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A Christmas Heritage

A Christmas Heritage
Heritage

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Track Listing

  1. Greensleeves
  2. Christmas Eve
  3. In the Bleak Midwinter
  4. Gypsy Winter
  5. O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
  6. Promise of Spring
  7. It Came Upon a Midnight Clear
  8. Newgrange
  9. Charity
  10. On a Quiet Night
  11. Pat-A-Pan
  12. Shalom Aleichem/Breakin' up Christmas
  13. Go Tell It on the Mountain

Product Details

  • Amazon Sales Rank: #371244 in Music
  • Released on: 1998-08-28
  • Number of discs: 1

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com
Darol Anger's Heritage project released a set of traditional American songs in 1997 that couldn't have been less evocative of tradition if the featured all-stars had formed every note on microchips. A Christmas Heritage is more successful musically and emotionally, in part because the material is less familiar, but also because the Yuletide theme yields nicely to the dreamy, impressionistic arrangements of virtuosos Mike Marshall, Alison Brown, Tim O'Brien, Todd Phillips, and Philip Aaberg. O'Brien's singing even has a hearty, raw edge to it on "Greensleeves" and the mysterious original composition "Newgrange." The spacious, meditative interpretations of seasonal songs work best in the sparest settings: Mike Marshall's solo guitar take on "O Come, O Come Emmanuel" is liquid and loving. And the mandolin, mandola, and mandocello interplay on "Patapan" is inspired and pretty without being merely ornamental. --Roy Kasten

Customer Reviews

Great title - and not yet another familiar Xmas tunes remake5
Wonderful, uplifting music for any holiday season. Anger and the gang are back once again to play for the world renditions from an antique musical past that are positively infectious. Phil Aaberg's original work, 'Charity', the Heritage group's playful 'Christmas Eve' and the hand-clapping beat of 'Go Tell It To The Mountain' are among my favorites. A beautifully crafted and unique recording.

Holiday Music With a Folk Flavor4
Devotees of the Winter Solstice series should enjoy this CD as well. While it is more folk oriented than the Windham Hill collections and does contain more specifically Christmas music, it does have a similar feel and lilt to it. It is a further welcome change from the standard, run-of-the-mill holiday fare.

*the* best Holidays album ever5
Hands down *the* best Holidays album we own. Virtuoso performers, songs that are neither old nor hackneyed.. just buy it. You'll love it.