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  • 5:21 AM

    The Protecting Veil

    John Tavener

    I Fiamminghi

    Rudolf Werthen, conductor

    France Springuel, cello

    37:45
  • 5:15 AM

    O Nata Lux

    Thomas Tallis

    Lux

    Voces8

    Christian Forshaw, saxophone

    2:55
  • 5:11 AM

    Berlin Mass: Credo

    Arvo Part

    Part: Berliner Messe & Magnificat

    Polyphony

    Stephen Layton, conductor

    3:50
  • 5:06 AM

    Ambre

    Nils Frahm

    The Glass Effect: The Music of Philip Glass

    Lavinia Meijer, harp

    3:53
  • 5:03 AM

    O Magnum Mysterium (O Great Mystery)

    John Harbison

    BBC Singers

    Stephen Cleobury, conductor

    2:13
  • 5:01 AM

    Musica universalis

    Alex Baranowski

    Spheres

    German Chamber Orchestra Berlin

    Simon Halsey, conductor

    Daniel Hope, violin

    2:30
  • 4:48 AM

    Winter Poem No. 1

    Glenn Buhr

    Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra

    Bramwell Tovey, conductor

    10:02
  • 4:41 AM

    Winter

    Rebecca Dale

    Winter

    Voces8

    4:56
  • 4:24 AM

    Canon

    Kate Moore

    Kate Moore: Dances and Canons

    Saskia Lankhoorn, piano

    15:32
  • 4:17 AM

    Silent Night

    Franz Gruber

    Imagine Christmas

    American Contemporary Music Ensemble

    5:51
  • 4:06 AM

    White Landscapes

    Takashi Yoshimatsu

    Yoshimatsu: Piano Concerto

    Manchester Camerata

    Sachio Fujioka, conductor

    John Barrow, flute

    9:30
  • 4:01 AM

    Winter Light: Falling Snow

    Michael Gandolfi

    With Strings Attached

    San Francisco Choral Artists

    Magen Solomon, conductor

    4:39
  • 3:49 AM

    English Symphony Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    Martin Jones, piano

    9:45
  • 3:40 AM

    Ave, dulcissima Maria

    Morten Lauridsen

    Lauridsen: Nocturnes

    Polyphony

    Stephen Layton, conductor

    Morten Lauridsen, finger cymbals

    7:00
  • 3:12 AM

    Symphony

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Saint-Saens: Symphonies 2

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra

    Marc Soustrot, conductor

    26:17
  • 3:09 AM

    The Crown of Roses

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Christmas with Septura

    Septura

    2:33
  • 3:06 AM

    To a Wild Rose

    Edward MacDowell

    Cowell: Concerto Grosso/Hymn & Fuguing Tune No 10

    Manhattan Chamber Orchestra

    Richard Auldon Clark, conductor

    2:42
  • 3:01 AM

    Prussian Sonata No. 5: 2nd movement

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Jon Mendle, archguitar

    4:30
  • 2:48 AM

    In the Bleak Midwinter; Coventry Carol; Angels We Have Heard on High

    Christmas Music

    Essential Carols

    Choir of King's College, Cambridge

    David Willcocks, conductor

    10:10
  • 2:26 AM

    Violin Sonata No. 3

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Sonatas for Piano and Violin

    Christian Tetzlaff, violin

    20:11
  • 2:09 AM

    Festive Suite

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Christmas Festival

    London Festival Orchestra

    Ross Pople, conductor

    15:32
  • 2:06 AM

    Lieutenant Kije: Troika

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Leonard Bernstein: The Encore Collection Vol. 3

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    2:47
  • 2:01 AM

    Orchestral Quartet No. 1: Poco presto

    Carl Stamitz

    Carl Stamitz: Orchestral Quartets, Op. 14

    NZSO Chamber Orchestra

    Donald Armstrong, conductor

    4:30
  • 12:54 AM

    Let it Snow! Let it Snow! Let it Snow!

    Jule Styne

    Noel Pianissimo

    Duo Campion-Vachon

    2:14
  • 12:22 AM

    Sinfonia Concertante

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    Pinchas Zukerman, viola

    31:54
  • 12:12 AM

    Concerto Grosso No. 9

    Arcangelo Corelli

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    8:55
  • 12:04 AM

    While Shepherds Watched

    William Billings

    Christmas In Early America

    Columbus Consort

    6:23
  • 12:00 AM

    Etude No. 3 "Tristesse"

    Frederic Chopin

    Maurizio Pollini, piano

    3:41
  • 11:48 PM

    My Home Overture

    Antonin Dvorak

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    9:31
  • 11:43 PM

    Christmas Medley

    Traditional

    Sugar Plums: Christmas with The Summit Hill Brass Quintet

    Summit Hill Brass Quintet

    4:20
  • 11:27 PM

    Symphony No. 9 "Great": 1st movement

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert, Strauss

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Thomas Schippers, conductor

    14:39
  • 11:20 PM

    The Fruits of Silence

    Peteris Vasks

    Winter

    Voces8

    5:29
  • 11:04 PM

    Double Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Antonio Vivaldi: Concerti per due violini

    Gli Incogniti

    Giuliano Carmignola, violin

    10:00
  • 11:00 PM

    Mock Morris

    Percy Grainger

    Grainger: Piano Music

    Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano

    3:08
  • 10:52 PM

    Festive Cheer

    Roger Harvey

    Isthmus Brass Christmas

    Isthmus Brass

    John Stevens, conductor

    6:58
  • 10:28 PM

    Symphony No. 91

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies 88-92, etc.

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    22:56
  • 10:22 PM

    Chilean Dance

    Andrew York

    Andrew York: Into Dark

    Andrew York, guitar

    4:29
  • 10:17 PM

    Il Postino: Main Theme

    Luis Bacalov

    Cinema Serenade

    Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    3:46
  • 10:06 PM

    Symphony No. 6 "Pathetique": 3rd movement

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky Symphonies

    Russian National Orchestra

    Mikhail Pletnev, conductor

    8:06
  • 9:59 PM

    Moravian Christmas Hymns

    Anonymous

    Lost Music of Early America: Music of the moravians

    Boston Baroque

    Martin Pearlman, conductor

    5:00
  • 9:50 PM

    Five Easy Pieces

    Nino Rota

    Music for My Little Friends

    James Galway, flute

    8:24
  • 9:34 PM

    Masques and Bergamasques

    Gabriel Faure

    Pavane

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    14:22
  • 9:29 PM

    Skating

    Vince Guaraldi

    Christmas On Copper Street

    Copper Street Brass Quintet

    4:28
  • 9:08 PM

    Overture, Scherzo and Finale

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann: Symphony No 3, Etc

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Christian Thielemann, conductor

    20:03
  • 9:00 PM

    Christmas Medley

    Traditional

    A String Quartet Christmas

    Arturo Delmoni, violin

    6:33
  • 6:50 PM

    Christmas Medley

    Traditional

    Carols from New College, Oxford

    Choir of New College, Oxford

    Edward Higginbottom, conductor

    8:30
  • 6:23 PM

    Cello Concerto No. 1

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn and Myslivecek

    Camerata Chicago

    Drostan Hall, conductor

    Wendy Warner, cello

    25:31
  • 6:15 PM

    The Golden Cockerel: Shemakha and Dodon

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Russian National Orchestra

    Mikhail Pletnev, conductor

    6:41
  • 6:05 PM

    Concerto Grosso No. 3

    Francesco Geminiani

    Geminiani: Concerti Grossi Op. 7

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Iona Brown, conductor

    8:28
  • 5:59 PM

    The Nutcracker: Final Waltz and Apotheosis

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker

    Stewart Goodyear, piano

    4:58
  • 5:45 PM

    Pastoral Suite

    Lars-Erik Larsson

    A Swedish Pastorale

    Stockholm Sinfonietta

    Jan-Olav Wedin, conductor

    12:16
  • 5:40 PM

    Home Alone: Somewhere in My Memory

    John Williams

    Joy to the World

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    3:47
  • 5:24 PM

    Scherzo Capriccioso

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Overtures

    Ulster Orchestra

    Vernon Handley, conductor

    14:30
  • 5:16 PM

    A Yiddishe Mamme

    Traditional

    Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

    Dov Seltzer, conductor

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    6:46
  • 5:05 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 3

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Brandenburg Concertos

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    11:03
  • 4:59 PM

    Cantata No. 62: Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    The Baroque Christmas Album

    Monteverdi Choir

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    4:28
  • 4:49 PM

    Three Botticelli Pictures: Adoration of the Magi

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: Ancient Airs And Dances I & Iii, Etc

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    8:35
  • 4:47 PM

    Joy to the World

    Traditional

    Christmas With Los Romeros

    Los Romeros

    2:30
  • 4:00 PM

    Donna Diana Overture

    Emil von Reznicek

    William Tell and Other Favorite Overtures

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    6:01
  • 3:48 PM

    Introduction and Allegro

    Maurice Ravel

    Tokyo String Quartet

    Ransom Wilson, flute

    David Shifrin, clarinet

    Nancy Allen, harp

    11:05
  • 3:43 PM

    What Child is This?

    Traditional English

    A Harp For Christmas

    Emily Mitchell, harp

    3:20
  • 3:20 PM

    Symphony No. 87

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphony No.86, in D (1786)

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    21:13
  • 3:18 PM

    Messiah: Their sound is gone out

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Messiah Highlights

    Boston Baroque

    Martin Pearlman, conductor

    1:21
  • 3:13 PM

    Messiah: O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Messiah Highlights

    Boston Baroque

    Martin Pearlman, conductor

    Catherine Robbin, mezzo-soprano

    5:20
  • 3:09 PM

    Messiah: Every valley shall be exalted

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Messiah Highlights

    Boston Baroque

    Martin Pearlman, conductor

    Bruce Fowler, tenor

    3:10
  • 3:00 PM

    Nabucco: Overture

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Orchestra of La Scala, Milan

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    7:15
  • 2:50 PM

    The Planets: Jupiter

    Gustav Holst

    Holst: The Planets

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Colin Davis, conductor

    8:14
  • 2:43 PM

    Variations on Vom Himmel hoch

    Various

    Blasermusik Zur Weihnacht

    Ludwig Guttler Brass Ensemble

    Ludwig Guttler, conductor

    4:58
  • 2:35 PM

    Rodeo: Buckaroo Holiday

    Aaron Copland

    The Copland Collection 1936-1948

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Aaron Copland, conductor

    7:48
  • 2:30 PM

    String Quartet No. 4: 3rd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: The Early String Quartets

    Cypress String Quartet

    3:41
  • 2:20 PM

    Zigeunerweisen (Gypsy Airs)

    Pablo de Sarasate

    The Perlman Sound

    Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    8:46
  • 2:17 PM

    Musical Moment No. 3

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Moments Musicaux; Impromptus

    David Fray, piano

    2:10
  • 2:07 PM

    Symphony No. 3 "Rhenish": Finale

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann: The Symphonies

    Staatskapelle Berlin

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    5:58
  • 2:04 PM

    Riu, Riu, Chiu

    Anonymous Spanish

    Cantus

    2:19
  • 1:50 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
  • 1:46 PM

    L'Arlesienne Suite No. 2: Farandole

    Georges Bizet

    Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite

    Toronto Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Davis, conductor

    3:10
  • 1:38 PM

    Symphony No. 7: 4th movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Mad About Beethoven

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    6:24
  • 1:33 PM

    Ground after the Scotch Humour

    Nicola Matteis

    An Excess of Pleasure

    Palladian Ensemble

    4:15
  • 1:28 PM

    Joyous March

    Emmanuel Chabrier

    Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    3:40
  • 1:20 PM

    This Ember Night

    Graham Lack

    Equinox

    Voces8

    Barnaby Smith, conductor

    6:52
  • 1:08 PM

    French Carol Medley

    Traditional French

    Christmas on Copper Street, Vol. 2

    Copper Street Brass Quintet

    5:14
  • 1:04 PM

    Orchestral Suite No. 4: Minuets

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    J.S. Bach: Orchestral Suites

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Richard Egarr, conductor

    3:26
  • 12:54 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 2: 3rd movement

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Shostakovich, Shchedrin: Piano Concertos

    BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano

    5:04
  • 12:47 PM

    Demetrio e Polibio: Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Prague Sinfonia Orchestra

    Christian Benda, conductor

    6:30
  • 12:38 PM

    Symphony No. 2 "Romantic": Finale

    Howard Hanson

    Howard Hanson Symphonies 1, 2; Elegy in Memory of Serge Koussevitky

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    7:06
  • 12:32 PM

    Angel's Dance

    Steven Amundson

    Home for the Holidays

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    John Morris Russell, conductor

    4:31
  • 12:24 PM

    Double Violin Concerto

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Berlin Baroque Soloists

    Rainer Kussmaul, conductor

    Rainer Kussmaul, violin

    Rudiger Liebermann, violin

    7:48
  • 12:18 PM

    Cosi fan tutte: Overture

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Overtures

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor

    4:14
  • 12:15 PM

    Pizzicato Polka

    Johann StraussJr.

    Ein Straussfest

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    2:34
  • 12:08 PM

    A Carol Fantasy

    John Alexander

    Christmas Time Is Here

    Pacific Chorale

    John Alexander, conductor

    5:02
  • 12:04 PM

    Cavalleria Rusticana: Intermezzo

    Pietro Mascagni

    Romantic Adagio

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    3:28
  • 11:48 AM

    Der Freischutz (The Free Shooter): Overture

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Rafael Kubelik, conductor

    10:03
  • 11:41 AM

    Prelude No. 15 "Raindrop"

    Frederic Chopin

    Ivan Moravec, piano

    6:26
  • 11:29 AM

    Christmas Eve Suite

    Niels Gade

    Scandinavian String Music

    Orchestra of the Mill

    Andrew Penny, conductor

    10:14
  • 11:17 AM

    Camerata Bern

    Thomas Furi, conductor

    11:24
  • 11:10 AM

    It Came upon the Midnight Clear

    Richard Willis

    Dean Shostak: Glass Angels

    Dean Shostak, glass armonica

    4:46
  • 11:06 AM

    Slavonic Dance No. 8

    Antonin Dvorak

    Budapest Festival Orchestra

    Ivan Fischer, conductor

    4:12
  • 11:01 AM

    The Desert of Roses: 3rd movement

    Robert Moran

    Piano Circus Band

    Craig Smith, conductor

    4:33
  • 10:49 AM

    Symphony No. 2: 4th movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Symphony No 2 / Muti, Philadelphia Orchestra

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    8:59
  • 10:39 AM

    Noel, Noel, Bells are Ringing; Carol of the Bells; Nativity Carol

    Christmas Music

    Christmas with Roger Wagner

    Roger Wagner Chorale

    Roger Wagner, conductor

    8:42
  • 10:26 AM

    Concert Pieces

    Francois Couperin

    Jian Wang: The Baroque Album

    Camerata Salzburg

    Jian Wang, cello

    12:37
  • 10:22 AM

    A Christmas Carol

    Charles Ives

    A Christmas Celebration, Volume 2

    The Western Wind

    2:32
  • 10:07 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 18

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Aldo Ciccolini, piano

    14:45
  • 10:01 AM

    Pavane and Gigue

    William Byrd

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    4:32
  • 9:43 AM

    Serenade for Strings

    Hans Gal

    Symphony Nova Scotia

    Georg Tintner, conductor

    15:11
  • 9:36 AM

    Album for Children: Selections

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Children's Album, Mozart: Toy Symphony

    I Musici Montreal

    Yuli Turovsky, conductor

    6:39
  • 9:27 AM

    Christmas Medley

    Traditional

    The Carol Album: Seven Centuries of Christmas Music

    Taverner Choir

    Andrew Parrott, conductor

    7:07
  • 9:07 AM

    Equinox: Afternoon

    Henning Kraggerud

    Equinox

    Arctic Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra

    Henning Kraggerud, conductor

    Henning Kraggerud, violin

    20:36
  • 9:01 AM

    Flute Concerto: 1st movement

    Vilem Blodek

    Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Uros Lajovic, conductor

    Karl Bernhard Sebon, flute

    4:39
  • 8:49 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
  • 8:43 AM

    The Enchanted Lake

    Anatol Liadov

    The Enchanted Kingdom

    Russian National Orchestra

    Mikhail Pletnev, conductor

    6:57
  • 8:30 AM

    Casting No Shadow

    Wim Mertens

    Wim Mertens, piano

    Wim Mertens, countertenor

    11:33
  • 8:07 AM

    String Quartet

    Gabriel Faure

    Miami String Quartet

    22:02
  • 8:01 AM

    Romanza Andaluza

    Pablo de Sarasate

    Tchaikovsky: Symphonies No 1 & 2 / Schwarz, Seattle Symphony

    Berlin Guitar Ensemble

    Hans Maile, violin

    4:33
  • 7:45 AM

    O Little Town of Bethlehem; God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen; Jesus Christ the Apple Tree; Good King Wenceslas

    Christmas Music

    Carols From St. John's College, Cambridge

    Choir of St. John's College, Cambridge

    George Guest, conductor

    Philip Kenyon, organ

    13:45
  • 7:35 AM

    Tabula Rasa

    Arvo Part

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    Adele Anthony, violin

    Gil Shaham, violin

    Erik Risberg, piano

    9:50
  • 7:06 AM

    Symphony No. 9: Adagio

    Anton Bruckner

    Bruckner: Symphony No. 9

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, conductor

    26:22
  • 7:01 AM

    Three Late Love Songs: Tranquillo

    Kurt Schwertsik

    Schwertsik: For Christa

    Christopher van Kampen, cello

    4:33
  • 6:37 AM

    Music of the Spheres: Part Two

    Mike Oldfield

    Sinfonia Sfera Orchestra

    Karl Jenkins, conductor

    Lang Lang, piano

    21:03
  • 6:21 AM

    Concerto for Strings

    Nino Rota

    Rota: La Strada Ballet Suite

    Orchestra of La Scala, Milan

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    15:27
  • 6:12 AM

    There is No Rose of Such Virtue; Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming; Silent Night

    Traditional

    Carols from Trinity

    Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge

    Richard Marlow, conductor

    Richard Marlow, organ

    7:13
  • 6:06 AM

    Crisantemi (Chrysanthemums)

    Giacomo Puccini

    R. Strauss, Verdi, Puccini: String Quartets

    Enso String Quartet

    5:48
  • 6:01 AM

    Morceaux de Fantaisie: Elegie

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Yuja Wang, piano

    4:44
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