Ethan James, The Ancient Music of Christmas - 52m 59s

Tracks & Durations

1. Bring A Torch Jeannette Isabella	3:43
2. A Virgin Most Pure	5:32
3. What Lovely Infant Can This Be? /	2:58
4. Alleluya Christo Iubilemus - Alleluya	5:05
5. Three King's Songs	3:12
6. On Christmas Night	2:42
7. Now To Conclude Our Christmas Mirth	2:21
8. The Seven Joys Of Mary	3:59
9. Lullay Lullay Als I Lay On Yoolis Night	3:52
10. Jesu Redemptor Omnium	4:42
11. Goodnight	3:20
12. Now We Make Joy	2:38
13. Come Shepherds Rise	4:12
14. The Fleecy Care	3:06
15. Canzone D'i Zampoignari	1:32

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Review

The hurdy-gurdy isn't the first--or even third or fourth--instrument you think of when someone says "Christmas music," but Ethan James is determined to change all that with an exotic and hypnotic collection of mostly medieval songs played on what could well be the intermarriage of the bagpipe and pump organ. Add dulcimer, saz, and some ethnic percussive instruments, and the result is a mesmerizing mixture of seasonal music capable of altering your conscious state any time of the year. James selects many songs that are traditionally sung and transposes them to the hurdy-gurdy, a daunting feat for any instrumentalist. Still, this wonderful album belongs in the home of anyone who savors the radiant brilliance of a lost time and the foreign though somehow familiar nuances of this timeless musical apparatus. A must-have. --Martin Keller

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