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Depending on the mood you're in, this compilation album will make you dream, smile, or cry a nostalgic tear. It is a typical Windham Hill sampler: wistful, joyful, lush, and lovely. Most songs stick with piano or string instrumentation, and none of them could ever be classified as up-tempo. A few of the tracks, including "The Gift" and "Sung to Sleep," sound like Windham Hill's famous pianist George Winston, but they are actually performed by lesser-known artists. The selections are an interesting combination of classical pieces ("Chorale #220," J.S. Bach), traditional melodies ("Come Life Shaker Life"), and original compositions ("By the Fireside," written and performed by William Allaudin Mathieu). There are almost no vocals in the compilation, although a boy's choir adds an ethereal quality to the end of "Salve Regina." Windham Hill co-founder William Ackerman proves that he's an artist as well as a label exec with his moving, poignant performance of the original composition "Abide the Winter." All in all, this is another success for the label and its talented bunch of artists. It isn't edgy or dramatic or hooky, but it's not intended to be. However, each song in the collection is beautiful, atmospheric, and timeless. ~ L. Katz
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List Price $7.99 (You save $1.90)
Category Rock/Pop Albums, New Age CDs, Christmas, Meditation, Christmas/ Chanukkah
Label Windham Hill
Orig Year 1986
All Time Sales Rank   34193  
CD Universe Part number 1025606
Catalog number 1077
Discs 1
Release Date Oct 25, 1990
Studio/Live Studio
Mono/Stereo Stereo
Producer William Ackerman
Engineer Stephen Hart
Recording Time 49 minutes
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Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample1.Gift, The - Philip Aaberg
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample2.17th Century Canon - Paul McCandless, James Matheson & Robin May
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample3.Prelude to Cello Suite #1 in G Major (J.S. Bach) - Michael Hedges
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample4.This Rush of Wings - Metamora
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample5.Sung to Sleep - Michael Manring
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample6.Modern Mandolin Quartet Medley: E'en So, Lord Jesus Quickly Come / Dadme Albricias Hijos D'Eva :: Sons Of Eve Reward My Tidings
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample7.Bring Me Back a Song - Nightnoise
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample8.Salve Regina - Theresa Schroeder-Sheker
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample9.Chorale #220 (J.S. Bach) - Turtle Island String Quartet
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample10.Simple Psalm - Fred Simon
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample11.Flute Sonata in em, 3rd Movement (J.S Bach) - Barbara Higbie/Emily Kliom
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample12.Come Life Shaker Life - Malcolm Dalglish
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample13.Medieval Memory II - Ira Stein/Russel Walder
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample14.Abide the Winter - William Ackerman
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample15.By the Fireside - William Allaudin Mathieu

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