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  • 5:35 AM

    Cello Sonata No. 2

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Steven Isserlis, cello

    Stephen Hough, piano

    24:58
  • 5:28 AM

    The Shepherd's Carol

    Bob Chilcott

    Handel and Haydn Society

    Harry Christophers, conductor

    3:30
  • 5:18 AM

    Concerto Grosso No. 4

    John Stanley

    Stanley: Concertos, Op. 2

    Collegium Musicum 90

    Simon Standage, conductor

    9:06
  • 5:18 AM

    Serenade for Strings

    Edward Elgar

    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    11:47
  • 5:03 AM

    O Holy Night

    Adolphe Adam

    Dean Shostak, glass armonica

    4:27
  • 4:45 AM

    Der Rosenkavalier: Waltz Sequence No. 1

    Richard Strauss

    Strauss: Don Juan, Tod und Verklarung

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Tadaaki Otaka, conductor

    13:46
  • 4:41 AM

    O Come, O Come Emmanuel

    Traditional

    Piano Guys

    5:05
  • 4:27 AM

    Concerto for Two Oboes

    Tomaso Albinoni

    King's Consort

    Robert King, conductor

    Paul Goodwin, oboe

    Lorraine Wood, baroque oboe

    10:23
  • 4:23 AM

    Julvisa (Christmas Song)

    Jean Sibelius

    Noel

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    2:58
  • 4:06 AM

    Horn Concerto No. 3

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: The Horn Concertos, Rondo

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Peter Damm, horn

    15:52
  • 4:01 AM

    Cello Concerto: Finale

    Nicola Porpora

    Concerti di Venezia

    La Folia Baroque Orchestra

    Robin Peter Muller, conductor

    Jan Vogler, cello

    4:30
  • 3:51 AM

    Christmas Roses

    Emil Waldteufel

    Waldteufel Waltzes, Polkas and Galops

    Gulbenkian Orchestra

    Michel Swierczewski, conductor

    8:58
  • 3:28 AM

    Keyboard Concerto No. 1

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: 5 Piano Concertos

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    Ramin Bahrami, piano

    19:23
  • 3:26 AM

    Patapan

    Traditional

    Christmas Carols

    Musica Sacra

    Richard Westenburg, conductor

    :50
  • 3:16 AM

    Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso

    Camille Saint-Saens

    The Perlman Sound

    Paris Orchestra

    Jean Martinon, conductor

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    9:14
  • 3:06 AM

    Trio Sonata

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Musica Pacifica

    9:20
  • 3:01 AM

    Bagatelles: Canon

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Serenade, Bagatelles, Czech Suite

    National Chamber Players

    Lowell Graham, conductor

    4:32
  • 2:50 AM

    Fantasia on Christmas Carols

    Ralph Vaughn Williams

    Choir of King's College Cambridge

    David Willcocks, conductor

    Simon Preston, Organ

    :00
  • 2:22 AM

    Clarinet Concerto No. 1

    Bernhard Crusell

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Alan Francis, conductor

    Thea King, clarinet

    22:40
  • 2:15 AM

    O Magnum Mysterium (O Great Mystery)

    Morten Lauridsen

    Concordia Choir of Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota

    Rene Clausen, conductor

    6:29
  • 2:12 AM

    Beatrice and Benedict: Overture

    Hector Berlioz

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Alexander Gibson, conductor

    7:35
  • 2:02 AM

    Lute Sonata: 1st movement

    Bernhard Joachim Hagen

    Sonatas for Lute and Strings

    John Schneiderman, lute

    4:40
  • 12:33 AM

    Symphony No. 4

    Robert Schumann

    London Philharmonic

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    25:00
  • 12:20 AM

    The Battle of Legnano: Overture

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Verdi: Overtures and Preludes

    Orchestra of La Scala, Milan

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    9:04
  • 12:12 AM

    I Saw Three Ships

    Traditional English

    Imani Winds

    3:00
  • 12:00 AM

    Pinchas Zukerman, viola

    Marc Neikrug, piano

    9:39
  • 11:58 PM

    Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day

    Traditional English

    Chanticleer

    1:55
  • 11:50 PM

    Hark! the Herald Angels Sing; Angels We Have Heard on High; God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen

    Christmas Music

    Christmas With The Pops: Traditional Christmas Favorites

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    6:29
  • 11:34 PM

    Capriccio Espagnol

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Iberia: Music of Rimsky-Korsakov, Debussy, Turina

    Dallas Symphony Orchestra

    Eduardo Mata, conductor

    Eliot Chapo, violin

    15:18
  • 11:28 PM

    Go Tell It on the Mountain

    Traditional

    Shout the Glad Tidings!

    The Singers

    Matthew Culloton, conductor

    4:43
  • 11:23 PM

    Ancia Saxophone Quartet

    4:28
  • 11:09 PM

    Petite Suite

    Claude Debussy

    Bach: Organ Music (Complete), Vol. 7

    Lyon National Orchestra

    Jun Markl, conductor

    12:58
  • 11:07 PM

    A Lullaby/Away in a Manger

    Thomas Bold/William J. Kirkpatrick

    Christmas with Chanticleer

    Chanticleer

    Dawn Upshaw, soprano

    3:25
  • 11:00 PM

    The Sussex Mummers' Carol

    Traditional

    MPR Taste Of The Holidays, Vol. 3

    Medalist Concert Band

    Jerry Luckhardt, conductor

    3:47
  • 10:49 PM

    Prince Igor: Overture

    Alexander Borodin

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    10:12
  • 10:40 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
  • 10:25 PM

    Symphony No. 27

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra

    Adam Fischer, conductor

    13:33
  • 10:04 PM

    Masques and Bergamasques

    Gabriel Faure

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    13:42
  • 9:56 PM

    There Is No Rose

    Rene Clausen

    Two Rivers Chorale

    Timothy Sawyer, conductor

    6:21
  • 9:15 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 3

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    Martha Argerich, piano

    40:20
  • 9:04 PM

    Symphony No. 4

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Early Symphonies

    Concentus Musicus Vienna

    Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor

    9:10
  • 9:00 PM

    O Come, All Ye Faithful

    Traditional

    Sugar Plums: Christmas with The Summit Hill Brass Quintet

    Summit Hill Brass Quintet

    2:56
  • 5:54 PM

    Messiah: For unto us a child is born

    George Frideric Handel

    The Roches

    3:54
  • 5:47 PM

    A Christmas Cantata: Laudate Dominum omnes gentes

    Arthur Honegger

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vladimir Jurowski, conductor

    Christopher Maltman, baritone

    6:01
  • 5:44 PM

    Rosary Sonata No. 3: The Nativity

    Heinrich Biber

    John Holloway, violin

    Andrew Lawrence-King, harp

    7:12
  • 5:40 PM

    When Icicles Hang: Good Ale

    John Rutter

    Fancies

    City of London Sinfonia

    John Rutter, conductor

    2:42
  • 5:32 PM

    Amahl and the Night Visitors: Have You Seen a Child?/Shepherds, Shepherds

    Gian Carlo Menotti

    Royal Opera House

    Gian Carlo Menotti, conductor

    6:55
  • 5:29 PM

    Christmas Cantata: Gloria in excelsis Deo

    Daniel Pinkham

    Washington Chorus

    Robert Shafer, conductor

    2:23
  • 5:24 PM

    Our Lord's Nativity: Rejoice Daughter of Zion

    Rihards Dubra

    New York Latvian Concert Choir

    Andres Jansons, conductor

    Viesturs Jansons, tenor

    3:36
  • 5:20 PM

    Dies natalis: The Rapture

    Gerald Finzi

    Corydon Orchestra

    Matthew Best, conductor

    John Mark Ainsley, tenor

    3:37
  • 5:13 PM

    Christmas Cantata: Chorus

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Dresden Philharmonic

    Martin Flamig, conductor

    5:38
  • 5:09 PM

    Christmas Oratorio: Prelude

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Saint-Saens: Christmas Oratorio

    Dresden Philharmonic

    Martin Flamig, conductor

    3:42
  • 5:01 PM

    Christmas Oratorio: Jauchzet, frohlocket

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Christmas Oratorio

    Bach-Collegium Stuttgart

    Helmuth Rilling, conductor

    7:24
  • 4:51 PM

    Festive Cheer

    Christmas Music

    London Brass

    6:33
  • 4:27 PM

    Serenade for Winds

    Antonin Dvorak

    Vienna Philharmonic Winds

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    22:54
  • 4:10 PM

    Noels

    Marc-Antoine Charpentier

    Baroque Christmas

    Masques

    Olivier Fortin, conductor

    15:07
  • 4:00 PM

    Rosen aus dem Suden (Roses from the South) Waltz

    Johann StraussJr.

    Strauss Waltzes

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Fritz Reiner, conductor

    8:38
  • 3:51 PM

    The Two Barons of Roccazzura: Overture

    Domenico Cimarosa

    Sinfonia Finlandia Jyvaskyla

    Patrick Gallois, conductor

    10:15
  • 3:26 PM

    Pulcinella Suite

    Igor Stravinsky

    Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring, Pulcinella Suite

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Yoel Levi, conductor

    20:36
  • 3:19 PM

    Tancredi: Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    6:33
  • 3:16 PM

    Wassail, Wassail

    Traditional

    Artaria Quartet

    2:15
  • 3:10 PM

    The Nutcracker: Finale

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Semyon Bychkov, conductor

    5:33
  • 3:00 PM

    Kreisleriana No. 2

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann: Kreisleriana, Fantasie, Arabeske

    Jonathan Biss, piano

    8:34
  • 2:55 PM

    Mass in b: Dona nobis pacem

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    3:00
  • 2:47 PM

    Symphony No. 4: 3rd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: The 9 Symphonies

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    6:05
  • 2:47 PM

    Lyric Pieces: Sommerfugl (Butterfly)

    Edvard Grieg

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Okko Kamu, conductor

    Michala Petri, recorder

    1:39
  • 2:37 PM

    Sylvia: Procession of Bacchus

    Leo Delibes

    Masterpieces in Miniature

    San Francisco Symphony

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    6:00
  • 2:33 PM

    Angels We Have Heard on High

    Traditional French

    A Chanticleer Christmas: Holiday Favorites Broadcast Live on Public Radio

    Chanticleer

    2:23
  • 2:26 PM

    Polonaise No. 6 "Heroic"

    Frederic Chopin

    Piotr Anderszewski, piano

    7:45
  • 2:18 PM

    Symphony: 1st movement

    Antonio Rosetti

    Rosetti: Symphonies

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    4:34
  • 2:11 PM

    Eugene Onegin: Polonaise

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Pops Caviar

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Arthur Fiedler, conductor

    4:30
  • 2:04 PM

    Concerto Grosso No. 6 "Christmas Concerto"

    Giuseppe Torelli

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    5:32
  • 1:54 PM

    Trumpet Concerto: 3rd movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn, Hummel: Trumpet Concertos

    Swedish Chamber Orchestra

    Roy Goodman, conductor

    Niklas Eklund, trumpet

    4:39
  • 1:44 PM

    Nativity Carol; Quem pastores

    Christmas Music

    Choir of Clare College, Cambridge

    John Rutter, conductor

    6:34
  • 1:37 PM

    Sinfonia for Strings

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Scarlatti, Vivaldi, Avison: Salve Regina, Stabat Mater

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    6:07
  • 1:30 PM

    Fantasia on "In Dulci Jubilo"

    David Overton

    Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra

    John Georgiadis, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    4:57
  • 1:25 PM

    Karelia Suite: Alla Marcia

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Symphony No. 1, 'Karelia' Suite

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    4:53
  • 1:21 PM

    VocalEssence

    Philip Brunelle, conductor

    Julia Persitz, violin

    Alastair Brown, violin

    Emily Hagen, viola

    Sally Dorer, cello

    Christopher Brown, double bass

    5:06
  • 1:10 PM

    La clemenza di Tito (The Clemency of Titus): Overture

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Zurich Operahouse Orchestra

    Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor

    4:44
  • 1:04 PM

    The Capricious One

    Edward Elgar

    Pinchas Zukerman, violin

    Marc Neikrug, piano

    4:32
  • 12:52 PM

    Symphony No. 1: Finale

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: The 10 Symphonies

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    5:59
  • 12:45 PM

    What Sweeter Music

    John Rutter

    Mormon Tabernacle Choir

    Craig Jessop, conductor

    5:10
  • 12:39 PM

    Dance of the Shepherd Girl

    Hugo Alfven

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra

    James DePreist, conductor

    4:08
  • 12:34 PM

    Octet: Scherzo

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Haydn Violin Concertos, Mendelssohn Octet

    Sejong Soloists

    Gil Shaham, violin

    4:06
  • 12:31 PM

    The Christmas Tree: Waltz

    Vladimir Rebikov

    Eteri Andjaparidze, piano

    2:37
  • 12:25 PM

    Overture No. 2 "La Calamita de Cuori"

    Johann Christian Bach

    Netherlands Chamber Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    4:40
  • 12:25 PM

    Slavonic Dance No. 5

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Slavonic dances, Opp. 46 & 72

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vaclav Neumann, conductor

    3:13
  • 12:10 PM

    Four German Carols

    Traditional

    An Old World Christmas

    Berlin Philharmonic Brass

    4:30
  • 12:07 PM

    Symphony No. 1: 3rd movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Symphony No. 1, Overtures

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    4:52
  • 11:52 AM

    Christmas Oratorio: Pastoral Sinfonia

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Essential Bach

    Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra

    Karl Munchinger, conductor

    6:38
  • 11:16 AM

    Souvenir of Florence

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Rococo Variations, etc.

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    33:43
  • 11:08 AM

    Sleigh Ride

    Frederick Delius

    Northern Sinfonia of England

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    6:30
  • 11:07 AM

    Orchestral Suite No. 2: Badinerie

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Orchestal Suites

    Moscow Virtuosi

    Vladimir Spivakov, conductor

    1:23
  • 11:01 AM

    Andalucia Suite: Malaguena

    Ernesto Lecuona

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    4:53
  • 10:49 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
  • 10:29 AM

    Choral Fantasy

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    Evgeny Kissin, piano

    18:44
  • 10:22 AM

    What Child is This?

    Traditional English

    Christmas Goes Baroque 2

    Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia

    Peter Breiner, conductor

    4:37
  • 10:06 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
  • 10:01 AM

    Salon Buenos Aires: Samba

    Miguel del Aguila

    Camerata San Antonio

    4:41
  • 9:43 AM

    Guitar Quintet No. 2

    Luigi Boccherini

    Academy Chamber Ensemble

    Pepe Romero, guitar

    15:15
  • 9:38 AM

    Lullay

    Karl Jenkins

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    Polyphony

    Stephen Layton, conductor

    3:59
  • 9:15 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 13

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Alfred Brendel, piano

    22:16
  • 9:06 AM

    La Stravaganza: Violin Concerto No. 3

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: Violin Concerti

    Arte Dei Suonatori Baroque Orchestra

    Rachel Podger, violin

    8:06
  • 9:01 AM

    Carol to the King

    Traditional

    Rejoice and Be Merry!

    Mormon Tabernacle Choir

    Craig Jessop, conductor

    4:42
  • 8:53 AM

    Nocturne No. 1

    Frederic Chopin

    Maria Joao Pires, piano

    5:31
  • 8:40 AM

    Suite of Carols for String Orchestra

    Leroy Anderson

    BBC Concert Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    12:22
  • 8:24 AM

    Harp Concerto

    Jean Eichner

    Kurpfalz Chamber Orchestra

    Stefan Fraas, conductor

    Silke Aichhorn, harp

    15:43
  • 8:17 AM

    Messiah: I know that my Redeemer liveth

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel and Haydn Society

    Harry Christophers, conductor

    Gillian Keith, soprano

    5:28
  • 8:06 AM

    Variations on "The Carnival of Venice"

    Alan Thomas

    Cavatina At The Opera / Cavatina Duo

    Cavatina Duo

    10:05
  • 8:01 AM

    Algerian Suite: French Military March

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Grimethorpe Colliery Band

    Major Peter Parkes, conductor

    4:24
  • 7:47 AM

    French and English Christmas Music

    Traditional

    Apollo's Fire Baroque Orchestra

    Jeannette Sorrell, conductor

    11:20
  • 7:26 AM

    An English Suite

    Hubert Parry

    English Symphony Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    19:06
  • 7:11 AM

    Rapsodie espagnole

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel: Orchestral Works

    Montreal Symphony Orchestra

    Charles Dutoit, conductor

    15:32
  • 7:06 AM

    I Saw a Fair Maiden

    Peter Warlock

    Christmas Day in the Morning

    Cambridge Singers

    John Rutter, conductor

    3:41
  • 7:01 AM

    Pavane and Gigue

    William Byrd

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    4:43
  • 6:41 AM

    Concerto for 2 Pianos

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Hamburg Philharmonic

    Christoph Eschenbach, conductor

    Christoph Eschenbach, piano

    Justus Frantz, piano

    17:48
  • 6:31 AM

    Eaken Piano Trio

    7:51
  • 6:07 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 3

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Vienna Philharmonic

    James Levine, conductor

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    24:12
  • 6:01 AM

    Spring in Buenos Aires (Primavera Portena)

    Astor Piazzolla

    Philip Hansen, cello

    Mika Sunago, piano

    Erin Furbee, violin

    4:49
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