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  • 5:34 AM

    Symphony No. 8 "Unfinished"

    Franz Schubert

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    24:29
  • 5:30 AM

    Gadfly: Guitars

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    John Williams, guitar

    2:29
  • 5:06 AM

    String Quartet No. 2 "Intimate Letters"

    Leos Janacek

    Emerson String Quartet

    23:06
  • 5:01 AM

    1st Minuet for Strings

    Giacomo Puccini

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jacek Kaspszyk, conductor

    4:40
  • 4:52 AM

    Lyric Pieces

    Edvard Grieg

    Royal Philharmonic

    Yondani Butt, conductor

    7:16
  • 4:46 AM

    Prayer of St. Gregory

    Alan Hovhaness

    Crystal Chamber Orchestra

    Ernest Gold, conductor

    4:50
  • 4:15 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 2

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Rachmaninoff, Paganini Rhapsody, Piano Concerto No. 2

    Mahler Chamber Orchestra

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    Yuja Wang, piano

    33:08
  • 4:01 AM

    There is a Willow Grows Aslant

    Frank Bridge

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Norman Del Mar, conductor

    9:18
  • 3:57 AM

    A Lullaby/Away in a Manger

    Thomas Bold/William J. Kirkpatrick

    Christmas with Chanticleer

    Chanticleer

    Dawn Upshaw, soprano

    3:25
  • 3:35 AM

    Symphony No. 60 "Il distratto"

    Joseph Haydn

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Pierre Laurent Aimard, conductor

    23:23
  • 2:56 AM

    String Quartet No. 14 "Death and the Maiden"

    Franz Schubert

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Scott Yoo, conductor

    37:01
  • 2:21 AM

    Cornet: A Tale of Love and Death

    Earl Kim

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Scott Yoo, conductor

    Wallace Shawn, narrator

    31:17
  • 2:04 AM

    Within Her Arms

    Anna Clyne

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Scott Yoo, conductor

    14:49
  • 1:44 AM

    Carnaval d'Aix

    Darius Milhaud

    Monte-Carlo Philharmonic

    Georges Pretre, conductor

    Michel Beroff, piano

    16:10
  • 1:41 AM

    Nocturnes 3 & 6

    Erik Satie

    Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

    4:12
  • 1:08 AM

    String Symphony No. 8

    Felix Mendelssohn

    London Festival Orchestra

    Ross Pople, conductor

    29:20
  • 1:04 AM

    Coventry Espagnol

    Traditional

    John Stover, guitar

    Jeff Wells, guitar

    4:48
  • 12:31 AM

    Flute Concerto No. 1

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Concertos

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    Emmanuel Pahud, flute

    24:25
  • 12:24 AM

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Yoel Levi, conductor

    7:15
  • 12:19 AM

    Staircase: Overture

    Henry Purcell

    Four and Twenty Fiddlers

    Parley of Instruments

    Peter Holman, conductor

    2:38
  • 12:10 AM

    Five Meditations: What Sweeter Music

    John Rutter

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    John Rutter, conductor

    4:02
  • 12:02 AM

    Prague Waltzes

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Czech Suite, Prague Waltzes, etc.

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Antal Dorati, conductor

    8:54
  • 11:49 PM

    Sinfonia Concertante: 1st movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Moscow Virtuosi

    Vladimir Spivakov, conductor

    Vladimir Spivakov, violin

    Mikhail Milman, cello

    Alexei Utkin, oboe

    Marc Minkowski, bassoon

    9:19
  • 11:45 PM

    The Nutcracker: March

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Christmas On Copper Street

    Copper Street Brass Quintet

    2:46
  • 11:35 PM

    Symphony No. 5

    Johann Christian Bach

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    8:21
  • 11:20 PM

    St. Paul's Suite

    Gustav Holst

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    12:45
  • 11:18 PM

    The Old Angels Hymn/St. Luke's Tune/Kimbolton Tune

    William Tans'ur

    Rose Ensemble

    2:25
  • 11:13 PM

    Entr'acte

    Jacques Ibert

    Markus Klinko, harp

    Benoit Fromanger, flute

    3:18
  • 11:03 PM

    Invitation to the Dance

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Christoph von Dohnanyi, conductor

    8:46
  • 10:48 PM

    Petite Suite

    Claude Debussy

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    13:05
  • 10:40 PM

    Jeaux D'eau

    Franz Liszt

    Andre Watts

    7:40
  • 10:37 PM

    What Sweeter Music

    Halsey Stevens

    Comfort and Joy, Vol. 2

    Cantus

    2:20
  • 10:27 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 3

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Six Brandenburg Concertos

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    10:38
  • 10:20 PM

    Down a Country Lane

    Aaron Copland

    Leo Smit, piano

    2:12
  • 10:16 PM

    Idomenee: Rigaudon

    Andre Campra

    Empire Brass

    William Kuhlman, organ

    2:34
  • 10:09 PM

    The English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    5:00
  • 10:02 PM

    Romanian Folk Dances

    Bela Bartok

    Bartok: Divertimento, Romanian Folk Dances; Janacek: Mladi

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    6:14
  • 9:57 PM

    Lahti Symphony Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    2:25
  • 9:51 PM

    An English Suite: Pastoral and In Minuet Style

    Hubert Parry

    City of London Sinfonia

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    6:07
  • 9:26 PM

    Cello Concerto No. 2

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Vivaldi, Tartini, CPhE Bach: Cello Concertos

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Hugh Wolff, conductor

    Mstislav Rostropovich, cello

    23:03
  • 9:11 PM

    Concerto Grosso No. 4

    George Frideric Handel

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Richard Egarr, conductor

    12:55
  • 9:06 PM

    A Virgin Most Pure

    Traditional

    Hiram Titus

    3:52
  • 9:00 PM

    Creatures of Prometheus: Overture

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    5:12
  • 6:54 PM

    Symphony No. 6 "Pastorale:" Allegro

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Manchester Camerata

    Douglas Boyd, conductor

    5:00
  • 6:49 PM

    Cello Suite No. 1: Prelude

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Helen Callus, viola

    2:00
  • 6:19 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 2

    Frederic Chopin

    Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    Murray Perahia, piano

    29:35
  • 6:15 PM

    Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day

    Traditional

    Baltimore Consort

    2:17
  • 6:06 PM

    Concerto Grosso No. 5 (after Corelli)

    Francesco Geminiani

    La Petite Bande

    Sigiswald Kuijken, conductor

    8:36
  • 6:02 PM

    Huron Carol ('Twas in the Moon of Wintertime)

    Traditional; arr: Timothy C. Takach

    Cantus

    3:55
  • 6:00 PM

    Huron Carol

    Traditional

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    Jurji Konji, percussion

    2:15
  • 5:43 PM

    Triple Concerto: Rondo alla Polacca

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Alexander Gibson, conductor

    Joseph Kalichstein, piano

    Jaime Laredo, violin

    Sharon Robinson, cello

    13:31
  • 5:34 PM

    Fountains

    Maurice Ravel

    Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano

    6:03
  • 5:30 PM

    Jesus Christ the Apple Tree

    Sanford Scriven

    St. Olaf Choir

    Anton Armstrong, conductor

    3:21
  • 5:24 PM

    Spanish Carols and Dances

    Traditional

    Carols For Dancing

    Renaissonics

    6:33
  • 5:20 PM

    Mississippi Guitar Quartet

    4:01
  • 5:12 PM

    Symphony No. 29: Allegro

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Moscow Virtuosi

    Vladimir Spivakov, conductor

    8:22
  • 5:06 PM

    The Rune of Hospitality

    Alf Houkom

    Dale Warland Singers

    Dale Warland, conductor

    Jeffrey Van, guitar

    2:38
  • 5:01 PM

    Snow Maiden: Dance of the Tumblers

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    3:40
  • 4:53 PM

    Fantasy for Flute and Piano

    Gabriel Faure

    Jonathan Snowden, flute

    Andrew Litton, piano

    5:16
  • 4:50 PM

    Tahiti: under the moonlight

    Michael Torke

    10/10 Ensemble of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic

    Clark Rundell, conductor

    2:27
  • 4:40 PM

    Violin and Cello Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    Anner Bylsma, cello

    Jeanne Lamon, violin

    8:36
  • 4:34 PM

    Snowcarols: In the bleak mid-winter

    William Ferris

    William Ferris Chorale

    Paul French, conductor

    4:44
  • 4:10 PM

    Czech Suite

    Antonin Dvorak

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    23:07
  • 4:01 PM

    Duo Tranatlantique

    5:00
  • 3:45 PM

    Symphony No. 95

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Hanover Band

    Roy Goodman, conductor

    19:02
  • 3:38 PM

    Hercules: "Crown with festal pomp the day"

    George Frideric Handel

    English Baroque Soloists

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    6:58
  • 3:07 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 2

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Hans Vonk, conductor

    Christian Zacharias, piano

    6:18
  • 3:03 PM

    Weihnachten

    Felix Mendelssohn

    MPR Taste Of The Holidays, Vol. 1

    Kantorei

    1:41
  • 2:47 PM

    Prelude and Fugue in Eb, "St Anne"

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    8:55
  • 2:41 PM

    Un Sospiro

    Franz Liszt

    Andre Watts, p

    4:44
  • 2:37 PM

    Catalonian Carol

    Traditional

    National Lutheran Choir

    David Cherwien, conductor

    3:18
  • 2:27 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 1: 3rd mvt

    Nicolo Paganini

    Lahti Symphony Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    Ilya Gringolts, v

    8:44
  • 2:26 PM

    Estrellita

    Manuel Ponce

    Virtuosi

    Maxim Vengerov, v

    3:22
  • 2:17 PM

    The Shepherds at the Manger (In dulci jubilo)

    Franz Liszt

    Eteri Andjaparidze, p

    3:59
  • 2:11 PM

    Lauda Jerusalem

    Gabriel Diaz

    Empire Brass & Friends

    2:54
  • 2:06 PM

    Nonet: 3rd movement

    Louise Farrenc

    Philippe Bernold, flute

    Francois Leleux, oboe

    Romain Guyot, clarinet

    Andre Cazalet, horn

    Gilbert Audin, bassoon

    Guillaume Sutre, violin

    4:27
  • 2:01 PM

    Peer Gynt: Morning Mood

    Edvard Grieg

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    4:04
  • 1:48 PM

    Water Music: Suite No. 1

    George Frederic Handel

    Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra

    Nic McGegan, conductor

    11:33
  • 1:42 PM

    The Lark in the Clear Air

    Peter Hope

    Royal Ballet Sinfonia

    Gavin Sutherland, conductor

    3:05
  • 1:38 PM

    Piano Concerto: 3rd mvt

    Franz Liszt

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    Andre Watts, p

    3:44
  • 1:33 PM

    Water Under Snow Is Weary

    Harri Wessman

    O Yule Full Of Gladness

    St. Olaf Choir

    Anton Armstrong, conductor

    3:13
  • 1:21 PM

    Symphony No. 6 "Pastoral": 1st movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphonies 5 & 6

    Saarbrucken Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, conductor

    11:47
  • 1:20 PM

    Country Gardens

    Percy Grainger

    Thelma Hunter, piano

    2:35
  • 1:20 PM

    Duo Similia

    Nadia Labrie, flute

    2:33
  • 1:10 PM

    Away in a Manger

    Traditional

    New York Polyphony

    2:26
  • 1:03 PM

    Swan Lake: Three Dances

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre

    Valery Gergiev, conductor

    5:32
  • 12:50 PM

    Flute Concerto No. 1 "La Tempesta di Mare" ("Storm at Sea")

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    Stephen Preston, flute

    :00
  • 12:42 PM

    Barber of Seville: Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Gianluigi Gelmetti, conductor

    :00
  • 12:37 PM

    Dioclesian: Dances

    Henry Purcell

    Purcell Quartet

    3:52
  • 12:32 PM

    Greensleeves

    Traditional

    Kathleen Rudolph, flute

    Jesse Read, bassoon

    Rita Costanzi, harp

    4:34
  • 12:26 PM

    Symphony No. 59: 1st movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    4:20
  • 12:20 PM

    Water Music: Hornpipe

    George Frideric Handel

    Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra

    Nicholas McGegan, conductor

    4:21
  • 12:13 PM

    Christmas Night Dream

    Max Reger

    Eteri Andjaparidze, piano

    1:28
  • 12:01 PM

    Children's Games

    Georges Bizet

    French National Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    10:50
  • 11:43 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 13

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Piano Sonatas - Mondschein, Pastorale

    Maurizio Pollini, piano

    15:05
  • 11:31 AM

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Erich Leinsdorf, conductor

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    11:55
  • 11:21 AM

    Orb and Sceptre

    William Walton

    Walton: In Honour of the City of London, etc.

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    David Willcocks, conductor

    7:52
  • 11:06 AM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 6

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Musica Antiqua Cologne

    Reinhardt Goebel, conductor

    13:27
  • 11:04 AM

    Spring

    Edvard Grieg

    Nordic Light

    Danish National Radio Choir

    Stefan Parkman, conductor

    4:44
  • 10:53 AM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Johann Hummel

    German Chamber Philiharmonic Bremen

    Alison Balsom, trumpet

    17:50
  • 10:19 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 1

    Franz Liszt

    Liszt: My Piano Hero

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Valery Gergiev, conductor

    Lang Lang, piano

    19:29
  • 10:15 AM

    Conchita: ler dalla fabbrica a Triana

    Riccardo Zandonai

    Giuseppe Verdi Choir of Milan

    Marco Armiliato, conductor

    Renee Fleming, soprano

    2:41
  • 10:06 AM

    4 Scottish Dances

    Malcolm Arnold

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Bryden Thomson, conductor

    8:16
  • 10:01 AM

    Suite L'Inconnue: Chaconne

    Michel de la Barre

    Robert Stallman, flute

    Edwin Swanborn, harpsichord

    Karl Bennion, cello

    4:27
  • 9:10 AM

    Trout Quintet

    Franz Schubert

    Yefim Bronfman, piano

    40:03
  • 9:06 AM

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Klauspeter Seibel, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    2:47
  • 9:02 AM

    Rosary Sonata No. 8: The Crowning with Thorns

    Heinrich Biber

    Tragicomedia

    John Holloway, violin

    4:40
  • 8:50 AM

    Concerto No. 4

    Capel Bond

    Parley of Instruments

    Roy Goodman, conductor

    8:15
  • 8:33 AM

    Variations on a Theme by Haydn

    Johannes Brahms

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Yoel Levi, conductor

    17:22
  • 8:25 AM

    Camerata Cologne

    17:16
  • 8:08 AM

    The Running Set

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    James Judd, conductor

    6:36
  • 8:01 AM

    Butterfly's Day Out

    Mark O'Connor

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    4:43
  • 7:55 AM

    Paganini Etude No. 3 "La Campanella"

    Franz Liszt

    Robert DeGaetano, piano

    5:35
  • 7:34 AM

    Noble and Sentimental Waltzes

    Maurice Ravel

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, conductor

    17:58
  • 7:23 AM

    Late Swallows

    Frederick Delius

    Frank Bridge, Frederick Delius

    New Zealand Chamber Orchestra

    Nicholas Braithwaite, conductor

    9:43
  • 7:06 AM

    Poeme

    Ernest Chausson

    Poeme

    Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yakov Kreizberg, conductor

    Julia Fischer, violin

    16:03
  • 7:01 AM

    Piano Quintet: Intermezzo

    Jean Sibelius

    Jean Sibelius: Early Chamber Works

    Sibelius Academy Quartet

    Erik Tawaststjerna, piano

    4:30
  • 6:42 AM

    Sonata

    Beryl Rubinstein

    american flute music

    Jeffrey Khaner, flute

    16:40
  • 6:19 AM

    Symphony No. 93

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    22:19
  • 6:14 AM

    Sarabande

    George Frideric Handel

    Pachelbel Canon and Other Favorites

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Raymond Leppard, conductor

    2:58
  • 6:06 AM

    Slavonic Dance No. 16

    Antonin Dvorak

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    7:22
  • 6:01 AM

    Chaconne

    John Blow

    Musica Antiqua Cologne

    Reinhardt Goebel, conductor

    4:35
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