Simply Christmas

Simply Christmas

Simply Christmas

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Composer: James Pierpont
Composer: George Frederick Handel
Composer: Christmas Traditional
Composer: Arcangelo Corelli
Composer: Adolphe Adam
Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
Composer: Richard Storrs Willis
Composer: Franz Xaver Gruber
Composer: Franz [Vienna] Schubert
Composer: Irving Berlin
Composer: Francesco Manfredini
Composer: Charles Gounod
Conductor: Hartmut Haenchen
Performer: Terrance Barber
Performer: Michel Legrand
Orchestra: Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Chamber Orchestra
Performer: Katia Labèque
Performer: Marielle Labèque
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2005-10-11
Music Label: Sony
Soundtracks:

Jingle Bells
Joy To The World
Greensleeves (What Child Is This?)
Angels We Have Heard On High
Concerto Grosso In G Minor, Op.6 No.8 'Christmas Concerto': III. Adagio-Allegro-Adagio
O Holy Night
Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring
Il Est Ne Le Divin Enfant
It Came Upon The Midnight Clear
Silent Night
Ave Maria
Peace/I Saw Three Ships
Deck The Halls
White Christmas
Concerto Grosso Per Il Santissimo Natale In C Major, Op.3 No.12: I. Pastorale. Largo
Concerto Grosso In G Minor, Op.6 No.8 'Christmas Concerto': V. Allegro
Concerto Grosso In G Minor, Op.6 No.8 'Christmas Concerto': VI. Largo. Pastorelle Ad Libitum
Prelude No.1/Ave Maria

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Music Review: An enjoyable classical Christmas sampler
Rating: 4 Stars

This mid-price CD from Sony/BMG Masterworks is worth the price of admission if only for the five hard-to-find tracks featuring the trio of Jean-Pierre Rampal (flute), Alexandre Lagoya (guitar), and Michel Legrand (piano). "Jingle Bells" and "Deck the Halls" are both given original arrangements which sound like a mix of jazz and classical - sort of like the jazz suites of Claude Bolling - with the three musicians playing off each other. The other three tracks featuring the trio ("What Child Is This", "Silent Night", and "Il es ne le divin enfant") are more traditional in their arrangements but still feature some unique playing. It's wonderful that these tracks are available again.

In addition to the Rampal-Lagoya-Legrand tracks there is some beautiful harp featured on eight tracks. Ayako Shinozaki performs five tracks solo and teams up with Kazuko Shinozaki for two duets. There is also a duet between harpist Catrin Finch and counter tenor Terrance Barber.

Guitarist Ottmar Liebert performs a pleasant rendition of "I Saw Three Ships" supported by bass and other instruments in a recording that sounds like it would have been right at home on a Windham Hill "Winter's Solstice" CD.

More traditional "classical" performances are heard in the three movements from Corelli's Concerto grosso in g minor, Op. 6, No 8 - the "Christmas Concerto" and the piano duet performance of Bach's "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring".

Over an hour of enjoyable music that becomes essential for the Rampal, Lagoya, Legrand performances.

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