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  • 5:20 AM

    New Black Music Repertory Ensemble

    Leslie B. Dunner, conductor

    38:27
  • 5:06 AM

    Medley

    Christmas Music

    A Harp For Christmas

    Emily Mitchell, harp

    11:42
  • 5:01 AM

    Figure Humaine: Liberte

    Francis Poulenc

    12 Cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic

    4:34
  • 4:46 AM

    Transcendental Etude No. 11 "Harmonies du soir" (Evening Harmonies)

    Franz Liszt

    Carol Rosenberger, piano

    12:10
  • 4:22 AM

    An English Suite

    Hubert Parry

    Elgar: Seranade, etc./Parry: An English Suite, etc.

    City of London Sinfonia

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    22:37
  • 4:09 AM

    Christmas Overture

    Otto Nicolai

    Nicolai: 4 Overtures, Symphony in D Major

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Karl Anton Rickenbacher, conductor

    10:51
  • 4:06 AM

    Xerxes: Largo

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel

    Louise Pellerin, oboe

    2:35
  • 4:01 AM

    From Jewish Life: Prayer

    Ernest Bloch

    Elgar

    Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello

    4:31
  • 3:52 AM

    Berceuse (Lullaby)

    Frederic Chopin

    The Complete Piano Works of Chopin, Vol 5: Masterpieces & Miniatures

    Garrick Ohlsson, piano

    5:57
  • 3:25 AM

    Symphony No. 5 "Reformation"

    Felix Mendelssohn

    La Chambre Philharmonique

    Emmanuel Krivine, conductor

    26:10
  • 3:12 AM

    Suite of Carols for Woodwinds

    Leroy Anderson

    ANDERSON, L.: Sleigh Ride and Other Holiday Favourites

    BBC Concert Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    10:36
  • 3:06 AM

    The Wedding at Dovre

    Johan Svendsen

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra

    Bjarte Engeset, conductor

    5:33
  • 3:01 AM

    Wiener Blut (Vienna Blood)

    Johann Strauss, Jr.

    Heldinnenleben

    The Kolophonistinnen

    4:48
  • 2:48 AM

    Snowflake Ballet

    Jacques Offenbach

    Orchestra de la Suisse Romande

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    10:23
  • 2:24 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 15 "Pastoral"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Stephen Kovacevich: The Complete Piano Sonatas

    Stephen Kovacevich, piano

    22:41
  • 2:18 AM

    Sleeping Beauty: Entry of the Fairies

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: The Sleeping Beauty

    Kirov Orchestra

    Valery Gergiev, conductor

    4:25
  • 2:06 AM

    Miracle on 34th Street: Suite

    Cyril Mockridge

    It's A Wonderful Life, Miracle On 34th St. & A Christmas Carol

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Newman, conductor

    11:02
  • 2:01 AM

    Flute Quartet No. 1: 2nd movement

    Francois-Joseph Gossec

    Milliere String Trio

    Patrice Bocquillon, flute

    4:42
  • 1:53 AM

    The Last Emperor: Theme

    Ryuichi Sakamoto

    The Hollywood Sound

    London Symphony Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    4:59
  • 1:12 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Violin Concerto, Double Concerto

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    Vadim Repin, violin

    39:50
  • 1:06 AM

    Three Carols for Harp

    Christmas Music

    O Holy Night: Christmas Favorites

    Emily Mitchell, harp

    3:51
  • 1:01 AM

    Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 1: Villanella

    Ottorino Respighi

    Chamber Orchestra of Lausanne

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    4:36
  • 12:54 AM

    Jul, Jul, stralande jul (Yule, Yule, sparkling Yule)

    Gustaf Nordqvist

    Snowflakes - A Classical Christmas

    Trondheim Symphony Orchestra

    Torodd Wigum, conductor

    Oystein Baadsvik, tuba

    4:56
  • 12:44 AM

    Five Bagatelles

    Gerald Finzi

    FINZI: Clarinet Concerto / Five Bagatelles / Three Soliloquies / Romance

    Northern Sinfonia

    Howard Griffiths, conductor

    Robert Plane, clarinet

    14:32
  • 12:13 AM

    Symphony No. 7

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 7

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    41:27
  • 12:00 AM

    The One Horse Open Sleigh; Gloucestershire Wassail; The Souling Song

    Traditional

    A Victorian Christmas

    Robert DeCormier Singers

    Robert DeCormier, conductor

    8:16
  • 11:47 PM

    Christmas Day

    Gustav Holst

    In Terra Pax: A Christmas Anthology

    City of London Choir

    Hilary Davan Wetton, conductor

    Julia Doyle, soprano

    7:26
  • 11:40 PM

    The Polar Express: Suite

    Alan Silvestri

    The Polar Express Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

    Original Soundtrack Recording

    Alan Silvestri, conductor

    6:02
  • 11:24 PM

    Russian Christmas Music

    Alfred Reed

    Horns For The Holidays

    Dallas Wind Symphony

    Jerry Junkin, conductor

    13:53
  • 11:09 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 29 "Hammerklavier": 1st movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Alessio Bax Plays Beethoven

    Alessio Bax, piano

    10:56
  • 11:00 PM

    Morceau de concours

    Gabriel Faure

    VIRTUOSO FRENCH FLUTE REPERTOIRE

    Susan Milan, flute

    2:46
  • 10:54 PM

    Sleigh Ride

    Leroy Anderson

    Sounds of the Season

    Medalist Concert Band

    Jerry Luckhardt, conductor

    3:19
  • 10:51 PM

    Ding Dong Merrily on High

    Traditional French

    MPR Taste Of The Holidays, Vol. 4

    Minnesota Symphonic Winds

    3:22
  • 10:44 PM

    Carol Fantasia

    John Fox

    Another Night Before Christmas And Scrooge

    RTE Concert Orchestra

    Gavin Sutherland, conductor

    6:12
  • 10:40 PM

    Today in Bethlehem; Since our Lord was Born

    Traditional

    Christmas Carols

    Poznan Nightingales

    Stefan Stuligrosz, conductor

    4:30
  • 10:27 PM

    Ma vlast (My Country): Vltava (The Moldau)

    Bedrich Smetana

    Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

    Istvan Kertesz, conductor

    11:05
  • 10:21 PM

    On the Nature of Daylight/Written on the Sky

    Max Richter

    Max Richter: Portrait

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    4:00
  • 10:15 PM

    The Snowman: Walking in the Air

    Howard Blake

    MPR Taste Of The Holidays, Vol. 1

    Copper Street Brass Quintet

    3:52
  • 10:10 PM

    Gesu Bambino

    Pietro Yon

    The Gifts of Christmas

    Heidi Grant Murphy, soprano

    4:11
  • 10:03 PM

    Fantasia on Greensleeves

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    London Sinfonia

    John Barbirolli, conductor

    4:38
  • 9:55 PM

    Rhapsody in Blue

    George Gershwin

    Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue

    City of London Sinfonia

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    Wayne Marshall, piano

    13:44
  • 9:50 PM

    March No. 3

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Complete Piano Duets

    Amy Hamann, piano

    4:31
  • 9:45 PM

    March No. 1

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Complete Piano Duets

    Amy Hamann, piano

    4:20
  • 9:38 PM

    Skating

    Vince Guaraldi

    Christmas On Copper Street

    Copper Street Brass Quintet

    4:28
  • 9:28 PM

    Consecration of the House: Overture

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 'Erioca'

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    10:05
  • 9:21 PM

    The Holly and the Ivy

    Traditional

    Ola Gjeilo: Winter Songs

    Choir of Royal Holloway

    Rupert Gough, conductor

    3:56
  • 9:08 PM

    The Nutcracker: Characteristic Dances

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker

    Kirov Orchestra

    Valery Gergiev, conductor

    11:08
  • 9:00 PM

    Serenity (O Magnum Mysterium)

    Ola Gjeilo

    Life And Breath

    Phoenix Chorale

    Charles Bruffy, conductor

    Emmanuel Lopez, cello

    5:11
  • 6:51 PM

    Variations on the Boar's Head Carol

    Rick Sowash

    Rick Sowash: Piano Trios

    Mirecourt Trio

    7:14
  • 6:17 PM

    Symphony No. 36 "Linz"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Prague Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    31:41
  • 6:10 PM

    3 Dances

    William Byrd

    Buffalo Guitar Quartet

    5:16
  • 6:06 PM

    Handel in the Strand

    Percy Grainger

    Grainger Edition Vol. 6: Orchestral Works

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    4:03
  • 6:01 PM

    London Fields: St. James' Park - A Lakeside Reverie

    Phyllis Tate

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Barry Wordsworth, conductor

    4:52
  • 5:52 PM

    A Christmas Medley

    Clarice Assad

    Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin

    Raymond Mase, trumpet

    Fred Sherry, cello

    Anne-Marie McDermott, piano

    6:18
  • 5:12 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 1

    Frederic Chopin

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Andrew Davis, conductor

    Yundi Li, piano

    38:23
  • 5:06 PM

    Trumpet Voluntary

    John Stanley

    Intrada - London Brass

    London Brass

    3:35
  • 5:01 PM

    London Festival Orchestra

    Josef Sakonov, violin

    4:35
  • 4:48 PM

    Unto us is born; While shepherds; The First Nowell

    Christmas Music

    Christmas at King's: Favourite Carols

    Choir of King's College, Cambridge

    David Willcocks, conductor

    9:46
  • 4:13 PM

    Symphony No. 1 "Spring"

    Robert Schumann

    San Francisco Symphony

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    33:58
  • 4:06 PM

    Thais: Meditation

    Jules Massenet

    Cantabile

    Duo Similia

    4:39
  • 4:01 PM

    Madame Bovary: Waltz

    Miklos Rozsa

    City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra

    Kenneth Alwyn, conductor

    4:44
  • 3:39 PM

    Miss Sally's Party

    William Grant Still

    VocalEssence Orchestra

    Philip Brunelle, conductor

    19:02
  • 3:39 PM

    Miss Sally's Party

    William Grant Still

    VocalEssence Orchestra

    Philip Brunelle, conductor

    19:02
  • 3:36 PM

    Carnival of the Animals: Aquarium

    Camille Saint-Saens

    The Kanneh-Masons

    2:45
  • 3:30 PM

    Iberia: Malaga

    Isaac Albeniz

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    5:45
  • 3:16 PM

    Italian Concerto

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Fazil Say, piano

    12:50
  • 3:08 PM

    Romanian Folk Dances

    Bela Bartok

    Concert Recording

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    6:15
  • 3:01 PM

    The Nutcracker: Waltz of the Flowers

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite

    Harmonie Ensemble

    Steven Richman, conductor

    6:34
  • 2:53 PM

    Sonata No. 4

    Giovanni Fontana

    Les Barocudas

    5:30
  • 2:46 PM

    Maskarade: Overture

    Carl Nielsen

    Nielsen: Symphonies Nos. 1-6, Concertos, Orchestral Music

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Eugene Ormandy, conductor

    4:39
  • 2:41 PM

    Blithe Bells

    Percy Grainger

    Noel

    Bengt Forsberg, piano

    3:57
  • 2:30 PM

    Gloriana: Courtly Dances

    Benjamin Britten

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    10:18
  • 2:18 PM

    The Two Barons of Roccazzura: Overture

    Domenico Cimarosa

    Sinfonia Finlandia Jyvaskyla

    Patrick Gallois, conductor

    10:15
  • 2:11 PM

    Klezmer Dance No. 3 "Let's Be Happy"

    Goran Frost

    Frost and Friends

    Martin Frost, clarinet

    3:27
  • 2:04 PM

    Voices of Spring Waltz (Fruhlingsstimmen)

    Johann StraussJr.

    Strauss: Gala I

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Willi Boskovsky, conductor

    6:10
  • 1:53 PM

    Serenade No. 9 "Posthorn": Rondo

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Serenades K320 & K239, Divertimento K136

    Chamber Orchestra of Lausanne

    Yehudi Menuhin, conductor

    5:38
  • 1:47 PM

    A Canadian Brass Christmas Card

    Howard Cable

    A Christmas Gloria

    Canadian Brass

    4:12
  • 1:39 PM

    Water Music Suite No. 3

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Water Music, Il Pastor Fido

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    6:48
  • 1:36 PM

    The Polar Express: Spirit of the Season

    Alan Silvestri

    The Polar Express Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

    Original Soundtrack Recording

    Alan Silvestri, conductor

    2:32
  • 1:26 PM

    Piano Sonata

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Piano Sonatas, Vol. 1

    Roman Rabinovich, piano

    9:36
  • 1:20 PM

    Nonet: 4th movement

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Mary Ashley Barret, oboe

    Lynn Huntzinger Beck, horn

    Craig Brown, bass

    Michael Burns, bassoon

    Andrew Harley, piano

    Kelly Burke, clarinet

    5:17
  • 1:14 PM

    American Suite: 5th movement

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Symphony No. 9 in E minor; American Suite

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Libor Pesek, conductor

    3:19
  • 1:12 PM

    Symphony No. 1 "Classical": 3rd movement

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Prokofiev: Symphonies Nos. 1-3

    Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    1:37
  • 1:07 PM

    Joyous March

    Emmanuel Chabrier

    Karajan Conducts Orchestral Favorites II

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    4:04
  • 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
  • 12:54 PM

    Karelia Suite: Alla Marcia

    Jean Sibelius

    Scandinavian Rhapsody, A Selection of Orchestral Favourites

    Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra

    Leif Segerstam, conductor

    4:35
  • 12:48 PM

    Frosty the Snowman (in the style of Mozart)

    Nelson/Rollins

    What if Mozart Wrote "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"

    Hampton String Quartet

    5:15
  • 12:40 PM

    Symphony No. 5: 1st movement

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Symphonies 5 & 8

    San Francisco Symphony

    Herbert Blomstedt, conductor

    7:07
  • 12:34 PM

    O Christmas Tree

    Traditional German

    Moonlight On Snow

    Christa Grix, harp

    4:50
  • 12:30 PM

    Puppet Serenade

    Ron Goodwin

    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    Ron Goodwin, conductor

    2:40
  • 12:27 PM

    Snowflakes: The Snowdrop

    Alexander Grechaninov

    Grechaninov: Symphony No. 1 Etc.

    Russian State Symphony Orchestra

    Valery Polyansky, conductor

    1:58
  • 12:15 PM

    Orchestral Suite No. 1: Overture

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Orchestal Suites

    Moscow Virtuosi

    Vladimir Spivakov, conductor

    10:24
  • 12:09 PM

    Mandolin Concerto: 3rd movement

    Johann Hummel

    Hummell: Mandolin Concerto, etc.

    London Mozart Players

    Howard Shelley, conductor

    Alison Stephens, mandolin

    5:03
  • 12:04 PM

    La Visionaire

    Francois Couperin

    Couperin: Keyboard Music Vol. 2

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    3:43
  • 11:47 AM

    Wedding Scenes

    Bedrich Smetana

    Smetana: Short Orchestral Pieces

    Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Stankovsky, conductor

    10:59
  • 11:39 AM

    Nocturnes: Fetes (Festivals)

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Orchestral Works

    Paris Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    6:56
  • 11:29 AM

    Concerto for Three Violins

    Antonio Vivaldi

    the four seasons: The Vivaldi Album

    English Chamber Orchestra

    David Lockington, conductor

    Anne Akiko Meyers, violin

    9:26
  • 11:19 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
  • 11:11 AM

    Prince and the Mermaid Suite

    William Grant Still

    Oregon String Quartet

    7:24
  • 11:06 AM

    Impromptu No. 1

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Schzeri, Impromptus

    Yundi Li, piano

    4:01
  • 11:01 AM

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

    Carl Nielsen

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    4:42
  • 10:40 AM

    An American in Paris

    George Gershwin

    Seattle Symphony

    Ludovic Morlot, conductor

    18:35
  • 10:19 AM

    Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra

    Hans-Peter Frank, conductor

    18:59
  • 10:10 AM

    Of the Father's Heart Begotten; Angelus ad virginem; The Holly and the Ivy

    Traditional

    Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge

    Richard Marlow, conductor

    7:06
  • 10:06 AM

    Folk Songs for Orchestra: My Lord, what a morning

    George Walker

    George Walker: Orchestral Works

    Cleveland Chamber Symphony

    Edwin London, conductor

    3:33
  • 10:01 AM

    Detmold Horn Quartet

    4:45
  • 9:22 AM

    Concerto for Piano and Violin

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    Martha Argerich, piano

    Gidon Kremer, violin

    36:33
  • 9:18 AM

    The Lake at Evening

    Charles Tomlinson Griffes

    Griffes: Orchestral Music

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    3:33
  • 9:06 AM

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

    Traditional

    Christmas Night

    Cambridge Singers

    John Rutter, conductor

    9:55
  • 9:01 AM

    Seringapatam

    Bruce Paine

    Waitemata Reverie: Music by Bruce Paine

    Gunter Herbig, guitar

    4:34
  • 8:31 AM

    Les Sylphides Ballet

    Frederic Chopin

    Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Heinz Fricke, conductor

    27:18
  • 8:22 AM

    Air and Gavotte

    Arthur Foote

    American Romantics

    Gowanus Arts Ensemble

    Reuben Blundell, conductor

    8:31
  • 8:11 AM

    Medley

    Christmas Music

    A Harp For Christmas

    Emily Mitchell, harp

    9:23
  • 8:06 AM

    Echo

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Susato, Moritz von Hessen, Bach, Franke, Sammartini, Mendelssohn, Ewald

    Ludwig Guttler Brass Ensemble

    Ludwig Guttler, conductor

    4:14
  • 8:01 AM

    Intermezzo No. 4

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: The Symphonies

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    4:39
  • 7:30 AM

    String Quartet No. 5

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Alexander String Quartet

    28:04
  • 7:21 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
  • 7:06 AM

    Symphony No. 7 "Song of the Night": 4th movement (Nachtmusik II)

    Gustav Mahler

    Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    12:54
  • 7:01 AM

    Staatskapelle Weimar

    Peter Gulke, conductor

    4:38
  • 6:37 AM

    Forest Scenes

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann: Piano Works Vol. 3

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano

    21:18
  • 6:27 AM

    Messiah: Comfort ye, my people

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Messiah

    Dunedin Consort and Players

    John Butt, conductor

    Nicholas Mulroy, tenor

    9:17
  • 6:06 AM

    Cello Concerto No. 1

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Tchaikovsky, Saint-Saens, Faure, Bruch

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Mstislav Rostropovich, conductor

    Han-Na Chang, cello

    19:20
  • 6:01 AM

    Orchestral Suite No. 1: Gavotte

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Suites Nos. 1 And 2

    National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland

    Stefan Sanderling, conductor

    4:40
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