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  • 5:18 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 1

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Piano Concertos

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Jerzy Semkow, conductor

    Rafal Blechacz, piano

    40:55
  • 5:13 AM

    The Carol of the Birds; Lo How a Rose E'er Blooming

    Traditional

    Mittens for Christmas

    Kirkmount

    3:38
  • 5:07 AM

    The Straloch Lute Book (3)

    Anonymous

    The Scottish Lute

    Ronn McFarlane, lute

    5:30
  • 5:01 AM

    Suite of Carols

    Traditional

    A String Quartet Christmas

    Arturo Delmoni, violin

    4:30
  • 4:49 AM

    Unto us is born; While shepherds; The First Nowell

    Christmas Music

    Choir of King's College, Cambridge

    David Willcocks, conductor

    9:46
  • 4:15 AM

    Sinfonia Concertante

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante K 364, Concertone K 190

    Moscow Virtuosi

    Vladimir Spivakov, conductor

    Vladimir Spivakov, violin

    31:49
  • 4:06 AM

    Concertino for Oboe and Orchestra

    Gaetano Donizetti

    RIAS Sinfonietta

    Jiri Starek, conductor

    Gunther Passin, oboe

    7:19
  • 4:01 AM

    Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring; Amazing Grace

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    John Bayless, piano

    4:50
  • 3:48 AM

    Personent hodie; Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming

    Traditional

    A Swedish Folk Christmas

    St. Jacob's Chamber Choir

    Gary Graden, conductor

    Lisa Rydberg, violin

    9:44
  • 3:20 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 11

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Garrick Ohlsson, piano

    26:31
  • 3:15 AM

    Carol of the Bells

    Mikola Leontovich

    The New York Pops Christmas in the Country

    New York Pops

    Skitch Henderson, conductor

    2:42
  • 3:06 AM

    Concert Suite No. 3

    Jean-Philippe Rameau

    Paillard Chamber Orchestra

    Jean-Francois Paillard, conductor

    9:19
  • 3:01 AM

    Keltic Lament

    John Foulds

    Foulds: Dynamic Triptych, Music-Pictures Iii

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Sakari Oramo, conductor

    4:31
  • 2:51 AM

    Christmas Medley

    Traditional

    Choir of New College, Oxford

    Edward Higginbottom, conductor

    Howard Moody, organ

    7:28
  • 2:22 AM

    Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto

    He Zhanhao/Chen Gang

    Singapore Symphony Orchestra

    Lan Shui, conductor

    Gil Shaham, violin

    27:25
  • 2:11 AM

    Christmas Medley

    Traditional

    James Galway's Christmas Carols

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    James Galway, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    7:07
  • 2:06 AM

    Prelude

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    The Art of Ashkenazy

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano

    4:31
  • 2:01 AM

    Prague Symphony Orchestra

    Vaclav Smetacek, conductor

    4:48
  • 12:53 AM

    The Days (I giorni)

    Ludovico Einaudi

    German Chamber Orchestra Berlin

    Simon Halsey, conductor

    Daniel Hope, violin

    Jacques Ammon, piano

    5:38
  • 12:28 AM

    Symphony No. 41 "Jupiter"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    North German Radio Symphony

    Gunter Wand, conductor

    29:10
  • 12:21 AM

    Trumpet Sonata No. 3

    Gottfried Finger

    Chamber Music for Trumpet and Winds

    Various musicians

    Bob van Asperen, conductor

    Wolfgang Basch, trumpet

    5:59
  • 12:15 AM

    Ave Maria

    Gabriel Faure

    Musical Gifts from Joshua Bell and Friends

    Steven Isserlis, cello

    4:10
  • 12:08 AM

    Slavonic Dance No. 16

    Antonin Dvorak

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vaclav Neumann, conductor

    7:02
  • 12:01 AM

    Improvisation on Christmas Themes

    Improvisation

    MPR Taste Of The Holidays, Vol. 2

    Hiram Titus, piano

    5:25
  • 11:46 PM

    Rienzi: Overture

    Richard Wagner

    Wagner: Orchestral Works

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Klaus Tennstedt, conductor

    13:33
  • 11:38 PM

    Trio No. 2 "London"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Laurel Zucker, flute

    Renee Siebert, flute

    Samuel Magill, cello

    6:54
  • 11:34 PM

    The language of Christmas (Joulun kieli)

    Jarkko Kiiski

    Lahti Symphony Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    2:46
  • 11:15 PM

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    18:13
  • 11:07 PM

    Cantata No. 42: Sinfonia

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Accademia Bizantina

    Ottavio Dantone, conductor

    6:21
  • 11:01 PM

    Fantasia on "In Dulci Jubilo"

    David Overton

    Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra

    John Georgiadis, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    4:57
  • 10:37 PM

    Piano Concerto

    Maurice Ravel

    Haydn: Symphony No. 102/Ravel: Piano Concertos

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    Leonard Bernstein, piano

    23:03
  • 10:24 PM

    Roumanian Rhapsody No. 2

    Georges Enescu

    Enescu: Rhapsodies Roumaines Poeme

    Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Lawrence Foster, conductor

    11:06
  • 10:16 PM

    The Christmas Alleluias

    Kim Andre Arnesen

    MPR Taste Of The Holidays, Vol. 7

    Sarah Grudem, harp

    6:42
  • 10:09 PM

    The Planets: Mercury

    Gustav Holst

    Holst: The Planets

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    James Levine, conductor

    3:47
  • 10:01 PM

    Concerto for Two Flutes

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: Concertos

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    Stephen Preston, flute

    7:17
  • 9:50 PM

    By the Beautiful Blue Danube (An der schonen, blauen Donau)

    Johann StraussJr.

    Strauss: Waltzes And Overtures

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Franz Welser-Most, conductor

    9:39
  • 9:44 PM

    Rorate caeli desuper (Drop down ye heavens, from above)

    William Byrd

    Puer Natus Est

    Stile Antico

    4:40
  • 9:33 PM

    Cinema I

    Bela Koreny

    The Clarinotts

    The Clarinotts

    Christoph Traxler, piano

    10:20
  • 9:06 PM

    Symphony No. 97

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Jeffrey Tate, conductor

    25:30
  • 9:00 PM

    French Carol Medley

    Traditional

    Copper Street Brass

    5:14
  • 6:47 PM

    Concerto No. 5

    John Hebden

    Cantilena

    Adrian Shepherd, conductor

    11:03
  • 6:40 PM

    Messiah: Worthy is the Lamb

    George Frideric Handel

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    6:37
  • 6:05 PM

    Swan Lake: Highlights

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    33:28
  • 6:00 PM

    Blithe Bells

    Percy Grainger

    Noel

    Bengt Forsberg, piano

    3:57
  • 5:40 PM

    Duet-Concertino

    Richard Strauss

    Strauss, Honegger

    Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    Kenneth Munday, bassoon

    18:34
  • 5:33 PM

    In the Bleak Midwinter

    Gustav Holst

    Isthmus Brass Christmas

    Isthmus Brass

    John Stevens, conductor

    5:58
  • 5:27 PM

    Two Christmas Songs

    Various

    Make We Joy!

    Bemidji Chamber Singers

    Paul Brandvik, conductor

    5:36
  • 5:08 PM

    Symphony No. 28

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: The Late Symphonies: 21-41

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    17:53
  • 5:01 PM

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

    Franz Liszt

    Liszt: My Piano Hero

    Lang Lang, piano

    5:24
  • 4:53 PM

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    6:58
  • 4:35 PM

    Symphony No. 10

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    16:03
  • 4:27 PM

    Fantasia on a Scottish Air

    Fernando Sor

    Message of the Sea: Celtic Music for Guitar

    David Russell, guitar

    6:59
  • 4:10 PM

    L'Enfance du Christ: La Fuite en Egypte

    Hector Berlioz

    Montreal Symphony Orchestra

    Charles Dutoit, conductor

    John Mark Ainsley, tenor

    15:51
  • 4:01 PM

    King Stephen: Overture

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    6:45
  • 3:53 PM

    Concerto Grosso No. 1

    Alessandro Scarlatti

    I Musici

    William Bennett, flute

    Lenore Smith, flute

    6:23
  • 3:36 PM

    Andante Spianato and Grand Polonaise

    Frederic Chopin

    Artur Rubinstein, piano

    14:58
  • 3:32 PM

    At Christmas (Jouluna)/The angels' song was heard (Kuului laulu enkelten)

    Joonas Kokkonen

    Lahti Symphony Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    4:12
  • 3:04 PM

    Serenade for Winds

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Serenades Op 22 & 44

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    25:46
  • 3:00 PM

    Parade of the Wooden Soldiers

    Leon Jessel

    Sir Charles' Precious Music Box Ii

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Charles Groves, conductor

    3:14
  • 2:55 PM

    Beethoven String Quartet No. 9 ("Third Razumovsky"): 4th mvt

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    471567

    Emerson Quartet

    5:00
  • 2:47 PM

    Deck the Halls

    Traditional English

    Christmas Goes Baroque 2

    Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia

    Peter Breiner, conductor

    5:23
  • 2:37 PM

    The Red Pony Suite: selections

    Aaron Copland

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    8:32
  • 2:31 PM

    Divertimento No. 11: Allegro molto

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    The Complete Mozart Divertimentos CD 3

    New York Philomusica

    Robert Johnson, conductor

    4:51
  • 2:21 PM

    English Folk Song Suite

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Adrian Boult, conductor

    8:46
  • 2:17 PM

    Nowell, Nowell! This Is the Salutation

    Traditional English

    Christmas With Cantus

    Cantus

    2:21
  • 2:09 PM

    Maskarade: Overture

    Carl Nielsen

    Nielsen: Symphony No. 3, Clarinet Concerto

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    4:34
  • 2:04 PM

    Bassoon Concerto: Rondo-Allegretto

    Antonio Rosetti

    Antonio Rosetti: Bassoon Concertos

    German Chamber Academy

    Eckart Hubner, bassoon

    4:30
  • 1:53 PM

    The Polar Express: Suite

    Alan Silvestri

    The Polar Express Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

    Original Soundtrack Recording

    Alan Silvestri, conductor

    6:02
  • 1:47 PM

    Impromptu No. 2

    Franz Schubert

    Michael McHale, piano

    4:49
  • 1:37 PM

    Scottish Fantasy: Finale

    Max Bruch

    Max Bruch: Concerto No. 2; Scottish Fantasy

    Montreal Symphony Orchestra

    Mario Bernardi, conductor

    James Ehnes, violin

    9:15
  • 1:32 PM

    A Chloris (To Chloris)

    Reynaldo Hahn

    Bonjour Paris

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Mathias Monius, conductor

    Albrecht Mayer, English horn

    4:04
  • 1:25 PM

    Orchestral Suite No. 2 "Characteristic": Scherzo burlesque

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland

    Stefan Sanderling, conductor

    5:20
  • 1:19 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 4: 3rd movement

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    JS Bach: 6 Brandenburg Concertos

    Oregon Bach Festival Chamber Orchestra

    Helmuth Rilling, conductor

    5:02
  • 1:16 PM

    March of the Three Kings

    Traditional French

    A String Quartet Christmas

    Arturo Delmoni, violin

    1:42
  • 1:10 PM

    Concerto Grosso: Allegro

    Henry Cowell

    Cowell: Concerto Grosso/Hymn & Fuguing Tune No 10

    Manhattan Chamber Orchestra

    Richard Auldon Clark, conductor

    3:57
  • 1:04 PM

    Symphony No. 5 "Reformation": 2nd movement

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: The 5 Symphonies

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Christoph von Dohnanyi, conductor

    5:28
  • 12:53 PM

    Serenade No. 1: Rondo

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms Serenade No. 1

    American Symphony Orchestra

    Leon Botstein, conductor

    5:57
  • 12:46 PM

    Dance Suite after Couperin: Allemande

    Richard Strauss

    Kempe Conducts Richard Strauss - 3

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Rudolf Kempe, conductor

    5:11
  • 12:39 PM

    Sir Gawain & the Green Knight: A Christmas Legend: Arthur's Court at Christmas & Hunting Scenes

    Rick Sowash

    Cheryl Trace, violin

    Thaddeus Archer, trumpet

    Robert Clemens, cello

    Greg Kostraba, piano

    5:43
  • 12:32 PM

    Crown Imperial

    William Walton

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra Brass - Live

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra Brass

    Jay Friedman, conductor

    6:11
  • 12:23 PM

    Cello Concerto No. 1: 3rd movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Cello Concertos in C & D, Sinfonia Concertante

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Roger Norrington, conductor

    Steven Isserlis, cello

    7:03
  • 12:20 PM

    Shepherd's Pipe Carol

    John Rutter

    On Earth, Peace

    Valley Chamber Chorale

    Carol Carver, conductor

    2:54
  • 12:08 PM

    Symphony breve: Rondo

    Louis Theodore Gouvy

    Gouvy: Symphony 4; Fantasie symphonique

    German Radio Philharmonic

    Jacques Mercier, conductor

    5:38
  • 12:04 PM

    Morning Song

    Edward Elgar

    Breakfast in Bed

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    3:01
  • 11:44 AM

    Symphony No. 4

    Thomas Arne

    Arne: Four Symphonies / Adrian Shepherd, Cantilena

    Cantilena

    Adrian Shepherd, conductor

    14:18
  • 11:35 AM

    Prague Waltzes

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Legends, Prague Waltzes

    Budapest Festival Orchestra

    Ivan Fischer, conductor

    7:35
  • 11:20 AM

    A Christmas Carol: Suite

    Richard Addinsell

    It's A Wonderful Life, Miracle On 34th St. & A Christmas Carol

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Newman, conductor

    14:07
  • 11:18 AM

    Etude No. 5 "Black Keys"

    Frederic Chopin

    Maurizio Pollini, piano

    1:38
  • 11:13 AM

    Cello Suite No. 6: Gavotte

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Inspired by Bach

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    3:42
  • 11:06 AM

    While Shepherds Watched

    William Billings

    Columbus Consort

    6:22
  • 11:01 AM

    Bees and Bumblebees

    Eugene Arcade Dede

    Gowanus Arts Ensemble

    Reuben Blundell, conductor

    4:33
  • 10:44 AM

    German Chamber Academy

    Johannes Goritzki, conductor

    13:25
  • 10:38 AM

    Christmas Waltzes

    Christmas Music

    Holiday Pops

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Keith Lockhart, conductor

    4:30
  • 10:25 AM

    Horn Concerto No. 4

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Barry Tuckwell, conductor

    Barry Tuckwell, horn

    16:34
  • 10:22 AM

    The King of Denmark's Galliard

    John Dowland

    Fretwork

    1:21
  • 10:13 AM

    6 Christmas Pieces

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra

    John Georgiadis, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    8:29
  • 10:06 AM

    Serenade No. 1

    Jean Sibelius

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin

    6:22
  • 10:01 AM

    Two Bagatelles

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    John O'Conor, piano

    4:33
  • 9:49 AM

    Christmas Medley

    Traditional

    A Seraphic Fire Christmas

    Seraphic Fire

    Patrick Dupre Quigley, conductor

    9:22
  • 9:26 AM

    Pulcinella Suite

    Igor Stravinsky

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    22:30
  • 9:06 AM

    3 Argentinian Cantilenas and Finale

    Carlos Guastavino

    Camerata Bariloche

    18:07
  • 9:01 AM

    Angel's Dance

    Steven Amundson

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    John Morris Russell, conductor

    4:29
  • 8:49 AM

    The Merry Widow: Overture

    Franz Lehar

    Lehar: Overtures and Waltzes

    Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Mikhail Jurowski, conductor

    9:34
  • 8:35 AM

    Seven Joys of Christmas

    Kirke Mechem

    Santa Fe Desert Chorale

    Linda Mack, conductor

    Rosalind Simpson, harp

    12:40
  • 8:32 AM

    Valsa sem nome (Waltz without a Name)

    Baden Powell

    Tempo do Brasil: solo and chamber works

    Marc Regnier, guitar

    2:51
  • 8:27 AM

    Blessed be that maid Mary

    Traditional English

    Winter's Delights

    Quadriga Consort

    3:56
  • 8:07 AM

    English Suite No. 4

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    JS Bach: English Suites BWV 806-811

    Andras Schiff, piano

    19:58
  • 8:01 AM

    A Lady in Her Tower

    Gabriel Faure

    Sivan Magen, harp

    4:38
  • 7:38 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 3

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Orchestra Mozart

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    Giuliano Carmignola, violin

    20:20
  • 7:33 AM

    Last year I was herding the mountain goats

    Johan Svendsen

    Svendsen: Orchestral Works, Vol. 1

    Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    3:50
  • 7:29 AM

    I Wonder as I Wander

    John Jacob Niles

    Dream Season: The Christmas Harp

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    2:39
  • 7:06 AM

    Clarinet Concerto No. 2

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Weber and Nielsen Clarinet Concertos

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Jean Martinon, conductor

    Benny Goodman, clarinet

    22:23
  • 7:01 AM

    Mikhail Pletnev, piano

    4:42
  • 6:40 AM

    Guitar Quintet No. 1

    Luigi Boccherini

    Boccherini: The Guitar Quintets

    Academy Chamber Ensemble

    Pepe Romero, guitar

    17:47
  • 6:33 AM

    Carol Fantasia

    John Fox

    Another Night Before Christmas And Scrooge

    RTE Concert Orchestra

    Gavin Sutherland, conductor

    6:12
  • 6:12 AM

    Symphony No. 95

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Musicians of the Louvre

    Marc Minkowski, conductor

    19:48
  • 6:06 AM

    Noel nouvelet; Sussex Carol

    Traditional French/Traditional English

    Apollo's Fire Baroque Orchestra

    Jeannette Sorrell, conductor

    Meredith Hall, soprano

    5:36
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