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  • 5:32 AM

    String Quartet No. 17 "Hunt"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Hunt & Dissonance Quartets; Haydn

    Emerson String Quartet

    25:51
  • 5:21 AM

    Unto us is born; While shepherds; The First Nowell

    Christmas Music

    Christmas at King's: Favourite Carols

    Choir of King's College, Cambridge

    David Willcocks, conductor

    9:46
  • 5:06 AM

    Festival Suite

    Robin Milford

    Guildhall Strings

    14:15
  • 5:01 AM

    Overture No. 2 "La Calamita de Cuori"

    Johann Christian Bach

    Netherlands Chamber Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    4:40
  • 4:47 AM

    Overture No. 2

    Carl Friedrich Abel

    Abel: Overtures & Sinfonias

    Il Fondamento

    Paul Dombrecht, conductor

    10:53
  • 4:17 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 5 "Egyptian"

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Saint Saens: Piano Concertos 1-5

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Dutoit, conductor

    Pascal Roge, piano

    28:58
  • 4:12 AM

    Gloucestershire Wassail; Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day; Sussex Carol

    Traditional English

    Ancient Noels

    Ensemble Galilei

    Maggie Sansone, hammered dulcimer

    3:19
  • 4:06 AM

    Suite Colombiana No. 3: The Song of the Dreamer

    Gentil Montana

    Guitar Music of Colombia

    Jose Antonio Escobar, guitar

    5:02
  • 4:01 AM

    Symphony: 1st movement

    Antonio Rosetti

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    4:33
  • 3:50 AM

    Bohemian-Danish Folk Tune (Bohmisk-Dansk folketone)

    Carl Nielsen

    Nielsen: Orchestral Works

    Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Gennady Rozhdestvensky, conductor

    8:25
  • 3:46 AM

    Blessed be that maid Mary

    Traditional English

    Winter's Delights

    Quadriga Consort

    3:56
  • 3:33 AM

    Mozartiana

    Cyprien Katsaris

    Mozartiana: Piano Transcriptions

    Cyprien Katsaris, piano

    11:53
  • 3:28 AM

    Fairytale Sleighride

    Adam Saunders

    Another Night Before Christmas And Scrooge

    Royal Ballet Sinfonia

    Gavin Sutherland, conductor

    4:30
  • 3:06 AM

    Clarinet Concerto No. 1

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Andrew Marriner, clarinet

    20:51
  • 3:01 AM

    Symphony: Larghetto

    Joseph Martin Kraus

    Kraus: Complete Symphonies, Vol. 4

    Swedish Chamber Orchestra

    Petter Sundkvist, conductor

    4:34
  • 2:49 AM

    Ballade No. 1

    Frederic Chopin

    Krystian Zimerman, piano

    9:33
  • 2:33 AM

    Silent Night Paraphrase; Joy; Jauchzet frohlochet

    Christmas Music

    A Good Housekeeping Christmas

    The Salon Orchestra

    13:59
  • 2:28 AM

    Introduction No. 6

    Pietro Locatelli

    Raglan Baroque Players

    Elizabeth Wallfisch, conductor

    5:37
  • 2:06 AM

    Louisiana Story: Suite

    Virgil Thomson

    New London Orchestra

    Ronald Corp, conductor

    20:33
  • 2:01 AM

    The Capricious One

    Edward Elgar

    Albeniz, Brahms, Dvorak, Elgar, Falla, Kreisler

    Pinchas Zukerman, violin

    4:32
  • 12:55 AM

    Toccata and Chaconne

    Alessandro Piccinini

    Folias And Canarios

    Rolf Lislevand, guitar

    3:46
  • 12:28 AM

    Gloria

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: Gloria

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Stephen Cleobury, conductor

    Sarah Fox, soprano

    28:57
  • 12:25 AM

    Septet: 5th movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Schubert

    Melos Ensemble

    3:01
  • 12:08 AM

    Santa Lucia

    Traditional

    Anne Sophie von Otter

    3:00
  • 12:05 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 30

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: The Complete Piano Sonatas, Nos. 1-32

    Alfred Brendel, piano

    20:01
  • 11:56 PM

    Christmas Oratorio: Jauchzet, frohlocket

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Christmas Oratorio

    Bach-Collegium Stuttgart

    Helmuth Rilling, conductor

    7:24
  • 11:42 PM

    Symphony No. 7 "Sinfonia Antartica"

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams: Sinfonia Antartica

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Bryden Thomson, conductor

    Catherine Bott, soprano

    41:24
  • 11:42 PM

    Silent Night

    Franz Gruber

    Stralande Jul - Strahlende Weihnacht

    MDR Radio Chorus Leipzig

    Philipp Ahmann, conductor

    2:47
  • 11:37 PM

    Still, Still, Still

    Traditional German

    Carols and Christmas Songs

    Welsh National Opera Orchestra

    Tecwyn Evans, conductor

    Bryn Terfel, bass

    4:21
  • 11:33 PM

    Hark! the Herald Angels Sing

    Traditional

    O Come All Ye Faithful

    Philip Jones Brass Ensemble

    David Willcocks, conductor

    3:56
  • 11:31 PM

    Jeg er sa glad (I was so glad)

    Traditional Norwegian

    Magnum Chorum

    Christopher Aspaas, conductor

    1:48
  • 11:25 PM

    Alleluia, Behold the Bridegroom

    Traditional Russian

    Sacred Treasures III: Choral Masterworks from Russia and Beyond

    St. Petersburg Chamber Choir

    Nikolai Korniev, conductor

    5:29
  • 11:12 PM

    Fratres (Brothers)

    Arvo Part

    Fratres

    France Springuel, cello

    10:28
  • 11:07 PM

    In the Bleak Midwinter

    Gustav Holst

    Joy to the World: An American Christmas

    Handel and Haydn Society

    Harry Christophers, conductor

    4:29
  • 11:02 PM

    O Come, O Come Emmanuel

    Traditional

    Christmas on Copper Street, Vol. 2

    Copper Street Brass Quintet

    3:56
  • 10:37 PM

    String Quartet No. 61 "Fifths"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Emerson String Quartet: Complete Recordings

    Emerson String Quartet

    22:54
  • 10:33 PM

    Lo, How a Rose E'Er Blooming

    Michael Praetorius

    The Ultimate Classical Christmas

    American Boychoir

    Andre Previn, conductor

    Frederica von Stade, mezzo-soprano

    4:04
  • 10:29 PM

    Judea

    William Billings

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

    Rose Ensemble

    2:05
  • 10:27 PM

    Shiloh

    William Billings

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

    Rose Ensemble

    1:59
  • 10:23 PM

    The Empire Strikes Back: Imperial March

    John Williams

    By Request: The Best of John Williams and the Boston Pops Orchestra

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    3:07
  • 10:18 PM

    Shen Khar Venakhi

    Traditional Georgian

    The Vine

    Kitka

    4:07
  • 10:08 PM

    String Quartet No. 2: Nocturne

    Alexander Borodin

    Bartok, Borodin, Smetana: String Quartets

    Takacs Quartet

    7:03
  • 10:01 PM

    Magnificat: Magnificat anima mea

    John Rutter

    Rutter: Magnificat / The Falcon / Two Festival Anthems

    Cambridge Singers

    John Rutter, conductor

    6:51
  • 9:46 PM

    Concerto Grosso No. 8 "Christmas Concerto"

    Arcangelo Corelli

    Christmas Concertos - Il Giardino Armonico

    Il Giardino Armonico

    12:44
  • 9:38 PM

    O Magnum Mysterium (O Great Mystery)

    Morten Lauridsen

    Concordia Choir of Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota

    Rene Clausen, conductor

    6:29
  • 9:29 PM

    The Planets: Venus

    Gustav Holst

    Twilight Hour

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    James Levine, conductor

    7:25
  • 9:21 PM

    Hope for Resolution

    Traditional

    Great Hymns of Faith II

    St. Olaf Choir

    Anton Armstrong, conductor

    6:03
  • 9:18 PM

    Drive the Cold Winter Away

    John Playford

    Bright Day Star

    Baltimore Consort

    3:22
  • 9:13 PM

    Rock Thee O' Child/The Christ Child's Lullaby

    Bonnie Rideout

    A Scottish Christmas

    Bonnie Rideout, fiddle

    4:33
  • 9:00 PM

    The Nutcracker: Characteristic Dances

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake; Sleeping Beauty; The Nutcracker

    Vienna Philharmonic

    James Levine, conductor

    11:59
  • 6:48 PM

    Academic Festival Overture

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Symphonie 2, Academic Festival Overture

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    10:21
  • 6:22 PM

    Violin Concerto

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    James MacMillan, conductor

    Nicola Benedetti, violin

    27:31
  • 6:19 PM

    Ding Dong Merrily on High

    Traditional French

    Welcome Christmas! Carols from Around the World

    VocalEssence

    Philip Brunelle, conductor

    1:42
  • 6:15 PM

    Three Jingles for Horn, Trombone, and Tuba

    James Pierpont

    Christmas on Copper Street, Vol. 2

    Copper Street Brass Quintet

    3:53
  • 6:04 PM

    Overture No. 3

    Jean-Marie Leclair

    leclair locatelli - l'ange et le diable

    Rare Fruits Council

    10:34
  • 5:56 PM

    O Come, All Ye Faithful

    Traditional

    A Christmas Flourish

    Hannaford Street Silver Band

    James Curnow, conductor

    6:19
  • 5:45 PM

    Dance of the Hours

    Amilcare Ponchielli

    Dream Melodies

    Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andras Korodi, conductor

    9:34
  • 5:25 PM

    Bassoon Concerto

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mito Chamber Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    Dag Jensen, bassoon

    18:48
  • 5:20 PM

    Come Wander with Me

    Jeff Alexander

    Voces8

    4:02
  • 5:15 PM

    Winter

    Rebecca Dale

    Winter

    Voces8

    4:56
  • 5:04 PM

    Four Seasons: Winter

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Concert Recording

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Kyu-Young Kim, violin

    9:31
  • 4:56 PM

    A Christmas Fantasy

    Gordon Langford

    A Christmas Fantasy

    Huddersfield Choral Society

    Keith Rhodes, conductor

    7:19
  • 4:30 PM

    Symphony No. 91

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    23:40
  • 4:24 PM

    Slovak Dance

    Karel Husa

    Philharmonia a Vent

    John Boyd, conductor

    4:35
  • 4:19 PM

    3 Dances

    William Byrd

    Gypsy's Round

    Buffalo Guitar Quartet

    5:17
  • 4:08 PM

    L'Enfance du Christ: Epilogue

    Hector Berlioz

    Berlioz: L'Enfance du Christ

    Lyon Opera Orchestra

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    Anthony Rolfe Johnson, tenor

    9:50
  • 4:00 PM

    Easter Cantata: My Spirit be Joyful

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Brandenburg Concertos Vol I

    Philharmonia Virtuosi

    Richard Kapp, conductor

    6:01
  • 3:47 PM

    Camerata Bern

    Thomas Furi, conductor

    10:59
  • 3:34 PM

    Andante Favori

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Claudio Arrau, piano

    11:44
  • 3:29 PM

    Winter Wonderland

    Felix Bernard

    Carol Of The Drum: A New Age Christmas

    Hampton String Quartet

    4:19
  • 3:10 PM

    L'Arlesienne Suite No. 2

    Georges Bizet

    Barcelona Symphony Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    18:15
  • 3:01 PM

    Concert Piece for Clarinet and Basset Horn

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Wurttemberg Chamber Orchestra

    Jorg Faerber, conductor

    Sabine Meyer, clarinet

    Wolfgang Meyer, basset horn

    7:38
  • 2:54 PM

    Goldberg Variations: Aria

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    415130

    Trevor Pinnock, harpsichord

    2:00
  • 2:43 PM

    Symphony No. 3: 1st movement

    Franz Schubert

    A Second of Silence

    The Knights

    Eric Jacobsen, conductor

    8:31
  • 2:36 PM

    Sleigh Ride

    Frederick Delius

    A Christmas Festival

    Cambridge Singers

    John Rutter, conductor

    5:45
  • 2:21 PM

    Four Seasons: Spring

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: The Four Seasons

    Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra

    Janos Rolla, conductor

    Jean-Pierre Rampal, flute

    8:54
  • 2:18 PM

    All the Gossips Left for Home

    The Odessa Balalaikas

    :00
  • 2:09 PM

    Colas Breugnon Overture

    Dmitri Kabalevsky

    Living Stereo: Mussorgsky, Tchaikovsky, Borodin

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Fritz Reiner, conductor

    4:48
  • 2:04 PM

    A Canadian Brass Christmas Card

    Howard Cable

    A Christmas Gloria

    Canadian Brass

    4:12
  • 1:52 PM

    Symphonic Dance No. 3

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg: Symphonic Dances/Sigurd Jorsalfar/Peer Gynt

    Ulster Orchestra

    Vernon Handley, conductor

    5:48
  • 1:49 PM

    Beautiful Rosemary (Schon Rosmarin)

    Fritz Kreisler

    The Kreisler Album

    Joshua Bell, violin

    1:58
  • 1:39 PM

    Capriol Suite

    Peter Warlock

    Dances From Renaissance To Nutcracker

    Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

    8:15
  • 1:31 PM

    Silent Night

    Franz Gruber

    HOLIDAY CLASSICS

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    6:21
  • 1:21 PM

    Concert Waltz No. 1

    Alexander Glazunov

    The Moscow Sessions

    Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra

    Lawrence Leighton Smith, conductor

    8:31
  • 1:19 PM

    Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella/Rustle of Spring

    Christian Sinding

    Classical Carols

    Jeffrey Biegel, piano

    1:35
  • 1:12 PM

    March

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Claudio Abbado: Marce E Danze

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    2:27
  • 1:07 PM

    Messiah: For unto us a child is born

    George Frideric Handel

    Sugar Plums: Christmas with The Summit Hill Brass Quintet

    Summit Hill Brass Quintet

    3:45
  • 1:04 PM

    Acis and Galatea: Happy We!

    George Frideric Handel

    Grand & Glorious - Great Operatic Choruses / Robert Shaw

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    1:56
  • 12:52 PM

    Oboe Concerto

    Vincenzo Bellini

    Bella Napoli: Oboe Concertos

    Ensemble Berlin

    Christoph Hartmann, oboe

    7:14
  • 12:48 PM

    Bagatelles: Allegretto scherzando (3)

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Serenade, Bagatelles, Czech Suite

    National Chamber Players

    Lowell Graham, conductor

    3:10
  • 12:35 PM

    Symphony No. 6 "Pastoral": 1st movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphonien 1-9

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    11:57
  • 12:30 PM

    Sing Hallelu!

    Stephen Paulus

    VocalEssence

    Philip Brunelle, conductor

    2:48
  • 12:24 PM

    Deck the Halls

    Traditional English

    Christmas Goes Baroque 2

    Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia

    Peter Breiner, conductor

    5:23
  • 12:20 PM

    The Lark in the Clear Air

    Peter Hope

    British by Arrangement 2

    Royal Ballet Sinfonia

    Gavin Sutherland, conductor

    3:05
  • 12:10 PM

    Gayane: Waltz

    Aram Khachaturian

    Catherine Manoukian, violin

    Satoshi Sando, piano

    2:52
  • 12:04 PM

    Quintet: 3rd movement

    Johann Christian Bach

    J. C. Bach: 3 Quintets, Sextet

    English Concert

    5:21
  • 11:45 AM

    Scherzo fantastique

    Igor Stravinsky

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    12:59
  • 11:38 AM

    String Quartet No. 2: Nocturne

    Alexander Borodin

    Bartok, Borodin, Smetana: String Quartets

    Takacs Quartet

    7:03
  • 11:32 AM

    Carol of the Bells

    Mikola Leontovich

    Christmas Goes Baroque 2

    Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia

    Peter Breiner, conductor

    4:01
  • 11:26 AM

    Sarabande

    Claude Debussy

    RAVEL, M.: Orchestral Works, Vol. 3

    Lyon National Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    5:09
  • 11:24 AM

    The Nutcracker: Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky - Nutcracker Favourite Selections

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    2:12
  • 11:11 AM

    Concerto No. 5

    Capel Bond

    Parley of Instruments

    Roy Goodman, conductor

    11:55
  • 11:06 AM

    Goldberg Variations: Aria

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Essential Bach

    Andras Schiff, piano

    3:50
  • 11:01 AM

    Valse Triste

    Jean Sibelius

    Winter Dreams

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    4:40
  • 10:50 AM

    Mandolin Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi Guitar Concertos

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Iona Brown, conductor

    Pepe Romero, guitar

    7:35
  • 10:42 AM

    Four Carols: Good People All, This Christmastime; Still, Still, Still; Cherry Tree Carol; The Holly and the Ivy

    Traditional

    Adagio Trio

    6:44
  • 10:27 AM

    Russian Easter Festival Overture

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Rimsky-Korsakov: Sheherazade, Russian Easter Overture

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Spano, conductor

    15:15
  • 10:18 AM

    Symphonie Fantastique: A Ball

    Hector Berlioz

    Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Daniel Harding, conductor

    6:24
  • 10:06 AM

    Shepherd's Pipe Carol; Coventry Carol; In dulci jubilo; The First Nowell

    John Rutter/Traditional

    Christmas With London Brass

    London Brass

    11:30
  • 10:01 AM

    Liti Kersti: Bjorgulv the Fiddler

    Arne Eggen

    Norwegian Classical Favourites

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra

    Bjarte Engeset, conductor

    4:33
  • 9:52 AM

    Crisantemi (Chrysanthemums)

    Giacomo Puccini

    R. Strauss, Verdi, Puccini: String Quartets

    Enso String Quartet

    5:48
  • 9:23 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 21 "Elvira Madigan"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Piano Concertos No. 9, K271 & 21, K467

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Mitsuko Uchida, conductor

    Mitsuko Uchida, piano

    28:58
  • 9:20 AM

    Un bal a la Campagne: Promenade/Besancon Carol

    Bernard Andres

    Bernard's Christmas

    Megan Metheney, harp

    1:53
  • 9:06 AM

    Dioclesian Instrumental Music

    Henry Purcell

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    12:25
  • 9:01 AM

    One Winter's Night

    Mark O'Connor

    An Appalachian Christmas

    Mark O'Connor, violin

    4:46
  • 8:50 AM

    Concert Piece for Clarinet and Basset Horn

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Works for Clarinet and String Orchestra

    Wurttemberg Chamber Orchestra

    Jorg Faerber, conductor

    Sabine Meyer, clarinet

    8:27
  • 8:28 AM

    Symphony No. 1

    Ned Rorem

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    22:06
  • 8:15 AM

    The Many Moods of Christmas No. 2

    Robert Russell Bennett

    The Many Moods of Christmas

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    10:56
  • 8:06 AM

    Sonata No. 5 "In Imitation of Corelli"

    William McGibbon

    Chatham Baroque

    7:53
  • 8:01 AM

    Paul's Steeple and Stingo

    John Playford

    Apollo's Banquet

    4:42
  • 7:29 AM

    Violin Sonata

    Cesar Franck

    Saint-Saens, Franck: Sonatas for Violin and Piano

    Pinchas Zukerman, violin

    28:59
  • 7:18 AM

    Five French Carols

    Traditional French

    Christmas Songs Around the World

    Arsys Bourgogne

    Pierre Cao, conductor

    10:54
  • 7:06 AM

    Trio Sonata No. 2

    Dietrich Buxtehude

    Eroica Trio

    9:42
  • 7:01 AM

    The Shining Shore

    Traditional

    Anonymous 4

    4:42
  • 6:41 AM

    Concerto for Two Pianos

    Darius Milhaud

    Milhaud, Poulenc, Casadesus: French Concertos for Two Pianos

    SWR Kaiserslautern Radio Orchestra

    Alun Francis, conductor

    Aglika Genova, piano

    17:07
  • 6:26 AM

    Allan Vogel, oboe

    Philip Setzer, violin

    Geraldine Walther, viola

    Colin Carr, cello

    14:35
  • 6:17 AM

    Mignon: Overture

    Ambroise Thomas

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    8:06
  • 6:14 AM

    It Came upon the Midnight Clear

    Richard Willis

    Christmas Favorites

    Rachel Van Voorhees, harp

    2:09
  • 6:06 AM

    Romance

    Gerald Finzi

    Finzi: Suite From "Love's Labours Lost", Clarinet Concerto, Prelude, Romance

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    6:58
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