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  • 5:23 AM

    Symphony No. 2

    George Chadwick

    Chadwick: Symphony No. 2; Symphonic Sketches

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    34:55
  • 5:14 AM

    Paraphrase on Tchaikovsky's Waltz of the Flowers

    Percy Grainger

    The Grainger Edition Vol. 16: Works For Solo Piano 1

    Penelope Thwaites, piano

    7:09
  • 5:06 AM

    Vocalise

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    shadow, echo, memory

    Northwestern University Cello Ensemble

    7:25
  • 5:01 AM

    Prussian Sonata No. 5: 2nd movement

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Jon Mendle, archguitar

    4:30
  • 4:48 AM

    Nocturnes: Sirenes

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Nocturnes; Ravel, Scriabin

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    10:00
  • 4:14 AM

    Gavle Symphony Orchestra

    Gerard Korsten, conductor

    31:19
  • 4:06 AM

    Les Chanteurs de Noel

    Alexander Glazunov

    Noel

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    6:45
  • 4:01 AM

    Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra

    Leif Segerstam, conductor

    4:40
  • 3:46 AM

    Flute Sonata

    Francis Poulenc

    "Paris"

    Emmanuel Pahud, flute

    12:29
  • 3:23 AM

    Symphony No. 89

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Philharmonia Hungarica

    Antal Dorati, conductor

    21:40
  • 3:16 AM

    The sparrow on Christmas morning (Varpunen jouluaamuna)

    Otto Kotilainen

    Christmas Wonderland

    Lahti Symphony Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    4:41
  • 3:06 AM

    Five Pieces

    Anthony Holborne

    Empire Brass

    9:11
  • 3:01 AM

    Three Parts on a Ground

    Henry Purcell

    Purcell Quartet

    4:33
  • 2:48 AM

    Violin Concerto: Finale

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Concerto in D, Op 61, Mendelssohn: Concerto in E Minor, Op 64

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Wolfgang Sawallisch, conductor

    Uto Ughi, violin

    9:55
  • 2:38 AM

    The Holly and the Ivy: Fantasy on Christmas Carols

    Malcolm Arnold

    Arnold: Film Music, Vol. 2

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Rumon Gamba, conductor

    8:55
  • 2:24 AM

    Panamanian Dances

    William Grant Still

    William Grant Still

    Oregon String Quartet

    12:35
  • 2:06 AM

    Bassoon Concerto

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Hummel, Weber: Bassoon Concertos

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Klaus Thunemann, bassoon

    16:55
  • 2:01 AM

    Guitar Sonata No. 2

    Johann Schickhardt

    Johann Christian Schickhardt: 12 Sonata for guitar

    Kristian Buhl-Mortensen, guitar

    4:54
  • 1:51 AM

    A Christmas Fantasy

    Gordon Langford

    A Christmas Fantasy

    Huddersfield Choral Society

    Keith Rhodes, conductor

    7:19
  • 1:16 AM

    Piano Concerto

    Robert Schumann

    Saint-Saens & Schumann: Piano Concertos

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Bryden Thomson, conductor

    Israela Margalit, piano

    34:14
  • 1:06 AM

    Fantasia for Viola and Orchestra

    Johann Hummel

    Viola Concertos

    Montpellier-Moscow Soloists

    Gerard Causse, conductor

    Gerard Causse, viola

    7:30
  • 1:01 AM

    Blacksmith's Tune

    Bengt Hallberg

    Scandinavian Brass Ensemble

    Jorma Panula, conductor

    4:46
  • 12:54 AM

    Santa Lucia

    Traditional

    Anne Sophie von Otter

    3:30
  • 12:45 AM

    Netherlands Chamber Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    8:00
  • 12:42 AM

    Cockaigne Overture (In London Town)

    Edward Elgar

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Owain Arwel Hughes, conductor

    16:33
  • 12:39 AM

    A Spotless Rose

    Paul Mealor

    Silent Night

    Exultate

    Thomas D. Rossin, conductor

    5:32
  • 12:21 AM

    L'Arlesienne Suite No. 1

    Georges Bizet

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    17:06
  • 12:16 AM

    Ah, Bleak and Chill the Wintry Wind

    Alfred Burt

    MPR Taste Of The Holidays, Vol. 6

    Steve Anderson, piano

    3:03
  • 12:04 AM

    Flute Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    La Serenissima

    Adrian Chandler, conductor

    Katy Bircher, flute

    10:31
  • 11:58 PM

    English Northern Philharmonia

    David Lloyd-Jones, conductor

    5:06
  • 11:52 PM

    Colas Breugnon Overture

    Dmitri Kabalevsky

    Russian Overtures

    Russian National Orchestra

    Mikhail Pletnev, conductor

    5:30
  • 11:35 PM

    Children's Corner

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Piano Music

    Stephen Hough, piano

    15:46
  • 11:32 PM

    The Polar Express: Spirit of the Season

    Glen Ballard/Alan Silvestri

    Spirit Of The Season

    Mormon Tabernacle Choir

    Craig Jessop, conductor

    2:32
  • 11:08 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 3

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Violinkonzerte, Mozart: Rondo

    Northern Sinfonia of England

    Heinrich Schiff, conductor

    Christian Tetzlaff, violin

    22:50
  • 11:05 PM

    Sing Joyfully and Cheerfully

    Traditional Bohemian

    Celebrating the Mystery: Music of Advent & Christmas

    Kantorei

    Axel Theimer, conductor

    2:24
  • 11:00 PM

    Slavonic Dance No. 9

    Antonin Dvorak

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Antal Dorati, conductor

    3:51
  • 10:53 PM

    The Twelve Days of Christmas

    Traditional English

    Twelve Days of Christmas

    The King's Men

    6:20
  • 10:25 PM

    Symphony No. 8

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven Symphonies

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    25:51
  • 10:16 PM

    Fum, Fum, Fum!; Riu, Riu, Chiu; I Saw Three Ships

    Christmas Music

    Isthmus Brass Christmas

    Isthmus Brass

    John Stevens, conductor

    6:57
  • 10:09 PM

    Polonaise No. 3 "Military"

    Frederic Chopin

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano

    5:07
  • 10:00 PM

    Symphony No. 1

    William Boyce

    William Boyce Symphonies

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Ronald Thomas, conductor

    7:21
  • 9:55 PM

    Trumpet Voluntary

    John Stanley

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Anthony Newman, conductor

    Wynton Marsalis, trumpet

    3:34
  • 9:36 PM

    Guitar Quintet No. 6

    Luigi Boccherini

    Academy Chamber Ensemble

    Pepe Romero, guitar

    17:22
  • 9:29 PM

    Improvisation on Christmas Themes

    Improvisation

    MPR Taste Of The Holidays, Vol. 2

    Hiram Titus, piano

    5:25
  • 9:06 PM

    The Queen of Spades: Russian Dance and Romance

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    Peter Breiner, conductor

    6:09
  • 9:00 PM

    Pomp and Circumstance March No. 4

    Edward Elgar

    Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance, etc.

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Alexander Gibson, conductor

    5:03
  • 7:04 PM

    Performance Today

    60:00
  • 6:55 PM

    Christmas Medley

    Traditional

    Ensemble Galilei

    3:13
  • 6:15 PM
    59:00
  • 6:10 PM

    Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming

    Traditional German

    The Christmas Album

    American Horn Quartet

    Peter Luff/Kerry Turner, conductor

    2:13
  • 6:08 PM

    Ding Dong Merrily on High

    Traditional French

    Baltimore Consort

    1:45
  • 6:05 PM

    Pelleas and Melisande: Sicilienne

    Gabriel Faure

    Pavane

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    Susan Palma, flute

    3:33
  • 6:01 PM

    The Cherry Tree Carol

    Traditional

    Down Came An Angel

    Jacqueline Schwab, piano

    4:09
  • 5:57 PM

    Once in Royal David's City

    Henry Gauntlett

    A Cello Christmas

    London Cello Sound

    Geoffrey Simon, conductor

    3:15
  • 5:05 PM
    59:00
  • 5:00 PM

    Christmas Medley

    Various

    Joy to the World

    Empire Brass & Friends

    4:19
  • 4:35 PM

    Symphony No. 34

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart Edition: Symphonies

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Jeffrey Tate, conductor

    22:40
  • 4:29 PM

    Betelehemu (Bethlehem)

    Babatunde Olatunji

    Comfort and Joy, Vol. 2

    Cantus

    5:05
  • 4:12 PM

    Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra

    Benjamin Britten

    Britten, The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, Sinfonia da Requiem, Four Sea Interludes & Passacaglia

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    16:26
  • 4:01 PM

    Oberon Overture

    Carl Maria von Weber

    German Overtures

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Christian Thielemann, conductor

    10:09
  • 3:43 PM

    Keyboard Concerto No. 3

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Murray Perahia, conductor

    Murray Perahia, piano

    15:38
  • 3:36 PM

    There is No Rose

    Rene Clausen

    MPR Taste Of The Holidays, Vol. 2

    Choral Arts Ensemble

    5:59
  • 3:29 PM

    Christmas Day

    Gustav Holst

    Christmas with Solid Brass

    Solid Brass

    6:00
  • 3:05 PM

    Fantasy for a Gentleman

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Chamber Orchestra of Lausanne

    Lawrence Foster, conductor

    Sharon Isbin, guitar

    22:30
  • 3:00 PM

    The Harmonious Blacksmith

    George Frideric Handel

    London Brass

    4:30
  • 2:51 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 1: 3rd movement

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky, Mendelssohn: Piano Concerto No. 1

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    Lang Lang, piano

    7:17
  • 2:47 PM

    Angels We Have Heard on High

    Traditional French

    Christmas Goes Baroque 2

    Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia

    Peter Breiner, conductor

    3:05
  • 2:40 PM

    Lincoln: Freedom's Call

    John Williams

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    5:22
  • 2:31 PM

    Das Rheingold: Entry of the Gods into Valhalla

    Richard Wagner

    Wagner Without Words

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    6:34
  • 2:25 PM

    Novelette (Orientale)

    Alexander Glazunov

    Saint Petersburg String Quartet

    4:57
  • 2:20 PM

    Deck the Halls

    Traditional English

    Comfort and Joy, Vol. 2

    Cantus

    4:05
  • 2:09 PM

    Symphony No. 2: 2nd movement

    Robert Schumann

    Robert Schumann Symphonies 1-4

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    7:29
  • 2:04 PM

    Handel in the Strand

    Percy Grainger

    Grainger, Leighton: Chamber Works

    Academy Chamber Ensemble

    4:24
  • 1:48 PM

    Four Seasons: Autumn

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: The Four Seasons

    Australian Chamber Orchestra

    Richard Tognetti, conductor

    Richard Tognetti, violin

    11:27
  • 1:45 PM

    Toy Soldiers' March

    Fritz Kreisler

    James Ehnes, violin

    Eduard Laurel, piano

    1:40
  • 1:39 PM

    Rodeo: Saturday Night Waltz

    Aaron Copland

    The Essence of America: Aaron Copland

    San Francisco Symphony

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    4:28
  • 1:32 PM

    Scottish March (Marche ecossaise)

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Works for Orchestra, Vol. II

    Orchestra of Radio Luxembourg

    Louis de Froment, conductor

    6:15
  • 1:27 PM

    Peer Gynt: Anitra's Dance

    Edvard Grieg

    Minnesota Orchestra At One Hundred

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    3:25
  • 1:25 PM

    Good King Wenceslas/Peer Gynt: Anitra's Dance

    Edvard Grieg

    Jeffrey Biegel, piano

    2:05
  • 1:16 PM

    Symphony No. 82 "The Bear": 1st movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 6 & 82

    Handel and Haydn Society

    Harry Christophers, conductor

    8:00
  • 1:09 PM

    Sleigh Ride

    Frederick Delius

    Delius: On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    David Lloyd-Jones, conductor

    5:36
  • 1:04 PM

    Candide: Overture

    Leonard Bernstein

    Copland: Appalachian Spring; Barber: Adagio

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    4:18
  • 12:51 PM

    The Little Trifles (selections)

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Complete Mozart Edition, Vol. 25: Theatre and Ballet Music

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    8:26
  • 12:45 PM

    Hail Mary

    William Dawson

    Comfort and Joy, Vol. 2

    Cantus

    3:50
  • 12:42 PM

    The Nutcracker: Dance of the Reed Pipes

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Christmas On Copper Street

    Copper Street Brass Quintet

    2:29
  • 12:35 PM

    Waltz-Intermezzo

    Frank Bridge

    Showpieces and Encores

    Moscow Chamber Orchestra

    Constantine Orbelian, conductor

    6:13
  • 12:32 PM

    Waltz No. 6 "Minute"

    Frederic Chopin

    Claudio Arrau, piano

    2:24
  • 12:24 PM

    The Ballerina in Love: Overture

    Domenico Cimarosa

    Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra, Pardubice

    Patrick Gallois, conductor

    6:36
  • 12:16 PM

    Symphony No. 8: 2nd movement

    Kurt Atterberg

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    7:05
  • 12:12 PM

    In the Bleak Midwinter

    Gustav Holst

    A Classical Guitar Christmas

    Eva Beneke, guitar

    2:42
  • 12:06 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 3: 1st movement

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Brandenburg Concertos

    CPE Bach Chamber Orchestra

    Peter Schreier, conductor

    5:54
  • 11:48 AM

    Rondo Brilliant

    Felix Mendelssohn

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Lawrence Foster, conductor

    Stephen Hough, piano

    10:45
  • 11:41 AM

    Susannine

    Clare Maclean

    Saint Louis Chamber Chorus

    Philip Barnes, conductor

    5:46
  • 11:26 AM

    Harp Concerto

    George Frideric Handel

    Baroque, Vol. 6

    Toulouse Chamber Orchestra

    Louis Auriacombe, conductor

    Lily Laskine, harp

    13:40
  • 11:19 AM

    Christmas Medley

    Traditional

    Monteverdi Choir

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    7:04
  • 11:11 AM

    Concerto for Two Trumpets

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi, Scarlatti, Torelli, Stradella

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Simon Wright, conductor

    John Wallace, trumpet

    6:12
  • 11:06 AM

    Swan Lake: Russian Dance

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Janine Jansen

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Barry Wordsworth, conductor

    Janine Jansen, violin

    4:02
  • 11:01 AM

    Concerto Grosso: 2nd movement

    Henry Cowell

    Manhattan Chamber Orchestra

    Richard Auldon Clark, conductor

    4:41
  • 10:52 AM

    Jesu, Joy; O Come, All ye Faithful

    Christmas Music

    The Music of a Victoria Christmas

    Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

    Christopher Parkening, guitar

    6:37
  • 10:43 AM

    Pest Waltzes

    Joseph Lanner

    The Waltz - Ecstasy and Mysticism

    Concerto Koln

    7:38
  • 10:32 AM

    Oboe Concerto No. 8

    Tomaso Albinoni

    I Solisti Italiani

    Hansjorg Schellenberger, oboe

    10:10
  • 10:28 AM

    What Child is This?

    Traditional English

    A Harp For Christmas

    Emily Mitchell, harp

    3:20
  • 10:06 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 6

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mantova Chamber Orchestra

    Carlo Fabiano, conductor

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    19:53
  • 10:01 AM

    Trio Sonata

    Willem de Fesch

    Ensemble of the Auvergne

    4:39
  • 9:38 AM

    Symphony on a Hymn Tune

    Virgil Thomson

    Hanson Conducts McPhee Sessions Thomson

    Eastman-Rochester Symphony Orchestra

    Howard Hanson, conductor

    20:25
  • 9:33 AM

    Sheep under the Snow/Apples in Winter/Little Christmas Reel

    Traditional Irish

    Apollo's Fire Baroque Orchestra

    Jeannette Sorrell, conductor

    Susanna Perry Gilmore, fiddle

    4:17
  • 9:19 AM

    Sonata No. 3

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Camerata Bern

    Thomas Furi, conductor

    12:51
  • 9:06 AM

    Symphony No. 1: Mountain Flowers

    Rued Langgaard

    Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Leif Segerstam, conductor

    11:48
  • 9:01 AM

    Lament

    Frank Bridge

    Finzi; Parry; Bridge

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    4:41
  • 8:51 AM

    Two Icelandic Melodies

    Johan Svendsen

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra

    Petri Sakari, conductor

    6:53
  • 8:34 AM

    Festive Suite

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Baroque Christmas Music

    Northwest Chamber Orchestra of Seattle

    Alun Francis, conductor

    17:15
  • 8:06 AM

    Piano Trio No. 1

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Trios by Ravel: Saint-Saens, Chaminade

    Rembrandt Trio

    26:05
  • 8:01 AM

    Salon Buenos Aires: Samba

    Miguel del Aguila

    Camerata San Antonio

    4:41
  • 7:31 AM

    Mascarade Suite

    Johan Halvorsen

    Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    27:40
  • 7:25 AM

    Bethlehem Down

    Peter Warlock

    Mater ora filium: Music for Epiphany

    Choir of Clare College, Cambridge

    Graham Ross, conductor

    5:13
  • 7:06 AM

    Violin Sonata No. 2

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano

    16:55
  • 7:01 AM

    Sonata pian e forte

    Giovanni Gabrieli

    National Brass Ensemble

    4:44
  • 6:30 AM

    Symphony No. 3 "Sinfonie singuliere"

    Franz Berwald

    Franz Berwald: Symphonies Nos. 1-4

    Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Thomas Dausgaard, conductor

    28:23
  • 6:19 AM

    Three German Songs

    Max Reger

    Camerata Vocale Freiburg

    Winfrid Toll, conductor

    9:59
  • 6:01 AM

    Two Pastorales

    Lou Harrison

    Brooklyn Philharmonic Orchestra

    Dennis Russell Davies, conductor

    4:36
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