Sublime Christmas Music

[Milan]

On 9/12/2017 at 2:38 PM, christian u said:

My top 3 music for December 2017;

 

 Sound Liaison has released a magnificent follow up to the 1st Enghave Barok download, with a sublime recording of one of Bach very best cantatas the Bwv 39.

                                                                          Sound Liaison

 

The download is on special offer for $/€ 10 this month. That is steal for that kind of recording quality.

 

                                                                     

Excellent Bach recording indeed. Only 2 days left of the introduction sale.

Nice touch with the included stage map:https://www.soundliaison.com/studio-masters/254-bach-live-edition-2

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Enghave Barok’s intense performances of these cantatas, have gained worldwide acclaim from leading Bach specialists. The ensemble's burning dedication to convey the many layers hidden in Bach's music, let the listeners explore Bach's universe, with the leading Scandinavian Bach ensemble as tour guides. And this high resolution download ensures that the best place is reserved for you, the listener, right in the sweet spot in front of the Enghave Barok Ensemble.

 

[Norton]

Obviously:

 

Whole album is sublime, In Terra Pax is the Christmassy part:

 

 

[christopher3393]

A Wondrous Mystery: Renaissance Music for Christmas

Stile Antico

 

 

 

[rando]

 

 

Edit:  Found the album.  Not surprised it was reissued on CD.

 

 

 

[rando]

 

[rando]

I blame google for pushing that video above on me the day after Christmas.  This one was just a fluke I managed to miss it sweeping through my library.  

 

[rando]

Tis that time of year... again. Last year produced some recordings and works that were previously unfamiliar. 

 

I'll kick things off with what has become a yearly listen. 

 

 

 

[sphinxsix]

An alternative approach to the subject of Christmas music..

Sublime.? Judge it by yourself.

 

 

[Jud]

[rando]

On 11/2/2018 at 5:22 AM, rando said:

Early entry into the Christmas category.  

 

 

 

 

 

This is as close to jazz as I get.  The pop homage was a pleasant discovery I thought worth repeating the existence of.

 

 

[The Computer Audiophile]

The new Eric Clapton Christmas album is stellar. 

 

 

[mansr]

Tom Waits ought to make a Christmas album.

[sphinxsix]

1 hour ago, The Computer Audiophile said:

The new Eric Clapton Christmas album is stellar. 

 

 

Uh..  EC went grey and grew a beard..

(let me be a subversive element on this thread, guys, ok.?)

The video is unfortunately not available in the Netherlands. If it's 'For Love On Christmas Day' - the guy is as boring as he's been since The Cream break up - and this means 50 (!) years

[rando]

Just now, mansr said:

Tom Waits ought to make a Christmas album.

 

 

[wwaldmanfan]

[sphinxsix]

Subversion continued

 

 

[mansr]

1 hour ago, rando said:

 

 

Thanks. I'll have to let my hairdresser know that his music finding skills are lacking. He only found Christmas Card from a Hooker in Minneapolis.

[sphinxsix]

1 hour ago, mansr said:

I'll have to let my hairdresser know that his music finding skills are lacking

My new hairdresser is very good in this regard, unfortunately his English is very poor (it seems that everybody in the Netherlands speaks good English except from hairdressers - the reason for the change of were the language skills of the previous one!) - so he mostly does the opposite to what he's asked for.. Time for another one (I'm on the brink of a haircut trauma ).

[mansr]

8 minutes ago, sphinxsix said:

My new hairdresser is very good in this regard, unfortunately his English is very poor (it seems that everybody in the Netherlands speaks good English except from hairdressers - the reason for the change of were the language skills of the previous one!) - so he mostly does the opposite to what he's asked for.. Time for another one (I'm on the brink of a haircut trauma ).

The trick with hairdressers is finding one who gives you a better cut than you would have known to ask for.

[sphinxsix]

14 minutes ago, mansr said:

The trick with hairdressers is finding one who gives you a better cut than you would have known to ask for.

For me the trick right now is just finding the one who speaks decent English.. My expectations about the cut can be expressed in two short sentences, they just have to be understood..  

[rando]

I obliged with a minor unstudied approach to Christmas tunes by a local crooner. Here are the real goods broadcast live across the globe annually. 

 

[AnotherSpin]

4 hours ago, sphinxsix said:

For me the trick right now is just finding the one who speaks decent English.. My expectations about the cut can be expressed in two short sentences, they just have to be understood..  

 

Language skills are not the most important for the haircut unless you are coming for a news or opinions. Look for Turkish barber, they are great.Or Indian.

[AnotherSpin]

9 hours ago, mansr said:

Tom Waits ought to make a Christmas album.

 

[Musicophile]

3 hours ago, AnotherSpin said:

 

Language skills are not the most important for the haircut unless you are coming for a news or opinions. Look for Turkish barber, they are great.Or Indian.

Last month I went (as a westerner) to a hairdresser in Shanghai. Was positively surprised by the result in spite of the communication being mainly sign language (my Mandarin is still barely existing).

[sphinxsix]

6 hours ago, AnotherSpin said:

Look for Turkish barber

This one was Turkish No Indian ones here. But I'd somehow trust one from the Far East.

 

I'm glad to see so many people appreciating T.Waits Christmas music.

I'm sure some may not know his duet with Peter Murphy of Bauhaus. Probably the happiest Christmas song ever