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Iain Burnside present a piquant take on Christmas and its music. Joined by historian Kate Williams, who shares with Iain her thoughts about how the Victorians did so much to create the traditions we now take for granted, Iain plays five centuries of Christmas music, from Thomas Tallis to Morten Lauridsen.

Bach: Cantata, BWV70
Chorus: Wachet! Betet! Betet! Wachet!
Monteverdi Choir
English Baroque Soloists
John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)
SDG 162 CD2 Track 1
Dur: 3m33s

Lauridsen: O Magnum Mysterium
Polyphony
Stephen Layton (conductor)
Hyperion CDA67449 Track 14
Dur: 6m40s

Scriabin: Sonata No 3 (3rd and 4th mvts)
Vladimir Sofronitsky (piano)
Philips 456 970 2 CD2 Tracks 3, 4
Dur: 10m03s

Ariel Ramirez, arr Timothy- Wayne-Knight: La Peregrinacion
The King's Singers
SIGNUM SIGCD502 Track 21
Dur: 3m09s

Bach: Cantata, BWV61
Recit: Siehe ich stehe vor der Tur/aria Offne dich, main ganzes Herze
Dietrich Henschel
Joanne Lunn
English Baroque Soloists
John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)
SDG 162 CD1 Tracks 4, 5
Dur: 5m00s

Holst/Rosetti: In the Bleak Midwinter
The Sixteen
Harry Christophers (conductor)
Collins Classics 13002 Track 13
Dur: 4m20s

Jean Mouton: Nesciens mater
The Sixteen
Harry Christophers (conductor)
Hyperion CDA 66263 Track 15
Dur: 5m45s

Berlioz: L'enfance du Christ (Excerpt from Part 2 - Shepherds Farewell)
Orchestra des Champs-Elysees
Collegium Vocale Ghent
La Chapelle Royale
Philippe Herrreweghe (conductor)
Harmonia Mundi HMX 2971632.33 CD2 Track 2
Dur: 4m30s

Finzi: Dies Natalis (Excerpt - Wonder)
Wilfred Brown
English Chamber Orchestra
Christopher Finzi (conductor)
EMI CDM 7633722 Track 10
Dur: 4m15s

Bach: Cantata, BWV147
Chorus: Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben
Monteverdi Choir
English Baroque Soloists
John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)
SDG 162 Cd2 Track 18
Dur: 3m48s

Bach/Hess: Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring
Angela Hewitt (piano)
Hyperion CDA 67309 Track 7
Dur: 3m50s

Mozart: Rivolgete a lui lo sguardo
Thomas Quasthoff
Wurttemberg Chamber Orchestra
Jorg Faerber (conductor)
RCA 09026614282 Track 5
Dur: 5m50s

Green/Robin: Something in the Wind
Deanna Durbin
EMI 7013602 Track 15
Dur: 2m59s

John Rutter: What sweeter music
Tenebrae
Nigel Short (conductor)
SIGCD182 Track 3
Dur: 4m46s

Tchaikovsky, transcr M Pletnev: Concert Suite: Andante maestoso (Pas de Deux) - The Nutcracker
Simon Trpceski (piano)
EMI 575 202 2 Track 7
Dur: 5m15s

Thomas Tallis: Sanctus/Benedictus (Mass - for seven voices - Puer natus est nobis)
Tallis Scholars
Peter Philips (conductor)
Gimell 4549342 Track 2
Dur: 7m20s

Bach: Chorus: Nun komm der Heiden Heiland (Cantata, BWV62)
Monteverdi Choir
English Baroque Soloists
John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)
SDG 162 Cd1 Track 7
Dur: 4m42s

Harry Warren, arr Alasdair Nicholson: 42nd Street
Joanna MacGregor (piano)
Sound Circus SC002 Track 6
Dur: 3m41s.

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