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  • 5:34 AM

    Symphony No. 8 "Unfinished"

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Symphonies Nos. 9 "The Great" & 8 "Unfinished"

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    24:35
  • 5:27 AM

    Carol Fantasia

    John Fox

    Another Night Before Christmas And Scrooge

    RTE Concert Orchestra

    Gavin Sutherland, conductor

    6:12
  • 5:06 AM

    String Quintet No. 6 "L'ucceliera" (The Aviary)

    Luigi Boccherini

    Smithsonian Chamber Players

    18:57
  • 5:01 AM

    This Endris Night

    Stephen Paulus

    Christmas With The Dale Warland Singers

    Dale Warland Singers

    Dale Warland, conductor

    Kathleen Robinson, oboe

    4:34
  • 4:43 AM

    Merry Mount Suite

    Howard Hanson

    Hanson: Symphony No. 3; Merry Mount Suite

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    15:40
  • 4:15 AM

    Santa Claus Symphony

    William Henry Fry

    Fry: Santa Claus Symphony

    Royal Scottish Orchestra

    Tony Rowe, conductor

    26:11
  • 4:06 AM

    Swan Lake: Pas de trois

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake - Highlights

    Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre

    Valery Gergiev, conductor

    6:55
  • 4:01 AM

    Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (Sleepers Awake)

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach Trios

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    4:42
  • 3:41 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 31

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Rudolf Buchbinder, piano

    16:21
  • 3:29 AM

    Suite of Carols for String Orchestra

    Leroy Anderson

    ANDERSON, L.: Sleigh Ride and Other Holiday Favourites

    BBC Concert Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    12:22
  • 3:10 AM

    L'Horloge de Flore (The Flower Clock)

    Jean Francaix

    Bonjour Paris

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Mathias Monius, conductor

    Albrecht Mayer, oboe

    17:04
  • 3:06 AM

    How Brightly Beams the Morning Star

    Traditional

    A String Quartet Christmas

    Arturo Delmoni, violin

    2:24
  • 3:01 AM

    Intermezzo No. 4

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: The Symphonies

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    4:39
  • 12:51 AM

    L'Arlesienne Suite No. 1: Carillon

    Georges Bizet

    Christmas on Copper Street, Vol. 2

    Copper Street Brass Quintet

    3:49
  • 12:26 AM

    Symphony No. 88

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies 92 & 88

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    24:26
  • 12:23 AM

    How Great Our Joy!

    Traditional

    Grand Christmas

    Concordia Choir of Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota

    Rene Clausen, conductor

    2:00
  • 12:07 AM

    Matinees Musicales

    Benjamin Britten

    Benjamin Britten: Piano Concerto, Soirees musicales, Matinees musicales

    Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra

    Okko Kamu, conductor

    14:28
  • 12:00 AM

    Impromptu No. 3

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Four Impromptus

    Michael McHale, piano

    6:26
  • 11:54 PM

    Glory to God in the highest

    Friedrich Silcher

    Romantic Christmas Songs

    RIAS Chamber Choir

    Uwe Gronostay, conductor

    4:15
  • 11:40 PM

    Tannhauser: Overture

    Richard Wagner

    World Orchestra For Peace: The Solti Memorial Tour 2007

    World Orchestra for Peace

    Valery Gergiev, conductor

    12:58
  • 11:35 PM

    Ave Maria

    Gabriel Faure

    Musical Gifts from Joshua Bell and Friends

    Steven Isserlis, cello

    4:10
  • 11:24 PM

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    9:49
  • 11:08 PM

    A Christmas Carol: Suite

    Richard Addinsell

    It's A Wonderful Life, Miracle On 34th St. & A Christmas Carol

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Newman, conductor

    14:07
  • 11:00 PM

    Concerto for Two Flutes

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Mozart, Cimarosa, Vivaldi, Stamitz

    Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra

    Jean-Pierre Rampal, conductor

    Jean-Pierre Rampal, flute

    6:56
  • 10:51 PM

    Christmas Symphony

    Michel Delalande

    Simphonies des Noels: A Treasury of Baroque Christmas Concerti

    The King's Violins

    Bernard Labadie, conductor

    5:32
  • 10:48 PM

    Festive

    Christmas Music

    Have Yourself an OK Christmas

    The OK Factor

    2:54
  • 10:33 PM

    Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 1

    Ottorino Respighi

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Hugh Wolff, conductor

    14:52
  • 10:25 PM

    Michael Ponder, viola

    Ian Jones, piano

    6:34
  • 10:17 PM

    A Christmas Fantasy

    Gordon Langford

    Christmas Fantasy

    Huddersfield Choral Society

    Keith Rhodes, conductor

    7:20
  • 10:09 PM

    Prelude

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Rachmaninoff: Preludes

    Steven Osborne, piano

    4:48
  • 9:59 PM

    Concerto for Three Oboes

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Collegium Musicum 90

    Simon Standage, conductor

    8:54
  • 9:50 PM

    In dulci jubilo; Deck the Halls; Here We Come a-Wassailing

    Traditional

    Star Over Bethlehem: Choral Jewels for Christmas

    Choral Arts Society of Washington

    Norman Scribner, conductor

    7:22
  • 9:36 PM

    Rob Roy: Overture

    Hector Berlioz

    Berlioz: Harold in Italy

    Montreal Symphony Orchestra

    Charles Dutoit, conductor

    13:02
  • 9:31 PM

    A Canadian Brass Christmas Card

    Howard Cable

    A Christmas Gloria

    Canadian Brass

    4:12
  • 9:04 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 16

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: The Complete Piano Concertos, Vol. I

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Murray Perahia, conductor

    Murray Perahia, piano

    24:45
  • 9:00 PM

    Wake, Awake

    Traditional

    2015 Concordia College Christmas Concert: Let Every Heart Awake and Sing

    Concordia Choir of Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota

    Rene Clausen, conductor

    3:55
  • 6:54 PM

    Bell Carol

    William Mathias

    Sing Noel

    Washington Chorus

    Robert Shafer, conductor

    William Neil, organ

    4:50
  • 6:48 PM

    Overture on French Carols

    Philip Lane

    British Light Music Premieres Vol. 2

    Royal Ballet Sinfonia

    Gavin Sutherland, conductor

    5:20
  • 6:46 PM

    It Came upon the Midnight Clear

    Traditional

    A Festival Of Carols

    Robert Shaw Orchestra

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    1:35
  • 6:42 PM

    The Seasons: December (Christmas)

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Lang Lang in Paris

    Lang Lang, piano

    3:40
  • 6:02 PM

    Symphony No. 2

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 3

    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    38:08
  • 5:55 PM

    Concerto Grosso No. 1

    Alessandro Scarlatti

    I Musici

    William Bennett, flute

    Lenore Smith, flute

    6:23
  • 5:46 PM

    Piano Quintet: Finale

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak | Violin Concerto & Piano Quintet

    Leif Ove Andsnes, piano

    7:48
  • 5:37 PM

    God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen

    Traditional

    Christmas Goes Baroque 1

    Czecho-Slovak State Philharmonic

    Peter Breiner, conductor

    6:58
  • 5:11 PM

    Symphony No. 90

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies 88-92, etc.

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    26:07
  • 5:04 PM

    French Suite No. 6: Gavotte; Polonaise; Bourree

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Murray Perahia, piano

    4:57
  • 4:58 PM

    Three Noels for Harp

    Marcel Tournier

    Pastorales de Noel

    Rita Costanzi, harp

    4:53
  • 4:52 PM

    Do You Hear What I Hear?

    Noel Regney/Gloria Shayne

    What if Mozart Wrote "White Christmas"?

    Northern Lights Orchestra

    Petri Juutilainen, conductor

    4:53
  • 4:34 PM

    Horn Concerto No. 4

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Pinchas Zukerman, conductor

    Hermann Baumann, horn

    16:38
  • 4:26 PM

    Christmas Medley

    Traditional

    A String Quartet Christmas

    Arturo Delmoni, violin

    6:33
  • 4:06 PM

    Winter Bonfire

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Prokofiev: Winter Bonfire

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    18:30
  • 3:59 PM

    Concerto for Two Oboes

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerti Virtuosi

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    6:04
  • 3:53 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 3: 1st mvt

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach 300

    German Brass

    4:44
  • 3:47 PM

    Christmas Night's Dream

    Ludwig Bonvin

    American Romantics

    Gowanus Arts Ensemble

    Reuben Blundell, conductor

    4:22
  • 3:40 PM

    La Scala di Seta (Silken Ladder): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: 8 Overtures

    Montreal Symphony Orchestra

    Charles Dutoit, conductor

    6:04
  • 3:24 PM

    Romantic Pieces

    Antonin Dvorak

    Renaud Capucon, violin

    Khatia Buniatishvili, piano

    14:55
  • 3:06 PM

    Le Tombeau de Couperin

    Maurice Ravel

    Bizet, Faure, Ibert, Ravel

    City of London Sinfonia

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    16:51
  • 3:01 PM

    The Little Drummer Boy

    Katherine K. Davis

    Joy to the World

    Philadelphia Orchestra & Chorus

    Eugene Ormandy, conductor

    3:24
  • 2:53 PM

    Concerto No. 12

    Tomaso Albinoni

    Albinoni: 12 Concerti a cinque, Op.5

    Collegium Musicum 90

    Simon Standage, conductor

    7:15
  • 2:49 PM

    The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)

    Mel Torme

    MPR Taste Of The Holidays, Vol. 1

    Dolce Wind Quintet

    2:39
  • 2:44 PM

    Three German Chorales

    Johann Cruger

    Blasermusik Zur Weihnacht

    Ludwig Guttler Brass Ensemble

    Ludwig Guttler, conductor

    4:00
  • 2:29 PM

    Petite Suite

    Claude Debussy

    Bach: Organ Music (Complete), Vol. 7

    Lyon National Orchestra

    Jun Markl, conductor

    12:58
  • 2:24 PM

    Christmas Rush Concert March

    Matthew Curtis

    Another Night Before Christmas And Scrooge

    RTE Concert Orchestra

    Gavin Sutherland, conductor

    4:18
  • 2:19 PM

    Molly on the Shore

    Percy Grainger

    Percy Grainger: Symphonic Band Music

    Michigan State University Band

    Keith Brion, conductor

    4:01
  • 2:12 PM

    Away in a Manger

    William James Kirkpatrick

    Christmas Goes Baroque 2

    Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia

    Peter Breiner, conductor

    3:23
  • 2:04 PM

    King Stephen: Overture

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    6:45
  • 1:53 PM

    What Sweeter Music

    John Rutter

    Cambridge Singers

    John Rutter, conductor

    4:18
  • 1:45 PM

    Keyboard Concerto No. 2: 1st movement

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: 5 Piano Concertos

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    Ramin Bahrami, piano

    7:16
  • 1:40 PM

    Festival March

    Emil Reesen

    Emil Reesen: Orchestral Works

    Aalborg Symphony Orchestra

    Bo Holten, conductor

    3:39
  • 1:31 PM

    Christmas Medley

    Traditional

    Carols from New College, Oxford

    Choir of New College, Oxford

    Edward Higginbottom, conductor

    8:30
  • 1:25 PM

    Orchestral Suite No. 2 "Characteristic": Dance

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Suites Nos. 1 And 2

    National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland

    Stefan Sanderling, conductor

    4:16
  • 1:16 PM

    Symphony No. 32

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart Symphonies Nos. 29, 32 & 33 | Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra

    Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra

    Jean-Pierre Rampal, conductor

    8:15
  • 1:11 PM

    Sleigh Ride

    Leroy Anderson

    Steinway Christmas Album

    Jeffrey Biegel, piano

    3:27
  • 1:04 PM

    Polonaise for Violin and Strings

    Franz Schubert

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Pinchas Zukerman, conductor

    Pinchas Zukerman, violin

    5:55
  • 12:54 PM

    Mlada: Procession of the Nobles

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Orchestral Suites

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    4:52
  • 12:46 PM

    From heaven on high (Vom Himmel hoch)

    Michael Praetorius

    Christmas Wonderland

    Lahti Symphony Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    6:34
  • 12:39 PM

    Estudiantina

    Emil Waldteufel

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    5:13
  • 12:31 PM

    Concerto Grosso No. 3

    Alessandro Scarlatti

    Europa Galante

    Fabio Biondi, conductor

    Fabio Biondi, violin

    7:16
  • 12:27 PM

    Angels We Have Heard on High

    Matthew Culloton

    Lessons and Carols: There is a Gift

    Master Singers

    Gary R. Schwartzhoff, conductor

    3:08
  • 12:20 PM

    Symphony No. 3 "Eroica": 3rd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphonies 1 & 3

    San Francisco Symphony

    Herbert Blomstedt, conductor

    5:55
  • 12:16 PM

    Jazz Suite No. 2: Waltz No. 2

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    The Greatest Classical Show On Earth

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    3:42
  • 12:07 PM

    Variations on the Boar's Head Carol

    Rick Sowash

    Rick Sowash: Piano Trios

    Mirecourt Trio

    7:14
  • 12:04 PM

    Shepherd's Hey

    Percy Grainger

    Elegant Classics for Brass

    Denver Brass

    2:07
  • 11:48 AM

    Concerto No. 12 "Christmas Concerto"

    Francesco Manfredini

    Bach: Brandenburg Concertos, etc.

    Polish Chamber Orchestra

    Jerzy Maksymiuk, conductor

    10:11
  • 11:40 AM

    Polonaise No. 6 "Heroic"

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Ballades, Mazurkas, Polonaises

    Piotr Anderszewski, piano

    7:45
  • 11:32 AM

    L'Estro Armonico: Concerto No. 3 for Violin

    Antonio Vivaldi

    The King's Violins

    Bernard Labadie, conductor

    Nicole Trotier, violin

    6:15
  • 11:30 AM

    Hungarian Dance No. 18

    Johannes Brahms

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    1:25
  • 11:24 AM

    Tomorrow shall be my dancing day; Rejoice and be merry

    Traditional

    A Christmas Festival

    Cambridge Singers

    John Rutter, conductor

    5:31
  • 11:16 AM

    Andante for Flute and Orchestra

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart Ensemble of Amsterdam

    Frans Bruggen, conductor

    Frans Vester, flute

    6:38
  • 11:09 AM

    O Christmas Tree; We Wish You a Merry Christmas; Carol of the Bells; Joy to the World

    Christmas Music

    Christmas With Los Romeros

    Los Romeros

    5:53
  • 11:06 AM

    Slavonic Dance No. 7

    Antonin Dvorak

    Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Rafael Kubelik, conductor

    3:08
  • 11:01 AM

    Ballo detto Pollicio/La Cattarina

    Tarquinio Merula

    Ensemble Fitzwilliam

    4:45
  • 10:49 AM

    By the Beautiful Blue Danube (An der schonen, blauen Donau)

    Johann StraussJr.

    New Year's Concert 1996

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Lorin Maazel, conductor

    9:35
  • 10:44 AM

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

    Traditional

    Mittens for Christmas

    Kirkmount

    3:38
  • 10:32 AM

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Aaron Copland, conductor

    10:58
  • 10:26 AM

    O Holy Night

    Adolphe Adam

    Hear the Angel Voices

    Northwest Sinfonia

    Steven Mercurio, conductor

    Carl Tanner, tenor

    4:42
  • 10:09 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 14 "Moonlight"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Garrick Ohlsson, piano

    16:30
  • 10:06 AM

    The Christmas Tree: Waltz

    Vladimir Rebikov

    Another Night Before Christmas And Scrooge

    Royal Ballet Sinfonia

    Gavin Sutherland, conductor

    2:20
  • 10:01 AM

    Sonata No. 12

    Johann Schmelzer

    Biber: Missa Christi Resurgentis

    English Concert

    Andrew Manze, conductor

    4:38
  • 9:50 AM

    When Christmas morning gleams; Yule, yule, sparkling yule; Virgin Mary

    Traditional Swedish

    Dagen ar Kommen (Swedish Christmas Songs)

    Gothenburg Cathedral Boy's Choir

    Simon Phipps, conductor

    8:09
  • 9:26 AM

    The River

    Virgil Thomson

    Virgil Thomson: The Plow That Broke The Plains / Suite From 'The River'

    Symphony of the Air

    Leopold Stokowski, conductor

    23:57
  • 9:20 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
  • 9:06 AM

    New York Philharmonic

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin

    13:11
  • 9:01 AM

    Dardanus: Overture

    Jean-Philippe Rameau

    Orchestra of the 18th Century

    Frans Bruggen, conductor

    4:45
  • 8:48 AM

    Capriccio "On the Departure of a Brother"

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: French Overture, Italian Concerto, Duets

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    10:06
  • 8:42 AM

    O Magnum Mysterium (O Great Mystery)

    Morten Lauridsen

    Grex Vocalis

    Carl Hogset, conductor

    5:55
  • 8:28 AM

    Euphonium Concerto

    Amilcare Ponchielli

    Mecklenburg Staatskapelle Schwerin

    Matthias Foremny, conductor

    Roland Froscher, euphonium

    13:22
  • 8:11 AM

    Three Idylls

    Frank Bridge

    Coull Quartet

    15:03
  • 8:06 AM

    Shepherd's Music for Christmas

    Gregor Joseph Werner

    Christmas Festival

    London Festival Orchestra

    Ross Pople, conductor

    4:31
  • 8:01 AM

    Old and Lost Rivers

    Tobias Picker

    London Symphony Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    4:34
  • 7:43 AM

    Bassoon Concerto

    Gordon Jacob

    The Edge of Space

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Geoffrey Simon, conductor

    Robert Thompson, bassoon

    15:11
  • 7:38 AM

    Aquatintes No. 3/We Three Kings of Orient Are

    Bernard Andres

    Megan Metheney, harp

    4:47
  • 7:13 AM

    String Quartet No. 21 "Prussian"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    American String Quartet

    23:42
  • 7:06 AM

    Silent Night; O Little Town of Bethlehem

    Christmas Music

    King's Singers

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    5:58
  • 7:01 AM

    The Girl from Corsica

    Trevor Duncan

    New London Orchestra

    Ronald Corp, conductor

    4:39
  • 6:50 AM

    Men of Goodwill Variations on A Christmas Carol

    Benjamin Britten

    Britten: Young Person's Guide, Sea Interludes, Men Of Goodwill / Marriner

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    8:30
  • 6:35 AM

    Irish Rhapsody No. 3

    Charles Stanford

    Ulster Orchestra

    Vernon Handley, conductor

    Raphael Wallfisch, cello

    14:07
  • 6:12 AM

    Wanderer Fantasy

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Piano Sonata in B Flat D 960

    Alfred Brendel, piano

    21:01
  • 6:06 AM

    While by my sheep; Adeste fideles; Come, little children

    Traditional

    Christmas with the Vienna Choir Boys

    Vienna Boys Choir

    Peter Marschik, conductor

    5:55
  • 6:01 AM

    Ballade No. 1

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms on Brass

    Canadian Brass

    4:43
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