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  • 5:45 AM

    Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage Overture

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3 "Scottish"; Hebrides, Meerstille Und Glückliche Fahrt & Ruy Blas Overtures

    Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra

    Oliver Dohnanyi, conductor

    13:32
  • 5:22 AM

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    22:10
  • 5:17 AM

    Three Carols for Harp

    Christmas Music

    Emily Mitchell, harp

    3:51
  • 5:15 AM

    Still, Still, Still

    Traditional German

    Dream Season: The Christmas Harp

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    1:46
  • 5:06 AM

    Medley of Chaplin Themes

    Charlie Chaplin

    Classical Potpourri

    Catherine Wilson, piano

    9:22
  • 5:01 AM

    O Holy Night

    Adolphe Adam

    Hear the Angel Voices

    Northwest Sinfonia

    Steven Mercurio, conductor

    Carl Tanner, tenor

    4:42
  • 4:52 AM

    Concerto Grosso No. 6 "Christmas Concerto"

    Giuseppe Torelli

    Baroque Christmas Music

    Northwest Chamber Orchestra of Seattle

    Alun Francis, conductor

    6:42
  • 4:11 AM

    Symphony No. 9 "From the New World"

    Antonin Dvorak

    Antonin Dvorak: Symphonien No. 8 & 9

    Dresden State Orchestra

    James Levine, conductor

    39:11
  • 4:06 AM

    Five Meditations: Candlelight

    John Rutter

    Distant Land

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    John Rutter, conductor

    4:01
  • 4:01 AM

    Concerto for 2 Horns: Rondo

    Antonio Rosetti

    Bavarian Chamber Philharmonic

    Johannes Moesus, conductor

    Klaus Wallendorf, horn

    Sarah Willis, horn

    4:34
  • 3:50 AM

    Graceful Ghost Rag

    William Bolcom

    Gil Shaham, violin

    Jonathan Feldman, piano

    8:26
  • 3:33 AM

    Bolero

    Maurice Ravel

    RAVEL, M.: Orchestral Works, Vol. 1

    Lyon National Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    15:05
  • 3:28 AM

    O Little Town of Bethlehem; The Cherry Tree Carol

    Traditional

    Carols Around The World

    Quink

    4:41
  • 3:27 AM

    Ich steh an deiner Krippen hier (I stand here before thy manger)

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Carols Around The World

    Quink

    1:29
  • 3:06 AM

    Petite Symphony

    Charles Gounod

    Bizet: L'Arlesienne; Gounod: Symphonies

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    20:00
  • 3:01 AM

    A los Maytines; Aro que Nostre Seign'es Nat; March

    Christmas Music

    Joy | Carols & Songs for a Season of Light

    Frank Wallace, guitar

    4:15
  • 2:49 AM

    Symphony No. 4

    Carl Friedrich Abel

    Cantilena

    Adrian Shepherd, conductor

    8:39
  • 2:40 AM

    Christmas Medley

    Traditional

    The Carol Album: Seven Centuries of Christmas Music

    Taverner Choir

    Andrew Parrott, conductor

    Andrew Parrott, tenor

    7:59
  • 2:23 AM

    Horn Quintet

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Chamber Music for Winds and Strings

    Boston Symphony Chamber Players

    16:24
  • 2:14 AM

    Double Concerto: 2nd movement

    Johannes Brahms

    For the Love of Brahms

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Joshua Bell, conductor

    Joshua Bell, violin

    7:35
  • 2:10 AM

    Carol of the Bells

    Mikola Leontovich

    Christmas Goes Baroque 2

    Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia

    Peter Breiner, conductor

    4:01
  • 2:06 AM

    Nocturne No. 20

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin, Liszt, Ravel

    Benjamin Grosvenor, piano

    3:41
  • 2:01 AM

    The Seasons: December (Christmas)

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra

    Leonid Grin, conductor

    4:39
  • 1:47 AM

    What is this Lovely Fragrance?; Away in a Manger; Shepherd's Pipe Carol

    Traditional/John Rutter

    Candlelight Carols

    Choir of Trinity Church

    Brian Jones, conductor

    Ross Wood, organ

    11:13
  • 1:15 AM

    The Firebird (L'oiseau de feu) Ballet

    Igor Stravinsky

    Stravinsky: The Firebird; Liadov: Baba-Yaga

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    30:46
  • 1:09 AM

    Samson: Let the Bright Seraphim

    George Frideric Handel

    Baroque Duets

    Philharmonia Virtuosi

    Richard Kapp, conductor

    Richard Kelley, trumpet

    5:23
  • 1:06 AM

    The First Nowell

    Traditional

    Christmas Favorites

    Rachel Van Voorhees, harp

    2:29
  • 1:01 AM

    Symphony No. 1: 2nd movement

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Saint-Saens: Symphonies 1

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra

    Marc Soustrot, conductor

    4:41
  • 11:47 PM

    Four Seasons: Autumn

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi Four Seasons

    St. Luke's Chamber Ensemble

    Kyung Wha Chung, violin

    11:04
  • 11:34 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 2: 2nd movement

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2; Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1

    Warsaw Philharmonic

    Stanislaw Wislocki, conductor

    Sviatoslav Richter, piano

    11:52
  • 11:15 PM

    Symphony No. 29

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Kiev Camerata, Vol. 1

    Kiev Camerata

    Virko Baley, conductor

    17:48
  • 11:09 PM

    Cradle Hymn

    Kim Andre Arnesen

    Nordic Nativity

    VocalEssence

    Philip Brunelle, conductor

    Julia Persitz, violin

    5:06
  • 11:01 PM

    Karelia Overture

    Jean Sibelius

    Tampere Philharmonic

    Tuomas Ollila, conductor

    6:54
  • 10:51 PM

    Green Bushes

    Percy Grainger

    Music of Percy Grainger

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Kenneth Montgomery, conductor

    Philip Martin, piano

    8:45
  • 10:45 PM

    A Spotless Rose

    Paul Mealor

    Go, Lovely Rose

    Luther College Nordic Choir

    Allen Hightower, conductor

    5:00
  • 10:28 PM

    Capriccio Espagnol

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Bergen Symphony Orchestra

    Dmitri Kitayenko, conductor

    16:18
  • 10:22 PM

    Pastorale

    Cecile Chaminade

    Chaminade: Piano Music 2

    Peter Jacobs, piano

    4:51
  • 10:17 PM

    Fugue "Little"

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach Favorites

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Eugene Ormandy, conductor

    3:59
  • 10:11 PM

    Coventry Carol

    Traditional English

    All Is Bright

    Handel and Haydn Society Chorus

    Grant Llewellyn, conductor

    4:05
  • 10:00 PM

    Symphony No. 7

    William Boyce

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    9:15
  • 9:56 PM

    Ding Dong Merrily on High

    Traditional French

    Dulci Jubilo: Christmas With The Singers

    The Singers

    Matthew Culloton, conductor

    2:07
  • 9:53 PM

    Kling no, klokka (Ring out, bells)

    Traditional Norwegian

    Dulci Jubilo: Christmas With The Singers

    The Singers

    Matthew Culloton, conductor

    3:30
  • 9:32 PM

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Benjamin Wallfisch, conductor

    Emily Pailthorpe, oboe

    19:18
  • 9:28 PM

    Concert Etude No. 6: Pastoral

    Nikolai Kapustin

    Kapustin: Piano Music

    Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano

    2:25
  • 9:23 PM

    I Sing the Birth

    Donald Livingston

    National Luthern Choir

    David Cherwin, conductor

    3:37
  • 9:20 PM

    Coming Home

    Eva Beneke

    MPR Taste Of The Holidays, Vol. 7

    Eva Beneke, guitar

    2:21
  • 9:18 PM

    Resonet in Laudibus

    Robert Sieving

    I Cantanti

    Wayne Kivell, conductor

    2:34
  • 9:16 PM

    Make We Joy

    Matthew Culloton

    The Singers

    Matthew Culloton, conductor

    3:00
  • 9:10 PM

    Angel's Carol

    John Rutter

    O Yule Full Of Gladness

    St. Olaf Choir

    Anton Armstrong, conductor

    3:37
  • 9:08 PM

    Angels We Have Heard on High

    Traditional French

    Candlelight Carols: Music for Chorus and Harp

    Seraphic Fire

    Patrick Dupre Quigley, conductor

    Jacqueline Kerrod, harp

    2:14
  • 8:59 PM

    Rodeo: Buckaroo Holiday

    Aaron Copland

    Copland: Appalachian Spring, Rodeo, Billy The Kid, Fanfare For The Common Man

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    6:57
  • 6:56 PM

    Noel nouvelet

    Traditional French

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    1:55
  • 6:53 PM

    Julvisa (Christmas Song)

    Jean Sibelius

    Noel

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    2:58
  • 6:18 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 1

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Budapest Festival Orchestra

    Ivan Fischer, conductor

    Richard Goode, piano

    35:53
  • 6:11 PM

    Rondo for Flute

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Flute & Harp Concerto

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Jean-Pierre Rampal, conductor

    Jean-Pierre Rampal, flute

    5:13
  • 6:00 PM

    Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas; Silver Bells; The Christmas Song

    Medley

    Canadian Brass

    Eric Robertson, organ

    9:06
  • 4:00 PM

    Silent Night

    Franz Gruber

    Sing, Choirs of Angels!

    Mormon Tabernacle Choir

    Craig Jessop, conductor

    4:55
  • 3:30 PM

    Symphony No. 86

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Orchestra of the 18th Century

    Frans Bruggen, conductor

    27:51
  • 3:26 PM

    What Sweeter Music

    Halsey Stevens

    Comfort and Joy, Vol. 2

    Cantus

    2:20
  • 3:14 PM

    Serenade for Strings

    Edward Elgar

    Capella Istropolitana

    Adrian Leaper, conductor

    11:40
  • 3:08 PM

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andreas Delfs, conductor

    Renee Fleming, soprano

    Mark O'Connor, violin

    5:25
  • 2:59 PM

    Flute Sonata

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: The Complete Wind Sonatas

    Frans Bruggen, flute

    7:24
  • 2:52 PM

    I Wish You Christmas

    John Rutter

    MPR Taste Of The Holidays, Vol. 4

    Great River Chorale

    5:07
  • 2:49 PM

    Country Gardens

    Percy Grainger

    Grainger: Folk-Inspired Works for Piano Duet and Piano Duo

    Bilder Duo

    2:23
  • 2:36 PM

    Symphony No. 1 "Spring": 1st movement

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann: The Symphonies

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Bernard Haitink, conductor

    11:36
  • 2:29 PM

    Concerto No. 7

    Tomaso Albinoni

    Albinoni: 12 Concerti a cinque, Op.5

    Collegium Musicum 90

    Simon Standage, conductor

    5:38
  • 2:22 PM

    Magic Flute: Overture

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Paris Orchestral Ensemble

    Armin Jordan, conductor

    6:42
  • 2:16 PM

    Still, Still, Still

    Traditional German

    Carols and Christmas Songs

    Welsh National Opera Orchestra

    Tecwyn Evans, conductor

    Bryn Terfel, bass

    4:21
  • 2:09 PM

    Hark! the Herald Angels Sing

    Traditional

    Dale Warland Singers

    Dale Warland, conductor

    3:23
  • 2:04 PM

    Chaconne

    Jean-Baptiste Lully

    Chaconne

    Musica Antiqua Cologne

    Reinhard Goebel, conductor

    4:21
  • 1:46 PM

    In the Steppes of Central Asia

    Alexander Borodin

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    6:08
  • 1:37 PM

    Violin Concerto: 3rd movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Violin Concerto, Double Concerto

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    Gil Shaham, violin

    7:29
  • 1:32 PM

    Cantata No. 133: Ich freue mich in dir

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Christmas with Septura

    Septura

    4:09
  • 1:24 PM

    King Stephen: Overture

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven" Symphonis Nos 4 and 8

    Hanover Band

    Roy Goodman, conductor

    6:39
  • 1:19 PM

    Christ the Apple Tree

    Stanford Scriven

    Christmas At St. Olaf 2009: Light Of All Creation...Scatter The Darkness

    St. Olaf Choir

    Anton Armstrong, conductor

    3:19
  • 1:15 PM

    Joseph Dearest, Joseph Mine

    Traditional German

    Christmas Garlands

    Two Rivers Chorale

    Timothy Sawyer, conductor

    4:08
  • 1:08 PM

    Andante festivo

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Symphony No. 5 in E flat, Op. 82; Andante festivo; Karelia-Overture Op. 10

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    5:04
  • 1:04 PM

    Serenade

    Roman Hoffstetter

    Favourite Serenades for Orchestra

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    3:24
  • 12:51 PM

    String Quartet: 2nd movement

    Maurice Ravel

    Debussy, Ravel, Dutilleux: Quartets

    Juilliard String Quartet

    6:32
  • 12:43 PM

    The Nutcracker: Waltz of the Flowers

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor

    7:10
  • 12:39 PM

    Allegro giocoso

    Gabriel Grovlez

    French Works for Bassoon and Piano

    Karen Geoghegan, bassoon

    2:02
  • 12:31 PM

    Symphony No. 38 "Prague": Finale

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 38 & 39

    English Baroque Soloists

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    7:50
  • 12:25 PM

    Legend No. 5

    Antonin Dvorak

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    4:12
  • 12:22 PM

    High are the snowdrifts (On hanget korkeat nietokset)

    Jean Sibelius

    Lahti Symphony Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    2:09
  • 12:20 PM

    Maa on niin kaunis (The country is so beautiful)

    Traditional Finnish

    Alilo!

    HOL Choir

    Esko Kallio, conductor

    2:16
  • 12:07 PM

    Aria in Classic Style

    Marcel Grandjany

    Classics for Chamber Orchestra

    Stockholm Chamber Orchestra

    Jan-Olav Wedin, conductor

    Christine Muhlbach, harp

    5:58
  • 12:04 PM

    Gymnopedie No. 3

    Erik Satie

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    2:34
  • 11:47 AM

    Five French Carols

    Traditional French

    Christmas Songs Around the World

    Arsys Bourgogne

    Pierre Cao, conductor

    10:54
  • 11:38 AM

    Variations on "I Got Rhythm"

    George Gershwin

    Fazil Say

    New York Philharmonic

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    Fazil Say, piano

    7:56
  • 11:30 AM

    Italian Serenade

    Hugo Wolf

    Tchaikovsky, Barber, Elgar, Wolf

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Semyon Bychkov, conductor

    7:29
  • 11:27 AM

    Rondeau

    Jean-Francois Dandrieu

    Wynton Marsalis: In Gabriel's Garden

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Anthony Newman, conductor

    Wynton Marsalis, trumpet

    1:59
  • 11:16 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
  • 11:06 AM

    Symphony No. 2

    William Herschel

    Herschel: Symphonies

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    9:34
  • 11:01 AM

    String Quartet No. 62 "Emperor": Minuet

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Emerson String Quartet

    4:36
  • 10:47 AM

    Flute Concerto

    Baldassare Galuppi

    Italian Flute Concertos

    I Solisti Veneti

    Claudio Scimone, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    11:30
  • 10:39 AM

    Wexford Carol; Now is Born the Divine Christ Child; Christmas Eve Reel

    Traditional

    Mittens for Christmas

    Kirkmount

    5:50
  • 10:30 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 20

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Garrick Ohlsson: Complete Beethoven Sonatas, Volume 9

    Garrick Ohlsson, piano

    8:53
  • 10:22 AM

    Tomorrow shall be my dancing day; Rejoice and be merry

    Traditional

    A Christmas Festival

    Cambridge Singers

    John Rutter, conductor

    5:31
  • 10:06 AM

    Concerto Grosso No. 5

    George Frideric Handel

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    15:55
  • 10:01 AM

    Four Contredances

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Dances and Minuets

    Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra

    Hans Graf, conductor

    4:35
  • 9:30 AM

    Symphony No. 7

    Christoph Weyse

    Christoph Weyse: The Key Masterpieces

    Royal Danish Orchestra

    Michael Schonwandt, conductor

    28:34
  • 9:25 AM

    Make a Joyful Noise

    Frank Denson

    Joy to the World

    Empire Brass & Friends

    4:02
  • 9:15 AM

    The Cobblers on the Heath

    Uuno Klami

    Land of a Thousand Lakes, The Beauty of Finnish National Romanticism

    Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Sakari Oramo, conductor

    8:12
  • 9:06 AM

    Christmas Medley

    Traditional

    Carols from New College, Oxford

    Choir of New College, Oxford

    Edward Higginbottom, conductor

    8:30
  • 9:01 AM

    Slavonic Dance No. 9

    Antonin Dvorak

    Katia & Marielle Labeque, pianos

    4:37
  • 8:46 AM

    Fantasia on Christmas Carols

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams: Serenade, Flos Campi, Five Mystical Songs

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Matthew Best, conductor

    Thomas Allen, baritone

    12:26
  • 8:22 AM

    Symphony No. 102

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    23:53
  • 8:06 AM

    Polonaise-Fantasie

    Frederic Chopin

    Ingolf Wunder, piano

    13:42
  • 8:01 AM

    What Child is This?

    Traditional English

    Christmas Goes Baroque 2

    Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia

    Peter Breiner, conductor

    4:37
  • 7:40 AM

    Orchestra of the 18th Century

    Frans Bruggen, conductor

    18:18
  • 7:28 AM

    Christmas Overture

    Otto Nicolai

    Nicolai: 4 Overtures, Symphony in D Major

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Karl Anton Rickenbacher, conductor

    10:51
  • 7:15 AM

    Oboe Concerto

    Alessandro Marcello

    A Baroque Feast

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    John Abberger, oboe

    11:10
  • 7:06 AM

    Sussex Carol; Sans Day Carol; Here We Come A-Wassailing

    Traditional

    Noel! Noel! Noel! Christmas With Michala Petri

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Martin Neary, conductor

    Michala Petri, recorder

    8:51
  • 7:01 AM

    Intermezzo for String Trio

    Zoltan Kodaly

    Dohnanyi, Kodaly, Martinu: String Trios

    Domus

    4:42
  • 6:54 AM

    Guildhall Strings

    Robert Salter, conductor

    4:21
  • 6:28 AM

    Christmas Tree Suite

    Franz Liszt

    Leslie Howard, piano

    24:34
  • 6:24 AM

    Der Tannenbaum (The Christmas Tree)

    Richard Wagner

    Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau - Lieder / Reimann, Reutter

    Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, baritone

    2:47
  • 6:06 AM

    Siegfried Idyll

    Richard Wagner

    Concert Recording

    Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra

    Emmanuel Krivine, conductor

    17:45
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