Christmas Music
Browse our range of Christmas CDs, downloads, DVDs and Blu-rays. From traditional carols and complete oratorios, to early music and instrumental collections there's something to suit any Christmas celebration.
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Handel: Messiah RecommendedErin Wall (soprano), Elizabeth DeShong (mezzo-soprano), Andrew Staples (tenor), John Relyea (bass-baritone)
Toronto Mendelssohn Choir, Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis
Astonishingly well controlled…the solo voices are rich and weighty…[the] flute provides a charming obbligato to ‘How beautiful are the feet’, while the tenor’s ‘Thy rebuke…’ is intensely moving…a... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 2nd December 2016
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BBC Music Magazine, January 2017, Choral & Song Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2016
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Grammy Awards, 60th Awards (2017), Nominee - Choral Performance
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Zelenka: Missa Nativitatis Domini RecommendedBarbora Sojková (soprano), Markéta Cukrová (alto) & Tomáš Král (bass)
Musica Florea (on period instruments), Marek Štryncl
It is hugely persuasive music and is performed here by the period instrument group Musica Florea under Marek Štryncl with real tenderness and commitment. Soloists and choir are in good voice,... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 3rd December 2012
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Building A Library, November 2021, Also Recommended
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Handel: Messiah RecommendedRemastered 2014
Judith Nelson, Emma Kirkby, Carolyn Watkinson, Paul Elliott & David Thomas
Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford & The Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood
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Presto Greatest Recordings of the 1970s
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Building A Library, April 2022, Also Recommended
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In the sacred music, Stile Antico deliver performances of admirable contrapuntal clarity, sonic bloom and opulence; devotees of their approach won’t be disappointed. They could hardly dispute,... — More…
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Diapason d’Or, December 2019, Nouveauté
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Presto Recording of the Week, 29th November 2019
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‘La Notte’: Concertos and Pastorales for Christmas Night RecommendedBojan Čičić (violin), The Illyria Consort
This joyful album brings together 17th and 18th-century music written for Christmas and its related Catholic feasts...One for every December! — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 25th November 2022
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a genuinely touching, warm-hearted and classy example of the genre – and more imaginative in the choice of repertoire than most. — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 8th December 2023
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11 singers of clarity and colour glitter and glow... a sonic festive feast ... The addition of local dance rhythms brings a rustic earthiness to Renaissance Mass from Mexico. — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 27th November 2020
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The two top voices here – Sandrine Piau and Katherine Watson – are well matched, with Anthea Pichanick the even, steady contralto and Rupert Charlesworth the clean, fresh-toned tenor…While Niquet’s... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, October 2017
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Presto Recording of the Week, 1st December 2017
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Record Review, 16th December 2017, Recording of the Week
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Record Review, 14th October 2017, Recording of the Week
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Handel: Messiah
Arleen Auger, Anne Sofie von Otter, Michael Chance, Howard Crook & John Tomlinson
The English Concert Choir & The English Concert, Trevor Pinnock
One of the freshest and most exciting Messiahs on CD reconciling 'authentic' practice with the work's undoubted scope for grandeur. Superb soloists. — More…
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A glittering debut recording for the musicians, whose live sound has been decanted beautifully here in celebration of three of Leipzig’s finest. Bach’s offering shines brightest. — More…
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