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  • 5:14 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 3

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3

    Saint Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yuri Temirkanov, conductor

    Lang Lang, piano

    43:22
  • 5:06 AM

    The Nutcracker: Miniature Overture, Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairies, and Russian Dance

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Steinway Christmas Album

    Jeffrey Biegel, piano

    6:28
  • 5:01 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
  • 4:49 AM

    A Night Piece

    Arthur Foote

    Carol Wincenc, flute

    Kevin Lawrence, violin

    Carolyn Stuart, violin

    Sheila Brown, viola

    Brooks Whitehouse, cello

    8:42
  • 4:25 AM

    Symphony No. 7

    Jean Sibelius

    Lahti Symphony Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    22:43
  • 4:12 AM

    While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks by Night; The First Nowell; Shepherd's Pipe Carol

    Traditional

    Christmas Weekend 16 Favourite Carols

    Choir of St. John's College, Cambridge

    George Guest, conductor

    Stephen Cleobury, organ

    11:21
  • 4:06 AM

    Serenade No. 10 "Gran Partita": Adagio

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Serenade KV 361 "Gran Partita"

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    5:30
  • 4:01 AM

    The Red Pony Suite: The Gift

    Aaron Copland

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    4:49
  • 3:53 AM

    Pastoral

    Arthur Bliss

    Revelations

    Emma Johnson, clarinet

    5:05
  • 3:24 AM

    Octet

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Haydn Violin Concertos, Mendelssohn Octet

    Sejong Soloists

    Gil Shaham, violin

    28:09
  • 3:10 AM

    The Many Moods of Christmas No. 4

    Robert Russell Bennett

    The Many Moods of Christmas

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    12:13
  • 3:06 AM

    Songs My Mother Taught Me

    Antonin Dvorak

    Anderson & Roe Piano Duo

    2:59
  • 3:01 AM

    Symphony No. 5: Scherzo

    Alexander Glazunov

    Glazunov: Symphonies 1 & 5

    Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    4:33
  • 2:54 AM

    Soliloquy for Oboe

    Edward Elgar

    Elgar: Miniatures

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Norman Del Mar, conductor

    3:55
  • 2:33 AM

    Otello: Ballet Music

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Ballet Music

    Monte Carlo National Opera Orchestra

    Antonio de Almeida, conductor

    19:31
  • 2:20 AM

    Four Seasons: Summer

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi - The Four Seasons

    Amsterdam Guitar Trio

    11:43
  • 2:07 AM

    We Wish You; Jingle Bells; 12 Days; Winter W'land; Deck the Hall

    Christmas Music

    Christmas Harp Music

    Ayako Shinozaki, harp

    12:09
  • 2:01 AM

    Prelude No. 5

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Rachmaninoff - Symphonic Dances

    Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

    Sergiu Comissiona, conductor

    4:39
  • 1:54 AM

    Invocation

    Amy Beach

    Tasmin Little, violin

    John Lenehan, piano

    3:49
  • 12:52 AM

    Etude No. 3 "Un Sospiro" (A Sigh)

    Franz Liszt

    Liszt: Piano Sonata & 3 Concert Studies

    Louis Lortie, piano

    6:07
  • 12:46 AM

    Love's Labours Lost: 3 Soliloquies

    Gerald Finzi

    Northern Sinfonia

    Howard Griffiths, conductor

    4:48
  • 12:24 AM

    Mandolin Concerto

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Avi Avital: Bach

    Potsdam Chamber Academy

    Avi Avital, mandolin

    20:26
  • 12:09 AM

    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
  • 12:06 AM

    Umoja (Unity)

    Valerie Coleman

    Imani Winds

    Imani Winds

    2:50
  • 12:01 AM

    Quintet No. 2: 1st movement

    Jean Francaix

    Francaix: Chamber Music

    Mobius

    4:39
  • 11:38 PM

    The Wise Virgins Ballet Suite

    William Walton

    Walton: The Quest; The Wise Virgins

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Bryden Thomson, conductor

    19:41
  • 11:28 PM

    Der Zigeunerbaron (The Gypsy Baron): Overture

    Johann Strauss, Jr.

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor

    7:57
  • 11:16 PM

    "A Mozart Christmas"

    Traditional

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

    Hampton String Quartet

    11:57
  • 11:09 PM

    Abdelazar: Suite

    Henry Purcell

    Oslo Circles

    5:02
  • 11:06 PM

    Four Characteristic Waltzes: Rustic Waltz

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Coleridge-Taylor: Hiawatha OVerture / Petite Suite

    RTE Concert Orchestra

    Adrian Leaper, conductor

    3:01
  • 11:01 PM

    Symphony No. 2: 3rd movement

    Johan Svendsen

    Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    4:46
  • 10:43 PM

    Lincolnshire Posy

    Percy Grainger

    Grainger Edition Vol. 4: Works for Wind Orchestra

    Northern College Wind Orchestra

    Timothy Reynish, conductor

    15:32
  • 10:38 PM

    Prelude No. 15 "Raindrop"

    Frederic Chopin

    The Complete Chopin Preludes

    Yundi Li, piano

    4:48
  • 10:27 PM

    Scheherazade: The Young Prince and the Young Princess

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Mad About Love

    Orchestre de la Bastille

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    9:42
  • 10:23 PM

    Praise the name of the Lord

    Cyrillus Kreek

    Vox Clamantis

    Jaan-Eik Tulve, conductor

    2:18
  • 10:09 PM

    Old Christmas Music

    Philip Lane

    Another Night Before Christmas And Scrooge

    Royal Ballet Sinfonia

    Gavin Sutherland, conductor

    12:06
  • 10:06 PM

    Idomenee: Rigaudon

    Andre Campra

    Baroque Music for Brass and Organ

    Empire Brass

    William Kuhlman, organ

    2:35
  • 10:03 PM

    Las Dos Hermanitas (Two Sisters)

    Francisco Tarrega

    An Evening of Guitar Music

    Celedonio Romero, guitar

    2:43
  • 9:50 PM

    Airs ecossais (Scottish Airs)

    Pablo de Sarasate

    Sarasate: Violin and Piano Music, Vol. 3

    Tianwa Yang, violin

    8:15
  • 9:35 PM

    Bartered Bride: Overture, Furiant and Skocna

    Bedrich Smetana

    Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Eliahu Inbal, conductor

    13:27
  • 9:28 PM

    Little Folk Suites: Selections

    William Grant Still

    William Grant Still

    Oregon String Quartet

    6:50
  • 9:12 PM

    A Christmas Carol: Suite

    Richard Addinsell

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

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Newman, conductor

    14:07
  • 9:06 PM

    Serenade

    Roman Hoffstetter

    Promenade Concert

    I Solisti Italiani

    5:29
  • 9:01 PM

    Les Huguenots: Gypsy Dance

    Giacomo Meyerbeer

    Meyerbeer: Ballet Music From The Operas / Nesterowicz

    Barcelona Symphony Orchestra

    Michal Nesterowicz, conductor

    4:40
  • 8:47 PM

    Capriccio Brillant

    Felix Mendelssohn

    New York Philharmonic

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    Helen Huang, piano

    11:25
  • 7:42 PM

    Rusalka: Polonaise

    Antonin Dvorak

    Exotic Dances from the Opera

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    4:30
  • 6:52 PM

    Serenade for Winds: Scherzo

    Julius Rontgen

    The Romantic Era in the Netherlands

    Viotta Ensemble

    6:40
  • 6:20 PM

    Sinfonia Concertante

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: The Violin Concertos; Sinfonia concertante

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Anne-Sophie Mutter, conductor

    Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin

    30:29
  • 6:06 PM

    O come, all ye faithful; The Shepherd's Carol; Hark! the Herald Angels Sing

    Traditional

    A Christmas Festival

    Cambridge Singers

    John Rutter, conductor

    11:05
  • 6:01 PM

    Shepherd's Song

    Han-Kun Sha

    Shanghai Quartet

    4:46
  • 5:44 PM

    Marosszek Dances

    Zoltan Kodaly

    Budapest Symphony Orchestra

    Gyorgy Lehel, conductor

    13:52
  • 5:20 PM

    Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Rachmaninoff, Paganini Rhapsody, Piano Concerto No. 2

    Mahler Chamber Orchestra

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    Yuja Wang, piano

    23:00
  • 5:09 PM

    Pastoral Variations on an Old Noel

    Marcel Samuel-Rousseau

    Noel nouvelet

    Caroline Leonardelli, harp

    9:35
  • 5:06 PM

    Henry V Suite: Touch her soft lips and part

    William Walton

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    2:01
  • 5:01 PM

    Edgar: Act I Prelude

    Giacomo Puccini

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jacek Kaspszyk, conductor

    4:37
  • 4:48 PM

    O Little Town of Bethlehem; Born on Earth; Hark! the Herald Angels Sing

    Traditional

    Christmas Weekend 16 Favourite Carols

    Choir of St. John's College, Cambridge

    George Guest, conductor

    10:23
  • 4:19 PM

    Symphony No. 1

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 4

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor

    27:45
  • 4:08 PM

    String Quartet No. 2: Nocturne

    Alexander Borodin

    From Mozart to Ravel

    Blair String Quartet

    8:33
  • 4:06 PM

    Hungarian Dance No. 10

    Johannes Brahms

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    1:48
  • 4:01 PM

    The Merrymakers

    Eric Coates

    Boult conducts Coates

    New Philharmonia Orchestra

    Adrian Boult, conductor

    4:34
  • 3:47 PM

    The Many Moods of Christmas No. 1

    Robert Russell Bennett

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    11:29
  • 3:45 PM

    Second Suite

    Gustav Holst

    Snake Fence Country

    Edmonton Wind Ensemble

    Harry Pinchin, conductor

    11:57
  • 3:39 PM

    Fantasia on Greensleeves

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Eaken Piano Trio: Home for the Holidays

    Eaken Piano Trio

    5:03
  • 3:17 PM

    Flute Concerto No. 2

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Munich Bach Orchestra

    Karl Richter, conductor

    Aurele Nicolet, flute

    20:20
  • 3:13 PM

    Once in Royal David's City

    Henry Gauntlett

    A Cello Christmas

    London Cello Sound

    Geoffrey Simon, conductor

    3:15
  • 3:05 PM

    The Anonymous Lover: Overture-Symphony

    Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    7:41
  • 2:59 PM

    Rusalka: Polonaise

    Antonin Dvorak

    Exotic Dances from the Opera

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    4:30
  • 2:53 PM

    Much Ado About Nothing: Overture

    Patrick Doyle

    City of Prague Philharmonic

    Kenneth Alwyn, conductor

    :00
  • 2:46 PM

    Celebren, publiquen

    Manuel de Zumaya

    Chanticleer

    7:00
  • 2:36 PM

    Serenade for Strings: Finale

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Netherlands Chamber Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    7:30
  • 2:30 PM

    Shepherd's Music for Christmas

    Gregor Joseph Werner

    Christmas Festival

    London Festival Orchestra

    Ross Pople, conductor

    4:31
  • 2:21 PM

    The Merry Wives of Windsor: Overture

    Otto Nicolai

    German Overtures

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Christian Thielemann, conductor

    8:39
  • 2:17 PM

    Carmen: Intermezzo

    Georges Bizet

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

    French National Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    2:33
  • 2:10 PM

    Etude No. 1 "Aeolian Harp"

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Etudes, Sonatas, Impormptus

    Janina Fialkowska, piano

    3:25
  • 2:04 PM

    String Symphony No. 8: 3rd movement

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn Early Symphonies 8 & 11

    Metamorphosen Chamber Orchestra

    Scott Yoo, conductor

    4:51
  • 1:54 PM

    Tessa Lark, violin

    Michael Thurber, double bass

    3:29
  • 1:44 PM

    Symphony No. 2: 4th movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: The Symphonies

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    8:44
  • 1:37 PM

    Overture on French Carols

    Philip Lane

    British Light Music Premieres Vol. 2

    Royal Ballet Sinfonia

    Gavin Sutherland, conductor

    5:20
  • 1:30 PM

    Symphony No. 4: 4th movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: The 9 Symphonies

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    6:50
  • 1:27 PM

    Away in a Manger

    Traditional

    Chanticleer Sings Christmas

    Chanticleer

    1:37
  • 1:21 PM

    Fantasy for a Gentleman: Canario

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Dances for Flute

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Eduardo Mata, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    4:36
  • 1:15 PM

    The Bourgeois Gentleman: Entrance and Dance of the Tailors

    Richard Strauss

    R. Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos (Suite)

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    5:20
  • 1:08 PM

    O Come, O Come Emmanuel; What Child is This; The Boar's Head Carol; Good King Wenceslas; God Rest You Merry Gentlemen; Now the Holly Bears a Berry

    Traditional

    Mittens for Christmas

    Kirkmount

    5:27
  • 1:04 PM

    Norwegian Dance No. 3

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg: Symphonic Dances, Norwegian Dances, Lyric Suite

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    3:10
  • 12:54 PM

    Today Heaven Sings

    Kenneth Jennings

    Concordia Choir of Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota

    Rene Clausen, conductor

    3:14
  • 12:52 PM

    Gratulantes celebremus

    Anonymous Medieval

    The Road to Compostela

    Rose Ensemble

    1:21
  • 12:45 PM

    Symphony No. 1: Scherzo

    Charles Gounod

    Orchestra of Toulouse

    Michel Plasson, conductor

    6:27
  • 12:40 PM

    Sonata: 4th movement

    Antonio Carlos Gomez

    Essencia Do Brasil

    Brazilian Guitar Quartet

    3:36
  • 12:34 PM

    Rodeo: Saturday Night Waltz

    Aaron Copland

    Colorado Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    5:15
  • 12:32 PM

    Music for Children: March

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Brodsky Unlimited

    Brodsky Quartet

    1:04
  • 12:25 PM

    Scottish March (Marche ecossaise)

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Complete Orchestral Works I

    French National Radio and Television Orchestra

    Jean Martinon, conductor

    6:20
  • 12:21 PM

    Symphony No. 35 "Haffner": Menuetto

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 35 & 38

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Colin Davis, conductor

    3:24
  • 12:16 PM

    O Holy Night

    Adolphe Adam

    Simply Christmas

    Ayako Shinozaki, harp

    4:06
  • 12:09 PM

    Harold in Italy: Serenade

    Hector Berlioz

    Berlioz: Harold en Italie Op. 16

    Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Eliahu Inbal, conductor

    Yuri Bashmet, viola

    5:56
  • 11:52 AM

    La Scala di Seta (Silken Ladder): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Overtures

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Jaime Laredo, conductor

    6:25
  • 11:37 AM

    The Nutcracker: Characteristic Dances

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite, Serenade for Strings

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    12:52
  • 11:28 AM

    Symphony No. 2

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra

    Adam Fischer, conductor

    9:29
  • 11:23 AM

    Cello Suite No. 6: Gavottes

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    3:40
  • 11:10 AM

    Four Dances

    Edward Elgar

    Athena Ensemble

    11:38
  • 11:06 AM

    Consolation No. 3

    Franz Liszt

    Mariam Batsashvili, piano

    3:33
  • 11:01 AM

    Suite of Three Pieces: Idylle

    Benjamin Godard

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Steuart Bedford, conductor

    William Bennett, flute

    4:37
  • 10:47 AM

    Symphony No. 4 "Romantic": 3rd movement

    Anton Bruckner

    Bruckner: Symphony No. 4; Wagner: Lohengrin Prelude

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Andris Nelsons, conductor

    10:48
  • 10:25 AM

    Spirituals for Strings

    Morton Gould

    Morton Gould: American Salute

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Kenneth Klein, conductor

    20:33
  • 10:09 AM

    Noels

    Marc-Antoine Charpentier

    Baroque Christmas

    Masques

    Olivier Fortin, conductor

    15:07
  • 10:06 AM

    The Youth's Magic Horn: Who thought up this little song?

    Gustav Mahler

    Storyteller

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Eivind Aadland, conductor

    Tine Thing Helseth, trumpet

    1:51
  • 10:01 AM

    Andromaque: Prelude to Act IV

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra

    Jun Markl, conductor

    4:52
  • 9:30 AM

    Piano Trio No. 1

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Argenta Trio

    28:52
  • 9:17 AM

    Christmas Overture

    Otto Nicolai

    Nicolai: 4 Overtures, Symphony in D Major

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Karl Anton Rickenbacher, conductor

    10:51
  • 9:06 AM

    Old Polish Suite

    Andrei Panufnik

    Polish Chamber Orchestra

    Mariusz Smolij, conductor

    10:03
  • 9:01 AM

    Flute Concerto: 1st movement

    Jacques Ibert

    City of London Sinfonia

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    Susan Milan, flute

    4:38
  • 8:45 AM

    Othello Overture

    Antonin Dvorak

    Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    13:40
  • 8:28 AM

    Papillons (Butterflies)

    Robert Schumann

    Bach: French Suite; Schumann: Papillons, Op.2; Chopin: Two Preludes, Mazurka

    Mieczyslaw Horszowski, piano

    16:10
  • 8:14 AM

    Suite of Carols for String Orchestra

    Leroy Anderson

    ANDERSON, L.: Sleigh Ride and Other Holiday Favourites

    BBC Concert Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    12:22
  • 8:07 AM

    Tralala

    Christina Courtin

    The Brooklyn Rider Almanac

    Brooklyn Rider

    7:14
  • 8:01 AM

    Four Pieces: Dudelsack and Waltz

    Alfred Uhl

    Cumberland Quintet

    4:42
  • 7:37 AM

    The Tender Land Suite

    Aaron Copland

    Phoenix Symphony

    James Sedares, conductor

    21:21
  • 7:23 AM

    Es ist ein Ros' entsprungen; Weihnachten; Schlaf mein Kindelein; Stille Nacht

    Traditional German

    Calmus Christmas Carols

    Calmus Ensemble Leipzig

    11:50
  • 7:07 AM

    Wood Notes

    William Grant Still

    Still: Symphonies Nos. 2 and 3; Wood Notes

    Fort Smith Symphony

    John Jeter, conductor

    16:27
  • 7:01 AM

    Miniatures: Brecolada and Copla

    Joan Manen

    Turina 'La Oracion del Torero' Spanish Works for String Orchestra

    National Chamber Orchestra of Andorra

    Gerard Claret, conductor

    4:31
  • 6:36 AM

    Hary Janos Suite

    Zoltan Kodaly

    Zoltán Kodály: Peacock Variations

    Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra

    Zdenek Macal, conductor

    22:37
  • 6:23 AM

    Medley

    Christmas Music

    A Harp For Christmas

    Emily Mitchell, harp

    10:52
  • 6:06 AM

    String Quartet No. 12: 2nd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Prism 1

    Danish String Quartet

    16:21
  • 6:01 AM

    Nocturne No. 10

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: The Nocturnes

    Maria Joao Pires, piano

    4:41
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