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A Holiday CD & DVD Sampler
The folks in the Music Department have selected some holiday CDs and DVDs for all tastes and moods. Please note that this is a small sample of the holiday music found in the Music Department. If you're looking for more titles, or other versions of the same works/songs, just ask a librarian at the Music Film & Audio Reference Desk (Main Library 2nd floor), call us at 412.622.3105, or send an e-mail inquiry to musicdept@carnegielibrary.org.
Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Happy Kwanzaa, and Happy Solstice!
Celtic
Boys of the Lough
The day dawn
Ho Boy #6888
Buffett, Peter
Star of wonder
Ho Buf #21865
Features Celtic harp
Celtic Christmas: a Windham Hill sampler
Ho Cel #16759
Celtic Christmas
Ho Cel #22125
Deep still Christmas
Ho Dee #22192
Dordán
The night before--: a Celtic Christmas
Ho Dor #21817
A thistle & shamrock Christmas ceilidh
Ho Thi #20107
Winter resonance: selections from A winter's solstice V, Celtic Christmas, By the fireside
Ho Win #21929
Return to the topChoral
Handel, George Frideric
Messiah - 10 different performances!
Ch Han #176, Ch Han 3065, Ch Han #5096, Ch Han #7211, Ch Han #7299, Ch Han #8771, Ch Han #10496, Ch Han #10517, Ch Han #10527, Ch Han #3256
An American Christmas, 1770-1870
Ho Ame #9849
Bach, Johann Sebastian
Christmas oratorio
Ho Bac #20574
Boys' Choir of Harlem
Christmas carols and sacred songs
Ho Boy #5836
Britten, Benjamin
A ceremony of carols; Rejoice in the Lamb; A Boy was born
Ho Bri #11678
Chanticleer
Let it snow
Ho Cha #33869
King's College Choir
A festival of nine lessons & carols
Ho Fes #14375
Mormon Tabernacle Choir
Joy to the world
Ho Mor #20611
Polyphony
A Christmas present from Polyphony
Ho Pol #27056
RIAS-Kammerchoir
Weihnacht der Romantik; Noels romantiques; Romantic Christmas songs
Ho RIA #26137
Rutter, John
Dancing day and other Christmas carols
Ho Rut #16787
Trinity College Choir, Cambridge
Carols from Trinity
Ho Tri #25238
Vaughan Williams, Ralph
Fantasia on Christmas carols; Hodie
Ho Vau #14358
Country
Brooks, Garth
Garth Brooks & the magic of Christmas
Ho Bro #15022
Brooks & Dunn
It won't be Christmas without you
Ho Bro #18844
Cash, Johnny
The Christmas spirit
Ho Cas #21863
Grant, Amy
Home for Christmas
Ho Gra #15026
Loveless, Patty
Bluegrass & white snow: a mountain Christmas
Ho Lov #18845
McBride, Martina
White Christmas
Ho McB #32038
Murray, Anne
Best of the season
Ho Mur #14963
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
The Christmas album
Ho Nit #21871
Travis, Randy
An old time Christmas
Ho Tra #21891
A very special acoustic Christmas
Ho Ver #21810
Yearwood, Trisha
The sweetest gift
Ho Yea #15273
Folk
Alligator stomp. Vol. 4: Cajun Christmas
Ho All #16615
Baez, Joan
Noël
Ho Bae #18849
Fahey, John
The new possibility: John Fahey's guitar soli Christmas album ; Christmas with John Fahey. Vol. II
Ho Fah #16932
Hawaiian slack key Christmas
Ho Haw #15148
Holiday reflections
Ho Hol #20558
Magpie
Last month of the year
Ho Mag #21353
Martha's Trouble
Christmas lights
Ho Mar #26997
Seeger, Pete
Traditional Christmas carols
Ho See #5665
Tudor Choir
An American Christmas: shapenote carols from New England & Appalachia
Ho Tud #20581
Waldren, Katie LaRaye
Cold frosty morning
Ho Wal #17227
Gospel
Adams, Yolanda
Christmas with Yolanda Adams
Ho Ada #16706
Avalon
Joy: a Christmas collection
Ho Ava #15015
Black Nativity: gospel on Broadway!
Mc Wil #6202
Blind Boys of Alabama
Go tell it on the mountain
Ho Bli #22636
Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir
Light of the world
Ho Bro #17360
Caesar, Shirley
Christmas with Shirley Caesar
Ho Cae #13817
Franklin, Kirk
Christmas
Ho Fra #19409
Joy to the world: a gospel music celebration, live at Carnegie Hall
Ho Joy #21885
Neville, Aaron
Christmas prayer
Ho Nev #26931
Point of Grace
A Christmas story
Ho Poi #16719
A Vee-Jay Christmas
Ho Vee #21881
Hanukkah
Bavel, Zamir
Hanukkah music for your holiday concert
Ho Bav #20713
Festival of light
Ho Fes #17949
Festival of light 2
Ho Fes #17963
The golden dreydl: a klezmer "Nutcracker" for Chanukah
Ho Gol #20520
Klezmer Conservatory Band
Oy Chanukah!
Ho Kle #5650
A taste of Chanukah
Ho Tas #33868
To life!: songs of Chanukah and other Jewish celebrations
Ho ToL #13821
Western Wind
Chanukkah in story and song
Ho wes #33882
Holiday "Favorites"
Bennett, Tony
Snowfall: the Tony Bennett Christmas album
Ho Ben #15027
The best of Christmas cheer
Ho Bes #14805
The Christmas carols you remember
Ho Chr #14802
Cole, Nat King
The Christmas song
Ho Col #15023
Crosby, Bing
Merry Christmas
Ho Cro #7095
Guaraldi, Vince
A Charlie Brown Christmas
Ho Gua #833
Lifetime Music presents Christmas belles
Ho Lif #17000
Mantovani Orchestra
Christmas with the Mantovani Orchestra
Ho Man #14803
Mannheim Steamroller
Christmas extraordinaire
Ho Man #16966
O'Donnell, Erin
Christmas time is here
Ho Odo #28505
Presley, Elvis
Elvis' Christmas album
Ho Pre #12136
Sinatra, Frank
A jolly Christmas from Frank Sinatra
Ho Sin #11659
Streisand, Barbra
A Christmas album
Ho Str #8530
Trans-Siberian Orchestra
Christmas Eve and other stories
Ho Tra #20718
Welk, Lawrence
Merry Christmas from our house to your house
Ho Wel #13751
Williams, Andy
Merry Christmas
Ho Wil #21813
Humorous
The American song-poem Christmas : Daddy, is Santa really six foot four?
Ho Ame #23520
Billboard greatest Christmas hits, 1955-present
Ho Bil #5679
Features the song, "Grandma got run over by a reindeer"
It's a cow Christmas
Ho Its #21793
A John Waters Christmas
Ho Joh #26925
Mothersbaugh, Mark
Joyeux mutato
Ho Mot #17931
Straitjackets
'Tis the season for Los Straitjackets!
Ho Str #19492
Instrumental
Canadian Brass
Sweet songs of Christmas
Ho Can #31918
Hammarback, Julie
A joyous season
Ho Ham #12042
London Cello Sound
A cello Christmas
Ho Lon #20572
Musici
Christmas concertos
Ho Chr #652
Rejoice! a string quartet Christmas
Ho Rej #16592
Rieu, André
The Christmas I love
Ho Rie #16828
Souter, Martin
Let the pipes rejoice: Christmas organ music on the 1830 Appleton organ
Ho Sou #16669
Shirim Klezmer Orchestra
Klezmer Nutcracker
Fo Shi #30130
Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich
Nutcracker suite
Or Tch #544
Violons du roy
Simphonies des noels : treasury of Baroque Christmas concerti
Ho Vio #22252
International
Altramar
Nova stella : a medieval Italian Christmas
Ho Alt #22135
Bass, Bill
Steel drum Christmas
Ho Bas #26935
Bukkene Bruse
The loveliest rose
Ho Buk #20521
English village carols
Ho Eng #16484
Navidad en las Americas
Ho Nav #27063
Otter, Anne Sofie von
Home for Christmas
Ho Ott #16450
A Putumayo Christmas: world, folk, blues, jazz, and soul
Ho Put #16508
A Putumayo world Christmas
Ho Put #16734
Rideout, Bonnie
A Scottish Christmas
Ho Rid #11721
Simone
25 de diciembre
Ho Sim #22635
Sing Christmas and The turn of the year
Ho Sin #18074
Jazz
Baker, Anita
Christmas fantasy
Ho Bak #25009
Bending towards the light: a jazz Nativity
Ho Ben #16264
Brubeck, Dave
A Dave Brubeck Christmas
Ho Bru #20566
Fitzgerald, Ella
Ella Fitzgerald's Christmas
Ho Fit #21827
Have yourself a jazzy little Christmas
Ho Hav #5036
Manhattan Transfer
The Christmas album
Ho Man #13005
Marsalis, Wynton
Crescent City Christmas card
Ho Mar #2315
Reeves. Dianne
Christmas time is here
Ho Ree #28525
Singers Unlimited
Christmas
Ho Sin #15046
Squirrel Nut Zippers
Christmas caravan
Ho Squ #20578
Warner Bros. Jazz Christmas party
Ho War #21842
Wilson, Nancy
A Nancy Wilson Christmas
Ho Wil #18619
Yellowjackets
Peace round: a Christmas celebration
Ho Yel #21997
Classical Jazz Quartet
Tchaikovsky's The nutcracker
Jz Tch #20110
Kwanzaa
Note: A keyword search of "Kwanzaa music" in our online catalog will display many other recordings & audiovisuals found in the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh Children's Department, CLP branches, and other Allegheny County Public Libraries
Kwanzaa music
Ho Kwa #6826
New Age
Christmas wonder
Ho Bae #12557
Christmas moods
Ho Chr #21880
Lanz, David
Christmas Eve
Ho Lan #21796
Liebert, Ottmar
Christmas + Santa Fe
Ho Lie #17945
Simple gifts: a Windham Hill collection
Ho Sim #17935
Windham Hill Christmas : the night before Christmas
Ho Win #25329
A winter's solstice III
Ho Win #20720
One of several in the series...
Wright, Danny
Just Wright for Christmas
Ho Wri #15912
Winter, Paul
Wintersong
Na Win #1184
Winston, George
December
Na Win #3271
PITTSBURGH CHRISTMAS
Bach Choir of Pittsburgh
Cantate hodie Sing forth this day!
Ho Bac #30908
Botkin, Sara
The angel's Christmas : the many voices of Sara Botkin
Ho Bot #26989
Brailletones (Choral)
Traditional holiday carols
Ho Bra #31065
A classical Christmas (Instrumental)
Ho Pit #5445
Costa, Johnny (Jazz)
Christmas reflections : solo piano
Ho Cos #7040
Dear Friends (Folk)
Light & splendor: Christmas with the Dear Friends
Ho Dea #14807
Del Vikings (Rock)
It's Christmas time
Ho Del #20219
Duquesne University Chamber Singers
Need a little Christmas
Ho Duq #27069
Doktorski, Henry
Suite on four Polish carols : for accordion and string orchestra
Ho Dok #22809
Ferraro, Lisa Yvonne
Jazz up the holidays
Ho Fer 33652
Flashcats (Humorous)
Christmas record no. 10
Ho Fla #20696
Flashcats (Humorous)
Flashcat Christmas record #19
Ho Fla #20698
Furlow, George (Jazz)
Go tell it on the mountain : a saxophone Christmas
Ho Fur #26999
Gallagher, Rick (Jazz)
Snowriding
Ho Gal #33677
Heinz Chapel Choir
Christmas
Ho Hei #13457
Henny & the Versa J's (International)
Sharing our blessings
Ho Hen #33813
Home for the holidays : a collection of seasonal music, performed by Pittsburgh artists
Ho Hom #21856
Incarnation Academy (Choral)
Incarnation Academy presents Joy!
Ho Gla #30916
Kings Family Restaurants presents traditional Christmas favorites (Choral & Instrumental)
Ho Kin #25246
Maione, John G. (Folk)
A Christmas peace
Ho Mai #30898
Negri, Joe (Jazz)
Guitars for Christmas
Ho Neg #22164
Pittsburgh Boychoir
Welcome Yule!
Ho Pit #23306
Pittsburgh Camerata (Choral)
A Pittsburgh wassail : a Christmas celebration of our European heritage
Ho Pit #17441
Pittsburgh Symphony Brass
The spirit of Christmas
Ho Pit #22072
Rabid Fans (Humorous)
Christmas carols for Pittsburgh fans
Ho Rab #27000
River City Brass Band
Christmas!
Ho Riv #8203
Shadyside Presbyterian Church Chancel Choir
Angels we have heard
Ho Sha #30935
Taylor, B. E. (Vocal)
Christmas 2
Ho Tay #19501
R & B/Soul
Boyz II Men
Christmas interpretations
Ho Boy #15030
Brown, James
James Brown's funky Christmas
Ho Bro #20266
Handel's Messiah : a soulful celebration
Ho Han #4986
Jackson 5
Jackson 5 (The Christmas collection)
Ho Jac #25923
McKnight, Brian
Bethlehem
Ho McK #21789
A Motown Christmas
Ho Mot #21858
A Motown Christmas. Volume 2
Ho Mot #21859
My Christmas album
Ho My #21890
Neville, Aaron
Aaron Neville's soulful Christmas
No Nev #15031
The original soul Christmas
Ho Ori #21812
Robinson, Smokey
The season for miracles
Ho Rob #21884
The ultimate R & B Christmas
Ho Ult #21837
Rock/Pop
All-star Christmas
Ho All #16998
The big 80's Christmas
Ho Big #21845
Christmas songs
Ho Chr #17317
Christmas at the Patti
Ho Chr #21867
Divo
The Christmas collection
Ho Div #26993
A lump of coal
Ho Lum #21795
Maybe this Christmas too?
Ho May #21895
The ultimate Christmas album. Volume 4
Ho Ult #20590
A very special Christmas
Ho Ver #21808
Vocal
Anonymous 4
On Yoolis night: medieval carols & motets
Ho Ano #5168
Babyface
Christmas with Babyface
Ho Bab #22199
Bryson, Peabo
Christmas with you
Ho Bry #24720
Crawford, Michael
A Christmas album
Ho Cra #17994
Diamond, Neil
The Christmas album
Ho Dia #12139
Eder, Linda
Christmas stays the same
Ho Hom #21856
A gala Christmas in Vienna
Ho Gal #14574
Graves, Denyce
PBS presents Denyce Graves, a cathedral Christmas
Ho Gra #15249
The great voices of Christmas
Ho Gre #20574
Harris, Emmylou
Light of the stable : the Christmas album
Ho Har #26994
Irish Tenors
Home for Christmas
Ho Iri #15140
Stafford, Jo
The joyful season : the voices of Jo Stafford
Ho Sta #28246
Wilson, Brian
What I really want for Christmas
Ho Wil #26932
CHRISTMAS DVDs
Bach, Johann Sebastian
Christmas Oratorio
(DVD) M 2000 .B15 W27 2005x
A Bing Crosby Christmas : like the ones we used to know
(DVD) M1629.3.C5 B56 2001x
Brian Setzer Orchestra Christmas extravaganza!
(DVD) M1629.3.C5 B72 2005x
Celtic Woman
A Christmas celebration : live from Dublin
(DVD) M 1629.3 .C5 C465 2007x
Christmas goes Baroque : scenes from Switzerland ; Handel, the Messiah choruses
Mus G Chri
Christmas with Chanticleer
Mus G Chr
Collins, Judy
A Judy Collins Christmas at Biltmore Estate
(DVD) M1629.3.C5 J83 2004x
Connick, Harry
Harry for the holidays
(DVD) M1629.3.C5 H38 2004x
Handel, George Frediric
Messiah : the 250th anniversary performance
(DVD) M2000.H22 M34 2003x
Holiday greetings from the Ed Sullivan show
(DVD) M1629.3.C5 H65 2003x
Mahalia Jackson sings the songs of Christmas
(DVD) M 1629.3 .C5 M34 2005x
Menotti, Gian Carlo
Ahmal and the night visitors
(DVD) M 1500 .M543 A4 2007x
Ray Charles celebrates a gospel Christmas with the Voices of Jubilation
(DVD) M1629.3.C5 R39 2003x
Rieu, Andre
Christmas with André Rieu
Mus G Chr
The story of Silent night
(DVD) ML410.G94 S85 2003x
A taste of Chanukah : from Jordan Hall at the New England Conservatory
(DVD) M1850.T37 2006x
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