Christmas Fireside

Artist: Richard Carr
Label: Rec'd Music
Category: Music

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Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 791022176223
EAN: 0791022176223
ASIN: B00005448Y

Release Date: 2000-11-05

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Tracks:

God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
The First Noel
Gesu Bambino
Bells in The Valley
O, Holy Night
Away in a Manger
O Come, O Come Emanuel
O Tannenbaum
Sleigh Ride Across Open Fields
Good King Wenceslaus
Shalom Cheverin
Christmas Fireside
We Three Kings
Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming
All Through The Night
Coventry Carol
Greensleeves

Customer Reviews:

Christmas Time.......2001-12-14

Richard Carr's Christmas Fireside is a great collection of traditional Christmas music - along with original tracks. A great arranged piece from this album is God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen. So if you are a piano Christmas music lover, I recommend this CD for all.

from Solo Piano Publications.......2000-11-16

As a piano teacher who teaches Christmas music from late October until the end of December, the release of a new Christmas album normally doesn't set my toes to tingling! Happily, Richard Carr has managed to breathe new life into a set of fourteen traditional holiday pieces and three original songs composed for "Christmas Fireside". This solo piano collection is comprised mostly of carols composed in minor keys (my personal favorites!), giving it a serious and slightly somber feel - reflective, but certainly not joyless. Most of the songs have a fairly straightforward play-through, and then Carr improvises and embellishes in his own very distinctive style, bringing a fresh and personal interpretation to some well-worn holiday gems. Of those, I especially like Carr's versions of "The First Noel" (sweet and gentle), "Gesu Bambino", "Away in a Manger", "O Come O Come, Emmanuel" (dark, highly improvised, and very moving), "O Tannenbaum" (lighter and upbeat), "Shalom Cheverin", "We Three Kings" (a lovely waltz that drifts into the deep bass with great effect!), "Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming", "Coventry Carol" (darkly beautiful), and "Greensleeves". Wow! That's most of the songs! Since I play almost all of these songs and have my own favorite arrangements, sometimes I tend to bristle when I hear arrangements that sound or feel wrong to me. This album rings true from start to finish, and there are no tracks that I dislike. The three original pieces fit well into this collection. "Bells in the Valley" is an exuberant celebration, and is probably the most joyful piece on the album. "Sleigh Ride Across Open Fields" is also fun and upbeat - this sleigh seems to fly! "Christmas Fireside" is much quieter and more introspective - a loving description of the feelings that come from sharing a warm, peaceful moment in front of a fireplace as the flames start to diminish. So, if you believe that Christmas is so much more than Santa Claus, I think you'll really enjoy this album. I rarely wholeheartedly recommend a Christmas album, but I really like this one!

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