Alfred Deller and the Deller Consort recorded 4 Christmas theme albums for the Bach Guild / Vanguard in the 50’s and 60’s: ‘The Holly and the Ivy’,’Hark Ye Shepherds’,’Carols And Motets For The Nativity’ and ‘Carols and Motets of Medieval Europe’.

The Bach Guild has released a Christmas Big Box as a download, and it includes all 4 albums, plus other works at http://amzn.to/1yKcXQx . The MP3 download contains over 13 hours of music, and at the almost free price of 89 cents.

Here is a listing of some of the works and albums on the set:

Music Box of Christmas Carols Music Boxes from the Bornand Collection Canterbury Choristers / Dr. Newell B. Wright

Alfred Deller Christmas Carols Part 1 and 2

German Christmas Songs

Christmas Eve at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine

18th Century Christmas I Soloisti di Zagreb / Antonio Janigro

Bach: Magnificat in D Vienna State Opera Orchestra / Vienna State Opera Choir

Christmas Music for the Nativity Parts 3 and 4

Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker (Ballet), Op.71 Utah Symphony Orchestra / University of Utah Chorus / Maurice Abravanel

Bach: Orgelbuchlein Christmas, BWV 603-612; New Year’s Day, BWV 613-615 Anton Heiller

Handel: Messiah Margaret Price / Yvonne Minton English Chamber Orchestra /  Johannes Somary