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  • 5:49 AM

    Canticum Mariae Virginis

    Einojuhani Rautavaara

    Latvian Radio Choir

    Sigvards Klava, conductor

    8:49
  • 5:36 AM

    Christmas Night

    Sergei Lyapunov

    Eteri Andjaparidze, piano

    4:59
  • 5:19 AM

    Christmas Carol Medley

    John Rutter

    Ambrosian Singers

    Vaughan Meakins, conductor

    15:48
  • 5:10 AM

    There is no Rose: Three Settings

    Various

    New York Polyphony

    8:48
  • 5:06 AM

    Now found is the fairest of roses

    Traditional

    Danish String Quartet

    2:54
  • 5:01 AM

    Winter Light: Falling Snow

    Michael Gandolfi

    San Francisco Choral Artists

    Magen Solomon, conductor

    4:38
  • 4:53 AM

    Magnificat

    Caleb Burhans

    Choir of Trinity Church, Wall Street

    Caleb Burhans, organ

    5:43
  • 4:45 AM

    Vespers: My Soul Magnifies the Lord

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Saint Petersburg Chamber Choir

    Nikolai Korniev, conductor

    7:18
  • 4:33 AM

    Choral Variations on Vom Himmel hoch

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    10:33
  • 4:27 AM

    Wondrous Love/The Snowman: Walking in the Air

    Anonymous/Howard Blake

    Carolyn Surrick, viola da gamba

    Ronn McFarlane, lute

    5:18
  • 4:17 AM

    Winter Poem No. 1

    Glenn Buhr

    Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra

    Bramwell Tovey, conductor

    10:02
  • 4:13 AM

    Frost

    Gabriel Olafs

    Winter Calm

    Gabriel Olafs, piano

    1:54
  • 4:07 AM

    O Magnum Mysterium (O Great Mystery)

    Morten Lauridsen

    Polyphony

    Stephen Layton, conductor

    6:32
  • 4:01 AM

    Lully, Lulla, Lullay

    Philip Stopford

    Choir of St. Paul's Cathedral

    Andrew Carwood, conductor

    4:37
  • 3:53 AM

    In the Bleak Midwinter

    Gustav Holst

    Hearth

    Miro Quartet

    5:01
  • 3:50 AM

    Jesus Christ the Apple Tree

    Elizabeth Poston

    Tenebrae

    Nigel Short, conductor

    2:50
  • 3:25 AM

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    Sylvia McNair, soprano

    24:14
  • 3:16 AM

    Reve angelique

    Anton Rubinstein

    Jeffrey Biegel, piano

    7:41
  • 3:07 AM

    Three Botticelli Pictures: Adoration of the Magi

    Ottorino Respighi

    Chamber Orchestra of Lausanne

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    8:01
  • 3:01 AM

    O Come, O Come Emmanuel

    Traditional

    A Choral Christmas

    Voces8

    4:46
  • 2:50 AM

    The Spirit of Christmas

    Medley

    United States Air Force Band

    Lowell E. Graham, conductor

    7:53
  • 12:52 AM

    Les Chanteurs de Noel

    Alexander Glazunov

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    6:44
  • 12:41 AM

    The First Nowell; Ding Dong Merrily on High; One December, Bright and Clear; Rejoice and Be Merry!

    Traditional

    King's Singers

    Craig Jessop, conductor

    14:47
  • 12:34 AM

    Christmas Oratorio: Jauchzet, frohlocket

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Dashing, Vol. 2

    Joseph Galerna, organ

    6:09
  • 12:31 AM

    E'en So, Lord Jesus, Quickly Come

    Paul Manz

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

    St. Olaf Choir

    2:04
  • 12:10 AM

    A Christmas Carol Symphony

    Patric Standford

    City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra

    Gavin Sutherland, conductor

    18:58
  • 11:56 PM

    Silent Night

    Franz Gruber

    Joy to the World

    Chanticleer

    3:51
  • 11:53 PM

    This Endris Night

    Sarah Quartel

    Joy to the World

    Chanticleer

    3:13
  • 11:39 PM

    Christmas Revels

    Arthur Sullivan

    RTE Sinfonietta

    Andrew Penny, conductor

    13:35
  • 11:31 PM

    Wexford Carol

    Traditional Irish

    Hearth

    Miro Quartet

    5:50
  • 11:24 PM

    There is No Rose

    Rene Clausen

    MPR Taste Of The Holidays, Vol. 2

    Choral Arts Ensemble

    5:59
  • 11:20 PM

    Atencion, atencion

    Antonio de Salazar

    Celebremos el Nino: Christmas Delights from the Mexican Baroque

    Rose Ensemble

    4:13
  • 11:04 PM

    Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 1

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: Ancient Airs And Dances I & Iii, Etc

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    14:23
  • 10:48 PM

    There Shall a Star; Patapan; Carols

    Traditional

    Love Divine, Illumine Our Darkness

    St. Olaf Choir

    Anton Armstrong, conductor

    13:43
  • 10:33 PM

    Symphony No. 30 "Alleluia"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Concentus Musicus Vienna

    Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor

    14:56
  • 10:23 PM

    Misa Criolla: Gloria

    Ariel Ramirez

    Un milagro de fe/A Miracle of Faith

    Border CrosSing

    Nico Munoz, conductor

    Ahmed Anzaldua, piano

    7:07
  • 10:20 PM

    God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen

    Traditional

    Leontyne Price: Christmas Songs

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    Leontyne Price, soprano

    2:27
  • 10:14 PM

    Christmas Overture

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Joy!

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    John Morris Russell, conductor

    5:49
  • 10:09 PM

    A Savior from on High

    Stephen Paulus

    Carols for Christmas

    Dale Warland Singers

    Dale Warland, conductor

    Mary Helen Waldo, mezzo-soprano

    3:15
  • 10:06 PM

    Snow Had Fallen; Christ Was Born

    Stephen Paulus

    Carols for Christmas

    Dale Warland Singers

    Dale Warland, conductor

    Kathy Kienzle, harp

    3:17
  • 10:03 PM

    Gianni Schicchi: O mio babbino caro

    Giacomo Puccini

    Orchestra of Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

    Lamberto Gardelli, conductor

    Renata Tebaldi, soprano

    2:09
  • 9:54 PM

    The Polar Express: Suite

    Alan Silvestri

    Original Soundtrack Recording

    Alan Silvestri, conductor

    6:02
  • 9:41 PM

    Cuban Nutcracker Suite

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Cuban Christmas

    Sarahbanda

    Sarah Willis, horn

    12:01
  • 9:35 PM

    In This Tyme of Chrystmas

    Abbie Betinis

    Rose Ensemble

    Jordan Sramek, conductor

    5:06
  • 9:15 PM

    A Christmas Carol

    Carl Davis

    Northern Ballet Theater Orchestra

    John Pryce-Jones, conductor

    17:55
  • 9:09 PM

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

    Gustaf Nordqvist

    MPR Taste Of The Holidays, Vol. 2

    Magnum Chorum

    4:34
  • 9:05 PM

    Winter Light

    Ola Gjeilo

    Ola Gjeilo: Dreamweaver

    Roberto Sorrentino, cello

    2:49
  • 9:00 PM

    Al Hanisim (For the Miracles)

    Joshua Fishbein

    Miracle of Miracles

    Chicago a cappella

    John William Trotter, conductor

    4:41
  • 6:47 PM

    French and English Christmas Music

    Traditional

    Apollo's Fire Baroque Orchestra

    Jeannette Sorrell, conductor

    11:20
  • 6:46 PM

    Jingle Bells

    James Pierpont

    VocalEssence

    Philip Brunelle, conductor

    2:01
  • 6:24 PM

    Tuttifantchen: Suite

    Paul Hindemith

    Queensland Symphony Orchestra

    Werner Andreas Albert, conductor

    Dean Olding, violin

    19:34
  • 6:16 PM

    This Ember Night

    Graham Lack

    Voces8

    Barnaby Smith, conductor

    6:51
  • 6:10 PM

    New joy has arisen

    Traditional Ukrainian

    Ukrainian Christmas

    Lviv National Philharmonic

    Serhii Khorovets, conductor

    Solomiya Ivakhiv, violin

    4:36
  • 6:06 PM

    O Come, All Ye Faithful

    Traditional

    Empire Brass & Friends

    3:22
  • 6:01 PM

    Fairytale Sleighride

    Adam Saunders

    Royal Ballet Sinfonia

    Gavin Sutherland, conductor

    4:30
  • 5:46 PM

    The Many Moods of Christmas No. 3

    Robert Russell Bennett

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    12:48
  • 5:39 PM

    Frosty the Snowman (in the style of Mozart)

    Nelson/Rollins

    Hampton String Quartet

    5:15
  • 5:19 PM

    Christmas Music from the British Isles

    Various

    Seattle Pro Musica

    Karen P. Thomas, conductor

    19:11
  • 5:14 PM

    Menuets Nos. 1 and 2

    Jean-Philippe Rameau

    Vikingur Olafsson, piano

    2:43
  • 5:11 PM

    La vierge a la creche (The Virgin at the Cradle)

    Albert Perilhou

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    3:04
  • 5:07 PM

    Coventry Carol

    Traditional

    Gabriel's Message: One Thousand Years of Carols

    St. Thomas on the Bourne Choir

    David Swinson, conductor

    Jeremy Filsell, organ

    4:03
  • 5:01 PM

    Four German Carols

    Traditional

    Berlin Philharmonic Brass

    4:30
  • 4:51 PM

    Christmas Medley

    Traditional

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    James Galway, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    7:06
  • 4:47 PM

    Lo how a rose

    Traditional

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    2:23
  • 4:44 PM

    O Christmas Tree

    Traditional

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Hugh Wolff, conductor

    Thomas Hampson, baritone

    2:28
  • 4:41 PM

    Silent Night

    Franz Gruber

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Hugh Wolff, conductor

    Thomas Hampson, baritone

    3:07
  • 4:07 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 4

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Concert Recording

    Valencia Community Orchestra

    Javier Perianes, conductor

    Javier Perianes, piano

    32:59
  • 4:01 PM

    Christmas Oratorio: Tecum Principium

    Camille Saint-Saens

    A Christmas Feast

    Helen Campo, flute

    4:26
  • 3:55 PM

    Wassail Dances: Yorkshire Wassail

    Philip Lane

    City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra

    Gavin Sutherland, conductor

    3:02
  • 3:47 PM

    The Nutcracker: Characteristic Dances

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    11:25
  • 3:36 PM

    Miracle on 34th Street: Suite

    Cyril Mockridge

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Newman, conductor

    11:02
  • 3:31 PM

    Santa Claus Medley

    Coots/Autry

    Ayako Shinozaki, harp

    4:30
  • 3:15 PM

    Organ Concerto No. 9 "Hallelujah"

    George Frideric Handel

    Paillard Chamber Orchestra

    Marie-Claire Alain, organ

    15:22
  • 3:12 PM

    Carol Eliseus

    Huw Watkins

    Choir of King's College, Cambridge

    Stephen Cleobury, conductor

    2:16
  • 3:01 PM

    Christmas Overture

    Otto Nicolai

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Karl Anton Rickenbacher, conductor

    10:51
  • 2:56 PM

    Drive the Cold Winter Away

    John Playford

    And Glory Shone Around: Early American Carols, Country Dances, Southern Harmony Hymns and Shaker Spiritual Songs

    Rose Ensemble

    2:57
  • 2:53 PM

    O Little Town of Bethlehem

    Traditional

    Welcome Christmas: Carols and Lullabies from Around the World

    VocalEssence

    Philip Brunelle, conductor

    3:50
  • 2:50 PM

    It Came upon the Midnight Clear

    Richard Willis

    Welcome Christmas: Carols and Lullabies from Around the World

    VocalEssence

    Philip Brunelle, conductor

    3:19
  • 2:45 PM

    The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)

    Mel Torme

    Hampton String Quartet

    4:04
  • 2:33 PM

    At Midnight Hour; Joy Be With You; Carol of the Birds; Winter's Falling Light

    Medley

    Ensemble Galilei

    9:55
  • 2:23 PM

    Christmas Roses

    Emil Waldteufel

    Gulbenkian Orchestra

    Michel Swierczewski, conductor

    9:00
  • 2:20 PM

    Christ the Apple Tree

    Stanford Scriven

    Christmas At St. Olaf 2009: Light Of All Creation...Scatter The Darkness

    St. Olaf Choir

    Anton Armstrong, conductor

    3:19
  • 2:16 PM

    We Three

    Traditional

    Hearth

    Miro Quartet

    3:45
  • 2:07 PM

    Amahl and the Night Visitors: Dance Suite

    Gian Carlo Menotti

    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Schenck, conductor

    6:04
  • 2:04 PM

    March of the Little Lead Soldiers

    Gabriel Pierne

    Paris Orchestra

    Jean-Pierre Jacquillat, conductor

    2:54
  • 1:57 PM

    Misa Criolla: Sanctus

    Ariel Ramirez

    Hope

    Palau de la Musica Vocal Quartet

    Daniel Hope, violin

    2:17
  • 1:54 PM

    The Nativity (El nacimiento)

    Ariel Ramirez

    Carols and Christmas Songs

    Welsh National Opera Orchestra

    Tecwyn Evans, conductor

    Bryn Terfel, bass

    3:54
  • 1:48 PM

    Sonata No. 10 "Pastorella"

    Johann Georg Rauch

    La Notte: Concertos and Pastorales for Christmas Night

    Illyria Consort

    Bojan Cicic, violin

    5:34
  • 1:36 PM

    Snowflake Ballet

    Jacques Offenbach

    Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    10:23
  • 1:33 PM

    Away in a Manger

    William James Kirkpatrick

    A Harp For Christmas

    Emily Mitchell, harp

    2:10
  • 1:30 PM

    Go Tell It on the Mountain

    Spiritual

    Imani Winds

    3:01
  • 1:26 PM

    Silent Night

    Franz Gruber

    Cantus

    3:27
  • 1:23 PM

    Still, Still, Still

    Traditional German

    Emily Mitchell, harp

    3:38
  • 1:18 PM

    Cuban Nutcracker Suite: Waltz of the Flowers

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Cuban Christmas

    Sarahbanda

    Sarah Willis, horn

    3:40
  • 1:15 PM

    Noel Ayisyen

    Emile Desamours

    O Come, All Ye Faithful

    Concordia Choir of Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota

    Rene Clausen, conductor

    2:14
  • 1:09 PM

    Messiah: O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion

    George Frideric Handel

    Dunedin Consort and Players

    John Butt, conductor

    Annie Gill, contralto

    5:11
  • 1:04 PM

    Christmas Medley

    Traditional

    Sugar Plums: Christmas with The Summit Hill Brass Quintet

    Summit Hill Brass Quintet

    4:20
  • 12:53 PM

    Variations on "Dona Nobis Pacem"

    David Evan Thomas

    Thomas: Transformations

    Sonja Thompson, piano

    6:14
  • 12:47 PM

    Rose Ever Blooming: Gabriel's Message

    Jocelyn Hagen/Timothy C. Takach

    Rose Ever Blooming

    Voces8 Foundation Choir

    Barnaby Smith, conductor

    Jack Liebeck, violin

    5:15
  • 12:42 PM

    L'Arlesienne Suite No. 1: Carillon

    Georges Bizet

    Christmas on Copper Street, Vol. 2

    Copper Street Brass Quintet

    3:49
  • 12:29 PM

    Old Christmas Music

    Philip Lane

    Royal Ballet Sinfonia

    Gavin Sutherland, conductor

    12:06
  • 12:25 PM

    Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas

    Hugh Martin/Ralph Blane

    The OK Factor

    2:39
  • 12:19 PM

    There is No Rose

    Connor Koppin

    Christ is Born

    National Lutheran Choir

    David Cherwien, conductor

    5:40
  • 12:14 PM

    See Amid the Winter's Snow

    Traditional

    The Sixteen

    Harry Christophers, conductor

    Margaret Philips, organ

    4:50
  • 12:11 PM

    First Snow

    Ola Gjeilo

    12 Ensemble

    Ola Gjeilo, piano

    2:26
  • 12:04 PM

    Sleigh Ride

    Frederick Delius

    Northern Sinfonia of England

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    6:30
  • 11:51 AM

    Christmas Medley

    Traditional

    Choir of New College, Oxford

    Edward Higginbottom, conductor

    Howard Moody, organ

    7:28
  • 11:45 AM

    In the Bleak Midwinter

    Gustav Holst

    King's Singers

    4:56
  • 11:22 AM

    X'mas Suite

    Massimo Paris

    Los Romeros

    Massimo Paris, conductor

    21:38
  • 11:15 AM

    O Magnum Mysterium (O Great Mystery)

    Morten Lauridsen

    Los Angeles Master Chorale

    Grant Gershon, conductor

    Anne Akiko Meyers, violin

    6:33
  • 11:07 AM

    Nativity Carol; Quem pastores

    Christmas Music

    Clare College Singers

    John Rutter, conductor

    6:34
  • 11:06 AM

    Joy to the World

    Traditional

    Philadelphia Brass Ensemble

    1:12
  • 11:01 AM

    The Snowman: Prelude and Serenade

    Erich Korngold

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    Michael Ludwig, violin

    4:39
  • 10:54 AM

    O Holy Night

    Adolphe Adam

    Slovak National Symphony Orchestra

    Allan Wilson, conductor

    Rolando Villazon, tenor

    4:30
  • 10:32 AM

    Medley for Advent

    Christmas Music

    Choir of Clare College, Cambridge

    Graham Ross, conductor

    William McKie, organ

    20:17
  • 10:19 AM

    Fum, Fum, Fum!; Riu, Riu, Chiu; I Saw Three Ships

    Christmas Music

    Isthmus Brass

    John Stevens, conductor

    7:00
  • 10:06 AM

    We Wish You; Jingle Bells; 12 Days; Winter W'land; Deck the Hall

    Christmas Music

    Ayako Shinozaki, harp

    Kazuko Shinozaki, harp

    12:09
  • 10:01 AM

    Lully, Lulla, Lullay

    Philip Stopford

    Choir of St. Paul's Cathedral

    Andrew Carwood, conductor

    4:37
  • 9:52 AM

    The Nutcracker: Waltz of the Snowflakes

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Stewart Goodyear, piano

    6:09
  • 9:20 AM

    La Boite a Joujoux (The Toy Box)

    Claude Debussy

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    31:42
  • 9:15 AM

    O Christmas Tree

    Traditional German

    Eva Beneke, guitar

    3:45
  • 9:06 AM

    Three Botticelli Pictures: Adoration of the Magi

    Ottorino Respighi

    Chamber Orchestra of Lausanne

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    8:01
  • 9:01 AM

    Christmas Tree Suite: Abendglocken (Evening Bells)

    Franz Liszt

    Jerome Lowenthal, piano

    Carmel Lowenthal, piano

    4:30
  • 8:53 AM

    Blue Bird: Christmas Dream

    Engelbert Humperdinck

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Karl Anton Rickenbacher, conductor

    5:20
  • 8:50 AM

    Deck the Halls

    Traditional English

    Emily Mitchell, harp

    2:46
  • 8:47 AM

    Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming

    Traditional

    Emily Mitchell, harp

    2:42
  • 8:43 AM

    Still, Still, Still

    Traditional German

    Emily Mitchell, harp

    3:38
  • 8:28 AM

    Advent Antiphons

    Bob Chilcott

    Carol of the Bells

    The Sixteen

    Harry Christophers, conductor

    13:16
  • 8:06 AM

    Symphony No. 49 "Christmas Symphony"

    Alan Hovhaness

    Northwest Sinfonia

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    22:10
  • 8:01 AM

    Lux Aeterna: O Nata Lux

    Morten Lauridsen

    Voces8

    4:23
  • 7:37 AM

    Piano Trio No. 3 "A Christmas Divertimento"

    Rick Sowash

    Mirecourt Trio

    20:50
  • 7:30 AM

    Les Chanteurs de Noel

    Alexander Glazunov

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    6:44
  • 7:07 AM

    A Christmas Cantata

    Arthur Honegger

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vladimir Jurowski, conductor

    Christopher Maltman, baritone

    21:38
  • 7:01 AM

    Romance for Violin and Piano

    Gabriel Faure

    Isabelle Faust, violin

    Florent Boffard, piano

    5:20
  • 6:42 AM

    Christmas Carols and Songs

    Christmas Music

    Frank Wallace, guitar

    16:11
  • 6:15 AM

    Santa Claus Symphony

    William Henry Fry

    Royal Scottish Orchestra

    Tony Rowe, conductor

    26:11
  • 6:06 AM

    Sinfonia; Ave Maria; Chorale

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    James Galway, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    7:18
  • 6:01 AM

    It Came upon the Midnight Clear

    Richard Willis

    Chanticleer

    4:33
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