Christmas Around the World

Christmas Traditional (Composer), Franz Xaver Gruber (Composer), Anonymous (Composer), Gilbert Patenaude (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Gilbert Patenaude
• Composer: Christmas Traditional, Franz Xaver Gruber, Anonymous
• Audio CD (October 30, 2001)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Analekta
• ASIN: B000056FFX
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #572,119 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Noël nouvelet, carol (French)

2. Dors, ma colombe (Noël alsacien)

3. Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella ('Un flambeau, Jeanette, Isabelle')

4. The First Nowell (English)

5. God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen (English)

6. Deck the Halls (Welsh)

7. O Tannenbaum (O Christmas Tree) (German)

8. Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht (Silent Night)

9. Am Weihnachtsbaum die Lichter brennen (The Christmas Tree With Its Candles Gleaming) (German)

10. Con guitarras y almireces (Spain)

11. El Noi de la Mare, carol (Catalan)

12. Asi Cristo nacio (Chile)

13. Tu scendi dalle stelle (Italian)

14. Dormi, dormi bambino (Italy)

15. Gesù Bambin l' e nato (Italy)

16. Medley: Hajej, nyney, Jezisku & Nesem vam noviny (Czech)

17. Nu ar det Jul igen (Sweden)

18. Ett barn är fött pa denna dag (Sweden)

19. Gdy sie Chrystus rodzi (Christ is born this evening) (Polish)

20. Wsród nocnej ciszy (In midnight's silence) (Polish)

See all 22 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

The towering tree at Rockefeller Center, midnight mass at St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Bing Crosby singing White Christmas—these are among the core snapshots of an American Christmas. A holiday that fuses the sacred and secular, high-gloss entertainment and deep spiritual meaning, Christmas in the United States is built on longstanding rituals at the same time as new riffs are continually being invented. It has its own distinct identity, and in one of the most culturally diverse societies on the globe, a Christian holiday has risen as the country’s most prominent.

The striking array of works conducted by Judith Clurman on this recording open a window onto the many facets of a contemporary Christmas. Most of these compositions were first performed at one of the annual Christmas-tree-lighting ceremonies at Lincoln Center, where Clurman has directed music-making since 1992, and many were commissioned for those events. --This text refers to an alternate Audio CD edition.

Customer Reviews

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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A wonderful affirmation of American invention, September 29, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: A Season's Promise (Audio CD)

Judith Clurman knows how to work with singers, and the sound of her chorus is sumptuous on this CD. Just what you might want to have playing as the family is gathering for the holidays. And in a time of questioning and re-examination of what makes us Americans, the fact that this CD represents a wide variety of American composers doing their best to connect to beloved traditions makes this CD a winner. Hats off to New World for making a CD the record companies never would have...