Traditional

    Down Came An Angel

    Jacqueline Schwab, piano

    2:50
  • 3:27 PM

    Suite Francaise

    Darius Milhaud

    US Air Force Band in Blue

    US Air Force Band in Blue

    Capt. Philip Chevallard, conductor

    14:30
  • 3:21 PM

    Jingle Bells

    James Pierpont

    Christmas Goes Baroque 1

    CSSR State Philharmonic Orchestra

    Peter Breiner, conductor

    4:35
  • 3:08 PM

    Christmas Medley

    Traditional

    On Christmas Night

    Choir of St. John's College, Cambridge

    Andrew Nethsingha, conductor

    John Challenger, organ

    11:41
  • 3:02 PM

    Chen Yi, violin

    Lars Hannibal, guitar

    5:30
  • 2:54 PM

    Der Rosenkavalier: Final Trio ("Hab’ mir’s gelobt")

    Richard Strauss

    Metropolitan Opera Brass

    5:53
  • 2:48 PM

    Waltz No. 2 "Valse brillante"

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Opp. 33-36, 38

    Maurizio Pollini, piano

    4:57
  • 2:38 PM

    A Christmas Cracker

    Thomas Hewitt Jones

    A Choral Christmas

    Voces8

    Jack Liebeck, conductor

    3:35
  • 2:34 PM

    Gabriel's Message

    Traditional Basque

    A Choral Christmas

    Voces8

    Jack Liebeck, conductor

    4:06
  • 2:30 PM

    Snowfall

    Claude Thornhill

    Swing, Swing, Swing

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    3:13
  • 2:21 PM

    The Nutcracker: Waltz of the Snowflakes

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky - Nutcracker Favourite Selections

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    6:36
  • 2:17 PM

    Pastorale

    Igor Stravinsky

    J. Strauss: Waltz Transcriptions/Stravinsky: Chamber Music

    Boston Symphony Chamber Players

    2:52
  • 2:07 PM

    Christmas Medley

    William Billings/Hans Leo Hassler/Traditional

    Christmas Carols

    Musica Sacra

    Richard Westenburg, conductor

    6:30
  • 2:04 PM

    Beautiful Rosemary (Schon Rosmarin)

    Fritz Kreisler

    A La Carte

    Abbey Road Ensemble

    Lawrence Foster, conductor

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    1:54
  • 1:53 PM

    Deck the Halls

    Traditional English

    Christmas Goes Baroque 2

    Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia

    Peter Breiner, conductor

    5:23
  • 1:45 PM

    Sursum Corda

    Edward Elgar

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    George Hurst, conductor

    7:06
  • 1:33 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 9 "Jeunehomme": 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 6, 8, And 9

    Mantova Chamber Orchestra

    Carlo Fabiano, conductor

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    10:34
  • 1:27 PM

    Fairytale Sleighride

    Adam Saunders

    Another Night Before Christmas And Scrooge

    Royal Ballet Sinfonia

    Gavin Sutherland, conductor

    4:30
  • 1:14 PM

    O Little Town of Bethlehem; The First Nowell; Away in a Manger

    Traditional

    The Christmas Album

    Ambrosian Singers

    Vaughan Meakins, conductor

    11:40
  • 1:10 PM

    Seven Popular Spanish Songs: Jota

    Manuel de Falla

    Bizet: Carmen Suite; Falla: Dances

    Los Romeros

    3:06
  • 1:04 PM

    Rodeo: Saturday Night Waltz

    Aaron Copland

    The Essence of America: Aaron Copland

    San Francisco Symphony

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    4:28
  • 12:54 PM

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

    Traditional

    Carols from Trinity

    Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge

    Richard Marlow, conductor

    7:36
  • 12:48 PM

    Harp Concerto: Joy Ride

    Jennifer Higdon

    Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra

    Ward Stare, conductor

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    4:25
  • 12:44 PM

    Marriage of Figaro: Voi che sapete

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Arias

    Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    Magdalena Kozena, mezzo-soprano

    3:06
  • 12:35 PM

    Symphony No. 2: 4th movement

    Robert Schumann

    Robert Schumann Symphonies 1-4

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    8:11
  • 12:15 PM

    Concerto for Two Cellos

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi's Cello

    Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra

    Ton Koopman, conductor

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    8:56
  • 12:08 PM

    While by my sheep; Adeste fideles; Come, little children

    Traditional

    Christmas with the Vienna Choir Boys

    Vienna Boys Choir

    Peter Marschik, conductor

    5:55
  • 12:04 PM

    Humoresque No. 7

    Antonin Dvorak

    Concert A La Carte

    Vienna-Berlin Ensemble

    3:02
  • 11:44 AM

    The Christmas Story: selections

    Christmas Music

    Christmas Story

    Ars Nova Copenhagen

    Paul Hillier, conductor

    14:00
  • 11:31 AM

    Swan Lake: Dance of the Swans

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    Barry Griffiths, violin

    12:05
  • 11:27 AM

    Fantasia on "I Saw Three Ships"

    Traditional

    O Holy Night: Christmas Favorites

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    James Galway, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    3:08
  • 11:20 AM

    Sinfonia; Ave Maria; Chorale

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    James Galway's Christmas Carols

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    James Galway, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    7:18
  • 11:12 AM

    Overture on French Carols

    Philip Lane

    British Light Music Premieres Vol. 2

    Royal Ballet Sinfonia

    Gavin Sutherland, conductor

    5:20
  • 11:06 AM

    Minuet Antique

    Maurice Ravel

    Haydn, Ravel, Stravinsky

    Tesla Quartet

    5:44
  • 11:01 AM

    Symphony "The Cotswolds": 3rd movement

    Gustav Holst

    Holst: Symphony, "The Cotswolds" / Walt Whitman, Overture / Indra / Japanese Suite / A Winter Idyll

    Ulster Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    4:51
  • 10:41 AM

    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
  • 10:22 AM

    Violin Sonata No. 2

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: The Violin Sonatas

    Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin

    17:41
  • 10:17 AM

    O Tannenbaum

    Traditional

    Christmas Piano with Alexis

    Alexis Ffrench, piano

    2:31
  • 10:06 AM

    String Symphony No. 10

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn String Symphonies

    Amadeus Ensemble

    Agnieszka Duczmal, conductor

    10:15
  • 10:01 AM

    Four German Carols

    Traditional

    An Old World Christmas

    Berlin Philharmonic Brass

    4:30
  • 9:44 AM

    Noels

    Marc-Antoine Charpentier

    Simphonies des Noels: A Treasury of Baroque Christmas Concerti

    The King's Violins

    Bernard Labadie, conductor

    14:33
  • 9:28 AM

    Guitar Concerto

    Ferdinando Carulli

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Iona Brown, conductor

    Pepe Romero, guitar

    15:28
  • 9:15 AM

    Christmas Carols for Strings

    Traditional

    Tchaikovsky: Children's Album, Mozart: Toy Symphony

    I Musici Montreal

    Yuli Turovsky, conductor

    10:42
  • 9:01 AM

    Quartet No. 3

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Six Wind Quartets

    Vienna-Berlin Ensemble

    13:38
  • 8:33 AM

    Dancing Day

    John Rutter

    Ceremony of Carols

    Etherea Vocal Ensemble

    Grace Cloutier, harp

    24:50
  • 8:23 AM

    Suite Rococo

    Andre Gretry

    Gretry, Ysaye, Vieuxtemps, Gossec, etc.

    I Fiamminghi

    France Springuel, cello

    9:50
  • 8:18 AM

    Messiah: All we like sheep

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Messiah Highlights

    Boston Baroque

    Martin Pearlman, conductor

    3:26
  • 8:01 AM

    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
  • 7:44 AM

    Sussex Carol; I Saw Three Ships; Silent Night; Festive Cheer

    Christmas Music

    Isthmus Brass Christmas

    Isthmus Brass

    John Stevens, conductor

    14:44
  • 7:15 AM

    Symphony No. 99

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra

    Adam Fischer, conductor

    27:28
  • 7:02 AM

    The Nutcracker: Characteristic Dances

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Ballet Suites for Piano Duo

    Mari Kodama, piano

    12:18
  • 6:36 AM

    Suite Concertino

    Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari

    Wolf-Ferrari: Orchestral Works

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Gianandrea Noseda, conductor

    Karen Geoghegan, bassoon

    21:53
  • 6:14 AM

    The First Noel; Carol of the Bells; O Come, All Ye Faithful; Joy to the World; I Wonder as I Wander; Good King Wenceslas

    Christmas Music

    Joy to the World

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Eugene Ormandy, conductor

    22:06
  • 6:02 AM

    Northern Lights

    Errollyn Wallen

    Concert Recording

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Thomas Sondergard, conductor

    9:17