Music for Christmas

Christmas songs and music from Victorian England

The Victorians established the Christmas celebrations we enjoy today centred around Christmas
trees and carol singing. Enjoy a variety of Carols and Christmas music from the sounds of street musicians to drawing room songs, from mechanical instruments and organs to bells and church choirs.

63min CD, 24 tracks including:
• Hark the Herald Sing
• We Three Kings
• The Wassail Song
• Auld Lang Syne
The Song of Robin Redbreast
• God rest ye merry Gentlemen
• O Little Town of Bethlehem
• Christmas Church Be

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A new recording of well loved and traditional carols for the festive season. The timeless appeal of this Christmas music is embodied in beautiful performances of 'O Come all ye faithful', 'Hark the herald angels sing', 'In the bleak mid-winter', 'God rest ye merry, gentlemen' and many other favourites. 67 min CD, 18 tracks including:

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The Choir of Magdalen College, Oxford present a programme of carols, anthems and organ music for Christmas which will inspire and uplift in equal measure. The sounds of boys’ voices soar in the warm and resonant acoustics of the fifteenth-century college chapel, with wonderful soloists drawn from the choir in an atmospheric selection featuring some of the greatest Christmas music of past and present.

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Joyous and well-known Christmas organ music by some of the greatest masters of the past. Famous Christmas carol melodies, often in stunning arrangements mingle with chorale preludes and dances, played on an exceptionally fine American pipe organ in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

20 tracks 60 min
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Favourite Carols for Christmas Eve

A gentle album for a quiet moment amid the haste and rush of Christmas Eve preparations. Fine choral singing of traditional carols reminds us of church on Christmas Eve - but the cheery carols singers are never far away, adding a distinctive touch of brio to the programme!

23 tracks 66 min
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Christmas cheer in songs and carols

Hearty songs and music for Christmas. Carol singers stamping their feet against the cold, and singing their hearts out. Songs and carols old and new in cheerful Christmas celebration, with amazing instrumental accompaniment on fiddles, melodeons, drums and pipes.

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Traditional carols for Christmas

A programme of music spanning centuries of Christmas celebrations, from evocative medieval music to the warmth and joy of modern Christmas carols. Ethereal choirs from Oxford and Cambridge contrast with robust organ music and some famous and well-loved carols such as 'Away in a manger'.

23 tracks 65 min
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'One of the most eloquently expressive singers of all time'. A seasonal programme, focused on recordings from Doris Day's early years. She brings freshness, honesty and sheer good nature to these perennial favourites. 'Nobody can make me believe what I don't feel. I always show exactly how I feel. I am what I am.'

19 tracks 60 min
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Nostalgic songs and carols

Joy and nostalgia combined: Durbin, Crosby, Sinatra, Tauber, Glen Miller and many others present the sound of Christmas past in an indulgent programme of our old Christmas favourites. From 'Joy to the world' to 'Silent night' they're all here in beautifully restored digital sound.

20 tracks 60 min
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A selection of evergreens and old favourites from the world of jazz including Christmas hits from stars such as Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong and Frank Sinatra. From 'Winter wonderland' to 'Zat you, Santa Claus', the wit, charm and musicianship of these great artists shines as brightly as ever!

23 tracks 66 min
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Winter songs for the Christmas season

Christmas sing-along-songs - perfect for the car! A mixture of Christmas tunes from the past which all the family will know and enjoy. Mistletoe, Jingle Bells, Santa - and Frosty, of course!

18 tracks 71 min
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The Choir of Worcester College, Oxford

Favourite carols, glorious acoustics, fine organ playing. Well-known Christmas music familiar from broadcasts such as 'Nine Lessons and Carols'.

19 tracks 61 min
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The Choir of Queens' College, Cambridge

Exquisite medieval carols and a lovely mix of old and new. Recorded in the college chapel. Christmas music from old English plainchant to the best of Christmas anthems.

17 tracks 61 min
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An album for an evening of calm before the storm! Ages old sounds ring around the cloister, of plainchant sung by the choir, of quiet bells and a small harp, their beautiful sounds filling the air with tranquiliity and calm.

16 tracks 64 min
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Howard Goodall

An exciting major new commission from the pen of composer and TV star Howard Goodall, framed by famous, gentle, approachable music for winter and Christmas, sung by the heavenly boys' voices of Christ Church cathedral choir

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Messiah highlights & choral favourites

Joyous and uplifting Christmas music by the four great baroque composers. A musical telling of the Christmas story from Handel's Messiah, Bach's Christmas Oratorio, Schütz's Magnificat and Scarlatti's Christmas Pastoral.

20 tracks 65 min
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The Choir of Christ Church, Oxford

Imagine yourself in the fine surroundings of the Great Hall of Christ Church, with a programme of Tudor sacred and secular music, including music by Henry VIII, one of Christ Church's founders, and choral works by Taverner and others associated with Christ Church during its first century.

11 tracks 65 min
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Music for a medieval Christmas Mass

Join the 15th century Benedictine monks of Sherborne Abbey as they sing plainchant from the great service book or missal created for the Abbey in 1400-07. This liturgical reconstruction researched by Gift of Music was recorded in Magdalen College chapel by the Magdala choir.

20 tracks 69 min
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Cheerful Christmas organ music from Magdalen College, Oxford
Thrill to the sound of the mightly organ playing Christmas favourites in the generous acoustics of the chapel of Magdalen College, Oxford. An international programme with music ranging from J S Bach to Adolphe Adam, from 'Sleepers Awake' to 'Adeste Fideles'.

19 tracks 69 min
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Victorian Carols and Readings from Dickens

Christmas Past and Christmas Present! A perfect Yuletide celebration of Victorian carols and readings from the acclaimed choir of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge.

47 tracks
Around 2 hours of music

Seasonal Hits of the 1930s, '40s and '50s
A wonderful collection of seasonal memories. Nostalgia and music combine in a fine selection of songs by original artists including Doris Day, Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Dick Haymes, Glenn Miller and more!

27 tracks 59 min
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The angelic voices of the Oxford Girls' Choir, the fine and dramatic harp of Danielle Perrett and organ music played by Richard Vendome in a programme of exciting Christmas music, including Benjamin Britten's stunning 'A Ceremony of Carols' and music from nineteenth-century France.

30 tracks 66 min
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Victorian carols and music

An old fashioned programme of Christmas songs and carols that children will love to listen to. From the story of 'Cock Robin' to well-known Christmas carols, with a fascinating mix of sounds - bells, music boxes, accordions and pianos.

20 tracks 57 min
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A seasonal collection of favourite carols from a Victorian carol book. Plus Christmas organ music and some high quality arrangements of well-known Christmas tunes. Feel the warmth of a good Christmas celebration, whatever the weather! 57 minutes

20 tracks 66 min
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Songs and music for the festive season

After the presents are wrapped, the meal is prepared - and the drinks poured out - here is a programme of Christmas music filled with the emotion of 'Midnight Mass', and a reminder of the scent of the twinkling Christmas tree and the crackling fireside.

21 tracks 64 min
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Traditional carols and seasonal folk songs

Joyful Christmas songs with a rustic flavour create the atmosphere of a country feast and Christmas celebration. Dancing too can be heard - and the music of the angels to remind us about the magic and mystery of Christmas.

20 tracks 60 min
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Only the smallest amount of medieval music survives: musicians and composers were largely anonymous and their work often went unrecorded. But thankfully a handful of manuscripts have come down to us, filled with rich and varied music for instruments and voices on touching themes which tell the stories of the boy Christ and his mother, Mary.

20 tracks 61 min

Christmas Favourites from the 30s and 40s

A heady mix of superb recordings, lovingly restored from the early days of the Christmas hit! Innocence and just a hint of sentimentality were the musical falvours of the day in these lovely arrangements ofsome of our favourite carols and Christmas songs.

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A heady mix of Christmas favourites, from traditional carols to Victorian songs, performed by famous crooners of the past and by the soaring voices of college choirs. The 'Hallelujah' chorus rubs shoulders with 'White Christmas', while music boxes mingle with children's voices and fine Christmas organ music.

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Christmas wouldn't be Christmas without a visit from Santa! This lovely musical celebration mixes the velvety tones of Bing Crosby and Nat King Cole singing nostalgic songs with choirs and other famous voices singing traditional carols. Perry Como, Judy Garland and Gracie Fields and many more raise their voices in the true spirit of Christmas.

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Carols for Christmas

Superb singing from one of Britain’s leading vocal ensembles, Singscape. Highlights for Christmas include carols by Rachmaninov, Elizabeth Poston, and a whole host of traditional mediaeval carols all recorded in the superb
acoustic.
23 tracks 73 min