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Christmas Music and Audiophiles?

I personally really enjoy listening to Christmas music. I find that when it's done well it can be better than just about any other types of music. I even listen to it from time to time throughout the year.

Are there any audiophile Christmas Albums that are worthly of your dedicated stereo listening systems or do you only play Christmas music on your whole house systems as background music?

What are you favorites?

One of my personal current favorites is the Canadian Tenors Christmas album. I have five more Christmas CDs on the way to enhance this upcoming season.
mceljo
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viridian
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Why is there so much crap Christmas music?

At any rate, may I recommend an LP? Mobile Fidelity Sound Labs MFLS 1-135 "A Jolly Christmas from Frank Sinatra". Oh, I know, Sinatra is not to everyone's taste. But if you enjoy his singing, this one is a must have. Joyeux Noel.
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uru975
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A delightful little CD titled "What if Mozart wrote "Have yourself a merry little Christmas"" by the Hampton String Quartet. Great Christmas music done as string quartets.
Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer and Winter Wonderland are especially nice, no piece over six minutes
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mofimadness
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The new She & Him-"A Very Special She & Him Christmas" is excellent.
gabbro
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To add to my previous list: The Rose Ensemble "And Glory Shone Around: Early American Carols, Country Dances, Southern Harmony Hymns, and Shaker Spiritual Songs" (2008). There, 6 quick recommendations that sound great, are excellent performances, and don't fall into the "crap Christmas music" category, which I guess means popular nonsense!
audiowoman
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More and more good sounding Christmas stuff lately - "The McGarrigle Christmas Hour" is great. Shelby Lynne's is good. Emmylou Harris "light of the stable". Dean Martin's got a good one too. A new favorite of ours is Sloan Wainwright's "On a Night Before Christmas".. She does a great job of Oh Come Oh Come Emmanuel! We have the new She and Him - haven't had a chance to listen to it yet.
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