The Christmas net is cast wide in this captivating collection of seasonal music. John Fox has crafted a delightful Carol Fantasia. Bryan Kelly's Scrooge is an action-packed Dickens compression, brought to visceral life by esteemed actor Simon Callow, who also narrates Philip Lane's Another Night Before Christmas, an update by Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy of the classic poem. Lane's Old Christmas Music is expressively rich, and spans the centuries. Smaller pieces from Liszt, orchestrated by Gordon Jacob, Rebikov and more recent works, complete a delightful selection.

Tracklist:

Carol Fantasia
Scrooge
Old Christmas Music: I. Anon. 16th Century: Gaudete
Old Christmas Music: II. Peter Warlock: The First Mercy
Old Christmas Music: III. French Trad.: Bring A Torch
Old Christmas Music: IV. Peter Warlock: Bethlehem Down
Old Christmas Music: V. Mykola Leontovych: Carol Of The Bells
Another Night Before Christmas
Christmas Rush
Christmas Tree Suite, Op. 21: I. Waltz
Weihnachtsbaum, S186/R71 (Excerpts) (Arr. G. Jacob And P. Lane As Christmas Tree Suite For Orchestra): V. Scherzoso (Little Sche
Weihnachtsbaum, S186/R71 (Excerpts) (Arr. G. Jacob And P. Lane As Christmas Tree Suite For Orchestra): VI. Carillon (Chimes)
Weihnachtsbaum, S186/R71 (Excerpts) (Arr. G. Jacob And P. Lane As Christmas Tree Suite For Orchestra): X. Ehemals (Old Times)
Weihnachtsbaum, S186/R71 (Excerpts) (Arr. G. Jacob And P. Lane As Christmas Tree Suite For Orchestra): XII. Polnisch (Polish)
Fairytale Sleighride
Snowride
Les Saisons (The Seasons), Op. 37b: XI. November: Troika (Arr. P. Lane For Orchestra)
Christmas Cracker

UPC: 747313274475
Label: Naxos
Release Date: 11.15.11
Format: CD

Gavin Sutherland - Another Night Before Christmas & Scrooge (CD)