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  • 5:46 AM

    Snow Maiden Suite

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Orchestral Suites

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    12:28
  • 5:41 AM

    The Nutcracker: Arabian Dance

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    3:54
  • 5:06 AM

    Piano Quartet No. 2

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Piano Quartet, Romantic Pieces, Sonatina

    Emanuel Ax, piano

    33:24
  • 5:01 AM

    Ladies in Lavender

    Nigel Hess

    Claire Jones: Royal Harp Strings

    London Mozart Players

    Stuart Morley, conductor

    Claire Jones, harp

    4:42
  • 4:49 AM

    Christmas Roses

    Emil Waldteufel

    Waldteufel Waltzes, Polkas and Galops

    Gulbenkian Orchestra

    Michel Swierczewski, conductor

    8:58
  • 4:20 AM

    Symphony No. 8 "Unfinished"

    Franz Schubert

    Beethoven and Schubert

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Lorin Maazel, conductor

    28:03
  • 4:13 AM

    Bach's Bells; Hark! the Herald Angels Sing

    Chris Coletti/Brandon Ridenour

    Christmas Time Is Here

    Canadian Brass

    4:39
  • 4:06 AM

    Introduction No. 5

    Pietro Locatelli

    Raglan Baroque Players

    Elizabeth Wallfisch, conductor

    6:34
  • 4:01 AM

    English Idyll No. 2

    George Butterworth

    Halle Orchestra

    Mark Elder, conductor

    4:36
  • 3:56 AM

    The First Noel

    Traditional

    A Harp For Christmas

    Emily Mitchell, harp

    2:08
  • 3:54 AM

    We Three Kings

    Traditional

    A Harp For Christmas, Vol. 2

    Emily Mitchell, harp

    2:00
  • 3:41 AM

    Musica Celestis

    Aaron Jay Kernis

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    12:21
  • 3:36 AM

    Three Carols for Harp

    Christmas Music

    Emily Mitchell, harp

    3:51
  • 3:29 AM

    Waltz No. 1 "Grand Valse brillante"

    Frederic Chopin

    The Chopin Album

    Lang Lang, piano

    5:48
  • 3:23 AM

    In Dulci Jubilo; Gabriel's Message

    Traditional

    O Nata Lux

    Musica Intima

    5:14
  • 3:06 AM

    String Quartet No. 1

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozarteum Quartet

    15:28
  • 3:01 AM

    From Foreign Lands: Germany

    Moritz Moszkowski

    From Foreign Lands

    San Francisco Ballet Orchestra

    Martin West, conductor

    4:38
  • 2:52 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
  • 2:13 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 5 "Emperor"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Mahler Chamber Orchestra

    Leif Ove Andsnes, conductor

    Leif Ove Andsnes, piano

    37:43
  • 2:06 AM

    Wexford Carol; Gloucestershire Wassail

    Traditional

    Christmas Spirit

    Mainstreet Brass Quintet

    4:40
  • 2:01 AM

    Tale of Tsar Saltan Suite: March

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    4:43
  • 12:55 AM

    The Snowman: Walking in the Air

    Howard Blake

    Christmas on Copper Street

    Copper Street Brass Quintet

    3:54
  • 12:16 AM

    Symphony No. 2

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann: Symphony No 2, Etc

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Christian Thielemann, conductor

    42:05
  • 12:13 AM

    Carol of the Bagpipers

    Traditional

    Pastorales de Noel

    Rita Costanzi, harp

    2:09
  • 12:02 AM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 3

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Brandenburg Concertos

    Musica Antiqua Cologne

    Reinhard Goebel, conductor

    9:00
  • 11:56 PM

    A Virgin Most Pure

    Traditional

    MPR Taste Of The Holidays, Vol. 4

    Hiram Titus, piano

    3:51
  • 11:41 PM

    Cockaigne Overture (In London Town)

    Edward Elgar

    Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance Marches, Cockaigne

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yehudi Menuhin, conductor

    14:13
  • 11:29 PM

    Christmas Medley

    Traditional

    Seraphic Fire

    Patrick Dupre Quigley, conductor

    10:21
  • 11:27 PM

    It Came upon the Midnight Clear/Sonatina

    Muzio Clementi

    Jeffrey Biegel, piano

    1:56
  • 11:13 PM

    12 Contredanses

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Capella Istropolitana

    Oliver Dohnanyi, conductor

    12:37
  • 11:06 PM

    Festive Overture

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Gustavo Dudamel: Discoveries

    Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    5:55
  • 10:58 PM

    Concerto Grosso No. 3

    Alessandro Scarlatti

    Europa Galante

    Fabio Biondi, conductor

    Fabio Biondi, violin

    7:16
  • 10:39 PM

    Rhapsody in Blue

    George Gershwin

    Broadway-Lafayette

    MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Kristjan Jarvi, conductor

    Simone Dinnerstein, piano

    17:42
  • 10:36 PM

    Go Tell It on the Mountain

    Traditional

    MPR Taste Of The Holidays, Vol. 3

    The Singers

    Matthew Culloton, conductor

    2:15
  • 10:20 PM

    Serenade for Strings

    Dag Wiren

    National Arts Centre Orchestra

    Eduardo Mata, conductor

    14:52
  • 10:16 PM

    How Brightly Shines the Morning Star

    Niels Gade

    Noel

    David Dahl, organ

    3:07
  • 10:07 PM

    Romanian Folk Dances

    Bela Bartok

    Mephisto Magic

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    6:04
  • 10:00 PM

    Sonata a cinque

    Carlo Grossi

    New Bach Collegium Musicum Leipzig

    Max Pommer, conductor

    Ludwig Guttler, trumpet

    7:02
  • 9:56 PM

    The Virgin Mary

    Traditional Caribbean

    MPR Taste Of The Holidays, Vol. 3

    National Lutheran Choir

    David Cherwien, conductor

    2:01
  • 9:35 PM

    The Wise Virgins Ballet Suite

    William Walton

    Walton: The Quest; The Wise Virgins

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Bryden Thomson, conductor

    19:41
  • 9:30 PM

    Santa Claus Medley

    Coots/Autry

    Christmas Harp Music

    Ayako Shinozaki, harp

    4:30
  • 9:05 PM

    Symphony No. 33

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Divertimento No. 17, K 334/320b; Symphony No. 33, K 319

    Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra

    Lev Markiz, conductor

    23:00
  • 9:00 PM

    Molly on the Shore

    Percy Grainger

    Pops Britannia

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    4:22
  • 6:52 PM

    Festive Cheer

    Roger Harvey

    Isthmus Brass Christmas

    Isthmus Brass

    John Stevens, conductor

    6:58
  • 6:10 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 3

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Rachmaninoff: Concerto No. 3; Tchaikovsky: Concerto No. 1

    Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    Martha Argerich, piano

    40:08
  • 6:01 PM

    Dona Nobis Pacem

    Z. Randall Stroope

    MPR Taste Of The Holidays, Vol. 2

    Augsburg Masterworks Chorale

    7:22
  • 5:51 PM

    Impromptu No. 4

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Moments Musicaux; Impromptus

    David Fray, piano

    8:33
  • 5:31 PM

    The Birds of Aristophanes

    Hubert Parry

    Parry: Works for Chorus and Orchestra

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    19:05
  • 5:27 PM

    Darren Curtis Skanson, guitar

    3:45
  • 5:04 PM

    Sinfonia Concertante

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    21:18
  • 4:59 PM

    The Three Kings

    Healey Willan

    A Christmas Gloria

    Mormon Tabernacle Choir

    3:22
  • 4:47 PM

    Concerto Grosso No. 1

    George Frideric Handel

    Pinchas Zukerman: Complete Recordings on Deutsche Grammophon and Philips

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Pinchas Zukerman, conductor

    11:30
  • 4:30 PM

    Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams: Orchestral Works

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    15:12
  • 4:25 PM

    Sweet Was the Song the Virgin Sang

    Grayston Ives

    MPR Taste Of The Holidays, Vol. 3

    Kantorei

    Axel Theimer, conductor

    3:50
  • 4:10 PM

    L'Enfance du Christ: My dear son, give this fresh grass to those lambs bleating at you…Joseph! Mary!

    Hector Berlioz

    Berlioz: L'Enfance du Christ

    Lyon Opera Orchestra

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    Anne Sofie von Otter, alto

    12:53
  • 4:00 PM

    Euterpe Overture

    George Chadwick

    Nashville Symphony Orchestra

    Kenneth Schermerhorn, conductor

    8:59
  • 3:47 PM

    Trumpet Concerto No. 1

    Johann Molter

    Trumpet Concertos

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Elgar Howarth, conductor

    Hakan Hardenberger, trumpet

    10:50
  • 3:41 PM

    Dance of the Orange Blossoms

    Eric Coates

    Coates: Four Centuries

    East of England Orchestra

    Malcolm Nabarro, conductor

    4:32
  • 3:37 PM

    Hamlet: Selection

    Patrick Doyle

    Studio Orchestra

    :00
  • 3:28 PM

    6 Christmas Pieces

    Felix Mendelssohn

    James Galway: The Man with the Golden Flute

    Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra

    John Georgiadis, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    8:31
  • 3:06 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 1

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Murray Perahia, piano

    20:02
  • 3:01 PM

    Clarinet Quartet No. 2: Pastorale

    Bernhard Crusell

    Crusell Clarinet Quartets

    Osmo Vanska, clarinet

    4:49
  • 2:52 PM

    Eugene Onegin: Waltz

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky Waltzes

    Houston Symphony Orchestra

    Sergiu Comissiona, conductor

    6:40
  • 2:46 PM

    Overture on French Carols

    Philip Lane

    British Light Music Premieres Vol. 2

    Royal Ballet Sinfonia

    Gavin Sutherland, conductor

    5:20
  • 2:38 PM

    Cantilena

    Adrian Shepherd, conductor

    7:06
  • 2:34 PM

    Cantata No. 212 (Peasants' Cantata): Sinfonia

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    JS Bach, Telemann, Couperin, Scarlatti: Cantatas

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Karl Forster, conductor

    2:52
  • 2:21 PM

    Symphonic Dances: 1st movement

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Utah Symphony Orchestra

    Keith Lockhart, conductor

    11:30
  • 2:18 PM

    Rejoice! The Savior Comes

    William Tans'ur

    MPR Taste Of The Holidays, Vol. 3

    Gregorian Singers

    Monte Mason, conductor

    1:39
  • 2:09 PM

    String Quartet No. 2: Finale

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: String Quartets Op. 18

    Jerusalem Quartet

    5:17
  • 2:04 PM

    Handel in the Strand

    Percy Grainger

    Music of Percy Grainger

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Kenneth Montgomery, conductor

    Philip Martin, piano

    4:46
  • 1:52 PM

    Lotario: Overture

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: 10 Overtures

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Raymond Leppard, conductor

    6:53
  • 1:46 PM

    Gesu Bambino

    Pietro Yon

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

    Kelly Yost, piano

    5:11
  • 1:42 PM

    Miss Sally's Party: Introduction

    William Grant Still

    Plymouth Music Series Orchestra

    Philip Brunelle, conductor

    2:06
  • 1:35 PM

    Serenade No. 3: 3rd movement; 4th movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Serenades KV185, KV204

    Orchestra of the Auvergne

    Leopold Hager, conductor

    Jean-Jacques Kantorow, violin

    6:10
  • 1:20 PM

    Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dances

    Alexander Borodin

    Mussorgsky: Pictures from an Exhibition

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    13:36
  • 1:16 PM

    Sankta Lucia

    Jan Ake Hillerud

    Sancta Lucia: Licht In Dunkler Zeit (Light In A Dark Time)

    St. Gregorius Childrens' Choir

    Steffen Schreyer, conductor

    2:47
  • 1:10 PM

    Wind Quintet: 2nd movement

    Carl Nielsen

    Nielsen: Wind Chamber Music

    Bergen Wind Quintet

    4:45
  • 1:04 PM

    Symphony No. 103 "Drum Roll": 4th movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: The London Symphonies

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    4:57
  • 12:55 PM

    Piano Quintet: Scherzo

    Antonin Dvorak

    Smetana Quartet

    Jan Panenka, piano

    4:31
  • 12:47 PM

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

    Christmas Music

    Isthmus Brass Christmas

    Isthmus Brass

    John Stevens, conductor

    6:57
  • 12:36 PM

    Orchestral Suite No. 1: Overture

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Orchestral Suites BWV 1066-1069

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    9:20
  • 12:32 PM

    Batucada

    Isaias Savio

    Milos Karadaglic, guitar

    2:59
  • 12:24 PM

    Donna Diana Overture

    Emil von Reznicek

    William Tell and Other Favorite Overtures

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    6:02
  • 12:19 PM

    The Old Year Now Away is Fled

    Traditional

    Bright Day Star

    Baltimore Consort

    3:32
  • 12:06 PM

    Symphony No. 2: Finale

    Louis Spohr

    Spohr: Symphonies, Vol. 2

    North German Radio Philharmonic

    Howard Griffiths, conductor

    7:05
  • 12:04 PM

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Gerhardt, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    1:22
  • 11:47 AM

    Concerto No. 5

    John Hebden

    Cantilena

    Adrian Shepherd, conductor

    11:03
  • 11:40 AM

    Symphonie Fantastique: March to the Scaffold

    Hector Berlioz

    Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique Op. 14 / Tristia

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Pierre Boulez, conductor

    6:58
  • 11:30 AM

    Three Botticelli Pictures: Adoration of the Magi

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: Ancient Airs And Dances, Etc

    Chamber Orchestra of Lausanne

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    8:01
  • 11:23 AM

    Andante for Flute and Orchestra

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Tokyo Concert Orchestra

    Shigenobu Yamaoka, conductor

    Jean-Pierre Rampal, flute

    7:07
  • 11:21 AM

    Sweet William

    John Playford

    Mariners and Milkmaids: Ballads and Dances from 17th Century England

    Toronto Consort

    1:11
  • 11:08 AM

    Christmas Medley

    Various

    Trinity Choir of Boston

    Brian Jones, conductor

    11:12
  • 11:06 AM

    Pictures at an Exhibition: Promenade

    Modest Mussorgsky

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Eugene Ormandy, conductor

    1:39
  • 11:01 AM

    From Foreign Lands: Italy

    Moritz Moszkowski

    San Francisco Ballet Orchestra

    Martin West, conductor

    4:43
  • 10:51 AM

    Trumpet Sonata No. 1

    Giuseppe Torelli

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    Maurice Andre, trumpet

    7:14
  • 10:44 AM

    L'Isle joyeuse (Joyous Isle)

    Claude Debussy

    Javier Perianes, piano

    6:36
  • 10:37 AM

    Do You Hear What I Hear?

    Noel Regney/Gloria Shayne

    Northern Lights Orchestra

    Petri Juutilainen, conductor

    4:53
  • 10:27 AM

    Gloriana: Courtly Dances

    Benjamin Britten

    Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf, Britten: Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    10:19
  • 10:17 AM

    El Rorro; Coventry Carol; Deck the Halls

    Christmas Music

    Roger Wagner Chorale

    Roger Wagner, conductor

    7:18
  • 10:06 AM

    String Symphony No. 2

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    English Concert

    Andrew Manze, conductor

    10:54
  • 10:01 AM

    Concerto Grosso No. 2: 1st movement

    William Alwyn

    Alwyn: Concerti Grossi Nos. 2 and 3

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Lloyd-Jones, conductor

    4:36
  • 9:42 AM

    Violin Sonata No. 2

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Gidon Kremer, violin

    Martha Argerich, piano

    15:54
  • 9:36 AM

    Gesu Bambino

    Pietro Yon

    HOLIDAY CLASSICS

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    5:20
  • 9:19 AM

    Concertino for Oboe and Strings

    Brenno Blauth

    Camerata Bariloche

    Andres Spiller, oboe

    17:11
  • 9:06 AM

    Choral Variations on Vom Himmel hoch

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    20th Century Bach / Seiji Ozawa, Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    10:33
  • 9:01 AM

    La Bergamasca: Sonata No. 21

    Marco Uccellini

    Uccellini: La Bergamasca

    Arcadian Academy

    4:42
  • 8:51 AM

    Silent Night; Away in a Manger; Hark! the Herald Angels Sing

    Medley

    The Great British Carol Collection

    Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge

    Richard Marlow, conductor

    7:37
  • 8:25 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 23

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 19 & 23

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    John O'Conor, piano

    25:05
  • 8:19 AM

    Still, Still, Still

    Traditional German

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Barry Wordsworth, conductor

    Bryn Terfel, baritone

    4:00
  • 8:06 AM

    Lyon National Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    12:38
  • 8:01 AM

    Schnofler-Dance

    Johann Mayer

    Vienne 1850: Danses

    Ensemble Bella Musica Vienna

    4:36
  • 7:48 AM

    Four Seasons: Summer

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: The 4 Seasons

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    Jeanne Lamon, violin

    10:31
  • 7:21 AM

    Concierto del Sur

    Manuel Ponce

    Mi Alma Mexicana

    Philharmonic Orchestra of the Americas

    Alondra de la Parra, conductor

    Pablo Sainz Villegas, guitar

    26:13
  • 7:14 AM

    Jingle Bells

    James Pierpont

    Celestial Christmas 2

    Duino Soloists

    Antonio Pellegrino, conductor

    5:07
  • 7:06 AM

    Prelude Petulant Rococo

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Piano Works, Vol. 5

    Stefan Irmer, piano

    7:28
  • 7:01 AM

    King Carotte Overture

    Jacques Offenbach

    Offenbach: Overtures & Ballets

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Antonio de Almeida, conductor

    4:44
  • 6:45 AM

    Concert Piece for Flute and Harp

    David Diamond

    Glorian Duo

    13:09
  • 6:40 AM

    The Seasons: December (Christmas)

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra

    Leonid Grin, conductor

    4:39
  • 6:13 AM

    Symphony No. 1

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphonies 1 & 4

    Saarbrucken Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, conductor

    24:28
  • 6:06 AM

    Three Carols

    Traditional

    Carols Vol. II

    Pro Arte Singers

    Paul Hillier, conductor

    6:51
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