CHRISTMAS DAY IN THE MORNING
A Revels Celebration of the Winter Solstice
The Christmas Revels
John Langstaff - director

Revels Records

SING WE NOW OF CHRISTMAS
Six Centuries of European Christmas Music
The Christmas Revels
John Langstaff - director

Revel Records

WASSAIL! WASSAIL!
Early American Christmas Music
Christmas Revels
with Jean Ritchie & Robert J. Lurtsema
John Langstaff - director

Revels Records

 

SONGS OF JOY & PEACE

Yo-Yo Ma & Friends

Sony

CRESCENT CITY CHRISTMAS CARD
Wynton Marsalis

Columbia

A GREAT BIG CHRISTMAS
The Christmas Album
Tuba Meisters

tubameisters.com

DARKNESS INTO LIGHT
The Bridegroom & Other Works
John Tavener
Anonymous 4
Chilingirian Quartet

Harmonia Mundi

THE FEAST OF FOOLS
La Fête des Fous – Das Narrenfest
New London Consort
Philip Pickett - director

L'Oiseau-Lyre

MY HOLIDAY
Mindy Smith

Vanguard

FOR THE FEAST OF ST THOMAS OF CANTERBURY
Gregorian Chant from Canterbury Cathedral
The Lay Clerks of Canterbury Cathedral
David Flood - Master of the Choristers

Metronome

THE MARTYRDOM OF SAINT THOMAS BECKET
The Unfinished Vespers: December 29 1170
Schola Gregoriana of Cambridge
Mary Berry - director

Herald

MEMORY OF THOMAS BECKET
Gregorian Chant
Matutinum, Laudes, Missa, Vesperae for the Fifth Day of Christmas
Schola Hungarica
László Dobszay, Janka Szendrei - conductors

Hungaroton

THE TRUMPET CHILD
Over the Rhine

Great Speckled Dog

HARK!
Richard Stoltzman
Eddie Gomez, Dave Samuels, Bill Douglas, Jeremy Wall
Boys Choir of Harlem

RCA Victor

CHRISTMAS VESPERS
Heinrich Schütz
Gabrieli Consort & Players
Paul McCreesh - director

Archiv Produktion

 

A STAR IN THE EAST

Medieval Hungarian Christmas Music

Anonymous 4

 

Harmonia Mundi USA

FOR YE VIOLLS
Consort Setts for 5 & 6 Viols and Organ
William Lawes
Fretwork
Paul Nicholson - organ

Virgin Classics

IL VIAGGIO D'AMORE
Love songs from countries and centuries near and far...
Traditional songs, songs from Renaissance sources as well as compositions by Arianna Savall
Hirundo Maris
Arianna Savall – soprano, baroque triple harp
Petter Udland Johansen – tenor, hardingfele, cittern
Michal Nagy – guitar, voice
Sveinung Lilleheier – guitar, dobro, voice
Miquel Angel Cordero – colascione, double base, voice
David Mayoral – percussion, voice

Carpe Diem

DANGEROUS
Wes Montgomery

Milestone - Fantasy

AN AMERICAN CHRISTMAS
Carols, Hymns, and Spirituals: 1770 - 1870
Anonymous - Christmas Traditional - American Traditional - John Jacob Niles - John Francis Wade - George Frederick Handel - American Anonymous - Benjamin Franklin White - William Billings - Patsy Williamson - Carl Thiel - Daniel Read
Boston Camerata
Joel Cohen - director

Erato

NOËLS CELTIQUES
Celtic Christmas Music from Brittany
Ensemble Choral du Bout du Monde

Green Linnet

 

A CHRISTMAS CELTIC SOJOURN
WGBH Compilation
Maddy Prior and The Carnival Band - Bonnie Rideout - Sheena Wellington - Steve Schuch and The Night Heron Consort - Aine Minogue - John Renbourn - Revels - Ensemble Choral Du Bout Du Monde - Dordan - Boys Of The Lough - Nowell Sing We Clear - Waterson:Carthy - Connie Dover

WGBH/Rounder

CREATOR OF THE STARS
Christmas Music from Earlier Times
Anonymous - Praetorious - Erbach - De Lassus - Desprez - Du Fay - Byrd - Ockeghem
Pomerium
Alexander Blachly - director

Archiv Produktion

WOLCUM YULE
Celtic and British Songs and Carols
Anonymous 4 - vocal ensemble
Andrew Lawrence-Kings - harps

Harmonia Mundi USA

TRADITIONAL & MODERN CAROLS
The Pro Arte Singers 
Indiana University Children's Chamber Choir
Paul Hillier - director

Harmonia Mundi USA

A BAROQUE CHRISTMAS
Marc-Antoine Charpentier - Johann Hermann Schein - Claudio Monteverdi - Henry Purcell
Boston Camerata
Schola Cantorum of Boston
Joel Cohen - director, lute

Elektra Nonesuch

A RENAISSANCE CHRISTMAS
The Boston Camerata
Joel Cohen - director

Nonesuch

A MEDIEVAL CHRISTMAS
The Boston Camerata
Joel Cohen - director

Elektra Nonesuch / Erato

UNSILENT NIGHT
Phil Kline

Cantaloupe

TO DRIVE THE COLD WINTER AWAY
Christmas Revels in Renaissance England
The Dufay Collective

Dufay Recordings

HOT JAZZ FOR A COOL YULE
Live from the Riverwalk Landing
The Jim Cullum Jazz Band

Pacific Vista - Riverwalk

CHRISTMAS
Bruce Cockburn

Columbia

MISSA "HODIE CHRISTUS NATUS EST"
Christmas Mass in Rome
Giovanni Pierluigi Palestrina
Josquin - Victoria - Frescobaldi - D. Mazzocchi - Carissimi
Gabrieli Consort & Players
Paul McCreesh - director

Archiv Produktion

 

CHRISTMAS CAROLS FOR SOLO GUITAR
Traditional
Charlie Byrd - guitar

Columbia - Koch

CHRISTMAS WITH SONOS HANDBELL ENSEMBLE
Sonos Handbell Ensemble
James Meredith - director

Well-Tempered Productions

A WAVERLY CONSORT CHRISTMAS
From East Anglia to Appalachia
Waverly Consort
Michael Jaffee - director

Virgin Veritas

NATT I BETLEHEM
Solveig Slettahjell - vocal  
Tord Gustavsen - piano
Sjur Miljeteig - trumpet

KKV

 

AQUITANIA 

Christmas Music from Aquitanian Monasteries (12th century) 

Sequentia 

Benjamin Bagby & Barbara Thornton, directors 

 

Deutsche Harmonia Mundi

THYS YOOL
A Medieval Christmas
Martin Best Ensemble

Nimbus

AN AMERICAN CHRISTMAS
Carols, Hymns, and Spirituals: 1770 - 1870
Anonymous - Christmas Traditional - American Traditional - John Jacob Niles - John Francis Wade - George Frederick Handel - American Anonymous - Benjamin Franklin White - William Billings - Patsy Williamson - Carl Thiel - Daniel Read
Boston Camerata
Joel Cohen - director

Erato

SHINING LIGHT
Advent Music from Aquitanian Monasteries (12th c.)
Aquitanian Repertory Anonymous, Traditional, Anonymous, Italian Anonymous
Cologne Sequentia Ensemble for Medieval Music
Barbara Thornton, Benjamin Bagby, directors

Deutsche Harmonia Mundi

ANCIENT NOËLS
Basque and Galician carols from Spain, medieval Dutch and French carols, and Renaissance tunes by Tilman Susato
Maggie Sansone - hammered dulcimer, direction
Ensemble Galilei
Marcia Diehl - recorder, bowed psaltery, pennywhistle
Jim Brooks - recorder, concertina
Sue Richards - Celtic harp
Carolyn Surrick - treble viol, bass viola da gamba
with
Bonnie Rideout - Scottish fiddle
Zan McLeod - cittern, guitar
Ben Harms - hand drums, medieval tambourine

Maggie's Music

THE DARKEST NIGHT OF THE YEAR
Over The Rhine

Great Speckled Dog

DREAM SEASON
The Christmas Harp
Yolanda Kondonassis - harp
Jurji Konje - percussion

Telarc

A CELTIC CHRISTMAS
Peace On Earth
Nightnoise - Phil Cunningham - Paddy Glackin and Mícheál Ó Domhnaill - Snuffy Walden - John Fitzpatrick - William Coulter and Benjamin Verdery - Triona and Maighréad Ní Dhomhnaill - James Blennerhassett - Laoise Kelly - Zoë Conway - Jeff Johnson and Brian Dunning

Windham Hill

I SING THE BIRTH
Anonymous - Byrd - Smith - Perotin - Palestrina - Clemens - Plainchant
New York Polyphony

Avie

DECEMBER
Piano Solos
George Winston

Windham Hill

SNOW ANGELS
Over the Rhine

Great Speckled Dog

A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS
Cyrus Chestnut
& Friends

Atlantic

 

A WINTER'S SOLSTICE 

Windham Hill Artists

Windham Hill

 

A WINTER'S SOLSTICE II
Windham Hill Artists

Windham Hill

 

A WINTER'S SOLSTICE III
Windham Hill Artists

Windham Hill 

 

A WINTER'S SOLSTICE IV
Windham Hill Artists

Windham Hill 

 

A WINTER'S SOLSTICE V
Windham Hill Artists

Windham Hill