9:00

Traditional/arr. Willcocks:  The First Nowell; New York Choral Artists/Flummerfelt (EMI 49908)

Puccini:  La Bohème Suite; Cincinnati Pops O/Kunzel (Telarc 80260)

Wesley:  Rondo on God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen; Timothy Roberts, fortepiano (Hyperion 66924)

Gruber/arr. Schwarz: Silent Night; Seattle Symphony/Schwarz (Naxos 8.572673)

Waldteufel:  Christmas Roses, op. 230; Slovak Radio SO/A Walter (Marco Polo 8.223688)

Vaughan Williams:  Folk Songs of the Four Seasons:  Winter:  I. Children’s Christmas Song; II. Wassail Song; IV. God Bless the Master; City of London Choir, Bournemouth SO/Wetton (Naxos 8.572102)

10:00

Rebikov:  Waltz from The Christmas Tree, op. 21; Jeffrey Biegel, piano (Steinway & Sons 30005)

Tchaikovsky:  The Nutcracker Suite, op. 71a; Chicago SO/Solti (London 417 400)

Adam:  Si j’étais roi (If I Were King) Overture; Royal Scottish National O/Friedel (Naxos 8.573418)

Mozart:  Horn Concerto No. 4 in E flat, K 495; Hermann Baumann, St Paul CO/Zukerman (Philips 412 737)

Traditional/arr. M Shaw:  Patapan; Musica Sacra/Westenburg (DG 429 732)

11:00

Schoenberg:  Weihnachtsmusik; members of Vienna String Quintet; Leonore Aumaier, piano; Alfred Mitterhofer, harmonium (CPO 999 588)

B Kelly:  Improvisations on Christmas Carols; City of Prague PO/Sutherland (Naxos 8.557099)

Poulenc:  Suite française (after Claude Gervaise); Paul Crossley, piano (CBS 44921)

Hess:  The Oxen; Dale Warland Singers; Kathy Kienzle, harp (American Choral Catalog 121)

Walker:  The Babe of Bethlehem; Mark Dietrich, bass; The Rose Ensemble (Rose 0009)

Mockridge:  Music from Miracle on 34th Street (1947 film); Royal PO/Newman (Telarc 88801)

Anderson/arr. Rhinehart and Bogert:  Sleigh Ride; Nathan Bogert, alto sax; James Rhinehart, piano (recorded in IPR Performance Studio on December 7, 2017)