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  • 5:41 AM

    The Garden of Fand

    Arnold Bax

    Bax: Tone Poems

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vernon Handley, conductor

    17:27
  • 5:33 AM

    El Rorro; Coventry Carol; Deck the Halls

    Christmas Music

    Roger Wagner Chorale

    Roger Wagner, conductor

    7:18
  • 5:06 AM

    Nights in the Gardens of Spain

    Manuel de Falla

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    Carol Rosenberger, piano

    25:15
  • 5:01 AM

    Waltz No. 3

    Agustin Barrios

    Berta Rojas, guitar

    4:31
  • 4:42 AM

    Le Tombeau de Couperin

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel: Orchestral Works, Vol. 2 - Valses nobles et sentimentales / Gaspard de la nuit

    Lyon National Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    16:06
  • 4:21 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Alexander Glazunov

    Glazunov: Complete Concertos

    Russian National Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    20:17
  • 4:14 AM

    Symphonic Etude

    Cecile Chaminade

    Peter Jacobs, piano

    5:25
  • 4:08 AM

    The Toy Factory: Little Elves, Fairies and Snowmen

    John Wineglass

    Dashing, Vol. 3

    Brno Philharmonic Orchestra

    Pavel Snajdr, conductor

    4:25
  • 4:06 AM

    Netherlands Wind Ensemble

    1:18
  • 4:01 AM

    Dreams of Love No. 3 (Liebestraum)

    Franz Liszt

    Jenny Lin, piano

    4:33
  • 3:50 AM

    Reverie and Caprice

    Hector Berlioz

    Wagner: Siegfried-Idyll/Sibelius: Valse Triste/etc.

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    Guillermo Figueroa, violin

    7:53
  • 3:27 AM

    Carnival of the Animals

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    22:03
  • 3:21 AM

    The Friendly Beasts

    Traditional Medieval

    Dale Warland Singers

    Dale Warland, conductor

    4:00
  • 3:06 AM

    Clarinet Concerto No. 3

    Carl Stamitz

    Johann & Carl Stamitz: Clarinet Concertos

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Iona Brown, conductor

    Sabine Meyer, clarinet

    14:21
  • 3:01 AM

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    4:27
  • 2:54 AM

    Cancion de Cuna (Afro-Cuban Lullaby)

    Leo Brouwer

    Marco Tamayo, guitar

    4:04
  • 2:46 AM

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

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Jeffrey Biegel, piano

    6:28
  • 2:12 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 1

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1, Saint-Saens: Piano Concerto No. 2

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Yoel Levi, conductor

    Andre Watts, piano

    33:35
  • 2:06 AM

    King Arthur: Overture and Air

    Henry Purcell

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    4:16
  • 2:01 AM

    Pan Voyevoda: Nocturne

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Russian Adagios

    Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Evgeny Svetlanov, conductor

    4:44
  • 1:44 AM

    Don Juan and Faust: Six airs de ballet

    Moritz Moszkowski

    From Foreign Lands

    San Francisco Ballet Orchestra

    Martin West, conductor

    14:03
  • 1:40 AM

    Go Tell It on the Mountain

    Spiritual

    Imani Winds

    3:01
  • 1:15 AM

    Symphony No. 1 "Afro-American"

    William Grant Still

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Freeman, conductor

    24:39
  • 1:10 AM

    Pride and Prejudice Suite: Mrs. Darcy

    Dario Marianelli

    Carte Blanche

    Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

    1:47
  • 1:06 AM

    Bretagne Orchestra

    Stefan Sanderling, conductor

    4:25
  • 1:01 AM

    Symphonie Concertante: Adagio

    Louis Spohr

    María Dueñas - Beethoven and Beyond

    Vienna Symphony Orchestra

    Manfred Honeck, conductor

    Maria Duenas, violin

    4:45
  • 12:42 AM

    Music for the Royal Fireworks

    George Frideric Handel

    Cleveland Symphonic Winds

    Frederick Fennell, conductor

    15:57
  • 12:40 AM

    Music for the Royal Fireworks

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Water Music, Royal Fireworks

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    18:31
  • 12:33 AM

    The Christmas Song/Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas

    Mel Torme/Hugh Martin/Ralph Blane

    Buzz Brass

    5:45
  • 12:23 AM

    String Quartet No. 2

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    W.A. Mozart: The String Quartets

    Amadeus Quartet

    8:47
  • 12:04 AM

    Duet Concertino

    Richard Strauss

    Sinfonia Iuventas

    Gabriel Chmura, conductor

    Waldemar Zarow, clarinet

    Alicja Kieruzalska, bassoon

    18:12
  • 12:00 AM

    Alicia de Larrocha, piano

    2:56
  • 11:53 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 2: 3rd movement

    Henryk Wieniawski

    Tchaikovsky/Wieniawsky: Violin Concertos

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor

    Joshua Bell, violin

    6:08
  • 11:41 PM

    Marche Slave

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Claudio Abbado: Marce E Danze

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    10:31
  • 11:37 PM

    The Little Drummer Boy's Bolero

    Maurice Ravel/Katherine K. Davis

    University of Texas at El Paso Symphonic Winds

    Ron Hufstader, conductor

    3:36
  • 11:22 PM

    Suite: Paris

    Haydn Wood

    Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Ernest Tomlinson, conductor

    13:34
  • 11:09 PM

    French Suite No. 4

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Andras Schiff, piano

    11:54
  • 11:00 PM

    Corsair: Overture

    Hector Berlioz

    Berlioz: 5 Overtures

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Alexander Gibson, conductor

    8:09
  • 10:48 PM

    Tales from the Vienna Woods

    Johann StraussJr.

    Ein Straussfest

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    King Keyes, zither

    11:02
  • 10:44 PM

    Serenatella

    Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco

    Guitar Recital: Bokyung Byun

    Bokyung Byun, guitar

    3:19
  • 10:31 PM

    Violin Concerto

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Telemann: Complete Violin Concertos, Vol. 7

    Wallfisch Band

    Elizabeth Wallfisch, conductor

    Elizabeth Wallfisch, violin

    11:55
  • 10:24 PM

    Messiah: Comfort ye, my people...Every valley shall be exalted

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Messiah: Live In Dublin

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Jerry Hadley, tenor

    5:47
  • 10:19 PM

    The Earle of Oxford's March

    William Byrd

    Boulder Brass

    3:14
  • 10:02 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 3: 1st movement

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Rachmaninoff: The Piano Concertos and Paganini Rhapsody

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    Yuja Wang, piano

    16:23
  • 9:39 PM

    Billy the Kid

    Aaron Copland

    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    19:33
  • 9:18 PM

    London Mozart Players

    Jane Glover, conductor

    20:15
  • 9:13 PM

    I Saw Three Ships

    Traditional English

    This Christmas with Imani Winds

    Imani Winds

    2:55
  • 9:06 PM

    Serenade for Strings: Waltz

    Antonin Dvorak

    Anima Musicae Chamber Orchestra

    Laszlo G. Horvath, conductor

    6:26
  • 9:00 PM

    Pavane

    Gabriel Faure

    Pavane

    Maxim Rysanov, viola

    5:17
  • 6:47 PM

    Symphonic Dances: 1st movement

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Gateways

    Shanghai Symphony Orchestra

    Long Yu, conductor

    11:32
  • 6:15 PM

    Symphony No. 5

    Jean Sibelius

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    30:50
  • 6:10 PM

    Sicilienne

    Germaine Tailleferre

    The Flower of France

    Quynh Nguyen, piano

    2:23
  • 6:06 PM

    March of the Toys

    Victor Herbert

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    3:44
  • 6:01 PM

    Pastoral and Reel

    Thomas C. Kelly

    Irish Chamber Orchestra

    Fionnuala Hunt, conductor

    4:39
  • 5:46 PM

    Trio for Violin, Viola and Cello

    Franz Schubert

    Chamber Players of Canada

    12:23
  • 5:19 PM

    Oboe Concerto

    Richard Strauss

    Mito Chamber Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    Fumiaki Miyamoto, oboe

    25:33
  • 5:13 PM

    Flemish Carol; Past Three a Clock

    Traditional

    Clare College Singers

    John Rutter, conductor

    3:55
  • 5:06 PM

    Canon

    Johann Pachelbel

    Pachelbel: Canon / Albinoni: Adagio / Bach / Molter / Bonporti

    Paillard Chamber Orchestra

    Jean-Francois Paillard, conductor

    6:17
  • 5:01 PM

    Concierto en Flamenco: Alegrias de Cadiz

    Federico Torroba

    Malaga Philharmonic Orchestra

    Manuel Coves, conductor

    Pepe Romero, guitar

    4:42
  • 4:51 PM

    Brook Green Suite

    Gustav Holst

    Holst: Works for Chamber Orchestra

    New Zealand Chamber Orchestra

    Nicholas Braithwaite, conductor

    7:07
  • 4:25 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 12

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Piano Concertos No.11 KV413 / No.12 KV414

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Jeffrey Tate, conductor

    Mitsuko Uchida, piano

    24:59
  • 4:19 PM

    We Need a Little Christmas

    Jerry Herman

    Hampton String Quartet

    4:38
  • 4:10 PM

    Fra Diavolo: Overture

    Daniel Auber

    Great Comedy Overtures

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Lance Friedel, conductor

    8:10
  • 4:06 PM

    Preludes, Book 1: La danse de Puck (Puck's Dance)

    Claude Debussy

    Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano

    2:55
  • 4:01 PM

    Silvain Overture

    Andre Gretry

    Gretry: Suites and Overtures

    Orchestre De Bretagne

    Stefan Sanderling, conductor

    4:45
  • 3:49 PM

    Serenade: 4th movement

    Ethel Smyth

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Odaline de la Martinez, conductor

    9:04
  • 3:42 PM

    Capriccio Espagnol

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Rimsky-Korsakov - Sheherazade Op.35, Capriccio Espagnol Op.34

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    15:02
  • 3:37 PM

    El Noi de la Mare (The Son of the Virgin)

    Traditional Catalan

    Autour de Noel

    Antoine Bareil, violin

    3:45
  • 3:34 PM

    Ave Maria

    Charles Gounod

    Autour de Noel

    Antoine Bareil, violin

    2:37
  • 3:19 PM

    Sextet for Two Horns and Strings

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Treasures for Horn and Trumpet

    Dallas Chamber Orchestra

    Ronald Neal, conductor

    Gregory Hustis, horn

    14:36
  • 3:04 PM

    Harp Concerto

    George Frideric Handel

    Great Works for Harp

    Kuentz Chamber Orchestra

    Paul Kuentz, conductor

    Nicanor Zabaleta, harp

    13:41
  • 2:57 PM

    Sleigh Ride

    Frederick Delius

    Delius: On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    David Lloyd-Jones, conductor

    5:36
  • 2:48 PM

    Symphony No. 83 "The Hen"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    21:06
  • 2:45 PM

    Family Album: Homage to Alfred, Emil and Lionel Newman

    Randy Newman

    Gloria Cheng, piano

    10:31
  • 2:44 PM

    20th Century Fox Fanfare

    Alfred Newman

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    :24
  • 2:41 PM

    Gayane: Dance of the Rose Maidens

    Aram Khachaturian

    Full Dimensional Sound - Sabre Dance: Ballet Suites

    Hollywood Bowl Orchestra

    Alfred Newman, conductor

    2:13
  • 2:34 PM

    Legend No. 4

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Legends

    Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    6:17
  • 2:30 PM

    Make We Joy Now in this Fest

    Matthew Culloton

    On a Christmas Morn: Carols of Matthew Culloton

    The Singers

    Matthew Culloton, conductor

    3:05
  • 2:22 PM

    Viennese Ladies Landler

    Franz Schubert

    Ensemble Wien

    7:00
  • 2:17 PM

    Sergei Rachmaninoff, piano

    3:47
  • 2:08 PM

    Donna Diana Overture

    Emil von Reznicek

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    6:00
  • 2:04 PM

    Vignettes: Carmela

    William Grant Still

    Sierra Winds

    (Selected members), conductor

    2:50
  • 1:59 PM

    Begin the Beguine

    Cole Porter

    Get Happy

    Jenny Lin, piano

    3:54
  • 1:53 PM

    Mock Morris

    Percy Grainger

    Lincolnshire Posy

    Dallas Wind Symphony

    Jerry Junkin, conductor

    3:39
  • 1:43 PM

    Symphony No. 3 "Sinfonia Espansiva": 4th movement

    Carl Nielsen

    Nielsen: Symphony No. 3; Symphony No. 4

    Seattle Symphony

    Thomas Dausgaard, conductor

    9:14
  • 1:39 PM

    Meditation

    Florence Price

    Lara Downes, piano

    2:17
  • 1:30 PM

    Zampa Overture

    Ferdinand Herold

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor

    8:04
  • 1:23 PM

    Symphony No. 3

    William Boyce

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    6:11
  • 1:15 PM

    Festive Cheer

    Roger Harvey

    Isthmus Brass

    John Stevens, conductor

    6:57
  • 1:10 PM

    Romanian Hora

    Traditional

    Far Behind I Left My Country: Klezmer And East European Folk Music

    UCalgary String Quartet

    3:33
  • 1:05 PM

    Hungarian March

    Hector Berlioz

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    4:00
  • 12:49 PM

    Invitation to the Dance

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Weber: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 2, Bassoon Concerto

    BBC Philharmonic

    Juanjo Mena, conductor

    10:02
  • 12:46 PM

    Der Freischutz: Hunter's Chorus

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Dresden State Opera

    Carlos Kleiber, conductor

    2:30
  • 12:35 PM

    Ouverture legere

    Lou Koster

    Estro Armonico Luxembourg Chamber Orchestra

    Jonathan Kaell, conductor

    9:23
  • 12:31 PM

    Parisiana: Pas de Deux

    Germaine Tailleferre

    The Flower of France

    Quynh Nguyen, piano

    2:58
  • 12:25 PM

    Serenade No. 7 "Haffner": 7th movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Haffner Serenade

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Karl Bohm, conductor

    5:44
  • 12:16 PM

    Oboe Concerto: 1st movement

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Bach Generations

    Berlin Baroque Soloists

    Albrecht Mayer, oboe

    8:30
  • 12:10 PM

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

    Gustaf Nordqvist

    MPR Taste Of The Holidays, Vol. 2

    Magnum Chorum

    4:34
  • 12:04 PM

    The Harmonious Blacksmith

    George Frideric Handel

    Intrada - London Brass

    London Brass

    4:31
  • 11:49 AM

    L'assedio di Corinto (Siege of Corinth): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Prague Sinfonia Orchestra

    Christian Benda, conductor

    9:34
  • 11:32 AM

    Capriccio Italien

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Symphonic Battle Scenes

    Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Lorin Maazel, conductor

    14:37
  • 11:21 AM

    Concerto Grosso No. 6

    Arcangelo Corelli

    Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra

    Nicholas McGegan, conductor

    11:09
  • 11:15 AM

    Let it Snow! Let it Snow! Let it Snow!

    Jule Styne

    What if Mozart Wrote "White Christmas"?

    Northern Lights Orchestra

    Petri Juutilainen, conductor

    3:42
  • 11:06 AM

    The Skaters Waltz

    Emil Waldteufel

    The Four Seasons: A Musical Calendar Of Favorite Classics

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    8:44
  • 11:01 AM

    Oboe Quintet No. 1: Minuet

    Josef Myslivecek

    Dolezal Quartet

    Michaela Hrabankova, oboe

    4:46
  • 10:43 AM

    Lady Radnor's Suite

    Hubert Parry

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    15:27
  • 10:23 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 30

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Alexandre Tharaud, piano

    18:26
  • 10:17 AM

    O Christmas Tree

    Traditional German

    A Classical Guitar Christmas

    Eva Beneke, guitar

    3:46
  • 10:06 AM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Telemann: Trumpet Concertos

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Iona Brown, conductor

    Hakan Hardenberger, trumpet

    10:33
  • 10:01 AM

    Contredanse and Tarantelle

    Frederic Chopin

    Malcolm Frager, piano

    4:35
  • 9:24 AM

    Symphony No. 38 "Prague"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Prague Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    34:22
  • 9:21 AM

    Christmas Tree Suite: The Shepherds at the Manger

    Franz Liszt

    Steinway Christmas Album

    Jeffrey Biegel, piano

    3:01
  • 9:06 AM

    Swedish Rhapsody No. 1 "Midsummer Vigil"

    Hugo Alfven

    Ports of Call

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    12:56
  • 9:01 AM

    Kikujiro: Summer

    Joe Hisaishi

    Dream Songs

    Studio Orchestra

    Joe Hisaishi, piano

    4:04
  • 8:29 AM

    Harp Concerto

    Elias Parish-Alvars

    Romantic Harp Concertos

    Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra

    Jean-Pierre Rampal, conductor

    Marielle Nordmann, harp

    29:04
  • 8:25 AM

    Three Carols for Harp

    Christmas Music

    Emily Mitchell, harp

    3:51
  • 8:01 AM

    Fantasie Symphonique

    Louis Theodore Gouvy

    German Radio Philharmonic

    Jacques Mercier, conductor

    21:40
  • 7:20 AM

    Symphony No. 2

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 3

    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    38:12
  • 7:15 AM

    Lo! He comes with clouds descending

    Hymn

    Advent Carols from King's College London

    Choir of King's College, London

    Joseph Fort, conductor

    Michael Butterfield, organ

    4:10
  • 7:01 AM

    Sonata for Flute and Orchestra

    Francis Poulenc

    Twentieth Century Flute Concerti

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Steuart Bedford, conductor

    Jennifer Stinton, flute

    12:04
  • 6:42 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 31

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Rudolf Buchbinder, piano

    16:21
  • 6:35 AM

    A Christmas Medley

    Clarice Assad

    Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin

    Raymond Mase, trumpet

    Fred Sherry, cello

    Anne-Marie McDermott, piano

    6:18
  • 6:01 AM

    Symphony No. 4

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Christoph von Dohnanyi, conductor

    31:56