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  • 5:52 AM

    Musical Moment No. 6

    Franz Schubert

    Paul Lewis, piano

    6:21
  • 5:44 AM

    Elegy - In Memoriam - Stephen Lawrence

    Philip Herbert

    Spark Catchers

    Chineke! Orchestra

    Anthony Parnther, conductor

    6:54
  • 5:25 AM

    Violin Sonata No. 5

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    Jory Vinikour, harpsichord

    18:40
  • 5:19 AM

    Ave Maris Stella

    Philip Stopford

    Equinox

    Voces8

    Barnaby Smith, conductor

    Emily Dickenson, soprano

    3:49
  • 5:06 AM

    The Caledonian Road

    Sally Beamish

    Swedish Chamber Orchestra

    Ola Rudner, conductor

    12:49
  • 5:01 AM

    Jakob Lindberg, orpharion

    4:48
  • 4:53 AM

    water hollows stone: mist

    Alex Weiser

    HOCKET

    5:23
  • 4:45 AM

    Waves

    Jake Runestad

    The Hope of Loving: Choral Music of Jake Runestad

    Conspirare

    Craig Hella Johnson, conductor

    Michael Jones, tenor

    7:17
  • 4:22 AM

    Ulster Orchestra

    Vernon Handley, conductor

    21:38
  • 4:13 AM

    Imagined Archipelagos: The Island with the Imaginary Moons

    Reinaldo Moya

    Francesca Anderegg, violin

    Brent Funderburk, piano

    6:36
  • 4:06 AM

    Two Icelandic Melodies

    Johan Svendsen

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra

    Petri Sakari, conductor

    6:53
  • 4:01 AM

    A Pile of Dust

    Johann Johannsson

    Johann Johannsson: Orphee

    Air Lyndhurst String Orchestra

    Anthony Weeden, conductor

    4:49
  • 3:54 AM

    Away in a Manger

    William James Kirkpatrick

    A Family Christmas

    Piano Guys

    3:11
  • 3:49 AM

    State Choir Latvija

    Maris Sirmais, conductor

    4:46
  • 3:20 AM

    Cello Sonata

    Dora Pejacevic

    Christian Poltera, cello

    Oliver Triendl, piano

    28:06
  • 3:06 AM

    Symphony No. 1: Mountain Flowers

    Rued Langgaard

    Langgaard: Symphony No. 1; Fra Dybet

    Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Leif Segerstam, conductor

    11:48
  • 3:01 AM

    Seringapatam

    Bruce Paine

    Waitemata Reverie: Music by Bruce Paine

    Gunter Herbig, guitar

    4:34
  • 2:45 AM

    Pohadka (Fairy Tale)

    Leos Janacek

    Shuffle. Play. Listen.

    Matt Haimovitz, cello

    13:09
  • 2:13 AM

    Fairy Tale

    Josef Suk

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    30:28
  • 2:06 AM

    In the Bleak Midwinter

    Harold Darke

    Christmas with Septura

    Septura

    5:03
  • 2:01 AM

    Violin Sonata No. 3: Adagio

    Johannes Brahms

    Viola Bouquet

    Nobuko Imai, viola

    4:40
  • 1:51 AM

    Iberia: Evocation

    Isaac Albeniz

    Paris Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    6:23
  • 1:44 AM

    Barcarolle No. 2

    Stephan Elmas

    Elmas: Complete Piano Works, Vol. 1

    Mikael Ayrapetyan, piano

    7:03
  • 1:40 AM

    O Little Town of Bethlehem

    Traditional

    Dream Season: The Christmas Harp

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    2:20
  • 1:38 AM

    We Three Kings of Orient Are

    Traditional

    Dream Season: The Christmas Harp

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    1:55
  • 1:19 AM

    Three Botticelli Pictures

    Ottorino Respighi

    Chamber Orchestra of Lausanne

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    18:18
  • 1:06 AM

    Concert Overture No. 1

    Florence Price

    Price: Songs of the Oak - Concert Overtures Nos. 1-2

    Wurttemberg Philharmonic Reutlingen

    John Jeter, conductor

    11:39
  • 1:01 AM

    The rising of the moon

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Bart Schneemann, oboe

    Paolo Giacometti, piano

    4:34
  • 12:46 AM

    Ma vlast (My Country): From Bohemia's Woods and Fields

    Bedrich Smetana

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Libor Pesek, conductor

    12:30
  • 12:24 AM

    Guitar Quintet No. 4 "Fandango"

    Luigi Boccherini

    Tokyo String Quartet

    Kazuhito Yamashita, guitar

    20:14
  • 12:18 AM

    El la don don; Riu riu chiu

    Traditional

    Our Heart's Joy: A Chanticleer Christmas

    Chanticleer

    3:45
  • 12:06 AM

    Semiramide: Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Complete Overtures

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    11:37
  • 12:01 AM

    March No. 1

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Titans

    Anagnoson & Kinton, duo pianos

    4:41
  • 11:43 PM

    Horn Concerto No. 1

    Richard Strauss

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Ingo Metzmacher, conductor

    Marie Luise Neunecker, horn

    15:35
  • 11:16 PM

    Fantasie for Violin and Piano

    Franz Schubert

    Smile

    Anne Akiko Meyers, violin

    24:55
  • 11:13 PM

    I Saw Three Ships

    Traditional English

    Imani Winds

    2:55
  • 11:07 PM

    Sleeping Beauty: Grand Pas de Deux

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Sleeping Beauty

    Russian National Orchestra

    Mikhail Pletnev, conductor

    4:58
  • 11:01 PM

    Symphony

    Francesco Uttini

    The Gustavian Symphony

    Orchestra of the Royal Swedish Opera

    Philip Brunelle, conductor

    4:35
  • 10:55 PM

    Cave of the Winds

    Nathaniel Dett

    Clipper Erickson, piano

    2:57
  • 10:23 PM

    Symphony No. 4

    Florence Price

    Fort Smith Symphony

    John Jeter, conductor

    31:25
  • 10:17 PM

    Adoration

    Florence Price

    Daniel Hope: America

    Zurich Chamber Orchestra

    Alexander Ponet, conductor

    Daniel Hope, violin

    3:49
  • 10:06 PM

    Sweet Little Jesus Boy

    Robert MacGimsey

    Sacred Songs

    Jessye Norman, soprano

    4:35
  • 10:01 PM

    Characteristic Suite: Scherzo

    Henry Schoenefeld

    Gowanus Arts Ensemble

    Reuben Blundell, conductor

    4:51
  • 9:52 PM

    Colonial Song

    Percy Grainger

    Lincolnshire Posy

    Dallas Wind Symphony

    Jerry Junkin, conductor

    6:11
  • 9:18 PM

    Symphony No. 36 "Linz"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 36 & 40

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Colin Davis, conductor

    32:48
  • 9:13 PM

    Four German Carols

    Traditional

    An Old World Christmas

    Berlin Philharmonic Brass

    4:30
  • 9:06 PM

    Rhapsody

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Piano Pieces Opp. 116-119

    Helene Grimaud, piano

    5:02
  • 9:01 PM

    Lyric Quartet: The Quiet One

    William Grant Still

    William Grant Still

    Oregon String Quartet

    4:35
  • 5:49 PM

    Bright Blue Music

    Michael Torke

    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    9:05
  • 5:26 PM

    Cello Concerto No. 1

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Transfigured Night

    Trondheim Soloists

    Alisa Weilerstein, cello

    21:29
  • 5:20 PM

    In dulci jubilo; Singt un klinget allzumall; Canzone

    Christmas Music

    Blasermusik Zur Weihnacht

    Ludwig Guttler Brass Ensemble

    Ludwig Guttler, conductor

    5:28
  • 5:16 PM

    Lara Downes, piano

    2:51
  • 5:06 PM

    Prague Waltzes

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Czech Suite, Prague Waltzes, etc.

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Antal Dorati, conductor

    8:55
  • 5:01 PM

    Scotch Strathspey and Reel

    Percy Grainger

    Grainger: Piano Music

    Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano

    4:40
  • 4:47 PM

    Theme and Variations "Geistervariationen" (Ghost Variations)

    Robert Schumann

    Igor Levit, piano

    11:16
  • 4:30 PM

    Tintagel

    Arnold Bax

    Virginia Symphony Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    14:48
  • 4:11 PM

    Concertino for Oboe and Strings

    Brenno Blauth

    Camerata Bariloche

    Andres Spiller, oboe

    17:11
  • 4:06 PM

    A Carol Symphony

    Victor Hely-Hutchinson

    CHRISTMAS WITH THE 5 BROWNS

    The 5 Browns

    4:45
  • 4:01 PM

    Siciliano

    Harry Dexter

    British Light Music: Miniatures

    RTE Concert Orchestra, Dublin

    Ernest Tomlinson, conductor

    4:47
  • 3:50 PM

    Symphony No. 2: 4th movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Symphony No. 2, Tragic Overture

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    8:42
  • 3:44 PM

    Wake, Awake, for Night is Flying

    Philipp Nicolai

    St. Olaf Christmas Festival 2018: Good News of Great Joy

    St. Olaf Choir

    4:00
  • 3:21 PM

    Violin Sonata No. 1

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Pamela Frank, violin

    Claude Frank, piano

    21:45
  • 3:06 PM

    Petite Suite Gauloise

    Louis Theodore Gouvy

    The Chamber Winds

    United States Air Force Band

    Lowell Graham, conductor

    13:43
  • 3:01 PM

    The Prophet: Ballet of the Skaters: Quadrilles des patineurs

    Giacomo Meyerbeer

    Meyerbeer: Ballet Music From The Operas / Nesterowicz

    Barcelona Symphony Orchestra

    Michal Nesterowicz, conductor

    4:46
  • 2:48 PM

    The Wasps: Overture

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams: Piano Concerto / The Wasps / English Folk Song Suite / The Running Set

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    James Judd, conductor

    9:51
  • 2:42 PM

    The Holly and the Ivy; Lo, how a Rose E'Er Blooming; I am so Glad each Christmas Eve

    Traditional

    A Christmas pastorale

    Michael Newman, guitar

    4:33
  • 2:25 PM

    Concerto for Two Flutes

    Domenico Cimarosa

    Mozart, Cimarosa, Vivaldi, Stamitz

    Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra

    Jean-Pierre Rampal, conductor

    Jean-Pierre Rampal, flute

    16:48
  • 2:06 PM

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Wolfgang Sawallisch, conductor

    16:41
  • 2:01 PM

    Contredanse and Tarantelle

    Frederic Chopin

    Malcom Frager plays Chopin

    Malcolm Frager, piano

    4:35
  • 11:45 AM

    Harp Concerto

    George Frideric Handel

    Great Works for Harp

    Kuentz Chamber Orchestra

    Paul Kuentz, conductor

    Nicanor Zabaleta, harp

    13:41
  • 11:22 AM

    Holberg Suite

    Edvard Grieg

    Estonian National Symphony Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    20:23
  • 11:16 AM

    What Child is This?

    Traditional English

    Christmas Goes Baroque 2

    Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia

    Peter Breiner, conductor

    4:37
  • 11:06 AM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Giuseppe Tartini

    Scottish Ensemble

    Jonathan Morton, conductor

    Alison Balsom, trumpet

    9:40
  • 11:01 AM

    Pavane and Gigue

    William Byrd

    Stokowski's Symphonic Baroque

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    4:43
  • 10:44 AM

    Symphony No. 27

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 26, 27, 28, 30 & 32

    London Mozart Players

    Jane Glover, conductor

    14:06
  • 10:28 AM

    Sonata Concertata

    Niccolo Paganini

    Paganini For Two

    Gil Shaham, violin

    14:18
  • 10:20 AM

    L'Enfance du Christ: Shepherd's Farewell

    Hector Berlioz

    Monteverdi Choir

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    5:48
  • 10:06 AM

    Quartet No. 3

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Vienna-Berlin Ensemble

    13:37
  • 10:01 AM

    Piano Sonata: Scherzo

    Franz Schubert

    Simone Dinnerstein, piano

    4:45
  • 9:26 AM

    Symphony No. 2

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Complete Symphonies / Muti, Philharmonia

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    32:13
  • 9:22 AM

    Divinum Mysterium; The Christ-Child's Lullaby

    Anonymous

    Surrounded By Angels

    Ensemble Galilei

    3:37
  • 9:06 AM

    Festival Suite

    Robin Milford

    Guildhall Strings

    14:15
  • 9:01 AM

    Cantilene

    Louis Cahuzac

    Ricardo Morales, clarinet

    Michael Chertock, piano

    4:35
  • 8:48 AM

    In Spring Overture

    Karl Goldmark

    Goldmark: Overtures

    Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andras Korodi, conductor

    10:32
  • 8:42 AM

    Variations on Vom Himmel hoch

    Various

    Blasermusik Zur Weihnacht

    Ludwig Guttler Brass Ensemble

    Ludwig Guttler, conductor

    4:58
  • 8:19 AM

    Piano Concerto

    Muzio Clementi

    Clementi: Piano Concerto; Two Symphonies, op. 18

    Rome Symphony Orchestra

    Francesco La Vecchia, conductor

    Bruno Canino, piano

    21:11
  • 8:06 AM

    Liebeslieder Walzer (Love-Song Waltzes)

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: The Symphonies

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    12:52
  • 8:01 AM

    Sunday Rag

    Elena Kats-Chernin

    Ragtime & Blue

    Sarah Nicolls, piano

    4:50
  • 7:46 AM

    The Butterfly's Ball

    Frederic Cowen

    Slovak State Phiharmonic, Kosice

    Adrian Leaper, conductor

    11:48
  • 7:42 AM

    Lo how a rose

    Traditional

    Joy to the World

    Empire Brass

    3:40
  • 7:06 AM

    String Quintet "American"

    Antonin Dvorak

    Gyorgy Kurtag: Moments Musicaux and Officium Breve/Antonin Dvorak: String Quintet Op. 97

    Parker Quartet

    Kim Kashkashian, viola

    34:00
  • 7:01 AM

    Eventide

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Elgar and Vaughan Williams

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    George Hurst, conductor

    4:52
  • 6:26 AM

    Symphony No. 1

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: The Symphonies

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    32:06
  • 6:19 AM

    Xavier de Maistre, harp

    6:12
  • 6:06 AM

    Symphonic Dances: 1st movement

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Gateways

    Shanghai Symphony Orchestra

    Long Yu, conductor

    11:32
  • 6:01 AM

    Mazurka No. 36

    Frederic Chopin

    Late Piano Music of Frederic Chopin

    Aleck Karis, piano

    4:46