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  • 5:46 AM

    Fantasy Pieces

    Robert Schumann

    Matt Haimovitz, cello

    Itamar Golan, piano

    11:45
  • 5:24 AM

    Prague Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    21:27
  • 5:17 AM

    Amahl and the Night Visitors: Dance Suite

    Gian Carlo Menotti

    Barber: Souvenirs; Menotti: Sebastian, Amahl and the Night Visitors

    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Schenck, conductor

    6:04
  • 5:06 AM

    Cassatt String Quartet

    10:06
  • 5:01 AM

    A Moorside Suite: March

    Gustav Holst

    London Brass

    David Honeyball, conductor

    4:40
  • 4:52 AM

    Saphic Chant

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Saint-Saens: Cello Concerto No. 1; Cello Sonata No. 1; Romance

    Steven Isserlis, cello

    5:51
  • 4:12 AM

    Symphony No. 3

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Symphony No. 3

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    James Levine, conductor

    38:40
  • 4:06 AM

    Spanish Galliard

    Giovanni Trabaci

    Harp Music of the Italian Renaissance

    Andrew-Lawrence King, harp

    4:23
  • 4:01 AM

    Summer Evening: Waltz

    Oscar Merikanto

    Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra

    Leif Segerstam, conductor

    4:35
  • 3:47 AM

    Capriccio Diabolico

    Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco

    Carlos Barbosa-Lima

    Sofia Soloists

    Plamen Djurov, conductor

    Carlos Barbosa-Lima, guitar

    11:08
  • 3:22 AM

    Violin Sonata No. 5 "Spring"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Gidon Kremer, violin

    Martha Argerich, piano

    23:36
  • 3:16 AM

    A Medley of Carols

    Various

    Yuletide

    The Choral Project

    Daniel Hughes, conductor

    4:44
  • 3:06 AM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Leopold Mozart

    Trumpet Concertos

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Elgar Howarth, conductor

    Hakan Hardenberger, trumpet

    8:52
  • 3:01 AM

    Concerto No. 1

    Tomaso Albinoni

    Albinoni: 12 Concerti a cinque, Op.5

    Collegium Musicum 90

    Simon Standage, conductor

    4:36
  • 2:47 AM

    Norwegian Rhapsody No. 3

    Johan Svendsen

    Trondheim Symphony Orchestra

    Ole Kristian Ruud, conductor

    10:49
  • 2:42 AM

    The Very Best Time of Year

    John Rutter

    Tidings of Joy: Music for Christmas

    Fairfax Choral Society

    Douglas Mears, conductor

    3:55
  • 2:22 AM

    Flute Concerto No. 2

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Flute Concertos

    Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    Jean-Pierre Rampal, flute

    19:46
  • 2:12 AM

    Spiegel im Spiegel (Mirror in the Mirror)

    Arvo Part

    Arvo Part: Portrait

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    8:23
  • 2:06 AM

    Passacaglia

    Silvius Weiss

    John Williams, guitar

    4:08
  • 2:01 AM

    The Running Set

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Elgar and Vaughan Williams

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    George Hurst, conductor

    4:43
  • 1:49 AM

    Israeli Melodies

    Julius Chajes

    Members of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

    Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Amos, conductor

    8:53
  • 1:16 AM

    Pictures at an Exhibition

    Modest Mussorgsky

    pictures at an exhibition

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    32:04
  • 1:10 AM

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

    Traditional

    Kirkmount

    3:38
  • 1:06 AM

    The Seasons: December (Christmas)

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Lang Lang in Paris

    Lang Lang, piano

    3:40
  • 1:01 AM

    Sonatina No. 2 "Happy Workshop": 2nd movement

    Richard Strauss

    R. Strauss: Music for Wind Ensemble

    Netherlands Wind Ensemble

    Edo de Waart, conductor

    4:32
  • 12:53 AM

    Improvisation on Christmas Themes

    Improvisation

    MPR Taste Of The Holidays, Vol. 2

    Hiram Titus, piano

    5:25
  • 12:21 AM

    Symphony No. 5

    Jean Sibelius

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    33:38
  • 12:17 AM

    Hungarian Dance No. 16

    Johannes Brahms

    North German Radio Symphony

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    2:24
  • 12:09 AM

    Water Music Suite No. 3

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    6:44
  • 12:03 AM

    The Rune of Hospitality

    Alf Houkom

    December Stillness

    Dale Warland Singers

    Dale Warland, conductor

    4:09
  • 11:46 PM

    Masques and Bergamasques

    Gabriel Faure

    French Impressions

    Northern Sinfonia of England

    Jean-Bernard Pommier, conductor

    15:34
  • 11:36 PM

    Kreisleriana No. 2

    Robert Schumann

    Jonathan Biss, piano

    8:33
  • 11:31 PM

    Walking Tune

    Percy Grainger

    Music of Percy Grainger

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Kenneth Montgomery, conductor

    3:35
  • 11:26 PM

    Christmas Medley

    Traditional

    Sugar Plums: Christmas with The Summit Hill Brass Quintet

    Summit Hill Brass Quintet

    4:20
  • 11:10 PM

    Symphony No. 70

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies 60-71

    Philharmonia Hungarica

    Antal Dorati, conductor

    15:12
  • 11:03 PM

    Memories of the Alhambra

    Francisco Tarrega

    Dejan Ivanovic - Guitar Recital

    Dejan Ivanovic, guitar

    5:37
  • 10:37 PM

    La Mer (The Sea)

    Claude Debussy

    Long Beach Symphony Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    25:00
  • 10:25 PM

    Hungarian Sketches

    Bela Bartok

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    10:59
  • 10:18 PM

    Abduction from the Seraglio: Overture

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Overtures

    Capella Istropolitana

    Barry Wordsworth, conductor

    5:36
  • 10:08 PM

    Christmas Oratorio: Sinfonia

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Weihnachtsoratorium

    Academy of Ancient Music Berlin

    Rene Jacobs, conductor

    7:46
  • 10:00 PM

    Three Short Pieces

    Jacques Ibert

    Athena Ensemble

    6:59
  • 9:35 PM

    Serenade for Strings

    Josef Suk

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    23:46
  • 9:29 PM

    Peer Gynt: Arabian Dance

    Edvard Grieg

    Minnesota Orchestra At One Hundred

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    4:15
  • 9:24 PM

    Dances

    John Playford

    MPR Taste Of The Holidays, Vol. 6

    Flying Forms

    4:03
  • 9:08 PM

    Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 1

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances

    Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    15:11
  • 9:00 PM

    The Prophet: Ballet of the Skaters: Redowa

    Giacomo Meyerbeer

    Barcelona Symphony Orchestra

    Michal Nesterowicz, conductor

    7:05
  • 6:52 PM

    La Fille du Regiment (The Daughter of the Regiment): Ah! mes amis...Pour mon ame

    Gaetano Donizetti

    Pavarotti's Greatest Hits

    Royal Opera Chorus

    Richard Bonynge, conductor

    Luciano Pavarotti, tenor

    6:52
  • 6:48 PM

    Sanctus

    Ola Gjello

    MPR Taste Of The Holidays, Vol. 1

    The Singers

    4:54
  • 6:47 PM

    Weihnachtstraum (Christmas Dream)

    Max Reger

    Christmas Piano Music

    Eteri Andjaparidze, piano

    1:26
  • 6:09 PM

    Symphony No. 8

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Piano Quintets In A, Op.5 & Op.81; Borodin: Quartet

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    36:34
  • 5:59 PM

    L'Estro Armonico: Concerto No. 1 for Four Violins

    Antonio Vivaldi

    I Musici

    Roberto Michelucci, violin

    Walter Gallozzi, violin

    Anna Maria Cotogni, violin

    Luciano Vicari, violin

    9:00
  • 5:49 PM

    Serenade for Winds

    Richard Strauss

    R. Strauss: Music for Wind Ensemble

    Netherlands Wind Ensemble

    Edo de Waart, conductor

    8:52
  • 5:24 PM

    Sleeping Beauty Ballet Suite

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Bolshoi Symphony Orchestra

    Aleksander Lazarev, conductor

    23:23
  • 5:13 PM

    Il Convegno (The Meeting)

    Amilcare Ponchielli

    The Clarinotts

    Wiener Virtuosen

    9:48
  • 5:03 PM

    Goldberg Variations: Variations 26-29

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Zoe Black, violin

    Joe Chindamo, piano

    8:21
  • 5:00 PM

    O Little Town of Bethlehem

    Traditional

    MPR Taste Of The Holidays, Vol. 3

    Magnum Chorum

    Christopher Aspaas, conductor

    2:43
  • 4:15 PM

    Symphony No. 3 "Eroica"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven's Symphonies Nos. 1 & 3

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Rene Leibowitz, conductor

    43:08
  • 4:08 PM

    Farewell to Stromness

    Peter Maxwell Davies

    Peter Maxwell Davies

    Peter Maxwell Davies, piano

    4:45
  • 3:59 PM

    The Gadfly: Romance

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    The Sound of the Academy

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    6:22
  • 3:46 PM

    Symphony: Finale

    Cesar Franck

    Franck, Bizet: Overtures

    Paris Orchestra

    Semyon Bychkov, conductor

    11:28
  • 3:41 PM

    A Canadian Brass Christmas Card

    Howard Cable

    A Christmas Gloria

    Canadian Brass

    4:12
  • 3:07 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 17

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor

    Lang Lang, piano

    33:22
  • 2:59 PM

    Debra Wendells-Cross, flute

    Robert Alemany, clarinet

    JoAnn Falletta, guitar

    6:09
  • 2:56 PM

    Swan Lake: Pas de deax

    Peter Tchaikowsky

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    2:00
  • 2:48 PM

    Volga Boatmen's Song

    Traditional

    Red Army Chorus

    3:33
  • 2:40 PM

    Clarinet Quintet: 3rd movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Carducci Quartet

    Julian Bliss, clarinet

    4:25
  • 2:31 PM

    The Planets: Jupiter

    Gustav Holst

    Holst: The Planets

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    James Levine, conductor

    7:36
  • 2:21 PM

    Symphony

    Josef Myslivecek

    Myslivecek: Symphonies

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    9:17
  • 2:18 PM

    Silent Night

    Franz Gruber

    Sugar Plums: Christmas with The Summit Hill Brass Quintet

    Summit Hill Brass Quintet

    1:59
  • 2:08 PM

    Schlagobers (Whipped Cream Waltz)

    Richard Strauss

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Karl Anton Rickenbacher, conductor

    5:57
  • 2:04 PM

    Miniature Viennese March

    Fritz Kreisler

    Encore!

    Midori, violin

    3:11
  • 1:54 PM

    Procession of the Sardar

    Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov

    Sir Charles' Precious Music Box Ii

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Charles Groves, conductor

    4:32
  • 1:46 PM

    Passacaille, Gigue and Minuet

    George Frideric Handel

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    7:23
  • 1:31 PM

    Symphony No. 9 "Great": 4th movement

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Symphony No. 9 "The Great"

    Northern Sinfonia

    Thomas Zehetmair, conductor

    14:09
  • 1:27 PM

    Suite: Gaio

    Randall Thompson

    Peter Christ, oboe

    David Atkins, clarinet

    Alan de Veritch, viola

    2:03
  • 1:20 PM

    Nocturnes: Fetes (Festivals)

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: La Mer, Nocturnes, Etc

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Pierre Boulez, conductor

    6:26
  • 1:16 PM

    It Came upon the Midnight Clear

    Traditional

    A Christmas Celebration, Volume 1

    Galliard Brass & Friends

    2:54
  • 1:07 PM

    Symphony No. 4

    Georg Anton Benda

    Benda: Sinfonias Nos. 1-6

    Prague Chamber Orchestra

    Christian Benda, conductor

    7:25
  • 1:04 PM

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Donald Fraser, conductor

    Crispian Steele-Perkins, trumpet

    1:55
  • 12:51 PM

    The White-Haired Girl Suite: Greeting the Sun

    Yan Jinxuan

    China National Symphony Orchestra

    Zuohuang Chen, conductor

    6:47
  • 12:46 PM

    Waltz No. 2 "Valse brillante"

    Frederic Chopin

    Evgeny Kissin, piano

    4:54
  • 12:38 PM

    Serenade No. 2: Rondo

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: The Symphonies

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Bernard Haitink, conductor

    5:58
  • 12:32 PM

    Slavonic Dance No. 2

    Antonin Dvorak

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Antal Dorati, conductor

    4:53
  • 12:25 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 3: 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Simply Anne-Sophie

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Anne-Sophie Mutter, conductor

    Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin

    6:20
  • 12:21 PM

    The Three Kings

    Healey Willan

    A Christmas Gloria

    Mormon Tabernacle Choir

    3:22
  • 12:09 PM

    The Carpenter: Overture

    Domenico Cimarosa

    Cimarosa: Overtures, Vol. 1

    Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia

    Alessandro Amoretti, conductor

    5:25
  • 12:04 PM

    Minuet No. 1

    Giacomo Puccini

    String Quartet Vol. 2

    Martfeld Quartet

    4:03
  • 11:45 AM

    Two Nordic Melodies

    Edvard Grieg

    Edvard Grieg: Works For String Orchestra

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    13:02
  • 11:38 AM

    Suite Bergamasque: Clair de lune (Moonlight)

    Claude Debussy

    It Ain't Necessarily So

    Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin

    5:59
  • 11:30 AM

    String Quartet No. 1 "Accordion": Finale

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Ying String Quartet

    6:57
  • 11:26 AM

    Carols for Yuletide: Coventry Carol

    Alex Freeman

    Alilo!

    HOL Choir

    Esko Kallio, conductor

    3:25
  • 11:20 AM

    Symphony No. 2

    William Boyce

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    5:05
  • 11:10 AM

    City of London Sinfonia

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    Skaila Kanga, harp

    9:28
  • 11:06 AM

    Hungarian Dance No. 1

    Johannes Brahms

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    2:52
  • 11:01 AM

    String Quartet No. 4: 4th movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: The Early String Quartets

    Cypress String Quartet

    4:42
  • 10:46 AM

    Semiramide: Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Montreal Symphony Orchestra

    Charles Dutoit, conductor

    11:56
  • 10:35 AM

    Moravian Dances

    Leos Janacek

    Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra

    Antoni Wit, conductor

    8:56
  • 10:26 AM

    Christmas Medley

    Traditional

    Carols from New College, Oxford

    Choir of New College, Oxford

    Edward Higginbottom, conductor

    Howard Moody, organ

    7:28
  • 10:19 AM

    Pictures of Childhood, Book 1 (selections)

    Aram Khachaturian

    Mirian Conti, piano

    7:28
  • 10:06 AM

    Concerto Grosso No. 2

    George Frideric Handel

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    11:41
  • 10:01 AM

    Rondo for Horn and Orchestra

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Jeffrey Tate, conductor

    Radovan Vlatkovic, horn

    4:36
  • 9:33 AM

    Symphony No. 4

    Robert Schumann

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    24:55
  • 9:28 AM

    Chiquilin de Bachin

    Astor Piazzolla

    Ann Hobson Pilot, harp

    Lucia Lin, violin

    4:18
  • 9:24 AM

    A Lullaby/Away in a Manger

    Thomas Bold/William J. Kirkpatrick

    Christmas with Chanticleer

    Chanticleer

    Dawn Upshaw, soprano

    3:25
  • 9:06 AM

    Symphony No. 2 "Mysterious Mountain"

    Alan Hovhaness

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    17:00
  • 9:01 AM

    Concert Suite No. 6: La Poule (The Hen)

    Jean-Philippe Rameau

    Musicians of the Louvre

    Marc Minkowski, conductor

    4:31
  • 8:39 AM

    Violin Sonata No. 2

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: The Violin Sonatas

    Pamela Frank, violin

    19:37
  • 8:20 AM

    Jeux (Games)

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Complete Orchestral Works II

    French National Radio and Television Orchestra

    Jean Martinon, conductor

    18:12
  • 8:16 AM

    Joy to the World

    Traditional

    Christmas Harp Music

    Ayako Shinozaki, harp

    2:46
  • 8:06 AM

    String Symphony No. 6

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    8:42
  • 8:01 AM

    The Mermaid Suite: Dance of 24 Mermaids

    Wu Zuqiang/Du Mingxin

    China National Symphony Orchestra

    Zuohuang Chen, conductor

    4:43
  • 7:34 AM

    Concerto Grosso No. 1

    Ernest Bloch

    Bloch, Barber, etc.

    Israel Chamber Orchestra

    Yoav Talmi, conductor

    24:10
  • 7:29 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
  • 7:06 AM

    Triple Concerto

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach

    Arion

    Jaap ter Linden, conductor

    Claire Guimond, flute

    21:25
  • 7:01 AM

    Serenade for Strings: Romanza

    Ernst von Dohnanyi

    English Sinfonia

    John Farrer, conductor

    4:37
  • 6:49 AM

    Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra

    Ton Koopman, conductor

    9:04
  • 6:26 AM

    Lachian Dances

    Leos Janacek

    Janacek: Lachian Dances, Idylle

    Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

    James Conlon, conductor

    22:39
  • 6:23 AM

    O Christmas Tree

    Traditional

    Christmas Bells

    Music box from ca. 1900

    1:56
  • 6:06 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 13

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Alfred Brendel - The Farewell Concerts

    Alfred Brendel, piano

    16:01
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