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Music for Christmas

Music for Christmas

Christmas Music, New for 2015
CHRISTMAS Music in BRASS

Christmas in Vermont / Vermont SO Brass

Works by: Giles Farnaby;
Percy Grainger; Jester
Hairston; John Iveson;
Lowell Mason; Leo Nestor;
Daniel Pinkham. Plus
traditional Christmas carols.
Artists: Counterpoint;
Vermont Symphony Brass.
(1 CD) (Albany Records) ALB 985 $16.99 On Sale
The Counterpoint Chorale and the Vermont
Symphony Brass Quintet gave their first holiday
concert in 2003 and, after countless requests, here
is their first CD.

❦Christmas Brass Festival / Schweriner Brass

Artists: Jan Ernst, organ;
Schweriner Blechblaser
Collegium. (2 CD) (Hanssler
Classic)
2 HAN 98019 $17.99 On Sale
Schwerin Brass Collegium’s
new release features a mixture of well-known carols
and traditional arrangements of Renaissance and
Baroque seasonal music. Also includes Corelli’s
Christmas Concerto and interludes for the organ.
“The organ playing is fine, the brass playing generally good.” -ARG

❦A Festival of Carols in Brass / Philadelphia Brass Ensemble

Works: O holy Night; Silent Night; We three kings; Joy to the World Hark! The herald
angels sing; Traditional carols & much more! Artists: Philadelphia Brass Ens. (1 CD)
(Sony Classical)
SNYC 7033 $7.99 On Sale
“Simple, unadorned arrangements let the beauty of these
carols speak for themselves through the ensemble’s
virtuosic performances.” -Paul Ballyk, HBDirect

Hindemith: The Long Christmas Dinner, opera

Artists: Camille Zamora,
Sara Murphy, Jarrett Ott,
Josh Quinn, Glenn Seven Allen, Catherine Martin, Kathryn
Guthrie, Scott Murphree. Leo
Botstein/American SO (1 CD)
(Bridge) BDG 9449 $18.99
Here’s the premiere recording
of the original English language version of Paul Hindemith’s final opera, “The Long Christmas Dinner”
(1960/61), which transforms the concept of duration