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  • 5:49 AM

    The Air, Turning

    Edmund Finnis

    The Air, Turning

    BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

    Ilan Volkov, conductor

    8:55
  • 5:39 AM

    In Sonorous Falling Tones

    Derek Charke

    Wired! Ensemble

    Mark Hopkins, conductor

    Derek Charke, flute

    8:56
  • 5:33 AM

    Summoning Song

    Dan Trueman

    JACK Quartet

    Dan Trueman, violin

    5:41
  • 5:07 AM

    Seeing is Believing

    Nico Muhly

    Aurora Orchestra

    Nicholas Collon, conductor

    Thomas Gould, electric violin

    24:26
  • 5:01 AM

    Siggi String Quartet

    4:37
  • 4:36 AM

    Chiaroscuro

    Giya Kancheli

    Chiaroscuro

    Kremerata Baltica

    Gidon Kremer, violin

    22:19
  • 4:29 AM

    Brooklyn Rider

    Joshua Redman, saxophone

    5:21
  • 4:18 AM

    Blurred

    Bill Ryan

    Billband

    9:35
  • 4:07 AM

    A Moment for Jason Molina

    Caleb Burhans

    Simon Jermyn, guitar

    9:29
  • 4:01 AM

    Air for the Poet

    Lou Harrison

    Lou Harrison, Vol. 4

    Tammittam Percussion Ensemble

    Guido Facchin, conductor

    4:48
  • 3:43 AM

    Symphonie Fantastique: Reveries

    Hector Berlioz

    Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique; Liszt - Solti

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    15:29
  • 3:23 AM

    Variations on a Rococo Theme

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    Ofra Harnoy, cello

    18:35
  • 3:15 AM

    O Magnum Mysterium (O Great Mystery)

    Morten Lauridsen

    Handel and Haydn Society

    Harry Christophers, conductor

    5:57
  • 3:06 AM

    Mathis der Maler (Mathis the Painter): Angel's Concert

    Paul Hindemith

    Hindemith: Mathis Der Maler Etc.

    San Francisco Symphony

    Herbert Blomstedt, conductor

    8:20
  • 3:01 AM

    Symphony No. 2: Scherzo

    Charles Gounod

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    4:44
  • 2:48 AM

    Memories of the Straw Brook Waltz

    Joseph Lanner

    Vienna String Ensemble

    9:35
  • 2:18 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 2

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Piano Concertos

    Camerata Ireland

    Barry Douglas, conductor

    Barry Douglas, piano

    28:51
  • 2:11 AM

    Variations on Vom Himmel hoch

    Various

    Blasermusik Zur Weihnacht

    Ludwig Guttler Brass Ensemble

    Ludwig Guttler, conductor

    4:58
  • 2:06 AM

    Sonata for Two Violins: Gigue and Presto

    Johann Goldberg

    Musica Alta Ripa

    4:33
  • 2:01 AM

    Wind Quintet: 2nd movement

    Carl Nielsen

    Carion: Nielsen's Footsteps

    Carion Wind Quintet

    4:36
  • 1:44 AM

    The Merchant of Venice: Suite

    Arthur Sullivan

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Vivian Dunn, conductor

    14:20
  • 1:00 AM

    Welcome Christmas with Vocalessence

    59:00
  • 12:43 AM

    Suite Francaise

    Francis Poulenc

    Paris Orchestra

    Georges Pretre, conductor

    12:22
  • 12:27 AM

    Symphony No. 4

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies Volume 1

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    14:28
  • 12:09 AM

    Ballet Suite No. 3

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    15:48
  • 12:05 AM

    Corpus Christe Carol

    Agneta Skold

    VocalEssence

    Philip Brunelle, conductor

    3:18
  • 12:00 AM

    Auf Flugeln des Gesanges (On wings of song)

    Felix Mendelssohn

    My Gift To You

    Antonin Kubalek, piano

    4:04
  • 11:57 PM

    Finnegan's Wake

    A.J. Potter

    A.J. Potter: Orchestral Music

    National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland

    Robert Houlihan, conductor

    2:40
  • 11:43 PM

    Concert Fantasy on Mozart's Magic Flute

    Pablo de Sarasate

    Sarasate: Music For Violin And Orchestra 3

    Navarra Symphony Orchestra

    Ernest Martinez Izquierdo, conductor

    Tianwa Yang, violin

    12:58
  • 11:29 PM

    Divertimento No. 1

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Divertimenti KN 113, 137 & 251

    Academy Chamber Ensemble

    12:55
  • 11:23 PM

    Villancico: De la piel de sus ovejas

    Pedro Rimonte

    A Spanish Nativity

    Stile Antico

    3:49
  • 11:07 PM

    Symphony No. 2 "In the Spring": 4th movement

    John Knowles Paine

    Ulster Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    11:09
  • 11:03 PM

    The Red Poppy: Russian Sailor's Dance

    Reinhold Gliere

    Leonard Bernstein: The Encore Collection Vol. 3

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    3:28
  • 10:42 PM

    Concert Piece for Four Horns

    Robert Schumann

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    18:14
  • 10:39 PM

    Bismillah, ir Rahman ir Rahim

    Traditional

    Old, New, Borrowed, Q!

    One Voice Mixed Chorus

    Jane Ramseyer Miller, conductor

    1:53
  • 10:24 PM

    Lady Radnor's Suite

    Hubert Parry

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Adrian Boult, conductor

    13:15
  • 10:18 PM

    Legend No. 3

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Legends

    Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    4:14
  • 10:10 PM

    Polonaise for Violin and Strings

    Franz Schubert

    Beethoven, Dvorak, Schubert

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Pinchas Zukerman, conductor

    Pinchas Zukerman, violin

    5:59
  • 10:01 PM

    A Christmas Fantasy

    Gordon Langford

    Christmas Fantasy

    Huddersfield Choral Society

    Keith Rhodes, conductor

    7:21
  • 9:48 PM

    Swan Lake: Act 1: Scene, Waltz, and Scene

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake - Highlights

    Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre

    Valery Gergiev, conductor

    12:18
  • 9:29 PM

    Partita No. 1

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: The Six Partitas

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    18:12
  • 9:23 PM

    Rejoice and sing

    John Rutter

    The Gift Of Life

    Cambridge Singers

    John Rutter, conductor

    3:56
  • 9:19 PM

    Harp Consort

    Andrew Lawrence-King, conductor

    2:40
  • 9:05 PM

    German Chamber Academy

    Johannes Goritzki, conductor

    13:25
  • 9:00 PM

    Two Poetic Waltzes

    Enrique Granados

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    4:39
  • 6:46 PM

    Carmen Fantasy

    Pablo de Sarasate

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    Gil Shaham, violin

    11:11
  • 6:25 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 1

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    St. Luke's Chamber Ensemble

    19:14
  • 6:16 PM

    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
  • 6:06 PM

    Serenade No. 10 "Gran Partita": 1st movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Serenade KV 361 "Gran Partita"

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    9:13
  • 6:01 PM

    Gavotte No. 2

    David Popper

    Steven Isserlis, cello

    Stephen Hough, piano

    4:40
  • 5:48 PM

    Intermezzo: Travel Fever and Waltz Scene

    Richard Strauss

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Andre Previn, conductor

    9:49
  • 5:42 PM

    In the Bleak Midwinter

    Alan Higbee

    Behold This Heavenly Night

    VocalEssence

    Philip Brunelle, conductor

    4:46
  • 5:19 PM

    Pulcinella Suite

    Igor Stravinsky

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    22:30
  • 5:07 PM

    Overture for a Masque

    E.J. Moeran

    Ulster Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    9:22
  • 5:06 PM

    The Married Beau: Hornpipe on a Ground

    Henry Purcell

    Boston Baroque

    Martin Pearlman, conductor

    1:21
  • 5:01 PM

    A Country Woman

    Bedrich Smetana

    Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Stankovsky, conductor

    4:34
  • 4:53 PM

    Sylvia: Procession of Bacchus

    Leo Delibes

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Eugene Ormandy, conductor

    5:02
  • 4:23 PM

    String Quartet

    Maurice Ravel

    Emerson String Quartet

    28:03
  • 4:19 PM

    Fantasy on a Catalan Carol

    Traditional

    Noel

    Canadian Brass

    Angel Romero, guitar

    3:32
  • 4:06 PM

    Sleeping Beauty: Grand Pas de Deux

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Richard Bonynge, conductor

    11:48
  • 4:01 PM

    Trio Sonata

    Giuseppe Tartini

    La Magnifica Comunita

    Enrico Casazza, violin

    Isabella Longa, violin

    Marcello Scandelli, cello

    Giorgio Cerasoli, harpsichord

    4:34
  • 3:51 PM

    Slavonic Dance No. 4

    Antonin Dvorak

    Sabre Dance

    Houston Symphony Orchestra

    Sergiu Comissiona, conductor

    7:05
  • 3:51 PM

    Slavonic Dance No. 4

    Antonin Dvorak

    Sabre Dance

    Houston Symphony Orchestra

    Sergiu Comissiona, conductor

    7:05
  • 3:45 PM

    Festive Cheer

    Christmas Music

    Christmas With London Brass

    London Brass

    6:33
  • 3:10 PM

    Double Concerto

    Johannes Brahms

    Beethoven: Triple Concerto; Brahms: Double Concerto

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    David Oistrakh, violin

    33:28
  • 3:01 PM

    Symphony No. 6

    William Boyce

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    6:50
  • 2:45 PM

    Fantasy on Polish Airs

    Frederic Chopin

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Misha Dichter, piano

    13:51
  • 2:40 PM

    African Suite No. 2: The Markeplace

    Soren Sieg

    Chips 'n' Chocolate / Ensemble Dreiklang Berlin

    Ensemble Dreiklang

    2:27
  • 2:35 PM

    The Prophet: Coronation March

    Giacomo Meyerbeer

    Classic Marches

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    3:41
  • 2:27 PM

    Italian Serenade

    Hugo Wolf

    Schubert: Trout Quintet, Mozart: Eine kleine Nachtmusik, Hugo Wolf: Italian Serenade

    Takacs Quartet

    6:36
  • 2:24 PM

    It Fell Upon the High Midnight

    Paul Gibson

    Behold This Heavenly Night

    VocalEssence

    Philip Brunelle, conductor

    1:59
  • 2:20 PM

    Trumpet Concerto: 3rd movement

    Johann Hummel

    L'Art de Maurice Andre

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    Maurice Andre, trumpet

    3:34
  • 2:10 PM

    Four Popular Catalan Songs

    Miguel Llobet

    David Russell, guitar

    4:59
  • 2:04 PM

    Ruslan and Ludmila: Overture

    Mikhail Glinka

    Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition, Night on Bald Mountain

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Fritz Reiner, conductor

    5:17
  • 1:52 PM

    The Anonymous Lover: Overture-Symphony

    Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    7:41
  • 1:47 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 16: 1st movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Complete Mozart Edition, Vol. 17: Piano Sonatas

    Mitsuko Uchida, piano

    4:33
  • 1:37 PM

    Overture to a Comedy

    Henry Gardiner

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Rumon Gamba, conductor

    8:26
  • 1:34 PM

    Te Deum: Prelude

    Marc-Antoine Charpentier

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Raymond Leppard, conductor

    1:36
  • 1:25 PM

    Scottish Fantasy: Finale

    Max Bruch

    Scottish Fantasy

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Joshua Bell, conductor

    Joshua Bell, violin

    8:32
  • 1:21 PM

    Missa Beata Dei genitrix Maria: Agnus Dei

    Alonso Lobo

    A Spanish Nativity

    Stile Antico

    2:47
  • 1:10 PM

    Il mondo della luna (Life on the Moon): Overture

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Opera Overtures

    Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra, Pardubice

    Michael Halasz, conductor

    3:46
  • 1:04 PM

    Algerian Suite: French Military March

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Swiss Italian Orchestra

    Francis Travis, conductor

    4:13
  • 12:51 PM

    Wiener Blut (Vienna Blood)

    Johann Strauss, Jr.

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Willi Boskovsky, conductor

    8:01
  • 12:47 PM

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    Samuel Sanders, piano

    3:14
  • 12:41 PM

    Entry March of the Boyars

    Johan Halvorsen

    Russian Fireworks

    Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra

    Kenneth Jean, conductor

    5:01
  • 12:37 PM

    Go Tell It on the Mountain

    Spiritual

    This Christmas with Imani Winds

    Imani Winds

    3:01
  • 12:29 PM

    Canon

    Johann Pachelbel

    Pachelbel: Canon / Albinoni: Adagio / Bach / Molter / Bonporti

    Paillard Chamber Orchestra

    Jean-Francois Paillard, conductor

    6:17
  • 12:17 PM

    Symphony No. 4 "Italian": Saltarello

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: The Symphonies

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    5:34
  • 12:07 PM

    Fleeting Pleasure

    Joseph Lanner

    Vienna String Ensemble

    7:13
  • 12:04 PM

    Hungarian Dance No. 10

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Nine Hungarian Dances; Dvorak

    North German Radio Symphony

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    1:44
  • 11:47 AM

    What Sweeter Music

    John Rutter

    Cambridge Singers

    John Rutter, conductor

    4:18
  • 11:36 AM

    Variations on a Once Popular Humorous Song

    Haydn Wood

    Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Ernest Tomlinson, conductor

    9:48
  • 11:33 AM

    Cello Suite No. 1: Prelude

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Christopher Parkening, guitar

    2:20
  • 11:23 AM

    Serenade for Strings: 1st movement

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Dvorak: Symphony No. 4, Serenade for Strings

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    9:53
  • 11:19 AM

    Lilies of the Valley

    Anton Arensky

    Sasha Boldachev, harp

    2:38
  • 11:14 AM

    Three German Chorales

    Johann Cruger

    Blasermusik Zur Weihnacht

    Ludwig Guttler Brass Ensemble

    Ludwig Guttler, conductor

    4:00
  • 11:06 AM

    Rondo for Violin and Orchestra

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Raymond Leppard, conductor

    Cho-Liang Lin, violin

    7:05
  • 11:01 AM

    William Tell: Pas de Soldats (Soldiers' Dance)

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Monte Carlo National Opera Orchestra

    Antonio de Almeida, conductor

    4:31
  • 10:41 AM

    Peer Gynt Suite No. 2

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg: Peer Gynt Suites 1 & 2, etc.

    San Francisco Symphony

    Herbert Blomstedt, conductor

    17:03
  • 10:13 AM

    String Sextet

    Louis Spohr

    Spohr: String Sextet, etc.

    Academy Chamber Ensemble

    25:49
  • 10:08 AM

    Sweet was the Song

    Matthew Brown

    Behold This Heavenly Night

    VocalEssence

    Philip Brunelle, conductor

    4:01
  • 10:06 AM

    Pictures at an Exhibition: Tuileries

    Modest Mussorgsky

    Awadagin Pratt: Transformations

    Awadagin Pratt, piano

    1:09
  • 10:01 AM

    Serenade for Strings: Andante

    Max Bruch

    Wuppertal Symphony Orchestra

    George Hanson, conductor

    4:34
  • 9:33 AM

    Concerto Andaluz

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Internationale Philharmonie

    Horst-Hans Backer, conductor

    24:59
  • 9:22 AM

    Summer

    Frank Bridge

    Bridge, Bantock & Butterworth

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Norman Del Mar, conductor

    10:40
  • 9:17 AM

    Symphony No. 1 "Afro-American": Animato

    William Grant Still

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    3:06
  • 9:06 AM

    Suite of Carols for Woodwinds

    Leroy Anderson

    ANDERSON, L.: Sleigh Ride and Other Holiday Favourites

    BBC Concert Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    10:36
  • 9:01 AM

    Suite of Dances No. 6

    Johann Ernst Rieck

    Stradivaria

    4:45
  • 8:29 AM

    String Quartet No. 2

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: The Complete String Quartets

    Emerson String Quartet

    29:18
  • 8:21 AM

    The Enchanted Lake

    Anatol Liadov

    Impressions Of The Sea

    Long Beach Symphony Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    7:37
  • 8:15 AM

    The Bells of Christmas

    Armas Maasalo

    Christmas Wonderland

    Lahti Symphony Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    4:03
  • 8:13 AM

    The Sussex Mummers' Carol

    Traditional

    Asbury Brass Quintet with Adolph Herseth, soloist

    Asbury Brass Quintet

    2:16
  • 8:06 AM

    Inspiration Waltzes

    Nathaniel Dett

    My Cup Runneth Over: The Complete Piano Works of R. Nathaniel Dett

    Clipper Erickson, piano

    6:05
  • 8:01 AM

    I Capuleti e i Montecchi (Capulets and Montagues): Sinfonia

    Vincenzo Bellini

    Italian Overtures

    Orchestra of St. Cecilia

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    4:41
  • 7:36 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Le Mozart Noir

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    Linda Melsted, violin

    21:08
  • 7:34 AM

    In dulci jubilo

    Traditional

    Bright Day Star

    Baltimore Consort

    1:31
  • 7:19 AM

    Swedish Rhapsody No. 1 "Midsummer Vigil"

    Hugo Alfven

    Ports of Call

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    12:55
  • 7:06 AM

    From Italy (Aus Italien): On the Beach at Sorrento

    Richard Strauss

    Strauss: Don Juan; Aus Italien

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor

    12:35
  • 7:01 AM

    Lute Suite No. 4: Prelude

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Kim Heindel, lautenwerk

    4:40
  • 6:29 AM

    Piano Quartet No. 1

    Gabriel Faure

    Domus

    29:28
  • 6:23 AM

    Generations: Sinfonietta No. 2: Alla sarabande

    Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson

    Serenely Cedille: Relaxing Rarities From Chicago's Classical Label

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Paul Freeman, conductor

    5:36
  • 6:19 AM

    O Christmas Tree

    Traditional

    Regensburg Domspatzen soloist

    2:15
  • 6:16 AM

    Lo how a rose

    Traditional

    Regensburg Domspatzen soloist

    2:23
  • 6:06 AM

    Old Hungarian Dances

    Ferenc Farkas

    Frosunda Wind Quintet

    9:35
  • 6:01 AM

    String Quartet: Vivace

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius Academy Quartet

    4:44
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