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  • 5:30 AM

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    28:06
  • 5:12 AM

    Concerto Grosso No. 11

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel and Haydn Society

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    16:42
  • 5:06 AM

    Blue Bird: Christmas Dream

    Engelbert Humperdinck

    Humperdinck: Fairy-Tale Music

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Karl Anton Rickenbacher, conductor

    5:21
  • 5:01 AM

    Zefiro torna

    Claudio Monteverdi

    Jeremy Denk, piano

    4:36
  • 4:37 AM

    Sinfonia Concertante

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies 88-92, etc.

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    Toru Yasunaga, violin

    21:17
  • 4:25 AM

    Kitty Hawk

    James Horner

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Arnold, conductor

    10:04
  • 4:17 AM

    O Magnum Mysterium (O Great Mystery)

    Jennifer Higdon

    All Is Bright

    Handel and Haydn Society Chorus

    Grant Llewellyn, conductor

    7:39
  • 4:06 AM

    The Wreckers Overture

    Ethel Smyth

    BBC Symphony Orchestra

    Sakari Oramo, conductor

    9:10
  • 4:01 AM

    Three Country Dances

    John Playford

    Broadside Band

    Jeremy Barlow, conductor

    4:43
  • 3:53 AM

    "Still Life" at the Penguin Cafe: White Mischief

    Simon Jeffes

    "Still Life" At The Penguin Cafe

    BBC Concert Orchestra

    Barry Wordsworth, conductor

    5:14
  • 3:48 AM

    Fantasy-Impromptu

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: 24 Preludes

    Bella Davidovich, piano

    5:01
  • 3:27 AM

    Symphony No. 1 "Night in the Tropics"

    Louis Moreau Gottschalk

    Gottschalk, Vol. 2

    Utah Symphony Orchestra

    Maurice Abravanel, conductor

    18:58
  • 3:17 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
  • 3:06 AM

    Hebrides Overture (Fingal's Cave)

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4, Hebrides Overture

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    10:51
  • 3:01 AM

    Keyboard Suite No. 5: Allemande

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Keyboard Suites 2

    Philip Edward Fisher, piano

    4:41
  • 2:41 AM

    Overture, Scherzo and Finale

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann, R.: Overtures

    Polish National Radio Orchestra

    Johannes Wildner, conductor

    17:16
  • 2:37 AM

    Villancico de Navidad (Christmas Carol)

    Agustin Barrios

    The Ultimate Classical Christmas

    John Williams, guitar

    3:07
  • 2:13 AM

    Czech Suite

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Czech Suite; Legends

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    22:38
  • 2:06 AM

    Love came down at Christmas

    Eleanor Daley

    Christmas

    Gesualdo Six

    5:26
  • 2:01 AM

    Billy the Kid: Prairie Night

    Aaron Copland

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Hugh Wolff, conductor

    4:43
  • 1:51 AM

    Prelude and Fugue No. 10

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Shostakovich: Preludes and Fugues

    Alexander Melnikov, piano

    7:17
  • 1:29 AM

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    20:05
  • 1:14 AM

    Christmas Tree Suite

    Franz Liszt

    Another Night Before Christmas And Scrooge

    RTE Concert Orchestra

    Gavin Sutherland, conductor

    13:30
  • 1:06 AM

    Concert Suite for Violin and Orchestra: Tarantella

    Sergei Taneyev

    TANEYEV, S.I.: Suite de Concert / RIMSKY-KORSAKOV, N.A.: Fantasia on 2 Russian Themes (A.K. Gregory, Kiev Virtuosi Symphony, D. Yablonsky)

    Kiev Virtuosi Symphony Orchestra

    Dmitri Yablonsky, conductor

    Annelle Gregory, violin

    7:18
  • 1:01 AM

    Spanish Suite: Cadiz

    Isaac Albeniz

    Jason Vieaux, guitar

    4:42
  • 12:54 AM

    Lo, How a Rose E'Er Blooming

    Michael Praetorius

    The Ultimate Classical Christmas

    American Boychoir

    Andre Previn, conductor

    Frederica von Stade, mezzo-soprano

    4:04
  • 12:40 AM

    Symphony No. 5: 3rd movement

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    13:00
  • 12:25 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 1

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Colin Davis, conductor

    Evgeny Kissin, piano

    33:21
  • 12:15 AM

    A Ceremony of Carols

    Benjamin Britten

    Britten: Choral Music from King's College

    Choir of King's College, Cambridge

    David Willcocks, conductor

    Osian Ellis, harp

    22:18
  • 11:32 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 5 "Emperor"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    Norman Krieger, piano

    40:26
  • 11:13 PM

    Symphony No. 3: 3rd movement

    Arnold Bax

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Bryden Thomson, conductor

    15:46
  • 11:04 PM

    The Planets: Mars

    Gustav Holst

    Holst: The Planets

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Colin Davis, conductor

    6:53
  • 11:03 PM

    Symphony No. 3: 3rd movement

    Arnold Bax

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Bryden Thomson, conductor

    15:46
  • 10:44 PM

    Gloria

    John Rutter

    Rutter: Gloria

    Philip Jones Brass Ensemble

    John Rutter, conductor

    17:14
  • 10:37 PM

    Bird Songs at Eventide

    Eric Coates

    Eric Coates: Orchestral Works, Vol. 1

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    John Wilson, conductor

    4:55
  • 10:30 PM

    Ben Hur: Parade of the Charioteers

    Miklos Rozsa

    City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra

    Kenneth Alwyn, conductor

    3:37
  • 10:19 PM

    Four Seasons: Winter

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: The Four Seasons

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Joshua Bell, violin

    8:23
  • 10:13 PM

    Beautiful Star

    Libby Larsen

    From the Land of Sky-Blue Waters

    VocalEssence

    Philip Brunelle, conductor

    3:01
  • 10:09 PM

    Alle Jahre wieder

    Friedrich Silcher

    Celestial Christmas 2

    Duino Soloists

    Antonio Pellegrino, conductor

    3:01
  • 10:04 PM

    There is No Rose

    Richard Rasch

    MPR Taste Of The Holidays, Vol. 9

    Lumina Women's Ensemble

    2:41
  • 9:54 PM

    Pieces de Fantasie: Carillon de Westminster

    Louis Vierne

    Hans Fagius plays Organ Favorites

    Hans Fagius, organ

    6:25
  • 9:43 PM

    Carmen Suite No. 1

    Georges Bizet

    Bizet: Carmen, L'Arlesienne, etc.

    Orchestra of Toulouse

    Michel Plasson, conductor

    9:34
  • 9:18 PM

    Carnival of the Animals

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Saint-Saens: Le Carnaval des animaux, etc.

    Sinfonia da Camera

    Ian Hobson, conductor

    Ian Hobson, piano

    22:30
  • 9:11 PM

    Nocturnes: Soneto de la Noche

    Morten Lauridsen

    Morten Lauridsen: Mid-Winter Songs

    The Singers

    Matthew Culloton, conductor

    5:46
  • 9:01 PM

    Die Fledermaus: Overture

    Johann StraussJr.

    Strauss: Waltzes And Overtures

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Franz Welser-Most, conductor

    7:48
  • 6:46 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 2

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra

    Maurice Andre, trumpet

    12:15
  • 6:40 PM

    Christus: There Shall a Star Come Out of Jacob

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Star Over Bethlehem: Choral Jewels for Christmas

    Choral Arts Society of Washington

    Norman Scribner, conductor

    5:19
  • 6:16 PM

    Swan Lake: excerpts

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker Ballet, Op. 71 (Excerpts), etc.

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vasily Petrenko, conductor

    22:59
  • 6:12 PM

    A Chloris (To Chloris)

    Reynaldo Hahn

    Prague Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Olivieri-Munroe, conductor

    Sol Gabetta, cello

    2:26
  • 6:06 PM

    Christmas Night

    Sergei Lyapunov

    Christmas Piano Music

    Eteri Andjaparidze, piano

    4:59
  • 6:01 PM

    Grand Canyon Suite: Sunset

    Ferde Grofe

    Grofe: Grand Canyon Suite, Gershwin: Catfish Row

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    4:43
  • 5:50 PM

    Christmas Medley

    Traditional

    Monteverdi Choir

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    8:16
  • 5:49 PM

    O Christmas Tree

    Traditional

    Philadelphia Brass Ensemble

    1:18
  • 5:19 PM

    Enigma Variations

    Edward Elgar

    Elgar: Enigma Variations, etc.

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Georg Solti, conductor

    28:52
  • 5:08 PM

    The Merchant of Venice: Suite Anglaise No. 3

    Henri Rabaud

    Rabaud: Orchestral Works

    Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic

    Leif Segerstam, conductor

    8:53
  • 5:06 PM

    All Through the Night

    Traditional Welsh

    A String Quartet Christmas

    Arturo Delmoni, violin

    2:12
  • 5:01 PM

    The Birds of Aristophanes: Bridal March of the Birds

    Hubert Parry

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    4:44
  • 4:36 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 11

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Alfred Brendel, piano

    22:50
  • 4:21 PM

    Christmas Revels

    Arthur Sullivan

    Sullivan: Victoria And Merrie England / Andrew Penny

    RTE Sinfonietta

    Andrew Penny, conductor

    13:35
  • 4:12 PM

    Karelia Overture

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: 7 Symphonies

    Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Jukka-Pekka Saraste, conductor

    7:59
  • 4:06 PM

    Duo Transatlantique

    5:31
  • 4:01 PM

    Symphony No. 2 "Four Temperaments": 2nd movement

    Carl Nielsen

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    4:42
  • 3:50 PM

    Angels We Have Heard on High; Hark! the Herald Angels Sing

    Traditional

    Christmas Goes Baroque 2

    Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia

    Peter Breiner, conductor

    8:38
  • 3:48 PM

    Angels We Have Heard on High; Hark! the Herald Angels Sing

    Traditional

    Christmas Goes Baroque 2

    Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia

    Peter Breiner, conductor

    8:38
  • 3:06 PM

    What Sweeter Music

    Wayland Rogers

    Christmas A Cappella: Songs from Around the World

    Chicago a cappella

    6:50
  • 3:00 PM

    Lord of Salisbury Pavan and Galliard

    Orlando Gibbons

    The Glenn Gould Edition: Byrd, Gibbons, Sweelink

    Glenn Gould, piano

    5:52
  • 2:59 PM

    Lord of Salisbury Pavan and Galliard

    Orlando Gibbons

    The Glenn Gould Edition: Byrd, Gibbons, Sweelink

    Glenn Gould, piano

    5:52
  • 2:54 PM

    The Bells of Christmas

    Armas Maasalo

    Christmas Wonderland

    Lahti Symphony Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    4:03
  • 2:50 PM

    Rocky Point Holiiday

    Ron Nelson

    Dallas Wind Symphony

    Jerry Junkin, conductor

    3:00
  • 2:44 PM

    Henry V: A Shakespeare Scenario

    John Williams

    Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Christopher Plummer, narrator

    3:00
  • 2:39 PM

    An die Musik

    Franz Schubert

    Elly Ameling, soprano

    Dalton Baldwin, piano

    2:00
  • 2:30 PM

    String Quartet: 2nd movement

    Maurice Ravel

    Haydn, Ravel, Stravinsky

    Tesla Quartet

    6:17
  • 2:22 PM

    Symphony No. 5: 4th movement

    Franz Schubert

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Edward Gardner, conductor

    6:53
  • 2:19 PM

    We Three Kings of Orient Are

    Traditional

    Christmas Favorites

    Rachel Van Voorhees, harp

    2:12
  • 2:08 PM

    Symphony No. 48 "Maria Theresia": 1st movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies No 48 & 49

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    7:43
  • 2:04 PM

    Lohengrin: Prelude to Act III

    Richard Wagner

    Wagner: Orchestral Favorites

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    2:55
  • 1:46 PM

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

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Symphony No. 9 'From The New World'

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Istvan Kertesz, conductor

    12:28
  • 1:42 PM

    Mock Morris

    Percy Grainger

    Studio Orchestra

    Harry Rabinowitz, conductor

    Martin Jones, piano

    3:15
  • 1:38 PM

    The Traveller Benighted in Snow

    Traditional Scottish

    Winter's Delights

    Quadriga Consort

    3:27
  • 1:32 PM

    Serenade No. 7 "Haffner": 7th movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Serenades 5 & 6

    Prague Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    4:28
  • 1:22 PM

    An Outdoor Overture

    Aaron Copland

    Wind Symphony

    University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music Wind Symphony

    Eugene Corporon, conductor

    9:39
  • 1:15 PM

    Away in a Manger

    William James Kirkpatrick

    An Appalachian Christmas

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andreas Delfs, conductor

    Renee Fleming, soprano

    5:23
  • 1:12 PM

    Carmen: March of the Toreadors

    Georges Bizet

    Dance!: The World's Favourite Ice-Skating Music

    French National Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    2:06
  • 1:07 PM

    Sonatina No. 2 "Happy Workshop": 2nd movement

    Richard Strauss

    R. Strauss: Music for Wind Ensemble

    Netherlands Wind Ensemble

    Edo de Waart, conductor

    4:32
  • 1:04 PM

    Acis and Galatea: Happy We!

    George Frideric Handel

    Grand & Glorious - Great Operatic Choruses / Robert Shaw

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    1:56
  • 12:53 PM

    Morgen! (Tomorrow!)

    Richard Strauss

    Lise Davidesen | Wagner and Strauss

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    Lise Davidsen, soprano

    4:29
  • 12:46 PM

    Cello Concerto No. 10: 1st movement

    Andrea Zani

    Andrea Zani: Complete Cello Concertos

    Cologne Academy

    Michael Alexander Willens, conductor

    Martin Rummel, cello

    5:39
  • 12:43 PM

    Etude No. 1 "Aeolian Harp"

    Frederic Chopin

    The Chopin I Love

    Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

    2:12
  • 12:35 PM

    Sextet for Two Horns and Strings: 1st movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Septet Op. 20; Sextet Op. 81b

    Consortium Classicum

    6:59
  • 12:29 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
  • 12:18 PM

    Symphony No. 6 "Pathetique": 3rd movement

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    9:52
  • 12:14 PM

    My Lady Carey's Dompe

    Anonymous

    The Food of Love: Songs, Dances, and Fancies for Shakespeare

    Baltimore Consort

    2:58
  • 12:09 PM

    String Symphony No. 7: 3rd movement

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Sphinx Virtuosi

    Damon Gupton, conductor

    3:55
  • 12:04 PM

    Peer Gynt: Morning Mood

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg: Peer Gynt Suites 1 And 2

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    4:04
  • 11:47 AM

    Hungarian Sketches

    Bela Bartok

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    10:59
  • 11:43 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
  • 11:33 AM

    Jean de Paris: Overture

    Francois Boieldieu

    Francois-Adrien Boieldieu: Piano Concerto; Six Overtures

    Swiss Italian Orchestra

    Howard Griffiths, conductor

    7:50
  • 11:27 AM

    Far and Away: Suite

    John Williams

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    5:36
  • 11:22 AM

    A Christmas Carol Symphony: 2nd movement

    Patric Standford

    HELY-HUTCHINSON: Carol Symphony / STANDFORD / KELLY

    City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra

    Gavin Sutherland, conductor

    4:25
  • 11:12 AM

    Kreisleriana No. 2

    Robert Schumann

    Anton Kuerti, piano

    8:21
  • 11:06 AM

    Dreams of Love No. 3 (Liebestraum)

    Franz Liszt

    Virtuose Harfenmusik

    Jutta Zoff, harp

    5:14
  • 11:01 AM

    Divertimento No. 14: 1st movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Divertimenti

    Berlin Philharmonic Winds

    4:30
  • 10:49 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 2: 2nd movement

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    Lisa Batiashvili, violin

    9:15
  • 10:38 AM

    Choral Variations on Vom Himmel hoch

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    20th Century Bach / Seiji Ozawa, Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    10:33
  • 10:23 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 9

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Awadagin Pratt, piano

    12:59
  • 10:10 AM

    Divertissement on a Pastoral Theme

    Gabriel Pierne

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Juanjo Mena, conductor

    11:48
  • 10:06 AM

    Traditional Slavic Christmas Music

    Leopold Stokowski

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    3:05
  • 10:01 AM

    Ca'azapa (Popular Paraguayan Song)

    Agustin Barrios

    Berta Rojas, guitar

    4:35
  • 9:37 AM

    Rossiniana Suite

    Ottorino Respighi

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    20:59
  • 9:32 AM

    Christmas Medley

    John Playford

    Nova! Nova!

    The Playfords

    4:22
  • 9:27 AM

    Coventry Carol

    Traditional English

    Nova! Nova!

    The Playfords

    4:48
  • 9:06 AM

    The Wise Virgins Ballet Suite

    William Walton

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Bryden Thomson, conductor

    19:41
  • 9:01 AM

    Sextet: Rondo

    Luigi Gatti

    Gatti: Chamber Music

    Calamus Ensemble

    4:44
  • 8:37 AM

    Double Concerto

    Elias Parish-Alvars

    Strasbourg Philharmonic Orchestra

    Theodor Guschlbauer, conductor

    Marielle Nordmann, harp

    Francois-Rene Duchable, piano

    21:50
  • 8:32 AM

    Titilayo

    Jeff Scott

    Imani Winds

    Imani Winds

    4:16
  • 8:22 AM

    Christmas Song; The Newborn Jesus; Peace, only peace; The country is so beautiful

    Christmas Music

    Alilo!

    HOL Choir

    Esko Kallio, conductor

    8:03
  • 8:06 AM

    Fantasia on Russian Themes

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    TANEYEV, S.I.: Suite de Concert / RIMSKY-KORSAKOV, N.A.: Fantasia on 2 Russian Themes (A.K. Gregory, Kiev Virtuosi Symphony, D. Yablonsky)

    Kiev Virtuosi Symphony Orchestra

    Dimitri Yablonsky, conductor

    Annelle Gregory, violin

    15:17
  • 8:01 AM

    Rolf Lislevand & Ensemble

    4:52
  • 7:41 AM

    Fantasie for Piano Four-Hands

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Divertissement

    Alexandre Tharaud, piano

    16:53
  • 7:26 AM

    Concerto Grosso No. 6 "Christmas Concerto"

    Giuseppe Sammartini

    Christmas Festival

    London Festival Orchestra

    Ross Pople, conductor

    14:55
  • 7:06 AM

    Symphony No. 3 "Sunday Symphony"

    William Grant Still

    Still: Symphonies Nos. 2 and 3; Wood Notes

    Fort Smith Symphony

    John Jeter, conductor

    17:48
  • 7:01 AM

    Estampes: Pagodas

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Suite Bergamasque, Pour Le Piano, Etc

    Zoltan Kocsis, piano

    4:35
  • 6:35 AM

    Oboe Sonata

    Herbert Howells

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Benjamin Wallfisch, conductor

    Emily Pailthorpe, oboe

    Hugh Webb, harp

    23:19
  • 6:26 AM

    Friede auf Erden (Peace on Earth)

    Arnold Schoenberg

    Lux De Caelo: Music For Christmas

    Choir of Clare College, Cambridge

    Graham Ross, conductor

    8:38
  • 6:06 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 1

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Handel and Haydn Society

    Harry Christophers, conductor

    Aisslinn Nosky, violin

    18:05
  • 6:01 AM

    Two Etudes

    Andres Segovia

    Albeniz, Granados, Tarrega, Turina Etc.

    Eduardo Fernandez, guitar

    4:48
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