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Philip Brunelle, VocalEssence Ensemble Singers
Welcome Christmas: Carols and Lullabies From Around the World
Genres: Country, Special Interest, Pop, Classical

Track Listings (25) - Disc #1
1. Oh, mi Belen! (Biscayan)
2. El Desembre Congelat (Catalonian)
3. Alegria (Puerto Rican)
4. A La Nanita Nana (Spanish)
5. Las Posadas (Spanish)
6. Campana sobre Campana (Andalusian)
7. En Belen Tocan a Fuego (Castilian)
8. El Noi de la Mare (Catalonian)
9. Chiquirrigultin (Andalusian)
10. El Rorro (Mexican)
11. Encore: Fum, Fum, Fum! (Catalonian)
12. What Sweeter Music - Michael Fink
13. Sussex Carol - arr. Dale Wood
14. Sing Hallelu! - Stephen Paulus
15. Pat-a-Pan - arr. Robert J. Bastastini
16. Go Tell It on the Mountain - arr. Steve Barnett
17. Christ Was Born on Christmas Day - arr. Randall Davidson
18. O Little Town of Bethlehem - arr. Stephen Paulus
19. The Friendly Beasts - arr. Robert Farlee
20. Infant Holy, Infant Lowly - arr. Daniel Kallman
21. Ding, Dong, Merrily on High - arr. Chester Alwes
22. 'Tis Winter Now - arr. Monte Mason
23. It Came Upon the Midnight Clear - arr. Philip Brunnelle
24. Away in a Manger - arr. Bradley Ellingboe
25. The Holly and the Ivy - arr. Virgil Thompson

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CD Details

All Artists: Philip Brunelle, VocalEssence Ensemble Singers
Title: Welcome Christmas: Carols and Lullabies From Around the World
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Clarion
Original Release Date: 1/1/2006
Re-Release Date: 8/31/2004
Genres: Country, Special Interest, Pop, Classical
Styles: Holiday & Wedding, Vocal Pop, Opera & Classical Vocal, Instruments, Electronic, Sacred & Religious
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 040888090823

Synopsis

Album Description

From across the United States have come composers and arrangers whose work contributes to this collection of Christmas music. These are carols from around the world brought together in arrangements that reflect an inherently American diversity and spirit. From Virgil Thomson?s camp meeting setting of "The Holly and the Ivy" and Steve Barnett?s swing version of "Go Tell It on the Mountain" to Randall Davidson?s homespun "Christ Was Born on Christmas Day" and Conrad Susa?s magnificent Carols & Lullabies, commissioned from Susa specifically for VocalEssence. Maestro Brunelle has chosen carols?both familiar and unfamiliar?tied to one another by their inventiveness, charm and beauty in one of the year?s most exciting new holiday discs.

CD Reviews

Diversity in Christmas Traditions

Gregory P. Lamanna | Canyon Country, CA USA | 10/24/2005

(5 out of 5 stars)

"It is getting more difficult each Christmas Season to find discs that offer Christmas choral music that is infused with a sense of "rootedness" borne out of time-hewn tradition and at the same time compliments--rather than rehashes--the existing repertoire of age-old Christmas choral music.

This is one of those rare discs that accomplishes this difficult task of offering a different approach to Christmas choral without slipping into the secular/contemporary (which usually strips all meaning and "rootedness" from Christmas). It does so by continuing to mine selections from Christmas traditions; however, the traditions are beyond the historical milieu of Olde Europe.

At least half the selections here hail from Hispanic origins. If I know anything about Hispanic culture (not much, but I live in the American Southwest), it is nothing if not traditional and rooted, yet passionate and alive.

If you are looking for a Christmas disc that can compliment (i.e., blend with but not duplicating) existing Christmas choral traditions, this is a "must-have" disc for your Christmas collection."

Welcome Christmas

Natalie G. Hall | Encino, CA United States | 11/29/2007

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This is simply the most enchanting Christmas recording I have ever owned. I can't recommend it highly enough for those who love Christmas and some of the finest choral music. You'll love it too!"