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- 5:54 AM
Northwest Sinfonia
Steven Mercurio, conductor
Carl Tanner, tenor
4:09 - 5:45 AM
Bohemian-Danish Folk Tune
Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Gennady Rozhdestvensky, conductor
8:26 - 5:45 AM
Sleep, sleep; El noi de la mare
Robert DeCormier Singers
Robert DeCormier, conductor
John Muratore, guitar
:00 - 5:32 AM
L'Arlesienne Suite #2
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Paul Paray, conductor
:00 - 5:13 AM
Stille Nacht; O Little Town of Bethlehem
City of London Sinfonia
Richard Hickox, conductor
6:00 - 5:06 AM
Philadelphia Orchestra
Wolfgang Sawallisch, conductor
6:26 - 4:52 AM
It Came Upon a Midnight Clear
Michael Chertock, piano
:00 - 4:39 AM
Christmas Medley
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus
Robert Shaw, conductor
:00 - 4:20 AM
Santa Claus, Christmas Symphony
Royal Scottish Orchestra
Tony Rowe, conductor
26:14 - 4:04 AM
Ave Maria
Chantileer
:00 - 4:03 AM
Prelude & Fugue #1
Andras Schiff, piano
:00 - 3:56 AM
There is No Rose of Such Virtue
Taverner Choir
Andrew Parrott, conductor
:00 - 3:50 AM
O Magnum Mysterium
Choir of Westminster Cathedral
David Hill, conductor
:00 - 3:33 AM
Water Music Suite #3
Tafelmusik
Jeanne Lamon, conductor
:00 - 2:04 AM
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra with Cantus
:00 - 1:50 AM
Amahl and the Night Visitors
Original Cast
Thomas Schippers, conductor
:00 - 1:42 AM
Amahl and the Night Visitors
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Schenck, conductor
:00 - 1:36 AM
The first Nowell
Philharmonia Orchestra
Charles Mackerras, conductor
Elizabeth Schwarzkopf, soprano
:00 - 1:29 AM
A Christmas Carol Symphony
City of Prague Philharmonic
Gavin Sutherland, conductor
19:01 - 1:13 AM
Fendigaid Nos
BBC Welsh Chorus
John Hugh Thomas, conductor
2:58 - 1:10 AM
Bell Carol
BBC Welsh Chorus
John Hugh Thomas, conductor
4:14 - 1:08 AM
Memories of christmas
Alen Jones (reader)
:00 - 1:01 AM
Sussex Carol; Il est ne le divin enfant
Apollo's Fire
:00 - 12:49 AM
Wexford Carol; Murztaler Engelruf;
Pittsburgh Symphony Brass
:00 - 12:44 AM
Go, Tell it on the Mountain
The Singers
Matthew Culloton, conductor
:00 - 12:40 AM
El Rorro (The Babe)
The Singers
Matthew Culloton, conductor
3:07 - 12:37 AM
Heroic Music
Empire Brass
Michael Murray, organ
5:48 - 12:37 AM
Still, Still, Still
Musica Sacra
Richard Westenburg, conductor
2:44 - 12:32 AM
God Rest Ye Merry, Gentleman
Yolanda Kondonassis, harp
:00 - 12:28 AM
Once in Royal David's City
London Cello Sound
Geoffrey Simon, conductor
:00 - 11:08 PM
Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols
:00 - 10:56 PM
Aria from Goldberg Variations
The Violins of the King
Bernard Labadie, conductor
:00 - 10:46 PM
Concerto Grosso #3 in C
The Academy of Ancient Music
Andrew Manze, conductor
:00 - 10:37 PM
6 Christmas Pieces
Munich Radio Orchestra
John Georgiadis, conductor
James Galway, flute
:00 - 10:32 PM
Gavotte
Christopher Parkening, guitar
3:14 - 10:24 PM
Shepherds' Farewell
Goldsborough Orchestra
Colin Davis, conductor
:00 - 10:22 PM
Quoy? vous dormez?
Ellen Hargis, soprano
Paul O'Dette, lute
2:38 - 10:19 PM
All my Heart this night Rejoices
Cambridge Singers
John Rutter, conductor
8:15 - 10:07 PM
Children's Games
Montreal Symphony Orchestra
Charles Dutoit, conductor
11:13 - 10:04 PM
Joy to the World!
Empire Brass & Friends
:00 - 9:48 PM
In Moonlight
English Chamber Orchestra
Paul Goodwin, conductor
:00 - 9:44 PM
Partita for oboe
Paul Goodwin
9:25 - 9:32 PM
The Many Moods of Christmas (1)
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Robert Shaw, conductor
GoodMen/Silent/Pata/Come
:00 - 9:25 PM
Winter
Guildhall String Ensemble
Robert Salter, conductor
Richard Stoltzman, clarinet
:00 - 9:19 PM
Robert Shaw Chamber Singers
Robert Shaw, conductor
3:01 - 9:19 PM
Violin Concerto #11 "La Stravaganza"
Arte Dei Suonatori Baroque Orchestra
Rachel Podger, violin
:00 - 9:04 PM
Ave Maria
Anonymous 4
:00 - 8:32 PM
City of London Sinfonia
John Rutter, conductor
25:28 - 8:18 PM
"Twinkle, Twinkle" Variations
Helen Huang, piano
12:49 - 8:13 PM
Sleigh Ride
Boston Pops
John Williams, conductor
:00 - 8:06 PM
Sleigh Ride
Northern Sinfonia of England
Richard Hickox, conductor
6:30 - 8:04 PM
Royal Danish Philharmonic
David Garforth, conductor
4:20 - 7:49 PM
Christmas Medley
Empire Brass
9:21 - 7:37 PM
Brandenburg Concerto #2
The Concert of Nations
Jordi Savall, conductor
Friedemann Immer, trumpet
:00 - 7:12 PM
The 1st Noel; Carol of the Bells; O
Philadelphia Orchestra
Eugene Ormandy, conductor
:00 - 7:08 PM
Good King Wenceslas
Canadian Brass
:00 - 7:07 PM
We Three Kings of Orient Are
Yolanda Kondonassis, harp
1:51 - 7:01 PM
Eugene Rowley, piano
4:37 - 6:52 PM
O Come, All Ye Faithful
Hannaford Street Silver Band
James Curnow, conductor
:00 - 6:49 PM
Prelude & Fugue #1
Andras Schiff, piano
:00 - 6:41 PM
Born in Bethlehem; 3 others
Trapp Family Singers
6:48 - 6:35 PM
Messiah: Hallelujah Chorus
Concentus Musicus of Vienna
Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor
:00 - 6:26 PM
Messiah: He shall feed his flock
Concentus Musicus of Vienna
Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor
Christine Schafer, soprano
:00 - 6:17 PM
Messiah: Comfort ye
Concentus Musicus of Vienna
Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor
Michael Schade, tenor
:00 - 6:13 PM
Christmas Medley
Musica Sacra
Richard Westenburg, conductor
8:08 - 6:01 PM
See amid the Winter's snow
The Sixteen
Harry Christophers, conductor
4:50 - 5:49 PM
Unto us is born; While shepherds; The First Nowell
Choir of King's College, Cambridge
David Willcocks, conductor
10:05 - 5:39 PM
Concerto #12 Christmas Concerto
Polish Chamber Orchestra
Jerzy Maksymiuk, conductor
:00 - 5:35 PM
Jul, Jul, stralande jul (Yule, Yule, sparkling Yule)
Anne Sofie von Otter, mezzo-soprano
2:00 - 5:24 PM
Christmas Carols for Strings
I Musici Montreal
Yuli Turovsky, conductor
Joy/Hark/Midnight/il est/Nowell
:00 - 5:15 PM
Nativity Carol; Quem pastores
Clare College Singers & Orch
John Rutter, conductor
:00 - 5:07 PM
Sinfonia from the Christmas Oratorio
Academy of Ancient Music Berlin
Rene Jacobs, conductor
:00 - 5:01 PM
Arioso
Philadelphia Orchestra
Eugene Ormandy, conductor
4:31 - 4:54 PM
Christmas Medley
Philadelphia Brass Ensemble
6:13 - 4:49 PM
Canon
Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra
Karl Munchinger, conductor
:00 - 4:19 PM
Laudate; Ding Dong; Pifa; Hark the Herald Angels
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Sir Neville Marriner, conductor
28:04 - 4:09 PM
Ave Maria
Chanticleer
7:29 - 4:06 PM
Greensleeves
Yolanda Kondonassis, harp
3:06 - 4:01 PM
Bransle gay
Hopkinson Smith, lute
4:30 - 3:49 PM
Patapan; 3 others
Mormon Tabernacle Choir
Leonard Bernstein, conductor
10:45 - 3:48 PM
Ave Maria
Gil Shaham, violin
Goran Sollscher, guitar
7:01 - 3:35 PM
Nutcracker: March
Martha Argerich, piano
2:14 - 3:28 PM
Handel and Haydn Society Chorus
Grant Llewellyn, conductor
5:20 - 3:19 PM
Pastorale ; Silent Night
Ayako Shinozaki, harp
8:45 - 3:08 PM
Christmas Medley
Monteverdi Choir
John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
8:48 - 3:06 PM
Angels We have Heard on High
Ft. Thomas Bell Choir
:00 - 3:01 PM
Academy Chamber Ensemble
4:44 - 2:52 PM
The Skaters Waltz
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner, conductor
8:04 - 2:38 PM
O Little Town of Bethlehem; 3 others
Choir of St. John's Cambridge
George Guest, conductor
:00 - 2:34 PM
God Rest You Merry, Gentleman
Rachel Van Voorhees, harp
:00 - 2:22 PM
Brass Suite--Sussex; Here We Come;
Canadian Brass
11:23 - 2:22 PM
In the Bleak Midwinter
Chanticleer
:00 - 2:13 PM
Joy to the World!
Philadelphia Brass Ensemble
:00 - 2:06 PM
Sinfonia; Once in Royal David's City
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Sir Neville Marriner, conductor
6:36 - 2:05 PM
Sir Roger de Coverly
New Zealand Chamber Orchestra
Nicolas Braithwaite, conductor
:00 - 1:51 PM
Christmas Medley
Boston Pops Orchestra
Arthur Fiedler, conductor
10:02 - 1:41 PM
Christmas Medley
Choir of St. John's Cambridge
George Guest, conductor
11:25 - 1:41 PM
A Lovely Rose is Blooming
Dallas Wind Symphony
Frederick Fennell, conductor
2:47 - 1:21 PM
Break Forth. . . Medley
Robert Shaw Orchestra
Robert Shaw, conductor
:00 - 1:16 PM
This is the truth
Chanticleer
Dawn Upshaw, soprano
:00 - 1:08 PM
Rondo on God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen
Ian Hobson, piano
6:31 - 1:06 PM
God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen
Robert Shaw Chamber Singers
Robert Shaw, conductor
:00 - 1:01 PM
O Holy Night (Cantique du Noel)
Northwest Sinfonia
Steven Mercurio, conductor
Carl Tanner, tenor
4:42 - 12:51 PM
Joy to World; Carol of Bells; Ding Dong Merrily On High
Pittsburgh Symphony Brass
:00 - 12:41 PM
Christmas Medley
Monteverdi Choir
John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
8:16 - 12:36 PM
Empire Brass
Douglas Major, organ
6:20 - 12:28 PM
Sleigh Ride
Royal Scottish National Orchestra
David Lloyd-Jones, conductor
5:42 - 12:18 PM
Men of Goodwill
MN Orch
Marriner, conductor
:00 - 12:11 PM
Stille Nacht; O Little Town of Bethlehem
City of London Sinfonia
Richard Hickox, conductor
6:00 - 12:06 PM
Ding Dong Merrily
The Baltimore Consort
:00 - 12:01 PM
The Babe Bethlehem
Pro Arte Singers
Paul Hillier, conductor
:00 - 11:48 AM
Christmas Medley
Taverner Consort, Choir & Players
Andrew Parrott, conductor
7:06 - 11:36 AM
In the bleak midwinter; 2 others
Choir of King's College, Cambridge
David Willcocks, conductor
:00 - 11:32 AM
Philharmonia Orchestra
Charles Groves, conductor
3:14 - 11:11 AM
Ave Maria; Adam Lay; Shepherds' Farewell
Arturo Delmoni, violin
20:15 - 11:06 AM
City of London Sinfonia
Stephen Cleobury, conductor
4:32 - 11:02 AM
Xmas with Pittsburgh Symphony Brass
:00 - 10:49 AM
Gabriel's Message; The Infant King
Cambridge Singers
John Rutter, conductor
5:38 - 10:44 AM
The First Nowell
Arturo Delmoni, violin
:00 - 10:24 AM
Fantasia on Christmas Carols
English Chamber Orchestra
Matthew Best, conductor
Thomas Allen, baritone
12:26 - 10:14 AM
Nutcracker: Waltz of the Flowers
The Philadelphia Orchestra
Eugene Ormandy, conductor
:00 - 10:06 AM
A Merry Christmas Song; Tomorrow Sh
Roger Wagner Chorale
Roger Wagner, conductor
6:47 - 10:03 AM
Once in Royal David's City
Choir of King's College Cambridge
Stephen Cleobury, conductor
:00 - 9:53 AM
Boston Pops Orchestra
Arthur Fiedler, conductor
6:14 - 9:48 AM
O Come, O come Emmanuel; Good King
Philadelphia Brass Ensemble
6:31 - 9:19 AM
Violin Partita #3
Paul Galbraith, guitar
:00 - 9:14 AM
City of London Sinfonia
John Rutter, conductor
3:38 - 9:06 AM
Rosamunde: Entr'acte #3
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Claudio Abbado, conductor
:00 - 9:01 AM
Sonata for Strings #1
Purcell Quartet
:00 - 8:55 AM
O Come, All Ye Faithful
Mormon Tabernacle Choir
Craig Jessop, conductor
4:35 - 8:43 AM
Christmas Revels
RTE Sinfonietta - Dublin
Andrew Penny, conductor
:00 - 8:37 AM
The Planets: Venus
Berlin Philharmonic
Colin Davis, conductor
8:03 - 8:27 AM
A Christmas Carol - Suite
Royal Philharmonic
David Newman, conductor
:00 - 8:13 AM
The Planets: Venus
Berlin Philharmonic
Colin Davis, conductor
8:03 - 8:06 AM
Now is Born the Divine Christ Child
Vienna Choir Boys
:00 - 8:01 AM
Nativity Carol
City of London Sinfonia
Stephen Layton, conductor
4:50 - 7:43 AM
Flute & Oboe Concerto
Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra
Janos Rolla, conductor
Jean-Pierre Rampal, flute
15:10 - 7:17 AM
Pro Arte Orchestra
Barry Rose, conductor
24:05 - 7:14 AM
While shepherds watched...
The Sixteen
Harry Christophers, conductor
2:31 - 7:10 AM
The Three Kings
Cambridge Singers
John Rutter, conductor
Nicholas Sears, baritone
2:16 - 7:06 AM
Gesu Bambino
Adagio Trio
3:58 - 6:47 AM
French and English Christmas Music
Apollo's Fire
Jeannette Sorel, conductor
11:20 - 6:39 AM
Passacaille, Gigue & Minuet
English Concert
Trevor Pinnock, conductor
7:21 - 6:31 AM
Christmas Medley
Andrew Lawrence-King, harp
:00 - 6:29 AM
O Christmas Tree
Music box from ca. 1900
:00 - 6:16 AM
Ballade #4
Evgeny Kissin, piano
:00 - 6:12 AM
March of the Toys
St Louis Symphony
Leonard Slatkin, conductor
:00 - 6:06 AM
Jingle Bells (arranged in baroque style)
Duino Soloists
5:05 - 6:01 AM
La Bergamasca: Sonata #21
Arcadian Academy
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