Christmas Music

Diana Damrau (soprano), Matthias Höfs (trumpet), NDR Radiophilharmonie, Knabenchor Hanover, Richard Whilds, Riccardo Minasi

Christiane Karg (soprano), Gerold Huber (piano)

Benjamin Appl (soloist), Christian Heiss, Johannes Berger, Hans Berger, Ilias Grau (soloist), Edeltraud Appl, Regensburger Domspatzen, Munich Radio Orchestra, Florian Helgath

Lise Davidsen (soprano)

Albrecht Mayer (oboe) The King’s Singers

Felix Klieser (horn)

Plácido Domingo - Ying Huang - Michael Bolton, Wiener Symphoniker, Plácido Domingo (tenor), Elizabeth Ziegler (chorus master), Michael Bolton (tenor), Ying Huang (soprano) Steven Mercurio

Eaken Piano Trio

Elena Fink (soprano) Le Quatuor Romantique

Münchener Bach-Choir, Rejoice ye Nations on Earth

Mannheimer Bläserphilharmonie, Miguel Ercolino

Madchenchor Hannover, Ensemble Oktoplus

Deanna Durbin, South Oxfordshire Youth Music and Drama Group, Martin Souter and Lin Marsh, Martin Souter (piano), Ian Giles, Judy Garland, South Oxfordshire Youth Music and Drama Group and Lin Marsh, Nat King Cole (vocals), Anne Shelton, Giles Lewin and Spiers and Boden Duo, Giles Lewin, Cherwell Singers, Choir of Worcester College Oxford, Harlow Chorus, Spiers and Boden Duo, Geraldo Orchestra, Lin Marsh, Julia Craig-McFreely, Sarah Tenant-Flowers

Mario Lanza (tenor), The Jeff Alexander Orchestra, The Jeff Alexander Choir, Leontyne Price (soprano), Eileen Farrell (soprano), Luther Henderson Orchestra, Luther Henderson Chorus, Marilyn Horne (mezzo-soprano), Benita Valente, Angelika Kirchschlager (mezzo-soprano), Phyllis Curtin, Andre Kostelanetz & His Orchestra, José Carreras (tenor), Luciano Pavarotti (tenor), Boston Pops Orchestra, Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Columbia Symphony Orchestra, The Philadelphia Singers, Concerto Soloists Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia, Helmut Deutsch, Venice Baroque Orchestra, Tonkünstler Orchestra, Jeff Alexander Choir, RVA Victor Orchestra, St. Kilian Boychoir, Gumpoldskirchner Spatzen Children's Choir, Wiener Symphoniker, Henri René, Arthur Fiedler, Luther Henderson, Jerold Ottley, Michael Korn, Andrea Marcon, Alfred Eschwé, Ray Sinatra, Steven Mercurio

Michael Pohlmann, Sira Selugga, Thomas Frassle and Voice Event Gospel Choir, The, Thomas Frassle, Thomas Hopp, Christiane Gawron, Uwe Serr, Roland Kunz, Paula Maria Kunz, Andreas Puttkammer, Original Rheinland-Pfalz Musikanten, Stuttgart Hymnus Boys' Choir, Ludwigsburg Brass Quintet, Voice Event Gospel Choir, Klanggewitter, Belcanto Stuttgart, Stuttgarter Saloniker, Andere Choir, Capella Confluentes, Klenke Quartet, Simply Reed Saxophone Quartet, Vocalensemble Rastatt, Secret des Muses Lute Quartet, St. Martin's Choir, French Touch, Stuttgart Madchenkantorei an der Domkirche St. Eberhard, Choralschola Lichtenthal, Rheinhessische Blaserphilharmonie, Vocus Focus, Madchenkantorei Rottweil, Trio d'Arte, Camerata Vocale Freiburg, Baden-Baden Philharmonic Orchestra, Patrick Siben, Jorn Hinnerk Andresen, Stefan Grefig, Pavel Baleff

R. Discher, W. Sieber, Egbert Lewark (trumpet), Manfred Niesgoda (trumpet), Susanne Doll (organ), Zagreb Soloists (chamberensemble), Symphonic Orchestra Baden Baden, RTV Moscow Large Symphony Orchestra, Blechblaserensemble, London Festival Orchestra, Caffee Concerto, Camerata Rhenania, Lettisches Sinfonieorchester, Latvian State Symphony Orchestra, Vladimir Fedoseyev, Klemens Schnorr, Hanspeter Gmur, Alun Francis, Alexandr Dmitrijew, Alexander Vilumanis

Theresa Nelles (soprano), Winfried Bnig (piano)

Michael Calmes (tenor), John Finney (piano), Gary DiPerna (percussion), Hermann Hudde (guitar)

Eileen Bedlington (trumpet), Kristina Musser (violin) Lumiere String Quartet

Piotr Beczala (tenor) Wiener Sangerknaben, Chorus Viennensis, Anton Mittermayr

Angelika Kirchschlager (mezzo soprano), Helmut Deutsch (piano) Tonkünstler-Orchestra Niederösterreich, Alfred Eschwé

Barbara Comes, Paul Carrack, Albrecht Volz, Ulrich Weissert, Christina-Anna Tsiakiris, Rena Tsiakiris, Isabelle Muller, Sarah Lipfert, Bigband Brass and Fun and Bernhard Kolmel, Mirjam Eppelsheimer, Charlotte Mengel, Kevin Schwarz, Adrian Nagel, Sebastian Hennemann, Hélène Lindqvist, Patrick Wieland, Ariane Muller, Evelyn Czesla, Eva Maria Gunschmann, Christopher Jung, Johannes Knecht, Thomas Hammes, Christian Schmitt, Kyoko Tanino, Anze Ganzenmuller, Ileana Mateescu, Christian Rathgeber, Danilo Tepsa, Marc Marshall, Jay Alexander, Pauline Floreani, Petra Fohr Floreani, St. Martins Chorknaben Biberach, Ulmer Spatzen Chor, SWR Big Band, Discorsi Salottieri, Folklorechor Plochingen, SWR Vokalensemble, German Brass, St. Quintin Cathedral Girl's Choir, Bigband Brass and Fun, Chantal Instrumental Ensemble, LaFilia Ensemble, Stuttgart Children's Choir, Vocal Ensemble '83, Munchweiler Ex-semble Chamber Choir, Koblenz Via Nova Concert Choir, Junges Chamber Choir Constance, Chor-Art Stuttgart, Pada-Sternchen Children's Choir, Johannes Striegel, Hans de Gilde, Hans-Gunther Driess, Marcus Creed, Enrique Crespo, Karsten Storck, Bernhard Kolmel, Michael Hofmann, Martin Ramroth, Bernhard Leonardy, Christoph Hassler, Michael Fuxius, Wolfgang Mettler, Regine Eccard

Aurelius Sängerknaben Calw & Württembergische Philharmonie Reutlingen, Ola Rudner

Sara Stowe (voice bells), Matthew Spring (hurdy-gurdy, cittern), Ian Giles (voice), John Spiers (melodeon), Martin Souter (piano), Mark Baigent (didgeridoo), Matthew Linley (bells)

VivaVoce & Russische Kammerphilharmonie St. Petersburg

Sven Geipel (solo trumpet), Gunter Brauer (solo oboe) & Ruth Ziesak (soprano) The Saxony Philharmonic Wind Orchestra & Rundfunk – Jugendchor Wernigerode, Thomas Clamor

Scott Wilson (trumpet), Elizabeth Druesedow (clarinet in E flat), Jonathan Haas (tambourine), Aaron Janosa (basset clarinet), Ian McIntyre (clarinet), Samantha Webster (bass clarinet) University of Florida Clarinet Ensemble, Mitchell Estrin, John Jr. Watkins, David Waybright

Arthur Fiedler, Boston Pops Orchestra, Alfred Krips (violin)

Royal Scottish National Orchestra & RSNO Junior Chorus, Christopher Bell

Richard Crooks (tenor), Victoria de Los Angeles (soprano), John McCormack (tenor), Rosa Ponselle (soprano), Richard Tauber (tenor), Georges Thill (tenor), Lawrence Tibbett (baritone), et al.

Michael Dore, Mary Carewe (vocals), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, David Arnold, Mel Torme

The 14 Flautists Of The Berliner Philharmoniker

Klaus Arp, Symphony Orchestra Baden Baden, Caffee Concerto, Frank Shipway, Othmar M.F. Maga, Symphonieorchester Bochum, USSR State Academy Symphony Orchestra, Johann Sebastian Bach (videowriter), Otto Winter, Paul Kantschieder, María Isabel Siewers (guitar), RSO Ljubljana, Sylvia Capova, Klemens Schnorr (organ), Egbert Lewark, Latvian Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra, Riga Radio Choir (Humming), Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Cappella Istropolitana, Janáček Philharmonic Orchestra, Helmut Koch, Evgeny Svetlanov

Max Emanuel Cencic (soprano), Charles Humphries (countertenor), Ivan Sharpe (tenor) & Robert Torday (bass-baritone) Vienna Boys’ Choir, Chorus Viennensis & Academy of London, Peter Marschik

Elisabeth Schwarzkopf

Faryl Smith

Kathleen Battle (soprano), Frederica von Stade (mezzo-soprano), Crusher Bennett (percussion), Victor See Yuen (percussion), Wynton Marsalis (trumpet), Reginald Veal (bass), Nancy Allen (harp), The Wynton Marsalis Septet, André Previn (piano), James Saporito (drums), Tony Falanga (bass), Wynton Marsalis Septet (trumpet), The American Boychoir, Christmas Concert Chorus, Orchestra Of St. Luke's, The Christmas Concert Choir, American Boychoir

Anna Christiane Neumann (piano), Ramón Ortega Quero (oboe), Katia Plaschka (soprano), Christine Mothes (soprano), Daniel Beilschmidt (organ), Mark Schumann (cello), Martin Klett (piano), Annette Unternährer-Gfeller (organ), Barbara Kortmann (flute), Kerstin Linder-Dewan (violin), Julia Kursawe (cello), Sabine Erdmann (harpsichord), Jaime González (oboe) Musica Lingua, MDR Rundfunkchor, Marburg Bach Choir, Quintessenz, Ensemble Nobiles, German Hornsound, Camerata degli amici, Stephan Schreckenberger, Philipp Ahmann, Peter Rainer, Nicolo Sokoli, Thomas Clamor

Hugh Webb, Robert Max, Barbara Liberman, Philadelphia Brass Ensemble, London Chamber Orchestra, Philadelphia Orchestra, RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra, Boston Pops Orchestra, Canadian Brass, New York Philharmonic, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, Wiener Symphoniker, Temple University Concert Choir, Christopher Warren-Green, Eugene Ormandy, Morton Gould, Arthur Fiedler, Leonard Bernstein, Leonard Slatkin, Vjekoslav Sutej

Arthur Fiedler and the Boston Pops Orchestra, Boston Pops Orchestra, Arthur Fiedler, Alfred Krips (violin), Al Hirt (trumpet)

Leonard Bernstein, New York Philharmonic Orchestra, The Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Richard P. Condie (director), Director, John Finley Williamson (director), Westminster Choir

Symphony Orchestra Baden Baden, Klaus Arp, Ivan Sokol, RTV Moscow Large Symphony Orchestra, Vladimir Fedoseyev, Caffee Concerto, Frank Shipway, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra London, Symphonieorchester Bochum, Othmar M.F. Maga, Emmy Verhey, Alun Francis, Camerata Antonio Lucio, Solisti si Zagreb, Lettisches Sinfonieorchester, Alexandr Dmitrijew, Latvian State Symphony Orchestra, Alexander Vilumanis

Arthur Fiedler, Boston Pops Orchestra, The Canadian Brass, John Grady (organ), Eugene Watts (trombone), Charles Daellenbach (tuba), Graeme Page (french horn), Frederic Mills (trumpet), Al Hirt (trumpet), Ronald Romm (trumpet), Alfred Krips (violin), John Birch (organ), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, James Galway (flute) Barry Griffiths

Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano) Ambrosian Singers & Philharmonia Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras

Arthur Fiedler, Boston Pops Orchestra, Alfred Krips (violin), Al Hirt (trumpet), Leo Litwin (celeste)

Leonard Bernstein, New York Philharmonic Orchestra, The Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Richard P. Condie (director), Director, John Finley Williamson (director), Westminster Choir

Axel Kohler (counter-tenor), David Cordier (counter-tenor), Vincent Borrits (piano), Peter Dicke (harpsichord) Vienna Boys Choir, Cologne Radio Symphony Orchestra, soloist, Cologne Radio Chorus, Helmut Froschauer, Uwe Christian Harrer, Peter Marschik

Symphony Orchestra Baden Baden, Klaus Arp, Sinfonia Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Helmut Koch, RTV Moscow Large Symphony Orchestra, Vladimir Fedoseyev, Caffee Concerto, Frank Shipway, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra London, Symphonieorchester Bochum, Othmar M.F. Maga, Emmy Verhey, Alun Francis, Camerata Antonio Lucio, Solisti si Zagreb

Andri Previn, Orchestra of St. Luke's, Kathleen Battle (soprano), Tony Falanga (bass), Wycliffe Gordon (trombone), Reginald Veal (bass), Wes Anderson (alto saxophone), Herbert Harris (tenor saxophone), Herbert Harris (soprano saxophone), Wynton Marsalis (trumpet), Nancy Allen (harp), Herlin Riley (drums), Frederica von Stade (mezzo-soprano), André Previn (piano), Crusher Bennett (percussion), James Saporito (drums), Victor See Yuen (percussion), Stephen Scott (piano), Wynton Marsalis Septet, The Christmas Concert Choir, The American Boychoir

International Brass Soloists (chamber ensemble), Manfred Niesgoda (trumpet), Klemens Schnorr (organ), International Brass Soloists (brass band), Blechblaserensemble (chamber ensemble), Egbert Lewark (trumpet), W. Sieber, R. Discher, Susanne Doll (organ), Solisti si Zagreb (chamber ensemble) Vladimir Fedoseyey, Vladimir Fedoseyev, Hanspeter Gmur, Alun Francis, Alexandr Dmitrijew, Alexander Vilumanis

Marilyn Horne (mezzo) Boston Pops Orchestra

Francis Grier (organ), Gareth Morrell (vocals), Ian Hare (organ), Stephen Varcoe (vocals), John Wells (organ), Jeremy Blandford (organ), Simon Vaughan (baritone), Roger Garland (violin), Taverner Consort (vocal ensemble, vocal & instrumental ensemble), Richard Wistreich (bass), Stephen Charlesworth (baritone), Leigh Nixon (tenor), Nicolas Robertson (tenor), Evelyn Tubb (soprano), Jakob Lindberg (lute), King's Singers (vocal ensemble), Barbara Hendricks (soprano), Symphonie Orchester Graunke Munchen, Hermann Prey (baritone, vocals), Roberto Alagna (tenor), Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano), René Delsinne (director), Les Petits Chanteurs à la Croix de Bois (vocals), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano), Thomas Hampson (baritone), Brian Kay (director), David Bell (organ), Ronald Frost (director), Robert Chilcott (tenor), Timothy Byram-Wigfield (organ), Douglas Whittaker (flute), Christopher Van Kampen (cello), Choir of King's College Cambridge, Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, Clare College Singers, Clare College Orchestra, Taverner Choir, Taverner Players, City of London Sinfonia, Stockholm Chamber Orchestra, Adolf Fredriks Musikklasser, Eric Ericson Chamber Choir, Adolf Fredrik's Youth Choir, Tölzer Knabenchor, Symphonie-Orchester Graunke, Wiener Sängerknaben, Abbey Road Ensemble, Ambrosian Singers, Philharmonia Orchestra, London Voices, Huddersfield Choral Society, Jacques Orchestra, Bach Choir, Hallé Choir, Hallé Orchestra, Philip Ledger, Sir David Willcocks, John Rutter, Andrew Parrott, Richard Hickox, Eric Ericson, Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden, Jonathan Tunick, Sir Charles Mackerras, Owain Arwel Hughes, Maurice Handford, Sir Andrew Davis

Symphony Orchestra Baden Baden, Klaus Arp, Sinfonia Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Helmut Koch, RTV Moscow Large Symphony Orchestra, Vladimir Fedoseyev, Caffee Concerto, Frank Shipway, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra London, Symphonieorchester Bochum, Othmar M.F. Maga, Emmy Verhey, Alun Francis, Camerata Antonio Lucio, Solisti si Zagreb, Lettisches Sinfonieorchester, Alexandr Dmitrijew, Latvian State Symphony Orchestra, Alexander Vilumanis, Moscow RTV Symphony Orchestra, USSR State Academic Symphony Orchestra, Yevgeni Svetlanov, Otto Winter, Paul Kantschieder, Capella Istropolitana, Maria Isabel Siewers, Blechblaserensemble, Egbert Lewark, Wolfgang Portugall, con voce festiv, RSO Ljubljana, Sylvia Capova, Klemens Schnorr, Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra, Latvian Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra, Riga Radio Choir (Humming), Ilmar Lapinsch, The Summit Hill Brass Quintet, Albert Andreas Werner, Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra, Tovijs Lifsics, Chamber Choir Ave Sol, Ivan Sokol

Emily van Evera (soprano), John Williams (guitar), Eileen Farrell (soprano), Orchestra, New York Philharmonic Orchestra, The Christmas Concert Choir, Frederica von Stade (mezzo-soprano), The American Boychoir, Luther Henderson & His Orchestra, Paul O'Shaughnessy (fiddle), Simon Birchall (bass vocal), Tom Finucane (guitar), Michael Lees (countertenor), Tom Raskin (tenor), Westminster Abbey Choir, Emma Kirkby (soprano), Philharmonia Virtuosi, Philharmonia Virtuosi of New York, Rita Ford's Music Boxes, The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Pinchas Zukerman (violin), Temple University Concert Choir, The Philadelphia Orchestra, Robert Page, The Philharmonia Orchestra, Lucia Popp (soprano), Ambrosian Singers, Bach Collegium Stuttgart, Gächinger Kantorei Stuttgart, E. Power Biggs (organ), Gregg Smith Singers, The Texas Boys Choir, Jean-Pierre Rampal (flute), Alexandre Lagoya (guitar), London Symphony Orchestra, Michel Legrand (celeste), The Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Angelika Kirchschlager (mezzo-soprano), Helmut Deutsch (piano), Plácido Domingo (tenor), Luciano Pavarotti (tenor), Gumpoldskirchner Spatzen Children's Choir, Vienna Symphony Orchestra, The Columbia Brass and Percussion Ensemble, The Canadian Brass, Boston Symphony Orchestra Brass, New York Philharmonic Brass, La Grande Ecurie et la Chambre du Roy, Ensemble Vocal Raphaël Passaquet, Yves Poucel (oboe), Daniele Salzer (organ), Jocelyne Chamonin (soprano), Mary Burgess (soprano), The New York Philharmonic, The Philadelphia Brass Ensemble, Lucy Carolan (organ), Taverner Choir, Natanya Hadda (alto), Gill Ross (soprano), Marilyn Horne (mezzo-soprano), Columbia Symphony Orchestra, The Philadelphia Brass Ensemble & Percussion, Alexander Schreiner (organ), The Choral Guild of Atlanta, Walter Huff (organ), Judith Blegen (soprano), Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra, The Chicago Brass Ensemble, Myron Bloom (french horn), Mason Jones (french horn), Robert Boyd (trombone), Bernard Adelstein (trumpet), Gilbert Johnson (trumpet), Seymour Rosenfeld (trumpet), Thomas Wohlwender (trumpet), Kammerchor Stuttgart, Barockorchester Stuttgart, Musica Fiata Köln, The Chestnut Brass Company, Ama Deus Ensemble, Wesley Parrott (organ), Bach-Collegium Stuttgart, Helen Watts (alto), Ann Murray (soprano), Wolfgang Schone (bass vocal), Philippe Huttenlocher (bass vocal), Adalbert Kraus (tenor), Arleen Auger (soprano) Andrew Parrott, Luther Henderson, Leonard Bernstein, André Previn, Martin Neary, Richard Kapp, Eugene Ormandy, Andrew Davis, Helmuth Rilling, Gregg Smith, Steven Mercurio, Jerold Ottley, Kazuyoshi Akiyama, Jean-Claude Mal

German Brass

Ruth Ziesak (soprano) Church of St Mary, Marienberg, The Saxony Philharmonic Wind Orchestra, Rundfunk – Jugendchor Wernigerode & Ensemble Sonora, Thomas Clamor

Fritz Wunderlich, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Hermann Prey, Helmut Krebs, Fritz Lehmann, Karl Richter, Trapp Family Singers & Helmut Walcha

Miyako Yoshida (The Sugar Plum Fairy), Ricardo Cervera (Nephew/Nutcracker), Steven McRae (The Prince), Gary Avis (Drosselmeyer) & Iohna Loots (Clara), Angelika Kirchschlager (Hansel), Diana Damrau (Gretel), Elizabeth Connell (Gertrud), Thomas Allen (Peter) & Anja Silja (Witch) The Royal Ballet & The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Tiffin Boys’ Choir and Children’s Chorus & The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Koen Kessels (conductor) & Peter Wright (stage director), Colin Davis (conductor) & Moshe Leiser & Patrice Caurier (stage directors)