Pianist and composer Robin Spielberg has arranged traditional Christmas carols and four original holiday tunes with both sparkling originality and sublime innocence.
"Jolly Old St.
Nicholas" springs alive with sleighbells, while the whispering voice and subtle synth strings on the Spielberg's title track captures the stillness and peace of a moonlit snowfield.
"Hark! The Herald Angels Sing" and "God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen" (usually performed with gusto) each receive a gentle, starlit performance, while "Christmas Day in the Morning" and "We Wish You a Merry Christmas" prance and stomp with Medieval gaity.
"Amazing Grace/Silent Night" is introduced a Celtic framework, then Spielberg presents the two classics with amazing simplicity.
If you pay attention, you'll notice how few notes populate most of Spielberg's arrangements; it takes a special artist to give a commanding presence to just the essence.
Spielberg can do it.
This album should be a lovely addition to your holiday music collection.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | St. Basil's hymnTraditional | Robin Spielberg | Play | 04:11 | 9 MB | 17 MB |
| 2 | Jolly Old St. Nicholas | Robin Spielberg | Play | 03:55 | 8 MB | 22 MB |
| 3 | In The Heart Of Winter | Robin Spielberg | Play | 04:51 | 11 MB | 18 MB |
| 4 | Hark The Herald Angel Sings | Robin Spielberg | Play | 03:45 | 8 MB | 14 MB |
| 5 | Christmas Day In The Morning | Robin Spielberg | Play | 03:15 | 7 MB | 14 MB |
| 6 | God Rest Ye Merry Gentleman | Robin Spielberg | Play | 04:31 | 10 MB | 15 MB |
| 7 | Solstace Celebration | Robin Spielberg | Play | 05:28 | 12 MB | 22 MB |
| 8 | Amazing Grace-Silent Night | Robin Spielberg | Play | 04:33 | 10 MB | 15 MB |
| 9 | A Change Of Seasons | Robin Spielberg | Play | 04:12 | 9 MB | 15 MB |
| 10 | We Wish You A Merry Christmas | Robin Spielberg | Play | 03:25 | 7 MB | 14 MB |
| 11 | Away In The Manger | Robin Spielberg | Play | 03:26 | 7 MB | 11 MB |
| 12 | First Night | Robin Spielberg | Play | 03:35 | 8 MB | 13 MB |
| 13 | What Child Is This (Greensleeves) | Robin Spielberg | Play | 04:04 | 9 MB | 15 MB |
| 14 | Bring A Torch, Jeanette Isabella | Robin Spielberg | Play | 03:21 | 7 MB | 15 MB |
| 15 | Still Still Still | Robin Spielberg | Play | 03:33 | 8 MB | 12 MB |
| 60 mins | 137 MB | |||||
| 60 mins | 237 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jeff Baker | Piano Technician |
| 2 | Jeff Baker | Piano Technician |
| 3 | Jeff Baker | Piano Technician |
| 4 | Paula Bing | Flute, Flute (Alto) |
| 5 | Paula Chang Bing | Flute, Flute (Alto) |
| 6 | Zach Danziger | Cymbals, Drums, Drums (Snare) |
| 7 | William Chatterton Dix | Composer |
| 8 | Tom English | Bodhran |
| 9 | Erik Friedlander | Cello |
| 10 | Steve Gaboury | Keyboards, Producer, Programming |
| 11 | Greg Gonsalves | Art Direction |
| 12 | Nikki Gregoroff | Vocals |
| 13 | Franz Grüber | Composer, Text |
| 14 | Linda Hickman | Whistle (Human), Whistle (Instrument) |
| 15 | Kenny Kosek | Fiddle |
| 16 | Felix Mendelssohn | Composer |
| 17 | Steven Miller | Engineer, Mixing, Producer, Recording |
| 18 | Sal Mormando | Assistant Engineer |
| 19 | Bill Moss | Assistant Engineer |
| 20 | Billy Moss | Assistant Engineer |
| 21 | Kathleen Murphy | Make-Up |
| 22 | Kathleen Murphy | Make-Up |
| 23 | John Newton | Composer, Text |
| 24 | Robin Spielberg | Composer, Keyboards, Piano, Poetry, Primary Artist, Text |
| 25 | Roger Squitero | Bells, Sleigh Bells |
| 26 | Traditional | Composer |
| 27 | Charles Wesley | Composer, Text |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |