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  • 12:40 PM

    Here We Come a-Wassailing (Wassail Song)

    Traditional

    Carols from Clare

    Clare College Singers

    John Rutter, conductor

    4:08
  • 12:35 PM

    Make We Joy Now in this Fest

    Rene Clausen

    MPR Taste Of The Holidays, Vol. 3

    Choral Arts Ensemble

    David Dickau, conductor

    4:53
  • 12:33 PM

    In dulci jubilo

    Traditional

    An Artaria Winter Holiday

    Artaria Quartet

    2:26
  • 12:30 PM

    Ave Maria

    Charles Gounod

    The Essential Leontyne Price

    St. Thomas Church Choir

    Leontyne Price, soprano

    2:57
  • 12:27 PM

    Wassail Song

    Traditional English

    Christmas with Roger Wagner

    Roger Wagner Chorale

    Roger Wagner, conductor

    2:40
  • 12:25 PM

    Fum, Fum, Fum!

    Traditional

    'Twas the Night Before Christmas

    Burning River Brass

    2:08
  • 12:21 PM

    Angels We Have Heard on High

    Traditional French

    Dulci Jubilo: Christmas With The Singers

    The Singers

    Matthew Culloton, conductor

    3:12
  • 12:19 PM

    The First Nowell

    Traditional

    Christmas With London Brass

    London Brass

    2:35
  • 12:15 PM

    O Day Full of Grace

    Traditional Norwegian

    Great Hymns Of Faith

    St. Olaf Choir

    Anton Armstrong, conductor

    3:48
  • 12:11 PM

    I Wonder as I Wander

    John Jacob Niles

    And So Flows the River

    Ronn McFarlane, lute

    3:53
  • 12:10 PM

    Bogoroditse Devo (Rejoice, O Virgin)

    Arvo Part

    Sacred Songs Of Life And Love

    South Dakota Chorale

    Brian A. Schmidt, conductor

    1:09
  • 12:08 PM

    Jingle Bells

    James Pierpont

    Peaceful Christmas

    Roman Nagel, piano

    1:47
  • 12:04 PM

    Christmas Rush Concert March

    Matthew Curtis

    Another Night Before Christmas And Scrooge

    RTE Concert Orchestra

    Gavin Sutherland, conductor

    4:18
  • 12:01 PM

    Wexford Carol

    Traditional Irish

    Christmas Spirit

    Mainstreet Brass Quintet

    2:44
  • 11:58 AM

    Away in a Manger

    James Murray

    I Wonder as I Wander

    Copley Singers

    Brian Jones, conductor

    3:30
  • 11:51 AM

    Christmas Visitors

    Medley

    Make The Season Bright

    United States Air Force Band

    Lowell E. Graham, conductor

    5:25
  • 11:45 AM

    Thus in my heart I make my Christmas (Sydameeni joulun teen)

    Kassu Halonen

    Christmas Wonderland

    Lahti Symphony Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    3:45
  • 11:41 AM

    Coventry Carol

    Traditional English

    Nativite

    Musica Intima

    3:45
  • 11:38 AM

    We Three Kings

    Traditional

    A Christmas Concert For Brass

    Pittsburgh Symphony Brass

    2:37
  • 11:33 AM

    Mass, Hodie Christus natus est: Sanctus

    Giovanni Palestrina

    Night Moods: Distant Voices

    Gabrieli Consort

    Paul McCreesh, conductor

    5:22
  • 11:26 AM

    Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella

    Traditional French

    Dream Season: The Christmas Harp

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    2:39
  • 11:24 AM

    Patapan

    Traditional

    ANDERSON, L.: Sleigh Ride and Other Holiday Favourites

    BBC Concert Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    1:22
  • 11:18 AM

    Resonet in laudibus (Sound Forth in Praise)

    Jacob Handl

    Christmas At Trinity

    Choir of Trinity Church

    Owen Burdick, conductor

    2:35
  • 11:16 AM

    Hark! the Herald Angels Sing

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Christmas With The Dale Warland Singers

    Dale Warland Singers

    Dale Warland, conductor

    2:52
  • 11:11 AM

    Sing Noel! A Christmas Processional

    Mack Wilberg

    Home For The Holidays

    Mormon Tabernacle Choir

    Mack Wilberg/Ryan Murphy, conductor

    4:28
  • 11:10 AM

    The Nutcracker: March

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Trombones Under the Tree

    Joseph Alessi, trombone

    1:13
  • 11:02 AM

    The Skaters Waltz

    Emil Waldteufel

    With Love from Vienna

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    8:04
  • 10:59 AM

    Greensleeves

    Traditional

    The World of the Harp

    Susann McDonald, harp

    2:18
  • 10:56 AM

    Star Carol

    John Rutter

    John Rutter: The Colours Of Christmas

    Bach Choir

    John Rutter, conductor

    2:51
  • 10:53 AM

    Deck the Halls

    Traditional English

    Christmas With The Pops: Traditional Christmas Favorites

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    3:11
  • 10:48 AM

    Carol of the Drum

    Katherine K. Davis

    Cor Christmas

    Cortango

    Cally Banham, English horn

    4:15
  • 10:45 AM

    Villancico de Navidad (Christmas Carol)

    Agustin Barrios

    The Ultimate Classical Christmas

    John Williams, guitar

    3:07
  • 10:42 AM

    The Holly and the Ivy

    Traditional

    Carols from Trinity

    Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge

    Richard Marlow, conductor

    2:53
  • 10:40 AM

    O Tannenbaum (O Christmas Tree)

    Traditional German

    Songs Of Angels: Christmas Hymns And Carols

    Robert Shaw Chamber Singers

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    2:01
  • 10:37 AM

    O Little Town of Bethlehem

    Traditional

    Studio Orchestra

    Hauser, cello

    2:38
  • 10:34 AM

    Good-Will to Men and Peace on Earth

    Dobrinka Tabakova

    A Deep but Dazzling Darkness

    Apollo5

    2:56
  • 10:31 AM

    A Babe is Born

    William Mathias

    Lux De Caelo: Music For Christmas

    Choir of Clare College, Cambridge

    Graham Ross, conductor

    Peter Harrison, celesta

    3:07
  • 10:26 AM

    Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (Sleepers Awake)

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Christmas Around the World

    Burning River Brass

    5:27
  • 10:23 AM

    My Dancing Day

    Traditional English

    Choral Concert: The Wonder of Christmas

    Elora Festival Singers

    Noel Edison, conductor

    1:47
  • 10:17 AM

    The Christmas Alleluias

    Kim Andre Arnesen

    MPR Taste Of The Holidays, Vol. 7

    Sarah Grudem, harp

    6:42
  • 10:11 AM

    I Wish You Christmas

    John Rutter

    MPR Taste Of The Holidays, Vol. 4

    Great River Chorale

    5:07
  • 10:10 AM

    Gaudete (Rejoice!)

    Piae Cantiones

    The Carol Album: Seven Centuries of Christmas Music

    Taverner Players

    Andrew Parrott, conductor

    1:41
  • 10:06 AM

    Wonderful Christmastime

    Paul McCartney

    The Gents: Follow that Star

    The Gents

    Peter Dijkstra, conductor

    3:20
  • 10:02 AM

    Parade of the Wooden Soldiers

    Leon Jessel

    Joy to the World

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    4:25
  • 9:59 AM

    Sleigh Ride

    Leroy Anderson

    The Christmas Album

    Phoenix Chorale

    Christopher Gabbitas, conductor

    2:39
  • 9:57 AM

    O Holy Night

    Adolphe Adam

    A Festival Of Carols In Brass

    Philadelphia Brass Ensemble

    2:36
  • 9:55 AM

    Carol of the Bells

    Mikola Leontovich

    Dashing, Vol. 2

    Alan Rinehart, guitar

    1:16
  • 9:49 AM

    Gesu Bambino

    Pietro Yon

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

    Kelly Yost, piano

    5:11
  • 9:46 AM

    Kling, Glockchen, Kling

    Benedikt Widmann

    Tidings of Joy: Music for Christmas

    Fairfax Choral Society

    Douglas Mears, conductor

    3:30
  • 9:44 AM

    Il est ne, le divin enfant (Now is born the divine Christ child)

    Traditional French

    4 Girls 4 Harps At Christmas

    4 Girls 4 Harps

    1:50
  • 9:40 AM

    Praise to the Lord

    Hymn

    Great Hymns Of Faith

    St. Olaf Choir

    Anton Armstrong, conductor

    4:13
  • 9:37 AM

    It Came Upon the Midnight Clear

    Traditional

    Have Yourself a Merry Cello Christmas

    James Kreger, cello

    2:10
  • 9:31 AM

    Silent Night

    Franz Gruber

    A Choral Christmas

    Voces8

    Jack Liebeck, conductor

    Jack Liebeck, violin

    6:43
  • 9:27 AM

    Messiah: And the Glory of the Lord

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Messiah

    Toronto Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Davis, conductor

    3:22
  • 9:24 AM

    Five Meditations: The Lord bless you and keep you

    John Rutter

    Blessing

    Sinfonia Cymru

    John Rutter, conductor

    Catrin Finch, harp

    3:49
  • 9:09 AM

    Serenade of Carols

    Morton Gould

    A Musical Christmas Tree

    New Philharmonia Orchestra

    Morton Gould, conductor

    13:38
  • 9:07 AM

    Wassail, Wassail

    Traditional

    An Artaria Winter Holiday

    Artaria Quartet

    2:15
  • 9:05 AM

    Sussex Carol (On Christmas Night)

    Traditional English

    Music on Christmas Morning

    Vasari Singers

    Jeremy Backhouse, conductor

    Martin Ford, organ

    1:48
  • 9:00 AM

    Fairytale Sleighride

    Adam Saunders

    Another Night Before Christmas And Scrooge

    Royal Ballet Sinfonia

    Gavin Sutherland, conductor

    4:30
  • 8:56 AM

    On This Merriest Christmas Day

    Mack Wilberg

    Let The Season In

    Mormon Tabernacle Choir

    Mack Wilberg/Ryan Murphy, conductor

    4:37
  • 8:53 AM

    All My Heart This Night Rejoices

    Traditional

    Christmas Night

    Cambridge Singers

    John Rutter, conductor

    2:15
  • 8:51 AM

    Leise rieselt der Schnee

    Traditional German

    Stille Nacht: Christmas Carols for Guitar

    Rossini Hayward, guitar

    1:47
  • 8:44 AM

    Hodie: Ring Out, Ye Crystal Spheres

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams: Hodie; Fantasia on Christmas Carols

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    6:33
  • 8:39 AM

    Ave Maria

    Franz Schubert

    Night Wanderer

    Mischa Maisky, cello

    5:28
  • 8:37 AM

    God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen

    Traditional English

    Be All Merry

    The Choral Scholars of University College Dublin

    Desmond Earley, conductor

    1:48
  • 8:32 AM

    There is No Rose

    Connor Koppin

    MPR Taste Of The Holidays, Vol. 6

    Vox Nova Chorale

    Vicki Peters, conductor

    5:04
  • 8:29 AM

    O Come, O Come Emmanuel

    Traditional

    Winter Gift

    Adagio Trio

    3:01
  • 8:24 AM

    A Carol Fantasy

    John Alexander

    Christmas Time Is Here

    Pacific Chorale

    John Alexander, conductor

    5:02
  • 8:09 AM

    A Christmas Carol: Suite

    Richard Addinsell

    It's A Wonderful Life, Miracle On 34th St. & A Christmas Carol

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Newman, conductor

    14:07
  • 8:07 AM

    Jingle Bells

    James Pierpont

    Make The Season Bright

    USAF Singing Sergeants

    Lowell E. Graham, conductor

    1:41
  • 8:02 AM

    The Nutcracker: Waltz of the Flowers

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Silver Bells

    Johann Strauss Orchestra

    Andre Rieu, conductor

    5:07
  • 8:00 AM

    Still, Still, Still

    Traditional German

    Peaceful Christmas II

    Roman Nagel, piano

    1:43
  • 7:56 AM

    Deilig er Jorden (Fairest Lord Jesus)

    Traditional

    Christmas from Norway

    Norwegian Radio Orchestra

    Christian Eggen, conductor

    Lise Davidsen, soprano

    3:51
  • 7:54 AM

    Away in a Manger

    William James Kirkpatrick

    On a Christmas Morn: Carols of Matthew Culloton

    The Singers

    Matthew Culloton, conductor

    2:49
  • 7:52 AM

    Infant Holy, Infant Lowly

    Traditional Polish

    A Christmas Concert For Brass

    Pittsburgh Symphony Brass

    1:31
  • 7:49 AM

    German Dance No. 3 "Sleigh Ride"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Vienna Philharmonic New Year's Day Concert 1991

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    2:38
  • 7:43 AM

    Amahl and the Night Visitors: Dance Suite

    Gian Carlo Menotti

    Barber: Souvenirs; Menotti: Sebastian, Amahl and the Night Visitors

    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Schenck, conductor

    6:04
  • 7:41 AM

    Up! Good Christen Folk, and Listen

    Traditional

    Christmas At King's College

    Choir of King's College, Cambridge

    Philip Ledger, conductor

    1:16
  • 7:37 AM

    Angels We Have Heard on High

    Traditional French

    Studio Orchestra

    Hauser, cello

    4:07
  • 7:34 AM

    The First Nowell

    Traditional

    Christmas With London Brass

    London Brass

    2:35
  • 7:27 AM

    O Magnum Mysterium (O Great Mystery)

    Jennifer Higdon

    All Is Bright

    Handel and Haydn Society Chorus

    Grant Llewellyn, conductor

    7:39
  • 7:25 AM

    Tu Scendi dalle Stelle (You Descended from the Heavens)

    Alfonso Maria de Liguori

    A Christmas Feast

    Peter Reit, horn

    2:11
  • 7:22 AM

    The Holly and the Ivy

    Traditional

    Chanticleer: Our Favorite Carols

    Chanticleer

    2:26
  • 7:09 AM

    A Christmas Greeting

    Alfred Burt

    We Wish You a Merry Christmas

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    12:50
  • 7:07 AM

    All I Want for Christmas Is You

    Walter Afanasieff/Mariah Carey

    A Very Chilly Christmas

    Chilly Gonzales, piano

    1:40
  • 6:58 AM

    Christmas Tree Suite: Adeste fideles

    Franz Liszt

    Evening Bells

    Roland Pontinen, piano

    3:26
  • 6:56 AM

    Sing a Joyful Song of Christmas

    Ronald Kaufmann

    The Vienna Choir Boys - Merry Christmas, Carols From North America And Europe

    Vienna Boys Choir

    Christian Schulz, conductor

    2:17
  • 6:52 AM

    Resonet in Laudibus

    Orlando di Lasso (Lassus)

    The Christmas Album

    Phoenix Chorale

    Christopher Gabbitas, conductor

    4:00
  • 6:49 AM

    Deck the Halls

    Traditional English

    A Harp For Christmas

    Emily Mitchell, harp

    2:46
  • 6:45 AM

    L'Enfance du Christ: Shepherd's Farewell

    Hector Berlioz

    Choral Masterpieces

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    3:26
  • 6:42 AM

    We Three Kings

    Traditional

    A Christmas Gift

    David Wood, guitar

    1:26
  • 6:39 AM

    Hark! the Herald Angels Sing

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Christmas with the Cincinnati May Festival Chorus

    May Festival Chorus

    Robert Porco, conductor

    2:31
  • 6:36 AM

    Chorale-Prelude: Es ist ein Ros

    Johannes Brahms

    On Christmas Night

    Daniel Hyde, organ

    2:43
  • 6:31 AM

    Bethlehem Down

    Peter Warlock

    Mater ora filium: Music for Epiphany

    Choir of Clare College, Cambridge

    Graham Ross, conductor

    5:13
  • 6:28 AM

    What Child is This?

    Traditional

    Simply Christmas

    Jean-Pierre Rampal, flute

    2:48
  • 6:20 AM

    A Canadian Brass Christmas Card

    Howard Cable

    A Christmas Gloria

    Canadian Brass

    4:12
  • 6:18 AM

    Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day

    Traditional English

    A Choral Christmas

    Trinity Choir of Boston

    Brian Jones, conductor

    Michael Kleinschmidt, organ

    2:09
  • 6:10 AM

    Lux Aeterna: O Nata Lux

    Morten Lauridsen

    Lux

    Voces8

    4:23
  • 6:09 AM

    Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella

    Traditional French

    Songs Of Angels: Christmas Hymns And Carols

    Robert Shaw Chamber Singers

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    1:22
  • 6:06 AM

    O Tannenbaum

    Traditional

    Christmas Piano with Alexis

    Alexis Ffrench, piano

    2:30
  • 6:01 AM

    Christmas Lullaby

    John Rutter

    Music on Christmas Morning

    Vasari Singers

    Jeremy Backhouse, conductor

    Martin Ford, organ

    4:58
  • 5:53 AM

    The Nutcracker: Pas de Deux

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    5:03
  • 5:47 AM

    Sleigh Ride

    Frederick Delius

    Delius: On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    David Lloyd-Jones, conductor

    5:36
  • 5:43 AM

    Santa Claus Medley

    Coots/Autry

    Christmas Harp Music

    Ayako Shinozaki, harp

    4:30
  • 5:38 AM

    Carol of the Bells

    Mikola Leontovich

    Christmas Carols

    Musica Sacra

    Richard Westenburg, conductor

    1:16
  • 5:27 AM

    The Cherry Tree Carol

    Traditional

    Down Came An Angel

    Jacqueline Schwab, piano

    4:09
  • 5:23 AM

    O Holy Night

    Adolphe Adam

    Studio Orchestra

    Hauser, cello

    4:19
  • 5:21 AM

    Ding Dong Merrily on High

    Traditional French

    Essential Carols

    Choir of King's College, Cambridge

    David Willcocks, conductor

    Simon Preston, organ

    2:01
  • 5:19 AM

    How Brightly Shown the Morning Star

    Traditional

    A Christmas Concert For Brass

    Pittsburgh Symphony Brass

    1:12
  • 5:13 AM

    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
  • 5:09 AM

    Jesus Christ the Apple Tree

    Elizabeth Poston

    A Seraphic Fire Christmas

    Seraphic Fire

    Patrick Dupre Quigley, conductor

    4:21
  • 5:06 AM

    In the Bleak Midwinter

    Gustav Holst

    A Classical Guitar Christmas

    Eva Beneke, guitar

    2:42
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