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  • 5:49 AM

    Personent hodie; Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming

    Traditional

    A Swedish Folk Christmas

    St. Jacob's Chamber Choir

    Gary Graden, conductor

    Lisa Rydberg, violin

    9:44
  • 5:42 AM

    Silent Night

    Franz Gruber

    Imagine Christmas

    American Contemporary Music Ensemble

    5:51
  • 5:14 AM

    Lux Aeterna

    Morten Lauridsen

    Sinfonia Orchestra

    Paul Salamunovich, conductor

    27:28
  • 5:08 AM

    O Come, O Come Emmanuel

    Traditional

    Gaelynn Lea, violin, looping pedal

    3:58
  • 5:06 AM

    O Magnum Mysterium

    Margaret Rizza

    Mysterium Amoris

    Gaudete Ensemble

    Eamonn Dougan, conductor

    2:12
  • 5:04 AM

    Somerset Carol

    Traditional

    Song of the Nativity

    The Sixteen

    Harry Christophers, conductor

    1:49
  • 5:01 AM

    Now found is the fairest of roses

    Traditional

    Last Leaf

    Danish String Quartet

    2:55
  • 4:52 AM

    Dream Children

    Edward Elgar

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

    Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra

    Raymond Leppard, conductor

    6:19
  • 4:43 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
  • 4:31 AM

    Swan of Tuonela

    Jean Sibelius

    Reveries

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    Marni Hougham, English horn

    9:32
  • 4:26 AM

    Winter

    Rebecca Dale

    Winter

    Voces8

    4:56
  • 4:12 AM

    Musica Callada (Silent Music): Book 3

    Federico Mompou

    Jenny Lin, piano

    12:54
  • 4:06 AM

    Ave Maris Stella

    Arianna Savall

    The Wind Rose

    Hirundo Maris

    Arianna Savall, mezzo-soprano

    5:16
  • 4:01 AM

    A Gaelic Blessing: Meditation

    John Rutter

    Blessing

    Sinfonia Cymru

    John Rutter, conductor

    Catrin Finch, harp

    4:43
  • 3:52 AM

    In the Bleak Midwinter

    Gustav Holst

    Dulci Jubilo: Christmas With The Singers

    The Singers

    Matthew Culloton, conductor

    Min Kim, harp

    6:00
  • 3:45 AM

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    5:45
  • 3:35 AM

    Hansel and Gretel: Dream Pantomime

    Engelbert Humperdinck

    Late Romantics

    Symphony Nova Scotia

    Georg Tintner, conductor

    8:53
  • 3:15 AM

    Christmas Music from the British Isles

    Various

    In Dulci Jubilo

    Seattle Pro Musica

    Karen P. Thomas, conductor

    19:12
  • 3:09 AM

    Lullay, my child

    Anonymous

    The Secret Life of Carols: 800 Years of Christmas Music

    The Telling

    4:30
  • 3:06 AM

    The Snowman: Walking in the Air

    Howard Blake

    Imagine Christmas

    Ronn McFarlane, lute

    2:51
  • 3:01 AM

    Divertimento: Lento Cantabile

    Gareth Walters

    Sea Sketches

    Manitoba Chamber Orchestra

    Roy Goodman, conductor

    4:28
  • 2:50 AM

    String Quartet No. 2: Nocturne

    Alexander Borodin

    Borodin: Three Symphonies, Petite Suite, Polovetsian Dances

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    8:28
  • 2:39 AM

    Five Carols

    Richard Rodney Bennett

    Sing Thee Nowell

    New York Polyphony

    Sarah Brailey, soprano

    9:54
  • 2:16 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 1

    John Field

    New Irish Chamber Orchestra

    Janos Furst, conductor

    John O'Conor, piano

    20:25
  • 2:07 AM

    Wexford Carol

    Traditional Irish

    Silent Night

    Hirundo Maris

    7:39
  • 2:06 AM

    Winter Moon

    Margaret Bonds

    Malcolm J. Merriweather, conductor

    Malcolm J. Merriweather, baritone

    Ashley Jackson, harp

    1:13
  • 2:01 AM

    Sarabande

    Ludovico Einaudi

    Ludovico Einaudi: Portrait

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    4:42
  • 1:35 AM

    A Ceremony of Carols

    Benjamin Britten

    Hodie

    Dale Warland Singers

    Dale Warland, conductor

    Kathy Kienzle, harp

    22:37
  • 1:17 AM

    Imagenes

    Candelario Huizar

    Mi Alma Mexicana

    Philharmonic Orchestra of the Americas

    Alondra de la Parra, conductor

    16:46
  • 1:06 AM

    Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas; Silver Bells; The Christmas Song

    Medley

    Christmas Tradition

    Canadian Brass

    Eric Robertson, organ

    9:06
  • 1:01 AM

    Drop down ye heavens from above

    Anonymous

    Advent Carols from King's College London

    Choir of King's College, London

    Joseph Fort, conductor

    4:42
  • 12:51 AM

    Pictures of Childhood, Book 1 (selections)

    Aram Khachaturian

    Mirian Conti, piano

    7:28
  • 11:48 PM

    First Suite

    Gustav Holst

    Music for Wind Band

    Cleveland Symphonic Winds

    Frederick Fennell, conductor

    10:25
  • 11:18 PM

    Piano Concerto

    Edvard Grieg

    Tchaikovsky/Grieg/Liszt Piano Concertos

    Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra

    Emil Tabakov, conductor

    Santiago Rodriguez, piano

    28:34
  • 11:07 PM

    Once as I Remember; A Spotless Rose: In the Bleak Midwinter

    Traditional

    Christmas Night

    Cambridge Singers

    John Rutter, conductor

    9:55
  • 11:01 PM

    Tanguori

    Jeremy Cohen

    Quartet San Francisco

    4:33
  • 10:55 PM

    March of the Toys

    Victor Herbert

    Joy to the World

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    3:44
  • 10:51 PM

    Canzon Septimi Toni No. 2

    Giovanni Gabrieli

    The Glory of Gabrieli

    Empire Brass & Friends

    2:57
  • 10:39 PM

    Capriol Suite

    Peter Warlock

    Warlock: The Curlew

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Alan Barlow, conductor

    10:54
  • 10:24 PM

    Sing Noel; Hark! the Herald Angels Sing; Angels from the Realms of Glory

    Christmas Music

    Home for the Holidays

    Mormon Tabernacle Choir

    Mack Wilberg/Ryan Murphy, conductor

    Alfie Boe, tenor

    13:24
  • 10:07 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 26 "Les adieux"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Alfred Brendel, piano

    17:02
  • 10:01 PM

    Violin Sonata No. 2: Allegro

    Pietro Locatelli

    Locatelli: Violin Sonatas, Op. 6

    Locatelli Trio

    4:31
  • 9:46 PM

    Old Christmas Music

    Philip Lane

    Another Night Before Christmas And Scrooge

    Royal Ballet Sinfonia

    Gavin Sutherland, conductor

    12:06
  • 9:17 PM

    Flute and Harp Concerto

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Flute Concertos

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    Emmanuel Pahud, flute

    27:47
  • 9:13 PM

    Minuet No. 2

    Giacomo Puccini

    R. Strauss, Verdi, Puccini: String Quartets

    Enso String Quartet

    2:37
  • 9:09 PM

    Eight Days of Lights

    Judith Clurman & David Chase

    REJOICE! Honoring the Jewish Spirit

    Essential Voices USA

    Judith Clurman, conductor

    James Cunningham, piano

    3:09
  • 9:07 PM

    Everlasting Light

    David Shire

    REJOICE! Honoring the Jewish Spirit

    Essential Voices USA

    Judith Clurman, conductor

    James Cunningham, piano

    2:16
  • 9:01 PM

    Andante festivo

    Jean Sibelius

    Sphinx Virtuosi

    Damon Gupton, conductor

    4:35
  • 8:47 PM

    Suite of Carols

    Leroy Anderson

    ANDERSON, L.: Orchestral Music, Vol. 3 - Sleigh Ride / The Typewriter / Plink, Plank, Plunk! / The Syncopated Clock

    BBC Concert Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    11:29
  • 5:49 PM

    The Holly and the Ivy; Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming; O Tannenbaum

    Traditional/Praetorius

    Joy to the World

    Empire Brass

    9:22
  • 5:33 PM

    Peer Gynt Suite No. 1

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg: Peer Gynt Suites 1 And 2

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    13:55
  • 5:25 PM

    Ballade No. 3

    Frederic Chopin

    Leif Ove Andsnes: Chopin

    Leif Ove Andsnes, piano

    7:34
  • 5:19 PM

    Bell Carol

    William Mathias

    Sing Noel

    Washington Chorus

    Robert Shafer, conductor

    William Neil, organ

    4:50
  • 5:16 PM

    Wassail Dances: Yorkshire Wassail

    Philip Lane

    HELY-HUTCHINSON: Carol Symphony / STANDFORD / KELLY

    City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra

    Gavin Sutherland, conductor

    3:02
  • 5:13 PM

    Thys endere nyghth (Christmas Song)

    Traditional

    Monteverdi Choir

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    2:34
  • 5:06 PM

    Magic Flute: Overture

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart Die Zauberflote

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    6:31
  • 5:01 PM

    The Floating One Polka Mazurka

    Josef Strauss

    Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra

    Arthur Kulling, conductor

    4:37
  • 4:54 PM

    Greensleeves

    Traditional

    Musical Gifts from Joshua Bell and Friends

    Joshua Bell, violin

    4:16
  • 4:52 PM

    Hacia Belen va un borrico

    Traditional Spanish

    Songs Of Angels: Christmas Hymns And Carols

    Robert Shaw Chamber Singers

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    Victor Ledbetter, baritone

    2:18
  • 4:25 PM

    Appalachian Spring

    Aaron Copland

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    25:09
  • 4:21 PM

    All My Heart This Night Rejoices

    Traditional

    Christmas Night

    Cambridge Singers

    John Rutter, conductor

    2:15
  • 4:20 PM

    Masters in This Hall

    Traditional

    Dream Season: The Christmas Harp

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    1:41
  • 4:17 PM

    The Infant King

    Traditional

    Cambridge Singers

    John Rutter, conductor

    2:48
  • 4:06 PM

    Sinfonia melodica for Two Oboes

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Berlin Baroque Soloists

    Rainer Kussmaul, conductor

    Albrecht Mayer, oboe

    10:08
  • 4:01 PM

    The Jane Pickering Lute Book

    Anonymous

    Ronn McFarlane, lute

    4:36
  • 3:52 PM

    The Nutcracker: Waltz of the Flowers

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto 1, Etc / Argerich, Abbado

    Martha Argerich, piano

    6:21
  • 3:25 PM

    Violin Concerto

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Hugh Wolff, conductor

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    26:07
  • 3:20 PM

    Serenade for Winds: Moderato

    Antonin Dvorak

    Romantic Wind Serenades

    Consortium Classicum

    3:50
  • 3:06 PM

    The Many Moods of Christmas No. 4

    Robert Russell Bennett

    The Many Moods of Christmas

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    12:13
  • 3:01 PM

    Maskarade: Overture

    Carl Nielsen

    Nielsen: Symphonies No 4 & 5

    BBC Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Davis, conductor

    4:37
  • 2:53 PM

    God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen

    Traditional

    Snowflakes - A Classical Christmas

    Trondheim Symphony Orchestra

    Torodd Wigum, conductor

    Oystein Baadsvik, tuba

    4:59
  • 2:38 PM

    String Quintet No. 2 "Del Fandango"

    Luigi Boccherini

    Quinteto Boccherini

    14:46
  • 2:24 PM

    French Suite No. 4

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Andras Schiff, piano

    11:54
  • 2:13 PM

    Christmas Medley

    Traditional

    Christmas Weekend 16 Favourite Carols

    Choir of St. John's College, Cambridge

    George Guest, conductor

    10:30
  • 2:06 PM

    Ruslan and Ludmila: Overture

    Mikhail Glinka

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra: Portrait

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra

    James DePreist, conductor

    5:32
  • 11:48 AM

    Christmas Carols for Strings

    Traditional

    Tchaikovsky: Children's Album, Mozart: Toy Symphony

    I Musici Montreal

    Yuli Turovsky, conductor

    10:42
  • 11:30 AM

    Symphony No. 2

    Muzio Clementi

    Clementi: Piano Concerto; Two Symphonies, op. 18

    Rome Symphony Orchestra

    Francesco La Vecchia, conductor

    16:23
  • 11:21 AM

    Schwanengesang, Book 1: Standchen (Serenade)

    Franz Schubert

    Oxana Yablonskaya, piano

    7:05
  • 11:06 AM

    English Pastoral Impressions

    Ernest Farrar

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Alasdair Mitchell, conductor

    14:13
  • 11:01 AM

    Susann McDonald, harp

    4:38
  • 10:49 AM

    Introduction, Theme, and Variations

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center

    David Shifrin, clarinet

    8:49
  • 10:17 AM

    Through the Looking Glass

    Deems Taylor

    The Musical Fantasies of Charles Griffes and Deems Taylor

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    31:17
  • 10:06 AM

    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
  • 10:01 AM

    Orphee Suite: Orphee and the Princess

    Philip Glass

    Paul Barnes, piano

    4:36
  • 9:39 AM

    Pelleas and Melisande

    Jean Sibelius

    Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    18:46
  • 9:28 AM

    Four Christmas Motets

    Francis Poulenc

    Poulenc Motets

    The Sixteen

    Harry Christophers, conductor

    11:27
  • 9:06 AM

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    Daniel Barenboim, piano

    19:36
  • 9:01 AM

    Ballade No. 1

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms on Brass

    Canadian Brass

    4:43
  • 8:57 AM

    Adam lay ybounden

    Traditional

    Christmas Night

    Cambridge Singers

    John Rutter, conductor

    1:10
  • 8:32 AM

    The Peace of Christmas

    Christmas Music

    Christmas with the Cambridge Singers

    City of London Sinfonia

    John Rutter, conductor

    26:37
  • 8:11 AM

    Flute Concerto

    Johann Quantz

    Benda, Quantz, Rampal

    Paris Orchestra

    Jean Pierre Wallez, conductor

    Jean-Pierre Rampal, flute

    20:16
  • 8:06 AM

    Song without Words No. 3 "Hunting Song"

    Felix Mendelssohn

    True North Harp Duo

    True North Harp Duo

    3:21
  • 8:01 AM

    Peace

    Ivo Antognini

    Invisible Stars - Choral Works of Ireland and Scotland

    The Choral Scholars of University College Dublin

    Desmond Earley, conductor

    Glenn Murphy, tenor

    4:30
  • 7:35 AM

    Symphony No. 84 "In Nomine Domini"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Tafelmusik

    Bruno Weil, conductor

    23:21
  • 7:26 AM

    Noel, Noel, Bells are Ringing; Carol of the Bells; Nativity Carol

    Christmas Music

    Christmas with Roger Wagner

    Roger Wagner Chorale

    Roger Wagner, conductor

    8:42
  • 7:07 AM

    Intimate Impressions

    Federico Mompou

    Mompou: Impresiones Intimas

    Anita Pontremoli, piano

    17:38
  • 7:01 AM

    The Mission: Gabriel's Oboe

    Ennio Morricone

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Keith Lockhart, conductor

    Anne Akiko Meyers, violin

    4:51
  • 6:29 AM

    Christmas Eve Suite

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Rimsky-Korsakov: Suites

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    29:14
  • 6:26 AM

    The Darkest Midnight in December

    Traditional

    I Sing The Birth

    New York Polyphony

    1:56
  • 6:06 AM

    Guitar Concerto

    Heitor Villa-Lobos

    New York Philharmonic

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    Sharon Isbin, guitar

    18:29
  • 6:01 AM

    Cello Concerto: Larghetto

    Giuseppe Tartini

    Vivaldi, Tartini, Boccherini: Cello Concertos

    Collegium Musicum Zurich

    Paul Sacher, conductor

    Mstislav Rostropovich, cello

    4:39
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