By the Fireside

Turtle Island Quartet | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 12, 1995)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Windham Hill Records
• ASIN: B000000NL3
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #255,639 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Near Northern

2. The 12th of December

3. Row, Brothers, Row

4. Turning Twice

5. Thin Ice

6. Texas Rain

7. Snow What?

8. By the Fireside

9. Variations: Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming

10. Winter in Cairo

11. Bring a Torch

12. Do Something Nice for Your Mother

13. Andante

14. Happy Xmas (War Is Over)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A funk holiday album by the string quartet jazz masters., October 3, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: By the Fireside (Audio CD)

This is not a typical holiday album. By The Fireside has musical styles that run from Vivaldi's Four Seasons to a the folksy music of A Prairie Home Companion; with everything done in TISQ's unique way.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Eclectic, enjoyable and eminently listenable, December 1, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: By the Fireside (Audio CD)

I've had this since last Christmas. All the tracks are good, but in particular I was tickled by "Do Something Nice For Your Mother", as narrated by Garrison Keillor. Make no mistake, this isn't exactly christmas party music -- it's best, as the title says, by the fireside.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Pretty Impressive, September 7, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: By the Fireside (Audio CD)

I liked this collection a lot. My favorite piece was Near Northern where the rythym was good and the overall piece was excellent. The others were fairly good too, especially Snow What? Overall, I would say this was a nice collection to have.