BBC Music November 2022

Our Christmas cover star is the soprano Diana Damrau. The German chanteuse tells Rebecca Franks how she is celebrating the festive season: with a new recording that recalls the Christmas music of her Bavarian childhood.

Elsewhere in the magazine, we give some thought to that all-important question: what is the perfect music to get yourself in the Christmas mood? Ten of our writers including Stephen Johnson, Richard Morrison, Tom Service and Natasha Loges reveal the music that gets them feeling festive.