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  • 5:36 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 2

    Henryk Wieniawski

    Tchaikovsky/Wieniawsky: Violin Concertos

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor

    Joshua Bell, violin

    22:48
  • 5:06 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 23 "Appassionata"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Yundi Li, piano

    23:10
  • 5:01 AM

    Rondo Amoroso

    Harald Saeverud

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Per Dreier, conductor

    4:35
  • 4:53 AM

    I Wonder as I Wander; Coventry Carol; O Come, O Come Emmanuel

    Christmas Music

    A Christmas Collection

    Neil Hogan, guitar

    5:00
  • 4:21 AM

    Cleveland Quartet

    30:58
  • 4:06 AM

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Spano, conductor

    12:59
  • 4:01 AM

    Music for Bill and Me

    Lou Harrison

    Music for Harp

    Karen Gottlieb, harp

    4:29
  • 3:51 AM

    Poema Autunnale (Autumn Poem)

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: Concerto Gregoriano, Poema Autunnale

    Singapore Symphony Orchestra

    Choo Hoey, conductor

    Takako Nishizaki, violin

    13:32
  • 3:45 AM

    Poema Autunnale (Autumn Poem)

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: Concerto Gregoriano, Poema Autunnale

    Singapore Symphony Orchestra

    Choo Hoey, conductor

    Takako Nishizaki, violin

    13:32
  • 3:22 AM

    Gaspard de la Nuit

    Maurice Ravel

    Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet; Ravel: Gaspard de la Nuit u.a.

    Andrei Gavrilov, piano

    21:17
  • 3:16 AM

    In the Bleak Midwinter

    Gustav Holst

    'Twas the Night Before Christmas

    Burning River Brass

    4:30
  • 3:06 AM

    Fantasy on a Hymn by Justin Morgan

    Thomas Canning

    Into the Light: Symphonic Expressions of the Spirit

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    8:58
  • 3:01 AM

    Norse Legend

    Frank Bridge

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    4:47
  • 2:53 AM

    Cantata No. 208: Sheep May Safely Graze

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Stokowski Transcriptions

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    5:34
  • 2:48 AM

    Ave Maris Stella

    Philip Stopford

    Equinox

    Voces8

    Barnaby Smith, conductor

    Emily Dickenson, soprano

    3:49
  • 2:29 AM

    Swan Lake: Dance of the Swans

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    Joseph Silverstein, violin

    Jules Eskin, cello

    Bernard Zighera, harp

    Armando Ghitalla, trumpet

    17:34
  • 2:20 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 5 "Emperor": 2nd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Essential Beethoven

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano

    7:43
  • 2:06 AM

    Sonata No. 1

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

    (Selected members), conductor

    11:16
  • 2:01 AM

    Aleko: Women's Dance

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances, Op. 45, etc.

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    4:36
  • 1:52 AM

    Silent Night

    Franz Gruber

    St. Jacob's Chamber Choir

    Gary Graden, conductor

    Lisa Rydberg, violin

    Gunnar Idenstam, organ

    Emma Hardelin, vocals

    6:09
  • 1:17 AM

    Symphony No. 5

    Jean Sibelius

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    33:38
  • 1:06 AM

    Concerto Grosso No. 7

    Arcangelo Corelli

    I Solisti Italiani

    9:10
  • 1:01 AM

    Out of the Night

    Ludovico Einaudi

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    4:33
  • 12:49 AM

    Horn Concerto No. 1

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Pinchas Zukerman, conductor

    Hermann Baumann, horn

    9:05
  • 12:34 AM

    La Boutique fantasque (Fantastic Toy Shop)

    Ottorino Respighi

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    20:30
  • 12:31 AM

    Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming

    Traditional

    A Harp For Christmas

    Emily Mitchell, harp

    2:43
  • 12:21 AM

    Horn Concerto No. 1

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Pinchas Zukerman, conductor

    Hermann Baumann, horn

    9:05
  • 12:04 AM

    Rounds for String Orchestra

    David Diamond

    American Stringbook

    do.gma chamber orchestra

    Mikhail Gurewitsch, conductor

    14:46
  • 12:00 AM

    Cello Suite No. 3: Courante

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    3:00
  • 11:53 PM

    Silver Spring

    William Mason

    The Wind Demon: Nineteenth Century Piano Works

    Ivan Davis, piano

    5:20
  • 11:42 PM

    Water Music Suite No. 3

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Water Music, Rodrigo

    Musicians of the Louvre

    Marc Minkowski, conductor

    10:13
  • 11:36 PM

    Sleigh Ride

    Frederick Delius

    Delius: On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    David Lloyd-Jones, conductor

    5:36
  • 11:32 PM

    Bagatelles: Allegretto scherzando (1)

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Quartets Opp. 96 & 105

    Takacs Quartet

    Gabor Ormai, harmonium

    2:56
  • 11:20 PM

    Lyon National Orchestra

    Jun Markl, conductor

    11:10
  • 11:05 PM

    The Fairy Tale: Overture

    Stanislaw Moniuszko

    Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra

    Antoni Wit, conductor

    13:22
  • 11:00 PM

    Liebesleid (Love's Sorrow)

    Fritz Kreisler

    Martin Frost, clarinet

    Roland Pontinen, piano

    3:44
  • 10:43 PM

    Sinfonia No. 2

    Franz Beck

    Beck: Symphonies Op. 3, Nos. 1-4

    Toronto Chamber Orchestra

    Kevin Mallon, conductor

    14:54
  • 10:38 PM

    Divertimento

    Vincenzo Sorrentino

    Dance Sketches

    Chicago Harp Quartet

    3:47
  • 10:33 PM

    Lakme: Flower Duet

    Leo Delibes

    London Mozart Players

    Stuart Morley, conductor

    Claire Jones, harp

    4:52
  • 10:22 PM

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

    Johann StraussJr.

    Strauss: Gala I

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Willi Boskovsky, conductor

    9:22
  • 10:19 PM

    Deilig er den himmel bla (Bright and Glorious is the Sky)

    Traditional Danish

    MPR Taste Of The Holidays, Vol. 2

    Magnum Chorum

    Christopher Aspaas, conductor

    2:13
  • 10:11 PM

    The Merrymakers

    Eric Coates

    Eric Coates: Orchestral Works, Vol. 1

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    John Wilson, conductor

    4:29
  • 10:00 PM

    Symphony No. 8

    William Boyce

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    10:59
  • 9:43 PM

    Ports of Call (Escales)

    Jacques Ibert

    Ibert: Ouverture de Fete; Escales; Tropismes

    French National Radio and Television Orchestra

    Jean Martinon, conductor

    15:25
  • 9:37 PM

    Klezmer Dances

    Traditional

    Concert Recording

    Imani Winds

    5:20
  • 9:32 PM

    10 National Airs with Variations: No. 6 "Merch Megan"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Leonidas Kavakos | Beethoven

    Leonidas Kavakos, violin

    3:51
  • 9:15 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 4

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Brandenburg Concertos

    Il Giardino Armonico

    Giovanni Antonini, conductor

    15:08
  • 9:10 PM

    Five Meditations: Candlelight

    John Rutter

    Distant Land

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    John Rutter, conductor

    4:01
  • 9:00 PM

    Six Studies in English Folk Song

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Eileen Croxford, cello

    David Parkhouse, piano

    9:23
  • 6:46 PM

    Tragic Overture

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: The Symphonies

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    12:37
  • 6:28 PM

    Symphony No. 2

    Muzio Clementi

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    16:33
  • 6:21 PM

    Espana

    Emmanuel Chabrier

    Dukas: La Peri; L'Apprenti sorcier/Chabrier: Suite pastorale; Espana

    Ulster Orchestra

    Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor

    6:01
  • 6:16 PM

    Medley of French Carols

    Traditional

    Winter Gift

    Adagio Trio

    3:51
  • 6:07 PM

    French Suite No. 3

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Glenn Gould, piano

    8:52
  • 6:01 PM

    The Kid on the Mountain; The Butterfly

    Traditional Irish

    Ronn McFarlane, lute

    4:52
  • 5:50 PM

    Plymouth Hoe

    John Ansell

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Rumon Gamba, conductor

    7:57
  • 5:21 PM

    Symphony No. 97

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    La Petite Bande

    Sigiswald Kuijken, conductor

    27:15
  • 5:18 PM

    Ave Maria

    John Rutter

    A Christmas Festival

    Cambridge Singers

    John Rutter, conductor

    3:03
  • 5:06 PM

    Adagio and Allegro

    Robert Schumann

    Truls Mork, cello

    Leif Ove Andsnes, piano

    10:08
  • 5:01 PM

    Concerto Grosso No. 2: 1st movement

    William Alwyn

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Lloyd-Jones, conductor

    4:36
  • 4:42 PM

    The Leopard (Il Gattopardo): Dances

    Nino Rota

    Orchestra of La Scala, Milan

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    16:11
  • 4:26 PM

    Danish National Chamber Orchestra

    Adam Fischer, conductor

    14:16
  • 4:21 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
  • 4:17 PM

    Song: Spring

    Frederic Chopin

    Mariam Batsashvili, piano

    2:13
  • 4:06 PM

    Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun

    Claude Debussy

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    10:10
  • 4:01 PM

    Philharmonia Virtuosi

    Richard Kapp, conductor

    4:44
  • 3:57 PM

    Drive the Cold Winter Away

    John Playford

    Galante Kurzweyl: Dances from Renaissance, Baroqu and Rococo

    Ensemble Buon Tempo

    1:36
  • 3:49 PM

    My Home Overture

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Symphony No. 5, etc.

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Istvan Kertesz, conductor

    9:31
  • 3:48 PM

    My Home Overture

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Symphony No. 5, etc.

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Istvan Kertesz, conductor

    9:31
  • 3:27 PM

    Miss Sally's Party

    William Grant Still

    Plymouth Music Series Orchestra

    Philip Brunelle, conductor

    19:05
  • 3:24 PM

    The Virgin Mary

    Traditional Caribbean

    MPR Taste Of The Holidays, Vol. 3

    National Lutheran Choir

    David Cherwien, conductor

    2:01
  • 3:22 PM

    A Virgin Unspotted

    William Billings

    Christ is Born

    National Lutheran Choir

    David Cherwien, conductor

    1:38
  • 3:06 PM

    Keyboard Concerto No. 3

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    JS Bach

    The King's Violins

    Bernard Labadie, conductor

    Alexandre Tharaud, piano

    15:36
  • 3:00 PM

    Concerto Grosso: March

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams: Orchestral Works

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    4:30
  • 2:52 PM

    Symphony No. 1: Finale

    Alexander Borodin

    Borodin: Three Symphonies, Petite Suite, Polovetsian Dances

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    7:24
  • 2:48 PM

    Der Tannenbaum (The Christmas Tree)

    Richard Wagner

    Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau - Lieder / Reimann, Reutter

    Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, baritone

    2:47
  • 2:37 PM

    Danzon No. 2

    Arturo Marquez

    Mi Alma Mexicana

    Philharmonic Orchestra of the Americas

    Alondra de la Parra, conductor

    9:25
  • 2:31 PM

    The Skaters Waltz

    Emil Waldteufel

    CHRISTMAS WITH THE 5 BROWNS

    The 5 Browns

    5:20
  • 2:20 PM

    Trumpet Concerto: 1st movement

    Johann Hummel

    The Enlightened Trumpet

    Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra

    Marios Papadopoulous, conductor

    Paul Merkelo, trumpet

    9:39
  • 2:17 PM

    Gopak

    Modest Mussorgsky

    Russian Fireworks

    Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra

    Kenneth Jean, conductor

    1:44
  • 2:08 PM

    Studio Orchestra

    Claire Jones, harp

    5:29
  • 2:04 PM

    Solomon: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba

    George Frideric Handel

    The Greatest Classical Show On Earth

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    3:06
  • 1:58 PM

    El Noi de la Mare

    Traditional

    Chanticleer

    2:22
  • 1:49 PM

    String Quartet No. 67: 1st movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: String Quartets Opp. 77 &103

    Takacs Quartet

    7:32
  • 1:45 PM

    Salut d'amour (Love's Greeting)

    Edward Elgar

    My Tribute to Yehudi Menuhin

    German Chamber Orchestra Berlin

    Daniel Hope, conductor

    Daniel Hope, violin

    3:06
  • 1:33 PM

    Symphonie Fantastique: Finale

    Hector Berlioz

    Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    :00
  • 1:27 PM

    Spanish Dance No. 5 "Andaluza"

    Enrique Granados

    Boston Cello Quartet

    3:58
  • 1:19 PM

    Symphony No. 2: Finale

    Louis Spohr

    Spohr: Symphonies, Vol. 2

    North German Radio Philharmonic

    Howard Griffiths, conductor

    7:05
  • 1:15 PM

    O Christmas Tree

    Traditional

    Joy to the World

    Empire Brass

    2:53
  • 1:08 PM

    Eine kleine Nachtmusik: Rondo

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Overtures - Eine kleine Nachtmusik

    Tafelmusik

    Bruno Weil, conductor

    5:08
  • 1:04 PM

    The Seasons: December (Christmas)

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Lang Lang in Paris

    Lang Lang, piano

    3:40
  • 12:53 PM

    Scottish March (Marche ecossaise)

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Complete Orchestral Works I

    French National Radio and Television Orchestra

    Jean Martinon, conductor

    6:20
  • 12:46 PM

    Dance Odyssey

    Oliver Davis

    Oliver Davis: Dance

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Bateman, conductor

    5:19
  • 12:35 PM

    Symphony No. 8: 1st movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven Symphonies

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    9:29
  • 12:31 PM

    Bring a Torch

    Traditional French

    Solstice Spirit: The Musical Visions of Sister Gildaherd the Benign

    Kirk Elliott

    3:19
  • 12:27 PM

    Cherry Ripe

    Frank Bridge

    Finzi; Parry; Bridge

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    3:15
  • 12:15 PM

    Concerto for Two Mandolins

    Antonio Vivaldi

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    James Tyler, mandolin

    Robin Jeffrey, mandolin

    10:05
  • 12:11 PM

    Scaramouche: Brazileira

    Darius Milhaud

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    Branford Marsalis, saxophone

    2:37
  • 12:04 PM

    La Scala di Seta (Silken Ladder): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Prague Sinfonia Orchestra

    Christian Benda, conductor

    6:01
  • 11:40 AM

    Piano Concerto

    Jan Dussek

    Ulster Orchestra

    Howard Shelley, conductor

    Howard Shelley, piano

    18:04
  • 11:27 AM

    Dance Rhapsody No. 1

    Frederick Delius

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    11:36
  • 11:25 AM

    Danish String Quartet

    2:44
  • 11:17 AM

    Sinfonietta No. 1

    Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson

    Live in Concert

    Sphinx Virtuosi

    Damon Gupton, conductor

    6:34
  • 11:13 AM

    Sleeping Beauty: Panorama

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    New Year's Concert 2012

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    2:22
  • 11:06 AM

    Thais: Meditation

    Jules Massenet

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    Michel Schwalbe, violin

    6:01
  • 11:01 AM

    Dardanus: Overture

    Jean-Philippe Rameau

    Orchestra of the 18th Century

    Frans Bruggen, conductor

    4:45
  • 10:44 AM

    Symphony No. 20

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 3, 11, 18, 19 & 20

    Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra

    Adam Fischer, conductor

    14:20
  • 10:25 AM

    The Night Callings

    Heino Eller

    Heino Eller: Symphonic Poems

    Estonian National Symphony Orchestra

    Olari Elts, conductor

    17:36
  • 10:20 AM

    Villancico de Navidad (Christmas Carol)

    Agustin Barrios

    Goran Sollscher: Cavatina

    Goran Sollscher, guitar

    3:00
  • 10:06 AM

    Fantasie

    Robert Schumann

    Brahms: Violin Concerto; Schumann: Fantasy op. 131

    New York Philharmonic

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin

    13:12
  • 10:01 AM

    Court Sonata No. 2

    Heinrich Biber

    Purcell Quartet

    4:31
  • 9:16 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 2

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 and 3

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    Barry Douglas, piano

    42:13
  • 9:10 AM

    Christmas Night's Dream

    Ludwig Bonvin

    American Romantics

    Gowanus Arts Ensemble

    Reuben Blundell, conductor

    4:22
  • 9:06 AM

    The Traveller Benighted in Snow

    Traditional Scottish

    Winter's Delights

    Quadriga Consort

    3:27
  • 9:01 AM

    Winter Serenade (Serenade d'Hiver)

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Asbury Brass Quintet

    4:33
  • 8:35 AM

    Symphony No. 18

    Julius Rontgen

    North German Radio Philharmonic

    David Porcelijn, conductor

    23:00
  • 8:30 AM

    Six Polish Songs: Meine Freuden (My Darling)

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin, Liszt

    Mariam Batsashvili, piano

    3:59
  • 8:24 AM

    Lullay, my liking

    Graham Ross

    Lux De Caelo: Music For Christmas

    Choir of Clare College, Cambridge

    Graham Ross, conductor

    4:58
  • 8:06 AM

    Sonata for Flute, Viola, and Harp

    Claude Debussy

    Takemitsu: Toward The Sea III, Etc

    Aurele Nicolet, flute

    17:16
  • 8:01 AM

    Pastoral and Reel

    Thomas C. Kelly

    Silver Apples of the Moon

    Irish Chamber Orchestra

    Fionnuala Hunt, conductor

    4:39
  • 7:17 AM

    Symphony No. 4

    Johannes Brahms

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    41:30
  • 7:14 AM

    The Three Kings

    Peter Cornelius

    Christmas with Septura

    Septura

    2:33
  • 7:06 AM

    Inner Mongolia Suite: Nostalgia

    Ma Sicong

    Taipei Chinese Orchestra

    Yiu-Kwong Chung, conductor

    Lu Siqing, violin

    5:45
  • 7:01 AM

    Christmas Tree Suite: Abendglocken (Evening Bells)

    Franz Liszt

    Franz Liszt

    Jerome Lowenthal, piano

    4:30
  • 6:42 AM

    Symphony No. 2 "Mysterious Mountain"

    Alan Hovhaness

    Into the Light: Symphonic Expressions of the Spirit

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    16:04
  • 6:39 AM

    La vierge a la creche (The Virgin at the Cradle)

    Albert Perilhou

    Noel

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    3:06
  • 6:11 AM

    Harp Concerto

    Reinhold Gliere

    City of London Sinfonia

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    Rachel Masters, harp

    26:59
  • 6:06 AM

    Du bist die Ruh (You are repose)

    Franz Schubert

    Signum Quartet

    3:37
  • 6:01 AM

    Forest Clearing

    Sigurd Islandsmoen

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra

    Bjarte Engeset, conductor

    4:26
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