A Christmas Celebration

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A Christmas Carol (more info)
Composed by: Jacques Chailley
Anton Lesser, reader


1. Stave 1: Marley's Ghost - 07:44
2. 'A merry Christmas, Uncle!' - 04:59
3. This lunatic, in letting Scrooge's nephew out - 07:18
4. Scrooge took his melancholy dinner in his usual melancholy tavern - 09:17
5. The same face: the very same. Marley in his pigtail... - 06:21
6. 'Jacob,' he said imploringly. 'Old Jacob Marley, tell me more.' - 08:23
7. Stave 2: The First of the Three Spirits - 04:45
8. It was a strange figure - like a child... - 06:41
9. They walked along the road - 06:07
10. 'Let us see another Christmas.' - 04:29

A Christmas Carol (more info)
Composed by: Jacques Chailley
Anton Lesser, reader


1. Although they had but that moment left the school behind - 02:56
2. In came a fiddler with a music-book... - 06:07
3. His former self turned down the lamps - 05:42
4. They were in another scene, and place... - 06:13
5. Stave 3: The Second of the Three Spirits - 07:08
6. Holly, mistletoe, red berries... - 08:46
7. And perhaps it was the pleasure the good Spirit had in showing off this power - 05:07
8. Such a bustle ensued - 03:33
9. At last the dinner was all done - 06:47
10. By this time it was getting dark... - 05:44
11. It was a great surprise to Scrooge - 05:40

A Christmas Carol (more info)
Composed by: Jacques Chailley
Anton Lesser, reader


1. After tea they had some music - 06:59
2. Much they saw, and far they went... - 05:26
3. Stave 4: The Last of the Three Spirits - 08:15
4. They left the busy scene, and went into an obscure part of the town - 08:42
5. He recoiled in terror, for the scene had changed... - 06:43
6. They entered poor Bob Cratchit's house - 06:38
7. 'Spectre,' said Scrooge, 'something informs me that our parting moment is at hand.' - 04:52
8. Stave 5: The End of It - 05:52
9. It was a Turkey - 05:06
10. But he was early at the office next morning - 04:26

The Christmas Collection (more info)
Peter Jeffrey, reader
Susan Engel, reader
John Moffatt, reader
Simon Harris, narrator
Liza Ross,
David Timson, reader
Produced by: Soames, Nicolas


1. A Recipe For Christmas Pastry - 02:34
2. Britannia's Housewives Blithe - 02:30
3. The Bird Of Dawning - 00:37
4. The Reverend Doctor Opimian Soliloquises On Christmas - 01:59
5. Yule Log - 00:46
6. Christmas Day - 01:51
7. December - 01:09
8. Sir Roger de Coverley's Christmas - 02:23
9. Kids Stuff - 02:09
10. Christmas - 02:35
11. From Under The Greenwood Tree - 05:21
12. Christmas Invitation Humbly Inscrib'd To The Honourable Beef Steak Club - 01:34
13. A Visit From St. Nicholas - 03:09
14. Letter: All Quiet On The Western Front - 04:16
15. The Oxen - 01:43
16. Carol: In The Bleak Midwinter - 00:32
17. I Saw A Stable - 03:42
18. The Innkeeper's Wife - 02:17
19. A Civil Wartime Christmas 1657 - 01:21
20. The Boar's Head - 02:51
21. A Restoration Christmas - 01:12
22. Heap On More Wood! - 04:10
23. Mr. Pickwick's Christmas - 02:08
24. Snapdragon - 03:25
25. Rectory Christmas - 02:28
26. Everything And More - 07:26
27. The Little Match-Girl - 01:45
28. The Christmas Tree - 02:30
29. The Finest Festive Feast - 06:57

The Christmas Collection (more info)
Peter Jeffrey, reader
Susan Engel, reader
John Moffatt, reader
Simon Harris, narrator
Liza Ross,
David Timson, reader
Produced by: Soames, Nicolas


1. Dark Oak, Light Candles - 13:46
2. Glennie Nell's Roast Christmas Possum - 03:24
3. Christmas In Wartime - 07:43
4. Curmedgeonly Christmases: Oh Noisey Bells, Be Dumb - 01:10
5. Gifts Are Like Hooks - 00:52
6. Curmedgeonly Christmases: Christmas Not What It Was - 01:27
7. Christmas Day In The Workhouse - 08:34
8. Curmedgeonly Christmases: Horrible Heathen Rite - 05:31
9. Partying: The Christmas Mummers' Play As Performed In Some Of The Villages Near Lutterworth, Leicest - 06:28
10. Food For Thought: The Magi - A Sermon Preached By Lancelot Andrewes Before The King's Majesty At Whi - 06:52
11. Food For Thought: The Magi - 00:49
12. Food For Thought: Little Things - 00:43
13. Afterthought - 01:48
14. The Shop Of Ghosts - 10:31
15. Ceremony Upon Candlemas Eve - 00:30
16. Ceremony For Candlemas Day - 00:28
17. Ring Out, Wild Bells - 03:12

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