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  • 5:38 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 31

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: The Final Piano Sonatas

    Anton Kuerti, piano

    20:13
  • 5:33 AM

    Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring; Amazing Grace

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Christmas Rhapsody

    John Bayless, piano

    4:45
  • 5:06 AM

    Concerto in Galant Style

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Enrique Batiz, conductor

    Robert Cohen, cello

    25:46
  • 5:01 AM

    Terpsichore: Chaconne

    George Frideric Handel

    Apollo's Fire Baroque Orchestra

    Jeannette Sorrell, conductor

    4:42
  • 4:48 AM

    In the Bleak Midwinter; Coventry Carol; Angels We Have Heard on High

    Christmas Music

    Essential Carols

    Choir of King's College, Cambridge

    David Willcocks, conductor

    10:10
  • 4:15 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 27

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Odense Symphony Orchestra

    Scott Yoo, conductor

    Vassily Primakov, piano

    32:14
  • 4:06 AM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 9

    Bruce Haynes

    Montreal Baroque Orchestra

    Eric Milnes, conductor

    6:29
  • 4:01 AM

    Introduction and Tarantella

    Pablo de Sarasate

    A La Carte

    Abbey Road Ensemble

    Lawrence Foster, conductor

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    4:32
  • 3:51 AM

    Prince and the Mermaid Suite

    William Grant Still

    Oregon String Quartet

    7:24
  • 3:17 AM

    Symphony No. 6

    Franz Schubert

    Staatskapelle Berlin

    Otmar Suitner, conductor

    32:25
  • 3:13 AM

    Four Christmas Carols: Call the Children (Hodie Christus Natus Est)

    Gordon Getty

    New Century Chamber Orchestra

    Dawn Harms, conductor

    1:42
  • 3:06 AM

    Concert Paraphrase of Verdi's "Rigoletto"

    Franz Liszt

    The Sisters' Version: Cinderella

    Irina Elkina, piano

    7:05
  • 3:01 AM

    Madame Butterfly: Un bel di vedremo (One fine day)

    Giacomo Puccini

    The #1 Opera Album

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    Mirella Freni, soprano

    4:33
  • 2:37 AM

    String Quartet No. 2

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann: String Quartets, Op. 41

    Doric String Quartet

    20:45
  • 2:17 AM

    Flute Concerto No. 132

    Johann Quantz

    Wurttemberg Chamber Orchestra

    Jorg Faerber, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    19:05
  • 2:11 AM

    Poem

    Zdenek Fibich

    Small Czech Musical Gems

    Prague Symphony Orchestra

    Vaclav Smetacek, conductor

    4:48
  • 2:06 AM

    Impromptu No. 3

    Frederic Chopin

    The Chopin Collection: The Impromptus

    Artur Rubinstein, piano

    4:51
  • 2:01 AM

    Three Danish Christmas Songs

    Traditional

    Noel! Noel! Noel! Christmas With Michala Petri

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Martin Neary, conductor

    Michala Petri, recorder

    4:43
  • 12:54 AM

    Still, Still, Still

    Traditional German

    Still...Still...Stilll: Christmas Piano By Kelly Yost

    Kelly Yost, piano

    4:55
  • 12:32 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 2

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Norwegian Radio Orchestra

    Miguel Harth-Bedoya, conductor

    Vadym Kholodenko, piano

    23:47
  • 12:22 AM

    Danish National Chamber Orchestra

    Adam Fischer, conductor

    7:31
  • 12:13 AM

    Aire Vasco

    Antonio Manjon

    Thibaut Garcia, guitar

    8:00
  • 12:03 AM

    Concerto for Two Oboe d'amore

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Camerata Cologne

    Hans-Peter Westermann, oboe d'amore

    Piet Dhont, oboe d'amore

    8:25
  • 11:58 PM

    What Sweeter Music

    Michael Fink

    Emmanuel

    National Lutheran Choir

    David Cherwien, conductor

    Nikki Christopher, harp

    2:45
  • 11:34 PM

    Symphony No. 43 "Mercury"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Cantilena

    Adrian Shepherd, conductor

    23:55
  • 11:29 PM

    Liebesleid (Love's Sorrow)

    Fritz Kreisler

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    Gil Shaham, violin

    3:41
  • 11:20 PM

    Images for Orchestra: Rondes de printemps (Spring Rounds)

    Claude Debussy

    Paris Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    7:59
  • 11:09 PM

    Il Convegno (The Meeting)

    Amilcare Ponchielli

    Wiener Virtuosen

    9:48
  • 11:04 PM

    Candide: Overture

    Leonard Bernstein

    Bernstein: The Age of Anxiety

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    4:11
  • 10:53 PM

    Symphony No. 2

    William Herschel

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    9:33
  • 10:32 PM

    Flute Concerto No. 2

    Franz Danzi

    Danzi: Flute and Clarinet Concertos

    Wurttemberg Chamber Orchestra

    Jorg Faerber, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    20:18
  • 10:24 PM

    Piano Trio No. 10

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: The Piano Trios, Vol. 2

    Castle Trio

    5:57
  • 10:18 PM

    Nordic Folk Dances: Scherzo

    Emil Hartmann

    Hartmann: Nordic Folk Dances; Hakon Jarl; A Carnival Feast

    Copenhagen Philharmonic Orchestra

    Bo Holten, conductor

    4:28
  • 10:12 PM

    Serenade

    Roman Hoffstetter

    Haydn: The Sharon Quartet

    Sharon Quartet

    4:30
  • 10:03 PM

    If I Were King: Overture

    Adolphe Adam

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Lance Friedel, conductor

    7:15
  • 9:59 PM

    Infant Holy, Infant Lowly

    Traditional Polish

    Christ is Born

    National Lutheran Choir

    David Cherwien, conductor

    1:44
  • 9:37 PM

    Symphony Concertante

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    21:20
  • 9:31 PM

    Mlada: Procession of the Nobles

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Orchestral Suites

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    4:52
  • 9:23 PM

    Rondo for Violin and Orchestra

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: ViolinKonzert No. 1; Adagio; 2 Rondos

    Vienna Philharmonic

    James Levine, conductor

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    6:05
  • 9:20 PM

    Shepherd's Pipe Carol

    John Rutter

    Christmas on Copper Street, Vol. 2

    Copper Street Brass Quintet

    2:46
  • 9:14 PM

    Sleepers Awake

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Joy to the World!

    Medalist Concert Band

    Jerry Luckhardt, conductor

    4:29
  • 9:06 PM

    Blumenstuck (Flower Piece)

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann: Bunte Blatter, Blumenstuck, etc.

    Louis Lortie, piano

    7:02
  • 9:00 PM

    Eugene Onegin: Polonaise

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Excerpts from Nutcracker, Swan Lake

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    4:46
  • 6:46 PM

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

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Fidelio

    Zuill Bailey, cello

    12:24
  • 6:42 PM

    Carol of the Bells

    Mikola Leontovich

    Christmas Goes Baroque 2

    Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia

    Peter Breiner, conductor

    4:01
  • 6:37 PM

    The Bells of Christmas

    Armas Maasalo

    Christmas Wonderland

    Lahti Symphony Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    4:03
  • 6:02 PM

    Symphony No. 31 "Hornsignal"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Orchestra of St. Luke's

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    33:54
  • 5:58 PM

    Trumpet Voluntary

    John Stanley

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Anthony Newman, conductor

    Wynton Marsalis, trumpet

    3:33
  • 5:43 PM

    In Nature's Realm Overture

    Antonin Dvorak

    Ulster Orchestra

    Vernon Handley, conductor

    13:50
  • 5:24 PM

    French Suite No. 3

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Andrei Gavrilov, piano

    17:27
  • 5:19 PM

    Lullay

    Karl Jenkins

    Karl Jenkins: Motets

    Polyphony

    Stephen Layton, conductor

    3:59
  • 4:59 PM

    An American in Paris

    George Gershwin

    Pops by George

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    18:43
  • 4:41 PM

    German Chamber Academy

    Johannes Goritzki, conductor

    15:58
  • 4:38 PM

    Musical Moment No. 3

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert For Two / Gil Shaham, Göran Söllscher

    Gil Shaham, violin

    2:01
  • 4:33 PM

    Christ the Apple Tree

    Stanford Scriven

    Emmanuel

    National Lutheran Choir

    David Cherwien, conductor

    3:59
  • 4:08 PM

    Suite for 13 Wind Instruments

    Richard Strauss

    R. Strauss: Music for Wind Ensemble

    Netherlands Wind Ensemble

    Edo de Waart, conductor

    23:36
  • 4:00 PM

    Kunstler-Leben Walzer (Artist's Life)

    Johann StraussJr.

    Strauss Waltzes

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Fritz Reiner, conductor

    6:47
  • 3:52 PM

    Aida: Triumphal March

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    6:21
  • 3:40 PM

    Concerto No. 4 "Le Carillon"

    Jacques Aubert

    Aubert: Concerts de Simphonies & Concertos

    Collegium Musicum 90

    Simon Standage, conductor

    10:53
  • 3:11 PM

    Piano Concerto

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann: Piano Concerto, Fantasiestucke

    Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana

    Alexandre Rabinovitch-Barakovsky, conductor

    Martha Argerich, piano

    28:44
  • 3:07 PM

    Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming

    Johannes Brahms

    Christmas with Septura

    Septura

    2:14
  • 3:05 PM

    Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming

    Michael Praetorius

    Christmas with Septura

    Septura

    2:34
  • 3:00 PM

    Twinkle Variations

    Louise Pratt

    Julia Shaw, harp

    Nora Bumanis, harp

    3:19
  • 2:56 PM

    The Red Poppy: Russian Sailor's Dance

    Reinhold Gliere

    Greatest Hits: The Ballet, Vol. II

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Eugene Ormandy, conductor

    3:24
  • 2:40 PM

    Peer Gynt Suite No. 1

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg: Peer Gynt Suites 1 And 2

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    13:55
  • 2:37 PM

    Cantata No. 156: Arioso

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach Sinfonia

    Accademia Bizantina

    Ottavio Dantone, conductor

    2:34
  • 2:35 PM

    Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella

    Traditional French

    Love Looked Down

    National Lutheran Choir

    David Cherwien, conductor

    Anne Ransom, harp

    1:43
  • 2:23 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 3: 3rd movement

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Montreal Symphony Orchestra

    Charles Dutoit, conductor

    Joshua Bell, violin

    10:52
  • 2:19 PM

    The Ruins of Athens: Turkish March

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Rachmaninoff Performs Chopin, Tchaikovsky, and others

    Sergei Rachmaninoff, piano

    3:05
  • 2:10 PM

    Nonetto: 1st movement

    Bohuslav Martinu

    Vienna-Berlin Ensemble

    4:50
  • 2:04 PM

    Semele: Where E'er You Walk

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Arias

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    Bryn Terfel, baritone

    4:32
  • 1:55 PM

    El Amor Brujo: Ritual Fire Dance

    Manuel de Falla

    Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra

    Eduardo Mata, conductor

    4:16
  • 1:49 PM

    Concerto alla Todesca: 1st movement

    William Corbett

    European Community Chamber Orchestra

    Roy Goodman, conductor

    4:22
  • 1:44 PM

    Hungarian Dances Nos. 20 and 21

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Symphony No. 2, Hungarian Dances

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    4:04
  • 1:39 PM

    The King's Speech

    Alexandre Desplat

    Traffic Quintet Plays Alexander Desplat

    Traffic Quintet

    Alain Planes, piano

    3:41
  • 1:30 PM

    Symphony No. 48 "Maria Theresia": 1st movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies No 48 & 49

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    7:43
  • 1:21 PM

    Barthold Kuijken, flute

    Bob van Asperen, harpsichord

    7:32
  • 1:16 PM

    Skating

    Vince Guaraldi

    Christmas On Copper Street

    Copper Street Brass Quintet

    4:28
  • 1:11 PM

    Years of Pilgrimage: Eclogue

    Franz Liszt

    Franz Liszt

    Jerome Lowenthal, piano

    3:26
  • 1:04 PM

    Toward a New Life

    Josef Suk

    Pomp & Pizazz

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    5:48
  • 12:50 PM

    Sleeping Beauty: Three Pictures

    Engelbert Humperdinck

    Humperdinck: Orchestral Works

    Czecho-Slovak State Philharmonic

    Martin Fischer-Dieskau, conductor

    7:38
  • 12:45 PM

    The Devil's Beauties

    Francois Dompierre

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    3:10
  • 12:38 PM

    Concerto for Two Oboes

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    6:02
  • 12:34 PM

    Perpetual Motion

    Niccolo Paganini

    Perpetual Motion

    Bela Fleck, banjo

    3:39
  • 12:31 PM

    Bells Rang Early in Jerusalem

    Yakiv Yatsynevych

    A New Joy: Orthodox Christmas

    Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir

    Paul Hillier, conductor

    2:02
  • 12:23 PM

    Symphony No. 2: Andantino

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 2, Romeo and Juliet, 1812 Overture

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    6:44
  • 12:19 PM

    Salut d'amour (Love's Greeting)

    Edward Elgar

    Elgar: Enigma Variations, Cockaigne Overture

    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    3:11
  • 12:09 PM

    Mock Morris

    Percy Grainger

    City of London Sinfonia

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    3:18
  • 12:04 PM

    The Entertainer

    Scott Joplin

    Piano Rags By Scott Joplin

    Joshua Rifkin, piano

    5:02
  • 11:45 AM

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    David Schrader, harpsichord

    John Rozendaal, cello

    12:32
  • 11:38 AM

    The Gadfly: Romance

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Belgian Radio and TV Symphony Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    6:09
  • 11:24 AM

    Overture

    Christoph Nichelmann

    Musik am Berliner Hof

    Academy of Ancient Music Berlin

    13:22
  • 11:20 AM

    Wassail Dances: Yorkshire Wassail

    Philip Lane

    HELY-HUTCHINSON: Carol Symphony / STANDFORD / KELLY

    City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra

    Gavin Sutherland, conductor

    3:02
  • 11:12 AM

    Demetrio e Polibio: Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Prague Sinfonia Orchestra

    Christian Benda, conductor

    6:30
  • 11:06 AM

    Intermezzo No. 2 "Klavierstucke"

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: 2 Rhapsodies, Op. 79, Piano Pieces, Opp. 117-119

    Radu Lupu, piano

    4:56
  • 11:01 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 2: 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Isaac Stern - A Life in Music - Vivaldi: The Four Seasons, Double Concertos

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Alexander Schneider, conductor

    Isaac Stern, violin

    4:32
  • 10:42 AM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Trumpet Concertos

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Jahja Ling, conductor

    Rolf Smedvig, trumpet

    15:40
  • 10:28 AM

    The Noonday Witch

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Symphony No. 6

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    12:31
  • 10:22 AM

    Candlelight Carol

    John Rutter

    Voices of Angels

    American Boychoir

    James Litton, conductor

    4:12
  • 10:06 AM

    Keyboard Concerto No. 3

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Andras Schiff, conductor

    Andras Schiff, piano

    15:50
  • 10:01 AM

    Trio Sonata

    Giuseppe Tartini

    La Magnifica Comunita

    Enrico Casazza, violin

    Isabella Longa, violin

    Marcello Scandelli, cello

    Giorgio Cerasoli, harpsichord

    4:34
  • 9:49 AM

    La Circe: Overture

    Domenico Cimarosa

    Cimarosa: Overtures, 2

    Toronto Chamber Orchestra

    Kevin Mallon, conductor

    9:32
  • 9:25 AM

    Swedish Dances

    Max Bruch

    Bruch: Orchestral Works

    Wuppertal Symphony Orchestra

    George Hanson, conductor

    22:53
  • 9:20 AM

    Divinum Mysterium; The Christ-Child's Lullaby

    Anonymous

    Surrounded By Angels

    Ensemble Galilei

    3:37
  • 9:06 AM

    Fantasy on Mozart's Magic Flute

    Robert Fobbes

    Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    Emmanuel Pahud, flute

    13:14
  • 9:01 AM

    Symphony No. 5: 2nd movement

    Francois-Joseph Gossec

    Gossec: Symphonies

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    4:34
  • 8:13 AM

    Symphony No. 2

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Tubin: Symphony No. 5 in B Minor

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    44:39
  • 8:09 AM

    It Came upon the Midnight Clear

    Richard Willis

    Christmas Favorites

    Rachel Van Voorhees, harp

    2:09
  • 8:06 AM

    None But the Lonely Heart

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    And the Band Played On

    I Salonisti

    2:59
  • 8:01 AM

    Dances from New England and Ireland

    Traditional

    Come to the River: An Early American Gathering

    Jeannette Sorrell, harpsichord

    4:41
  • 7:42 AM

    Scenes from Childhood

    Robert Schumann

    Mozart, Chopin, Schumann

    Mieczyslaw Horszowski, piano

    16:17
  • 7:35 AM

    Il est ne, le divin enfant; Lo, how a Rose E'er Blooming; Chorale Prelude: Es ist ein Ros

    Christmas Music

    In Dulci Jubilo

    Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra

    John Georgiadis, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    6:20
  • 7:06 AM

    Double Concerto

    Jonathan Leshnoff

    Leshnoff: Forgotten Chants and Refrains

    IRIS Orchestra

    Michael Stern, conductor

    Charles Wetherbee, violin

    27:19
  • 7:01 AM

    Sonata No. 12

    Johann Schmelzer

    Biber: Missa Christi Resurgentis

    English Concert

    Andrew Manze, conductor

    4:38
  • 6:50 AM

    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
  • 6:06 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Wurttemberg Chamber Orchestra, Heilbronn

    Ruben Gazarian, conductor

    42:15
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