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- 5:29 AM
Serenade for Strings
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
Hugh Wolff, conductor
29:40 - 5:23 AM
Es ist ein Ros entsprungen
Dale Warland Singers
Dale Warland, conductor
3:48 - 5:16 AM
Concerto for Two Flutes
Academia Montis Regalis
Barthold Kuijken, conductor
Barthold Kuijken, flute
6:53 - 5:11 AM
Berlin Philharmonic Brass
4:30 - 5:06 AM
Canzone
Israela Margalit, piano
4:25 - 5:01 AM
Two Christmas Interludes
NW Chamber Orchestra of Seattle
Alun Francis, conductor
4:42 - 4:13 AM
Symphony No. 5
Philadelphia Orchestra
Riccardo Muti, conductor
44:50 - 4:09 AM
Christmas Night
Copley Singers
Brian Jones, conductor
4:06 - 3:44 AM
Cello Sonata No. 1 in F, Op. 5, No. 1
David Finckel, cello
Wu Han, piano
22:39 - 3:40 AM
Nowell sing we
Folger Consort
2:23 - 3:23 AM
Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
London Philharmonic
Bryden Thomson, conductor
16:08 - 3:15 AM
Gabrieli Consort & Players
Paul McCreesh, conductor
7:31 - 2:43 AM
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Gerard Schwarz, conductor
29:43 - 2:36 AM
Impromptu No. 3, Op. 51
Stanislav Bunin, piano
6:12 - 2:28 AM
Bailero
English Chamber Orchestra
Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor
Arleen Auger, soprano
6:40 - 2:03 AM
Pulcinella Suite
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Yuri Temirkanov, conductor
23:46 - 1:59 AM
Capriccio No. 2
Richard Goode, piano
3:25 - 12:56 AM
A New Tune
The Palladian Ensemble
4:00 - 12:35 AM
Sinfonia in Bb
Helsinki Baroque Orchestra
21:00 - 12:31 AM
Jul, Jul, stralande jul (Yule, Yule, sparkling Yule)
Orphei Drangar
Cecilia Rydinger Alin, conductor
2:34 - 12:30 AM
Adoration of the Magi
Boston Pops Orchestra
Keith Lockhart, conductor
8:57 - 12:08 AM
Silent Night; Nativity Carol; Infant Holy, Infant Lowly; Deck the Halls
Pittsburgh Symphony Brass
7:51 - 12:01 AM
Bachianas Brasilieras No. 5
Trio Concertant
5:35 - 11:56 PM
Water Music: Hornpipe
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra
Nicholas McGegan, conductor
4:21 - 11:52 PM
Still, Still, Still
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner, conductor
Ian Bostridge, tenor
3:00 - 11:45 PM
Christmas Medley
Arturo Delmoni, violin
Danielle Maddon, violin
Ellen DePasquale, viola
Rafael Figueroa, cello
6:12 - 11:42 PM
Good Christian Men Rejoice
Chanticleer
3:47 - 11:34 PM
Roman Carnival Overture
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
David Zinman, conductor
8:47 - 11:13 PM
Violin Concerto No.1
English Concert
Trevor Pinnock, conductor
Simon Standage
17:18 - 11:09 PM
Ding Dong! Merrily on High; Jingle Bells
VocalEssence
Philip Brunelle, conductor
4:01 - 11:04 PM
Fugue "Little"
Canadian Brass
3:17 - 10:51 PM
Piano Quartet Op 16
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
13:00 - 10:45 PM
Marriage of Figaro: Overture
Tafelmusik
Bruno Weil, conductor
4:41 - 10:42 PM
The Bells; The Sleigh; Carol of the Bells
Twin Cities Gay Men's Chorus
Dr. Stan Hill, conductor
6:15 - 10:42 PM
Illuminare, Jerusalem
Winchester College Chapel Choir
William Lacey, conductor
2:21 - 10:35 PM
O Little Town of Bethlehem
Musica Sacra
Richard Westenburg, conductor
3:23 - 10:20 PM
Christmas Concerto
English Concert
Trevor Pinnock, conductor
14:00 - 10:17 PM
Musical Sleighride
Boston Pops
Arthur Fiedler, conductor
2:53 - 10:04 PM
Dances
Vladimir Viardo, piano
9:33 - 9:56 PM
The Sleep of the Baby Jesus
Victor Costanzi, violin
Rita Costanzi, harp
6:28 - 9:40 PM
Symphonic Dances: Finale
Vancouver Symphony Orchestra
Sergiu Comissiona, conductor
14:51 - 9:30 PM
Thieving Magpie: Overture
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Claudio Abbado, conductor
8:52 - 9:25 PM
Amahl and the Night Visitor
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Schenck, conductor
6:00 - 9:24 PM
Giovanni De Chiaro, guitar
9:20 - 9:04 PM
Keyboard Suite
David Greilsammer, piano
6:59 - 9:04 PM
Bemidji Chamber Singers
Paul Brandvik, conductor
5:36 - 9:04 PM
Cleveland Orchestra
Franz Welser-Most, conductor
3:20 - 6:55 PM
O Holy Night
Chanticleer
6:29 - 6:47 PM
Concerto No. 12
Collegium Musicum 90
Simon Standage, conductor
7:21 - 6:42 PM
Vienna Philharmonic
James Levine, conductor
Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin
4:28 - 6:40 PM
The Nutcracker: Chinese Dance
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor
1:04 - 6:35 PM
Two 16th Century Songs
Frank Wallace, guitar
4:20 - 6:32 PM
Amahl and the Night Visitors: Shepherd's Dance
NBC Television Theatre Orchestra
Thomas Schippers, conductor
3:21 - 6:19 PM
Fantasia on Christmas Carols
English Chamber Orchestra
Matthew Best, conductor
Thomas Allen, baritone
12:26 - 6:10 PM
Symphony Nova Scotia
Georg Tintner, conductor
8:53 - 6:03 PM
Footsteps in the Snow
Pierre Laurent-Aimard, piano
:00 - 5:47 PM
Sonata in E Minor
Avi Avital, mandolin
Ira Givol, cello
Ophira Zakai, theorbo
:00 - 5:43 PM
A Christmas Carol
Theatre of Voices
Paul Hillier, conductor
3:37 - 5:41 PM
What Child is This
Welsh National Opera Orchestra
Tecwyn Evans, conductor
Bryn Terfel, bass
Catrin Finch, harp
3:17 - 5:35 PM
Rorate caeli desuper
The Choir of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception
Leo Nestor, conductor
:00 - 5:27 PM
The Four Seasons: Winter in Buenos Aires
A Far Cry
Jason Vieaux, guitar
Julien Labro, bandoneon
:00 - 5:16 PM
The Seasons: Winter
Il Giardino Armonico
Giovanni Antonini, conductor
Enrico Onofri, violin
:00 - 5:08 PM
A Winter Idyll
Holst: Symphony, "The Cotswolds" / Walt Whitman, Overture / Indra / Japanese Suite / A Winter Idyll
Ulster Orchestra
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
8:59 - 5:02 PM
The Seasons: December
Mikhail Pletnev, piano
:00 - 4:54 PM
The Currach
Michael McHale, piano
:00 - 4:41 PM
Concerto for 2 Orchestras No. 3
English Baroque Soloists
John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
13:26 - 4:40 PM
Suena
Mattias Jacobsson, guitar
:00 - 4:37 PM
Prelude in D
Mattias Jacobsson, guitar
:00 - 4:35 PM
El Testament d'Amelia
Mattias Jacobsson, guitar
:00 - 4:10 PM
Christmas Medley
Vasari Singers
Jeremy Backhouse, conductor
Martin Ford, organ
26:11 - 4:00 PM
The Seasons: Winter
Minnesota Orchestra
Edo de Waart, conductor
9:17 - 3:48 PM
Quem pastores; Sleepers Awake
Andrew Lawrence-King, harp
7:20 - 3:44 PM
In dulci jubilo
Cambridge Singers
John Rutter, conductor
3:12 - 3:21 PM
Symphony No. 21
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
James Levine, conductor
20:30 - 3:07 PM
Christmas Music
Debra Torok, piano
Marylene Dosse, piano
12:24 - 3:01 PM
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Antal Dorati, conductor
4:56 - 2:55 PM
Christmas Music
Cambridge Singers
John Rutter, conductor
5:00 - 2:31 PM
The Birds
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner, conductor
3:02 - 2:27 PM
Yolanda Kondonassis, harp
2:33 - 2:22 PM
Boston Pops Orchestra
Arthur Fiedler, conductor
4:29 - 2:18 PM
Danse du Roy
New London Consort
Philip Pickett, conductor
2:26 - 2:10 PM
Three English Carols
Artaria Quartet
5:39 - 2:03 PM
10 Picturesque Pieces: Scherzo-Waltz
Angela Hewitt, piano
4:33 - 1:50 PM
Symphony No. 23
Vienna Philharmonic
James Levine, conductor
8:50 - 1:46 PM
The Virgin's Cradle Hymn
VocalEssence
Philip Brunelle, conductor
3:00 - 1:37 PM
Violin Concerto No. 1: 3rd Movement
London Symphony Orchestra
Martyn Brabbins, conductor
Chloe Hanslip, violin
6:55 - 1:32 PM
Sweet was the Song
Vasari Singers
Jeremy Backhouse, conductor
Martin Ford, organ
4:15 - 1:28 PM
Rejoice and Be Merry
Vasari Singers
Jeremy Backhouse, conductor
1:50 - 1:19 PM
Hary Janos Suite: Intermezzo and Entrance
London Symphony Orchestra
Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos, conductor
8:08 - 1:13 PM
Away in a Manger
New York Polyphony
2:26 - 1:08 PM
Scotch Strathspey and Reel
Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano
4:39 - 1:04 PM
Shimmeree
CBC Vancouver Orchestra
Arthur Polson, conductor
3:00 - 12:56 PM
O Come, All Ye Faithful
RIAS Chamber Choir
Uwe Gronostay, conductor
3:11 - 12:47 PM
Orchestral Suite No. 1: Selections
Tafelmusik
Jeanne Lamon, conductor
2:37 - 12:41 PM
The First Nowell
Choir of King's College, Cambridge
David Willcocks, conductor
10:05 - 12:32 PM
Flute and Harp Concerto: Rondo
Orchestra Mozart
Claudio Abbado, conductor
Jacques Zoon, flute
Letizia Belmondo, harp
8:35 - 12:24 PM
Lahti Symphony Orchestra
Osmo Vanska, conductor
6:34 - 12:20 PM
Of Foreign Lands and People
Michael Chertock, piano
1:56 - 12:10 PM
O Little Town of Bethlehem
Dale Warland Singers
Dale Warland, conductor
4:08 - 12:04 PM
Symphony No. 92 "Oxford": 4th movement
Berlin Philharmonic
Simon Rattle, conductor
5:03 - 11:45 AM
Symphony No. 2: 3rd movement
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin, conductor
13:32 - 11:41 AM
Ensemble Galilei
Maggie Sansone, hammered dulcimer
3:23 - 11:34 AM
Nocturne and Allegro Scherzando
English Chamber Orchestra
Steuart Bedford, conductor
William Bennett, flute
5:42 - 11:28 AM
Royal Ballet Sinfonia
Gavin Sutherland, conductor
5:20 - 11:13 AM
Garrick Ohlsson, piano
13:02 - 11:06 AM
Boston Pops Orchestra
Arthur Fiedler, conductor
6:14 - 11:01 AM
Child Grove; Easter Thursday; The Beggar's Boy
King's Noyse
4:36 - 10:57 AM
Artist's Life
Vienna Volksopera Orchestra
Franz Bauer Theussl, conductor
9:10 - 10:47 AM
Concerto Grosso No. 3
Europa Galante
Fabio Biondi, conductor
7:17 - 10:29 AM
O come, all ye faithful; The Shepherd's Carol; Hark! the Herald Angels Sing
Cambridge Singers
John Rutter, conductor
11:12 - 10:13 AM
Bassoon Concerto No. 2
Slovak Chamber Orchestra
Bohdan Warchal, conductor
Eckart Hubner, bassoon
14:18 - 10:06 AM
The Polar Express: Suite
Original Soundtrack Recording
Alan Silvestri, conductor
6:03 - 10:01 AM
String Quartet: 3rd movement
Oslo String Quartet
4:41 - 9:30 AM
Violin Concerto No. 3
Lalo: Symphonie Espagnole; Saint Saens: Violin Concerto No. 3
Montreal Symphony Orchestra
Charles Dutoit, conductor
Joshua Bell, violin
28:05 - 9:23 AM
Nocturne No. 1
Michael Landrum, piano
6:04 - 9:10 AM
Christmas Medley
Ambrosian Singers
Vaughan Meakins, conductor
11:47 - 9:06 AM
The Playfords
3:36 - 9:01 AM
Symphony "Pastorella"
Tafelmusik
Jeanne Lamon, conductor
4:39 - 8:17 AM
Symphony no. 4
Philadelphia Orchestra
Johannes Brahms, conductor
:00 - 8:12 AM
I saw a fair maiden
Cambridge Singers
John Rutter, conductor
2:58 - 8:08 AM
Paillard Chamber Orchestra
Jean-Francois Paillard, conductor
3:36 - 8:06 AM
Pro Arte Singers
Paul Hillier, conductor
1:14 - 8:01 AM
Chanticleer
Dawn Upshaw, soprano
4:38 - 7:49 AM
Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
Gernot Schmalfuss, conductor
Dieter Klocker, clarinet
9:13 - 7:46 AM
Rustles of Spring
Jerome Lowenthal, piano
2:38 - 7:38 AM
Huddersfield Choral Society
Keith Rhodes, conductor
7:20 - 7:09 AM
Symphony No. 1
Orchestra of the 18th Century
Frans Bruggen, conductor
27:15 - 7:06 AM
Breton Noel
Arturo Delmoni, violin
Danielle Maddon, violin
Ellen DePasquale, viola
Rafael Figueroa, cello
2:12 - 7:01 AM
Capulets and Montagues: Sinfonia
Orchestra of St. Cecilia
Myung Whun Chung, conductor
4:46 - 6:48 AM
Keyboard Concertino
Wu Han, piano
Jorja Fleezanis, violin
Erin Keefe, violin
David Finckel, cello
10:41 - 6:28 AM
Pastoral Suite
Ulster Orchestra
Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor
19:21 - 6:23 AM
Babe of Bethlehem
Choral Arts Society of Washington
Norman Scribner, conductor
3:33 - 6:15 AM
Variations on the Boar's Head Carol
Mirecourt Trio
7:19 - 6:06 AM
Noel
Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra
Raymond Leppard, conductor
7:53 - 6:01 AM
Polonaise No. 1
Laurent Korcia, violin
Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, piano
4:48