9:00

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

Bottesini:  Double Bass Concerto No. 2 in b; Edgar Meyer, St Paul CO/Wolff (Sony Classical 60956)

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:  III.  In Bethlehem city; IV.  God bless the master; City of London Choir, Bournemouth SO/Wetton (Naxos 8.572102)

10:00

Jessel:  Parade of the Wooden [originally, Tin] Soldiers; New London O/Corp (Hyperion 66998)

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

Adam:  Si j’étais roi 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)

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)

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

Traditional/arr. Rath:  Still, Still, Still; Oklahoma Woodwind Quintet (Integra 801)