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  • 12:16 AM

    Silent Night

    Franz Gruber

    Into the Light

    Cantus

    5:11
  • 12:08 AM

    How the Grinch Stole Christmas: A Sleigh of Presents

    James Horner

    How the Grinch Stole Christmas Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

    Studio Orchestra

    James Horner, conductor

    5:59
  • 12:06 AM

    The Little White Donkey

    Jacques Ibert

    Horizons

    Leif Ove Andsnes, piano

    2:03
  • 12:01 AM

    Symphony No. 1: Menuetto

    Louise Farrenc

    Farrenc: Symphony No. 1 - Overtures - Grand Variations

    European Soloists, Luxembourg

    Christoph Konig, conductor

    4:33
  • 11:48 PM

    Fantasy on La Traviata

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Fantasy: A Night At The Opera

    Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    Emmanuel Pahud, flute

    10:19
  • 11:35 PM

    Oboe Concerto No. 2

    Tomaso Albinoni

    Pachelbel: Canon

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    David Reichenberg, oboe

    11:29
  • 11:31 PM

    Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas

    Hugh Martin/Ralph Blane

    Winter Calm

    Ray Chen, violin

    2:54
  • 11:27 PM

    Peace on Earth

    Errollyn Wallen

    Errollyn Wallen: Peace on Earth

    Choir of King's College, Cambridge

    3:35
  • 11:11 PM

    Matinees Musicales

    Benjamin Britten

    Benjamin Britten: Piano Concerto, Soirees musicales, Matinees musicales

    Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra

    Okko Kamu, conductor

    14:28
  • 11:06 PM

    Joy to the World

    Traditional

    A Choral Christmas

    Voces8

    Jack Liebeck, conductor

    4:11
  • 11:01 PM

    Choro de Saudade

    Agustin Barrios

    Aire Latino: Latin American Music for Guitar

    David Russell, guitar

    4:50
  • 10:53 PM

    Billy the Kid: Conclusion

    Aaron Copland

    Copland: Appalachian Spring, Rodeo, Billy The Kid, Fanfare For The Common Man

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    5:30
  • 10:39 PM

    Serenade and Allegro giocoso

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Piano Concertos

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Lawrence Foster, conductor

    Stephen Hough, piano

    12:36
  • 10:28 PM

    Messiah: Comfort ye, my people

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Messiah

    Dunedin Consort and Players

    John Butt, conductor

    Nicholas Mulroy, tenor

    9:18
  • 10:13 PM

    Rondo for Violin and Strings

    Franz Schubert

    Pinchas Zukerman: Complete Recordings on Deutsche Grammophon and Philips

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Pinchas Zukerman, conductor

    Pinchas Zukerman, violin

    14:39
  • 10:06 PM

    Waltz No. 1 "Grand Valse brillante"

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Piano Sonata No. 3; Ballade No. 4; Waltzes, Mazurkas, Barcarolle

    Ingrid Fliter, piano

    5:29
  • 10:03 PM

    Umoja (Unity)

    Valerie Coleman

    Umoja

    Imani Winds

    2:23
  • 9:43 PM

    Symphony No. 3 "Eroica": 1st movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: The Symphonies

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    15:04
  • 9:17 PM

    Horn Concerto

    Reinhold Gliere

    Russian Horn Concertos

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Werner Andreas Albert, conductor

    Marie Luise Neunecker, horn

    24:35
  • 9:13 PM

    It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year

    Eddie Pola/George Wyle

    Christmas Piano with Alexis

    Alexis Ffrench, piano

    2:37
  • 9:06 PM

    Christmas Overture

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Joy!

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    John Morris Russell, conductor

    5:49
  • 9:01 PM

    Symphony of Noels No. 5: 1st-4th movements

    Michel Corrette

    Corrette: Symphonies de Noel

    La Fantasia

    Rien Voskuilen, conductor

    4:34
  • 8:53 PM

    Jazz Suite: Lyrical Waltz

    Alexander Tsfasman

    Prokofiev, Rimsky-Korsakov, Tsfasman: Works for Piano and Orchestra

    BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

    Karl-Heinz Steffens, conductor

    Zlata Chochieva, piano

    4:49
  • 6:58 PM

    Prelude No. 26

    Frederic Chopin

    The Complete Chopin Preludes

    Yundi Li, piano

    :45
  • 6:44 PM

    Fair Maid of Perth: Suite

    Georges Bizet

    Bizet Orchestral Works Vol. 2

    Mexico City Philharmonic Orchestra

    Enrique Batiz, conductor

    13:19
  • 6:22 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 8

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Resonances

    Helene Grimaud, piano

    21:08
  • 6:14 PM

    Musical Sleighride; White Christmas

    Christmas Music

    White Christmas

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Arthur Fiedler, conductor

    6:14
  • 6:06 PM

    The Skaters Waltz

    Emil Waldteufel

    Karajan Conducts Orchestral Favorites I

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    7:29
  • 6:01 PM

    Passaggio

    Ludovico Einaudi

    Spheres

    Daniel Hope, violin

    4:35
  • 5:52 PM

    Orchestral Suite No. 2 "Characteristic": Waltz

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Suites Nos. 1 And 2

    National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland

    Stefan Sanderling, conductor

    6:28
  • 5:25 PM

    String Quartet No. 12 "American"

    Antonin Dvorak

    Smetana, Dvorak: String Quartets

    Guarneri Quartet

    25:39
  • 5:12 PM

    Choral Variations on Vom Himmel hoch

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    20th Century Bach / Seiji Ozawa, Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    10:33
  • 5:06 PM

    Sonata

    Domenico Scarlatti

    Scarlatti: Complete Keyboard Sonatas, Vol. 15

    Orion Weiss, piano

    5:49
  • 5:01 PM

    Suite for Violin and Piano: African Dancer

    William Grant Still

    Blues Dialogues: Music by Black Composers

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    4:34
  • 4:44 PM

    Don Juan and Faust: Six airs de ballet

    Moritz Moszkowski

    From Foreign Lands

    San Francisco Ballet Orchestra

    Martin West, conductor

    14:03
  • 4:22 PM

    Symphony No. 89

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies 88-92, etc.

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    20:58
  • 4:12 PM

    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
  • 4:06 PM

    I Capuleti e i Montecchi (Capulets and Montagues): Sinfonia

    Vincenzo Bellini

    Italian Overtures

    Orchestra of St. Cecilia

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    4:41
  • 4:01 PM

    Menuet and A Little Gigue

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Piano Sonatas

    Sara Davis Buechner, piano

    4:32
  • 3:52 PM

    Symphony No. 7: Finale

    Emilie Mayer

    Emilie Mayer - Symphony No. 5

    Berlin Chamber Symphony Ensemble

    Jurgen Bruns, conductor

    6:06
  • 3:50 PM

    Symphony No. 7: Finale

    Emilie Mayer

    Emilie Mayer - Symphony No. 5

    Berlin Chamber Symphony Ensemble

    Jurgen Bruns, conductor

    6:06
  • 3:38 PM

    Suite of Carols

    Leroy Anderson

    ANDERSON, L.: Orchestral Music, Vol. 3 - Sleigh Ride / The Typewriter / Plink, Plank, Plunk! / The Syncopated Clock

    BBC Concert Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    11:26
  • 3:32 PM

    Winter's Garland: In Winter's House

    Joanna Marsh

    Joy to the World

    Chanticleer

    4:44
  • 3:10 PM

    In The South Overture (Alassio)

    Edward Elgar

    Elgar: 4 Overtures

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Alexander Gibson, conductor

    20:37
  • 3:02 PM

    The Nutcracker: Waltz of the Flowers

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Ballets Russes

    France Radio Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    7:11
  • 2:47 PM

    Christmas Revels

    Arthur Sullivan

    Sullivan: Victoria And Merrie England / Andrew Penny

    RTE Sinfonietta

    Andrew Penny, conductor

    13:35
  • 2:45 PM

    Concerto: 3rd movement

    David Cope

    Virtual Bach

    Santa Cruz Baroque Festival Orchestra

    8:10
  • 2:30 PM

    Keyboard Concerto No. 7

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Keyboard Concerti Vol. 1

    Australian Chamber Orchestra

    Richard Tognetti, conductor

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    13:59
  • 2:21 PM

    Sense and Sensibility: Suite

    Patrick Doyle

    Sense And Sensibility Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

    Studio Ensemble

    Robert Ziegler, conductor

    6:40
  • 2:10 PM

    Symphony: 3rd movement

    Alice Mary Smith

    Smith, A.M.: Symphonies

    London Mozart Players

    Howard Shelley, conductor

    3:01
  • 2:05 PM

    Procession of the Sardar

    Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov

    Sir Charles' Precious Music Box Ii

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Charles Groves, conductor

    4:33
  • 1:50 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 2: 2nd movement

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Visions of Prokofiev

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    Lisa Batiashvili, violin

    9:16
  • 1:47 PM

    Beau Soir (Beautiful Evening)

    Claude Debussy

    Secret Love Letters

    Lisa Batiashvili, violin

    2:16
  • 1:36 PM

    Symphony No. 8: 4th movement

    Antonin Dvorak

    Antonín Dvorák: Symphonies Nos. 7 – 9

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    9:36
  • 1:34 PM

    Contrafacta Hungarica: Saltarello

    Ferenc Farkas

    Chanson et Danses

    Montreal Winds

    Jacques Lacombe, conductor

    1:02
  • 1:27 PM

    Rondo a Capriccio (Rage Over a Lost Penny)

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Bach-Busoni: Chaconne; Schumann: Kreislerianna

    Evgeny Kissin, piano

    5:30
  • 1:23 PM

    Snowfall

    Claude Thornhill

    Swing, Swing, Swing

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    3:13
  • 1:20 PM

    Snowflakes

    Selim Palmgren

    Arctic

    Arctic Philharmonic

    Christian Kluxen, conductor

    Eldbjorg Hemsing, violin

    2:53
  • 1:15 PM

    White Christmas

    Irving Berlin

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

    Hampton String Quartet

    3:42
  • 1:09 PM

    Concerto for Strings

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: Concerti per archi III

    Accademia Bizantina

    Ottavio Dantone, conductor

    4:58
  • 1:04 PM

    Serenade No. 1: Menuetto 1 and 2

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: The Symphonies

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Bernard Haitink, conductor

    4:13
  • 12:53 PM

    Overture

    Luigi Boccherini

    Boccherini: Concertos For Violoncello and Orchestra, Overture, Octet, Sinfonia

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    5:04
  • 12:45 PM

    Four Carols: Good People All, This Christmastime; Still, Still, Still; Cherry Tree Carol; The Holly and the Ivy

    Traditional

    Winter Gift

    Adagio Trio

    6:44
  • 12:34 PM

    Zerline: Children's Dance

    Daniel Auber

    Auber: Overtures, Vol. 5

    Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra

    Dario Salvi, conductor

    10:05
  • 12:30 PM

    Mysterious Barricades

    Francois Couperin

    Undersong

    Simone Dinnerstein, piano

    3:17
  • 12:24 PM

    Prayer for Peace

    Abbie Betinis

    Still

    Elektra Women's Choir

    Morna Edmundson, conductor

    4:35
  • 12:15 PM

    Christmas Oratorio: Shepherd's Music

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    White Christmas

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Arthur Fiedler, conductor

    7:24
  • 12:10 PM

    Dance of the Shepherd Girl

    Hugo Alfven

    Alfven: Symphony No. 5 Etc.

    Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    3:58
  • 12:04 PM

    Aranjuez Concerto: 3rd movement

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Rodrigo, Villa-Lobos, Ponce: Guitar Concertos

    New York Philharmonic

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    Sharon Isbin, guitar

    5:19
  • 11:43 AM

    Symphony No. 2

    John Marsh

    Marsh: Symphonies

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    14:46
  • 11:31 AM

    The Nutcracker: Divertissements

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Stewart Goodyear, piano

    11:13
  • 11:18 AM

    Wedding Scenes

    Bedrich Smetana

    Smetana: Short Orchestral Pieces

    Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Stankovsky, conductor

    10:59
  • 11:06 AM

    Quartet No. 1

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Six Wind Quartets

    Vienna-Berlin Ensemble

    11:02
  • 11:01 AM

    Symphony Concertante: Rondeau

    Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Saint-Georges: Symphonies Concertantes, Opp. 9, 10 & Op. 11, No. 1

    Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra, Pardubice

    Michael Halasz, conductor

    Yury Revich, violin

    4:52
  • 10:43 AM

    Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dances

    Alexander Borodin

    Borodin: Symphony No. 2 in B minor, etc.

    Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra

    Gennady Rozhdestvensky, conductor

    15:07
  • 10:23 AM

    Oboe d'Amore Concerto

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    JS Bach: The Solo Concertos

    New Bach Collegium Musicum Leipzig

    Max Pommer, conductor

    Burkhard Glaetzner, oboe d'amore

    18:38
  • 10:14 AM

    Ave Maria

    Franz Biebl

    Christmas With Cantus

    Cantus

    7:04
  • 10:06 AM

    Gaelic Symphony: 2nd movement

    Amy Beach

    Nashville Symphony Orchestra

    Kenneth Schermerhorn, conductor

    7:20
  • 10:01 AM

    Lyric Quartet: The Quiet One

    William Grant Still

    Oregon String Quartet

    4:35
  • 9:38 AM

    American Suite

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Symphony No. 7; American Suite

    Budapest Festival Orchestra

    Ivan Fischer, conductor

    19:42
  • 9:26 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
  • 9:16 AM

    Medley

    Christmas Music

    A Harp For Christmas

    Emily Mitchell, harp

    9:22
  • 9:01 AM

    Symphony

    Carl Stamitz

    Stamitz: Symphonies

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    13:42
  • 8:38 AM

    La Boutique fantasque (Fantastic Toy Shop)

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances, La Boutique Fantasque

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    20:31
  • 8:26 AM

    Four Christmas Motets

    Francis Poulenc

    Chants sacres et profanes

    Tafelmusik Chamber Choir

    Ivars Taurins, conductor

    10:47
  • 8:18 AM

    Prelude and Fugue No. 10

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Dmitri Shostakovich: 24 Preludes and Fugues, Op. 87

    Jenny Lin, piano

    6:49
  • 8:01 AM

    Horn Concerto No. 1

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Before Mozart: Early Horn Concertos

    Swedish Chamber Orchestra

    Nicholas McGegan, conductor

    Alec Frank-Gemmill, horn

    16:18
  • 7:23 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky, Mendelssohn: Violin Concertos

    Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Daniel Harding, conductor

    Ray Chen, violin

    35:50
  • 7:14 AM

    Christmas Medley

    Traditional

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    James Galway, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    7:06
  • 7:01 AM

    Lute Suite

    Jan Antonin Losy

    Jan Antonin Losy: Note d'oro

    Jakob Lindberg, lute

    11:51
  • 6:51 AM

    Opening

    Philip Glass

    Philip Glass Portrait

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    7:33
  • 6:43 AM

    Hymn to the Creator of Light

    John Rutter

    Veni Emmanuel

    Choir of Clare College, Cambridge

    Graham Ross, conductor

    7:33
  • 6:01 AM

    Piano Quartet

    Sergei Taneyev

    Concert Recording

    Christian Ihle Hadland, piano

    39:28
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