Anonymous: Hodie Christus natus est; Nowel: Owt of your slepe aryse; Anonymous 4 (Harmonia Mundi 907099)
Traditional/arr. R R Bennett: Medley of Christmas Carols; Robert Shaw Chorale and Orchestra/Shaw (RCA 6429)
Charpentier: Noëls pour les instruments; Boston Camerata/Cohen (Nonesuch 9 79265)
Traditional/arr. Delmoni: Deck the halls; Arturo Delmoni and Friends String Quartet (John Marks Records 12)
Scheidt: In dulci jubilo; The Cambridge Singers/Rutter (Collegium 111)
Manfredini: Concerto grosso in C, op. 3/12 “Christmas Concerto”: first movement (Pastorale); I Musici (Philips 412 739)
Mendelssohn: Hark! the herald angels sing; New York Choral Artists/Flummerfelt (EMI 49908)
Traditional/Schulz: Away in a manger/O come, little children; Sylvia Woods, harps (Tonmeister 1225)
Traditional/arr. Praetorius: Lo, how a rose e’er blooming;
Traditional/arr. Flummerfelt: The holly and the ivy; New York Choral Artists/Flummerfelt (EMI 49908)
Tormé and Wells/arr. Gordon: The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire);
Blane and Martin/arr. Farben: Have yourself a merry little Christmas; Hampton String Quartet (RCA 5625)
Anonymous: Wassail Tune; The Baltimore Consort (Dorian 90198)
Anonymous: Puer natus est nobis; Pro Cantique Antiqua/O’Donnell (United 88007)
Ireland: The Holy Boy; English CO/Garforth (Chandos 8390)
Handel: For unto us a child is born (from Messiah); The Cambridge Singers, City of London Sinfonia/Rutter (Collegium 512)
Menotti: Amahl and the Night Visitors Suite; New Zealand SO/Schenck (Koch International Classics 3-7005)
Traditional/arr. Vaughan Williams: Folk Songs of the Four Seasons: Winter; City of London Choir, Bournemouth SO/Wetton (Naxos 8.572102)
Traditional/arr. Vosburgh: I saw three ships; Pittsburgh Symphony Brass (Four Winds 3017)
Grainger: The Sussex Mummers’ Christmas Carol; Eaken Piano Trio (Naxos 8.554099)
Traditional/arr. Parker and Shaw: Silent Night;
Leontovich/arr. Wilhousky: Carol of the Bells; Musica Sacra/Westenburg (DG 429 732)
Liszt: Adeste fideles; Wayne Marshall, piano (BBC MM116)
Anonymous: Maria through the thornwood goes; Custer LaRue, soprano; Ronn McFarlane, lute (Dorian 90008)
Traditional/arr. Della Peruti: Three German Carols; Solid Brass (Dorian 90008)
Traditional: We wish you a merry Christmas; The Britten Singers, The Wallace Collection/Wallace (JVC 2052
Traditional/arr. Hillier: Süsser die Glocken nie klingen; Theatre of Voices/Hillier (Harmonia Mundi 907079)
Anderson: A Christmas Festival; Boston Pops Orch/Fiedler (RCA 6428)
Traditional/arr. Frackenpohl: French Carol Medley; Oklahoma Woodwind Quintet (Integra 801)
Traditional/arr. Scheidt, Bach: O Jesulein süss, o Jesulein mild;
Holst/arr. Jennings, Woodgate: In the bleak mid-winter; Chanticleer (Teldec 4509-94563)
Montgomery: Christmas Quadrille No. 5; The Wallace Collection (JVC 2052)
Traditional/arr. Rutter: Somerset Wassail; The Cambridge Singers/Rutter (Collegium 512)
Frenkel: Harp Christmas; Megan Sesma, harp; United States Coast Guard Band/Megan (US Coast Guard Band CD, not commercially available)
Traditional/arr. R R Bennett: Medley of Christmas Carols; Robert Shaw Chorale and Orchestra/Shaw (RCA 6429)
Anonymous: A Christmas Fantasy, played on the Harmonium Orchestrelle (Aeolian Company, New York, ca. 1900) (Radio Netherlands CD, not commercially available)
Traditional/arr. Delmoni: O Sanctissima; Arturo Delmoni and Friends String Quartet (John Marks Records 12)
Bach: In dulci jubilo, BWV 729; Kevin Bowyer, organ (Nimbus 7711)
Traditional/arr. Willcocks: O come, all ye faithful; Masterworks Chorale/Stark (JRH & Associates CD)
Britten: Men of Goodwill (Variations on a Christmas Carol); Minnesota Orch/Marriner (EMI 49300)
Traditional/arr. Herbert: The Boar’s Head Carol; The Britten Singers; Anthony George, ophicleide (JVC 2052)
Yon: Gesu Bambino;
Schubert/arr. Borch: Ave Maria; Eaken Piano Trio (Naxos 8.554099)
Traditional/arr. Vosburgh: O Christmas Tree; Pittsburgh Symphony Brass (Four Winds 3022)
Traditional/arr. Luboff: Still, still, still; Musica Sacra/Westenburg (DG 429 732)
Standford: A Christmas Carol Symphony; City of Prague PO/Sutherland (Naxos 8.557099)
Traditional: Riu, riu, chiu; Taverner Choir/Parrott (EMI 49809)
Traditional/arr. Vosburgh: Bring a torch. Jeannette, Isabelle; Pittsburgh Symphony Brass (Four Winds 3022)
Lindemann: Der Weihnachtsmann kommt (Character Piece on Well-known Christmas Carols); Salonorchester Cölln (EMI 49819)
Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker Suite, op. 71a; Montreal SO/Dutoit (London 417 300)
Pierpont/arr. Salzedo: Jingle Bells; Jennifer Hoult, harp (JAHMusic “The Eve of Christmas” CD)
Traditional/arr. Rutter: I saw three ships; The Cambridge Singers, City of London Sinfonia/Rutter (Collegium 121)
Holst: Christmas Day; City of London Choir, Bournemouth SO/Wetton (Naxos 8.572102)
Schoenberg: Weihnachtsmusik; Members of Vienna String Quintet; Leonore Aumaier, piano; Alfred Mitterhofer, harmonium (CPO 999 588)
Fraser: This Christmastide; Taylor Sounds/Rediger; Katie Lehman, harp (Taylor Unviersity CD)
Keillor: The Sons of Knute Christmas Dance and Dinner; Garrison Keillor, Janis Hardy; The Plymouth Music Series’ Ensemble Singers and Orchestra/Brunelle (Angel 55204)
Anonymous: Christmas Medley, played on the Gold Limonaire street organ (Radio Netherlands CD, not commercially available)