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Track 1 -TCHAIKOVSKY: God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen Ballet for Orchestra
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| Composer:
TCHAIKOVSKY; VIVALDI; CHOPIN; BACH; LISZT; BEETHOVEN; SCHUBERT; MOZART; BRAHMS;
SAINT-SAENS; GABRIELI; WAGNER; SCHUMANN; J. STRAUSS; MUSSORGSKY; SATIE; RACHMANINOV
(all via realization and arrangement by Jeffrey Reid Baker) |
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| Title:
A COMPOSER'S CHRISTMAS |
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| Performer: Jeffrey Reid
Baker |
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Timings: TCHAIKOVSKY: God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen Ballet for Orchestra
(3:03); VIVALDI: We Wish You a Merry Christmas Concerto for Violin and
Orchestra (3:00); CHOPIN: We Three Kings Nocturne for Piano Solo (3:41);
BACH: Angels We Have Heard On High Concerto for Harpsichord Duet (3:03);
LISZT: Twelve Days of Christmas Hungarian Rhapsody for Piano Solo (5:07);
BEETHOVEN: Deck the Halls Fantasy for Piano and Orchestra (6:41); SCHUBERT:
Hark the Herald Angels Sing Impromptu for Solo Piano (4:10); MOZART: Old
St. Nicholas Up on the Housetop Concerto for Piano and Orchestra (5:33); BRAHMS:
Away in a Manger Waltz for Solo Piano (3:00); SAINT-SAENS: "The
Swan Upon a Midnight Clear" - Cello and Piano Duet (3:16); GABRIELI:
Good Christian Men Rejoice Canzona for Organ, Brass and Percussion (1:58);
WAGNER: O Holy Night Prelude for Orchestra (2:22); SCHUMANN: Christmascenen
(Scenes of Christmas) for Piano Solo (Joy to the World; Auld Lang Syne; O Little
Town of Bethlehem; Jingle Bells; O Christmas Tree; Good King Wenceslas; I Saw
Three Ships) (9:00); J. STRAUSS: Silent Night & Venite Adoremus Waltzes
for Orchestra (2:33); MUSSORGSKY: "Oh Come All Ye Faithful to the
Great Gate" for Piano Solo (4:41); ANONYMOUS: What Child Is This Galliard
for Medieval Consort (2:52); SATIE: The First Noel Gymnopedie for Solo
Piano (2:36); RACHMANINOV: O Come Emmanuel Concerto No. 2 for Piano and
Orchestra (5:26) |
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| Label: JRB RECORDS |
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To purchase this CD go to:
www.jrbrecords.com
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Information:
This
is just plain fun. You can tell that Jeffrey Reid Baker had fun realizing these
arrengements and playing them. The booklet is set up in a tongue-in-cheek fashion
telling the (tall) tale of a musical soiree attended by great composers (except
for the anonymous medieval chap who forgot to sign the register book) and their
desire, after writing music for others to enjoy for so many years, to come together
and play for each other their own music based on well-known Christmas carols.
Finally, all this holiday merriment and good will moves its way to the listener
who will have chorttles and bemusements listening to the deft way Baker has taken
such well-known classical masterpieces by such well-known classsic masters and
weaved in the character and melodies of the carosl we've all heard so many hundreds
of times. A fresh, funny and enjoyable slant and great holiday listening.
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