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 Traditional English folk music, 2009-11-16
Johnny Coppin has been recording folk music since the sixties, sometimes recording original material but at other times, as on this Christmas album , reviving traditional songs or taking traditional poems and setting music to them. Although Johnny claims at least co-credits (for the musical arrangements) on all the tracks, he didn't actually write any new songs for the album. At the time he recorded it, Johnny Coppin lived in Gloucestershire, and I believe he still does. He clearly loves the west country, a region that covers Gloucestershire, Wiltshire, Dorset, Somerset, Devon and Cornwall. There are a few big towns and cities, though much of the region is rural while there is also plenty of coastline. The poems (by Thomas Hardy and others) and songs to emanate from the region reflect the diversity therein.
Johnny provides liner notes including brief comments on each song as well as an introduction covering the album as a whole. He suggests that some songs may be familiar while others may not. In fact, there is only one truly famous song here, that being O little town of Bethlehem. This internationally famous song is apparently of Cornish origin although an American (Bishop Brooks) wrote the lyrics, so it definitely belongs here.
Far removed from the mainstream of Christmas (or any other) music, this relaxing, mellow album will appeal to those who enjoy traditional folk music. Johnny Coppin later recorded another album A country Christmas, in which he explores traditional Christmas music without restricting himself to any particular region. I haven't heard that album but I hope to one day.
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Cambridge The Choir of King's College,
David Willcocks
Superb renditions and unrivalled ambience, 2010-01-01
Because my extensive CD collection was sadly bereft of any Christmas music I decided to rectify that situation, and this year I purchased the following Christmas CDs:
i) A Classic Christmas
ii) The John Rutter Christmas Album
iii) Nöel - Christmas at Kings
iv) Legends Christmas Collection
If I were to rank this CD amongst those four, I would put it firmly in first position; the clear winner.
Whilst I do note the varied recording quality is a negative issue with some purchasers, for me it is exactly the opposite. How magical to find that on this wonderful CD there are recordings from as far back as 1959! FIFTY YEARS AGO... What joy! What an honour to be able to put these discs in one's player and drift back to an age when the world was on the cusp of modernity, when society still had structure, morals and the social contract was still firmly in place. It is amazing to think that those youngsters who sang so beautifully on these varied recordings and fathers and possible grandfathers, what an amazing thought!
It is rare to find such a slice of history that has stood the test of time so well and remains as appropriate and joyous to the listening audience today as it did half a century back. Surely this CD does, and is a definite must for anyone interested in not only English Christmas Music, but also the wider historical and anthropological reverberations.
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A CD everyone must own, 2010-08-14
I didnt really own any christmas cd's until buying this one, and it was well worth waiting for.
Everyone should own this album!!!
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Janet Baker
Dame Janet Baker, 2002-08-02
This is a wonderful CD of classic English folk songs that with be remembered by many who where at school in the 60's. The track "linden lea" by Vaughn Williams is the quintessential English country folk song full of late summer warmth and longing for days gone by. Dame Jane's' voice is perfection personified and will bring a tear to the eye, well worth every penny.
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The John Rutter Christmas Album brings together most of the composer's Christmas songs and carols as well as several of his festive choral arrangements, including a rousing "Joy to the World" and the energetic "I saw three ships". Most of the 23 tracks have been taken from extant discs on Rutter's Collegium label although two, "Dormi, Jesu" and "Sans Day carol", were recorded especially for this release. Rutter's first two published compositions, written while he was still a teenager, were Christmas pieces for choir, namely the glorious "Nativity Carol" and the infectious "Shepherd's Pipe Carol". Although very different in character, these two carols (for which Rutter also wrote the test) display the composer's sense of joy and wonder at the Christmas story. More than 30 years later, those sentiments are still there in pieces such as the melting "Dormi, Jesu", commissioned by King's College, Cambridge for the 1999 Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols. Under the direction of the composer, the youthful voices of the Cambridge Singers are on sparkling form, as are the City of London Sinfonia and vocal soloists Gerald Finley and Stephen Varcoe. This album deserves to be pla...
Rutters Christmas Album, 2010-01-30
We heard this Album at a friends house over the Christmas period and having found a copy available on Amazon deceided to go for it and have not been disappointed. Beautiful to listen to,
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 Ballet Music That's Both Contemporary and Tuneful, 2003-01-31
I've never had the good fortune to see the Northern Ballet Theatre. But their habit of creating ballets based on literary or theatrical masterpieces has always intrigued me. On this sampler are excerpts from three works. Cinderella contrasts lively tunes from the folk tradition with music that's truly magical. Both styles are very appropriate to a fairy tale. (And, I confess, more to my liking than Prokofiev's Cinderella - the dissonance that's so effective in Romeo and Juliet never works for me in Cinderella.) The Brontes is based on the biography of the literary family rather than a work of fiction. I like the moods, but since I don't really know the story I don't know how effective the music is. A Christmas Carol is fun even if you don't think about the Dickens story - it's a wonderful medley of Christmas music. All in all, this CD is a wonderful reminder that ballet is not frozen in some 19th century time warp - there's a lot to like about contemporary ballet, including the music.
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A bargain !, 2010-04-04
This is a wonderful collection of carols,sets the right mood for Christmas and the singing is amazing.
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City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra
This new recording on the Naxos label makes a pleasant change from the usual seasonal compilations of hymns or pop songs. It takes its name from the most substantial work on the disc--Victor Hely-Hutchinson's A Carol Symphony--which is complemented with three other symphonic pieces based on Christmas music. First up is Bryan Kelly's Improvisations on Christmas Carols, a five-movement work based on well-known tunes such as "Past three o'clock" and "I saw three ships". Hely-Hutchinson's work follows. It is symphonic in structure and based on popular carols too, the highlight being the slow third movement where the spine-tingling "Coventry Carol" melts into a magical arrangement of "The First Nowell". Arrangements by Philip Lane of Warlock and traditional English wassails break up the carolling before Patric Standford's A Christmas Carol Symphony rounds off the disc. It's rousing opening movement combines three jolly carols--"Deck the Halls", "Ding dong merrily on high" and "God rest ye merry gentlemen"--before "Away in a manger" takes over for the second. The grand finale brings together a myriad of carols and songs--I counted nine, but there could be more....
Loved this item -well recorded and reproduced, 2010-08-22
Bought this for Christmas morning and during the afternoon when the family were dining, sound very festive in the back ground and added something to the mood of the day.
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