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“Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts.”
— Charles Dickens

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Sleepers, Awake! 00:01Buy Now!A Festival of Nine Lessons & CarolsChoir King's College, Cambridge/CleoburyEMI73693724357369329
01:25Buy Now!Charpentier, M.Midnight Mass for Christmas on French CarolsVirgin ConsortGothic49077000334907723
02:24Buy Now!TavenerEx Maria VirgineClare College Cambridge/BrownNaxos8.572168747313216871
03:04Buy Now!Lullabies and Carols for Christmas
04:00Buy Now!Gregorian chantThe Chant of Christmas MidnightSchola Cantorum of Saint Peter's in the LoopImaginary (Polygram)314528856N/A
05:00Buy Now!StradellaChristmas Sonata in D for trumpet & stringsSchuster/Cologne Chamber Orchestra/Muller-BruhlNaxos8.551077730099107723
05:10Buy Now!Christmas selectionsPhiladelphia Orchestra & Chorus/OrmandyRCA643007863564302
05:30Buy Now!Scarlatti, A.O di Betlemme ~ A Christmas CantataBoog/Cologne Ch. Orch./Muller-BruhlNaxos8.551077730099107723
05:50Buy Now!Fill Music: anncr selects
Weekend Classics!06:01Buy Now!Vaughan WilliamsFantasia on Christmas CarolsBarrow/Choir of Guildford Cathedral/RoseEMI69872077776987224
06:15Buy Now!Charpentier, M.Instrumental CarolsViolins of the King/LabadieDorian90180053479018021
06:31Buy Now!TraditionalSelections ~ Vigil of the Nativity of ChristRussian Patriarchate Choir/GrindenkoOpus 11130-218709861302185
06:42Buy Now!TraditionalGood King WenceslasHeppner/Toronto Children's Chorus/BartleCBC5151059582515129
06:44Buy Now!RutterShepherd’s Pipe CarolToronto Children's Chorus/BartleCBC5151059582515129
06:47Buy Now!TraditionalSussex CarolToronto Children's Chorus/BartleCBC5151059582515129
06:50Buy Now!TraditionalTwo Christmas carolsChanticleerTeldec94563745099456320
07:00Buy Now!TraditionalO come all ye faithful (with fanfare)Saint Thomas Choir of Men and Boys/ScottPro Organo7200n/a
07:04Buy Now!GauntlettOnce in royal David’s citySaint Thomas Choir of Men and Boys/ScottPro Organo7200n/a
07:08Buy Now!MendelssohnHark! The herald angels singSaint Thomas Choir of Men and Boys/ScottPro Organo7200n/a
07:14Buy Now!DaquinNoel No. 6Marie-Claire AlainErato1070370630107032
07:20Buy Now!AdamO Holy NightCambridge Singers/City of London Sinfonia/RutterCollegium111040888011118
Sing for Joy!07:30Buy Now!SING FOR JOY
Great Sacred Music08:00Buy Now!TraditionalEntre le boeufMonteverdi Choir/GardinerPhilips462 050028946205020
08:02Buy Now!TraditionalGuillo, pran ton tambourinMonteverdi Choir/GardinerPhilips462 050028946205020
08:03Buy Now!TraditionalEl RorroMonteverdi Choir/GardinerPhilips462 050028946205020
08:06Buy Now!HancockImprovisation on "Divinum mysterium" ~ A Christmas SymphonyGerre HancockGothic49109000334910921
08:16Buy Now!Charpentier, M.Midnight Mass for Christmas on French CarolsVirgin ConsortGothic49077000334907723
08:49Buy Now!TraditionalOf the Father’s heart begottenTe Kanawa/Coventry & Lichfield Cathedral Choirs/BBC Philharmonic/StapletonTeldec99000745099900021
08:52Buy Now!TraditionalO little town of BethlehemHarjanne/Coventry & Lichfield Cathedral Choirs/BBC Philharmonic/StapletonTeldec99000745099900021
08:56Buy Now!AndriessenToccatina "In dulci jubilo"Robert GroganGothic19069000334906924
09:03Buy Now!BachCantata 63, "Christen, atzet diesen Tag"Bach Collegium Japan/SuzukiBis9024/267318599024264
09:34Buy Now!MendelssohnVom Himmel HochDresden Choir of the Cross/Dresden Philharmonic/FlamigCapriccio10 2164006408102168
09:49Buy Now!BachToccata and Fugue in F, BWV 540Michael MurrayTelarc80385089408038525
10:08Buy Now!BerliozL’Enfance du Christ (Christmas Portion)Corydon Singers & Orchestra/BestHyperion66991034571169910
10:34Buy Now!RespighiLaud to the nativity of the LordPhiladelphia Singers/Concerto Soloists/KornRCA778707863577872
Weekend Classics!11:03Buy Now!BachChristmas Oratorio, BWV 248 Part OneChoir of New College, Oxford/HigginbottomBBC MusicMM52n/a
11:30Buy Now!MendelssohnHark! The herald angels singChoir of King's College, Cambridge/WillcocksLondon444 848028944484823
11:34Buy Now!TraditionalThe first NowellChoir of King's College, Cambridge/WillcocksLondon444 848028944484823
11:38Buy Now!TraditionalWhile shepherds watchedChoir of King's College, Cambridge/WillcocksLondon444 848028944484823
11:41Buy Now!TraditionalI saw three shipsChoir of King's College, Cambridge/WillcocksLondon444 848028944484823
11:43Buy Now!TraditionalDing dong! Merrily on HighChoir of King's College, Cambridge/WillcocksLondon444 848028944484823
11:47Buy Now!TraditionalO come all ye faithfulWashington National Cathedral Choir/DirksenVQR2006n/a
11:50Buy Now!TraditionalOn this dayWashington National Cathedral Choir/DirksenVQR2006n/a
11:52Buy Now!DirksenA Child my ChoiceWashington National Cathedral Choir/DirksenVQR2006n/a
11:57Buy Now!HandelJoy to the WorldWashington National Cathedral Choir/DirksenVQR2006n/a
12:01Buy Now!HolstChristmas DaySolid BrassDorian90114053479011428
12:08Buy Now!TallisAve Dei patris filiaTallis Scholars/PhillipsGimell289 454 93402894549342
12:26Buy Now!Christmas CarolsInfantino/Newsome/GunterDuns Scotus006794117254929
12:47Buy Now!TavernerMagnificat a5Christ Church Cathedral Choir/DarlingtonNimbus5360083603536022
13:01Buy Now!MozartSerenade No. 13 in G, K. 525 "Eine kleine Nachtmusik"Academy SMF/MarrinerMHS11247N/A
13:20Buy Now!TraditionalMary and the Baby MedleyChanticleer/JenningsTeldec85555685738555529
13:34Buy Now!Suite I ~ Many Moods of Christmas (see notes)Robert Shaw Chorale/RCA Victor SymphonyRCA68805090266880522
13:45Buy Now!Suite II ~ Many Moods of Christmas (see notes)Robert Shaw Chorale/RCA Victor SymphonyRCA68805090266880522
13:59Buy Now!Anderson, LeroySuite of Carols for String OrchestraBBC Concert Orchestra/SlatkinNaxos8.559621636943962121
14:12Buy Now!TchaikovskyWaltz of the Snowflakes ~ The Nutcracker, Op. 71 ("A pine forest in winter")National Philharmonic/Finchley Children's Music/BonyngeLondon460 400028946040027
14:25Buy Now!TraditionalSuite III ~ Many Moods of ChristmasRobert Shaw Chorale/RCA Victor SymphonyRCA68805090266880522
14:37Buy Now!Suite IV ~ Many Moods of Christmas (see notes)Robert Shaw Chorale/RCA Victor SymphonyRCA68805090266880522
14:50Buy Now!Fill Music: anncr selects
15:01Buy Now!ProkofievLieutenant Kije Suite, Op. 60Chicago Symphony/AbbadoDG447 419028944741926
15:22Buy Now!VivaldiConcerto in C for 2 Trumpets, RV 537Bennett/Harrison/English Concert/PinnockArchiv435 262028943526220
15:31Buy Now!TelemannFestive Suite in ANW Chamber Orchestra Seattle/FrancisHelios88028034571180281
15:49Buy Now!BachSelections ~ Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248German BrassGerman Brass27 3054027728273055
16:03Buy Now!Three German carolsRegensburg Cathedral Choir/RatzingerDeutsche Harmonia Mundi77049054727704925
16:12Buy Now!Vaughan WilliamsChristmas HymnWorcester Cathedral Choir/RobinsonChandos6550095115655023
16:20Buy Now!LisztChristmas TreeAndjaparidzeNaxos8.553461730099446129
17:01Buy Now!BieblAve MariaCincinnati May Festival Chorus/PorcoCincinnati May Festival01-01n/a
17:10Buy Now!AnonymousSelections ~ Legends of St. NicholasAnonymous 4Harmonia Mundi907232093046723224
17:25Buy Now!TchaikovskySuite ~ The Nutcracker, Op. 71Slovak Philharmonic/HalaszNaxosn/an/a
17:49Buy Now!Fill Music: anncr selects
18:00Buy Now!A Classical Kids Christmas(Various)Classical Kids84354068478435427
18:50Buy Now!NicolaiChristmas OvertureBamberg Symphony/RickenbacherVirgin91079075679107923
19:02Buy Now!MenottiAmahl and the Night VisitorsAllen/Kuhlmann/SchippersRCA6485n/a
19:49Buy Now!BachFour Organ Chorales from the Kirnberger CollectionGerhard WeinbergerCPO999 663na
20:02Buy Now!BrittenA Ceremony of CarolsChandler/Soles/Robert Shaw Chamber SingersTelarc80461089408046124
20:25Buy Now!TavenerEx Maria VirgineClare College Cambridge/BrownNaxos8.572168747313216871
21:05Buy Now!Vaughan WilliamsHodie (A Christmas Cantata)Bach Choir/LSO/WillcocksEMI69872077776987224
22:06Buy Now!CaldaraChristmas Cantata (Vaticini di Pace)Aradia Ensemble/MallonNaxos8.553772730099477222
23:05Buy Now!TallisMissa Puer natus est nobisTallis Scholars/PhillipsGimell289 454 93402894549342
23:30Buy Now!DurufléPrelude, Adagio and Chorale Variations on “Veni Creator”, Op. 4Mary PrestonGothic49079000334907921
23:50Buy Now!Fill Music: anncr selects