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.
Christmas Music, Renaissance (era)
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Josquin des Prés: Missa mater Patris & Noel Bauldeweyn: Missa Da pacem
The Tallis Scholars, Peter Phillips
The Scholars take [the Missa Mater Patris] at an aptly reverential tread, capturing its introspective – at times hypnotic – qualities…The Scholars realise [the Bauldeweyn] with all the precision,... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2019, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2019, Critics' Choice
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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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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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Special offer. On Christmas Night
RecommendedCarols from St John’s College, Cambridge
John Challenger (organ)
The Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge, Andrew Nethsingha
The collective vocal heft of the ensemble's young choral scholars remains a potent weapon under Andrew Nethsinga's direction. He's a man of musical refinement, however, one ready and able to... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 5th December 2011
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A Festival of Nine Lessons & Carols: The Centenary Service
RecommendedChoir of King's College, Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury
This is a priceless record not only of the centenary of the most famous carol service in the world, but of the last to be directed by Sir Stephen Cleobury after 37 years at the helm of chapel... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 29th November 2019
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JS Bach: Magnificat & Christmas Cantata 63
Reconstruction of Bach's first Christmas Vespers in Leipzig
Julia Doyle (soprano), Joanne Lunn (soprano), Clare Wilkinson (alto), Nicholas Mulroy (tenor), Matthew Brook (bass)
Dunedin Consort, John Butt
It’s an absolute joy – far too good to keep for Christmas. — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, Choral & Song Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2015, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2016, Finalist - Baroque Vocal
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From the vaults of Westminster Cathedral
RecommendedA procession of chant & polyphony from Advent to Christmas & the Epiphany and Presentation of our Lord
Matthew Martin (organ accompaniment), & Martin Baker (organ improvisations)
The Choir of Westminster Cathedral, Martin Baker
Epiphany brings Monteverdi's Messa a 4 da cappella, whose polyphonic complexities elicit a confidently assertive response from the choir, with fine internal balances between the voice sections. — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 30th November 2009
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The centrepiece is a stunning performance of Peteris Vasks’s Plainscapes, three wordless linked movements…infused with a strong Pärtian flavour, with important roles for violin and cello, plated... — More…
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Christmas Music Through The Ages
50 pieces from 6th to 20th centuries
Richard Wistreich (bass), The York Waits, The Choirs of Prinknash and Stanbrook Abbeys, Maddy Prior and The Carnival Band, Sneak's Noyse, Caroline Trevor (contralto), The Rose Consort of Viols, Kate Eckersley (soprano), Tim Laycock (vocals), Sun Life Stanshawe Band, Dartington Hall Handbells, Dartington...
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