By BBC Music Magazine

Published: Tuesday, 19 December 2023 at 14:03 PM


Pictur that magic moment – typically on Christmas Eve for many of us – when, with all the manic seasonal hustle and bustle done, one can actually sit down, pause a little and reflect on the occasion and what it really means. A glass of something special usually helps as, of course, does the perfect choice of music. For this purpose, we asked ten of our writers to tell us about the albums that, year in year out and despite the passage of time, can always be guaranteed to get them into the Christmas spirit. Time to sit back and relax with our rundown of best Christmas classical music.

Best Christmas classical music

Praetorius’s Lutheran Mass