COLERIDGE-TAYLOR: Christmas Overture from disc A Very Pristine Christmas
BBC Wireless Orchestra, Percy Pitt (recorded 1926)
Pristine Audio PAMX005 (download from www.pristineclassical.com)
Christmas Around the World
BERLIN: White Christmas from disc Christmas Round the World
Jascha Heifetz (violin), Salvatore Camarata and his Orchestra
Deutsche Grammophon 477 7971 (CD, Mid Price)
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Alfred Deller Vanguard Edition, Vol 3 – Christmas Carols & Motets
ANON: Patapan; ANON: The Coventry Carol from discs Christmas Carols and Motets (Alfred Deller The Complete Vanguard Recordings, Vol. 3)
The Deller Consort (recorded 1956), Alfred Deller (counter-tenor)
Vanguard MC192 (4 CDs, Budget)
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Musical Instruments: A Musical Memory Game
MENDELSSOHN: Quartet No. 1 Op. 12 (Canzonetta) from CD and musical games set Musical Instruments
The Eroica Quartet
Harmonia Mundi HMX2908238 (CD, 60 Cards and booklet)
Christmas Concertos & Cantatas
SCARLATTI: Cantata pastorale per la nascita di Nostro Signore (Recitativo and Pastorale) from disc Christmas Concertos and Cantatas
Susan Gritton (soprano), Collegium Musicum 90, Simon Standage (conductor)
Chandos CHAN0754X (CD, Mid Price)
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