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If you could have only one Christmas album/CD, which one?

Me, the Nat King Cole Christmas one with the Mel Torme classic, "The Christmas Song" , there are several others that are my families tradition to listen to, but the one I mention I would not to be without.
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frogman
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***All Christmas music is awful***- infection

Explains the moniker.
schubert
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If you’re a hard-core St. Matthew Passion type the greatest Christmas Record ever is "Christmas Music" by Orphei Danger on BIS .
Orphei Danger is the Great Swedish Male Choir , by far the best in Sweden which means the best in the world . 23 tracks of the usual suspects plus works by such as Sibelius and Nielsen .
BIS CD -533 This recording has the greatest dynamic range I have ever
heard ,even if you don’t like the music you can use it to see if your amp is clipping .


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bdp24
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tostadosunidos, I have four "Period Instrument/Historically Informed" versions (Gardiner, Harnoncourt, Herreweghe, Leonhardt) of St. Matthew Passion on CD, Gardiner or Herreweghe being my first choice. Yes, I like the "no vibrato" movement! On LP I have Klemperer and Richter, which I haven't listened to in years. Herbert von Karajan's version has it's admirers.

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tostadosunidos
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My thanks to you both for that excellent and useful info--will check out these recordings.
schubert
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Except the Bach passions are for Easter not Christmas .
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