What else are you going to do on a cold, wintry, January night? It’s the perfect time to put on some Schoenberg and really listen.

There’s a brand new set of CDs from Sony that will give you hours of 12-tone listening pleasure. Other goodies to buy this holiday season for a loved one (and I hope that includes yourself) include the complete recordings of Carlos Chavez, a stunning debut album from Kansas City-bred violinist Maria Ioudenitch and a new recording from Jordi Savall that wraps medieval Europe, Armenia, Turkey, Syria and Israel in a warm musical embrace.