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- 5:50 AM
Introduction, Theme and Variations
Chamber Society of Lincoln Center
David Shifrin, clarinet
8:49 - 5:22 AM
Symphony
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Charles Mackerras, conductor
27:08 - 5:13 AM
Christmas Medley
Monteverdi Choir
John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
7:03 - 5:06 AM
Suite No. 1: Nocturne
Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra
Kenneth Jean, conductor
6:30 - 5:01 AM
Carmina Burana: Merry Face of Spring
Berlin Opera Orchestra
Christian Thielemann, conductor
and Chorus
4:26 - 4:42 AM
In terra pax: Christmas Scene
City of London Choir
Hilary Davan Wetton, conductor
Julia Doyle, soprano
Roderick Williams, baritone
Mark Williams, celeste
16:16 - 4:17 AM
Eroica Variations
Alfred Brendel, piano
23:48 - 4:15 AM
Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming
Giovanni De Chiaro, guitar
1:15 - 2:03 AM
Messiah
Minnesota Orchestra; Minnesota Chorale
David Hill, conductor
Sarah Fox, soprano; Iestyn Davies, countertenor
Daniel Norman, tenor; Kevin Deas, bass
134:00 - 1:53 AM
Suite Francaise
Orchestre de Paris
Georges Pretre, conductor
12:20 - 1:23 AM
Trio for Flute, Viola, and Harp
Aureole Trio
21:10 - 1:20 AM
John O'Conor, piano
2:45 - 1:00 AM
Brother Heinrich's Christmas
King's Singers
19:15 - 12:45 AM
Concerto Grosso No. 7 in Bb
The English Concert
Trevor Pinnock, conductor
14:50 - 12:36 AM
Romance and Impromptu
Pascal Roge, piano
7:08 - 12:21 AM
There Shall a Star; Patapan; Carols
St. Olaf Choir
Anton Armstrong, conductor
13:47 - 12:04 AM
Trio No. 6
Barthold Kuijken, flute
Sigiswald Kuijken, violin
Wieland Kuijken, cello
8:25 - 11:36 PM
Pulcinella Suite
SPCO
Douglas Boyd, conductor
22:45 - 11:24 PM
Introduction and Allegro
Melos Ensemble of London
Osian Ellis, harp
10:25 - 11:09 PM
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Lorin Maazel, conductor
8:57 - 11:09 PM
Rune of Hospitality
Dale Warland Singers
Dale Warland, conductor
4:17 - 10:50 PM
Villancico: Shepherds of Belen: Introduction, Aria and Minuet
Lyra Baroque Orchestra
Jacques Ogg, conductor
Maria Luz Alvarez, soprano
Raquel Andueza, soprano
Jordi Domenech, countertenor
Joan Cabero, tenor
Jacques Ogg, organ
7:48 - 10:38 PM
Sonata
Eroica Trio
9:47 - 10:32 PM
Sleeping Beauty: Waltz
Russian National Orchestra
Mikhail Pletnev, conductor
5:04 - 10:25 PM
Coventry Carol
Exultate
Thomas Rossin, conductor
6:17 - 10:21 PM
Coventry Espagnol
John Stover, guitar
Jeff Wells, guitar
4:48 - 10:05 PM
Marosszek Dances
Budapest Festival Orchestra
Ivan Fischer, conductor
11:32 - 9:57 PM
Walking in the Air
Copper Street Brass
3:44 - 9:49 PM
Adagio and Fugue
Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra
Janos Rolla, conductor
7:30 - 9:36 PM
Piano Sonata No. 9
Stefan Litwin, piano
11:20 - 9:29 PM
Teseo: Overture
English Concert
Trevor Pinnock, conductor
5:17 - 9:25 PM
When Icicles Hang: Blow thou winter
City of London Sinfonia
John Rutter, conductor
3:48 - 9:19 PM
Symphony No. 2 "Mysterious Mountain"
Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Litton, conductor
16:50 - 8:52 PM
Christmas Concerto
King's Violins
Bernard Labadie, conductor
13:01 - 8:44 PM
Jorge Bolet, piano
4:53 - 8:36 PM
O Magnum Mysterium
Dale Warland Singers
Dale Warland, conductor
5:40 - 8:30 PM
While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks by Night
Psalmody
Peter Holman, conductor
4:48 - 8:27 PM
Canzon a 12
Empire Brass
2:37 - 8:21 PM
O nuit , O nuit d'amour
Musicians of the Louvre
Anne Sophie von Otter
Stephanie D'Oustrac
4:05 - 8:10 PM
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Jose Serebrier, conductor
2:22 - 8:04 PM
Poznan Nightingales
Stefan Stuligrosz, conductor
5:49 - 8:00 PM
Tryggare kan ingen vara
Lahti Symphony Orchestra
Osmo vanska, conductor
3:17 - 7:36 PM
Symphony No.3 (finale)
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Riccardo Chailly, conductor
23:10 - 7:25 PM
Variations
Tantalus Quaret
9:26 - 7:19 PM
One Horse Open Sleigh
Robert DeCormier Singers & Ensemble
Robert DeCormier, conductor
3:34 - 7:09 PM
Christmas Roses
Gulbenkian Orchestra
Michel Swierczewski, conductor
9:00 - 7:06 PM
Lili Marlen
3:06 - 7:03 PM
Sharon Isbin, guitar
4:09 - 4:49 PM
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas; Silver Bells; The Christmas Song
Canadian Brass
Eric Robertson, organ
9:06 - 4:48 PM
Flute Concerto
Rebel
Jorg-Michael Schwarz, conductor
Matthias Maute, flute
12:45 - 4:30 PM
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
David Newman, conductor
3:41 - 4:05 PM
English Baroque Soloists
John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
Malcolm Bilson, fortepiano
22:56 - 4:01 PM
String Quartet No. 2: Scherzo
Borodin Quartet
4:46 - 3:45 PM
Wine, Women and Song
Boston Symphony Chamber Players
13:12 - 3:26 PM
Cello Concerto No. 2
English String Orchestra
William Boughton, conductor
Alexander Michejew, cello
18:19 - 3:20 PM
I Wonder as I Wander; Coventry Carol; O Come, O Come Emmanuel
Neil Hogan, guitar
4:55 - 3:13 PM
Conga del Fuego
Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra
Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
4:46 - 3:06 PM
Three Renaissance French Carols
Boston Camerata
Joel Cohen, conductor
6:25 - 3:01 PM
Rosary Sonata No. 8: The Crowning with Thorns
Tragicomedia
John Holloway, violin
4:40 - 2:51 PM
Silent Night
Cantus
6:00 - 2:31 PM
The Birds
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
18:15 - 2:22 PM
O come, all ye faithful; The Shepherd's Carol; Hark! the Herald Angels Sing
Cambridge Singers
John Rutter, conductor
11:12 - 2:15 PM
Maskarade: Overture
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
Myung Whun Chung, conductor
4:26 - 2:10 PM
La sonnambula: Son geloss del zefiro errante
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields
Carlo Rizzi, conductor
Joseph Calleja, t
Anna Netrebko, s
:00 - 2:04 PM
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Daniel Barenboim, conductor
4:36 - 1:56 PM
The Nutcracker: Characteristic Dances
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor
6:21 - 1:50 PM
Bogoroditse Devo (Ave Maria)
Rose Ensemble
4:44 - 1:49 PM
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
Kurt Masur, conductor
5:00 - 1:30 PM
Piano Sonata No. 46
Lang Lang, piano
11:02 - 1:14 PM
Chamber Orchestra of Lausanne
Alberto Zedda, conductor
14:21 - 1:09 PM
Messiah: All we like sheep
Winchester College Chapel Choir
William Lacey, conductor
3:42 - 1:04 PM
Acis and Galatea: Happy We
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Robert Shaw, conductor
1:52 - 12:46 PM
Andante Spianato and Grand Polonaise
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Charles Mackerras, conductor
Emanuel Ax, piano
Orchestra during Polonaise only
13:26 - 12:43 PM
Handel and Haydn Society Chorus
Grant Llewellyn, conductor
1:22 - 12:35 PM
Preziosa: Overture
Philharmonia Orchestra
Neeme Jarvi, conductor
7:43 - 12:31 PM
Sinfonia No. 2
Dmitry Paperno, piano
2:13 - 12:27 PM
Suite No. 1 of Ancient Airs and Dances: 2nd mvt
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
3:33 - 12:21 PM
Cambridge Singers
John Rutter, conductor
Ruth Holton, soprano
4:04 - 12:08 PM
Trumpet Concerto
English Chamber Orchestra
Raymond Leppard, conductor
Wynton Marsalis, trumpet
6:15 - 12:05 PM
I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day
Gustavus Choir
Karle Erickson, conductor
2:35 - 11:33 AM
Fantasy
Anne Akiko Meyers, violin
25:05 - 11:20 AM
Unto us is born; While shepherds; The First Nowell
Choir of King's College, Cambridge
David Willcocks, conductor
10:05 - 11:09 AM
Concerto Armonico No. 2
Brandenburg Consort
Roy Goodman, conductor
10:52 - 11:09 AM
Come leave your sheep
Cambridge Singers
John Rutter, conductor
2:27 - 11:06 AM
Moll Peatly and Johney Cock Thy Beaver
Apollo's Banquet
4:43 - 10:49 AM
Violin Sonata No. 6
Trio Sonnerie
9:58 - 10:44 AM
I wish you Christmas
Cambridge Singers
John Rutter, conductor
4:28 - 10:25 AM
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Gilbert Levine, conductor
Jeffrey Campbell, piano
18:03 - 10:20 AM
Let us rock the little child
RIAS Chamber Choir
Uwe Gronostay, conductor
2:13 - 10:07 AM
Tales from the Vienna Woods
Berlin Philharmonic
Herbert von Karajan, conductor
13:13 - 10:01 AM
Musica Antiqua Cologne
Reinhard Goebel, conductor
Verena Fischer, flute
4:48 - 9:30 AM
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
Neeme Jarvi, conductor
29:08 - 9:25 AM
Ricercata prima
Rolf Lislevand & Ensemble
5:02 - 9:14 AM
Symphony No. 2
Cantilena
Adrian Shepherd, conductor
8:17 - 9:06 AM
Christmas Medley
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
James Galway, conductor
James Galway, flute
7:02 - 9:01 AM
Liza/Promenade
Tashi
4:40 - 8:35 AM
Piano Concerto No. 2
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Yoel Levi, conductor
Andre Watts, piano
24:01 - 8:28 AM
Alleluia and Fugue
I Fiamminghi
Rudolf Werthen, conductor
8:38 - 8:16 AM
String Symphony No. 11
Heidelberg Symphony Orchestra
Thomas Fey, conductor
7:22 - 8:12 AM
Heinrich Schutz Choir
Roger Norrington, conductor
3:27 - 8:06 AM
La Celosa and Un Recuerdo
Elias Barreiro, guitar
5:49 - 8:01 AM
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear
Chanticleer
4:36 - 7:50 AM
Noel, Noel, Bells are Ringing; Caro
Roger Wagner Chorale
Roger Wagner, conductor
8:38 - 7:40 AM
Pierre Huybregts, piano
9:03 - 7:14 AM
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
Susan Palma, flute
24:55 - 7:06 AM
Polish Chamber Orchestra
Jerzy Maksymiuk, conductor
6:48 - 7:01 AM
Prelude in C# minor
Cincinnati Pops
Erich Kunzel, conductor
4:36 - 6:45 AM
Don Quixote Suite
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner, conductor
15:00 - 6:40 AM
"Sleigh Ride"
Berlin Philharmonic
Claudio Abbado, conductor
2:25 - 6:16 AM
Symphony No. 96 "Miracle"
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Gerard Schwarz, conductor
23:59 - 6:09 AM
Elegy
Kremerata Baltica
Gidon Kremer, conductor
Gidon Kremer, violin
6:01 - 6:06 AM
Suite from L'Orfeo: Toccata
Canadian Brass
1:48 - 6:01 AM
Polyphony
Stephen Layton, conductor
4:47