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Holiday music

  • Tobias Zeutschner “Weihnachtshistorie” worth rediscovery

    Dec 20th, 2021 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: Baroque music, CD Review, Classical music, CPO, Holiday music, Manfred Cordes, Noteworthy Release, Tobias Zeutschner, Weser-Renaissance

    Two things I’m always on the lookout for. One, composers I’ve not heard of before. And two, classical Christmas music I’ve not heard before. So of COURSE I was excited to audition Weihnachtshistorie by Tobias Zeutschner. And I wasn’t disappointed. Zeutschner (1621-1675) was a Polish composer and poet, active mainly in Silesia. He was a […]

  • An Oxford Christmas With All the Trimmings

    Dec 6th, 2021 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: Albion Records, CD Review, Chapel Choir of the Royal Hospital Chelsea, Classical music, Holiday music, Noteworthy Release, Ralph Vaughan Williams, William Vann

    This release is the companion volume to Albion’s 2016 “Vaughan Williams Christmas” album. This time, the selections come primarily from the Oxford Book of Carols. This 1928 publication was extremely influential. Vaughan Williams’ carol arrangements for this book turn up in many protestant hymnals. Some that is, but not all. And that’s what makes this […]

  • We Banjo 3 guide us through A Winter Wonderful, December 3

    Dec 1st, 2021 | By WTJU
    Tags: A Winter Wonderful, Folk Music, Holiday music, Sunset Road, Track By Track, We Banjo 3, WTJU, WTJU Folk

    Members of Irish group We Banjo 3 will stop by Sunset Road this Friday afternoon to go track by track through their first ever holiday album, A Winter Wonderful, out that very day. The Galway Ireland band has toured the USA several times a year in recent years, building a passionate and loyal following, though […]

  • Kölner Akademie continues excellent Telemann Christmas series

    Nov 29th, 2021 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: Baroque music, CD Review, choral music, Classical music, CPO, Georg Philipp Telemann, Holiday music, Kölner Akademie, Michael Alexander Willens

    This volume features two Advent and two Christmas cantatas by Georg Philipp Telemann. The difference between these liturgical seasons has blurred over time. But in the 1700s there was a clear difference. Advent was the season anticipated the birth of Christ — hopeful, but waiting. Christmas marked the arrival of Christ, and the twelve days […]

  • Newberry Consort’s lively Mexican Christmas

    Nov 22nd, 2021 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: Baroque music, CD Review, Chamber music, Classical music, EnsAmble Ad-Hoc, Holiday music, Navona Records, Newberry Consort, Noteworthy Release

    This is a live recording of a December concert given by the Newberry Consort. The program blends two strains of 17th Century Mexican music. One is the European-inspired sacred music of the church. The second is the folk-inspired music of the streets. This recording captures the raw energy and exquisite beauty of the performances. The […]

  • Michael Praetorius Christmas music given exceptional performances

    Nov 15th, 2021 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: Baroque music, CD Review, choral music, Classical music, Holiday music, Michael Creed, Michael Praetorius, SWR Classics, SWR Vokalensemble

    Quick. Name a Michael Praetorius Christmas carol. OK, now name another besides “Lo, How a Rose Er Blooming.” There are several — as this release shows. Praetorius was a major contributor of music to the early Lutheran church. He published nine volumes of Musae Sioniae, collections of Lutheran chorales. And amongst this music were chorales […]

  • An Elizabethan Christmas – Fretwork’s gift to all

    Nov 8th, 2021 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: CD Review, Classical music, early music, Fretwork, Helen Charlston, Holiday music, Noteworthy Release, renaissance music, Signum Classics

    Fretwork marks its 35th anniversary with this holiday release. Although “holiday release” hardly describes this album. The celebration of Christmas was quite different than it is today. In fact, it was quite different from the Victorian Christmas traditions that now define the holiday. Advent, the time leading up to Christmas, was a time for mediation, […]

  • Christian Friedrich Ruppe cantatas have broad appeal

    Dec 24th, 2020 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: CD Review, choral music, Christian Friedrich Ruppe, Classical music, Ensemble Bouzignac, Francine van der Heyden, Holiday music, Jed Wentz, Karin van der Poel, Mitchel Sandler, Musica ad Rhemm, Otto Bouwknegt

    Handel wrote “Messiah” to benefit the London Foundlings Hospital and it’s now a holiday standard. Christian Friedrich Ruppe wrote his cantatas to benefit an orphan’s home in Leiden. After their initial performances, they remained unheard for 250 years. Ruppe wrote the Christmas and Easter cantatas on this release for the Holy Spirit of Poor Orphans […]

  • Seasonal Serenity from Brian Galante and Stephen Paulus

    Dec 21st, 2020 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: Brian Galante, CD Review, choral music, Classical music, Delos, Holiday music, Robert Taylor, Stephen Paulus, Taylor Festival Choir

    This release features two world premiere recordings: Brian Galante’s “So Hallow’d the Time,”  and Stephen Paulus’ “Christmas Dances.” They couldn’t be in better hands. Robert Taylor’s ensemble, the Taylor Festival Choir sings with a clean, translucent sound that resonates with the deep spirituality of these works. “So Hallow’d the Time” is a quiet contemplation on […]

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