Christmas Songs
Dec. 8th, 2009 02:44 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
wyntarvoxLazyweb, I have need of you! What are your favourite Christmas songs/albums? I'm totally a sucker for Christmas songs and I'd like to buy/acquire a few albums for this Christmas.
I'm pretty open as to the type of Christmas songs I like. I'm not huge on the overtly religious stuff, but my heathen ears won't shrivel at the sound, either. I also like to sing along, so songs in, say, Aramaic are probably right out.
I'm pretty open as to the type of Christmas songs I like. I'm not huge on the overtly religious stuff, but my heathen ears won't shrivel at the sound, either. I also like to sing along, so songs in, say, Aramaic are probably right out.
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on 2009-12-08 04:51 am (UTC)The Gift by Liz Story. Instrumental piano, very jazzy in the style of Bill Evans. Perfect background music for a Christmas party.
To Drive The Cold Winter Away by Loreena McKennitt. She's done a more recent Christmas CD, but this one from the late eighties/early nineties benefits from a rawer, more haunting sound. Consists mostly of traditional seasonal carols that have largely fallen out of favor in recent years. If you enjoy this, you might also enjoy Maddy Prior & The Carnival Band's Christmas albums.
The soundtrack for the movie Home Alone by John Williams. A good mix of classic Christmas pop songs and the Boston Pops type of symphonic arrangements.
Barenaked for the Holidays by Barenaked Ladies. I defy you to find any other recording of "Jingle bells, Batman smells, Robin laid an egg."
I also enjoy the Bing Crosby/Andy Williams/Frank Sinatra stuff, because those are the records my mom played at Christmas when I was growing up. And I would consider a recording of Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker to be essential as well.
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on 2009-12-08 05:51 am (UTC)no subject
on 2009-12-08 11:25 am (UTC)'Tis the season to be jolly, fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la!
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on 2009-12-09 03:18 pm (UTC)