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Music for Christmas takes many forms, as we all know. Jeremy Nicholas recommends recordings of pieces in the medley-esque orchestral and/or choral genre based on selections of popular carols
We live in a golden age of Christmas carol composition. Ivan Moody considers the challenges of writing new seasonal music and the ways in which they are met by today’s composers
Jeremy Nicholas reveals the intriguing history of the traditional Christmas carol and speaks to conductors, composers and clergy about why carols remain so popular
Jeremy Dibble surveys the available recordings of Vaughan Williams’s Fantasia on Christmas Carols and chooses his favourite
Introducing the brand new animated video from Bartoli's Vivaldi album
Marek Janowski conducts the Frankfurt Radio Symphony in Schumann's Fourth Symphony
Editor Martin Cullingford’s pick of the finest recordings from this month’s reviews
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