1 John McCormack (1884-1945)
Orig. tune Portugal, Adeste fideles 4.04
Rec: 31 March 1915 Matrix: C15849-1 Victor Cat: 74436
2 Emmy Destinn (1878-1930)
Hummel, Halleluja 3.30
Rec: 1908 Matrix: 0819V Gramophone Cat: 043098
3 Enrico Caruso (1873-1921)
Adam, Cantique de Noël 4.19
Rec: 23 February 1916 Matrix: C17218-3 Victor Cat: 88561 with orchestra conducted by Walter Rogers
4 Alma Gluck (1884-1938)
Gounod, Ave Maria 4.43
Rec: 1913 Matrix: C12975-2 Victor Cat: 88433 with Efrem Zimbalist violin, Eugene Lutsky piano
5 Charles Laughton (1899-1962)
music by Eisler, The oldest Christmas story 3.12
Rec: c.1943 Matrix: L3589 Decca Cat: 23365A
6 Celebrity Quartet,
Isobel Baillie (1895-1983), Gladys Ripley (1908-1955),
John McHugh, Harold Williams (1893-1976)
Arr. Stainer, The Coventry Carol 3.13
Rec: c.1944 Matrix: CA20558 Columbia Cat: DB2360 with Herbert Dawson organ
7 Richard Crooks (1900-1972)
César Franck, Panis Angelicus 4.06
Rec: 16 January 1942 Matrix: CS071321-1 Victor Cat: 11-8490-A with orchestra conducted by Charles O'Connell
8 Lotte Lehmann (1888-1976)
Trad., O du fröhliche 3.06
Rec: 4 September 1928 Matrix: BE 7187 Odeon Cat: 0-4810B Berlin State Opera Orchestra, conducted by Hermann Weigert
9 Giovanni Martinelli (1885-1969)
Martens, Gesu Bambino 4.02
Rec: 7 April 1926 Matrix: CVE 34996-3 Victor Cat: 6602 with orchestra and Ladies Chorus conducted by Josef Pasternack
10 Paul Planel (b. 1903)
Berlioz, L'Enfance du Christ - Le repos de la Sainte Famille 6.56
Rec: December 1932 Matrix: MG-63698/9 Pathé Cat: X93.102
11 Elisabeth Schumann (1888-1952)
Wolf, Schlafendes Jesuskind 3.33
Rec: 26 August 1935 Matrix: OEA 2195-2 HMV Cat: DA 1438 with Ernest Lush piano
12 Karl Erb (1877-1958)
Loewe, Des fremden Kindes heil'ger Christ 3.18
Rec: September 1937 Matrix: ORA 2227-2 HMV Cat: DA 4426
13 Sigrid Onegin (1889-1943)
Mozart, Alleluja 3.23
Rec: 1928 Matrix: B 41496 Victor Cat: 1367
14 Rosa Ponselle (1897-1981)
Schubert, Ave Maria 5.18
Rec: 1 November 1939 Matrix: PCS 042212-5 Victor Cat: VB74 with Romano Romani piano Mischa Violin violin
15 Beniamino Gigli (1890-1957)
Senatra-Schubert-Melichar, Mille cherubini in coro 2.34
Rec: 25 October 1935 Matrix: ORA 839-3 HMV Cat: DA 1447
16 Claudia Muzio (1889-1936)
Reger, La ninna nanna della Vergine 2.51
Rec: 1935 Matrix: B6985-1 Columbia Cat: LC22 with orchestra conducted by Cav. Lorenzo Molajoli
17 John Charles Thomas (1891-1960)
Warren, Christmas candle 2.35
Rec: 8 January 1942 Matrix: PBS 072011-1 Victor Cat: 10-1119-A with Carol Hollister piano
18 Lawrence Tibbett (1896-1960)
A star was his candle 2.43
Rec: 15 December 1939 Matrix: BS 045764-2 Victor Cat: Unpublished with Stewart Wille piano
19 Basil Rathbone (1892-1967)
Clement-Clarke Moore, The night before Christmas 3.14
Rec: c.1939 Matrix: XHCO 963 Columbia Cat: 7407-M
20 Ernestine Schumann-Heink (1861-1936)
Gruber, Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht 3.55
Rec: 3 November 1926 Matrix: CVE 36754-2 Victor Cat: 6723A with Stewart Wille organ
John McCormack, Emmy Destinn, Enrico Caruso, Alma Gluck, Charles Laughton, Celebrity Quartet, Isobel Baillie, Gladys Ripley, John McHugh, Harold Williams, Richard Crooks, Lotte Lehmann, Giovanni Martinelli, Paul Planel, Elisabeth Schumann, Karl Erb, Sigrid Onegin, Rosa Ponselle, Beniamino Gigli, Claudia Muzio, John Charles Thomas, Lawrence Tibbett, Basil Rathbone, Ernestine Schumann-Heink
