Best classical Christmas releases 2016 – review

The best new festive releases, from Kansas City to Wells CathedralDigging through the snowdrift of Christmas CDs released at this time of year can be heavy work, with rejects from cathedral and chapel choirs that should know better piling up in the search for something distinctive to accompany the mince pies and mulled wine.Leaving aside the Dunedin Consort’s first-rate Christmas Oratorio (Linn), already released to rapturous reviews and in a class all its own, the most interesting festive