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

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


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

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


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

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 - 2:34
2. Britannia's Housewives Blithe - 2:30
3. The Bird Of Dawning - 0:37
4. The Reverend Doctor Opimian Soliloquises On Christmas - 1:59
5. Yule Log - 0:46
6. Christmas Day - 1:51
7. December - 1:09
8. Sir Roger de Coverley's Christmas - 2:23
9. Kids Stuff - 2:09
10. Christmas - 2:35
11. From Under The Greenwood Tree - 5:21
12. Christmas Invitation Humbly Inscrib'd To The Honourable Beef Steak Club - 1:34
13. A Visit From St. Nicholas - 3:09
14. Letter: All Quiet On The Western Front - 4:16
15. The Oxen - 1:43
16. Carol: In The Bleak Midwinter - 0:32
17. I Saw A Stable - 3:42
18. The Innkeeper's Wife - 2:17
19. A Civil Wartime Christmas 1657 - 1:21
20. The Boar's Head - 2:51
21. A Restoration Christmas - 1:12
22. Heap On More Wood! - 4:10
23. Mr. Pickwick's Christmas - 2:08
24. Snapdragon - 3:25
25. Rectory Christmas - 2:28
26. Everything And More - 7:26
27. The Little Match-Girl - 1:45
28. The Christmas Tree - 2:30
29. The Finest Festive Feast - 6:57

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 - 3:24
3. Christmas In Wartime - 7:43
4. Curmedgeonly Christmases: Oh Noisey Bells, Be Dumb - 1:10
5. Gifts Are Like Hooks - 0:52
6. Curmedgeonly Christmases: Christmas Not What It Was - 1:27
7. Christmas Day In The Workhouse - 8:34
8. Curmedgeonly Christmases: Horrible Heathen Rite - 5:31
9. Partying: The Christmas Mummers' Play As Performed In Some Of The Villages Near Lutterworth, Leicest - 6:28
10. Food For Thought: The Magi - A Sermon Preached By Lancelot Andrewes Before The King's Majesty At Whi - 6:52
11. Food For Thought: The Magi - 0:49
12. Food For Thought: Little Things - 0:43
13. Afterthought - 1:48
14. The Shop Of Ghosts - 10:31
15. Ceremony Upon Candlemas Eve - 0:30
16. Ceremony For Candlemas Day - 0:28
17. Ring Out, Wild Bells - 3:12

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