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  • 5:53 AM

    What Sweeter Music

    John Rutter

    Mormon Tabernacle Choir

    Craig Jessop, conductor

    5:10
  • 5:25 AM

    String Quartet

    Maurice Ravel

    Emerson Quartet

    27:58
  • 5:14 AM

    Alleluia and Fugue

    Alan Hovhaness

    I Fiamminghi

    Rudolf Werthen, conductor

    8:38
  • 5:10 AM

    Christmas Daybreak

    Robert Convery

    The Crossing

    Donald Nally, conductor

    3:46
  • 5:06 AM

    The Snowman: Walking in the Air

    Howard Blake

    Michael Chertock, piano

    3:21
  • 5:01 AM

    Clair de Lune (Moonlight)

    Claude Debussy

    12 Cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic

    4:32
  • 4:32 AM

    String Quartet No. 16

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Guarneri Quartet

    26:30
  • 4:14 AM

    Carols of the Nativity

    Stephen Chatman

    University of British Columbia Singers

    Bruce Pullan, conductor

    Kathleen Allen, soprano

    Richard Petroski, baritone

    Michelle Baynton, soprano

    19:27
  • 3:41 AM

    Clarinet Quintet

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Emerson Quartet

    David Shifrin, clarinet

    31:52
  • 3:33 AM

    Four Brief Prayers of St. Francis

    Francis Poulenc

    Chanticleer

    7:31
  • 3:28 AM

    Achat Sha'alti (One Thing I Ask)

    Paul Schoenfield

    Linda Chatterton, flute

    John Jensen, piano

    3:28
  • 2:53 AM

    Symphony No. 4

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Edo de Waart, conductor

    34:00
  • 2:34 AM

    Crossroads

    John Harbison

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Edo de Waart, conductor

    Kelly O'Connor, mezzo-soprano

    18:00
  • 2:09 AM

    Chamber Symphony

    Franz Schrecker

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Edo de Waart, conductor

    25:00
  • 2:02 AM

    Prelude and Fugue No. 1

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Glenn Gould, piano

    4:17
  • 1:34 AM

    Piano Quintet No. 2

    Peter Schickele

    Lark Quartet; Peter Schickele, piano

    26:25
  • 1:27 AM

    Pacific Coast Highway

    Andrew York

    Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

    5:04
  • 1:03 AM

    Old Piano Photos

    Steve Heitzeg

    Tom Linker, piano

    1:04
  • 1:00 AM

    Boston Camerata

    Joel Cohen, conductor

    1:53
  • 12:34 AM

    Symphony No. 82

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Stockholm Chamber Orchestra

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    23:44
  • 12:25 AM

    Three Concert Pieces

    Georgy Catoire

    Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano

    8:13
  • 12:22 AM

    March of the Little Lead Soldiers

    Gabriel Pierne

    Pierne: Concerto Piano & Suites

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Juanjo Mena, conductor

    3:08
  • 12:13 AM

    Stradivaria

    3:37
  • 12:00 AM

    Spartacus: Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia

    Aram Khachaturian

    Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Lawrence Foster, conductor

    9:44
  • 11:57 PM

    Somerset Wassail

    Traditional

    The Cambridge Singers Christmas Album / Rutter

    Cambridge Singers

    John Rutter, conductor

    2:06
  • 11:44 PM

    Concerto for Recorder and Flute

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Musica Antiqua Cologne

    Reinhardt Goebel, conductor

    Michael Schneider, recorder

    Wilbert Hazelzet, flute

    13:17
  • 11:39 PM

    Symphony No. 8: 3rd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    West-Eastern Divan Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    3:49
  • 11:33 PM

    La Vida Breve: Spanish Dance No. 1

    Manuel de Falla

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Fritz Reiner, conductor

    6:30
  • 11:28 PM

    Bacchanalia

    John Du Prez

    Alchemist

    Philip Pickett Ensemble

    2:29
  • 11:19 PM

    Keyboard Concerto No. 1: 1st movement

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: 5 Piano Concertos

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    Ramin Bahrami, piano

    6:52
  • 11:12 PM

    And Glory Shone Around

    Rose Ensemble

    6:19
  • 11:06 PM

    Karelia Suite: Alla Marcia

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Symphony No. 1, 'Karelia' Suite

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    4:53
  • 10:59 PM

    Voices of Spring

    Johann Strauss, Jr.

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Willi Boskovsky, conductor

    6:00
  • 10:51 PM

    Les Chanteurs de Noel

    Alexander Glazunov

    Noel

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    6:45
  • 10:36 PM

    Musical Sleighride

    Leopold Mozart

    Eduard Melkus Ensemble

    13:18
  • 10:31 PM

    When Icicles Hang: Blow, blow thou winter wind

    John Rutter

    City of London Sinfonia

    John Rutter, conductor

    3:48
  • 10:21 PM

    Invitation to the Dance

    Carl Maria von Weber

    With Love from Vienna

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    8:39
  • 10:17 PM

    Curtain Tune on a Ground

    Henry Purcell

    Collegium Musicum 90

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    2:11
  • 10:07 PM

    Symphony No. 34: Finale

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Prague Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    7:28
  • 9:43 PM

    Fountains of Rome

    Ottorino Respighi

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Louis Lane, conductor

    14:58
  • 9:38 PM

    Sleep Holy Infant

    Dave Brubeck

    La Pieta

    Angelel Dubeau, violin

    4:06
  • 9:32 PM

    Summit Hill Brass Quintet

    5:32
  • 9:28 PM

    Gayaneh: Dance of the Rose Maidens

    Aram Khachaturian

    Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra

    Alfred Newman, conductor

    2:07
  • 9:21 PM

    Hymn of the Nativity

    Kenneth Leighton

    Kantorei

    Axel Theimer, conductor

    Kimberly Kuhl, soprano

    6:03
  • 9:06 PM

    Concerto for Flute

    JS Bach

    Wurttburg Chamber Orchestra

    Jorg Faeber, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    13:11
  • 9:02 PM

    Tomorrow shall be my dancing day; Rejoice and be merry

    Traditional

    A Christmas Festival

    Cambridge Singers

    John Rutter, conductor

    5:31
  • 5:53 PM

    Tota pulchra es Maria

    Maurice Durufle

    Seraphic Fire

    1:57
  • 5:51 PM

    The Cherry Tree Carol; Fuguing Tune: Bethlehem

    Christmas

    Anonymous 4

    5:46
  • 5:32 PM

    Dolly Suite

    Gabriel Faure

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor

    16:39
  • 5:28 PM

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    3:00
  • 5:16 PM

    Fantasia on Christmas Carols

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Choir of King's College, Cambridge/London Symphony Orchestra

    David Willcocks, conductor

    Harvey Alan, bass-baritone

    11:38
  • 5:13 PM

    Hark! Hark! The Lark

    Franz Schubert

    Evgeny Kissin, piano

    2:39
  • 5:03 PM

    Clarinet Concertino

    Carl Maria von Weber

    San Francisco Ballet Orchestra

    Martin West, conductor

    Alexander Fiterstein, clarinet

    9:11
  • 4:56 PM

    Children's Games: The Shuttlecock/Badminton; Soap Bubbles; The Doll

    Georges Bizet; arr: Hershey Kay

    San Francisco Ballet Orchestra

    Martin West, conductor

    5:14
  • 4:51 PM

    Snow Had Fallen; Christ Was Born

    Stephen Paulus

    MPR Taste Of The Holidays, Vol. 4

    Magnum Chorum

    4:12
  • 4:31 PM

    Mitsuko Uchida, piano

    17:31
  • 4:23 PM

    Bassoon Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Baroque Ensemble

    Nicholas McGegan, conductor

    Nadina Mackie Jackson, bassoon

    7:17
  • 4:18 PM

    God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen; Good King Wenceslas

    Traditional

    Ensemble Galilei

    3:41
  • 4:15 PM

    Greensleeves

    Traditional

    Surrounded By Angels

    Ensemble Galilei

    3:20
  • 4:05 PM

    At Midnight Hour; Joy Be With You; Carol of the Birds; Winter's Falling Light

    Medley

    Surrounded By Angels

    Ensemble Galilei

    9:55
  • 4:01 PM

    Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Prelude and Fugue No. 1

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I

    Andras Schiff, piano

    3:51
  • 3:46 PM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Jan Neruda

    Swedish Chamber Orchestra

    Niklas Ecklund, trumpet

    14:00
  • 3:40 PM

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    3:23
  • 3:30 PM

    Wind Quintet: 3rd mvt

    Carl Nielsen

    Philadelphia Wind Quintet

    6:00
  • 3:08 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 2

    Alexander Glazunov

    Glazunov: Complete Concertos

    Russian National Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    Alexander Romanovsky, piano

    18:29
  • 3:03 PM

    National Lutheran Choir

    David Cherwien, conductor

    Merilee Klemp, oboe

    3:32
  • 3:00 PM

    Country Gardens

    Percy Grainger

    Martin Jones, piano

    2:05
  • 2:48 PM

    Gloriana: Courtly Dances

    Benjamin Britten

    Exile on Classical Street

    Julian Bream Consort

    Julian Bream, guitar

    10:10
  • 2:41 PM

    Piano Trio No. 7 "Archduke": 4th movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beaux Arts Trio

    6:59
  • 2:38 PM

    Chorale-Prelude: Es ist ein Ros

    Johannes Brahms

    Andrew Rangell, piano

    2:05
  • 2:34 PM

    Shepherd's Pipe Carol

    John Rutter

    John Rutter: Music For Christmas

    Polyphony

    Stephen Layton, conductor

    2:52
  • 2:25 PM

    Scherzando No. 1

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn-Ensemble Berlin

    Bernhard Hartog, conductor

    6:08
  • 2:22 PM

    Vento Chiaro

    2:22
  • 2:18 PM

    Motet: Shepherds, whom did you see

    Francis Poulenc

    Dale Warland Singers

    Dale Warland, conductor

    2:38
  • 2:08 PM

    Images for Orchestra: Spring Round

    Claude Debussy

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Libor Pesek, conductor

    6:59
  • 2:04 PM

    Bach's Bells

    Medley

    Canadian Brass

    2:37
  • 1:49 PM

    Violin Concerto: Finale

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky & Mendelssohn Concertos

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Fritz Reiner, conductor

    Jascha Heifetz, violin

    8:15
  • 1:37 PM

    Trumpet Concerto: 1st movement

    Johann Hummel

    Haydn, Hummel: Trumpet Concertos

    Swedish Chamber Orchestra

    Roy Goodman, conductor

    Niklas Eklund, trumpet

    9:34
  • 1:22 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 2: 1st movement

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Air: The Bach Album

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Steven Mercurio, conductor

    Anne Akiko Meyers, violin

    7:35
  • 1:17 PM

    Slavonic Dance No. 7

    Antonin Dvorak

    Budapest Festival Orchestra

    Ivan Fischer, conductor

    3:26
  • 1:10 PM

    Pieces for Broken Consort

    Anonymous

    Musicians of the Globe Theatre

    Philip Pickett, conductor

    7:25
  • 1:04 PM

    O Tannenbaum (O Christmas Tree)

    Traditional German

    Eva Beneke, guitar

    3:48
  • 12:48 PM

    Symphony No. 3, "Eroica": 4th mvt

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    11:33
  • 12:36 PM

    The Bells of Christmas

    Armas Maasalo

    Christmas Wonderland

    Lahti Symphony Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    4:03
  • 12:31 PM

    Concerto Incantato: Danza Spiriti

    Richard Harvey

    English Recorder Concertos

    City Chamber Orchestra of Hong Kong

    Jean Thorel, conductor

    Michala Petri, recorder

    4:16
  • 12:26 PM

    Intermezzo

    Anton Arensky

    Russian Moods

    USSR Symphony Orchestra

    Evgeny Svetlanov, conductor

    3:16
  • 12:20 PM

    Bogoroditse Djevo (Rejoice, O Virgin Mary)

    Sergey Khvoshchinsky

    From Age to Age

    4:38
  • 12:06 PM

    Netherlands Chamber Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    7:54
  • 12:04 PM

    Capriol Suite: Basse Dance

    Peter Warlock

    Telemann, Heinichen, etc.

    Musica Dolce Ensemble

    1:15
  • 11:48 AM

    Messiah: Comfort ye

    George Frideric Handel

    Dunedin Consort and Players

    John Butt, conductor

    Nicholas Mulroy, tenor

    9:22
  • 11:23 AM

    Suite No. 4 "Mozartiana"

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Radio Symphony Orchestra of Stuttgart

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    24:17
  • 11:18 AM

    New York Polyphony

    3:42
  • 11:06 AM

    Christmas Overture

    Otto Nicolai

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Karl Anton Rickenbacker, conductor

    10:51
  • 11:01 AM

    Carol to the King

    Traditional French

    Mormon Tabernacle Choir

    Craig Jessop, conductor

    4:46
  • 10:49 AM

    The Nutcracker: Suite

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Arthur Fiedler, conductor

    9:36
  • 10:26 AM

    Suite for Strings

    Frank Bridge

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Norman Del Mar, conductor

    20:54
  • 10:19 AM

    A Carol Fantasy

    John Alexander

    Pacific Chorale

    John Alexander, conductor

    5:03
  • 10:06 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 16

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Sviatoslav Richter, piano

    12:42
  • 10:01 AM

    Two Christmas Interludes

    Henry Purcell

    NW Chamber Orchestra of Seattle

    Alun Francis, conductor

    4:42
  • 9:31 AM

    Romeo and Juliet: Suite No. 1

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    27:05
  • 9:27 AM

    The Holly and the Ivy

    Stephen Paulus

    Dale Warland Singers

    Dale Warland, conductor

    3:33
  • 9:14 AM

    Concerto Grosso No. 1

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Concerti Grossi Op 6, 1-4

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    11:41
  • 9:06 AM

    Gabriel's Message; Sans Day Carol

    Christmas Music

    Clare College Singers & Orchestra

    John Rutter, conductor

    7:15
  • 9:01 AM

    Perpetual Motion

    Niccolo Paganini

    Sergei Nakariakov, trumpet

    4:28
  • 8:33 AM

    Symphony No. 98

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Orchestra of the 18th Century

    Frans Bruggen, conductor

    26:21
  • 8:23 AM

    Karolju: Italian

    Christopher Rouse

    BBC Symphony Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    8:26
  • 8:20 AM

    Agnus Dei

    Giovanni Palestrina

    Palestrina: Music for Advent and Christmas

    Westminster Cathedral Choir

    Martin Baker, conductor

    4:20
  • 8:06 AM

    Sinfonia melodica for Two Oboes

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Berlin Baroque Soloists

    Rainer Kussmaul, conductor

    Albrecht Mayer, oboe

    Vida Orlovsky, oboe

    10:12
  • 8:01 AM

    In the Bleak Midwinter

    Alan Higbee

    VocalEssence

    Philip Brunelle, conductor

    4:51
  • 7:48 AM

    Suite of Carols for Woodwinds

    Leroy Anderson

    BBC Concert Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    10:37
  • 7:44 AM

    Arabesque No. 2

    Claude Debussy

    Richard Stoltzman, clarinet

    Nancy Allen, harp

    3:30
  • 7:23 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Erik Tulindberg

    Concerti by Pacius, Fabritius, Tulindberg

    Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Okko Kamu, conductor

    Jorma Rahkonen, violin

    20:27
  • 7:15 AM

    Ave Maria

    Franz Schubert

    Santo

    Bologna Theater Orchestra

    Michele Mariotti, conductor

    Juan Diego Florez, tenor

    5:00
  • 7:06 AM

    In dulci jubilo; Jesus Christ the A

    Christmas Music

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    9:01
  • 7:01 AM

    Spring in Buenos Aires (Primavera Porteno)

    Astor Piazzolla

    Philip Hansen, cello

    4:50
  • 6:52 AM

    The Polar Express: Suite

    Alan Silvestri

    Original Soundtrack Recording

    Alan Silvestri, conductor

    6:03
  • 6:16 AM

    Symphony No. 41 "Jupiter"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    English Baroque Soloists

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    35:56
  • 6:13 AM

    There comes a ship laden

    Max Reger

    RIAS Chamber Choir

    Uwe Gronostay, conductor

    1:59
  • 6:06 AM

    Ensemble Caprice

    Matthias Maute, conductor

    5:24
  • 6:01 AM

    2 Bagatelles

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven Bagatelles - John o'Conor

    John O'Conor, piano

    4:33
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