An American Christmas

An American Christmas

An American Christmas
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Performer: Joel Frederiksen
Performer: Daniel McCabe
Composer: Anonymous
Composer: Christmas Traditional
Composer: American Traditional
Composer: John Jacob Niles
Composer: John Francis Wade
Composer: George Frederick Handel
Composer: American Anonymous
Composer: Benjamin Franklin White
Composer: William Billings
Composer: Patsy Williamson
Composer: Carl Thiel
Composer: Daniel Read
Conductor: Joel Cohen
Conductor: Frederick Jodry
Performer: Boston Camerata
Performer: Anne Azema
Performer: William Hite
Performer: Christopher Kale
Edition: Music CD
Audio: English (Original Language)
CD Release Date: 1993-09-07
Music Label: Erato
Soundtracks:
  1. I. Prepare The Way: Watchman Of Zion
  2. I. Prepare The Way: Kingsbridge
  3. I. Prepare The Way: Bozrah
  4. I. Prepare The Way: Baptismal Anthem
  5. II. A Virgin Unspotted: A Christmas Hymn
  6. II. A Virgin Unspotted: A Virgin Most Pure - A Virgin Unspotted
  7. II. A Virgin Unspotted: Boston
  8. III. Lo, The Bridegroom: The Heavenly Courtier
  9. III. Lo, The Bridegroom: Pretty Home
  10. III. Lo, The Bridegroom: The Midnight Cry
  11. IV. I Wonder As I Wander: Wayfaring Stranger
  12. IV. I Wonder As I Wander: Slow Traveller
  13. IV. I Wonder As I Wander: I Wonder As I Wander
  14. IV. I Wonder As I Wander: Lullay, Thou Tiny Little Child
  15. V. Shepherds Rejoice: Lovely Vine
  16. V. Shepherds Rejoice: Adeste Fideles
  17. V. Shepherds Rejoice: Still Water
  18. V. Shepherds Rejoice: While Shepherds Watched (Folksong)
  19. V. Shepherds Rejoice: Sherburne
  20. V. Shepherds Rejoice: Shepherds Rejoice
  21. VI. Light Of The World: Fulfilment
  22. VI. Light Of The World: Fulfilment
  23. VI. Light Of The World: Hush My Babe, Lie Still And Slumber
  24. VI. Light Of The World: Jesus The Light Of The World
  25. VI. Light Of The World: Joy To The World

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Free Music Review: Sticks to your soul kinda music
Hit: 5 Stars

I have had this album for years--having first got it out of the library and immediately went out and bought it. Is it out of print now?! Perish the thought.

This album is full of haunting melodies and gorgeous arrangements that give dimension to the human soul and it's yearning for peace, love and salvation (however you may define that). The Shepherds Rejoice song is stunning in it's simplicity and crescendo; it somehow really makes me feel the miracle of the lowest of the low being the first to hear of the birth of God as human. And the Baptismal Anthem is wonderfully didactic.

It's not perfect for sure as an Xmas album, in that some songs go too far afield from Advent and Xmas (in my iTunes I catagorized songs like Heavenly Courtier and Pretty Home and a few others as Classical instead of Xmas). I find Cohen in general has created such a wonderful catalogue of music--I'm very grateful for his work. It's music that sticks to your soul, both as songs of aspiration and fine, fine melodies. It's also just an amazing education in the music that is closer to the folk, and not so much a product of European courts.
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