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  • 5:41 AM

    Concerto for Harp and String Orchestra

    Alan Hovhaness

    I Fiamminghi

    Rudolf Werthen, conductor

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    18:01
  • 5:28 AM

    Air for Violin

    Aaron Jay Kernis

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    Truls Mork, cello

    11:42
  • 5:09 AM

    Four Postludes

    Valentin Silvestrov

    Ustvolskaya, Silvestrov, Kancheli: Works for Piano and Orchestra

    Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra

    Thomas Sanderling, conductor

    Elisaveta Blumina, piano

    16:43
  • 5:06 AM

    Coventry Carol

    Traditional English

    Christmas

    Gesualdo Six

    2:51
  • 5:01 AM

    Zarabanda Solitaria

    Jon Lord

    Dance

    Smith Quartet

    4:28
  • 4:54 AM

    O Come, O Come Emmanuel

    Traditional

    Gaelynn Lea, violin, looping pedal

    3:58
  • 4:46 AM

    Sleep: Path 19

    Max Richter

    American Contemporary Music Ensemble

    Max Richter, electronics

    7:50
  • 4:38 AM

    Silent Night

    Franz Gruber

    Imagine Christmas

    American Contemporary Music Ensemble

    5:51
  • 4:26 AM

    Canto V: Into the heart of light

    Einojuhani Rautavaara

    Dedicated to

    Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra

    Juha Kangas, conductor

    11:34
  • 4:20 AM

    Arctic Air

    Bo Nilsson

    Arctic Air - Unknown Works by Bo Nilsson

    Norrkoping Symphony Orchestra

    Bo Nilsson, piano

    4:58
  • 4:06 AM

    Now Ensemble

    13:23
  • 4:01 AM

    Michael Jon Fink, celesta

    4:43
  • 3:51 AM

    To Become (Divenire)

    Ludovico Einaudi

    James Horner: Pas de Deux

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Clark Rundell, conductor

    Mari Samuelsen, violin

    7:01
  • 3:14 AM

    Verklarte Nacht (Transfigured Night)

    Arnold Schoenberg

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Yoel Levi, conductor

    35:24
  • 3:06 AM

    In the Bleak Midwinter

    Gustav Holst

    Isthmus Brass

    John Stevens, conductor

    5:57
  • 3:01 AM

    One Winter's Night

    Mark O'Connor

    An Appalachian Christmas

    Mark O'Connor, violin

    4:46
  • 2:48 AM

    Poem for Flute and Orchestra

    Charles Tomlinson Griffes

    Residentie Orchestra of the Hague

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    Sharon Bezaly, flute

    10:01
  • 2:21 AM

    String Quartet No. 1 "From My Life"

    Bedrich Smetana

    Smetana, Janacek: String Quartets

    Jerusalem Quartet

    26:15
  • 2:06 AM

    Symphony No. 9 "From the New World": Largo

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Symphony No. 9, Carnival Overture

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    12:32
  • 2:01 AM

    Four Romances

    Darius Milhaud

    French Piano Music

    Grant Johannesen, piano

    4:45
  • 1:47 AM

    Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dances

    Alexander Borodin

    1812 Overture

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    11:06
  • 1:17 AM

    Cello Concerto

    Edouard Lalo

    French Cello Concertos

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Scott Yoo, conductor

    Hee-Young Lim, cello

    28:12
  • 1:11 AM

    Ave Generosa

    Ola Gjeilo

    Ola Gjeilo: Winter Songs

    Choir of Royal Holloway

    Rupert Gough, conductor

    4:30
  • 1:06 AM

    Nocturne No. 11

    Gabriel Faure

    Faure: Piano Music (Complete Works)

    Jean-Philippe Collard, piano

    4:25
  • 1:01 AM

    Flute Quintet

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Divertimento, K. 344

    Trio Pasquier

    Jean-Pierre Rampal, flute

    4:42
  • 12:48 AM

    Kaiser-Walzer (Emperor Waltz)

    Johann StraussJr.

    Vienna Philharmonic New Year's Day Concert 1991

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    10:38
  • 12:28 AM

    Symphonic Poem No. 7 "Festklange"

    Franz Liszt

    Liszt: Symphonic Poems; 'Dante' Symphony

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    17:58
  • 12:20 AM

    A Christmas Fantasy

    Gordon Langford

    A Christmas Fantasy

    Huddersfield Choral Society

    Keith Rhodes, conductor

    7:19
  • 12:07 AM

    Concerto for Two Violins

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Violin Concertos

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Andrew Manze, conductor

    Andrew Manze, violin

    12:40
  • 12:01 AM

    Symphony: 2nd movement

    Johann Vanhal

    Vanhal: Symphonies

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    Celia Nicklin, oboe

    4:48
  • 11:50 PM

    From Italy (Aus Italien): Life in Naples

    Richard Strauss

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    8:32
  • 11:28 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 1

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Murray Perahia, piano

    20:02
  • 11:20 PM

    Christmas Medley

    Traditional

    Monteverdi Choir

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    8:16
  • 11:06 PM

    William Tell: Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Overtures Vol 2 / Benda, Prague Sinfonia

    Prague Sinfonia Orchestra

    Christian Benda, conductor

    11:32
  • 11:01 PM

    Suite No. 4

    Francois Chauvon

    Alison Melville, recorder

    Charlotte Nediger, harpsichord

    4:46
  • 10:44 PM

    Symphony No. 1 "Winter Dreams": 4th movement

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Semyon Bychkov, conductor

    13:52
  • 10:26 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 14 "Moonlight"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Andre Watts, piano

    16:30
  • 10:18 PM

    Carol Fantasia

    John Fox

    Another Night Before Christmas And Scrooge

    RTE Concert Orchestra

    Gavin Sutherland, conductor

    6:12
  • 10:06 PM

    Sinfonia No. 5

    Gaspard Fritz

    Fritz: 5 Sinfonias

    La Stagione Frankfurt

    Michael Schneider, conductor

    11:34
  • 10:01 PM

    Symphony "The Cotswolds": 3rd movement

    Gustav Holst

    Ulster Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    4:50
  • 9:51 PM

    Suite on Galician Songs: Allegro moderato

    Enrique Granados

    Barcelona Symphony Orchestra

    Pablo Gonzalez, conductor

    6:51
  • 9:21 PM

    Violin Sonata

    Cesar Franck

    Pinchas Zukerman: Complete Recordings on Deutsche Grammophon and Philips

    Pinchas Zukerman, violin

    28:59
  • 9:13 PM

    Here we come a-wassailing; The Coming of our King

    Christmas Music

    Clare College Singers

    John Rutter, conductor

    6:49
  • 9:06 PM

    Cantata No. 208: Sheep May Safely Graze

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach Favorites

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Eugene Ormandy, conductor

    5:41
  • 9:01 PM

    San Francisco Ballet Orchestra

    Martin West, conductor

    4:46
  • 8:54 PM

    Three Carols

    Christmas Music

    Joy of Christmas

    Choral Guild of Atlanta

    William Noll, conductor

    4:27
  • 5:55 PM

    Song of Santa Maria No. 48

    Alfonso 10th

    Ancient Noels

    Ensemble Galilei

    Maggie Sansone, hammered dulcimer

    3:38
  • 5:53 PM

    Masters in This Hall

    Traditional

    Songs Of Angels: Christmas Hymns And Carols

    Robert Shaw Chamber Singers

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    2:06
  • 5:43 PM

    Sinfonia

    Johann Hasse

    Concerto Koln

    Pablo Heras-Casado, conductor

    9:26
  • 5:17 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 16

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: The Complete Piano Concertos, Vol. I

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Murray Perahia, conductor

    Murray Perahia, piano

    24:45
  • 5:11 PM

    In dulci jubilo

    Traditional

    Christmas Night

    Cambridge Singers

    John Rutter, conductor

    3:15
  • 5:08 PM

    Once in Royal David's City

    Henry Gauntlett

    A Cello Christmas

    London Cello Sound

    Geoffrey Simon, conductor

    3:15
  • 5:06 PM

    Spread your wings, O Jesus

    Traditional Swedish

    Aftonpsalm Och Julesang

    Hakan Hagegard, baritone

    2:10
  • 5:01 PM

    Rinaldo: Sibilar gli angui d'Aletto

    George Frideric Handel

    Music For Brass Septet 2

    Septura

    Matthew Gee, trombone

    4:50
  • 4:34 PM

    Sinfonietta

    E.J. Moeran

    Moeran; Finzi

    Northern Sinfonia of England

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    24:21
  • 4:28 PM

    Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring; Amazing Grace

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Christmas Rhapsody

    John Bayless, piano

    4:45
  • 4:24 PM

    A Lullaby/Away in a Manger

    Thomas Bold/William J. Kirkpatrick

    Christmas with Chanticleer

    Chanticleer

    Dawn Upshaw, soprano

    3:25
  • 4:16 PM

    Sonata for Strings

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Berlin Baroque Soloists

    Rainer Kussmaul, conductor

    7:56
  • 4:06 PM

    Grand Canyon Suite: On the Trail

    Ferde Grofe

    Grofe: Grand Canyon Suite, Gershwin: Catfish Row

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    8:01
  • 4:01 PM

    Donkey Carol

    John Rutter

    The Holly And The Ivy

    Choir of Clare College, Cambridge

    John Rutter, conductor

    4:32
  • 3:48 PM

    Old Polish Suite

    Andrei Panufnik

    Polish Chamber Orchestra

    Mariusz Smolij, conductor

    10:03
  • 3:24 PM

    Forest Scenes

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann: Carnaval; Waldszenen: Nachtstucke

    Gerhard Oppitz, piano

    22:22
  • 3:12 PM

    Shepherd's Pipe Carol; Coventry Carol; In dulci jubilo; The First Nowell

    John Rutter/Traditional

    Christmas With London Brass

    London Brass

    11:30
  • 3:06 PM

    Thais: Meditation

    Jules Massenet

    Nocturne

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Measham, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    4:07
  • 3:01 PM

    Symphonic Dance No. 1

    Cyril Scott

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Martyn Brabbins, conductor

    4:40
  • 2:52 PM

    Symphony No. 4: 3rd movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Symphony No. 4

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Christoph von Dohnanyi, conductor

    6:16
  • 2:33 PM

    Minuets and Trios

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Symphony No. 5

    Moscow Virtuosi

    Vladimir Spivakov, conductor

    17:32
  • 2:26 PM

    While by my sheep; Adeste fideles; Come, little children

    Traditional

    Christmas with the Vienna Choir Boys

    Vienna Boys Choir

    Peter Marschik, conductor

    5:55
  • 2:11 PM

    Sonatina No. 1 "From an Invalid's Workshop": 3rd movement

    Richard Strauss

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    13:36
  • 2:06 PM

    Spanish Dance No. 5 "Andaluza"

    Enrique Granados

    Reflections of Spain: Spanish Favorites for Guitar

    David Russell, guitar

    4:16
  • 2:01 PM

    Bees and Bumblebees

    Eugene Arcade Dede

    Gowanus Arts Ensemble

    Reuben Blundell, conductor

    4:33
  • 11:47 AM

    Mephisto Waltz No. 1

    Franz Liszt

    Strauss, Liszt, Korngold, Busoni, Schreker

    Orchestra de la Suisse Romande

    Kazuki Yamada, conductor

    11:22
  • 11:20 AM

    Symphony No. 96 "Miracle"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    24:22
  • 11:11 AM

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    6:58
  • 11:06 AM

    What Child is This?

    Traditional English

    Christmas Goes Baroque 2

    Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia

    Peter Breiner, conductor

    4:37
  • 11:01 AM

    La Bergamasca: Sonata No. 21

    Marco Uccellini

    Arcadian Academy

    4:41
  • 10:46 AM

    A Midsummer Night's Dream: Overture

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Andre Previn, conductor

    12:06
  • 10:24 AM

    Piano Sonata

    Clara Schumann

    Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano

    20:09
  • 10:16 AM

    Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella; Lo, How a Rose E'Er Blooming; In Dulci Jubilo

    Christmas Music

    Cor Christmas

    Trombones of the Saint Louis Symphony

    Cally Banham, English horn

    6:18
  • 10:06 AM

    Romance No. 2

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Pinchas Zukerman: Complete Recordings on Deutsche Grammophon and Philips

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    Pinchas Zukerman, violin

    9:35
  • 10:01 AM

    Schnofler-Dance

    Johann Mayer

    Ensemble Bella Musica Vienna

    4:36
  • 9:33 AM

    Symphony No. 4 "Naive"

    Franz Berwald

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    25:30
  • 9:23 AM

    Christmas Night Medley

    Traditional

    Joy to the World

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    9:15
  • 9:06 AM

    Viola Sonata

    Mikhail Glinka

    Brahms, Bridge, Enescu, Franck, Glinka, Tabakova

    Maxim Rysanov, viola

    15:03
  • 9:01 AM

    Paul O'Dette, guitar

    Andrew Lawrence-King, harp

    Pedro Estevan, percussion

    Pat O'Brien, guitar

    Steve Player, guitar

    4:52
  • 8:35 AM

    Symphony No. 7

    Jean Sibelius

    Lahti Symphony Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    22:43
  • 8:24 AM

    A Christmas Rondo

    Rick Sowash

    A Christmas Gift

    Kris Frankenfeld, violin

    10:29
  • 8:10 AM

    To a Nordic Princess

    Percy Grainger

    Grainger Edition Vol. 11: Works for Chorus & Orchestra 4

    Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    12:33
  • 8:06 AM

    John Henry: Railroad Ballad

    Aaron Copland

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    3:39
  • 8:01 AM

    Lullaby (Berceuse)

    Arnold Bax

    Bax: Viola and Piano Music

    Charles Matthews, piano

    4:34
  • 7:12 AM

    Symphony No. 3 "Eroica"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 3 and 4

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    46:28
  • 7:06 AM

    Wexford Carol

    Traditional Irish

    Christmas Around the World

    West Edge String Quartet

    3:42
  • 7:01 AM

    Poem

    Zdenek Fibich

    Small Czech Musical Gems

    Prague Symphony Orchestra

    Vaclav Smetacek, conductor

    4:48
  • 6:36 AM

    Nights in the Gardens of Spain

    Manuel de Falla

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Juanjo Mena, conductor

    Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, piano

    22:14
  • 6:23 AM

    The Nutcracker: Characteristic Dances

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky - Nutcracker Favourite Selections

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    11:26
  • 6:06 AM

    German Chamber Academy

    Johannes Goritzki, conductor

    15:58
  • 6:01 AM

    Il finto Stanislao: Overture

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Philharmonic of La Scala

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    4:43
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