Advent Playlist by Various Artists

Canon & Gigue in D Major, P. 37: I. Canon

Il Giardino Armonico, Giovanni Antonini, Giovanni Antonini, Enrico Onofri, Luca Pianca, Marco Bianchi and Paolo Beschi

Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, BWV 147: X. Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring (Arr. Wright for Trumpet)

Alison Balsom & Balsom Ensemble

Bist du bei mir, BWV 508 (Arr. Yang)

Xuefei Yang

Weihnachtsoratorium, BWV 248, Pt. 2: Sinfonia

Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Ton Koopman

Weihnachtsfriede (Arr. Whilds for Trumpet)

Richard Whilds, Lucienne Renaudin Vary & NDR Radiophilharmonie

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: No. 13, Pifa (Orchester)

Sir Neville Marriner & Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart

The Four Seasons, Violin Concerto in F Minor, RV 297 "Winter": II. Largo

Renaud Capuçon & Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne

Watermusic Suite No 1 in F Major, HWV 348: VIII. Air

Lynne Dawson, English Baroque Soloists & John Eliot Gardiner

Lyric Pieces, Op. 68, No. 2, Bestemors Menuet

tenThing

Hunt Cantata, BWV 208: No. 9, Sheep May Safely Graze (Arr. Marriner)

Academy of St Martin in the Fields & Sir Neville Marriner

Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV 351: IV. La Paix. Largo alla siciliana

Simon Wright, Alison Balsom & Balsom Ensemble

Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D Major, BWV 1068: II. Air

Giovanni Antonini, Enrico Onofri, Marco Cera, Paolo Grazzi & Il Giardino Armonico

The Nutcracker, Op. 71: Miniature Overture

Sir Simon Rattle

Weihnachten (Arr. Whilds)

Richard Whilds, Lucienne Renaudin Vary & NDR Radiophilharmonie

Les Boréades, RCT 31, Act IV: Entrée

Lynne Dawson, English Baroque Soloists & John Eliot Gardiner

Prelude and Fugue in A-Flat Major, BWV 886: I. Prelude

Piotr Anderszewski

Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 140: I. Chorale, Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (Arr. for Guitar)

Thibaut Garcia

Quem pastores laudavere (Arr. Rutter)

Sir David Willcocks & Choir of King's College, Cambridge

Berenice, HWV 38, Act II: Minuet

Sir Neville Marriner, Ian Watson & Academy of St Martin in the Fields

Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F Major, BWV 1047: III. Allegro assai

Sir Neville Marriner, Celia Nicklin, George Malcolm, Kenneth Sillito, Mark Bennett, Philip Pickett & Academy of St Martin in the Fields

Three Small Tone Poems, RT VI/7: No. 2, Winter Night (Sleigh Ride)

Richard Hickox & Northern Sinfonia Of England

The Nutcracker, Op. 71a: VIII. Valse des Fleurs (Arr. for Two Pianos)

Martha Argerich & Mirabela Dina

Concerto grosso in G Minor, Op. 6 No. 8 "Christmas Concerto": VI. Largo

Jerzy Maksymiuk, John Constable & Polish Chamber Orchestra

Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 in B-Flat Major, BWV 1051: II. Adagio ma non tanto

Sir Neville Marriner, Anthony Jenkins, Charles Medlam, Denis Vigay, John Constable, Raymund Koster, Stephen Shingles & William Hunt

Chamber Concerto in D Major, RV 93: II. Largo

Christopher Parkening, Academy of St Martin in the Fields & Iona Brown

Carmen Suite No. 1: III. Entr'acte to Act III

Seiji Ozawa & Orchestre National De France

The Nutcracker, Op. 71, Act II: Pas de deux, Var. II. Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy

Sir Simon Rattle & Berliner Philharmoniker

The Seasons, Op. 67, Tab. I "Winter": IV. Ice. Andantino

Philharmonia Orchestra/Yevgeny Svetlanov

Flute Concerto in D Minor, Wq. 22: II. Un poco andante

Trevor Pinnock, Emmanuel Pahud & Kammerakadamie Potsdam

Watermusic Suite No 1 in F Major, HWV 348: V. Andante

Lynne Dawson, English Baroque Soloists & John Eliot Gardiner

The Seasons, Op. 67, Tab. I "Winter": VI. Snow. Allegretto

Philharmonia Orchestra/Yevgeny Svetlanov

Oboe Concerto No. 1 in B-Flat Major, HWV 301: I. Adagio

Trevor Pinnock, Alison Balsom & The English Concert

Concerto for 2 Mandolins in G Major, RV 532: II. Andante

Giovanni Scaramuzzino, Sonia Maurer, Europa Galante & Fabio Biondi

Concerto Grosso in C Major, Op. 3 No. 12 "Per Il Santissimo Natale": I. Pastorale. Largo

Polish Chamber Orchestra/Jerzy Maksymiuk

The Four Seasons, Violin Concerto in F Minor, RV 297 "Winter": III. Allegro

London Brass

The Nutcracker, Op. 71, Act II: Waltz of the Flowers

Sir Simon Rattle & Berliner Philharmoniker

Rusalka, Op. 114, Act I: Song to the Moon (Transc. Lenaerts)

Anneleen Lenaerts

Flute Sonata No. 2 in E-Flat Major, BWV 1031: II. Siciliano (Arr. for Piano by Kempff)

Andrew von Oeyen

In the Bleak Mid-Winter (Arr. Drake)

Thomas Bullard/Choir of King's College, Cambridge/Benjamin Bayl/Stephen Cleobury

Hymne des fraternisés

Philippe Rombi, Carmine Lauri, London Symphony Orchestra & Chorale Scala

Greensleeves

Michel Legrand, Maurice André, Nicolas André, Béatrice André & Catherine Michel

The Nutcracker, Op. 71a: VII. Danse des mirlitons (Arr. for Two Pianos)

Martha Argerich & Mirabela Dina

The Little Drummer Boy (Arr. McCarthy)

The Kings Singers

Concerto Grosso in G Minor, Op. 6 No. 8 "Christmas Concerto": III. Adagio - Allegro

Pavlo Beznosiuk & Alison Balsom

Ave Maria, D. 839

Chanticleer

Oboe Concerto in D Minor, Op. 9 No. 2: II. Adagio

Giovanni Antonini, Paolo Grazzi & Il Giardino Armonico

Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: No. 7, Al tempo di giga

Daniel Barenboim

Quartet No. 1 in D Major, TWV 43:D3: II . Tendrement

Wilbert Hazelzet & Trio Sonnerie

Prelude and Fugue in C Major, BWV 846: I. Prelude (Arr. Yang for Guitar)

Xuefei Yang

Concerto Grosso in G Minor, Op. 6 No. 8 "Christmas Concerto": IV. Vivace

Jerzy Maksymiuk, John Constable & Polish Chamber Orchestra