Essential Christmas: 35 Seasonal Favourites

Handel: Joy To The World

di Joan Sutherland, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Richard Bonynge

Anonymous, Arbeau: Ding Dong! Merrily On High

di Choir of King's College, Cambridge, David Briggs, Stephen Cleobury

Anderson: Sleigh Ride

di Eastman-Rochester "Pops" Orchestra, Frederick Fennell

Gruber: Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht

di The Bach Choir, Sir David Willcocks

Anonymous: While Shepherd's Watched

di The Choir of St John’s Cambridge, George Guest

Traditional: The Twelve Days Of Christmas

di Joan Sutherland, Ambrosian Singers, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Richard Bonynge

Handel: Messiah, HWV 56 / Pt. 1: "For unto us a Child is born"

di Chicago Symphony Chorus, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti

Handel: Messiah, HWV 56 / Pt. 1: Pifa (Pastoral Symphony)

di Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood

Schubert: Ave Maria, D. 839 (Arr. Gamley)

di Luciano Pavarotti, National Philharmonic Orchestra, Kurt Herbert Adler

Handel: Messiah, HWV 56 / Pt. 2: "Hallelujah"

di Chicago Symphony Chorus, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti

Prokofiev: Lieutenant Kijé, Symphonic Suite, Op. 60: 4. Troïka

di Orchestre Symphonique De Montréal, Charles Dutoit

Winter Wonderland

di Kiri Te Kanawa, London Voices, Philharmonia Orchestra, Carl Davis

Franck: Panis Angelicus

di Kiri Te Kanawa, English Chamber Orchestra, Barry Rose

J.S. Bach: Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248 / Part Two - For the second Day of Christmas: No. 10 Sinfonia

di Academy of St Martin in the Fields Chorus, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner

Kirkpatrick: Away In A Manger

di Mark Tinkler, The Choir of St John’s Cambridge, George Guest

Darke: In the Bleak Midwinter

di Rosemary Joshua, Ian Bostridge, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Academy of St Martin in the Fields Chorus, Sir Neville Marriner

Anonymous: O Little Town Of Bethlehem

di Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Sir Andrew Davis, Sir David Willcocks

Anonymous: The First Nowell

di Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Sir David Willcocks

Mozart: Three German Dances, K.605: No. 3 in C, Trio "Die Schlittenfahrt"

di Wiener Mozart Ensemble, Willi Boskovsky

Anonymous: Deck The Hall With Boughs Of Holly

di Joan Sutherland, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Richard Bonynge

H. Martin, Blane: Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas

di Kiri Te Kanawa, Philharmonia Orchestra, Carl Davis

Corelli: Concerto grosso in G minor, Op. 6, No. 8 "fatto per la notte di Natale": 5. Pastorale (Largo)

di Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner

Adam: O Holy Night (Minuit Chrétien)

di Leontyne Price, Wiener Philharmoniker, Herbert Von Karajan

Traditional: In Dulci Jubilo

di Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Simon Preston, Sir David Willcocks

Do You Hear What I Hear?

di Anthony Way, St Paul's Cathedral Choir, English Chamber Orchestra, John Scott

Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker, Op. 71, TH.14 / Act 1: No. 9 Scene and Waltz of the Snowflakes

di Finchley Children's Music Group, National Philharmonic Orchestra, Richard Bonynge

Gounod: Ave Maria: Arr. From Bach's Prelude No.1 BWV 846

di Leontyne Price, Wiener Philharmoniker, Herbert Von Karajan

Berlioz: L'Enfance du Christ, Op.25 / Partie 2: La fuite en Egypte: Il s'en va loin de la terre

di The St. Anthony Singers, Goldsbrough Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis

Brahms: Wiegenlied, Op. 49, No. 4

di Renata Tebaldi, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Anton Guadagno

Tchaikovsky: Legenda (Legend;The Crown of Roses) Op. 54, No. 5]

di Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, John Rutter

Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker, Op. 71, TH.14 / Act 1: No. 1 The Christmas Tree

di National Philharmonic Orchestra, Richard Bonynge

J. Goss: See Amid The Winter's Snow

di Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Sir David Willcocks

Mendelssohn: Hark! The Herald Angels Sing

di St Paul's Cathedral Choir, English Chamber Orchestra, John Scott

Berlin: White Christmas

di Kiri Te Kanawa, London Voices, Philharmonia Orchestra, Carl Davis