Bach: Sinfonia from Part II of the Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248; Taverner Players/Parrott (Virgin 61304)
Mozart: Quartet for Oboe and Strings in F, K 370; Max Artved, oboe; Elise Båtnes, violin; Dimitri Golovanov, viola; Lars Holm Johansen, cello (Naxos 8.557361)
Debussy: Estampes; Alexis Weissenberg, piano (DG 415 510)
Lane: Wassail Dances; City of Prague PO/Sutherland (Naxos 8.557099)
Traditional/arr. Di Savino: A Suite of English Carols; Solid Brass (Dorian 90008)
Traditional/arr. Pearsall: In dulci jubilo; The Cambridge Singers/Rutter (Collegium 106)
Jessel: Parade of the Tin Soldiers; New London O/Corp (Hyperion 66998)
Bizet: Jeux d’enfants (Children’s Games), op. 22; Montreal SO/Dutoit (London 421 527)
d’Indy: Symphony on a French Mountain Air; François-Joël Thiollier, piano; National SO of Ireland/Almeida (Naxos 8.550754)
Elgar: Dream Children, op. 43; New Zealand SO/Judd (Naxos 8.557166)
Tchaikovsky/arr. Imholz and Binkley: Dance of the Sugarplum Fairy (from The Nutcracker); Modern Mandolin Quartet (Windham Hill 11108)
J C Bach: Symphony (Overture) in D, op. 18/3; English SO/Boughton (Nimbus 5403)
Cimarosa: Concertante for Two Flutes and Orchestra in G: Aurèle Nicolet, flute; Heinz Holliger, oboe; Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields/Sillito (Philips 416 359)
Beethoven: Twelve Contredanses, WoO 14; Orchestra of St Luke’s/Tilson Thomas (CBS 44516)
Waldteufel: Roses de Noël, op. 230; Slovak State PO/A Walter (Marco Polo 8.223688)
Traditional/arr. Hayman: Christmas Medley; Arthur Fiedler and His Chorus and Orchestra (RCA 6428)
Traditional: God rest ye merry, gentlemen; Pittsburgh Symphony Brass (Four Winds 3017)