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As Advent draweth nigh, I recommend to you:

Naxos Musical Advent Calendars 1 & 2 (Android OS)

A new day, a new piece of classical music — FREE!

Naxos musical apps for Advent feature 25 complete tracks behind numbered doors. Each day, a new door is ‘unlocked’ to reveal a new piece of seasonal music from Naxos’s classical music catalogue.

Tap on a door a day … is it a Christmas carol or an instrumental piece? Is it an old favourite or a new discovery?

Celebrate the Advent season with a delightful selection of music tracks from Naxos!

“Naxos is simply an amazing company.” — Fanfare, 2013

FEATURES
· 25 complete tracks — over 1 hour — of classical music.
· Excellent performances.
· Replay any track as many times as you like.
· All music available offline.
· Simple and quick to use.

Naxos Musical Advent Calendar 1 (2013, in green)
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.naxosaudiobooks.adventcalendar

MUSIC INCLUDES ‘Ding, dong, merrily on high’, Vivaldi’s Gloria, Mozart’s ‘Sleigh Ride’, ‘In dulci jubilo’ and Handel’s ‘Messiah’ among much-loved classics and lesser-known gems!

Naxos Musical Advent Calendar 2 (2014, in blue)
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.naxosaudiobooks.adventcalendar2014

MUSIC INCLUDES ‘Gabriel’s Message’, Tchaikovsky’s ‘Nutcracker’, Bach’s ‘Christmas Oratorio’ and Adams’ ‘O Holy Night’ among much-loved classics and lesser-known gems!

Nota bene: Both apps were last updated on November 9, 2015. I have just installed both of them on my phone and they are both playing without problem. I recommend them to you for your consideration and seasonal classical musical enjoyment.

(They are also available for iOS. See https://www.naxos.com/catalogue/apps/default.asp)

I had been disappointed to find both that both of these were no longer in the Google Play store, so I went to the Naxos website directly and clicked on … dead links. Thus, it was that I e-mailed Naxos customer service to say how much I had enjoyed them last year, was so sorry to see that they had disappeared, and that I hoped they would see fit to bring them back.

Et pis voilà, mesdames et messieurs: I just got an e-mail that both Naxos classical music Advent Calendars have been restored to the Google Play store. I just went and checked on both, and Deibus gratias!.