Wrapped in White: Visions of Christmas Past

Wrapped in White: Visions of Christmas Past Artist: John Doan
Label: Hearts of Space
Category: Music



Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 025041105521
EAN: 0025041105521
ASIN: B000000X6X


Release Date: 1995-09-13

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Listmania:

  1. O Come, O Come Emmanuel (variations 1)

Tracks:

  1. Carol Of The Bells
  2. Away In A Manger
  3. In The Manger
  4. We Three Kings
  5. Three Kings
  6. O Come, O Come
  7. Angels We Have Heard On High & The First Noel
  8. The Angel's First Noel
  9. Joy To The World (Edison Phonograph)
  10. Joy To The World
  11. Jesu Joy
  12. Born Is Jesus The Infant King
  13. Infant King
  14. It Came Upon A Midnight Clear
  15. Jolly Old Saint Nicholas
  16. Jolly Old King Wenceslas
  17. Go Tell It
  18. O Christmas Tree
  19. Silent Night (Gem Rollar Organ)
  20. Silent Night
  21. Old Long Since (Auld Lang Syne)

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Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Wrapped in White: Visions of Christmas Past - John Doan.......2004-11-25

A beautiful, fascinating combination of classic music songs. Notes have a lot of information about the instruments used and history of the songs. This should be part of everyone's Christmas music collection.

5 out of 5 stars My new favorite Christmas CD.......2002-12-22

Wow, what a treat this CD is! I ran across it by accident and after listening to the samples, ordered 3 copies immediately, for myself and as gifts. I've always loved the sound of old acoustic instruments, and there's such variety here, coupled with pure virtuosity of performance that I don't know how I lived this long without owning anything by John Doan.

The harp guitar has great range and a wonderful "sound" for this music. It's perfect for background while doing other things, but also complex enough to listen to intently, alone. The piccolo trumpet featured in O Come, O Come will take your breath away. Turn the volume up!

I love the 30-second intros followed by the full songs. Whoever arranged the CD is a genious. The toy piano on Jolly Old St. Nick, and the scratchy Edison wax cylinder on Joy To the World are fun and unique. The mando-bass accompanying the classical banjo on Jesu Joy brought back memories of doing this song in high school choir 35 years ago, but John does it so much better than we did!

If your taste in music is eclectic like mine is, and if you appreciate clean performances by master musicians, you'll love this CD like I do. This is my first ever review after shopping here for almost all my music. Guess it took a great performance like this to get me started. Am I gushing here? Sorry. This is my all-time favorite Christmas music.

5 out of 5 stars Traditional Music played on REAL old-time instruments.......2000-11-29

Oregon-based musician John Doan is a master of many instruments, and on this CD he has chosen to play traditional, old-time Christmas music on instruments popular at the end of the 19th century. This choice gives the music an atmosphere of peppermint and mulled wine not found on most seasonal recordings. All the carols are carefully selected, peaceful and very wonderfully played. The selection of songs is flawless. There is even a Christmas greeting from Thomas Edison as played on an old grammaphone. I love this CD, and play it every Christmas season on a Public Radio program in Alaska. Part of the appeal is that the music doesn't seem to have any age barriers. This would make a wonderful, and unique, addition to your Christmas collection.

5 out of 5 stars Peaceful, well crafted, and filled with memories!.......1998-12-09

This album is a masterpiece. It blends sounds from many different instruments. It lights memories in the listener. If it is possible to wear out a CD, this is one we will wear out! It is peaceful, joyous, and melodic. This is the perfect instrumental Christmas CD.

Dave & Susan

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