10 Replies to “Some More Christmas Music”

      1. I’m glad you enjoyed it.

        Paul McCreesh and the Gabrieli Consort and Players recorded a number of similar historical reconstructions, including two other Christmas services. One was set about 20 years after this one and the other was from about the mid-16th century, both of which are in my collection.

      2. I was made aware of that recording, as well as a number of others by McCreesh and the Gabrielis, through the program Sound Advice when it was on the CBC’s FM service from the mid-’90s to about 15 years ago.

        The host, Rick Phillips, reviewed new classical music and opera recordings. He was often critical not so much of the performances but of the marketing behind some of the CDs.

  1. Here’s a good winter classic…

    “It’s 40 below.
    I don’t give a fuck,
    Got a heater in my truck,
    And I’m off to the Rodeo.”

    Oh crap, we don’t have an equivalent in an electric vehicle. I wonder how long the battery will last and the distance I can make…

    1. More likely to be preposterous but your heart’s in the right place. Thanks and back atchya, DK.

  2. Great carolss. Very much less than great renditions of them. Especially “In the Bleak Midwinter.” I don’t know the guy, but he certainly can’t sing. Look for a performance by the King’s College Choir, Cambridge. The text of that wonderful carol, btw, is by Christine Rosetti.

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