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  • 5:32 AM

    The Peace of Christmas

    Christmas Music

    Christmas with the Cambridge Singers

    City of London Sinfonia

    John Rutter, conductor

    26:37
  • 5:21 AM

    Sacred and Profane Dances

    Claude Debussy

    Introduction & Allegro

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Edmon Colomer, conductor

    Vanessa McKeand, harp

    9:40
  • 5:16 AM

    Small Piece for Cello and Strings

    Hilding Rosenberg

    Stockholm Sinfonietta

    Jan-Olav Wedin, conductor

    Elemer Lavotha, cello

    3:34
  • 5:06 AM

    Messiah: Comfort ye

    George Frideric Handel

    Dunedin Consort and Players

    John Butt, conductor

    Nicholas Mulroy, tenor

    9:22
  • 5:01 AM

    Silk Road Ensemble

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    4:43
  • 4:47 AM

    French Suite No. 1 in d minor

    J.S. Bach

    Glenn Gould, piano

    11:20
  • 4:02 AM

    Symphony No. 2 in D

    Jean Sibelius

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    46:00
  • 4:00 AM

    O my deir hert

    Virgil Thomson

    Saint Louis Chamber Chorus

    Philip Barnes, conductor

    1:59
  • 3:55 AM

    Love Is Here to Stay

    George Gershwin

    Gershwin Fantasy

    London Symphony Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    Joshua Bell, violin

    3:45
  • 3:50 AM

    La plus que lente

    Claude Debussy

    Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

    4:57
  • 3:42 AM

    String Quartet No. 1: 3rd movement

    Heitor Villa-Lobos

    Villa-Lobos String Quartets, Vol. 1

    Cuarteto Latinoamericano

    4:51
  • 2:07 AM

    L'Enfance du Christ

    Hector Berlioz

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Douglas Boyd, conductor

    Claire Ormshaw, soprano

    Thomas Cooley, tenor

    David Wilson-Johnson, baritone

    Sergei Leiferkus, baritone

    98:40
  • 12:39 AM

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Fritz Reiner, conductor

    Byron Janis

    20:08
  • 12:22 AM

    Festive Suite

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Christmas Festival

    London Festival Orchestra

    Ross Pople, conductor

    15:32
  • 12:19 AM

    Let It Snow

    Mill City String Quartet

    2:41
  • 12:06 AM

    There is No Rose of Such Virtue; Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming; Silent Night

    Traditional

    Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge

    Richard Marlow, organ

    7:15
  • 11:58 PM

    Dance of the Blessed Spirits

    Christoph Gluck

    Pure Classics

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    6:16
  • 11:46 PM

    Der Rosenkavalier: Waltzes

    Richard Strauss

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Fritz Reiner, conductor

    8:33
  • 11:41 PM

    The Very Best Time of Year

    John Rutter

    Tidings of Joy: Music for Christmas

    Fairfax Choral Society

    Douglas Mears, conductor

    3:55
  • 11:33 PM

    Los Romeros

    Massimo Paris, conductor

    7:02
  • 11:17 PM

    Symphony No. 1 "Classical": 3rd movement

    Sergei Prokofiev

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Valery Gergiev, conductor

    1:33
  • 11:11 PM

    12 Days of Christmas

    traditional (arr: Hiram Titus)

    Hiram Titus

    6:08
  • 11:01 PM

    Dialogue of Wind and Sea

    Claude Debussy

    NY Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    8:22
  • 10:49 PM

    Symphony No. 103 "Drum Roll": 4th movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies No. 100 Military and No. 103 Drimroll

    Orchestra of St. Luke's

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    5:09
  • 10:42 PM

    And, can this now be summer?; Christmas Bells; Going to Church on Christmas Morning

    Traditional

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    Tapiola Choir

    Erkki Pohjola, conductor

    6:06
  • 10:40 PM

    Orchestral Suite No. 2: Badinerie

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Orchestal Suites

    Moscow Virtuosi

    Vladimir Spivakov, conductor

    1:23
  • 10:33 PM

    Dale Warland Singers

    Dale Warland, conductor

    5:10
  • 10:22 PM

    Bagatelles: Allegretto scherzando (1)

    Antonin Dvorak

    Takacs Quartet

    Gabor Ormai, harmonium

    2:56
  • 10:19 PM

    Fum, Fum, Fum!

    Traditional

    News Of Great Joy

    His Majestie's Clerkes

    Anne Heider, conductor

    1:27
  • 10:12 PM

    Once in Royal David's City

    Henry Gauntlett

    Shout the Glad Tidings!

    The Singers

    Matthew Culloton, conductor

    4:01
  • 10:01 PM

    Bassoon Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    La Serenissima

    11:24
  • 9:51 PM

    Christmas Time Is Here/Skating

    Vince Guaraldi

    Copper Street Brass

    7:25
  • 9:43 PM

    Fidelio: Overture

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    6:51
  • 9:35 PM

    Shepherds and Kings

    Samuel Rousseau

    Church of the Holy Childhood Chamber Orchestra

    Stephen Schmall, conductor

    7:11
  • 9:31 PM

    O Little Town of Bethlehem; Did Mary Know; Deck the Halls

    Traditional; Richard Averre

    Musica Sacra

    Richard Westenburg, conductor

    8:08
  • 9:17 PM

    Sinfonia Concertante: 1st movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin

    Bruno Giuranna, viola

    13:06
  • 9:06 PM

    Christmas Medley

    Traditional

    Choir of St John's College, Cambridge

    George Guest, conductor

    10:10
  • 9:01 PM

    Mock Morris

    Percy Grainger

    Martin Jones, piano

    3:17
  • 6:44 PM

    Triple Concerto: Rondo alla Polacca

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    German Symphony Orchestra, Berlin

    Kent Nagano, conductor

    Mari Kodama, piano

    Kolja Blacher, violin

    Johannes Moser, cello

    12:28
  • 6:37 PM

    Carol of the Magi

    John Rutter

    Behold This Heavenly Night

    VocalEssence

    Philip Brunelle, conductor

    4:48
  • 6:33 PM

    VocalEssence

    Philip Brunelle, conductor

    :00
  • 6:31 PM

    VocalEssence

    Philip Brunelle, conductor

    2:00
  • 6:18 PM

    Snow Maiden Suite

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    12:22
  • 6:14 PM

    Caroling, Caroling/Bright, Bright the Holly Berries

    Alfred Burt

    Chanticleer

    2:22
  • 6:03 PM

    Symphony No. 4 "Italian:" Allegro vivace

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra

    Bruno Weill, conductor

    11:00
  • 5:55 PM

    La Flute de Pan: Pan et les oiseaux

    Jules Mouquet

    Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra

    Philippe Auguin, conductor

    Manuela Wiesler, flute

    8:25
  • 5:44 PM

    Christmas Medley

    Traditional

    Empire Brass and friends

    9:31
  • 5:41 PM

    Stephen Hough, piano

    :00
  • 5:21 PM

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Colin Davis, conductor

    19:12
  • 5:17 PM

    En Belen tocan a fuego

    Ernest Cervera

    Christmas Songs Around the World

    Arsys

    Pierre Cao, conductor

    3:03
  • 5:14 PM

    Ninna-Nanna a Gesu bambino

    D. Lavino Virgu

    Arsys Bourgogne

    Pierre Cao, conductor

    :00
  • 5:11 PM

    Hodie Christus natus est

    William Mathias

    Arsys Bourgogne

    Pierre Cao, conductor

    1:39
  • 5:01 PM

    Piano Concerto: Larghetto

    Frederic Chopin

    Rome Festival Orchestra

    Boris MNersson, conductor

    Christian Fevre, piano

    3:11
  • 4:54 PM

    Jenny Lin, piano

    4:54
  • 4:45 PM

    Memory of the Norwegian Alps

    Franz Berwald

    Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Thomas Dausgaard, conductor

    8:12
  • 4:40 PM

    Snow Had Fallen; Christ was Born

    Stephen Paulus

    The Dale Warland Singers

    Dale Warland, conductor

    Kathy Kienzle, harp

    3:17
  • 4:36 PM

    In the Bleak Midwinter

    Gustav Holst

    Eva Beneke, guitar

    Lars Hoefs, cello

    Phil Popham, English horn

    Moni Simeonov, violin

    2:42
  • 4:32 PM

    Messiah: Hallelujah Chorus

    George Frideric Handel

    Eva Beneke, guitar

    Scott Tennant, guitar

    3:34
  • 4:31 PM

    Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming

    Michael Praetorius

    A Classical Guitar Christmas

    Eva Beneke, guitar

    3:01
  • 4:28 PM

    Ich steh an deiner Krippen hier (I Stand Here at Your Crib)

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Eva Beneke, guitar

    Scott Tennant, guitar

    1:39
  • 4:24 PM

    O Tannenbaum (O Christmas Tree)

    Traditional German

    Eva Beneke, guitar

    3:48
  • 4:18 PM

    The Knights

    Eric Jacobsen, conductor

    5:06
  • 4:08 PM

    Bande Montreal Baroque

    Eric Milnes, conductor

    7:00
  • 4:00 PM

    Ding Dong! Merrily on High; O Little Town of Bethlehem; Go Tell it on the Mountain

    Traditional: arr: Kenneth Jennings

    Magnum Chorum

    Christopher Aspaas, conductor

    :00
  • 3:55 PM

    A Midsummer Night's Dream: Scherzo

    Mendelssohn, arr. Rachmaninoff

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, p

    4:22
  • 3:41 PM

    What is this Lovely Fragrance?; Masters in this Hall; The First Nowell

    Christmas Music

    Orchestra at Temple Square

    Craig Jessop, conductor

    12:46
  • 3:35 PM

    What Sweeter Music

    John Rutter

    City of London Sinfonia

    Stephen Layton, conductor

    4:15
  • 3:24 PM

    The Turtle Dove; John Peel

    Traditional

    Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    6:00
  • 3:19 PM

    Silent Night

    Franz Gruber

    Welsh National Opera Orchestra

    Tecwyn Evans, conductor

    Bryn Terfel, bass

    Catrin Finch, harp

    3:47
  • 3:07 PM

    French and English Christmas Music

    Traditional

    Apollo's Fire

    Jeannette Sorrell, conductor

    11:20
  • 3:02 PM

    Waltz No. 1 "Grand Waltz Brillante"

    Frederic Chopin

    Murray Perahia, piano

    5:02
  • 2:57 PM

    Pastorcito santo

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Placido Domingo, t

    Manuel Barrueco, g

    2:22
  • 2:53 PM

    Manuel Barrueco, g

    3:00
  • 2:36 PM

    Horn Concerto No. 4

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    London Sinfonietta

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    Richard Watkins, horn

    4:23
  • 2:32 PM

    Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring; O Come, All ye Faithful

    Christmas Music

    Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

    Christopher Parkening, guitar

    6:36
  • 2:24 PM

    Karolju: Little March of the Three Kings; Czech

    Christopher Rouse

    BBC Symphony Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    5:54
  • 2:19 PM

    O Holy Night (Cantique du Noel)

    Adolphe Adam

    Ayako Shinozaki, harp

    Kazuko Shinozaki, harp II

    4:07
  • 2:16 PM

    Children's Games: Galop

    Georges Bizet

    French National Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    1:44
  • 2:09 PM

    Three Danish Christmas Songs

    Traditional

    Noel! Noel! Noel! Christmas With Michala Petri

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Martin Neary, conductor

    Michala Petri, recorder

    4:43
  • 2:04 PM

    Serenade for Winds: Moderato

    Antonin Dvorak

    Consortium Classicum

    3:44
  • 1:58 PM

    Mandolin Concerto in C: 3rd mvt

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Studio Orchestra

    Peter Ostrouchko, mandolin

    2:22
  • 1:52 PM

    PIano Concerto No. 19: 3rd mvt

    Wolfgang Mozart

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Jeffrey Tate, conductor

    Mitsuko Uchida, p

    4:44
  • 1:42 PM

    Fantasia on "In Dulci Jubilo"

    David Overton

    Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra

    John Georgiadis, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    4:57
  • 1:32 PM

    Mother Goose: Laideronnette and The Fairy Garden

    Maurice Ravel

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Pierre Boulez, conductor

    8:44
  • 1:23 PM

    Christmas Medley

    Traditional; John Rutter

    Cambridge Singers

    John Rutter, conductor

    9:22
  • 1:18 PM

    Violin Partita No. 3: Prelude

    Bach, arr. Rachmaninoff

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, p

    3:00
  • 1:11 PM

    Riu riu chiu; Patapan

    Traditional

    Counterpoint

    Robert DeCormier, conductor

    4:47
  • 1:05 PM

    Symphony No. 6: Intermezzo

    Alexander Glazunov

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    4:59
  • 12:55 PM

    In the Bleak Midwinter

    Gustav Holst

    Sing We Christmas

    Chanticleer

    5:08
  • 12:48 PM

    Quintet for Piano and Winds: 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Sabine Meyer Wind Ensemble

    Christian Zacharias, piano

    5:41
  • 12:41 PM

    There is No Rose

    Rene Clausen

    Choral Arts Ensemble

    5:59
  • 12:32 PM

    Oboe Concerto No. 1

    George Frideric Handel

    City of London Sinfonia

    Nicholas Ward, conductor

    Anthony Camden, oboe

    7:50
  • 12:24 PM

    Christmas Medley

    Christmas Music

    Arturo Delmoni, violin

    Danielle Maddon, violin

    Ellen DePasquale, viola

    Rafael Figueroa, cello

    6:15
  • 12:20 PM

    The Nutcracker: March

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Christmas On Copper Street

    Copper Street Brass Quintet

    2:46
  • 12:06 PM

    El Rorro; The Coventry Carol; Deck the Halls

    Christmas Music

    Roger Wagner Chorale

    Roger Wagner, conductor

    7:18
  • 12:04 PM

    Piece in the Old Style

    Henryk Gorecki

    Gorecki: Three Pieces, Kleines Requiem, Good Night

    I Fiamminghi

    Rudolf Werthen, conductor

    1:31
  • 11:44 AM

    Impressions d'ardennes

    Joseph Jongen

    National Orchestra of Belgium

    Roman Kofman, conductor

    14:47
  • 11:41 AM

    The Colours of Christmas

    John Rutter

    Bach Choir

    John Rutter, conductor

    2:51
  • 11:37 AM

    Three German Chorales

    Johann Cruger

    Ludwig Guttler Brass Ensemble

    Ludwig Guttler, conductor

    5:12
  • 11:20 AM

    Symphony No. 26 "The Lamentation"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    13:43
  • 11:14 AM

    Ye sons of men

    Patrick Zuk

    Christmas from Saint Louis

    Saint Louis Chamber Chorus

    Philip Barnes, conductor

    5:02
  • 11:06 AM

    Barber of Seville: Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    7:10
  • 11:01 AM

    Orphee Suite: Orphee and the Princess

    Philip Glass

    The Orpheus Suite for Piano

    Paul Barnes, piano

    4:36
  • 10:50 AM

    Reverie and Caprice

    Hector Berlioz

    Quebec Symphony Orchestra

    Yoav Talmi, conductor

    James Ehnes, violin

    8:29
  • 10:47 AM

    Sleep, my little child

    Max Reger

    RIAS Chamber Choir

    Uwe Gronostay, conductor

    2:18
  • 10:20 AM

    String Symphony No. 8

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    25:46
  • 10:15 AM

    Come leave your sheep

    Traditional

    Cambridge Singers

    John Rutter, conductor

    2:27
  • 10:06 AM

    Carnival Overture

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: New World Symphony,

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Fritz Reiner, conductor

    8:55
  • 10:01 AM

    Angel's Dance

    Steven Amundson

    Cincinnati Pops

    John Morris Russell, conductor

    4:33
  • 9:33 AM

    Symphony No. 1

    Adalbert Gyrowetz

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    25:48
  • 9:25 AM

    Shepherds' Music

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Arthur Fiedler, conductor

    7:22
  • 9:17 AM

    Don Giovanni: Overture

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Apollo's Fire

    Jeannette Sorrell, conductor

    6:09
  • 9:15 AM

    Masters in This Hall

    Traditional

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    1:39
  • 9:06 AM

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Spano, conductor

    8:17
  • 9:01 AM

    Oboe Quintet: Canzonetta

    Theodore Dubois

    Trio Hochelaga

    Jean-Luc Plourde, viola

    Philippe Magnan, oboe

    4:40
  • 8:44 AM

    17th Century Noels

    Marc-Antoine Charpentier

    The King's Violins

    Bernard Labadie, conductor

    14:50
  • 8:38 AM

    Bell' Alma Duo

    5:15
  • 8:35 AM

    Ave Maria

    Cesar Carillo

    Navidad: Christmas in the New World

    Seattle Pro Musica

    Karen P. Thomas, conductor

    3:04
  • 8:25 AM

    Dance of the Hours

    Amilcare Ponchielli

    Opera Intermezzi and Ballet Music

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    10:24
  • 8:17 AM

    Christmas Tree Suite

    Franz Liszt

    Leslie Howard, piano

    7:40
  • 8:06 AM

    Concert Waltz No. 2

    Alexander Glazunov

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Yevgeny Svetlanov, conductor

    9:18
  • 8:01 AM

    March Militaire No. 1

    Franz Schubert

    Yaara Tal, piano

    4:48
  • 7:41 AM

    Concertino for Oboe and Strings

    Brenno Blauth

    Camerata Bariloche

    Andres Spiller, oboe

    17:13
  • 7:37 AM

    Beautiful Star of Bethlehem

    Fisher/Boyce

    Chanticleer

    Dawn Upshaw, soprano

    3:10
  • 7:22 AM

    Concerto for 2 Violins

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra

    Ton Koopman, conductor

    Monica Huggett, violin

    14:43
  • 7:14 AM

    Watt's Cradle Hymn

    Traditional

    Westminster Choir

    Emma Kirkby, soprano

    6:02
  • 7:06 AM

    Dream Children

    Edward Elgar

    English Symphony Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    7:59
  • 7:01 AM

    The Snowman: Prelude and Serenade

    Erich Korngold

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    Michael Ludwig, violin

    4:40
  • 6:53 AM

    Concerto Grosso No. 6 "Christmas Concerto"

    Giuseppe Torelli

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    6:05
  • 6:28 AM

    String Quartet

    Gabriel Faure

    Ebene Quartet

    24:20
  • 6:14 AM

    Christmas Medley

    Tavener; Rutter

    Trinity Choir

    Brian Jones, conductor

    11:12
  • 6:09 AM

    Elegy: O Doux Printemps D'Autrefois

    Jules Massenet

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Michael Stern, conductor

    Joshua Bell, violin

    4:09
  • 6:06 AM

    Christmas Cracker

    Thomas Jones

    RTE Concert Orchestra

    Gavin Sutherland, conductor

    3:11
  • 6:01 AM

    Contredances (4)

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra

    Hans Graf, conductor

    4:48
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