Christmas is one of the most richly celebrated seasons around the world. While its focus rests on just a few days of the year, the wealth of music that has been written to mark its spirit and its narrative is astonishingly plentiful and varied, as reflected in this selection of current releases from across our catalogues. Featuring music that turns between jollity and piety, the programmes radiate seasonal music that is both comfortingly familiar and refreshingly novel. May you spend a very happy Christmas with Naxos.
Christmas Eve
Vasiliev • Muzychenko • Popov • Shkoza • Tikhomirov
Frankfurter Opern- und Museumsorchester
Chor der Oper Frankfurt
Weigle
Epilogue
Choral Music for Christmas
IKON • Hill
Carols and Anthems
St Albans Cathedral Girls Choir
Lay Clerks of St Albans Cathedral
Morrell • Winpenny
And while they lived in joy and bliss
Festive Sounds
R. Strauss • Humperdinck • Tschaikowski
Reger • Hely-Hutchinson
Deutsche Radio Philharmonie • Inkinen
IV. Allegro energico
The Shepherds’ Farewell
A festive mix of fresh and favourite carols
CHILCOTT • FARRINGTON • FINZI • HOWELLS • LLEWELLYN • PAISH • PEACOCK • RUTTER
Williams • Ford
Vasari Singers • Backhouse
Amahl and the Night Visitors
Ishijima • Kaiser • Schweinester • Borchev • Schwinghammer
Arnold Schoenberg Chor • Wiener Symphoniker
Loddgard • Herheim