Compiled by Robert Gower, 35 favorites, including famous arrangements by Sumsion, Purvis, Willcocks, Willan, Lloyd-Webber, Hancock, and many more.

Contents: Johann Michael Bach: Chorale Prelude on 'In dulci jubilo', Johann Sebastian Bach:Chorale Prelude on 'In dulci jubilo', Sinfonia from the Christmas Oratorio, Aria 'Schlafe, mein Liebster', Chorale Prelude on 'Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland', Chorale Prelude on 'Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme', Dietrich Buxtehude: Chorale Fantasia on 'Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern', Chorale Prelude on 'In dulci jubilo', Howard Blake: 'Walking in the air', Mark Blatchly: Three Versets on 'Away in a manger', Johannes Brahms: Chorale Prelude on 'Es ist ein Ros' entsprungen', Andrew Carter: Toccata (on 'Veni Emmanuel'), Archangelo Corelli: Pastorale from the Christmas Concerto, Louis-Claude Daquin:Noël, Suisse Noël, Alexandre Guilmant: Offertoire sur Deux Noëls, Handel:Hallelujah Chorus, Pifa (Pastoral Symphony from Messiah), Gerre Hancock: Fanfare on 'Antioch', John Ireland: The Holy Boy, Sigfried Karg-Elert: Chorale Prelude on 'Resonet in laudibus', Carol Henry Ley: Cradle Song, W.S. Lloyd-Webber: Interlude on the Coventry Carol, Philip Marshall: Prelude on 'Forest Green', Franz Liszt: Die hirten an der Krippe, Harrison Oxley: Prelude on 'Whence is that goodly fragrance?', Johann Pachelbel: Chorale Prelude on 'Vom Himmel hoch, da komm' ich her', Gordon Phillips: Prelude on 'O little town of Bethlehem', Richard Purvis: Prelude on 'Greensleeves', John Rutter: Prelude on 'God rest you merry, gentlemen', Herbert Sumsion: Prelude on 'The holly and the ivy', Healey Willan: Prelude on 'This endris nyght', David Willcocks:Finale on 'Hark, the herald angels sing', Prelude on 'Irby', Helmut Walcha: Chorale Prelude on 'Den die Hirten lobten sehre', Russell Schulz-Widmar: Prelude on the Sussex Carol, Pietro Yon: Pastorale 'Gesù Bambino'

You will reach for this book over and over. 1995, Oxford University Press; 140 pgs, softcover.