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Jingle Bell Jazz
From: Howard Burchette
Series: Holiday Classics
Caption: Various Artists: Jingle Bell Jazz (1962), Credit: Columbia Records
Ho Ho Ho! Start out your holiday with fun Christmas Jazz Classics. They are all here in one solid hour. This musical holiday program includes: "Win...

Bought by WUFT, KTXK, High Plains Public Radio, WICR, WMOT and more


  • Added: Nov 04, 2011
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 15
Virtuoso Voices - The King’s Singers (Merry Glitzmas)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: The King's Singers, Credit: Marco Borgreve
It’s hard to point to just one reason behind the artistic success of the King’s Singers, but their approach to Christmas music is a fine place to s...

Bought by PRX Demo Station


  • Added: Nov 29, 2010
  • Length: :23
  • Purchases: 1
Virtuoso Voices - The King’s Singers (Utah Benediction)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: The King's Singers, Credit: Marco Borgreve
It started a few years ago; two legendary choral groups got together to do one of the things they do best: Christmas music. The union of the six ...

  • Added: Nov 29, 2010
  • Length: :25
Professor Mikey's Chill Christmas
From: Mike Flanagan
Series: Professor Mikey's Old School
Caption: Professor Mikey's Chill Christmas
Professor Mikey's annual holiday mixtape is a CHILL theme this year, with music from all genres providing a soundtrack for peace and fun.

Bought by KDUR, WHCP-LP Cambridge, KDUR, KHEN-LP, Prairie Public and more


  • Added: Oct 25, 2010
  • Length: 59:30
  • Purchases: 13
Santa's Greatest Hits
From: Fred Flaxman
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Steve Jencks hosts this trip down Memory Lane featuring Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters, Eartha Kitt, Perry Como, Elvis Presley, Tommy Dorsey, ...

Bought by KDUR, Wyoming Public Radio, RadioStPete Florida, KSLU, KUCO and more


  • Added: Oct 18, 2010
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 40
The Thanksgiving Hour (Evergreen) Live from Hawaii with Don Ho
From: Public Radio WorldWide - PRWW.org
Series: Public Radio Worldwide Holidays
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One-Hour In-Depth History of Thanksgiving Special with Listener-Provided Jokes and Lively Music Most Fitting for Your Listeners' Holiday-Time Enjoy...

Bought by WRFA-LP, KMXT, WDNA, Public Interactive, KZQX and more


  • Added: Apr 20, 2009
  • Length: 58:56
  • Purchases: 6
Virtuoso Voices - Canadian Brass (Getting to Carnegie)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: The Canadian Brass
For the Canadian Brass, their dream to play in Carnegie Hall came true in part because the players happily did something most musicians avoid, or d...

  • Added: Nov 29, 2008
  • Length: :22
Virtuoso Voices - Canadian Brass (Manon First)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: The Canadian Brass
When the Canadian Brass was looking to add a new trumpet player to the group in 2007, they knew exactly who they wanted for the job. Use this 22 s...

  • Added: Nov 29, 2008
  • Length: :22
Virtuoso Voices - Canadian Brass (No Problem)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: The Canadian Brass
The days of men ruling the brass instrument world are mostly over. More women are playing trumpets, trombones and French horns in high school band...

  • Added: Nov 29, 2008
  • Length: :26
Virtuoso Voices - Canadian Brass (Off We Jingle)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: The Canadian Brass
Jingle Bells – what could be more familiar at Christmas time? Arranger Howard Cable made a new version of Jingle Bells that Canadian Brass tuba pl...

  • Added: Nov 29, 2008
  • Length: :20
Virtuoso Voices - Canadian Brass (Tuba or Not Tuba)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: The Canadian Brass
Everybody deserves a break, and every tuba player should get to shine now and then. Normally, the tuba holds up the base line part of the musical ...

  • Added: Nov 29, 2008
  • Length: :25
NPR's All Songs Considered: A Holiday Mix
From: NPR Music
Series: All Songs Considered from NPR Music
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A holiday mix featuring The Knife, Magnetic Fields and more.

Bought by KBBI Alaska, KISU, KTRL, KTNA, WUKY and more


  • Added: Dec 17, 2007
  • Length: 28:52
  • Purchases: 6
Virtuoso Voices - Canadian Brass (Canadian Christmas)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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The Canadian Brass knows their way around holiday music – they've made numerous holiday recordings in their 30 plus years. They're the first to ad...

  • Added: Nov 25, 2007
  • Length: :21
Virtuoso Voices - Canadian Brass (Revise with Respect)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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Holiday music recordings are a dime a dozen, with a few exceptions. Some really stand out, but all holiday recordings, with or without creative me...

  • Added: Nov 25, 2007
  • Length: :24
Virtuoso Voices - Canadian Brass (Solid Silver)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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The Canadian Brass has dozens of holiday music recordings – in their most recent holiday CD, they continue their tradition of giving some familiar ...

  • Added: Nov 25, 2007
  • Length: :21
Virtuoso Voices - Erich Kunzel (Born to Ballet)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker is a staple of the holiday season, and conductor Erich Kunzel says the music is that perfect mix of heart and skill. Use ...

  • Added: Nov 25, 2007
  • Length: :18
Virtuoso Voices - Erich Kunzel (Stand Up Ballet)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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Erich Kunzel and the Cincinnati Pops recorded the Nutcracker by Tchaikovsky. Although it's a staple of the holiday season, conductor Erich Kunzel ...

  • Added: Nov 25, 2007
  • Length: :18
Virtuoso Voices - Erich Kunzel (Story Teller)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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We know that personal and artistic insecurities often accompanied Tchaikovsky's daily composing activities. Conductor Erich Kunzel says there's pl...

  • Added: Nov 25, 2007
  • Length: :15
Compact Discoveries 25: A Symphony for Santa Claus
From: Fred Flaxman
Series: Compact Discoveries
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Fred Flaxman presents the delightful "Santa Claus Symphony" by William Henry Fry.

Bought by WUAL, WMNR, KENW, KRPS, KENW and more


  • Added: Dec 05, 2006
  • Length: 57:00
  • Purchases: 21
Virtuoso Voices - Martin Pearlman (What Kind of Man?)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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What makes Handel and Handel's Messiah so powerful and magnificent? That may seem like a question with no complete answer or a long list of answer...

Bought by WITF, New England Public Media, and KWAX


  • Added: Nov 30, 2006
  • Length: :33
  • Purchases: 3
Virtuoso Voices - Martin Pearlman (Messiah Twist)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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Recycling one's own music was a common practice in Handel's day. Interestingly, or strangely, one of the best known choruses from Handel's Messiah...

Bought by WITF, New England Public Media, and KWAX


  • Added: Nov 29, 2006
  • Length: :29
  • Purchases: 3
Virtuoso Voices - Martin Pearlman (Messiah 360)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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There's a longstanding debate over the appropriate time of year to perform Handel's "Messiah." With its Christmas and Easter messages, is it more ...

Bought by WKYU, WITF, New England Public Media, KISU, and KWAX


  • Added: Nov 29, 2006
  • Length: :28
  • Purchases: 5
Virtuoso Voices - Martin Pearlman (Early American Christmas)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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Some of America's earliest classical music came from the Moravians, a German Protestant sect, who settled in isolated regions of Pennsylvania and N...

Bought by WITF, New England Public Media, and KWAX


  • Added: Nov 29, 2006
  • Length: :26
  • Purchases: 3