With contributions from Uillean piper Liam O’Flynn, Dire Straits guitarist Mark Knopfler, former Skara Brea singer Maighread Ní Dhomhnaill, harpist Patrick Cassidy, and country singer Ricky Skaggs, the fourth in Windham Hill’s Celtic Christmas sampler series is a varied and somewhat austere collection of winter ballads and yuletide airs. Guitarist William Coulter turns in a lovely arrangement of …
Upon the tail end of Phil Keaggy’s most ambitious concert tour of his long and illustrious career – in which he has brought to life on stage his 1978 instrumental recording The Master & The Musician – Keaggy now releases his 2008 encore entitled Phantasmagorical: Master & Musician 2. Like the first, this album has musical scope and …
Lorie Line’s latest recording, The Heritage Collection: Volume I, is perhaps her most personal and autobiographical yet. On this album, Line combines solo piano with an ensemble for beautiful renditions of “The River is Wide,” “Joyful, Joyful We Adore Thee (Ode to Joy),” and “Amazing Grace,” to name a few of the 14 traditional hymns and classical pieces. …
One of the most exciting conductors in the latter half of the 20th century first found fame in the ’70s in Florence-the birthplace of Luigi Cherubini. Muti has long been an outward admirer of Cherubini’s music, particularly his sublime sacred pieces, the focus of this set celebrating the 250th anniversary of the composer’s birth. Bonus overtures conducted by …
VINYL LP! Guy Lombardo: New Year’s Eve With Guy Lombardo & His Royal Canadians! MCA Records Issue Of Original Decca Recordings! TRACKS: A1. The Music Goes ‘Round And Around; A2. Bye Bye Blues; A3. Medley: Shine On Harvest Moon / My Gal Sal / Seems Like Old Times; A4. Beer Barrell Polka; A5. Medley: The …