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  • 5:32 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 2

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Prokofiev: Violin Concertos 1 & 2

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    Gil Shaham, violin

    26:29
  • 5:24 AM

    Three Noels

    Marc-Antoine Charpentier

    Charpentier: Antiennes O

    Les Arts Florissants

    William Christie, conductor

    5:41
  • 5:06 AM

    An American in Paris

    George Gershwin

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Lorin Maazel, conductor

    17:37
  • 5:01 AM

    Sonata No. 8

    Henry Purcell

    Purcell: Sonatas Vol. 2

    Purcell Quartet

    4:50
  • 4:50 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 16

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Piano Sonatas

    Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano

    8:27
  • 4:25 AM

    Guitar Concerto No. 1

    Mauro Giuliani

    Giuliani: Guitar concerto No. 1, Villa-Lobos: Guitar Concerto, Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Guitar Concerto No. 1

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Luis Antonio Garcia Navarro, conductor

    Narciso Yepes, guitar

    23:08
  • 4:15 AM

    Christmas Medley

    Traditional

    Carols from New College, Oxford

    Choir of New College, Oxford

    Edward Higginbottom, conductor

    8:30
  • 4:06 AM

    Memory of the Norwegian Mountains

    Franz Berwald

    Franz Berwald: Symphonies Nos. 1-4

    Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Thomas Dausgaard, conductor

    8:13
  • 4:01 AM

    Minuet

    Andre Gretry

    Gretry: Suites and Overtures

    Bretagne Orchestra

    Stefan Sanderling, conductor

    4:26
  • 3:53 AM

    Concerto Grosso No. 8 "Christmas Concerto": 3rd movement

    Arcangelo Corelli

    UNKNOWN

    Claudio Scimone, conductor

    5:59
  • 3:34 AM

    Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 3

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: Ancient Airs And Dances, Etc

    Chamber Orchestra of Lausanne

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    16:52
  • 3:24 AM

    Lied for Cello and Orchestra

    Vincent d'Indy

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra

    Rumon Gamba, conductor

    Bryndis Halla Gylfadottir, cello

    8:38
  • 3:06 AM

    Horn Concerto

    Antonio Rosetti

    Kurpfalz Chamber Orchestra

    Johannes Moesus, conductor

    Klaus Wallendorf, horn

    16:26
  • 3:01 AM

    Bell Carol

    William Mathias

    Sing Noel

    Washington Chorus

    Robert Shafer, conductor

    William Neil, organ

    4:50
  • 2:51 AM

    The Fanatic for Ancient Romans: Overture

    Domenico Cimarosa

    Cimarosa: Overtures, 2

    Toronto Chamber Orchestra

    Kevin Mallon, conductor

    7:32
  • 2:45 AM

    Chen Yi, violin

    Lars Hannibal, guitar

    5:30
  • 2:18 AM

    Clarinet Quintet

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Hagen Quartet

    Eduard Brunner, clarinet

    25:02
  • 2:13 AM

    RTE Concert Orchestra

    Gavin Sutherland, conductor

    3:36
  • 2:06 AM

    La Scala di Seta (Silken Ladder): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Overtures

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    6:01
  • 2:01 AM

    Suite for Viola and Piano: Poetic

    George Frederick McKay

    Mahoko Eguchi, viola

    Sanford Margolis, piano

    4:26
  • 12:56 AM

    Minuet on the Name of Haydn

    Maurice Ravel

    Alan Feinberg, piano

    2:30
  • 12:51 AM

    Sing a Joyful Song of Christmas; Angels we have Heard on High

    Traditional

    The Vienna Choir Boys - Merry Christmas, Carols From North America And Europe

    Vienna Boys Choir

    4:40
  • 12:26 AM

    West Side Story: Symphonic Dances

    Leonard Bernstein

    National Symphony Orchestra

    Christoph Eschenbach, conductor

    23:06
  • 12:21 AM

    Rodeo: Hoe-Down

    Aaron Copland

    Aaron Copland: Billy the Kid; Rodeo

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    4:14
  • 12:06 AM

    Swan of Tuonela

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Finlandia

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    Gerhard Stempnik, English horn

    7:53
  • 12:05 AM

    Osmo on Sibelius Swan of Tuonela

    1:25
  • 12:00 AM

    We Grow Accustomed to the Dark

    Linda Kachelmeier

    Lumina

    3:41
  • 11:50 PM

    Symphony No. 4: Finale

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4

    Montreal Symphony Orchestra

    Charles Dutoit, conductor

    8:33
  • 11:40 PM

    Cantata No. 169: Sinfonia

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Accademia Bizantina

    Ottavio Dantone, conductor

    Stefano Demicheli, organ

    8:50
  • 11:34 PM

    A Virgin Most Pure

    Traditional

    Hiram Titus, piano

    3:52
  • 11:24 PM

    Euryanthe Overture

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Christian Thielemann, conductor

    8:31
  • 11:21 PM

    Oltenian Hora

    Traditional

    Lara St. John, violin

    Matt Herskowitz, piano

    2:40
  • 11:07 PM

    Omphale's Spinning Wheel

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra

    Marc Soustrot, conductor

    8:03
  • 11:02 PM

    Christmas Medley

    Traditional

    Sugar Plums: Christmas with The Summit Hill Brass Quintet

    Summit Hill Brass Quintet

    4:20
  • 10:39 PM

    Symphony No. 35 "Haffner"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    21:50
  • 10:25 PM

    12 Variations on Handel's "See, The Conquering Hero Comes" from Judas Maccabaeus

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Mischa Maisky, cello

    Martha Argerich, piano

    11:47
  • 10:00 PM

    Scherzo Capriccioso

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: 9 Symphonien

    Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Rafael Kubelik, conductor

    12:48
  • 9:48 PM

    Flute Concerto

    Giuseppe Tartini

    Italian Flute Concertos

    I Solisti Veneti

    Claudio Scimone, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    9:38
  • 9:45 PM

    Hombres, victoria, victoria!

    Francisco Guerrero

    Celebremos el Nino: Christmas Delights from the Mexican Baroque

    Rose Ensemble

    2:30
  • 9:05 PM

    Symphony No. 3

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Symphony No. 3

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    James Levine, conductor

    38:40
  • 9:01 PM

    Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella/Rustle of Spring

    Christian Sinding

    Classical Carols

    Jeffrey Biegel, piano

    1:35
  • 9:00 PM

    It Came upon the Midnight Clear/Sonatina

    Muzio Clementi

    Jeffrey Biegel, piano

    1:56
  • 6:50 PM

    Men of Goodwill Variations on A Christmas Carol

    Benjamin Britten

    Britten: Young Person's Guide, Sea Interludes, Men Of Goodwill / Marriner

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    8:30
  • 6:47 PM

    Fantasy-Impromptu

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin

    Claudio Arrau, piano

    5:39
  • 6:31 PM

    Prelude and Fugue "St Anne"

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    14:44
  • 6:21 PM

    Concerto No. 12 "Christmas Concerto"

    Francesco Manfredini

    Christmas Concertos

    Cis Ensemble of Salzburg

    Jurgen Geise, conductor

    8:23
  • 6:05 PM

    Capriccio Espagnol

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    15:00
  • 5:57 PM

    Christian Zacharias, piano

    6:00
  • 5:45 PM

    Introduction and Allegro

    Maurice Ravel

    Jupiter String Quartet

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    Alexa Still, flute

    Richard Hawkins, clarinet

    11:25
  • 5:30 PM

    Capriccio Sinfonico

    Giacomo Puccini

    Puccini, Catalani, Ponchielli: for orchestra

    Orchestra of La Scala, Milan

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    13:09
  • 5:08 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 2

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Piano Concertos

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Lawrence Foster, conductor

    Stephen Hough, piano

    21:00
  • 5:01 PM

    Fum, Fum, Fum; Riu, Riu, Chiu; I Saw Three Ships

    Christmas Music

    Isthmus Brass

    John Stevens, conductor

    7:00
  • 4:53 PM

    Deck the Halls

    Traditional English

    Christmas Goes Baroque 2

    Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia

    Peter Breiner, conductor

    5:23
  • 4:41 PM

    Concerto Grosso No. 2

    George Frideric Handel

    Boston Baroque

    Martin Pearlman, conductor

    10:45
  • 4:08 PM

    Symphony No. 5

    Jean Sibelius

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    30:50
  • 4:06 PM

    Osmo on Sibelius Symphony No. 5

    1:26
  • 4:00 PM

    O Holy Night

    Adolphe Adam

    Christmas On Guitar

    Giovanni De Chiaro, guitar

    5:01
  • 3:50 PM

    Symphony No. 2: 2nd movement

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2, Dances from Aleko, Scherzo

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    9:50
  • 3:45 PM

    Symphony of Noels No. 2: 5th-7th movements

    Michel Corrette

    La Fantasia

    Rien Voskuilen, conductor

    4:43
  • 3:23 PM

    Carnival of the Animals

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Sinfonia da Camera

    Ian Hobson, conductor

    Ian Hobson, piano

    22:25
  • 3:20 PM

    Come Leave Your Sheep

    Traditional

    Christmas Day in the Morning

    Cambridge Singers

    John Rutter, conductor

    2:29
  • 3:01 PM

    Serenade No. 6 "Serenata Notturna"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Kremerata Baltica

    Gidon Kremer, violin

    14:57
  • 2:57 PM

    The Marriage of Figaro: Porgi, amor

    Wolfgang Mozart

    Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, s

    3:11
  • 2:53 PM

    Coppelia: Waltz

    Leo Delibes

    Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Heinz Fricke, conductor

    2:00
  • 2:37 PM

    Masques and Bergamasques

    Gabriel Faure

    Faure: Requiem Op. 48

    Lyon National Orchestra

    Emmanuel Krivine, conductor

    12:58
  • 2:32 PM

    Prayers and Remembrances: Lord, Make Me an Instrument

    Stephen Paulus

    True Concord Voices and Orchestra

    Eric Holan, conductor

    4:00
  • 2:22 PM

    Sinfonia Concertante: 3rd movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    Toru Yasunaga, violin

    Georg Faust, cello

    Jonathan Kelly, oboe

    Stefan Schweigert, bassoon

    6:47
  • 2:19 PM

    The Virgin Mary

    Traditional Caribbean

    MPR Taste Of The Holidays, Vol. 3

    National Lutheran Choir

    David Cherwien, conductor

    2:01
  • 2:09 PM

    Cantata No. 49: Sinfonia

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Dialogue Cantatas

    Berlin Baroque Soloists

    Rainer Kussmaul, conductor

    Raphael Alpermann, organ

    6:01
  • 2:04 PM

    Funeral March of a Marionette

    Charles Gounod

    Classics for Children

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Arthur Fiedler, conductor

    4:07
  • 1:56 PM

    Sound the Bells!

    John Williams

    John Williams: American Journey

    Recording Arts Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    2:48
  • 1:50 PM

    String Quartet No. 12 "American": 4th movement

    Antonin Dvorak

    The Sunday Sessions: American Air

    American String Quartet

    5:07
  • 1:46 PM

    Reindeer Rag

    Joseph Lamb

    Butch Thompson, piano

    Laura Sewell, cello

    3:19
  • 1:38 PM

    Danzon Cubano

    Aaron Copland

    Tangazo

    New World Symphony

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    7:00
  • 1:32 PM

    Trumpet Sonata a 7

    Tomaso Albinoni

    Baroque Trumpet Music

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    John Wallace, trumpet

    4:44
  • 1:25 PM

    Symphony No. 5 "Reformation": 2nd movement

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: The 5 Symphonies

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Christoph von Dohnanyi, conductor

    5:28
  • 1:22 PM

    Lara St. John, violin

    Matt Herskowitz, piano

    3:04
  • 1:08 PM

    O Come, All Ye Faithful

    Traditional

    A Christmas Flourish

    Hannaford Street Silver Band

    James Curnow, conductor

    6:19
  • 1:04 PM

    Etude No. 1 "Aeolian Harp"

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: The Complete Etudes

    Louis Lortie, piano

    2:38
  • 12:50 PM

    Symphony No. 1 "Spring": Finale

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann: Complete Symphonies

    Revolutionary and Romantic Orchestra

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    7:42
  • 12:46 PM

    Herald Angels

    Dr. Arnold

    And Glory Shone Around: Early American Carols, Country Dances, Southern Harmony Hymns and Shaker Spiritual Songs

    Rose Ensemble

    2:27
  • 12:43 PM

    The Gumsuckers March

    Percy Grainger

    Grainger Edition Vol. 4: Works for Wind Orchestra

    Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orchestra

    Timothy Reynish, conductor

    3:46
  • 12:36 PM

    Arabesque No. 2

    Claude Debussy

    Maria Graf � Recital: Debussy, Faure, Caplet, Tailleferre, Tournier, Roussel, Ravel

    Maria Graf, harp

    3:30
  • 12:29 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 2: Rondo

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 1-5

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Hans Vonk, conductor

    Christian Zacharias, piano

    6:15
  • 12:24 PM

    Boris Godunov: Polonaise

    Modest Mussorgsky

    Dances from the Opera

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    3:28
  • 12:20 PM

    The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)

    Mel Torme

    MPR Taste Of The Holidays, Vol. 1

    Dolce Wind Quintet

    2:39
  • 12:09 PM

    Entry March of the Boyars

    Johan Halvorsen

    Russian Fireworks

    Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra

    Kenneth Jean, conductor

    5:01
  • 12:04 PM

    Concerto alla rustica (Rustic Concerto)

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: Concertos

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    3:44
  • 11:52 AM

    The Nutcracker: Waltz of the Flowers

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    The Key to Classics: Tchaikovsky

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    6:56
  • 11:16 AM

    Symphony No. 5 "Sinfonia brevis"

    Erkki Melartin

    Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra

    Leonid Grin, conductor

    32:46
  • 11:10 AM

    Three Pieces for Cello and Orchestra: Declaration

    Lucas Richman

    Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

    Lucas Richman, conductor

    Inbal Segev, cello

    5:43
  • 11:06 AM

    Good King Wenceslas

    Traditional

    Eaken Piano Trio

    3:03
  • 11:01 AM

    Utrecht String Quartet

    4:44
  • 10:44 AM

    Impressions d'ardennes

    Joseph Jongen

    National Orchestra of Belgium

    Roman Kofman, conductor

    14:47
  • 10:40 AM

    On Wings of Song

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Elisabeth Schwartzkopf, soprano

    Gerald Moore

    :00
  • 10:37 AM

    To Us a Child is Born

    Johann Herbst

    The Columbus Consort

    Joseph Petit, conductor

    :00
  • 10:22 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 53

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Piano Sonatas No 32, 47, 53 & 59

    Emanuel Ax, piano

    13:56
  • 10:15 AM

    O Magnum Mysterium (O Great Mystery)

    Morten Lauridsen

    Brigham Young University Men's Chorus

    Rosalind Hall, conductor

    5:43
  • 10:06 AM

    Grande Overture

    Mauro Giuliani

    David Russell, guitar

    8:07
  • 10:01 AM

    Violin Sonata: 4th movement

    Johann Georg Pisendel

    Per Monsieur Pisendel 2

    La Serenissima

    Adrian Chandler, violin

    4:36
  • 9:46 AM

    Norwegian Rhapsody No. 1

    Johan Halvorsen

    Halvorsen, J.: Norwegian Rhapsodies Nos. 1 and 2 / Svendsen, J.: Norwegian Rhapsodies Nos. 1-4

    Trondheim Symphony Orchestra

    Ole Kristian Ruud, conductor

    12:41
  • 9:40 AM

    O Come, O Come Emmanuel

    Traditional

    Piano Guys

    5:05
  • 9:18 AM

    Nocturnal Dances of Don Juanquixote (Chamber Music III)

    Aulis Sallinen

    Tapiola Sinfonietta

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    Torleif Thedeen, cello

    20:34
  • 9:06 AM

    Oboe Concerto No. 8

    Tomaso Albinoni

    I Musici

    Heinz Holliger, oboe

    11:09
  • 9:01 AM

    Carmina Burana: Merry Face of Spring

    Carl Orff

    Orff: Carmina Burana

    Berlin Opera Orchestra

    Christian Thielemann, conductor

    4:26
  • 8:45 AM

    Concerto for Trumpet and Two Oboes

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Iona Brown, conductor

    Hakan Hardenberger, trumpet

    Celia Nicklin, oboe

    Tess Miller, oboe

    13:43
  • 8:40 AM

    Wassail Dances: Yorkshire Wassail

    Philip Lane

    HELY-HUTCHINSON: Carol Symphony / STANDFORD / KELLY

    City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra

    Gavin Sutherland, conductor

    3:02
  • 8:29 AM

    Fall of the Leaf (Elegy for Orchestra)

    Gerald Finzi

    Moeran; Finzi

    Northern Sinfonia of England

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    10:58
  • 8:25 AM

    Arturo Delmoni, violin

    Alexander Romanul, violin

    Katherine Murdock, viola

    Nathaniel Rosen, cello

    2:50
  • 8:06 AM

    Concentus Musicus Vienna

    Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor

    18:26
  • 8:01 AM

    Caprice and Fantasy

    Marin Marais

    Marias: Pieces en trio

    Ensemble Fitzwilliam

    4:47
  • 7:44 AM

    Sonata Concertata

    Niccolo Paganini

    Gil Shaham, violin

    Goran Sollscher, guitar

    14:17
  • 7:16 AM

    Symphony No. 92 "Oxford"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Capella Istropolitana

    Barry Wordsworth, conductor

    27:25
  • 7:06 AM

    Karolju: Italian

    Christopher Rouse

    BBC Symphony Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    8:26
  • 7:01 AM

    Prelude on an Old Folk Tune

    Amy Beach

    Joanne Polk, piano

    4:36
  • 6:45 AM

    Oboe Concerto

    Johann Hasse

    Ensemble Berlin

    Christoph Hartmann, oboe

    13:49
  • 6:23 AM

    The Isle of the Dead

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    20:48
  • 6:16 AM

    Romance

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams: Early Chamber Music

    Nash Ensemble

    6:01
  • 6:06 AM

    The Holly and the Ivy: Fantasy on Christmas Carols

    Malcolm Arnold

    Arnold: Film Music, Vol. 2

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Rumon Gamba, conductor

    8:55
  • 6:01 AM

    The Wedding Waltz

    Heikki Aaltoila

    Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra

    Leif Segerstam, conductor

    4:37
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