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Brian Knowles Christmas Tidings for the theater crowd
If you enjoy Broadway musicals, then "Christmas Tidings" is for you.
Ernst Wilhelm Wolf Christmas Cantatas bring holiday cheer
If you're interested in seasonal cantatas, give this release a listen. I found them a welcome alternative to the heaviness of late Baroque cantatas.
Baroque Cantatas from Central Germany II continues tradition
Hearing the musical foundations that Bach would later build upon was enlightening.
Tobias Zeutschner "Weihnachtshistorie" worth rediscovery
This is beautiful music. And a wonderful addition to Baroque repertoire options for the season.
An Oxford Christmas With All the Trimmings
If you want to know what choral music should sound like, get this album. And if you, like me, are always looking for top-quality Christmas music, look here.
Newberry Consort enlivens Mexican Christmas
This is one of the most imaginative and entertaining early music Christmas albums I've heard.
#ClassicsaDay #ClassicalChristmas Week 4
Christian Friedrich Ruppe cantatas have broad appeal
These cantatas are straight-forward and direct in their appeal. And I think that's quite appealing.
Seasonal Serenity from Brian Galante and Stephen Paulus
Choral music focused on the spiritual center of the season, sung with beauty and sensitivity, instilling a sense of tranquility. I love it.
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