The Nutcracker by Vainonen after Petipa and Ivanov, music by Tchaikovsky

Alina Somova (Masha the Princess), Vladimir Shklyarov (The Nutcracker Prince), Alexandra Korshunova (Masha)... – Mariinsky Theater Ballet Company

• Mariinsky Theatre (St. Petersburg, Russia)

Philippe Herreweghe conducts Bach's Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248

Collegium Vocale Gent

• Palais des Beaux-Arts, Salle Henry Le Boeuf (Brussels, Belgium)

Gloria in Excelsis Deo: A Christmas Concert by Thomas Clamor and the Sächsische Bläserphilharmonie – With Ruth Ziesac

Joined by the Rundfunk-Jugendchor Wernigerode and Ensemble Sonora

• Church of St Mary (Marienberg, Germany)

Coppélia by Patrice Bart, music by Léo Delibes

With Dorothée Gilbert (Swanilda), José Martinez (Coppélius) and Mathias Heymann (Frantz)

Giselle, Les Sylphides, Coppélia – Ballets

With Rudolf Nureyev, Nadia Nerina and Margot Fonteyn

Nutcracker by Patrice Bart after Marius Petipa, music by Tchaikovsky

Daniel Barenboim (conductor) – Staatsoper Berlin

• Staatsoper Berlin (Berlin, Germany)

Gennadi Rozhdestvensky conducts Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker

BBC Proms, 1981

• Royal Albert Hall (London, Great Britain)

Valery Gergiev conducts Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 1, "Winter Daydreams"

Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra: The complete Tchaikovsky symphonies

• Salle Pleyel (Paris, France)

Simon Carrington teaches Handel: Choruses from "Messiah"

Treasures of the Masterclass Media Foundation

• The Three Choirs Festival (Three Counties, Great Britain)

Jauchzet, frohlocket!

A documentary on Bach's Christmas Oratorio featuring Sir John Eliot Gardiner