Christmas Music (Bright Day Star - Music for the Yuletide Season)
Download links and information about Christmas Music (Bright Day Star - Music for the Yuletide Season) by Chris Norman, Baltimore Consort, Custer LaRue, Webb Wiggins. This album was released in 1994 and it belongs to Traditional Pop Music genres. It contains 20 tracks with total duration of 01:07:14 minutes.
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| Artist: | Chris Norman, Baltimore Consort, Custer LaRue, Webb Wiggins |
| Release date: | 1994 |
| Genre: | Traditional Pop Music |
| Tracks: | 20 |
| Duration: | 01:07:14 |
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Tracks
[Edit]| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | Ding Dong Merrily | 1:53 |
| 2. | The Old Year Now Away Is Fled | 3:38 |
| 3. | Christmas Day in da Mornin' (Shetland Islands) | 2:35 |
| 4. | The Cherry Tree Carol | 4:50 |
| 5. | Wir singen dir, Immanuel | 2:30 |
| 6. | The Wren Song (Ireland) | 1:32 |
| 7. | A Wassail Tune | 2:19 |
| 8. | Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day | 2:24 |
| 9. | Een Kindeken Is Ons Geboren | 3:23 |
| 10. | The Bellman's Carol | 3:22 |
| 11. | A Christmas Jig | 4:17 |
| 12. | Es ist ein Ros' entsprungen | 3:01 |
| 13. | In Dulci Jubilo | 1:36 |
| 14. | Rorate Coeli Desuper | 5:48 |
| 15. | Drive the Cold Winter Away | 3:30 |
| 16. | Remember, O Thou Man | 4:05 |
| 17. | Quem Pastores Laudavere (featuring Larry Lipkis) | 1:56 |
| 18. | Christmas Is My Name | 6:39 |
| 19. | In dir ist Freude | 1:58 |
| 20. | Hey for Christmas! | 5:58 |
Details
[Edit]It's important to know the difference between 20th century Christmas pop and European Christmas folk carols. While favorites like "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town," "Jingle Bells," and Mel Tormé's "The Christmas Song" are examples of American Christmas pop, Bright Day Star: Music for the Yuletide Season focuses largely on traditional European Christmas carols. Most of the songs that the Baltimore Consort embraces on this CD date back to 16th, 17th, 18th, and 19th century Europe, although a few are American folk pieces that originated in Appalachia in the 20th century. The European Yuletide carols or dance songs that the Consort (which has an engaging female soprano vocalist in Custer LaRue) chose for Bright Day Star range from Irish ("The Wren Song") and British ("Drive the Cold Winter Away," "Hey, For Christmas") to German ("Wir Singen Dir, Immanuel"). All of these songs are a product of Christian traditions, and yet, one needn't embrace the Christian faith to appreciate them. Just as one can enjoy Indian ragas without being a Hindu, listeners can appreciate this CD's richness whether or not they actually celebrate Christmas.