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  • 5:35 AM

    Variations on a Nursery Song

    Ernst von Dohnanyi

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Adrian Boult, conductor

    Julius Katchen, piano

    23:09
  • 5:27 AM

    Concerto Grosso No. 6 "Christmas Concerto"

    Giuseppe Sammartini

    Music in England in the time of Hogarth

    Ensemble 415

    Chiara Banchini, conductor

    8:01
  • 5:06 AM

    Symphony No. 31 "Paris"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    London Mozart Players

    Jane Glover, conductor

    18:25
  • 5:01 AM

    I Capuleti e i Montecchi (Capulets and Montagues): Sinfonia

    Vincenzo Bellini

    Orchestra of St. Cecilia

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    4:40
  • 4:58 AM

    Prelude in C

    J.S. Bach

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    2:00
  • 4:36 AM

    Concierto de Aranjuez

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    ASMITF

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Pepe Romero, guitar

    22:43
  • 4:27 AM

    When Christ is born

    Trad.

    Poznan Nightingales

    5:50
  • 4:25 AM

    Gerard Souzay, baritone

    Dalton Baldwin, piano

    3:23
  • 3:52 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 3

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    Martha Argerich, piano

    27:00
  • 3:49 AM

    Pris vare Gud (Praise Be to God)

    Trad. Swedish

    Ann Sofie von Otter, mezzo-soprano

    :00
  • 3:28 AM

    Trio elegiaque No. 2: II

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Beaux Arts Trio

    19:54
  • 3:24 AM

    The Nutcracker: Overture

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

    2:57
  • 3:12 AM

    Air for Violin

    Aaron Jay Kernis

    Minnesota Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    Joshua Bell, violin

    11:40
  • 3:10 AM

    Early in the Morning

    Ned Rorem

    Susan Graham, mezzo-soprano

    2:00
  • 2:59 AM

    From Jewish Life: Prayer

    Ernest Bloch

    Peter Bruns, cello

    Roglit Ishay, piano

    3:34
  • 2:56 AM

    The Bell Carol

    William Mathias

    BBC Welsh Chorus

    John Hugh Thomas, conductor

    5:53
  • 2:35 AM

    String Quartet in a minor

    E.J. Moeran

    Vanbrugh Quartet

    19:44
  • 2:25 AM

    Capriol Suite

    Peter Warlock

    English Symphony Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    10:00
  • 2:07 AM

    Much Ado About Nothing

    Erich Korngold

    Gil Shaham, violin

    Andre Previn, piano

    13:00
  • 2:00 AM

    Nocturne in F, Op. 15, No. 1

    Frederic Chopin

    Garrick Ohlsson, piano

    5:33
  • 12:57 AM

    Infant Holy

    Traditional Polish

    MPR Taste Of The Holidays, Vol. 6

    Steve Anderson, piano

    3:26
  • 12:57 AM

    God's Mother Be

    Matthew Culloton

    MPR Taste Of The Holidays, Vol. 6

    National Lutheran Choir

    3:59
  • 12:49 AM

    South Dakota Chorale

    Brian A. Schmidt, conductor

    1:44
  • 12:45 AM

    Winter Wonderland

    Felix Bernard

    Great River Chorale

    3:52
  • 12:43 AM

    Minnesota Symphonic Winds

    Timothy Mahr, conductor

    2:22
  • 12:39 AM

    I Follow a Star

    Monte Mason

    Gregorian Singers

    2:27
  • 12:32 AM

    Beautiful Sing

    Eric William Barnum

    Choral Arts Ensemble

    5:58
  • 12:28 AM

    I Heard the Bells

    Bradley Ellingboe

    Valley Chamber Chorale

    3:13
  • 12:23 AM

    Dances

    John Playford

    MPR Taste Of The Holidays, Vol. 6

    Flying Forms

    4:03
  • 12:18 AM

    God Rest

    Traditional

    MPR Taste Of The Holidays, Vol. 6

    South Dakota Chorale

    Brian A. Schmidt, conductor

    3:53
  • 12:14 AM

    Ding Dong Merrily

    Traditional French

    MPR Taste Of The Holidays, Vol. 6

    Twin Cities Gay Men's Chorus

    2:56
  • 12:10 AM

    For Unto Us

    Stephen Sturk

    National Lutheran Choir

    David Cherwien, conductor

    3:44
  • 12:03 AM

    There is No Rose

    Connor Koppin

    Vox Nova Chorale

    Vicki Peters, conductor

    5:04
  • 11:59 PM

    Ah, Bleak and Chill the Wintry Wind

    Alfred Burt

    Steve Anderson, piano

    3:03
  • 11:46 PM

    Bavarian Dances

    Edward Elgar

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    11:35
  • 11:37 PM

    Three Polish Christmas Carols

    Witold Lutoslawski

    Karolju - Christmas Music From Rouse, Lutoslawski, Rodrigo

    BBC Symphony Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    Julia Doyle, soprano

    7:39
  • 11:34 PM

    Two-Part Invention No. 14

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Inventions and Sinfonias

    Simone Dinnerstein, piano

    1:35
  • 11:33 PM

    Two-Part Invention No. 13

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Inventions and Sinfonias

    Simone Dinnerstein, piano

    1:08
  • 11:32 PM

    Two-Part Invention No. 12

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Simone Dinnerstein, piano

    1:15
  • 11:31 PM

    Two-Part Invention No. 10

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Simone Dinnerstein, piano

    1:00
  • 11:31 PM

    Two-Part Invention No. 8

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Simone Dinnerstein, piano

    :44
  • 11:28 PM

    Two-Part Invention No. 1

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Inventions and Sinfonias

    Simone Dinnerstein, piano

    1:30
  • 11:10 PM

    Le Tombeau de Couperin

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel: Piano Concertos, Etc

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    16:17
  • 11:02 PM

    Violin Sonata No. 35: 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Alexi Kenney, violin

    Renana Gutman, piano

    6:53
  • 10:57 PM

    La Danza

    Rossini

    London Horn Sound

    3:42
  • 10:31 PM

    Serenade for Winds

    Antonin Dvorak

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Hugh Wolff, conductor

    24:58
  • 10:21 PM

    Fra Diavolo: Overture

    Daniel Auber

    Overtures by Suppe and Auber

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Paray, conductor

    7:27
  • 10:15 PM

    Make We Joy Now in this Fest

    William Walton

    Handel and Haydn Society Chorus

    Grant Llewellyn, conductor

    4:21
  • 9:59 PM

    Overture No. 4

    Francesco Veracini

    Musica Antiqua Cologne

    Reinhard Goebel, conductor

    13:29
  • 9:47 PM

    English Folk Song Suite

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Cleveland Symphonic Winds

    Frederick Fennell, conductor

    10:42
  • 9:29 PM

    Piano Trio

    Johann Hummel

    Beaux Arts Trio

    16:11
  • 9:21 PM

    Dialogues on "In Dulci Jubilo"

    John Zdechlik

    Minnesota Symphonic Winds

    Timothy Mahr, conductor

    9:12
  • 9:15 PM

    Choral Arts Ensemble

    Rick Kvam, conductor

    3:00
  • 9:00 PM

    Leonore Overture No. 3

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: The 9 Symphonies

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    13:42
  • 6:51 PM

    Festive Overture

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Gustavo Dudamel: Discoveries

    Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    5:55
  • 6:29 PM

    Oboe Concerto

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams: Complete Concertos (Disc One)

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Bryden Thomson, conductor

    David Theodore, oboe

    19:59
  • 6:21 PM

    Rondo on "God rest you merry, gentlemen"

    Samuel Wesley

    Ian Hobson, piano

    6:31
  • 6:18 PM

    God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen

    Traditional

    Essential Carols

    Choir of King's College, Cambridge

    David Willcocks, conductor

    Simon Preston, organ

    3:25
  • 5:59 PM

    Kiev Camerata

    Virko Baley, conductor

    17:40
  • 5:49 PM

    L'Italiana in Algeri (The Italian Girl in Algiers): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Overtures

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    7:44
  • 5:41 PM

    Lemminkainen's Return

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Lemminkainen Suite, Op. 22 (original versions)

    Lahti Symphony Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    6:29
  • 5:12 PM

    Violin Sonata

    Cesar Franck

    Vadim Repin, violin

    Nikolai Lugansky, piano

    27:35
  • 5:09 PM

    Noel canon

    Steven Sametz

    Sing We Christmas

    Chanticleer

    1:56
  • 5:01 PM

    Symphonic Sketches: Noel

    George Chadwick

    Chadwick

    Czecho-Slovak State Philharmonic

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    8:16
  • 4:59 PM

    Noel de Cluny

    Traditional

    Rachel Van Voorhees, harp

    1:29
  • 4:52 PM

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

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Rebel

    Jorg-Michael Schwarz, conductor

    Matthias Maute, recorder

    5:42
  • 4:06 PM

    Symphonia Domestica

    Richard Strauss

    R. Strauss: Sinfonia Domestica

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    43:50
  • 4:01 PM

    Etude No. 3 "Un Sospiro" (A Sigh)

    Franz Liszt

    Rediscovered - Liszt Recital

    Jorge Bolet, piano

    5:35
  • 3:49 PM

    A Christmas Overture

    Nigel Hess

    A Christmas Festival

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    John Rutter, conductor

    7:23
  • 3:42 PM

    Grand Nonetto: Finale

    Louis Spohr

    Spohr, Martinu: Nonets / Ensemble Wien-Berlin

    Vienna-Berlin Ensemble

    7:33
  • 3:25 PM

    Daphnis and Chloe Suite No. 2

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel: Daphnis et Chloe

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    James Levine, conductor

    15:42
  • 3:21 PM

    Jesus Christ the Apple Tree

    Elizabeth Poston

    Choir of King's College, Cambridge

    David Willcocks, conductor

    2:31
  • 3:05 PM

    String Quartet No. 1 "La Chasse"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: "Lark," "Rider" And "La Chasse" Quartets

    Hagen Quartet

    14:57
  • 3:01 PM

    Lohengrin: Prelude to Act III

    Richard Wagner

    Pops Concert

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Arthur Fiedler, conductor

    2:54
  • 2:55 PM

    The Wizard of Oz: Concert Suite

    Harold Arlen & Herbert Stothart

    Hollywood Bowl Orchestra

    John Mauceri, conductor

    5:00
  • 2:51 PM

    The Wizard of Oz: Over the Rainbow

    Harold Arlen

    Anne Akiko Meyers, violin

    Akira Aguchi, piano

    :00
  • 2:46 PM

    Carmen: Habanera

    Georges Bizet

    Marilyn Horne, mezzo

    4:00
  • 2:35 PM

    Double Concerto: 3rd movement

    Johannes Brahms

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Christoph Eschenbach, conductor

    Pinchas Zukerman, violin

    Ralph Kirshbaum, cello

    8:41
  • 2:32 PM

    Ringen i Klockor

    Traditional

    VocalEssence

    Philip Brunelle, conductor

    2:22
  • 2:24 PM

    In the Steppes of Central Asia

    Alexander Borodin

    Ports of Call

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    6:09
  • 2:18 PM

    The Harmonious Blacksmith

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Keyboard Suites 2

    Philip Edward Fisher, piano

    4:43
  • 2:09 PM

    Fantasie Symphonique: 3rd movement

    Louis Theodore Gouvy

    Gouvy: Symphony 4; Fantasie symphonique

    German Radio Philharmonic

    Jacques Mercier, conductor

    5:39
  • 2:04 PM

    Slavonic Dance No. 7

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dancing For 100 Years

    Quebec Symphony Orchestra

    Yoav Talmi, conductor

    3:41
  • 1:56 PM

    Serenata for Orchestra: Con spirito

    Walter Piston

    Piston: Symphony No. 4; Capriccio; Serenata; Three New England Sketches

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    2:48
  • 1:47 PM

    Nocturnes: Fetes (Festivals)

    Claude Debussy

    Paris Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    6:56
  • 1:43 PM

    VocalEssence

    Philip Brunelle, conductor

    3:00
  • 1:35 PM

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

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Mitsuko Uchida, piano

    Soovin Kim, violin

    David Soyer, cello

    6:59
  • 1:27 PM

    Taming of the Shrew Overture

    Hermann Goetz

    Goetz: Orchestral Works, Concertos

    Hannover Radio Philharmonic Orchestra

    Werner Andreas Albert, conductor

    5:49
  • 1:21 PM

    Periodical Overture

    Niccolo Jommelli

    Concerto Koln

    Pablo Heras-Casado, conductor

    5:44
  • 1:16 PM

    A Canadian Brass Christmas Card

    Howard Cable

    Canadian Brass

    4:12
  • 1:08 PM

    Symphony No. 3: 4th movement

    Franz Schubert

    A Second of Silence

    The Knights

    Eric Jacobsen, conductor

    5:55
  • 1:05 PM

    The Red Poppy: Russian Sailor's Dance

    Reinhold Gliere

    Greatest Hits: The Ballet, Vol. II

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Eugene Ormandy, conductor

    3:24
  • 12:55 PM

    L'Amico Fritz: Preludietto

    Pietro Mascagni

    Saint Cecilia Orchestra

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    :00
  • 12:47 PM

    Trumpet Sonata

    Carlo Tessarini

    New Bach Collegium Musicum Leipzig

    Max Pommer, conductor

    Ludwig Guttler, trumpet

    6:28
  • 12:44 PM

    Wassail Song

    Traditional English

    An Artaria Winter Holiday

    Artaria Quartet

    1:59
  • 12:37 PM

    Allegro appassionato

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Saint-Saens: Violin Concerto no 3, etc

    Tapiola Sinfonietta

    Jean-Jacques Kantorow, conductor

    Heini Karkkainen, piano

    6:01
  • 12:33 PM

    Miles and Miles

    Justin Merritt

    VocalEssence

    Philip Brunelle, conductor

    2:00
  • 12:24 PM

    Symphony No. 39: Finale

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphonies 32, 35 & 39

    Prague Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    7:29
  • 12:20 PM

    Gretchen Van Hoesen, harp

    Heidi van Hoesen Gorton, harp

    2:42
  • 12:09 PM

    Kamarinskaya

    Mikhail Glinka

    San Diego Chamber Orchestra

    Donald Barra, conductor

    6:09
  • 12:04 PM

    Holberg Suite: Prelude

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg: Symphonic Dances, From Holberg's Time, Old Norwegian Melody

    Oslo Symphony Orchestra

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    2:44
  • 11:50 AM

    Barcarolle

    Frederic Chopin

    The Complete Piano Works of Chopin, Vol 5: Masterpieces & Miniatures

    Garrick Ohlsson, piano

    8:42
  • 11:44 AM

    Three Songs for Flute, Viola and Harp

    Ben Steinberg

    Trio Lyra

    5:08
  • 11:38 AM

    Joyous March

    Emmanuel Chabrier

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    4:00
  • 11:30 AM

    Christmas Oratorio: Sinfonia

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Academy of Ancient Music Berlin

    Rene Jacobs, conductor

    7:48
  • 11:23 AM

    Serenade No. 2: Rondo

    Johannes Brahms

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Bernard Haitink, conductor

    5:58
  • 11:06 AM

    Symphony No. 58

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: The Sturm Und Drang Symphonies Vol 2

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    Simon Standage, violin

    15:48
  • 11:02 AM

    Easley Blackwood, piano/synthesizer

    4:28
  • 10:40 AM

    String Quintet No. 6 "L'ucceliera" (The Aviary)

    Luigi Boccherini

    Smithsonian Chamber Players

    18:57
  • 10:23 AM

    Dumbarton Oaks Concerto

    Igor Stravinsky

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    14:50
  • 10:16 AM

    The Mission: Gabriel's Oboe

    Ennio Morricone

    Serenade: The Love Album

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Keith Lockhart, conductor

    Anne Akiko Meyers, violin

    4:52
  • 10:06 AM

    In Ireland Fantasy

    Hamilton Harty

    Highlands

    Camerata Bariloche

    Chris Norman, flute

    9:27
  • 10:01 AM

    Arise, Shine

    John Rutter

    Choir of Clare College, Cambridge

    Timothy Brown, conductor

    Nicholas Collon, organ

    Nicholas Rimmer, organ

    4:40
  • 9:43 AM

    Suite in the Old Style

    Alfred Schnittke

    Moscow Virtuosi

    Vladimir Spivakov, conductor

    15:26
  • 9:38 AM

    Angel's Dance

    Steven Amundson

    Home for the Holidays

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    John Morris Russell, conductor

    4:31
  • 9:22 AM

    Concerto for Double Bass

    Domenico Dragonetti

    Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Uros Lajovic, conductor

    Gary Karr, double bass

    15:55
  • 9:06 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 2 "Moonlight"

    Ludwig van Beethovan

    Alessio Bax

    :00
  • 9:01 AM

    Overture No. 5: Andante

    Carl Friedrich Abel

    Il Fondamento

    Paul Dombrecht, conductor

    4:44
  • 8:25 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 1

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Yoel Levi, conductor

    Andre Watts, piano

    33:35
  • 8:19 AM

    The Shepherd's Carol

    Bob Chilcott

    Handel and Haydn Society

    Harry Christophers, conductor

    3:30
  • 8:06 AM

    Rebel

    Jorg-Michael Schwarz, conductor

    Matthias Maute, flute

    12:45
  • 8:01 AM

    Norse Legend

    Frank Bridge

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    4:47
  • 7:39 AM

    String Quartet No. 61 "Fifths"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Amadeus Quartet

    19:40
  • 7:06 AM

    Vienna Philharmonic

    James Levine, conductor

    21:40
  • 7:01 AM

    Sonata for Two Violins: Gigue and Presto

    Johann Goldberg

    Musica Alta Ripa

    4:33
  • 6:47 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 3

    Giovanni Paisiello

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Stephanie Gonley, conductor

    Mariaclara Monetti, piano

    11:46
  • 6:35 AM

    Scheherazade: The Tale of the Kalendar Prince

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Nocturne II

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    John Corigliano, violin

    11:15
  • 6:30 AM

    The Three Kings

    Peter Cornelius

    Cornelius: The Three Kings

    Polyphony

    Stephen Layton, conductor

    Robert Rice, baritone

    2:49
  • 6:06 AM

    String Quartet No. 5

    Philip Glass

    Seoul String Quartet

    23:31
  • 6:01 AM

    Marco Rapetti, piano

    Giampaolo Nuti, piano

    4:28
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