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  • 5:53 AM

    Bethlehem Down

    Peter Warlock

    Mater ora filium: Music for Epiphany

    Choir of Clare College, Cambridge

    Graham Ross, conductor

    5:13
  • 5:06 AM

    Symphony No. 1

    Hubert Parry

    Parry Symphony 1 and 'From Death to Life'

    English Symphony Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    45:22
  • 5:01 AM

    The Arts and the Hours

    Jean-Philippe Rameau

    Debussy | Rameau | Vikingur Olafsson

    Vikingur Olafsson, piano

    4:45
  • 4:46 AM

    The Beckoning Stars

    Stanley Grill

    Afterwards …

    Camerata Philadelphia

    12:25
  • 4:41 AM

    The Traveller Benighted in Snow

    Traditional Scottish

    Winter's Delights

    Quadriga Consort

    3:27
  • 4:30 AM

    Variations on an Old Scottish Song

    Geraldine Mucha

    Mucha: Chamber Music

    Patricia Goodson, piano

    9:50
  • 4:14 AM

    Andromeda

    Augusta Holmes

    Compositrices: New Light on French Romantic Women Composers

    Orchestra of Toulouse

    Leo Hussain, conductor

    15:08
  • 4:06 AM

    Gymnopedies

    Erik Satie

    Christopher Parkening, guitar

    6:58
  • 4:01 AM

    Suite of Three Pieces: Idylle

    Benjamin Godard

    City of London Sinfonia

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    Susan Milan, flute

    4:50
  • 3:54 AM

    Winter Wonderland

    Felix Bernard

    Christmas at Steinway Hall

    Simon Mulligan, piano

    4:26
  • 3:17 AM

    Symphony No. 11 "Winter"

    Joachim Raff

    Raff: Symphony No. 11 "Der Winter"

    Basel Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Mario Venzago, conductor

    34:32
  • 3:06 AM

    Old Hungarian Dances

    Ferenc Farkas

    Frosunda Wind Quintet

    9:35
  • 3:01 AM

    Childhood Dream (Reve d'enfant)

    Eugene Ysaye

    French Impressions

    Bienne Symphony Orchestra

    Jean-Jacques Kantorow, conductor

    Rachel Kolly d'Alba, violin

    4:35
  • 2:52 AM

    Festive Cheer

    Christmas Music

    London Brass

    6:33
  • 2:47 AM

    A la Argentina

    Gabriela Montero

    Gabriela Montero, piano

    2:50
  • 2:12 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 2

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Sergei Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2; Gabriela Montero: Ex Patria, 3 Improvisations

    YOA Orchestra of the Americas

    Carlos Miguel Prieto, conductor

    Gabriela Montero, piano

    34:45
  • 2:06 AM

    Polonaise

    Anatol Liadov

    Liadov: The Enchanted Lake, and other orchestral works.

    Mexico City Philharmonic Orchestra

    Enrique Batiz, conductor

    4:19
  • 2:01 AM

    The Tempest: Rustic Dance

    Ernest Chausson

    Belgian Radio and TV Symphony Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    4:50
  • 1:46 AM

    Oboe Quintet No. 2

    Josef Myslivecek

    Myslivecek: Oboe Quintets, String Quartets

    Dolezal Quartet

    Michaela Hrabankova, oboe

    11:55
  • 1:16 AM

    Harp Concerto

    Elias Parish-Alvars

    Romantic Harp Concertos

    Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra

    Jean-Pierre Rampal, conductor

    Marielle Nordmann, harp

    29:04
  • 1:08 AM

    Christmas Overture

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Joy!

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    John Morris Russell, conductor

    5:49
  • 1:06 AM

    The Love for Three Oranges: March

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Debut

    Sarah Chang, violin

    1:28
  • 1:01 AM

    Symphony

    Francesco Uttini

    The Gustavian Symphony

    Orchestra of the Royal Swedish Opera

    Philip Brunelle, conductor

    4:35
  • 12:45 AM

    Sonata Mexicana

    Manuel Ponce

    Guitar Recital: Perera, Cecilio - PONCE, M.M. / BROUWER, L. / OLIVA, J.C. / SOJO, V.E.

    Cecilio Perera, guitar

    12:58
  • 12:33 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 2

    Franz Liszt

    Dallas Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    Andre Watts, piano

    20:44
  • 12:00 AM

    Enigma Variations

    Edward Elgar

    Elgar: Enigma Variations; Vaughan Williams: Greensleeves; The Wasps

    Kansas City Symphony

    Michael Stern, conductor

    31:13
  • 11:48 PM

    Consecration of the House: Overture

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Overtures and Incidental Music

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, conductor

    10:28
  • 11:11 PM

    Symphony No. 101 "The Clock"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 101 & 102

    London Classical Players

    Roger Norrington, conductor

    28:33
  • 11:07 PM

    Lohengrin: Prelude to Act III

    Richard Wagner

    Wagner: Orchestral Favorites

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    2:55
  • 11:02 PM

    Lohengrin: Prelude to Act III

    Richard Wagner

    Wagner: Orchestral Works

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Klaus Tennstedt, conductor

    4:42
  • 10:25 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 1

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Rachmaninoff: Concerto No. 3; Tchaikovsky: Concerto No. 1

    Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    Martha Argerich, piano

    31:55
  • 10:20 PM

    We Gather Together

    Traditional

    Harvest Home

    Dale Warland Singers

    Dale Warland, conductor

    3:33
  • 10:15 PM

    While My Guitar Gently Weeps

    George Harrison

    Blackbird: The Beatles Album

    Milos Karadaglic, guitar

    3:32
  • 10:10 PM

    Northern Lights (Pulchra es, amica mea)

    Ola Gjeilo

    Ola Gjeilo

    Voces8

    4:05
  • 10:05 PM

    Fur Elise

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Immortal Beloved Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

    Murray Perahia, piano

    2:54
  • 9:48 PM

    Serenade No. 10 "Gran Partita": Adagio

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Serenade KV 361 "Gran Partita"

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    5:30
  • 9:43 PM

    Simple Gifts

    Joseph Brackett

    That Eternal Day

    Cantus

    3:29
  • 9:39 PM

    Guitar Quintet No. 4 "Fandango": Fandango

    Luigi Boccherini

    Baroque

    Arcangelo

    Jonathan Cohen, conductor

    Milos Karadaglic, guitar

    3:49
  • 9:27 PM

    The Skaters Waltz

    Emil Waldteufel

    The Four Seasons: A Musical Calendar Of Favorite Classics

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    8:44
  • 9:06 PM

    Our Town

    Aaron Copland

    Copland: Our Town, El Salon Mexico

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Aaron Copland, conductor

    10:58
  • 9:00 PM

    Cariad Cyntaf (First Love)

    Traditional Welsh

    Bryn Terfel: Scarborough Fair

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Barry Wordsworth, conductor

    Bryn Terfel, baritone

    3:52
  • 6:46 PM

    Sonatina No. 1 "From an Invalid's Workshop": 1st movement

    Richard Strauss

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    12:00
  • 6:19 PM

    Symphony No. 90

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies 88-92, etc.

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    26:07
  • 6:14 PM

    Wassail Dances: Yorkshire Wassail

    Philip Lane

    City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra

    Gavin Sutherland, conductor

    3:02
  • 6:06 PM

    Six English Tunes

    Peter Warlock

    London Festival Orchestra

    Ross Pople, conductor

    7:10
  • 6:01 PM

    Sacred Heart (Ubi Caritas III)

    Ola Gjeilo

    Ola Gjeilo

    Voces8

    Ben Hancox, violin

    4:37
  • 5:36 PM

    Clarinet Concerto No. 2

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Janet Hilton Plays Weber

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    Janet Hilton, clarinet

    22:02
  • 5:16 PM

    Suite Bergamasque

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy Rediscovered

    San Francisco Ballet Orchestra

    Emil de Cou, conductor

    18:29
  • 5:10 PM

    The Nutcracker: Final Waltz

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker

    Septura

    3:56
  • 5:06 PM

    Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach, J.S.: Great Organ Works

    Wolfgang Rubsam, organ

    3:47
  • 5:01 PM

    Violin Sonata No. 2: 2nd movement

    Robert Schumann

    Enescu Dvorak Schumann

    Caroline Goulding, violin

    4:31
  • 4:45 PM

    Popular Andean Dances

    Celso Garrido-Lecca

    Inca Trail Connections

    Norwegian Radio Orchestra

    Miguel Harth-Bedoya, conductor

    12:58
  • 4:26 PM

    Three Botticelli Pictures

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Geoffrey Simon, conductor

    18:02
  • 4:16 PM

    Philarte Quartet

    9:16
  • 4:13 PM

    Musical Toys: The Drummer

    Sofia Gubaidulina

    Melody's Mostly Musical Day

    Jenny Lin, piano

    1:23
  • 4:06 PM

    The Gadfly: Romance

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Shostakovich: Film Music from The Gadfly & Pirogov

    Belgian Radio and TV Symphony Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    6:09
  • 4:01 PM

    Les Huguenots: Gypsy Dance

    Giacomo Meyerbeer

    Meyerbeer: Ballet Music From The Operas / Nesterowicz

    Barcelona Symphony Orchestra

    Michal Nesterowicz, conductor

    4:40
  • 3:50 PM

    Introduction and Polonaise

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin

    Anne Gastinel, cello

    8:55
  • 3:39 PM

    Norwegian Dances

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg, Svendsen: Orchestral Works

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra

    Petri Sakari, conductor

    18:00
  • 3:34 PM

    Serenade for Strings: Alla marcia

    Dag Wiren

    A Swedish Serenade

    Stockholm Sinfonietta

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    4:32
  • 3:29 PM

    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
  • 3:09 PM

    Sextet for Piano and Winds

    Francis Poulenc

    Concert Recording

    Anne-Marie McDermott, piano

    19:01
  • 3:00 PM

    L'Italiana in Algeri (The Italian Girl in Algiers): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Italian Overtures

    Saint Cecilia Orchestra

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    7:42
  • 2:51 PM

    Symphony No. 4 "Italian": Saltarello

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: The Symphonies

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    5:34
  • 2:46 PM

    Jota aragonese

    Camille Saint-Saens

    SAINT-SAENS, C.: Ascanio: Ballet / Overtures to Stage Works (Malmo Symphony, Markl)

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra

    Jun Markl, conductor

    4:07
  • 2:38 PM

    Symphony No. 4: 4th movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphonies 4 & 7

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Joshua Bell, conductor

    6:38
  • 2:33 PM

    Ding Dong Merrily on High/Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Steinway Christmas Album

    Jeffrey Biegel, piano

    4:30
  • 2:24 PM

    Concerto Grosso No. 3

    Alessandro Scarlatti

    Europa Galante

    Fabio Biondi, conductor

    Fabio Biondi, violin

    7:16
  • 2:18 PM

    Sonata in D, K. 119

    Domenico Scarlatti

    Daria van den Bercken, piano

    5:19
  • 2:11 PM

    Concerto Grosso: March

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams: Orchestral Favourites

    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    James Judd, conductor

    3:31
  • 2:09 PM

    Ill Wind

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    At the Drop of Another Hat

    Flanders and Swann

    2:54
  • 2:04 PM

    Horn Concerto No. 4: 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart y Mambo La Bella Cubana

    Havana Lyceum Orchestra

    Jose Antonio Mendez Padron, conductor

    Sarah Willis, horn

    3:48
  • 1:55 PM

    Thunder and Lightning Polka

    Johann StraussJr.

    2018 New Year's Concerto

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    3:11
  • 1:43 PM

    Wild Swans: Eliza's Aria

    Elena Kats-Chernin

    Lang Lang, piano

    3:07
  • 1:38 PM

    Trumpet Voluntary

    John Stanley

    Intrada - London Brass

    London Brass

    3:35
  • 1:33 PM

    March of the Toys

    Victor Herbert

    Joy to the World

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    3:44
  • 1:28 PM

    Othello Suite: Children's Intermezzo

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Coleridge-Taylor: Hiawatha OVerture / Petite Suite

    RTE Concert Orchestra

    Adrian Leaper, conductor

    3:44
  • 1:14 PM

    A Midsummer Night's Dream: Overture

    Felix Mendelssohn

    German Overtures

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Christian Thielemann, conductor

    12:56
  • 1:06 PM

    String Quartet No. 1: 4th movement

    Robert Schumann

    The Schumann Quartets

    Dover Quartet

    6:09
  • 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
  • 12:51 PM

    Fra Diavolo: Overture

    Daniel Auber

    William Tell and Other Favorite Overtures

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    7:48
  • 12:41 PM

    Symphonie Espagnole: Rondo

    Edouard Lalo

    Greatest Hits

    Paris Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    8:01
  • 12:32 PM

    Symphony: Finale

    Georges Bizet

    Paris Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    8:39
  • 12:20 PM

    Concerto Grosso No. 2

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Concerti Grossi, Op 6

    Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra

    Ton Koopman, conductor

    10:19
  • 12:16 PM

    The Holly and the Ivy

    Traditional

    This Christmas with Imani Winds

    Imani Winds

    3:48
  • 12:08 PM

    The Little Square Suite

    Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari

    Wolf-Ferrari: Orchestral Works

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Gianandrea Noseda, conductor

    5:57
  • 12:04 PM

    Cavalleria Rusticana: Intermezzo

    Pietro Mascagni

    Opera Without Words

    BBC Concert Orchestra

    Barry Wordsworth, conductor

    3:27
  • 11:44 AM

    Prelude and Fugue "St Anne"

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    20th Century Bach / Seiji Ozawa, Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    14:44
  • 11:22 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 14

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Complete Piano Sonatas

    Fazil Say, piano

    20:39
  • 11:16 AM

    Frosty the Snowman (in the style of Mozart)

    Nelson/Rollins

    Hampton String Quartet

    5:15
  • 11:10 AM

    Prelude No. 1

    Heitor Villa-Lobos

    Brouwer, Villa-Lobos, Orbon

    Manuel Barrueco, guitar

    4:18
  • 11:07 AM

    Dances in the Canebrakes: Silk Hat and Walking Cane

    Florence Price

    Project W: Works by Diverse Women Composers

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Mei-Ann Chen, conductor

    3:15
  • 11:01 AM

    Suite in the Ancient Style: Choral

    Mel Bonis

    Mel Bonis: Chamber Music with Flute

    Tatjana Ruhland, flute

    4:29
  • 10:48 AM

    Luisa Miller: Highlights

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Operisti - Rossini, Donizetti, Verdi, Puccini, Catalani

    I Solisti Italiani

    10:21
  • 10:27 AM

    Water Music Suite No. 2

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Water Music, Il Pastor Fido

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    19:26
  • 10:12 AM

    12 Variations on Handel's "See, The Conquering Hero Comes" from Judas Maccabaeus

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Complete Works for Cello and Piano

    Jennifer Kloetzel, cello

    13:08
  • 10:06 AM

    French Carol Medley

    Traditional French

    Christmas on Copper Street, Vol. 2

    Copper Street Brass Quintet

    5:14
  • 10:01 AM

    Red Flowers in Bloom

    Qi Liu

    Chinasong | Shanghai Quartet

    Shanghai Quartet

    4:23
  • 9:20 AM

    Symphony No. 3 "Scottish"

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Symphonies No 3 and No 4

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    37:50
  • 9:15 AM

    A Carol Symphony

    Victor Hely-Hutchinson

    The 5 Browns

    4:45
  • 9:01 AM

    Sonata for Harp

    Alan Hovhaness

    Music of Hovhaness

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    12:10
  • 8:39 AM

    Divertimento No. 7

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Divertimenti Vol. 5 (KV 287, 205)

    Camerata Academica Salzburg

    Sandor Vegh, conductor

    19:05
  • 8:34 AM

    Fairytale Sleighride

    Adam Saunders

    Another Night Before Christmas And Scrooge

    Royal Ballet Sinfonia

    Gavin Sutherland, conductor

    4:30
  • 8:19 AM

    German Chamber Academy

    Johannes Goritzki, conductor

    13:25
  • 8:01 AM

    Concertino for Oboe and Strings

    Brenno Blauth

    Camerata Bariloche

    Andres Spiller, oboe

    17:11
  • 7:34 AM

    Symphony No. 3

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 6

    Staatskapelle Berlin

    Otmar Suitner, conductor

    24:11
  • 7:29 AM

    The Nutcracker: Arabian Dance; Spanish Dance

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker

    Stewart Goodyear, piano

    4:38
  • 7:01 AM

    Concerto in Galant Style

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Rodrigo: Concertos and Orchestral Works

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Enrique Batiz, conductor

    Robert Cohen, cello

    25:46
  • 6:23 AM

    Symphony No. 8

    Antonin Dvorak

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    35:36
  • 6:18 AM

    Ave Maria

    Franz Biebl

    Voces8

    3:22
  • 6:01 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 13

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Alfred Brendel - The Farewell Concerts

    Alfred Brendel, piano

    16:01