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Wow! Thanks Larry! A heck of a lot of
thought went into this! I'm going Christmas music shopping
tomorrow!
One time my in-laws visited and gave us a
2-record Christmas album by the Mormon Tabernacle Choir which we had to listen
to for three days. After they left, I snuck downtown and put the album in the
night drop of the public library. "We are sorry we cannot give this album a
good home, but we know you will give it a good home." We didn't sign the
note.
Glad and sorry you brought this up....it stirs a lot of emotion about
the "pap" that's passed off as "Christmas"
music
here are a few of my personal favorites .......
- Praetorius "Christmette" ... Paul McCreesh and the
Gabriellie Consort
- Charpentier "In Nativitatem Dominin Canticum" with
William Christie
- Heinrish Schutz "Weihnachtshistorie" with Howard
Arman
- Bach "Weihnachtsoratorium" with
Harnoncourt
- Can't find my copy of McCreesh's recent CD (a few years old now )
of Gabriellie's Venetian Christmas Music .... exact title escapes
me.
- The Chieftains " The Bells of Dublin" with Burgess
Meredith et al
- Charlie Browns Christmas with the late Vince Guaraldi and his Trio
- Cant forget Sir David Wilcock's
Christmas Carols from King's College Cambridge
- And if you can find it........while
not music per say .....Dylan Thomas reading "a Childs Christmas in
Wales"
Yes there is lot of junk out there but there is also a wonderful
assortment of "good music" unfortunately all we hear in the malls
etc, is the inferior stuff.
Saw the Tallis Scholars Christmas Concert on Saturday night last
.......now there's music that puts you in the mood.
Larry
B.C.
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