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  • 6:06 PM

    Festival Fanfare

    John Wasson

    Horns For The Holidays

    Dallas Wind Symphony

    Jerry Junkin, conductor

    3:44
  • 6:01 PM

    The Toy Factory: Little Elves, Fairies and Snowmen

    John Wineglass

    Dashing, Vol. 3

    Brno Philharmonic Orchestra

    Pavel Snajdr, conductor

    4:26
  • 5:54 PM

    Wake, Awake, for Night is Flying

    Philipp Nicolai

    St. Olaf Christmas Festival 2018: Good News of Great Joy

    St. Olaf Choir

    4:00
  • 5:43 PM

    The Nutcracker: Characteristic Dances

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky - Nutcracker Favourite Selections

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    11:26
  • 5:29 PM

    Suite of Carols for String Orchestra

    Leroy Anderson

    ANDERSON, L.: Sleigh Ride and Other Holiday Favourites

    BBC Concert Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    12:23
  • 5:25 PM

    Julvisa (Christmas Song)

    Jean Sibelius

    Christmas from Norway

    Norwegian Radio Orchestra

    Christian Eggen, conductor

    Lise Davidsen, soprano

    3:00
  • 5:21 PM

    Deilig er Jorden (Fairest Lord Jesus)

    Traditional

    Christmas from Norway

    Norwegian Radio Orchestra

    Christian Eggen, conductor

    Lise Davidsen, soprano

    3:52
  • 5:18 PM

    Maria Wiegenlied (Mary's Cradle Song)

    Max Reger

    Evening Bells

    Roland Pontinen, piano

    2:10
  • 5:14 PM

    Good King Wenceslas

    Traditional

    Chanticleer: Our Favorite Carols

    Chanticleer

    2:24
  • 5:10 PM

    It Came upon the Midnight Clear

    Richard Willis

    Let It Snow!

    Chanticleer

    4:34
  • 5:06 PM

    Silent Night

    Franz Gruber

    The Mystery of Christmas

    Elora Singers

    Noel Edison, conductor

    3:04
  • 5:01 PM

    Fantasia on Greensleeves

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Twentieth Century Classics

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    4:43
  • 4:54 PM

    O Come, All Ye Faithful

    Traditional

    A Choral Christmas

    Voces8

    Jack Liebeck, conductor

    5:07
  • 4:50 PM

    In Dulci Jubilo

    Traditional

    A Choral Christmas

    Voces8

    3:14
  • 4:43 PM

    Sonata Natalis

    Johann Schmelzer

    Frohlich soll mein

    Ludwig Guttler Brass Ensemble

    Ludwig Guttler, conductor

    6:32
  • 4:41 PM

    Rejoice and Be Merry

    Traditional

    Essential Carols

    Choir of King's College, Cambridge

    David Willcocks, conductor

    Simon Preston, organ

    1:49
  • 4:29 PM

    The Many Moods of Christmas No. 2

    Robert Russell Bennett

    The Many Moods of Christmas

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    10:56
  • 4:23 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
  • 4:16 PM

    O Holy Night

    Adolphe Adam

    Christmas with the Cambridge Singers

    City of London Sinfonia

    John Rutter, conductor

    6:35
  • 4:11 PM

    Go Tell It on the Mountain

    Spiritual

    This Christmas with Imani Winds

    Imani Winds

    3:01
  • 4:06 PM

    Messiah: Hallelujah Chorus

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Messiah

    Toronto Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Davis, conductor

    3:49
  • 4:01 PM

    On This Merriest Christmas Day

    Mack Wilberg

    Let The Season In

    Mormon Tabernacle Choir

    Mack Wilberg/Ryan Murphy, conductor

    4:38
  • 3:46 PM

    A Christmas Greeting

    Alfred Burt

    We Wish You a Merry Christmas

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    12:51
  • 3:40 PM

    All Bells in Paradise

    John Rutter

    Carols With St. Paul's Cathedral Choir

    Choir of St. Paul's Cathedral

    Andrew Carwood, conductor

    Simon Johnson, organ

    5:31
  • 3:36 PM

    The First Noel

    Traditional

    Stephen Paulus: Carols For Christmas

    Dale Warland Singers

    Dale Warland, conductor

    2:39
  • 3:32 PM

    O Little Town of Bethlehem

    Traditional

    Stephen Paulus: Carols For Christmas

    Dale Warland Singers

    Dale Warland, conductor

    3:50
  • 3:30 PM

    Joy to the World

    Traditional

    A Christmas Concert For Brass

    Pittsburgh Symphony Brass

    1:11
  • 3:29 PM

    How Brightly Shown the Morning Star

    Traditional

    A Christmas Concert For Brass

    Pittsburgh Symphony Brass

    1:12
  • 3:28 PM

    Infant Holy, Infant Lowly

    Traditional Polish

    A Christmas Concert For Brass

    Pittsburgh Symphony Brass

    1:31
  • 3:21 PM

    Fairytale Sleighride

    Adam Saunders

    Another Night Before Christmas And Scrooge

    Royal Ballet Sinfonia

    Gavin Sutherland, conductor

    4:30
  • 3:10 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
  • 3:06 PM

    Santa Claus is Comin' to Town

    J. Fred Coots

    The Greatest Christmas Choral Classics

    Crouch End Festival Chorus

    Evan Jolly/Paul Bateman, conductor

    2:57
  • 3:01 PM

    A Medley of Carols

    Various

    Yuletide

    The Choral Project

    Daniel Hughes, conductor

    4:44
  • 2:48 PM

    Christmas Medley

    Christmas Music

    Pops Christmas Party

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Arthur Fiedler, conductor

    9:59
  • 2:40 PM

    O Come, All Ye Faithful

    Traditional

    In the Bleak Midwinter

    Choir of King's College, Cambridge

    Daniel Hyde, conductor

    7:25
  • 2:35 PM

    Of the Father's Heart Begotten

    Traditional

    In the Bleak Midwinter

    Choir of King's College, Cambridge

    Daniel Hyde, conductor

    4:48
  • 2:30 PM

    Once in Royal David's City

    Henry Gauntlett

    In the Bleak Midwinter

    Choir of King's College, Cambridge

    Daniel Hyde, conductor

    5:03
  • 2:26 PM

    The Snowman: Walking in the Air

    Howard Blake

    Christmas at the Movies

    Michael Chertock, piano

    3:21
  • 2:21 PM

    Home Alone: Somewhere in My Memory

    John Williams

    Home Alone Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

    Studio Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    4:56
  • 2:11 PM

    The Twelve Days of Christmas

    Traditional English

    Rejoice and Be Merry!

    King's Singers

    Craig Jessop, conductor

    8:29
  • 2:06 PM

    The Nutcracker: Miniature Overture

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    A Concert Piano Christmas at Boston Symphony Hall

    Rasa Vitkauskaite, piano

    3:15
  • 2:02 PM

    Hark! the Herald Angels Sing

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Christmas in the Grand Tradition

    Philadelphia Brass Ensemble

    Peter Conte, organ

    3:00
  • 2:01 PM

    Good King Wenceslas

    Traditional

    Christmas in the Grand Tradition

    Philadelphia Brass Ensemble

    Peter Conte, organ

    1:29
  • 1:56 PM

    The Colours of Christmas

    John Rutter

    John Rutter: The Colours Of Christmas

    Bach Choir

    John Rutter, conductor

    2:51
  • 1:50 PM

    What Child is This?

    Traditional English

    Christmas Goes Baroque 2

    Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia

    Peter Breiner, conductor

    4:38
  • 1:46 PM

    Away in a Manger

    William James Kirkpatrick

    Christmas Goes Baroque 2

    Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia

    Peter Breiner, conductor

    3:23
  • 1:41 PM

    Messiah: For unto us a child is born

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Messiah

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Stephen Cleobury, conductor

    3:59
  • 1:31 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
  • 1:28 PM

    O Christmas Tree

    Traditional

    Christmas Harp Music

    Ayako Shinozaki, harp

    2:30
  • 1:26 PM

    God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen

    Traditional

    Christmas Sing-Along

    RCA Victor Singers

    Richard Westenburg, conductor

    1:57
  • 1:22 PM

    The First Nowell

    Traditional

    Christmas Sing-Along

    RCA Victor Singers

    Richard Westenburg, conductor

    3:46
  • 1:21 PM

    Angels We Have Heard on High

    Traditional French

    Christmas Sing-Along

    RCA Victor Singers

    Richard Westenburg, conductor

    1:37
  • 1:13 PM

    Still, Still, Still

    Traditional German

    Sing, Choirs of Angels!

    Mormon Tabernacle Choir

    Craig Jessop, conductor

    5:52
  • 1:06 PM

    Christmas Oratorio: Pastoral Sinfonia

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Essential Bach

    Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra

    Karl Munchinger, conductor

    6:38
  • 1:01 PM

    Silent Night

    Franz Gruber

    Holiday Harmonies: Songs Of Christmas

    Essential Voices USA

    Judith Clurman, conductor

    Jamie Barton, mezzo-soprano

    4:35
  • 12:46 PM

    Old Christmas Music

    Philip Lane

    Another Night Before Christmas And Scrooge

    Royal Ballet Sinfonia

    Gavin Sutherland, conductor

    12:06
  • 12:45 PM

    I Saw Three Ships

    Traditional English

    Nativitas: American Carols

    Kansas City Chorale

    Charles Bruffy, conductor

    1:47
  • 12:40 PM

    O Holy Night

    Adolphe Adam

    Winter Gift

    Adagio Trio

    3:49
  • 12:27 PM

    Seven Joys of Christmas

    Kirke Mechem

    Christmas In Santa Fe

    Santa Fe Desert Chorale

    Linda Mack, conductor

    Rosalind Simpson, harp

    12:40
  • 12:23 PM

    Shepherd's Pipe Carol

    John Rutter

    John Rutter: Brass at Christmas

    Black Dyke Band

    Nicholas Childs, conductor

    2:40
  • 12:20 PM

    Candlelight Carol

    John Rutter

    John Rutter: Brass at Christmas

    Black Dyke Band

    Nicholas Childs, conductor

    3:35
  • 12:13 PM

    Sir Roger de Coverley (A Christmas Dance)

    Frank Bridge

    Finzi; Parry; Bridge

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    4:46
  • 12:06 PM

    What Sweeter Music; Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day

    Christmas Music

    A Choral Christmas

    Trinity Choir of Boston

    Brian Jones, conductor

    6:22
  • 12:01 PM

    It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year

    Eddie Pola/George Wyle

    Christmas Piano with Alexis

    Alexis Ffrench, piano

    2:37
  • 11:54 AM

    Alleluia! Into the Light

    Cheryl Camm

    Into the Light

    Cantus

    3:36
  • 11:44 AM

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

    Medley

    Surrounded By Angels

    Ensemble Galilei

    9:55
  • 11:40 AM

    Now is Born the Divine Christ Child

    Traditional

    Christmas With The Dale Warland Singers

    Dale Warland Singers

    Dale Warland, conductor

    Kathleen Robinson, oboe

    2:26
  • 11:36 AM

    This Endris Night

    Stephen Paulus

    Christmas With The Dale Warland Singers

    Dale Warland Singers

    Dale Warland, conductor

    Kathleen Robinson, oboe

    4:34
  • 11:23 AM

    "A Mozart Christmas"

    Traditional

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

    Hampton String Quartet

    11:57
  • 11:19 AM

    The Three Kings

    Peter Cornelius

    Christmas with Septura

    Septura

    2:33
  • 11:15 AM

    See Amid the Winter's Snow

    Traditional

    On Christmas Night

    Choir of King's College, Cambridge

    David Willcocks, conductor

    3:51
  • 11:10 AM

    In the Bleak Midwinter

    Harold Darke

    On Christmas Night

    Choir of King's College, Cambridge

    David Willcocks, conductor

    Simon Preston, organ

    4:50
  • 11:06 AM

    Messiah: Pifa

    George Frideric Handel

    In Dulci Jubilo

    Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra

    John Georgiadis, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    3:18
  • 11:03 AM

    First Snow

    Ola Gjeilo

    Ola Gjeilo: Winter Songs

    12 Ensemble

    Ola Gjeilo, piano

    2:23
  • 11:01 AM

    Rocking Carol (Little Jesus, Sweetly Sleep)

    Traditional Czech

    Carols from New College, Oxford

    Choir of New College, Oxford

    Edward Higginbottom, conductor

    2:13
  • 10:50 AM

    Three Botticelli Pictures: Adoration of the Magi

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: Ancient Airs And Dances, Etc

    Chamber Orchestra of Lausanne

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    8:02
  • 10:27 AM

    A Ceremony of Carols

    Benjamin Britten

    Britten: The Choral Works, Volume III

    The Sixteen

    Harry Christophers, conductor

    Sioned Williams, harp

    21:36
  • 10:19 AM

    O Magnum Mysterium

    Owain Park

    In Winter's House - Christmas with Tenebrae

    Tenebrae

    Nigel Short, conductor

    Grace Davidson, soprano

    5:42
  • 10:06 AM

    Christmas Tree Suite

    Franz Liszt

    Evening Bells

    Roland Pontinen, piano

    12:45
  • 10:01 AM

    O Little Town of Bethlehem

    Traditional

    Autour de Noel

    Antoine Bareil, violin

    4:38
  • 9:50 AM

    Hymn to the Creator of Light

    John Rutter

    Veni Emmanuel

    Choir of Clare College, Cambridge

    Graham Ross, conductor

    7:33
  • 9:47 AM

    Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming

    Michael Praetorius

    A Classical Guitar Christmas

    Eva Beneke, guitar

    3:01
  • 9:27 AM

    Missa Carolae

    James Whitbourn

    James Whitbourn: Carolae: Music for Christmas

    Westminster Williamson Voices

    James Jordan, conductor

    Daryl Robinson, organ

    20:12
  • 9:24 AM

    Winter Light

    Ola Gjeilo

    Ola Gjeilo: Dreamweaver

    Roberto Sorrentino, cello

    2:49
  • 9:10 AM

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

    Christmas Music

    Christmas Harp Music

    Ayako Shinozaki, harp

    12:10
  • 9:07 AM

    The Nutcracker: Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker

    Septura

    1:56
  • 9:01 AM

    Blue Bird: Christmas Dream

    Engelbert Humperdinck

    Humperdinck: Fairy-Tale Music

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Karl Anton Rickenbacher, conductor

    5:21
  • 8:55 AM

    Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas

    Hugh Martin/Ralph Blane

    Have Yourself an OK Christmas

    The OK Factor

    2:39
  • 8:52 AM

    Jesus Christ the Apple Tree

    Elizabeth Poston

    Traditional and Modern Carols

    Pro Arte Singers

    Paul Hillier, conductor

    3:04
  • 8:49 AM

    I Wonder as I Wander

    John Jacob Niles

    Traditional and Modern Carols

    Pro Arte Singers

    Paul Hillier, conductor

    3:09
  • 8:46 AM

    Coventry Carol

    Traditional English

    Traditional and Modern Carols

    Pro Arte Singers

    Paul Hillier, conductor

    3:19
  • 8:35 AM

    A Christmas Rondo

    Rick Sowash

    A Christmas Gift

    Kris Frankenfeld, violin

    10:29
  • 8:30 AM

    In the Stillness

    Sally Beamish

    All Things Are Quite Silent

    Chapel Choir of Pembroke College, Cambridge

    Anna Lapwood, conductor

    2:16
  • 8:27 AM

    The Sussex Mummers' Carol

    Traditional

    Steinway Christmas Album

    Jeffrey Biegel, piano

    2:32
  • 8:01 AM

    Christmas Medley

    Christmas Music

    A Winter's Light

    Vasari Singers

    Jeremy Backhouse, conductor

    Martin Ford, organ

    25:43
  • 7:55 AM

    Silent Night

    Franz Gruber

    A Family Christmas

    Piano Guys

    3:22
  • 7:43 AM

    Four Christmas Motets

    Francis Poulenc

    POULENC, F.: Choral Music

    The Sixteen

    Harry Christophers, conductor

    11:00
  • 7:36 AM

    O Magnum Mysterium (O Great Mystery)

    Jennifer Higdon

    Rolling River

    Choir of Clare College, Cambridge

    Graham Ross, conductor

    7:06
  • 7:32 AM

    What Child is This?

    Traditional English

    A Harp For Christmas

    Emily Mitchell, harp

    3:20
  • 7:28 AM

    Hark! the Herald Angels Sing

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Peaceful Christmas II

    Roman Nagel, piano

    2:53
  • 7:02 AM

    The Joy of Christmas

    Christmas Music

    Christmas with the Cambridge Singers

    City of London Sinfonia

    John Rutter, conductor

    25:28
  • 6:30 AM

    Laudate Dominum; Ding Dong Merrily on High; Pifa; Hark! the Herald Angels Sing

    Christmas Music

    A Good Housekeeping Christmas

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    28:21
  • 6:20 AM

    Messiah: Comfort ye, my people

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Messiah

    Dunedin Consort and Players

    John Butt, conductor

    Nicholas Mulroy, tenor

    9:18
  • 6:01 AM

    The Nutcracker: Suite No. 1

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Concert Recording

    Simon Trpceski, piano

    16:36
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