Sorry, it just surprised me that you would be fond of "O Come, O Come, Emmanuel" because you are so openly not Christian.
Don't be sorry, it's surprising to me too, but I guess I just like what music I like, no matter who makes it or why. There are some beautiful masses by Beethoven that drive me to tears.
The Mannheim Steamroller version includes vocals sung in Latin--very pretty and very haunting. I'm sorry I can't provide a link.
I went to Amazon, but peversely enough, that single track was only available on
one of their Xmas CDs and it was the box set which is priced much more than I want to pay for it. There is even a 'listen' option, but for some reason I don't have the plugins and am such a computer illiterate that I don't know how to download the plugin so I can at least listen to a bit of it.
Quote from: delalluvia on December 16, 2006, 09:54:05 pm
I like the CD by Loreena McKennitt "'A Winter Garden, five songs for the season".
Del, this is one of my all-time favorite albums. I even listen to it outside of Christmas (especially "Seeds of Love").
Mine too! I only play it during the holiday season, so I can look forward to listening to it.
Here's another favorite: Jessye Norman's Christmastide. It starts with O Come, O Come, Emmanuel and includes both sacred and non-sacred songs. With a boy choir, no less. She really belts on this one. "Christmastide" also known as "Jessye's Carol" was written especially for her.
Off to Amazon! Found it! Thanks.