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  • 5:27 AM

    String Quartet No. 10

    Antonin Dvorak

    Takacs Quartet

    32:03
  • 5:12 AM

    O Little Town of Bethlehem; God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen; Jesus Christ the Apple Tree; Good King Wenceslas

    Christmas Music

    Carols From St. John's College, Cambridge

    Choir of St. John's College, Cambridge

    George Guest, conductor

    Philip Kenyon, organ

    13:45
  • 5:07 AM

    Fantasia on Greensleeves

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    The Greatest Classical Show On Earth

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    4:13
  • 5:01 AM

    It Came upon the Midnight Clear

    Richard Willis

    Let It Snow!

    Chanticleer

    4:33
  • 4:45 AM

    Mystic Dance

    Charlotte Sohy

    Aux etoiles: French Symphonic Poems

    Lyon National Orchestra

    Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider, conductor

    12:42
  • 4:41 AM

    Mary's Lullaby

    John Rutter

    John Rutter: A Clare College Celebration

    Choir of Clare College, Cambridge

    Graham Ross, conductor

    3:13
  • 4:22 AM

    Die Natali: Choral Preludes for Christmas

    Samuel Barber

    Barber: Die Natali / Prayers of Kierkegaard, Toch: Jephtha / Creston Corinthians XIII

    Louisville Orchestra

    Jorge Mester, conductor

    17:32
  • 4:06 AM

    Fantasy

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin

    Mikhail Pletnev, piano

    14:53
  • 4:01 AM

    A Scotts Tune; A Scots Tune; Swit Sant Nickola

    Anonymous Scottish

    softLOUD

    Sean Shibe, guitar

    4:49
  • 3:47 AM

    Hungarian Pastoral Fantasy

    Franz Doppler

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Steuart Bedford, conductor

    William Bennett, flute

    11:21
  • 3:41 AM

    When the Lovely Virgin Mary

    Traditional

    Christmas Carols

    Poznan Nightingales

    Stefan Stuligrosz, conductor

    6:06
  • 3:18 AM

    Piano Quartet

    Andreas Hallen

    Wennerberg-Reuter ? Stenhammar ? Hallen

    Daniel Migdal, violin

    21:11
  • 3:11 AM

    Blue Bird: Christmas Dream

    Engelbert Humperdinck

    Humperdinck: Fairy-Tale Music

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Karl Anton Rickenbacher, conductor

    5:21
  • 3:06 AM

    Three Carols for Harp

    Christmas Music

    O Holy Night: Christmas Favorites

    Emily Mitchell, harp

    3:51
  • 3:01 AM

    Nocturne No. 10

    Gabriel Faure

    Faure: The Complete Music for Piano

    Kathryn Stott, piano

    4:43
  • 2:49 AM

    Christmas Roses

    Emil Waldteufel

    Waldteufel Waltzes, Polkas and Galops

    Gulbenkian Orchestra

    Michel Swierczewski, conductor

    8:58
  • 2:45 AM

    The Friendly Beasts

    Traditional Medieval

    Christmas With The Dale Warland Singers

    Dale Warland Singers

    Dale Warland, conductor

    3:58
  • 2:21 AM

    Carnival of the Animals

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Charles Groves, conductor

    22:00
  • 2:14 AM

    Animal Sketches

    William Grant Still

    Arise & Shine: Piano Music by Black Composers for Kids

    Elizabeth Hill, piano

    5:18
  • 2:06 AM

    Die Fledermaus: Overture

    Johann StraussJr.

    STRAUSS II, J.: Famous Overtures

    Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra

    Alfred Walter, conductor

    7:34
  • 2:01 AM

    Songs of the Auvergne: Shepherd's Song

    Joseph Canteloube

    Lyon Opera Orchestra

    Kent Nagano, conductor

    Dawn Upshaw, soprano

    4:41
  • 1:39 AM

    A Christmas Carol Symphony

    Patric Standford

    HELY-HUTCHINSON: Carol Symphony / STANDFORD / KELLY

    City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra

    Gavin Sutherland, conductor

    18:59
  • 12:50 AM

    Huapango

    Jose Moncayo

    Latin American Classics

    Festival Orchestra of Mexico

    Enrique Batiz, conductor

    8:25
  • 12:44 AM

    Moths and Butterflies and Wild Bears

    Edward Elgar

    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    James Judd, conductor

    4:33
  • 12:27 AM

    Papillons (Butterflies)

    Robert Schumann

    The Poet Speaks: Schumann Piano Music

    Jeanne Golan, piano

    16:53
  • 12:12 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

    Angel's Dance

    Steven Amundson

    Home for the Holidays

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    John Morris Russell, conductor

    4:31
  • 12:01 AM

    String Quartet No. 4: 1st movement

    Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Arabella String Quartet

    4:46
  • 11:49 PM

    Munich: A Memory Waltz

    Richard Strauss

    Richard Strauss Vol. 5: The Waltz King

    Munich Chamber Orchestra

    Karl Anton Rickenbacher, conductor

    8:55
  • 11:30 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 1

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Il Giardino Armonico

    Giovanni Antonini, conductor

    18:05
  • 11:18 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
  • 11:13 PM

    Piano Quintet: 4th movement

    Florence Price

    Dvorak & Price: Piano Quintets

    Takacs Quartet

    Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano

    2:46
  • 11:06 PM

    Children's March (Over the Hills and Far Away)

    Percy Grainger

    Grainger: Complete Music for Wind Band, Vol. 2

    Royal Norwegian Navy Band

    Bjarte Engeset, conductor

    6:40
  • 11:01 PM

    Jingle Bells

    James Pierpont

    Christmas Goes Baroque 1

    CSSR State Philharmonic Orchestra

    Peter Breiner, conductor

    4:35
  • 10:53 PM

    Fantasia on "In Dulci Jubilo"

    David Overton

    James Galway: The Man with the Golden Flute

    Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra

    John Georgiadis, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    4:59
  • 10:29 PM

    Harp Concerto No. 1

    Ernst Eichner

    Kurpfalz Chamber Orchestra

    Stefan Fraas, conductor

    Silke Aichhorn, harp

    22:41
  • 10:25 PM

    Spanish Serenade

    Cecile Chaminade

    Con Amore

    Kyung Wha Chung, violin

    2:35
  • 10:12 PM

    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
  • 10:06 PM

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Mathias Monius, conductor

    Albrecht Mayer, oboe d'amore

    5:54
  • 10:03 PM

    Songs My Mother Taught Me

    Antonin Dvorak

    Gypsy Melodies

    Talich Quartet

    2:15
  • 9:49 PM

    Christmas Night Medley

    Traditional

    Joy to the World

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    9:15
  • 9:22 PM

    Flute Concerto No. 1

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Flute Concertos

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    Susan Palma, flute

    24:55
  • 9:11 PM

    Symphony No. 2: Finale

    Otto Nicolai

    Nicolai: 4 Overtures, Symphony in D Major

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Karl Anton Rickenbacker, conductor

    9:03
  • 9:06 PM

    Chanukah Song "We Are Lights"

    Stephen Schwartz

    Season of Light

    Essential Voices USA

    Judith Clurman, conductor

    4:26
  • 9:01 PM

    From Foreign Lands: Italy

    Moritz Moszkowski

    San Francisco Ballet Orchestra

    Martin West, conductor

    4:43
  • 8:54 PM

    Sonata No. 19

    Giovanni Gabrieli

    Baroque Brass

    English Chamber Orchestra Brass

    Donald Fraser, conductor

    4:32
  • 6:48 PM

    Spartacus: Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia

    Aram Khachaturian

    Khachaturian: Spartacus

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Stanley Black, conductor

    9:54
  • 6:43 PM

    A Carol Symphony

    Victor Hely-Hutchinson

    CHRISTMAS WITH THE 5 BROWNS

    The 5 Browns

    4:45
  • 6:20 PM

    Images for Orchestra: Iberia

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Orchestral Works

    Paris Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    21:46
  • 6:17 PM

    Pastorale

    Igor Stravinsky

    Romances for Saxophone

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    Branford Marsalis, saxophone

    2:41
  • 6:06 PM

    The Holly and the Ivy: Fantasy on Christmas Carols

    Malcolm Arnold

    Arnold: Film Music, Vol. 2

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Rumon Gamba, conductor

    8:55
  • 6:01 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 1

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Franz Joseph Haydn: Piano Sonatas, Vol. 11

    Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, piano

    4:48
  • 5:51 PM

    Festive Cheer

    Roger Harvey

    Isthmus Brass Christmas

    Isthmus Brass

    John Stevens, conductor

    6:58
  • 5:42 PM

    Ding Dong Merrily on High; The Colours of Christmas; Star Carol

    Christmas Music

    John Rutter: The Colours Of Christmas

    Bach Choir

    John Rutter, conductor

    8:28
  • 5:16 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 1

    Max Bruch

    Max Bruch, Florence Price: Violin Concertos

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    Randall Goosby, violin

    25:05
  • 5:11 PM

    Villancico de Navidad (Christmas Carol)

    Agustin Barrios

    The Ultimate Classical Christmas

    John Williams, guitar

    3:07
  • 5:06 PM

    Etude No. 11 "Winter Wind"

    Frederic Chopin

    CHOPIN: Etudes, Opp. 10 and 25

    Idil Biret, piano

    4:01
  • 5:01 PM

    Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra

    Alfred Walter, conductor

    4:49
  • 4:52 PM

    The Christmas Song/Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas

    Mel Torme/Hugh Martin/Ralph Blane

    Christmas

    Buzz Brass

    5:45
  • 4:43 PM

    Of the Father's Heart Begotten; Angelus ad virginem; The Holly and the Ivy

    Traditional

    Carols from Trinity

    Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge

    Richard Marlow, conductor

    7:06
  • 4:07 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 3

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Concert Recording

    Valencia Community Orchestra

    Javier Perianes, conductor

    Javier Perianes, piano

    35:08
  • 4:01 PM

    String Quartet No. 2: 4th movement

    Robert Schumann

    Ying String Quartet

    4:43
  • 3:49 PM

    6 Early Netherlands Dances

    Julius Rontgen

    Rontgern: Symphony No. 18

    North German Radio Philharmonic

    David Porcelijn, conductor

    9:29
  • 3:44 PM

    Ports of Call (Escales)

    Jacques Ibert

    Escales: French Orchestral Works

    Sinfonia of London

    John Wilson, conductor

    14:15
  • 3:35 PM

    6 Early Netherlands Dances

    Julius Rontgen

    Rontgern: Symphony No. 18

    North German Radio Philharmonic

    David Porcelijn, conductor

    9:29
  • 3:29 PM

    Robin Adair (Theme and Variations)

    George Kiallmark

    Jane Austen's Piano

    Jeneba Kanneh-Mason, piano

    5:19
  • 3:10 PM

    Oboe Concerto

    Johann Christian Bach

    Oboe Passion - Arias and concertos by JS Bach and sons

    Amsterdam Sinfonietta

    Jaap ter Linden, conductor

    Pauline Oostenrijk, oboe

    17:52
  • 3:06 PM

    Coventry Carol

    Traditional English

    MPR Taste Of The Holidays, Vol. 4

    Mirandola Ensemble

    Scott Sandersfeld, conductor

    2:48
  • 2:59 PM

    Christmas Overture

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Joy!

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    John Morris Russell, conductor

    5:49
  • 2:51 PM

    Swan Lake: Waltz

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 5, Swan Lake

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    6:54
  • 2:43 PM

    Polonaise No. 9

    Frederic Chopin

    Winner of the 19th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition Warsaw 2025

    Eric Lu, piano

    6:52
  • 2:37 PM

    Concert Polonaise

    Henryk Wieniawski

    Violin on Stage

    NFM Wroclaw Philharmonic

    Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor

    Bomsori Kim, violin

    5:46
  • 2:25 PM

    On the Town: Three Dance Episodes

    Leonard Bernstein

    Leonard Bernstein: Marin Alsop The Complete Naxos Recordings

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    10:32
  • 2:21 PM

    Al Hanisim (For the Miracles)

    Paul Schoenfield

    Cherished Moments: Songs of the Jewish Spirit

    Essential Voices USA

    Judith Clurman, conductor

    Paul Schoenfield, piano

    3:50
  • 2:17 PM

    Bagatelles: Allegretto scherzando (1)

    Antonin Dvorak

    Takacs Quartet

    Gabor Ormai, harmonium

    2:56
  • 2:11 PM

    I Saw Three Ships

    Traditional English

    This Christmas with Imani Winds

    Imani Winds

    2:55
  • 2:04 PM

    Bartered Bride: Overture

    Bedrich Smetana

    The Moldau

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Libor Pesek, conductor

    6:52
  • 1:54 PM

    Symphony No. 1: 4th movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphonies 1 & 4

    Saarbrucken Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, conductor

    5:34
  • 1:45 PM

    Hary Janos Suite: Entrance of the Emperor and His Court

    Zoltan Kodaly

    Kodaly, Hungarian State Orchestra, Janos Ferencsik ?� Hary Janos Suite - Concerto

    Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra

    Janos Ferencsik, conductor

    3:04
  • 1:29 PM

    Horn Concerto No. 4

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Horn Concertos and Concert Rondo

    London Sinfonietta

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    Richard Watkins, horn

    15:37
  • 1:21 PM

    The Irish Four Seasons: Winter

    Ailbhe McDonagh

    The Irish Seasons

    Anamus

    David Brophy, conductor

    Lynda O'Connor, violin

    5:54
  • 1:16 PM

    In This Tyme of Chrystmas

    Abbie Betinis

    Concert Recording

    Rose Ensemble

    Jordan Sramek, conductor

    5:16
  • 1:09 PM

    Dala Suite: Rustic Dances

    Helena Munktell

    Helena Munktell: Orchestral Works

    Gavle Symphony Orchestra

    Tobias Ringborg, conductor

    5:15
  • 1:04 PM

    A Midsummer Night's Dream: Scherzo

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Concert A La Carte

    Vienna-Berlin Ensemble

    4:36
  • 12:56 PM

    Christmas Divertimento: Glad Day Melody

    Christopher Hoh

    Dashing, Vol. 5

    Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jiri Petrdlik, conductor

    3:16
  • 12:52 PM

    Madrigal

    Philippe Gaubert

    Paris: La Belle Epoque

    Robert Langevin, flute

    4:14
  • 12:38 PM

    Symphony No. 5

    Georg Anton Benda

    Prague Chamber Orchestra

    Christian Benda, conductor

    12:09
  • 12:34 PM

    O Magnum Mysterium

    B.E. Boykin

    Into the Light

    Cantus

    3:13
  • 12:28 PM

    Pastorella

    Heinrich Biber

    La Notte: Concertos and Pastorales for Christmas Night

    Illyria Consort

    Bojan Cicic, violin

    5:07
  • 12:15 PM

    Florida Suite: Daybreak

    Frederick Delius

    Vaughan Williams and Delius

    English Symphony Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    11:55
  • 12:05 PM

    Symphony No. 101 "The Clock": 1st movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 101 & 103

    Orchestra of the 18th Century

    Frans Bruggen, conductor

    8:30
  • 12:04 PM

    Music for Children: March

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Brodsky Unlimited

    Brodsky Quartet

    1:04
  • 11:44 AM

    Harp Concerto

    George Frideric Handel

    Baroque, Vol. 6

    Toulouse Chamber Orchestra

    Louis Auriacombe, conductor

    Lily Laskine, harp

    13:42
  • 11:43 AM

    Here We Go A-Wassailing

    Traditional

    A String Quartet Christmas

    Arturo Delmoni, violin

    1:36
  • 11:24 AM

    Variations on a Theme of Franz Schubert

    Emil Reesen

    Aalborg Symphony Orchestra

    Bo Holten, conductor

    16:47
  • 11:20 AM

    Splendid Jewel

    Stephen Paulus

    Spotless Rose: Hymns to the Virgin Mary

    Phoenix Chorale

    Charles Bruffy, conductor

    3:42
  • 11:12 AM

    Sonate Sentimentale: 1st movement

    Ferdinand Ries

    Vlad Weverbergh, clarinet

    Vasily Illisavsky, piano

    6:25
  • 11:06 AM

    Polonaise for Violin and Strings

    Franz Schubert

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Emil Tchakarov, conductor

    Gidon Kremer, violin

    5:41
  • 11:01 AM

    Silent Night

    Franz Gruber

    Christmas With Los Romeros

    Los Romeros

    4:48
  • 10:43 AM

    Little Suite

    Carl Nielsen

    Nielsen: Symphony No. 1

    Stockholm Sinfonietta

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    15:22
  • 10:39 AM

    Greensleeves

    Traditional

    Surrounded By Angels

    Ensemble Galilei

    3:20
  • 10:36 AM

    Winter's Falling Light

    Carolyn Surrick

    Surrounded By Angels

    Ensemble Galilei

    3:06
  • 10:17 AM

    Double Keyboard Concerto

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Concertos for Two, Three, and Four Pianos

    Orchestra of Toulouse

    David Fray, conductor

    David Fray, piano

    17:19
  • 10:12 AM

    The Sleeping Child

    Bob Chilcott

    A Choral Christmas

    Voces8

    3:22
  • 10:06 AM

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

    Franz Liszt

    Liszt: My Piano Hero

    Lang Lang, piano

    5:24
  • 10:01 AM

    The sparrow on Christmas morning (Varpunen jouluaamuna)

    Otto Kotilainen

    Christmas Wonderland

    Lahti Symphony Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    4:41
  • 9:25 AM

    Symphony No. 2

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 2

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    33:38
  • 9:20 AM

    White Christmas

    Irving Berlin

    Christmas

    Carlos Simon, piano

    3:51
  • 9:08 AM

    Five French Carols

    Traditional French

    Christmas Songs Around the World

    Arsys Bourgogne

    Pierre Cao, conductor

    10:54
  • 9:01 AM

    Toute vie

    Lou Koster

    Koster: Orchestral Music

    Estro Armonico Luxembourg Chamber Orchestra

    Jonathan Kaell, conductor

    6:05
  • 8:30 AM

    Symphony

    Juan Arriaga

    Arriaga: Symphony in D Minor, Los esclavos felices Overture, Etc / Solset, Mena, BBC Philharmonic

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Juanjo Mena, conductor

    27:58
  • 8:27 AM

    Joy to the World

    Lowell Mason

    Joy to the World

    Chanticleer

    2:54
  • 8:23 AM

    Three Carols for Harp

    Christmas Music

    O Holy Night: Christmas Favorites

    Emily Mitchell, harp

    3:51
  • 8:07 AM

    Poema Autunnale (Autumn Poem)

    Ottorino Respighi

    Poeme

    Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yakov Kreizberg, conductor

    Julia Fischer, violin

    14:20
  • 8:01 AM

    Gesu Bambino

    Pietro Yon

    Still...Still...Stilll: Christmas Piano By Kelly Yost

    Kelly Yost, piano

    5:11
  • 7:56 AM

    Carol Eliseus

    Huw Watkins

    100 Years of Nine Lessons and Carols

    Choir of King's College, Cambridge

    Stephen Cleobury, conductor

    2:17
  • 7:13 AM

    Symphony No. 2

    Wilhelm Stenhammar

    Wilhelm Stenhammar: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2; Serenade; Excelsior!

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    41:58
  • 7:01 AM

    Symphony of Noels

    Michel Delalande

    Baroque Christmas

    Masques

    Olivier Fortin, conductor

    10:32
  • 6:33 AM

    Quartet for Flute, Viola, Guitar and Cello

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Trout Quintet, Guitar Quartets

    Wolfgang Schulz, flute

    25:10
  • 6:22 AM

    Christmas Eve Suite

    Niels Gade

    Scandinavian String Music

    Orchestra of the Mill

    Andrew Penny, conductor

    10:14
  • 6:15 AM

    Behold a Tender Babe

    Paul Mealor

    Blessing: The Music of Paul Mealor

    Voce Chamber Choir

    Mark Singleton, conductor

    Jack Anthony Pott, tenor

    4:57
  • 6:01 AM

    Violin Sonata No. 2

    Germaine Tailleferre

    Tailleferre: Violin and Piano Works

    Franco Mezzena, violin

    14:08
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