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Posted: Nov 30 2006 at 3:26pm | IP Logged Quote wamegomom
If you could only buy 3 music CDs for the season, which ones would you buy? I need to add to our music collection. What are your favorites?

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Dear Mary Alice,

This is our all time favourite: John Michael Talbot's The Birth of Christ - I think the Amazon site allows you to hear snippets of each song.

Highly recommend it!

My next favourite is:

Celtic Christmas by Eden's Bridge - an Irish cd with hauntingly beautiful tunes. This site also allows you to hear some of the songs.

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I picked up a copy of a Christmas Cd by Jewel at a garage sale. I wasn't sure what to expect, but it is beautiful- she even sings the Ave Maria.

Here is the link: http://www.amazon.com/Joy-Holiday-Collection-Jewel

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Posted: Dec 02 2006 at 10:43pm | IP Logged Quote SuzanneG
I purchased this a few years ago per the recommendation of our parish organis. I was not diappointed. It is beautiful...traditional chorale.

However, I see on amazon that there are only copies avail for $48! Yikes!   

Christmas with the Cambridge Singers

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Posted: Dec 29 2006 at 11:14pm | IP Logged Quote SuzanneG
for an anthology.....all the favorites songs sung with favorite singers....

Time Life Holiday CD - set of 2 this is the one I have, but mine is a 4-cd set. All my siblings have this, and they are the cds we all "reach for first" !

Here is another collection. 2-cds



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Top three (this year ):

A Cello Christmas (Actually, this is my all time favorite.)
A Yorkshire Christmas
Christmas with the Tallis Scholars

An odd mix, to be sure .

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I've heard that On Jordan's Bank by the Magdalene College Choir is very good.

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BrendaPeter wrote:
I've heard that On Jordan's Bank by the Magdalene College Choir is very good.


I previewed a friend's copy before I bought it. It's okay. If you have a sensitive ear to music it might not be too pleasurable. My friend is a graduate of Magdalen and explained the whole study body must be in the choir, and not all are musically inclined, but all are "enthusiastic". It's a great selection of Advent music, one of the best, but just be forewarned it's not professionally done.

I've had a few experiences buying cds that I can't bear to listen because of off-key singing so that's why I bear a little warning. It's distracting to me.

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