Holiday music exchange.

[rivka]

(1) akirlu, jmhm, green_knight, and pecunium: If you want to participate in the exchange, please send me your mailing address.

(2) I think we're doing round-robin exchange groups of four, but it will depend on the final size of the exchange.

(3) In tonight's program, patgreene will be playing the role of mactavish.

(4) If you want me to try to balance the exchange groups so you don't get too many duplicate songs, post your playlist in the comments section here when you've finished it. I think the pool of available holiday music is small enough that some duplicates are inevitable, but I'll try to get things as nicely distributed as possible.

(5) Yay! Holiday music exchange!

Comments

Following my own directions...

[rivka.livejournal.com]

Final order might change slightly.

1. The Burns Sisters - O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
2. Dar Williams - The Christians and the Pagans
3. Barry & Beth Hall - Gaudete
4. Emmylou Harris - O Little Town of Bethlehem
5. Jimmy Buffett - I'll Be Home for Christmas
6. (Unknown artists) - Baby, it's Cold Outside
7. Jill Sobule - Merry Christmas from the Family
8. Radio King Orchestra - Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow
9. The Velveteens - Get Your Channakuh On
10. Ethel Merman - We Need a Little Christmas
11. Gayla Peevey - I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas
12. (Unknown gospel artist) - O Come, All Ye Faithful
13. Bing Crosby - Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
14. Little Isadore and the Inquisitors - Christmas of Love
15. Dean Krippaehne - Cool, Cool Christmas
16. Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong - I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm
17. James Bazan - God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen
18. Lenoir Saxophone Enesemble - Carol of the Bells
19. The King's Singers - The Boar's Head Carol
20. (Unknown artist) - Still, Still, Still
21. Eddie From Ohio - Silent Night
22. David Bowie and Bing Crosby - Peace on Earth/The Little Drummer Boy

[writingortyping.livejournal.com]

When I e-mailed you, I forgot to mention that I have no problem sending a CD to TK and not getting one in return. So, Terry - if you like close harmony, you're welcome to one of my (eventual) creations (need to dig out the holiday boxes, because not all of my holiday music is on my computer yet...)

[geekchick]

Kinda heavy on the Projekt holiday discs, admittedly. The order might change slightly once I give it a run-through, but I think this is the group of songs I'll probably stick with.

1) Donna Germano - Bring a Torch Jeannette, Isabella
2) Dan Fogelberg - Yule Dance
3) Mediaeval Baebes - The Holly and the Ivy
4) El Duende - Gaudete, Gaudete
5) Maddy Prior - Personent Hodie
6) Faith & The Muse - A Winter Wassail
7) The Roches - Good King Wenceslas
8) Sofia Run - Nerotia Hazarurim (Little Candles)
9) Sixpence None the Richer - It Came Upon a Midnight Clear
10) This Ascension - Carol of the Bells
11) Mediaeval Baebes - Veni, Veni
12) Love Spirals Downwards - Welcome Christmas
13) Vince Guaraldi Trio - Christmas Time Is Here (vocal)
14) Sarah McLachlan - Song for a Winter's Night
15) Death Cab for Cutie - Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)
16) Eartha Kitt - Santa Baby
17) Bing Crosby - Happy Holidays (Beef Wellington Remix)
18) Duke Ellington - Jingle Bells (Robbie Hardkiss Remix)
19) Andy Williams - It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year (A Shrift Remix)
20) Barenaked Ladies - Elf's Lament
21) The Bobs - Fifty Kilowatt Tree
22) Barenaked Ladies - Deck the Stills

[rivka.livejournal.com]

Oh, that looks marvelous. Yay!

[akirlu.livejournal.com]

Wow, fabu list. Rivka, can I be in this round robin? Pleeeeeeeeze?

[rivka.livejournal.com]

Done!

[rivka.livejournal.com]

I love every single song on this mix. Especially that version of "It Came Upon the Midnight Clear," which is definitely an underexposed carol. And the Baebes singing "The Holly and the Ivy!" Yay!

[rivka.livejournal.com]

Great! I will probably e-mail exchange lists tomorrow morning, since I'm expecting two playlists tonight.

[akirlu.livejournal.com]

Here's that playlist, pending revision for fit:

1. Coventry Carol – Joan Baez
2. A Toye – Seattle Brass Ensemble
3. Ding Dong! Merrily on High – The Canadian Brass
4. The First Nowell – Eric Johnson
5. Riu, Riu, Chiu – Oxford Camerata
6. Sankta Lucia – Anne-Charlotte & Ellen Harvey
9. Good King Wenceslas – Loreena McKennitt
10. Carol of the Bells – The First Baptist Bells
11. Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas – Judy Garland
12. Christmas Eve (Sarajevo 12/24) – Trans-Siberian Orchestra
13. Pat-A-Pan – Mannheim Steamroller
14. The Holly and the Ivy – E. Power Biggs & co.
15. Gaudete – Oxford Camerata
16. The Little Drummer Boy – Alex Lifeson
17. Staffan, Stalledräng – Anne-Charlotte & Ellen Harvey

[geekchick]

I got your CD yesterday and listened to it at work today. I love it!

[rivka.livejournal.com]

Yeah, akirlu's mix is phenomenal.

[rivka.livejournal.com]

This is so great. I particularly like that "Riu, Riu, Chiu." And the bell choir!

I used to want to be Swedish when I was a kid, just so I could have a crown of candles.

[writingortyping.livejournal.com]

eh - being Scandinavian is overrated... Hair on fire and all that!

;-)

- She who is Norwegian on one side and Danish on the other...

[klwalton.livejournal.com]

I'll post my list tonight - sorry it's taking me so long.

[rivka.livejournal.com]

No problem. I'll send out exchange lists tomorrow morning.

[writingortyping.livejournal.com]

I need to dig the holiday CDs out of the closet under the stairs (...and she was never heard from again...), but here's the beginning of what I'm thinking about - it'll basically be in 2 halves - a more classical/choral half and a more jazzy/modern half. Lots of harmony on both halves.

Il Est Ni Le Divin Enfant/Chanticleer
Wassail Song/The Singers Unlimited
I Wonder As I Wander/Chanticleer
Carol Of The Russian Children/The Singers Unlimited
The Holly And The Ivy/(Unknown)
Some Children See Him/The Voices of Jimmy Joyce
Christmas Medley/The Swingle Singers
Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas/The Singers Unlimited

[klwalton.livejournal.com]

This is not complete, but a good start:

1. Ave Maria
Anonymous 4

2. The Boar's Head Carol
The King's Singers

3. O du fröhliche! O du selige!
Taverner Consort

4. Pat-A-Pan
James Galway, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Chapel Choir of King's School

5. Carol of the Bells
David Benoit

6. The Gloucestershire Wassail
Waverly Consort

7. Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming
Kathleen Battle, New York Choral Artists, Boy's Choir of Harlem

8. Lament
Brian Dunning and Jeff Johnson

9. The Wexford Carol
Nightnoise

10. Galacian Carol
Carlos Núñez

11. Silent Night
Dresdner Kreuzchor

Received your disc this afternoon

[writingortyping.livejournal.com]

Dang! Where did you find Anonymous 4 and why haven't I ever heard of them before???

Gorgeous stuff. Has anyone in my group received mine yet?

Major thanks to Rivka for facilitating this wonderful exchange! And Rivka, thanks so much for the lovely tunes and laughter on yours - we did a Christmas cabaret every year at Syracuse, and a friend used to bring down the house yearly with "I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas." I'm not sure I've heard it since. Great memories.

Re: Received your disc this afternoon

[klwalton.livejournal.com]

Aren't they great? The Ave Maria is from this album (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0000007DY/ref=ase_anonymous4com-20/103-9426731-9031820?v=glance&s=music).

They also have a website:
http://www.anonymous4.com/

I have yours, but haven't had a chance to listen yet. Thanks, the list looks fantastic!

Re: Received your disc this afternoon

[rivka.livejournal.com]

Oh, Anonymous 4 is wonderful. I have a whole CD of their medieval motets and carols, and another called "A Lammas Ladymass."

I've received your CD, and I adore it. I love that that you included "Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming" - it's one of my favorites, and I couldn't find a recording anywhere on iTunes or my normal free download sites. And I love that version of "I Wonder as I Wander."

"I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas" is a guilty pleasure of mine - I wasn't sure if anyone else would like it. It seems to be what people like best from my CD. :-)

Re: Received your disc this afternoon

[writingortyping.livejournal.com]

I adore "Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming." It's one of those Advent carols that puts me right back in my little Congregational church in New Hampshire, bright light reflecting off of snow outside the windows that are old enough to be thicker at the bottom than the top!

If you don't have Chanticleer's "Our Heart's Joy," you absolutely owe it to yourself. It's delightful. I first heard it as part of an NPR show, and I sat in a bakery parking lot in Alexandria for about ten minutes, just listening.

[rivka.livejournal.com]

*blush* If I had noticed before I actually received and listened to your CD that you and I used the exact same recording of "The Boar's Head Carol," I would've put us in different exchange groups. Sorry. But it's a good song! You have excellent taste. :-)

Thanks for your mix! It's wonderful. I'm very happy that you included "For Unto Us a Child is Born." I spent all last night breaking into song, without warning: "Wonderful! Counselor!..."

I also love that Waverly Consort Wassail.

I am terribly slow

[ruisseau.livejournal.com]

But I have most of the day to tinker with this now that I have the songs on my drive.

Palylist forthcoming. :)

Here we go

[ruisseau.livejournal.com]

So, I decided that a few songs that invoke childhood would not be inappropriate. This time of year is also about kids, you know? So, that's why the tracks that aren't holiday.

The last song is one long fen in-joke. It's totally okay if you don't listen to that track every time you listen to the CD. It flows well without it. :)

1. Christmas Time Is Here (from A Charlie Brown Christmas) 2:45

2. Ave Maria (Schubert) – Ronan Tynan 4:17

3. Hodie christus natus est – King’s College Choir 3:48

4. O Holy Night – Cambridge Singers 4:41

5. Coventry Carol - Mediaeval Baebes 4:25

6. Gaudete - Mediaeval Baebes 2:18

7. King’s Singers – Greensleeves 3:21

8. Here We Come A-Wassailing – Steve Schuch and the Night Heron Consort (from Putumayo’s Christmas around the World) 2:13

9. Hedwig’s Theme (from Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone) – John Williams 4:50

10. Pure Imagination (from Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory) 4:22

11. Rainbow Connection – Peter Cincotti 4:02

12. The Chipmunk Song (from Christmas with the Chipmunks) 2:22

13. It’s a Fanboy Christmas – Great Luke Ski 9:54