The London Philharmonic Orchestra has entered the the holiday-music market with the release of a compilation album, Christmas in London.
Big orchestras rarely produce such seasonally oriented records, and the LPO does it with a playlist running from the standards ("White Christmas," "O Holy Night," "The Drummer Boy") to the Norwegian "Stjernesludd" and "Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming."
Soloists include Kati Raitinen, cello; Urban Agnas, trumpet, and Cecilia Zilliacus, violin.