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22 Dec 12 - 10:53 AM (#3455772) Subject: It's not Christmas until I hear....... From: Wesley S It's not Christmas until I hear....... The Waverly Consort's Renaissance Christmas recording. What's Christmas until you've heard some Krumhorns and recorders? And then after that Diana Krall's Christmas CD for something cool and jazzy. What's on your "must hear" Christmas list? |
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22 Dec 12 - 11:47 AM (#3455798) Subject: RE: It's not Christmas until I hear....... From: fat B****rd Carols from King's on UK tv on Christmas Eve. The mass whinging about commercialization/muzak. |
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22 Dec 12 - 11:57 AM (#3455801) Subject: RE: It's not Christmas until I hear....... From: Valmai Goodyear The Mellstock Band's CD of West Gallery carols Under the Greenwood Tree. I have the original CD, but it's downloadable now. The other essential for me is Coppers at Christmas from the Copper Family. Valmai (Lewes) |
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22 Dec 12 - 12:22 PM (#3455810) Subject: RE: It's not Christmas until I hear....... From: Geoff the Duck Hail Smiling Morn. Quack! GtD. |
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22 Dec 12 - 12:23 PM (#3455811) Subject: RE: It's not Christmas until I hear....... From: Mick Pearce (MCP) For me it's the Boston Camerata's A Medieval Christmas. This has been my Christmas record since the 70s. It's not Christmas until I've heard Orientis Partibus. Mick |
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22 Dec 12 - 12:34 PM (#3455817) Subject: RE: It's not Christmas until I hear....... From: Bee-dubya-ell It's not Christmas for me until I hear my wife complain because I never play any Christmas music. |
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22 Dec 12 - 12:52 PM (#3455830) Subject: RE: It's not Christmas until I hear....... From: Bill D As I read this thread I am playing a long list of Christmas music (MP3s) from The Deller Consort. It may well become my standard. |
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22 Dec 12 - 12:59 PM (#3455832) Subject: RE: It's not Christmas until I hear....... From: SteveMansfield The sound of the annual pre-Christmas Morris meet at the Bird In Hand, Mobberley, Cheshire. Which, I'm pleased to say, means that Christmas starts at noon tomorrow! |
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22 Dec 12 - 03:37 PM (#3455899) Subject: RE: It's not Christmas until I hear....... From: alex s Slade. I'll get me coat... |
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22 Dec 12 - 03:42 PM (#3455901) Subject: RE: It's not Christmas until I hear....... From: Greg F. Santa's Gone On A Sleigh Ride by The Blenders. |
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22 Dec 12 - 07:35 PM (#3455971) Subject: RE: It's not Christmas until I hear....... From: Q (Frank Staplin) Willie K sing O Holy Night. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAMwsBPfRIc (Willie Kahaili'i) |
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22 Dec 12 - 07:59 PM (#3455984) Subject: RE: It's not Christmas until I hear....... From: oldhippie Christmas In The Trenches |
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22 Dec 12 - 08:22 PM (#3455989) Subject: RE: It's not Christmas until I hear....... From: pdq "Merry Christmas From the Family" by Robert Earl Keen, Jr. "Two-Step Around the Christmas Tree" by Suzy Bogguss "Somebody Stole My Santa Claus Suit" by Dan Hicks |
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22 Dec 12 - 08:37 PM (#3455994) Subject: RE: It's not Christmas until I hear....... From: Joe_F "O little town of Bethlehem" with honest harmony. Some years ago, I was in someone's car, and he put on a tape & remarked that it wouldn't be Christmas without Frank Sinatra singing Christmas carols. It was my first intimation that that ******** ****** ******** ******* was *allowed* to sing Christmas carols. It was a business occasion, so I kept my peace. |
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22 Dec 12 - 09:37 PM (#3456012) Subject: RE: It's not Christmas until I hear....... From: Artful Codger ...a Walmart blue light special for an animated trophy bass singing "All I Want for Christmas" and "Santa Baby". My find for the season was the Christmas Mass in F, previously accredited to Edmund Pascha (in whose musical collection it appeared) but now identified as the Missa pro festis Natalitiis by Father Gregorius Zrunek (1736-1789). It's a delightful melange of baroque mass and Czech folk tunes, with some interesting folk instrumentation. Notable is the frequent use of Lydian mode. It's usually recorded along with a selection of carols from another Pascha collection, which are also quite delightful--wish I could find the words to some. Some Czech carols from the Pascha collection: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jz_NrrjBf8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUzZ36sMKVk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6J1ewM-JEY |
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22 Dec 12 - 10:26 PM (#3456030) Subject: RE: It's not Christmas until I hear....... From: ChanteyLass The Nutcracker Ballet. |
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22 Dec 12 - 10:59 PM (#3456043) Subject: RE: It's not Christmas until I hear....... From: Mike in Brunswick Nowell Sing We Clear Mike |
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22 Dec 12 - 11:04 PM (#3456045) Subject: RE: It's not Christmas until I hear....... From: GUEST,leeneia Thanks, Artful, for the info about the Czech music. I shall explore that further. I've just returned from visiting family because my husband's mother died. The funeral was yesterday. Sometimes, I would slip away from the group and play mountain dulcimer: Angels we have heard on high Little drummer boy (a work in progress) Jingle Bells (for the resident 11-year-old) Pastorale from the Messiah (still learning it) |
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22 Dec 12 - 11:12 PM (#3456048) Subject: RE: It's not Christmas until I hear....... From: LadyJean "The Chieftains Bells of Dublin" I heard "People Look East" today, which is my favorite advent hynn. |
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22 Dec 12 - 11:19 PM (#3456051) Subject: RE: It's not Christmas until I hear....... From: Q (Frank Staplin) Artful Codger and Leeneia, enjoyed the Christmas Mass and the Pascha carols. New to me. I went hunting for the Mass on record. All Pascha (or Zrunek) are difficult to locate. I found the Christmas Mass (plus carols) through Amazon.com, but delivered from a dealer in Spain, $27.95. My usual suppliers (Europadisc and Crochet) came up dry. Used copies are available but not for delivery to Canada (or U.S.?) I have downloaded from youtube, but I wanted a cd copy. I noticed that youtube has the Ryba. I have a copy, another great work. |
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22 Dec 12 - 11:35 PM (#3456055) Subject: RE: It's not Christmas until I hear....... From: gnu ... me say, "Thanks again. It was a delicious meal, as usual. Goodbye. Let's do it again next year. See you then." And then, as I ride out of sight, "BAhhhh, humbuggers!" I hate Kissmeass these days. When there were wee ones on the go, I loved it... top notch. Now, when I hear any carols, I cringe... I grinch. |
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23 Dec 12 - 12:58 AM (#3456066) Subject: RE: It's not Christmas until I hear....... From: Artful Codger More thread creep... Q, if you go to Amazon, select the Music store and enter "Edmund Pascha", they have at least four recordings obtainable in CD form (in the US--I can't speak for Canada, but I doubt they could not be shipped there). Though most are from resellers, one of them (by Musica Bohemica) is handled directly by Amazon rather than resellers or partners. http://www.amazon.com/Edmund-Pascha-Christmas-Mass-Carols/dp/B003WJRPAE I was going to mention the Ryba mass as well, but though quite tuneful, it doesn't grab me as much, and figured anyone listening to the other clips would notice it in the suggested clips list. If you want to explore further afield for Czech Christmas music, I suggest searching for the playlists "Ancient Czech Christmas Music" (43 clips, which include the Pascha/Zrunek and Ryba masses and carols) and "Czech and Moravian Carols" (23 clips, with multiple songs in each clip). |
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23 Dec 12 - 01:31 AM (#3456068) Subject: RE: It's not Christmas until I hear....... From: JennieG Chanteylass, I have just watched the San Francisco Ballet's production of The Nutcracker (or the crutnacker as Himself calls it) - a superb production, the dancing was amazing and the costumes were scrumptious! It was shown on TV this afternoon. Cheers JennieG |
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23 Dec 12 - 03:01 AM (#3456081) Subject: RE: It's not Christmas until I hear....... From: mg Christmas Rose and Bing Crosby singing. |
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23 Dec 12 - 05:44 AM (#3456099) Subject: RE: It's not Christmas until I hear....... From: Marje There are some of Pascha's carols on Spotify, so thanks for that, Codger, I'm enjoyng them now. The one track I need to play every year is this one from Rachmaninov's vespers: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPJ3wxBxjAo Listen to those low bass notes! I also have a tape of Yorkshire pub carols that will be played every year as long as I have a cassette player. Marje |
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23 Dec 12 - 08:11 AM (#3456133) Subject: RE: It's not Christmas until I hear....... From: JJ Leroy Anderson's "A Christmas Festival." And "Amahl and the Night Visitors." |
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23 Dec 12 - 10:16 AM (#3456164) Subject: RE: It's not Christmas until I hear....... From: Elmore White Christmas by Clyde McPhatter and the Drifters. |
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23 Dec 12 - 01:40 PM (#3456202) Subject: RE: It's not Christmas until I hear....... From: Mysha ... the bells of our church. Mysha |
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23 Dec 12 - 03:50 PM (#3456244) Subject: RE: It's not Christmas until I hear....... From: fat B****rd Right with you there,Elmore. I love that version. |
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23 Dec 12 - 04:06 PM (#3456247) Subject: RE: It's not Christmas until I hear....... From: Peter Kasin Until I hear my favorite recording of The Messiah: Otto Klemperer conducting, w/ Nicolai Gedda, Elizabeth Schwarzkopf, and the great Jerome Hines, bass. -Chanteyranger |
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23 Dec 12 - 05:20 PM (#3456280) Subject: RE: It's not Christmas until I hear....... From: Tattie Bogle The Greentrax BAH HUMBUG CD will be out again, plus some Kipper family - "Arrest these merry gentlemen" and "Gaudy Tree" for some "alternative" Christmas songs. (Many of these in the DT or on searchable threads). Mike Oldfield's "In Dulce Jubilo" for sheer exuberance and way-out guitar. Some Maddy Prior and the Carnival band. Then in my "classical" collection. The Praetorius Christmas Mass, and the Czech one by Jacob Jan Ryba, and Handel's Messiah. And somewhere we have a CD of my daughter's High School choir, ca 1992, with a lovely rendering of "O Holy Night". |
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23 Dec 12 - 05:43 PM (#3456291) Subject: RE: It's not Christmas until I hear....... From: freda underhill cicadas... |
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24 Dec 12 - 12:06 PM (#3456569) Subject: RE: It's not Christmas until I hear....... From: Crowhugger A rousing gospel version of "Rise Up, Shepherd, and Follow." Not the hideous muzak versions I hear in piped-in seasonal mixes. |
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24 Dec 12 - 04:34 PM (#3456661) Subject: RE: It's not Christmas until I hear....... From: JedMarum Banjos We Have Heard on High |