Christmas Music
Posted by: Eloise on 29 November 2016
Okay ... its coming to that time of year and once again I'm fed up with a musical diet of mistletoe and wine.
So what are your favourite Christmas albums?
Richter does it for many people, it's true, but the classical music world was a different country back in the 50s/60s, before period instruments and performance style started to take over. If Richter inhabits a sound world which isn't to your taste, JEG might be worth a listen:
...or there's this very reasoned and interesting sift through the main versions on the Gramophone website: http://www.gramophone.co.uk/fe...ch-recording-is-best
Whilst we're in this neck of the woods, I'd also like to put in a shout for Incarnation by Paul McCreesh and the Gabrieli Consort (SIGCD346):
A collection of some very old and some very new choral music on the theme of Christmas. Incredibly controlled yet passionate performances in the fabulous acoustic of Douai Abbey (I've sung there many a time, and it's a joy).
Mark
This is a pretty wonderful recording -
We like this one. It has some humour in it.
Just been putting up the tree so had to have some tunes
pushed my luck with last one so to restore domestic harmony
Handel - Messiah (1751 ver.) 44.1/24 HDTracks.
A Louis Armstrong & friends What a Wonderful Xmas CD
From the sublime to the ridiculous. We love all these.
Low - Christmas
A favorite in our house for, what, forty years. Originally there were two vinyl records, but now the CD reissues combine songs from both volumes.
This is a great series, the 5th CD in the set was released this year, they are all good
Could well be my only Christmas album...for ever!!
my wife picked up a copy of the Pickwick Records reissue of Elvis' Christmas Album -- for $1 from the charity shop where she volunteers -- which was way more entertaining than i expected. two things about this version: 1) it gets right down to business and has Blue Christmas as the first track, unlike the original release, and 2) it ends with "Mama Liked the Roses", which has nothing to do wth Christmas (guess they ran out of material) but is a nice break from the holiday stuff.
On original 78
joe9407 posted:my wife picked up a copy of the Pickwick Records reissue of Elvis' Christmas Album -- for $1 from the charity shop where she volunteers -- which was way more entertaining than i expected. two things about this version: 1) it gets right down to business and has Blue Christmas as the first track, unlike the original release, and 2) it ends with "Mama Liked the Roses", which has nothing to do wth Christmas (guess they ran out of material) but is a nice break from the holiday stuff.
Snap, almost!
Dug it out of my parents' all-but-forgotten vinyl collection, so no idea where it came from. A visit to Camden, maybe? Has the same first and last tracks, though, and presumably the others are the same too.
When I found it and gave it a clean a couple of months ago, I put it aside, not to be played until the appropriate time of year. I suppose it's getting on for the time when I should give it a spin.
I forgot this one. One of my favorites this year.
Don't even remember buying this LP !?