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Christmas Music

Always looking for recommendations, I will give a couple.

The Gold Standard: Cantate Domino, Proprius
***one of the absolute favorites in the entire collection***

Also check out the sampler "Christmas Gift" from Dorian 90008. Excellently recorded and a variety sure to please someone. Very inexpensive direct from label. (Get a few of their other samplers and treat yourself if you are unfamiliar with this label.)

Vince Guaraldi Trio, A Charlie Brown Christmas, Fantasy

Lots more, but I will let others pile on the list.

Happy Holidays,

Charlie

p.s. Happy Hanukkah
danvetc
garfish
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Charlie; don't know if it's still available, but we've used Anne Murray's "Christmas Wishes" CD on Christmas Eve for about 10 years or so. It's become our traditional Christmas music favorite. Cheers. Craig
linkster
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"Acoustic Carols for Christmas" by St. Agnes Fountain (David Hughes, Chris Leslie, Julie Matthews, Chris While). Superb performances and exceptional sound quality- true audiophile nirvana. Available thru The Folk Corporation.
jasman
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The Rat Pack Christmas CD is very enjoyable. If you like bluegrass music, Patty Loveless "Bluegrass & White Snow" is also nice.
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dekay
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Charlie:

We play R&B/Disco for X-Mas. The only real exception is a version of the "Nutcracker Suite" performed on mandolins.

Nothing like listening to "The Hustle" on X-Day (@ least in a Methodist/Jewish household:-).

I listen to the real X-Mas music whenever the mood hits, but usually not during the holiday itself.

Any day can be a holiday if you don't force it.
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dekay
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PS: I recently picked an R&B compilation by Rhino Records that sounds great (better than the same cuts on LP's).

Don't know how they got the old recordings to sound so good, but could go for more of these if they were produced in the same manner.

Oh, and the "Nutcracker Suite" is performed by The Modern Mandolin Quartet and is not as wierd as it would seem to be (it's a very nice version).
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