Jeremy Nicholas wishes Gramophone readers a musical, peaceful, joyful – but entirely wordless – Christmas, as he chooses his favourite non-vocal seasonal works Patric Standford (b1939) uses the ...

How many Christmas discs can the market take of different cathedral and church choirs parading their seasonal wares? Each year brings a new crop with at least half the repertoire seemingly common to ...

Christmas is one time in the year when even those with the vaguest interest in classical music find themselves listening to and enjoying it – and even joining in. There’s no real reason why it should ...

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 ...

As King’s College, Cambridge, celebrates both Christmas and the works of Sir John Rutter, Music Director Daniel Hyde tells Martin Cullingford about the famous choir’s modern musical life Here I am, ...

Edward Breen listens to music for the festive season, ranging from baroque liturgy to newly composed carols, a Dickens-themed programme and a Cuban Christmas Christmas albums have a quick turnover in ...