The Spirit of Christmas, released in 1959 and performed by the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, represents a significant moment in the history of recorded sacred music, not only for its musical content but also for its place in the early era of stereo recording.

• Christmas with Chet Atkins
• Christmas Joy - George Melachrino and His Orchestra

This release of the final night of the 1952 Curran Theatre run of shows (May 26-June 22, 1952) is based on a new high-resolution restoration of a set of transcription discs fortuitously found in pristine condition, digitized with the best choice of stylus and carefully pitch-corrected.

Coleman Hawkins and His Orchestra captures him at a moment of renewed vitality: mature, assured, and quietly adventurous, leading a small group of musicians who share both his sense of discipline and his appetite for exploration.