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Bach Collegium Japan and Masaaki Suzuki have sung of the wonders of Christmas a number of times, in Bachs cantatas and Christmas Oratorio as well as in Handels Messiah. Here, instead, we hear the choir a cappella in a selection of classic Christmas carols. Masato Suzuki, son of the ensembles founder and director, has selected some of the best-loved songs of Christmas, such as Adeste fideles and Silent Night, as well as less familiar hymns, arranging them especially for these singers. A consummate organist, he also performs a number of Louis-Claude Daquins noëls variés keyboard variations on Christmas songs which became a highly popular genre in 18th-century France.