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  • 5:49 AM

    Canticum Mariae Virginis

    Einojuhani Rautavaara

    Rautavaara: Missa a cappella; Sacred Choral Works

    Latvian Radio Choir

    Sigvards Klava, conductor

    8:50
  • 5:33 AM

    Concerto Grosso No. 6 "Christmas Concerto"

    Giuseppe Sammartini

    Christmas Festival

    London Festival Orchestra

    Ross Pople, conductor

    14:55
  • 5:20 AM

    Christmas Night

    Sergei Lyapunov

    Christmas Piano Music

    Eteri Andjaparidze, piano

    4:59
  • 5:13 AM

    Mass for Four Voices: Gloria

    William Byrd

    Times Go By Turns

    New York Polyphony

    5:38
  • 5:06 AM

    Noels

    Marc-Antoine Charpentier

    The Baroque Christmas Album

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    7:00
  • 5:01 AM

    Winter Light: Falling Snow

    Michael Gandolfi

    With Strings Attached

    San Francisco Choral Artists

    Magen Solomon, conductor

    4:39
  • 4:53 AM

    Magnificat

    Caleb Burhans

    Caleb Burhans: Evensong

    Choir of Trinity Church, Wall Street

    Caleb Burhans, organ

    5:43
  • 4:45 AM

    Vespers: My Soul Magnifies the Lord

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    The Rachmaninoff Vespers

    Saint Petersburg Chamber Choir

    Nikolai Korniev, conductor

    7:18
  • 4:33 AM

    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
  • 4:27 AM

    Wondrous Love/The Snowman: Walking in the Air

    Anonymous/Howard Blake

    A Star in the East

    Carolyn Surrick, viola da gamba

    5:18
  • 4:16 AM

    Winter Poem No. 1

    Glenn Buhr

    Winter Poems - Music of Glenn Buhr

    Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra

    Bramwell Tovey, conductor

    10:02
  • 4:13 AM

    Frost

    Gabriel Olafs

    Winter Calm

    Gabriel Olafs, piano

    1:54
  • 4:06 AM

    O Magnum Mysterium (O Great Mystery)

    Morten Lauridsen

    Lauridsen: Lux Aeterna

    Polyphony

    Stephen Layton, conductor

    6:32
  • 4:01 AM

    Lully, Lulla, Lullay

    Philip Stopford

    Carols With St. Paul's Cathedral Choir

    Choir of St. Paul's Cathedral

    Andrew Carwood, conductor

    4:37
  • 3:49 AM

    Christmas Cantata

    Daniel Pinkham

    Hodie

    Dale Warland Singers

    Dale Warland, conductor

    Ronald Hasselmann, trumpet

    8:56
  • 3:23 AM

    Gloria

    Francis Poulenc

    Stravinsky: Symphony of Psalms; Poulenc: Gloria

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    Sylvia McNair, soprano

    24:15
  • 3:20 AM

    Ubi Caritas

    Maurice Durufle

    Mysteries Beyond: Songs and Chants in Praise of Mary

    Voices of Ascension

    2:27
  • 3:10 AM

    Three Botticelli Pictures: Adoration of the Magi

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: Ancient Airs And Dances, Etc

    Chamber Orchestra of Lausanne

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    8:01
  • 3:06 AM

    In the Bleak Midwinter

    Gustav Holst

    Carols From The Old And New Worlds

    Theatre of Voices

    Paul Hillier, conductor

    3:51
  • 3:01 AM

    O Come, O Come Emmanuel

    Traditional

    A Christmas Gift

    David Wood, guitar

    4:49
  • 2:50 AM

    Christmas Song; The Newborn Jesus; Peace, only peace; The country is so beautiful

    Christmas Music

    Alilo!

    HOL Choir

    Esko Kallio, conductor

    8:03
  • 2:47 AM

    Holly Jolly Christmas

    Johnny Marks

    Imagine Christmas

    Jasper String Quartet

    2:13
  • 2:22 AM

    A Ceremony of Carols

    Benjamin Britten

    In Winter's House - Christmas with Tenebrae

    Tenebrae

    Nigel Short, conductor

    Camilla Pay, harp

    24:00
  • 2:19 AM

    Personent hodie

    Traditional

    The Cambridge Singers Christmas Album / Rutter

    Cambridge Singers

    John Rutter, conductor

    1:45
  • 2:06 AM

    Suite of Carols for String Orchestra

    Leroy Anderson

    ANDERSON, L.: Sleigh Ride and Other Holiday Favourites

    BBC Concert Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    12:22
  • 2:01 AM

    O Magnum Mysterium

    Andrej Makor

    Be All Merry

    The Choral Scholars of University College Dublin

    Desmond Earley, conductor

    Eleanor Coleman, soprano

    4:32
  • 1:55 AM

    Wonder Tidings

    Stephen Paulus

    Christmas With The Dale Warland Singers

    Dale Warland Singers

    Dale Warland, conductor

    Kathleen Robinson, oboe

    3:10
  • 1:51 AM

    This Endris Night

    Stephen Paulus

    Christmas With The Dale Warland Singers

    Dale Warland Singers

    Dale Warland, conductor

    Kathleen Robinson, oboe

    4:34
  • 1:24 AM

    Mass

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams: Mass in G minor; Sacred and Secular Songs

    Christ Church Cathedral Choir, Oxford

    Stephen Darlington, conductor

    25:40
  • 1:17 AM

    Concerto Grosso No. 6 "Christmas Concerto"

    Giuseppe Torelli

    Simphonies des Noels: A Treasury of Baroque Christmas Concerti

    The King's Violins

    Bernard Labadie, conductor

    5:41
  • 1:10 AM

    A Spotless Rose

    Paul Mealor

    Blessing: The Music of Paul Mealor

    Voce Chamber Choir

    Mark Singleton, conductor

    4:51
  • 1:06 AM

    Parade of the Wooden Soldiers

    Leon Jessel

    Pops Christmas Party

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Arthur Fiedler, conductor

    3:57
  • 1:01 AM

    O Holy Night

    Adolphe Adam

    The Cambridge Singers Christmas Album / Rutter

    City of London Sinfonia

    John Rutter, conductor

    4:33
  • 12:44 AM

    The First Nowell; Ding Dong Merrily on High; One December, Bright and Clear; Rejoice and Be Merry!

    Traditional

    Rejoice and Be Merry!

    King's Singers

    Craig Jessop, conductor

    14:48
  • 12:37 AM

    Christmas Oratorio: Jauchzet, frohlocket

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Dashing, Vol. 2

    Joseph Galerna, organ

    6:09
  • 12:16 AM

    A Christmas Carol Symphony

    Patric Standford

    HELY-HUTCHINSON: Carol Symphony / STANDFORD / KELLY

    City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra

    Gavin Sutherland, conductor

    18:59
  • 12:12 AM

    Morning Star

    Arvo Part

    Morning Star

    Gesualdo Six

    Owain Park, conductor

    2:34
  • 12:01 AM

    One Winter's Night

    Mark O'Connor

    An Appalachian Christmas

    Mark O'Connor, violin

    4:46
  • 11:46 PM

    Medley

    Christmas Music

    Our Heart's Joy: A Chanticleer Christmas

    Chanticleer

    11:50
  • 11:38 PM

    Pastorale; Silent Night

    Christmas Music

    Christmas Harp Music

    Ayako Shinozaki, harp

    8:41
  • 11:23 PM

    Christmas Revels

    Arthur Sullivan

    Sullivan: Victoria And Merrie England / Andrew Penny

    RTE Sinfonietta

    Andrew Penny, conductor

    13:35
  • 11:19 PM

    Gloucestershire Wassail

    Traditional English

    News Of Great Joy

    His Majestie's Clerkes

    Anne Heider, conductor

    2:43
  • 11:11 PM

    A Visit from St. Nicholas

    Robert Burns Arnot

    Robert Burns Arnot: The Christmas Symphony

    Vienna Synchron Orchestra

    Bernhard Voss, conductor

    6:39
  • 11:06 PM

    Lullay

    Karl Jenkins

    Karl Jenkins: Motets

    Polyphony

    Stephen Layton, conductor

    3:59
  • 11:01 PM

    We Need a Little Christmas

    Jerry Herman

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

    Hampton String Quartet

    4:39
  • 10:53 PM

    Christmas Overture

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Joy!

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    John Morris Russell, conductor

    5:49
  • 10:49 PM

    Ave Maria

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert For Two / Gil Shaham, Göran Söllscher

    Gil Shaham, violin

    7:02
  • 7:54 PM

    Christmas Rush Concert March

    Matthew Curtis

    Another Night Before Christmas And Scrooge

    RTE Concert Orchestra

    Gavin Sutherland, conductor

    4:18
  • 7:50 PM

    Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas

    Hugh Martin/Ralph Blane

    Christmas

    Carlos Simon, piano

    2:26
  • 7:11 PM

    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

    38:30
  • 7:06 PM

    Lauda Jerusalem

    Gabriel Diaz

    Music of Gabrieli

    Empire Brass

    3:00
  • 7:01 PM

    Missa Beata Dei genitrix Maria: Gloria

    Alonso Lobo

    A Spanish Nativity

    Stile Antico

    4:43
  • 6:47 PM

    French and English Christmas Music

    Traditional

    Noels & Carols from the Olde World

    Apollo's Fire Baroque Orchestra

    Jeannette Sorrell, conductor

    11:15
  • 5:45 PM

    The Many Moods of Christmas No. 3

    Robert Russell Bennett

    The Many Moods of Christmas

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    12:48
  • 5:40 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
  • 5:19 PM

    Christmas Music from the British Isles

    Various

    In Dulci Jubilo

    Seattle Pro Musica

    Karen P. Thomas, conductor

    19:12
  • 5:14 PM

    La vierge a la creche (The Virgin at the Cradle)

    Albert Perilhou

    Noel

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    3:06
  • 5:07 PM

    Das neugeborne Kindelein

    Dietrich Buxtehude

    Buxtehude: Vocal Music, Vol. 2

    Copenhagen Royal Chapel Choir

    Ebbe Munk, conductor

    7:09
  • 5:01 PM

    Four German Carols

    Traditional

    An Old World Christmas

    Berlin Philharmonic Brass

    4:30
  • 4:33 PM

    The Joy of Christmas

    Christmas Music

    Christmas with the Cambridge Singers

    City of London Sinfonia

    John Rutter, conductor

    25:28
  • 4:23 PM

    The Holly and the Ivy: Fantasy on Christmas Carols

    Malcolm Arnold

    Arnold: Film Music, Vol. 2

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Rumon Gamba, conductor

    8:55
  • 4:21 PM

    We Wish You a Merry Christmas

    Traditional

    Christmas

    Buzz Brass

    :55
  • 4:19 PM

    Let it Snow!

    Jule Styne

    Christmas

    Buzz Brass

    2:49
  • 4:15 PM

    Sleigh Ride

    Leroy Anderson

    Sleigh Ride

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Keith Lockhart, conductor

    2:50
  • 4:08 PM

    The Seasons: December (Christmas)

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: The Seasons

    Queensland Symphony Orchestra

    Peter Breiner, conductor

    Takako Nishizaki, violin

    4:31
  • 4:06 PM

    I Saw Three Ships

    Traditional English

    Nativitas: American Carols

    Kansas City Chorale

    Charles Bruffy, conductor

    1:47
  • 4:01 PM

    The First Noel

    Traditional

    A String Quartet Christmas

    Arturo Delmoni, violin

    4:49
  • 3:55 PM

    Wassail Dances: Yorkshire Wassail

    Philip Lane

    HELY-HUTCHINSON: Carol Symphony / STANDFORD / KELLY

    City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra

    Gavin Sutherland, conductor

    3:02
  • 3:39 PM

    Christmas Carol Medley

    John Rutter

    The Christmas Album

    Ambrosian Singers

    Vaughan Meakins, conductor

    15:48
  • 3:22 PM

    Organ Concerto No. 9 "Hallelujah"

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: The Organ Concertos Vol. 2

    Paillard Chamber Orchestra

    Marie-Claire Alain, organ

    15:26
  • 3:18 PM

    Glory to the Christ Child

    Alan Bullard

    Carol of the Bells

    The Sixteen

    Harry Christophers, conductor

    2:51
  • 3:06 PM

    Christmas Overture

    Otto Nicolai

    Nicolai: 4 Overtures, Symphony in D Major

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Karl Anton Rickenbacher, conductor

    10:51
  • 3:01 PM

    Santa Claus Medley

    Coots/Autry

    Christmas Harp Music

    Ayako Shinozaki, harp

    4:30
  • 2:45 PM

    Sing Noel; Hark! the Herald Angels Sing; Angels from the Realms of Glory

    Christmas Music

    Home for the Holidays

    Mormon Tabernacle Choir

    Mack Wilberg/Ryan Murphy, conductor

    Alfie Boe, tenor

    13:24
  • 2:35 PM

    Christmas Roses

    Emil Waldteufel

    Waldteufel Waltzes, Polkas and Galops

    Gulbenkian Orchestra

    Michel Swierczewski, conductor

    8:58
  • 2:31 PM

    Christ the Apple Tree

    Stanford Scriven

    The Christmas Album

    Phoenix Chorale

    Christopher Gabbitas, conductor

    3:51
  • 2:23 PM

    Four Seasons: Winter

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: The Four Seasons

    Janine Jansen, violin

    7:50
  • 2:11 PM

    At Midnight Hour; Joy Be With You; Carol of the Birds; Winter's Falling Light

    Medley

    Surrounded By Angels

    Ensemble Galilei

    9:53
  • 2:06 PM

    Carol of the Bells

    Mikola Leontovich

    This Christmas with Imani Winds

    Imani Winds

    3:43
  • 2:01 PM

    Amahl and the Night Visitors: Introduction, March and Shepherd's Dance

    Gian Carlo Menotti

    Christmas on Stage and Screen

    United States Air Force Band

    Lowell E. Graham, conductor

    4:30
  • 11:50 AM

    Christmas Medley

    Traditional

    Carols from New College, Oxford

    Choir of New College, Oxford

    Edward Higginbottom, conductor

    Howard Moody, organ

    7:28
  • 11:45 AM

    In the Bleak Midwinter

    Gustav Holst

    Christmas Songbook

    King's Singers

    4:57
  • 11:22 AM

    X'mas Suite

    Massimo Paris

    Christmas With Los Romeros

    Los Romeros

    Massimo Paris, conductor

    21:39
  • 11:15 AM

    O Magnum Mysterium (O Great Mystery)

    Morten Lauridsen

    Mysterium

    Los Angeles Master Chorale

    Grant Gershon, conductor

    Anne Akiko Meyers, violin

    6:33
  • 11:07 AM

    Nativity Carol; Quem pastores

    Christmas Music

    Carols from Clare

    Clare College Singers

    John Rutter, conductor

    6:34
  • 11:06 AM

    Joy to the World

    Traditional

    A Festival Of Carols In Brass

    Philadelphia Brass Ensemble

    1:13
  • 11:01 AM

    The Snowman: Prelude and Serenade

    Erich Korngold

    Favorite Holiday Classics

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    Michael Ludwig, violin

    4:39
  • 10:54 AM

    O Holy Night

    Adolphe Adam

    Feliz Navidad

    Slovak National Symphony Orchestra

    Allan Wilson, conductor

    Rolando Villazon, tenor

    4:31
  • 10:32 AM

    Medley for Advent

    Christmas Music

    Veni Emmanuel

    Choir of Clare College, Cambridge

    Graham Ross, conductor

    William McKie, organ

    20:17
  • 10:19 AM

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

    Christmas Music

    Isthmus Brass Christmas

    Isthmus Brass

    John Stevens, conductor

    6:57
  • 10:06 AM

    We Wish You; Jingle Bells; 12 Days; Winter W'land; Deck the Hall

    Christmas Music

    Christmas Harp Music

    Ayako Shinozaki, harp

    12:09
  • 10:01 AM

    Lully, Lulla, Lullay

    Philip Stopford

    Carols With St. Paul's Cathedral Choir

    Choir of St. Paul's Cathedral

    Andrew Carwood, conductor

    4:37
  • 9:52 AM

    The Nutcracker: Waltz of the Snowflakes

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker

    Stewart Goodyear, piano

    6:09
  • 9:20 AM

    La Boite a Joujoux (The Toy Box)

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: La Mer, etc.

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    31:42
  • 9:16 AM

    O Christmas Tree

    Traditional German

    A Classical Guitar Christmas

    Eva Beneke, guitar

    3:45
  • 9:06 AM

    Three Botticelli Pictures: Adoration of the Magi

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: Ancient Airs And Dances, Etc

    Chamber Orchestra of Lausanne

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    8:01
  • 9:01 AM

    Christmas Tree Suite: Abendglocken (Evening Bells)

    Franz Liszt

    Franz Liszt

    Jerome Lowenthal, piano

    4:30
  • 8:53 AM

    Blue Bird: Christmas Dream

    Engelbert Humperdinck

    Humperdinck: Fairy-Tale Music

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Karl Anton Rickenbacher, conductor

    5:21
  • 8:50 AM

    Deck the Halls

    Traditional English

    A Harp For Christmas

    Emily Mitchell, harp

    2:46
  • 8:47 AM

    Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming

    Traditional

    A Harp For Christmas

    Emily Mitchell, harp

    2:43
  • 8:43 AM

    Still, Still, Still

    Traditional German

    A Harp For Christmas

    Emily Mitchell, harp

    3:38
  • 8:28 AM

    Advent Antiphons

    Bob Chilcott

    Carol of the Bells

    The Sixteen

    Harry Christophers, conductor

    13:17
  • 8:06 AM

    Symphony No. 49 "Christmas Symphony"

    Alan Hovhaness

    Hovhaness Treasures

    Northwest Sinfonia

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    22:12
  • 8:01 AM

    Lux Aeterna: O Nata Lux

    Morten Lauridsen

    Lux

    Voces8

    4:23
  • 7:38 AM

    Piano Trio No. 3 "A Christmas Divertimento"

    Rick Sowash

    Rick Sowash: Piano Trios

    Mirecourt Trio

    20:43
  • 7:30 AM

    Les Chanteurs de Noel

    Alexander Glazunov

    Noel

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    6:45
  • 7:07 AM

    A Christmas Cantata

    Arthur Honegger

    Jurowski Conducts Honegger

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vladimir Jurowski, conductor

    Christopher Maltman, baritone

    21:38
  • 7:01 AM

    Romance for Violin and Piano

    Gabriel Faure

    Faure: Sonates Pour Violon

    Isabelle Faust, violin

    5:21
  • 6:42 AM

    Christmas Carols and Songs

    Christmas Music

    Joy | Carols & Songs for a Season of Light

    Frank Wallace, guitar

    16:10
  • 6:15 AM

    Santa Claus Symphony

    William Henry Fry

    Fry: Santa Claus Symphony

    Royal Scottish Orchestra

    Tony Rowe, conductor

    26:11
  • 6:06 AM

    Sinfonia; Ave Maria; Chorale

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    James Galway's Christmas Carols

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    James Galway, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    7:18
  • 6:01 AM

    It Came upon the Midnight Clear

    Richard Willis

    Let It Snow!

    Chanticleer

    4:33