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  • 5:42 AM

    Concerto for 2 Orchestras No. 2

    George Frideric Handel

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    16:46
  • 5:36 AM

    Three Carols

    Christmas Music

    Joy of Christmas

    Choral Guild of Atlanta

    William Noll, conductor

    4:27
  • 5:12 AM

    Aranjuez Concerto

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Narciso Yepes - Guitarra Espanola Vol 4

    Spanish Radio and TV Orchestra

    Odon Alonso, conductor

    Narciso Yepes, guitar

    22:39
  • 5:06 AM

    Winterreise (Winter Journey): Gute Nacht (Good Night)

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Winterreise

    Matthias Goerne, baritone

    5:30
  • 5:01 AM

    Wexford Carol; Gloucestershire Wassail

    Traditional

    Christmas Spirit

    Mainstreet Brass Quintet

    4:40
  • 4:42 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 1

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Sejong Soloists

    Gil Shaham, violin

    16:33
  • 4:33 AM

    Christmas Medley

    Traditional

    Monteverdi Choir

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    8:16
  • 4:21 AM

    The Winter's Tale

    Lars-Erik Larsson

    A Swedish Pastorale

    Stockholm Sinfonietta

    Jan-Olav Wedin, conductor

    10:28
  • 4:06 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 9

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Murray Perahia, piano

    12:59
  • 4:01 AM

    On This Merriest Christmas Day

    Mack Wilberg

    Let The Season In

    Mormon Tabernacle Choir

    Mack Wilberg/Ryan Murphy, conductor

    4:37
  • 3:44 AM

    The Good-humored Ladies

    Vincenzo Tommasini

    Concert Arts Orchestra

    Robert Irving, conductor

    14:56
  • 3:18 AM

    A Carol Symphony

    Victor Hely-Hutchinson

    Hely-Hutchinson - Carol Symphony

    Pro Arte Orchestra

    Barry Rose, conductor

    24:05
  • 3:07 AM

    Capriccio "On the Departure of a Brother"

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: French Overture, Italian Concerto, Duets

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    10:06
  • 3:01 AM

    March No. 1

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Marches and Dances

    Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra

    Hans Graf, conductor

    4:52
  • 2:55 AM

    Early in the Morning/The Ivy Leaf/Christmas Comes But Once a Year

    Traditional Irish

    Winter's Delights

    Quadriga Consort

    3:01
  • 12:38 AM

    Laud to the Nativity

    Ottorino Respighi

    Ceremonies of Carols

    Philadelphia Singers

    Michael Korn, conductor

    Benita Valente, soprano

    26:38
  • 12:30 AM

    Hodie: Ring Out, Ye Crystal Spheres

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams: Hodie; Fantasia on Christmas Carols

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    6:33
  • 12:05 AM

    A Ceremony of Carols

    Benjamin Britten

    Britten: A Ceremony Of Carols / Rejoice In The Lamb / A Boy Was Born

    Choir of King's College, Cambridge

    Stephen Cleobury, conductor

    Rachel Masters, harp

    23:08
  • 11:59 PM

    Ave Maria

    Franz Schubert

    Pavarotti's Greatest Hits

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Kurt Herbert Adler, conductor

    Luciano Pavarotti, tenor

    4:47
  • 11:55 PM

    A Ceremony of Carols

    Benjamin Britten

    Britten: A Ceremony Of Carols / Rejoice In The Lamb / A Boy Was Born

    Choir of King's College, Cambridge

    Stephen Cleobury, conductor

    Rachel Masters, harp

    23:08
  • 11:55 PM

    Ave Maria

    Franz Schubert

    Pavarotti's Greatest Hits

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Kurt Herbert Adler, conductor

    Luciano Pavarotti, tenor

    4:47
  • 11:31 PM

    Musical Sleighride

    Leopold Mozart

    L. Mozart: Peasant Wedding, Musical Sleighride, etc.

    Eduard Melkus Ensemble

    Eduard Melkus, conductor

    22:57
  • 11:21 PM

    'Twas the Night Before Christmas

    Harry Simeone

    MPR Taste Of The Holidays, Vol. 2

    The Singers

    Matthew Culloton, conductor

    8:14
  • 11:16 PM

    Troika from Lieutenant Kije

    Prokofiev

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    2:43
  • 11:01 PM

    String Quartet no. 1

    Bedrich Smetana

    Jerusalem Quartet

    13:57
  • 10:34 PM

    Gloria

    Francis Poulenc

    Poulenc: Gloria and Other Choral Music

    City of London Sinfonia

    John Rutter, conductor

    Donna Deam, soprano

    24:26
  • 10:29 PM

    Silent Night

    Franz Gruber

    Merry Christmas From Vienna

    Vienna Boys Choir

    Gerald Wirth, conductor

    Aida Garifullina, soprano

    4:09
  • 10:22 PM

    Seek him that maketh the seven stars

    Jonathan Dove

    Choral Music By Jonathan Dove

    Wells Cathedral Choir

    Matthew Owens, conductor

    Jonathan Vaughn, organ

    6:41
  • 10:17 PM

    Christmas Time Is Here

    Vince Guaraldi

    Minnesota Boy Choir

    Mark johnson, conductor

    2:55
  • 10:06 PM

    Symphony No. 8

    Anton Bruckner

    Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Bernard Haitink, conductor

    14:00
  • 9:48 PM

    Warsaw Concerto

    Richard Addinsell

    Victory at Sea and Other Favorites

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    William Tritt, piano

    8:40
  • 9:40 PM

    Ave Maria

    Morten Lauridsen

    Lauridsen: Lux Aeterna

    Los Angeles Master Chorale

    Paul Salamunovich, conductor

    7:14
  • 9:36 PM

    The Friendly Beasts

    Traditional Medieval

    Christmas With The Dale Warland Singers

    Dale Warland Singers

    Dale Warland, conductor

    3:58
  • 9:25 PM

    Bright Blue Music

    Michael Torke

    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    9:05
  • 9:23 PM

    Here Comes the Sun

    George Harrison

    Here, There and Everywhere: Goran Sollscher Plays The Beatles

    Goran Sollscher, guitar

    1:57
  • 9:17 PM

    Huron Carol ('Twas in the Moon of Wintertime)

    Traditional

    Christmas with Chanticleer

    Chanticleer

    4:03
  • 9:14 PM

    The Snowman: Walking in the Air

    Howard Blake

    MPR Taste Of The Holidays, Vol. 1

    Copper Street Brass Quintet

    3:52
  • 9:09 PM

    Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    David Russell, guitar

    3:46
  • 9:05 PM

    Cantata No. 29: Sinfonia

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Accademia Bizantina

    Ottavio Dantone, conductor

    3:34
  • 9:00 PM

    Gloucestershire Wassail

    Traditional English

    Waverly Consort Christmas

    Waverly Consort

    Michael Jaffee, conductor

    4:08
  • 6:57 PM

    Ding Dong Merrily on High

    Traditional French

    Baltimore Consort

    1:45
  • 6:46 PM

    King Lear Overture

    Mily Balakirev

    Balakirev: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2, etc.

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vassily Sinaisky, conductor

    10:39
  • 6:41 PM

    What Child is This?

    Traditional English

    Winter Gift

    Adagio Trio

    3:52
  • 6:29 PM

    Snowflake Ballet

    Jacques Offenbach

    Offenbach Music from the Operettas

    Gulbenkian Orchestra

    Michel Swierczewski, conductor

    11:06
  • 6:10 PM

    Orchestral Suite No. 4

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    J.S. Bach: Orchestral Suites 1-4

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    18:00
  • 6:03 PM

    In the Bleak Midwinter

    Harold Darke

    Christmas with Septura

    Septura

    5:03
  • 5:59 PM

    Intermezzo No. 6

    Johannes Brahms

    Alessio Bax, piano

    4:41
  • 5:40 PM

    Blackberry Winter

    Conni Ellisor

    Nashville Chamber Orchestra

    Paul Gambill, conductor

    Stephen Seifert, mountain dulcimer and Tennessee music box

    16:46
  • 5:32 PM

    What Sweeter Music; Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day

    Christmas Music

    A Choral Christmas

    Trinity Choir of Boston

    Brian Jones, conductor

    6:22
  • 4:59 PM

    Christmas Waltzes

    Christmas Music

    Holiday Pops

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Keith Lockhart, conductor

    4:30
  • 4:48 PM

    A Winter Idyll

    Gustav Holst

    Holst: Symphony, "The Cotswolds" / Walt Whitman, Overture / Indra / Japanese Suite / A Winter Idyll

    Ulster Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    8:59
  • 4:45 PM

    Weihnachtstraum (Christmas Dream)

    Max Reger

    Steinway Christmas Album

    Jeffrey Biegel, piano

    2:08
  • 4:15 PM

    Clarinet Concerto

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Clarinet Concerto

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    Jon Manasse, clarinet

    28:51
  • 4:06 PM

    All my Heart; O Little One Sweet; Myn lyking

    Johann Georg Ebeling

    Christmas Night

    Cambridge Singers

    John Rutter, conductor

    8:12
  • 4:00 PM

    The Word of a Nobleman: Overture

    Stanislaw Moniuszko

    Moniuszko: Overtures

    Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra

    Antoni Wit, conductor

    5:11
  • 3:54 PM

    Carol to the King

    Traditional

    Rejoice and Be Merry!

    Mormon Tabernacle Choir

    Craig Jessop, conductor

    4:42
  • 3:37 PM

    Guitar Quintet No. 2

    Luigi Boccherini

    Academy Chamber Ensemble

    Pepe Romero, guitar

    15:13
  • 3:16 PM

    Daphnis and Chloe Suite No. 2

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel: Bolero, Daphnis Et Chloe Suite No. 2; Debussy: La Mer

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Giuseppe Sinopoli, conductor

    18:08
  • 3:12 PM

    Long is our Winter

    William Ferris

    Snowcarols: Christmas Music by William Ferris

    William Ferris Chorale

    Paul French, conductor

    3:55
  • 3:01 PM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Giuseppe Tartini

    Scottish Ensemble

    Jonathan Morton, conductor

    Alison Balsom, trumpet

    9:40
  • 2:53 PM

    Little Fir Tree

    Abbie Burt Betinis

    MPR Carolers

    :00
  • 2:49 PM

    What Wonder is Hid in the Heart

    Rev. Bates G Burt

    MPR Carolers

    :00
  • 2:45 PM

    We’ll Dress the House

    Alfred Burt

    MPR Carolers

    :00
  • 2:33 PM

    Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dances

    Alexander Borodin

    1812 Overture

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    11:06
  • 2:22 PM

    Serenade for Strings: 1st movement

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Dvorak: Symphony No. 4, Serenade for Strings

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    9:53
  • 2:15 PM

    Winter Wonderland

    Felix Bernard

    Carol Of The Drum: A New Age Christmas

    Hampton String Quartet

    4:19
  • 2:09 PM

    March of the Toys

    Victor Herbert

    Classic Marches

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    3:45
  • 2:04 PM

    Serenade No. 3: 1st movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Serenades KV185, KV204

    Orchestra of the Auvergne

    Leopold Hager, conductor

    Jean-Jacques Kantorow, violin

    4:51
  • 1:52 PM

    Symphony No. 11 "Winter": 2nd movement

    Joachim Raff

    Basel Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Mario Venzago, conductor

    6:10
  • 1:49 PM

    Un bal a la Campagne: Promenade/Besancon Carol

    Bernard Andres

    Bernard's Christmas

    Megan Metheney, harp

    1:53
  • 1:46 PM

    Wand of Youth: Serenade

    Edward Elgar

    Elgar: The Wand of Youth, Suites I & II; Dream Children; Nursery Suite; Starlight Express

    Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra

    Raymond Leppard, conductor

    2:10
  • 1:38 PM

    Symphony No. 3 "Rhenish": Finale

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann: The Symphonies

    Staatskapelle Berlin

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    5:58
  • 1:31 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 6: 1st movement

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    JS Bach: 6 Brandenburg Concertos

    Oregon Bach Festival Chamber Orchestra

    Helmuth Rilling, conductor

    6:04
  • 1:23 PM

    Festive Cheer

    Christmas Music

    London Brass

    6:33
  • 1:18 PM

    Angel's Dance

    Steven Amundson

    Home for the Holidays

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    John Morris Russell, conductor

    4:31
  • 1:12 PM

    Etude No. 11 "Winter Wind"

    Frederic Chopin

    Watercolour

    Yuanfan Yang, piano

    3:47
  • 1:08 PM

    Lohengrin: Prelude to Act III

    Richard Wagner

    Wagner 2

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    3:27
  • 1:04 PM

    Messiah: Hallelujah Chorus

    George Frideric Handel

    Choral Masterpieces

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    3:42
  • 12:51 PM

    Overture "In the Italian Style"

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 5

    English Sinfonia

    Charles Groves, conductor

    8:14
  • 12:40 PM

    Symphony No. 1: Finale

    Charles Gounod

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    8:59
  • 12:36 PM

    Trumpet Voluntary

    John Stanley

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Anthony Newman, conductor

    Wynton Marsalis, trumpet

    3:33
  • 12:26 PM

    Resonet in laudibus; Up good Christian folk; The First Noel

    Traditional

    Carols from Trinity

    Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge

    Richard Marlow, conductor

    7:36
  • 12:17 PM

    Four Seasons: Winter

    Antonio Vivaldi

    The Four Seasons

    Il Giardino Armonico

    Enrico Onofri, violin

    8:50
  • 12:15 PM

    Good King Wenceslas

    Traditional English

    A Harp For Christmas

    Emily Mitchell, harp

    1:01
  • 12:09 PM

    Home Alone: Somewhere in My Memory

    John Williams

    Joy to the World

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    3:46
  • 12:04 PM

    Clarinet Quintet: 3rd movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Mozart & Brahms

    Pacifica String Quartet

    Anthony McGill, clarinet

    4:34
  • 11:46 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 58

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano

    12:23
  • 11:34 AM

    Christmas Medley

    Traditional

    A Seraphic Fire Christmas

    Seraphic Fire

    Patrick Dupre Quigley, conductor

    10:21
  • 11:21 AM

    Symphony No. 9 "From the New World": 1st movement

    Antonin Dvorak

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

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    12:04
  • 11:18 AM

    Traditional Slavic Christmas Music

    Leopold Stokowski

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    3:05
  • 11:09 AM

    Ode for St. Cecilia's Day: Overture; March

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Famous Overtures & Marches

    Concentus Musicus Vienna

    Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor

    7:08
  • 11:06 AM

    Preludes, Book 1: La fille aux cheveux de lin (The Girl with the Flaxen Hair)

    Claude Debussy

    Intermezzo

    Modern Mandolin Quartet

    2:21
  • 11:01 AM

    Shepherd's Music for Christmas

    Gregor Joseph Werner

    Christmas Festival

    London Festival Orchestra

    Ross Pople, conductor

    4:31
  • 10:51 AM

    Hansel and Gretel: Overture

    Engelbert Humperdinck

    Humperdinck: Fairy-Tale Music

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Karl Anton Rickenbacher, conductor

    7:29
  • 10:46 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
  • 10:20 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 6

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Alicia de Larrocha, piano

    24:49
  • 10:10 AM

    In the Steppes of Central Asia

    Alexander Borodin

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Loris Tjeknavorian, conductor

    8:00
  • 10:06 AM

    Mary's Lullaby

    John Rutter

    Christmas Day in the Morning

    Cambridge Singers

    John Rutter, conductor

    3:30
  • 10:01 AM

    Sarabande with variations

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Susato, Moritz von Hessen, Bach, Franke, Sammartini, Mendelssohn, Ewald

    Ludwig Guttler Brass Ensemble

    Ludwig Guttler, conductor

    4:35
  • 9:28 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 3

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Montreal Symphony Orchestra

    Kent Nagano, conductor

    Andrew Wan, violin

    30:25
  • 9:23 AM

    Fantasia on "In Dulci Jubilo"

    David Overton

    Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra

    John Georgiadis, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    4:57
  • 9:06 AM

    Variations on an Ancient Theme

    Carlos Salzedo

    Salzedo's Harp: Music Of Carlos Salzedo

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    14:56
  • 9:01 AM

    Fairytale Sleighride

    Adam Saunders

    Another Night Before Christmas And Scrooge

    Royal Ballet Sinfonia

    Gavin Sutherland, conductor

    4:30
  • 8:28 AM

    Piano Quartet No. 3

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Piano Quartets Nos. 1-3

    Domus

    30:45
  • 8:24 AM

    A Lullaby/Away in a Manger

    Thomas Bold/William J. Kirkpatrick

    Christmas with Chanticleer

    Chanticleer

    Dawn Upshaw, soprano

    3:25
  • 8:12 AM

    Little Serenade

    Lars-Erik Larsson

    Orebro Chamber Orchestra

    Goran Nilson, conductor

    10:29
  • 8:06 AM

    Lullay, my liking

    Graham Ross

    Lux De Caelo: Music For Christmas

    Choir of Clare College, Cambridge

    Graham Ross, conductor

    4:58
  • 8:01 AM

    It Came upon the Midnight Clear

    Richard Willis

    Dean Shostak: Glass Angels

    Dean Shostak, glass armonica

    4:46
  • 7:39 AM

    Overture No. 2

    Francesco Veracini

    Musica Antiqua Cologne

    Reinhard Goebel, conductor

    19:23
  • 7:35 AM

    Song of Santa Maria No. 48

    Alfonso 10th

    Ancient Noels

    Ensemble Galilei

    Maggie Sansone, hammered dulcimer

    3:38
  • 7:06 AM

    Piano Concerto

    Friedrich Kiel

    Romantic Piano Concerto Vol. 31

    BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

    Martyn Brabbins, conductor

    Martin Roscoe, piano

    26:55
  • 7:01 AM

    Christ is the morning star

    John Rutter

    The Gift Of Life

    Cambridge Singers

    John Rutter, conductor

    4:34
  • 6:37 AM

    String Quartet No. 60 "Erdody"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Kodaly Quartet

    21:45
  • 6:28 AM

    He is Born Emanuel; How Brightly Shines the Morning Star; Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming; Volta; God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen

    Christmas Music

    A Christmas Concert For Brass

    Pittsburgh Symphony Brass

    7:42
  • 6:06 AM

    Caucasian Sketches

    Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov

    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    20:15
  • 6:01 AM

    The sparrow on Christmas morning (Varpunen jouluaamuna)

    Otto Kotilainen

    Christmas Wonderland

    Lahti Symphony Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    4:41
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