In a follow-up to her acclaimed album of Mahler songs, Christiane Karg takes us on a Christmas tour, in the select company of fellow music makers.

Revisiting holiday memories through the eyes of a child, but with the benefit of her superb artistry as a lieder specialist, the German soprano shines a light on some enchanting rarities of German and French repertoire, along with examples of Spanish, Basque, and Scandinavian traditions.

A treasure trove of hidden gems.

• Chaminade: Le Noël des Oiseaux, W297
• Cornelius: Christbaum, Op. 8 No. 1
• Cornelius: Es strahlt am Himmelsrande
• Cornelius: Weihnachtslieder (6), Op. 8: Drei Kön'ge wandern aus Morgenland
• Fauré: Noël Op. 43 No. 1
• Gounod: Chantez Noël
• Grieg: Julens Vuggesang, EG 155 (text: Adolf Langsted)
• Humperdinck: Das Licht der Welt, EHWV 132
• Humperdinck: Weihnachten
• Marx: Christbaum
• Mendelssohn: Weihnachtslied
• Nin: Villancico murciano
• Nin: Villancico Vasco (from Villancicos Españolas)
• Ravel: Noël des jouets
• Rossini: La Nuit de Noël (from Péchés de vieillesse)
• Saint-Saëns: La Madonna col Bambino
• Schumann: Weihnachtslied Op. 79/17
• Sibelius: En etsi valtaa, loistoa (text: Zacharias Topelius), Op. 1 No. 4
• Strauss, R: Die heiligen drei Könige aus Morgenland Op. 56 No. 6
• Strauss, R: Weihnachtsgefühl, WoO. 94
• Toldrà: Cantareillo