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Playlist For December 09, 2025
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12:00 AM
- Harold Darke
- In the Bleak Midwinter
- Kiri Te Kanawa, soprano
- Roberto Alagna, tenor
- Abbey Road Ensemble
- Jonathan Tunick, conductor
- Album: 100 Best Carols
3:4612:04 AM- Traditional
- Angels We Have Heard On High
- John Rutter, arranger
- The Cambridge Singers
- The Cambridge Singers Orchestra
- John Rutter, conductor
- Album: Christmas Star | Carols for the Christmas Season
2:1712:06 AM- Anonymous
- Divisions on Greensleeves
- Julianne Baird, soprano
- Parthenia
- Album: As It Fell on a Holie Eve: Music for an Elizabethan Christmas
5:1212:12 AM- George Frideric Handel
- Messiah: Hallelujah!
- Matthias Hofs, arranger
- German Brass
- Album: Brass Christmas
3:1512:15 AM- Traditional
- Lully lulla, thou little tiny child (Coventry Carol)
- Benedictine Nuns Of Mary Queen Of Apostles
- Album: Caroling at Ephesus
2:1012:17 AM- Leroy Anderson
- Horse and Buggy
- BBC Concert Orchestra
- Leonard Slatkin, conductor
- Album: Sleigh Ride & Other Holiday Favorites
3:3912:21 AM- Traditional
- O Jesulein Zart
- Franz Burkhart, arranger
- Vienna Boys Choir
2:1312:23 AM- Henry John Gauntlett
- Once in Royal David's City
- Richard Walters, arranger
- Mrs. Cecil Frances Alexander
- Heidi Grant Murphy, soprano
- Kevin Murphy, piano
3:2512:27 AM- Richard Willis
- It Came Upon A Midnight Clear
- Carmen Dragon, arranger
- Hollywood Bowl Orchestra
- Carmen Dragon, conductor
- Album: The Music of Christmas
3:2812:30 AM- Michael Praetorius
- Wie schon leuchtet der Morgenstern
- Gabrielle Haigh, soprano
- Sophie Horrocks, soprano
- Nils Greenhow, tenor
- Christopher Loyn, tenor
- William Cole, bass
- David Miller, theorbo
- Choir of Clare College, Cambridge
- The Dmitri Ensemble
- Graham Ross, conductor
- Album: Lux de caelo | Christmas
2:2912:33 AM- Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
- Christmas Eve: Polonaise
- The Philadelphia Orchestra
- Eugene Ormandy, conductor
- Album: Russian Orchestral Works
4:2212:37 AM- Traditional
- The Truth From Above (Herefordshire Carol)
- Ralph Vaughan Williams, arranger
- Choir of King's College, Cambridge
- Stephen Cleobury, conductor
- Album: Favorite Carols From King's
2:4012:40 AM- Traditional
- O come, all ye faithful (Adeste Fideles)
- Morton Gould, arranger
- New Philharmonia Orchestra
- Morton Gould, conductor
- Album: A Musical Christmas Tree
3:3112:44 AM- Johnny Marks
- Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer
- Richard Hayman, arranger
- Boston Pops Orchestra
- Keith Lockhart, conductor
- Album: A Boston Pops Christmas: Live Friom Symphony Hall
2:1112:46 AM- Various
- Christmas Suite IV
- Album: The Many Moods of Christmas
12:0312:58 AM- Cristobal de Morales
- Missa Quaeramus cum pastoribus: Kyrie
- The Marian Consort
- Rory McCleery, conductor
- Album: Christmas With the Shepherds | The Marian Consort
5:2701:03 AM- Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach
- Die Kindheit Jesu, Wf XIV/2: Holde, hohe Wundernacht
- Das Kleine Konzert
- Rheinische Kantorei
- Hermann Max, conductor
- Album: 100 Christmas Classics
2:0101:06 AM- Traditional
- Go Tell it on the Mountain
- John Rutter, arranger
- The Cambridge Singers
- The Cambridge Singers Orchestra
- John Rutter, conductor
- Album: Christmas Star | Carols for the Christmas Season
3:1301:09 AM- Traditional
- The Cherry Tree
- Anonymous 4
- Album: The Cherry Tree
3:0601:12 AM- Johann Sebastian Bach
- Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring, BWV 147
- Myra Hess, arranger
- Leon Fleisher, piano
3:4301:16 AM- Felix Mendelssohn
- Hark the Herald Angels Sing
- Philip Lawson, arranger
- Calmus Ensemble Leipzig
- Album: Calmus Christmas Carols
3:1601:19 AM- Vince Guaraldi
- My Little Drum
- Brandon Ridenour, arranger
- Bill Cahn, percussion
- Canadian Brass
- Album: Christmas Time Is Here
4:1701:23 AM- Traditional
- God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen
- Benedictine Nuns Of Mary Queen Of Apostles
- Album: Caroling at Ephesus
2:1501:26 AM- O Holy Night
- Album: Angels - Christmas with The Great Sopranos
4:2701:30 AM- Traditional
- Whence is that Goodly Fragrance; Jesu Kreuz, Leiden und Pein
- Ensemble Galilei
- Album: Surrounded by Angels | A Christmas Celebration with Ensemble Galilei
3:4501:34 AM- Louis-Claude Daquin
- Noel X
- David Overton, arranger
- Michala Petri, recorder
- National Philharmonic Orchestra
- Martin Neary, conductor
- Album: Noel! Noel! Noel!
3:0801:37 AM- Leroy Anderson
- Sleigh Ride
- Jeff Scott, arranger
- Imani Winds
- Album: This Christmas
2:4601:40 AM- Sammy Cahn
- Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow
- Barry Gordon, arranger
- The Northern Lights Orchestra
- Petri Juutilainen, conductor
- Album: What if Mozart Wrote White Christmas
3:4001:43 AM- Traditional
- What Child is This? (Greensleeves)
- Arthur Harris, arranger
- The Philadelphia Orchestra
- The Philadelphia Chorus
- Eugene Ormandy, conductor
- Album: Joy to the World
2:2201:46 AM- Percy Aldridge Grainger
- The Sussex Mummers' Christmas Carol
- Jeffrey Biegel, piano
- Album: A Steinway Christmas Album | Piano Music for the Season
2:2901:49 AM- Traditional
- Les anges dans nos campagnes
- Arsys Bourgogne
- Pierre Cao, conductor
- Album: Christmas Songs Around The World / Cao, Arsys Bourgogne
2:5801:52 AM- Bob Chilcott
- Shepherd's Carol
2:5501:55 AM- Franz Gruber
- Silent Night
- Wolfram Buchenberg, arranger
- Calmus Ensemble Leipzig
- Album: Calmus Christmas Carols
3:0001:58 AM- Traditional
- Un Flambeau, Jeannette, Isabella
- Alexander Craig, arranger
- Geoffrey Williams, countertenor
- Steven Caldicott Wilson, tenor
- Christopher Dylan Herbert, baritone
- Craig Phillips, bass
- New York Polyphony
- Album: Sing thee Nowell
2:0902:00 AM- Niels Gade
- Christmas Eve Suite
- Orchestra of the Mill
- Andrew Penny, conductor
- Album: Scandinavian String Music
10:3302:10 AM- Harold Darke
- In the Bleak Midwinter
- The Bach Choir
- Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
- John Rutter, conductor
- Album: John Rutter: The Colors of Christmas
4:0502:15 AM- Anonymous
- Coventry Carol
- Album: Christmas Festival
2:5802:18 AM- Boris Ord
- Adam Lay Ybounden
- St. Thomas Choir of Men and Boys
- John Scott, conductor
- Album: Christmas on Fifth Avenue
1:1402:19 AM- Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
- The Nutcracker: Overture
- Stewart Goodyear, piano
- Album: Tchaikovsky | The Nutcracker | Complete Ballet Arranged for Solo Piano
3:0702:22 AM- Traditional
- Hiaz is der rauhe Winter
- Vienna Choir Boys
- Vienna Boys Choir
1:3402:24 AM- Mykola Dmytrovych Leontovych
- Carol of the Bells
- Richard Hayman, arranger
- New York Pops
- Skitch Henderson, conductor
- Album: Christmas in the Country
2:3802:26 AM- Traditional
- The Shepherd's Cradle Song
- Choir of King's College, Cambridge
- Sir David Willcocks, conductor
- Album: 100 Best Carols
3:3402:30 AM- Traditional
- Suite of Carols for Brass
- Philadelphia Brass Ensemble
- Album: A Festival of Carols in Brass
4:5902:35 AM- Felix Bernard
- Winter Wonderland
- Arr. Ralph Hermann
- Ralph Herman, arranger
- Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
- Erich Kunzel, conductor
- Album: Christmas with the Pops
2:4702:38 AM- Traditional
- Riu, riu, chiu (How shepherds call their sheep)
- Eric Robertson, arranger
- Liona Boyd, guitar
- Album: A Guitar for Christmas
2:3802:41 AM- Johann Sebastian Bach
- Christmas Oratorio BWV 248: Part VI: Nun seid ihr wohl gerochen
- Concerto Koln
- Frankfurt Vocal Ensemble
- Ralf Otto, conductor
- Album: 100 Christmas Classics
3:1802:44 AM- John Rutter
- Candlelight Carol
- Jacqueline Kerrod, harp
- Seraphic Fire
- Patrick Dupre Quigley, conductor
- Album: Candlelight Carols | Seraphic Fire | Patrick Dupre Quigley
4:1702:48 AM- Traditional
- Up! Good Christen folk, and listen
- George Ratcliffe Woodward, arranger
- Choir of Clare College, Cambridge
- John Rutter, conductor
- Album: Christmas 101
1:1002:49 AM- Traditional
- We Wish You a Merry Christmas
- Alexander L'Estrange, arranger
- The King's Singers
- Album: The King's Singers Christmas Songbook
2:1802:52 AM- Traditional
- Good King Wenceslas
- Joan Sutherland, soprano
- Valda Aveling, harpsichord
- Patricia Clarke, soprano
- New Philharmonia Orchestra
- Ambrosian Singers
- Richard Bonynge, conductor
- Album: Angels - Christmas with The Great Sopranos
2:5902:55 AM- Anonymous
- Angelus ad Virginem
- Benedictine Nuns Of Mary Queen Of Apostles
- Album: Advent At Ephesus / Benedictines Of Mary, Queen Of Apostles
3:0902:58 AM- Various
- Christmas Suite I
- Robert Russell Bennett, arranger
- Robert Arnold, organ
- Robert Shaw Chorale
- RCA Victor Orchestra
- Robert Shaw, conductor
- Album: The Many Moods of Christmas
11:2403:09 AM- Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck
- Hodie Christus Natus Est
- Album: John Rutter: The Colors of Christmas
2:5903:12 AM- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- German Dance No. 3 in C, K. 605, "Sleigh Ride"
- Boston Pops Orchestra
- Arthur Fiedler, conductor
- Album: Pops Christmas Party
2:4003:15 AM- Traditional
- Noel Nouvelet
- Meredith Hall, soprano
- Apollo's Singers
- Apollo's Fire Baroque Orchestra
- Ensemble La Nef
- Jeannette Sorrell, conductor
- Album: Sacrum Mysterium - A Celtic Christmas Vespers / Sorrell, Apollo's Fire
2:5903:18 AM- Adolphe Adam
- O Holy Night
- Chris Hazell, arranger
- Bryn Terfel, baritone
- Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera
- Tecwyn Evans, conductor
- Album: Bryn Terfel | Carols and Christmas Songs
3:0403:21 AM- Traditional
- The First Noel
- David Briggs, organ
- Choir of King's College, Cambridge
- Stephen Cleobury, conductor
- Album: Complete Christmas Celebration
4:5503:26 AM- Traditional
- Away in a Manger
- John Rutter, arranger
- The Cambridge Singers
- The Cambridge Singers Orchestra
- John Rutter, conductor
- Album: Christmas Star | Carols for the Christmas Season
2:1803:28 AM- Jean Mouton
- Puer natus est nobis
- The Marian Consort
- Rory McCleery, conductor
- Album: Christmas With the Shepherds | The Marian Consort
7:1003:36 AM- Johann Sebastian Bach
- Magnificat in D, BWV 243: Esurientes implevit bonis
- Album: Brass Christmas
2:4103:38 AM- Traditional
- Angels We Have Heard On High
- St. Thomas's Boys Choir, Leipzig
- Hans-Joachim Rotzsch, conductor
- Album: 100 Christmas Classics
2:2303:41 AM- Kenneth Leighton
- Lully lulla, thou little tiny child (Coventry Carol)
- Vasari Singers
- Fiona McWilliams, soprano
- Vasari Singers
- Jeremy Backhouse, conductor
2:5903:44 AM- Herbert Howells
- A Spotless Rose
- Nils Ole Peters, baritone
- Hanover Boys' Choir
- Jorg Breiding, conductor
- Album: Knabenchor Hannover | Christmas Carols
2:3903:47 AM- Francesco Manfredini
- Concerto grosso per il Santissimo Natale in C major, Op. 3/12
- Cis Collegium Mozarteum Salzburg
- Jurgen Geise, conductor
- Album: Christmas Concertos
8:2103:55 AM- Ray Evans
- Silver Bells
- Album: Home for the Holidays
2:3803:58 AM- Traditional
- Still, still, still, weil's Kindlein schlafen will
1:5804:00 AM- Traditional
- The Holly and the Ivy
- The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra
- Crouch End Festival Chorus
- Evan Jolly, conductor
- Album: The Greatest Christmas Choral Classics
2:3104:02 AM- Lewis Redner
- O Little Town of Bethlehem
- Richard Tucker, tenor
- Columbia Symphony Orchestra
- Thomas Z. Shepard, conductor
- Album: Christmas at the Met
2:1904:05 AM- Traditional
- Suite of Carols
- Worcester Cathedral Choir
- Donald Hunt, conductor
- Album: Christmas Carols
5:3904:10 AM- Francis Poulenc
- Four Christmas Motets
- The Philadelphia Singers
- Michael Korn, conductor
- Album: Ceremonies of Carols
10:0704:21 AM- Gregor Joseph Werner
- Shepherd's Music for Christmas
- London Festival Orchestra
- Ross Pople, conductor
- Album: Christmas Festival
4:2804:25 AM- Traditional
- A Christmas Festival Medley
- Richard Hayman, arranger
- Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra
- Richard Hayman, conductor
- Album: WQXR For the Holidays
6:4304:32 AM- Carlos Salzedo
- Short Fantasy on a Catalan Carol
- Angel Romero, guitar
- Canadian Brass
- Album: The Canadian Brass: Noel
3:3104:36 AM- Jesse Edgar Middleton
- Huron Carol
- Album: Candlelight Carols | Seraphic Fire | Patrick Dupre Quigley
5:0104:41 AM- Traditional
- Up! Good Christen folk, and listen
- Choir of King's College, Cambridge
- Sir Philip Ledger, conductor
- Album: 100 Best Carols
1:1604:42 AM- Johnny Marks
- Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer
- Boston Pops Orchestra
- Arthur Fiedler, conductor
- Album: A Christmas Festival
2:1004:44 AM- William Billings
- A Virgin Unspotted
- Handel and Haydn Society
- Harry Christophers, conductor
- Album: Joy to the world|An American Christmas
2:4604:47 AM- Gaetano Maria Schiassi
- Christmas Symphony
- Cis Collegium Mozarteum Salzburg
- Jurgen Geise, conductor
- Album: Christmas Concertos
7:2004:54 AM- Irving Berlin
- White Christmas
- Album: Weihnachtslieder aus aller Welt
4:2704:59 AM- Traditional
- I Saw Three Ships
- Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, soprano
- Philharmonia Orchestra
- Ambrosian Singers
- Sir Charles Mackerras, conductor
- Album: Christmas at the Met
1:1905:01 AM- Jerry Herman
- We Need A Little Christmas
- Mitch Farber, arranger
- The Hampton String Quartet
- Album: What if Mozart Wrote Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
4:3505:05 AM- Traditional
- The Truth From Above (Herefordshire Carol)
- Album: Carols by Candlelight
2:1305:07 AM- Pal Esterhazy
- Dormi Jesu dulcissime
- Album: A Christmas Legend: Resonet in laudibus
2:3905:10 AM- Traditional German
- In dulci jubilo
- Robert Lucas de Pearsall, arranger
- Choir of Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge
- Geoffrey Webber, conductor
- Album: Dormi Jesu | A Caius Christmas
3:1305:13 AM- William Billings
- Bethlehem
- Anonymous 4
- Album: The Cherry Tree
2:4405:16 AM- George Frideric Handel
- Tochter Zion, freue dich
- Cologne West German Radio Symphony Orchestra
- Cologne West German Radio Chorus
- Helmuth Froschauer, conductor
- Album: 100 Christmas Classics
3:0305:19 AM- Adolphe Adam
- O Holy Night
- Benita Valente, soprano
- Concerto Solists Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia
- Philadelphia Singers
- Michael Korn, conductor
- Album: Christmas at the Met
5:3905:25 AM- Traditional
- The First Noel
- Carmen Dragon, arranger
- Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
- Erich Kunzel, conductor
- Album: Christmas with the Pops
3:5005:29 AM- Traditional
- Angels We Have Heard On High
- Robert Shaw Chorale
- Robert Shaw, conductor
- Album: The Most Fabulous Classical Christmas Album Ever
3:1705:32 AM- Kenneth Leighton
- Lully lulla, thou little tiny child (Coventry Carol)
- Emma Preston-Dunlop, soprano
- Polyphony
- Stephen Layton, conductor
- Album: O Magnum Misterium, Twentieth Century Carols
3:1105:35 AM- Giovanni Gabrieli
- Sacrae symphoniae (1597): Canzon duodecimi toni
- Eric Robertson, arranger
- Empire Brass
- Album: Empire Brass: Music of Gabrieli and his contemporaries
3:3005:39 AM- Arcangelo Corelli
- Concerto grosso No. 8 in G Minor, Op. 6, "Christmas Concerto" Largo, Pastorale ad libitum
- Ayako Shinozaki, harp
- Album: Silent Night: Beautiful Christmas Melodies
4:0105:43 AM- Traditional
- Noel Nouvelet
- Stephen Jackson, arranger
- Jeremy Filsell, organ
- Vasari Singers
- Nicola Balzan, soprano
- Vasari Singers
- Jeremy Backhouse, conductor
4:1305:47 AM- Anonymous
- Jolly Old St. Nicholas
- I Solisti di Duino
- Antonio Pelligrino, conductor
- Album: Celestial Christmas, Vol. 2
2:5405:50 AM- Traditional
- Greensleeves To A Ground
- Olivier Foures, arranger
- Daniel Hope, violin
- Stefan Maass, lute
- Stephan Rath, chitarrone
- Album: Air: A Baroque Journey
4:3805:55 AM- Sergei Lyapunov
- Fetes de Noel Op. 41
- Jeffrey Biegel, piano
- Album: A Steinway Christmas Album | Piano Music for the Season
2:0305:57 AM- George Frideric Handel
- Joy to the World
- Isaac Watts
- Choir of King's College, Cambridge
- Stephen Cleobury, conductor
- Album: Favorite Carols From King's
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