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A Winter's Solstice V

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This is the best of the Winter's Solstice series thus far. The songs are traditional enough to evoke the season, and the arrangements are unique enough that you can listen to this all year long.

The several "Solstice" CDs I bought are all wonderful for winter listening, holiday-ish but not overwhelmingly Christmassy. And I'm very fond of the semi-Irish, semi-baroque style in some of them.

When the Holidays get too hectic and you just want to decompress with a glass of wine or a book, this is the album to play. Soft but not corny, this music is very soothing with just enough of the Christmas traditional touch. Sometimes I get tired of always hearing the same old Christmas songs rehashed by this artist and that artist. These songs are a nice departure from this. Well worth every penny. S.

Buying this item through Amazon.com is one of the smartest music purchases I've ever made. I intend to buy more music this way in the future.

Not your ordinary Christmas Music CD. What a nice change to the typical Holiday music selections. The whole collection is very moving. If you want a change of pace try this one!

In what appears to be the penultimate Winter's Solstice collection, the Windham Hill artists continue presenting light and subtle arrangements of holiday songs, some familiar and some not. The presentation is pleasant, lilting, and enjoyable.

If you happen to develop a craving for Christmas music in July, you could lisen to this CD without feeling self-conscious. It has a lightness about it that would not be out of place in the summer.

I have the first five of the Winter Solstice CD's by Wyndam Hill artists. They are all beautiful and so peaceful to listen to. A Winter's Solstice, Vol 5 is just as good as the rest. I look forward to purchasing Vol 6 later this year.

Don't know cant play it it was a cassette not a CD and I should have read it more carefully. Be cautious and pick slowly.

her offertory

by Kerrie Lynn Robinson White
(Thursday, September 30, 2004)

the utmost gift of self
shining-forth reception
for utmost gifts
true love beseeching
at last in sight
brinkmanship on the line



(Inspired in part by the photograph on this page, artist is to be found and identified, and Jim Brickman's "Joy to the World" from the A Winter's Solstice V compact disc.)

(Note Regarding Brinkmanship and the Cold War: Secretary of state John Foster Dulles distrusted the Soviet Union during the cold war in spite of its softer line at one point. In January 1956, he told the American people that the United States had been on the brink of war several times. "If you are scared to go to the brink, you are lost," Dulles warned. The use of "brinkmanship" had become part of U.S. policy. Source: World Book Multimedia Encyclopedia, 2003 Edition, Version 7.1.1, © 2002 World Book, Inc. and its licensors.)

I pray for peace, in the Name of Jesus.