Seattle Times
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12/10/01

Classical gifts for the holidays

By Melinda Bargreen
Seattle Times music critic

It's the holiday season, and time to find out which CDs are worth your hard-earned dollars. We've organized some shortlists of the excellent ones in several categories — good luck and happy listening! [. . .]

"The Millennia Collection," Christmas Classics (609-886-6540, www.christmasclassics.com): Two gorgeous book/CD combinations that could become family heirlooms: "Best-Loved Christmas Carols," with a CD, a song book and a fine-art history book ($39.95); and "American Christmas Classics," with three CDs, lyrics and another beautiful book of carol history ($59.95).