The Christmas Album

JT: The Christmas Album (2003)

Em função de severos problemas técnicos, obviamente já resolvidos (valeu Yerblues pelo link!) esse disco não pôde ser postado na segunda-feira última.
Segue hoje, no primeiro minuto do dia de Natal, junto com meus votos de Paz e Harmonia a todos, e respectivas famílias.

Uma boa forma de comemorarmos essa data é com o Jethro Tull, neste muito bom album de 2003, composto, além de músicas então inéditas de Anderson, por algumas regravações, temas instrumentais e canções típicas de período natalino (caso de God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen, Holly Herald, We Three Kings). Tem também arranjos de peças clássicas - Bach ;) , Fauré - além de uma rara e bela composição de Martin Barre (em discos do Tull, bem entendido), que é A Winter Snowscape.

Seja você Cristão ou não, um Feliz Natal, e que seja observado - como sugestão - o recado do Ian Anderson:

A Christmas Song

Once in Royal David’s City stood a lowly cattle shed,
where a mother laid her baby.
You’d do well to remember the things He later said.
When you’re stuffing yourselves at the Christmas parties,
you’ll laugh when I tell you to take a running jump.
You’re missing the point I’m sure does not need making;
that Christmas spirit is not what you drink.
So how can you laugh when your own mother’s hungry
and how can you smile when the reasons for smiling are wrong?
And if I messed up your thoughtless pleasures,
remember, if you wish, this is just a Christmas song.

E eu completo: that's it.

Track List (CD) e Line Up:
1 - "Birthday Card at Christmas" (Ian Anderson) – 3:37
2 - "Holly Herald" (Instrumental medley arranged and developed by Anderson) – 4:16
3 - "A Christmas Song" (Anderson) – 2:47
4 - "Another Christmas Song" (Anderson) – 3:31
5 - "God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen" (Trad. arranged by Anderson) – 4:35
6 - "Jack Frost and the Hooded Crow" (Anderson) – 3:37
7 - "Last Man at the Party" (Anderson) – 4:48
8 - "Weathercock" (Anderson) – 4:17
9 - "Pavane" (Instrumental, G. Fauré, arranged and developed by Anderson) – 4:19
10 - "First Snow on Brooklyn" (Anderson) – 4:57
11 - "Greensleeved" (Trad. instrumental based on "Greensleeves". Arranged and developed by Anderson) – 2:39
12 - "Fire at Midnight" (Anderson) – 2:26
13 - "We Five Kings" (Instrumental "We Three Kings", Rev. J. Hopkins, arranged and developed by Anderson) – 3:16
14 - "Ring Out Solstice Bells" (Anderson) – 4:04
15 - "Bourée" (Instrumental J. S. Bach, arranged and developed by Anderson) – 4:25
16 - "A Winter Snowscape" (Instrumental, Martin Barre) – 4:57

Ian Anderson – flute, vocals, acoustic guitars, mandolin, piccolo, percussion
Martin Barre – electric and acoustic guitars
Doane Perry – drums and percussion
Andrew Giddings – keyboards, accordion and keyboard bass
Jonathan Noyce – bass guitar

Guest musicians:
James Duncan
Dave Pegg
The Sturez String Quartet:
Gábor Csonka – 1st violon
Péter Szilágyi – 2nd Violin
Gyula Benkö – viola
András Sturez – cello

Produção: Ian Anderson.



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