Sweet Christmas

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Album Summary

Performers

• Ed Alstrom (Acoustic 6-Str. Gtr.)
• Wendy Large
• Ed Alstrom (Bouzouki)
• Ed Alstrom (Piano)
• Ed Alstrom (Percussion)
• Ed Alstrom (Bells)
• Ed Alstrom (Synthesizer)
• Ed Alstrom (Ukulele)
• André Tarantiles (Harp)

Ensemble

• DolciCanti

Composers

• Franz Gruber (Composer) (1787 - 1863)
• Pietro Yon (1886 - 1943)
• Christmas Traditional
• Catalan Traditional
• Adolphe Adam (1803 - 1856)

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Recording information: Bennett Studios, Englewood, NJ; The Barber Shop Studios, Lake Hopatcong, NJ.

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Works Details

Traditional, Christmas : Angels We Have Heard on High

• Performers: Ed Alstrom (Acoustic 6-Str. Gtr.); Wendy Large; Ed Alstrom (Bouzouki); Ed Alstrom (Piano); Ed Alstrom (Percussion); Ed Alstrom (Bells); André Tarantiles (Harp); Ed Alstrom (Synthesizer); Ed Alstrom (Ukulele)
• Ensemble: DolciCanti
• Running Time: 2 min. 46 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Christmas
• Written: circa 1840

Traditional, Christmas : Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella ("Un flambeau, Jeanette, Isabelle")

• Performers: André Tarantiles (Harp); Ed Alstrom (Ukulele); Ed Alstrom (Acoustic 6-Str. Gtr.); Ed Alstrom (Synthesizer); Ed Alstrom (Piano); Ed Alstrom (Bells); Ed Alstrom (Bouzouki); Ed Alstrom (Percussion); Wendy Large
• Ensemble: DolciCanti
• Running Time: 1 min. 43 sec.
• Written: 18th Century

Traditional, Christmas : Still, Still, Still (Stille, stille, stille) (Austrian)

• Performers: Ed Alstrom (Synthesizer); Ed Alstrom (Bouzouki); Ed Alstrom (Bells); Ed Alstrom (Acoustic 6-Str. Gtr.); Ed Alstrom (Ukulele); Wendy Large; André Tarantiles (Harp); Ed Alstrom (Piano); Ed Alstrom (Percussion)
• Ensemble: DolciCanti
• Running Time: 2 min. 57 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Christmas
• Written: 1819

Traditional, Christmas : Entre le boeuf et l'âne gris (Oxen and asses stand around)

• Performers: Ed Alstrom (Synthesizer); Ed Alstrom (Acoustic 6-Str. Gtr.); Ed Alstrom (Percussion); Ed Alstrom (Ukulele); Wendy Large; André Tarantiles (Harp); Ed Alstrom (Bouzouki); Ed Alstrom (Bells); Ed Alstrom (Piano)
• Ensemble: DolciCanti
• Running Time: 2 min. 59 sec.
• Form: Christmas

Traditional, Christmas : Joseph, lieber Joseph mein (Joseph, Dearest Joseph Mine), carol (German)

• Performers: Wendy Large; André Tarantiles (Harp); Ed Alstrom (Acoustic 6-Str. Gtr.); Ed Alstrom (Ukulele); Ed Alstrom (Bells); Ed Alstrom (Bouzouki); Ed Alstrom (Synthesizer); Ed Alstrom (Percussion); Ed Alstrom (Piano)
• Ensemble: DolciCanti
• Running Time: 3 min. 21 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance
• Form: Christmas
• Written: 13th Century

Traditional, Christmas : The First Nowell (English)

• Performers: André Tarantiles (Harp); Ed Alstrom (Ukulele); Ed Alstrom (Bells); Ed Alstrom (Piano); Ed Alstrom (Acoustic 6-Str. Gtr.); Ed Alstrom (Synthesizer); Ed Alstrom (Bouzouki); Ed Alstrom (Percussion); Wendy Large
• Ensemble: DolciCanti
• Running Time: 3 min. 12 sec.
• Form: Christmas
• Written: by 1823

Traditional, Christmas : O Little Town of Bethlehem

• Performers: André Tarantiles (Harp); Ed Alstrom (Percussion); Ed Alstrom (Bells); Ed Alstrom (Acoustic 6-Str. Gtr.); Ed Alstrom (Piano); Ed Alstrom (Bouzouki); Ed Alstrom (Synthesizer); Ed Alstrom (Ukulele); Wendy Large
• Ensemble: DolciCanti
• Running Time: 3 min. 56 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1868

Traditional, Christmas : Sweet Little Jesus Boy, carol (American)

• Performers: André Tarantiles (Harp); Ed Alstrom (Percussion); Ed Alstrom (Bells); Ed Alstrom (Bouzouki); Ed Alstrom (Synthesizer); Ed Alstrom (Acoustic 6-Str. Gtr.); Ed Alstrom (Ukulele); Ed Alstrom (Piano); Wendy Large
• Ensemble: DolciCanti
• Running Time: 3 min. 44 sec.

Adam, Adolphe : Cantique de Noël for voice & orchestra ("Minuit, Chrétiens," "O Holy Night")

• Performers: Wendy Large; André Tarantiles (Harp); Ed Alstrom (Piano); Ed Alstrom (Bells); Ed Alstrom (Ukulele); Ed Alstrom (Acoustic 6-Str. Gtr.); Ed Alstrom (Synthesizer); Ed Alstrom (Percussion); Ed Alstrom (Bouzouki)
• Ensemble: DolciCanti
• Running Time: 3 min. 50 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Vocal
• Written: 1851

Traditional, Christmas : In the Bleak Midwinter (Welsh)

• Performers: Ed Alstrom (Acoustic 6-Str. Gtr.); Ed Alstrom (Piano); Ed Alstrom (Bells); Ed Alstrom (Synthesizer); Ed Alstrom (Ukulele); Ed Alstrom (Bouzouki); Wendy Large; André Tarantiles (Harp); Ed Alstrom (Percussion)
• Ensemble: DolciCanti
• Running Time: 3 min. 24 sec.

Traditional, Christmas : The Manger Carol

• Performers: André Tarantiles (Harp); Ed Alstrom (Synthesizer); Ed Alstrom (Acoustic 6-Str. Gtr.); Ed Alstrom (Bells); Ed Alstrom (Ukulele); Ed Alstrom (Bouzouki); Ed Alstrom (Piano); Ed Alstrom (Percussion); Wendy Large
• Ensemble: DolciCanti
• Running Time: 3 min. 14 sec.
• Form: Christmas

Yon, Pietro : Gesú bambino

• Performers: Ed Alstrom (Ukulele); Wendy Large; André Tarantiles (Harp); Ed Alstrom (Acoustic 6-Str. Gtr.); Ed Alstrom (Bouzouki); Ed Alstrom (Percussion); Ed Alstrom (Bells); Ed Alstrom (Piano); Ed Alstrom (Synthesizer)
• Ensemble: DolciCanti
• Running Time: 4 min. sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Christmas
• Written: 1917

Traditional, Catalan : Song of the Birds (El Cant dels Ocells), folk song

• Performers: Ed Alstrom (Bells); Ed Alstrom (Synthesizer); Ed Alstrom (Bouzouki); Wendy Large; André Tarantiles (Harp); Ed Alstrom (Percussion); Ed Alstrom (Acoustic 6-Str. Gtr.); Ed Alstrom (Piano); Ed Alstrom (Ukulele)
• Ensemble: DolciCanti
• Running Time: 2 min. 55 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary

Traditional, Christmas : Away in a Manger

• Performers: André Tarantiles (Harp); Ed Alstrom (Ukulele); Ed Alstrom (Synthesizer); Ed Alstrom (Acoustic 6-Str. Gtr.); Ed Alstrom (Piano); Ed Alstrom (Percussion); Ed Alstrom (Bells); Ed Alstrom (Bouzouki); Wendy Large
• Ensemble: DolciCanti
• Running Time: 3 min. 4 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Christmas
• Written: circa 1885

Traditional, Christmas : What Child Is This? (Greensleeves)

• Performers: Ed Alstrom (Bells); Ed Alstrom (Bouzouki); Ed Alstrom (Ukulele); Ed Alstrom (Piano); Wendy Large; André Tarantiles (Harp); Ed Alstrom (Percussion); Ed Alstrom (Synthesizer); Ed Alstrom (Acoustic 6-Str. Gtr.)
• Ensemble: DolciCanti
• Running Time: 3 min. 51 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance
• Form: Christmas
• Written: 1600

Gruber, Franz : Silent Night

• Performers: Wendy Large; André Tarantiles (Harp); Ed Alstrom (Bouzouki); Ed Alstrom (Percussion); Ed Alstrom (Acoustic 6-Str. Gtr.); Ed Alstrom (Ukulele); Ed Alstrom (Piano); Ed Alstrom (Bells); Ed Alstrom (Synthesizer)
• Ensemble: DolciCanti
• Running Time: 4 min. 27 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Choral
• Written: 1818