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A Steinway Christmas album [sound recording] : piano music for the season.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: MusicMusicPublisher number: 30005 | Steinway & SonsPublication details: [New York?] : Steinway & Sons, p2011.Description: 1 sound disc : digital ; 4 3/4 inUniform titles:
  • Auld lang syne.
Contained works:
  • Anderson, Leroy, 1908-1975. Sleigh ride; arr
  • Callaway, Ann Hampton Christmas lullaby; arr
  • Foster, David, 1949- Grown up Christmas list ; arr
  • Grainger, Percy, 1882-1961. British folk-music settings. Sussex mummers' Christmas carol, piano
  • Gruber, Franz Xaver, 1787-1863. Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht; arr
  • Isaacs, Gregory Sullivan Quiet night
  • Li͡apunov, S. M. 1859-1924. Fêtes de Noël
  • Liszt, Franz, 1811-1886. Weihnachtsbaum. Hirten an der Krippe
  • Luther, Frank, 1905-1980. Christmas is a comin'; arr
  • Rebikov, Vladimir Ëlka
  • Reger, Max, 1873-1916. Aus der Jugendzeit. Weihnachtstraum
  • Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893. Shchelkunchik. Pas de deux. Variat︠s︡ii︠a︡, no. 2; arr
  • Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893. Shchelkunchik. Trepak; arr
  • Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893. Shchelkunchik. Uverti︠u︡ra; arr
  • Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893. Vremena goda. Dekabrʹ
  • Tormé, Mel, 1925-1999. Christmas song; arr
Subject(s):
Contents:
Sleigh ride / Leroy Anderson ; arr. Gentile (3:29) -- The Sussex mummer's Christmas carol / Percy Grainger (2:34) -- Ding dong! merrily on high : sixteenth-century French tune; merged with J.S. Bach's Jesu, joy of man's desiring / arr. Carolyne M. Taylor (4:32) -- Quiet night (for Jeffrey Biegel) / Gregory Sullivan Isaacs (2:23) -- The Christmas song / Mel Tormé ; arr. Jeffrey Biegel (3:31) -- Fêtes de noël (Svyatki) : op. 41, no. 3 : Chanteurs de noël / Sergei Lyapunov (2:10) -- The nutcracker : opus 71. Miniature overture / Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (3:19) -- The nutcracker : opus 71. Dance of the sugar plum fairy / Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (2:03) -- The nutcracker : opus 71. Russian dance (Trepak) / Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1:08) -- Aus der Jugendzeit : opus 17, no. 9. Weihnachtstraum / Max Reger (2:11) -- Yolka (The Christmas tree) : opus 21: Waltz / Vladimir Rebikov (2:42) -- The seasons : opus 37b. December / Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (4:06) -- In the bleak midwinter (Cranham) (Gustav Holst merged with Franz's Liszt's Un sospiro) / arr. Carolyne M. Taylor (4:00) -- Silent night / Franz Xaver Gruber ; arr. Noreen Grey Lienhard (2:25) -- Christmas is a comin' / Frank Luther ; arr. Steve Calderone (2:04) -- Hark the herald angels sing (in the style of Beethoven) / arr. Donald Sosin (3;35) -- Weihnachtsbaum. The shepherds at the manger (In dulce jubilo) / Franz Liszt (3:04) -- Bring a torch/I saw three ships / arr. Steve Calderone (1:42) -- Christmas lullaby / Ann Hampton Callaway ; arr. Jeffrey Biegel (4:52) -- Grown up Christmas list / David Foster ; arr. Jeffrey Biegel (4:07) -- Auld lang syne / arr. Jeffrey Biegel (2:32).
Jeffrey Biegel, piano.
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Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult CD Adult CD Main Library CD HOLIDAY Biegel, Jeffrey Available 33111006964197
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

This modest disc of Christmas music from Steinway is meant to be purchased physically, although it is also available digitally. It comes packaged with an ornament, a miniature version of the Steinway lyre emblem that is gilded on each of the company's pianos. However, the music is something that should appeal to fans of Steinways who also enjoy Christmas music. Jeffrey Biegel is an ideal pianist for this project and represents Steinway and its instruments well. He is primarily a classical artist, but here proves he can play with equal musicality and charm in many different styles. On the opening track, arranger Andrew Gentile gives Sleighride ragtime and Gershwin-esque embellishments, a welcomed, refreshing refit of a work that's become something of a cliché. The arrangements of Silent Night, Christmas Lullaby, Grown-Up Christmas List, and Auld Lang Syne represent a smooth, piano jazz-style of performance. Christmas Is A-Comin' also begins that way, but halfway through turns into an animated stride version. For the more classically oriented, there are straight up works by Franz Liszt, Max Reger, Vladimir Rebikov, and Sergey Lyapunov, plus excerpts from the Nutcracker that lose none of their appeal in the piano transcription under Biegel's hands. There are also pieces that mix it up a little. The arrangements by Carolyne M. Taylor (whom Biegel has recorded previously) combine well-loved Christmas melodies with classical pieces. Hark! the Herald Angels Sing is a brief set of variations in the style of Beethoven. Fans who like only particular styles of piano playing may prefer to pick and choose their tracks, but fans of Steinway shouldn't be disappointed to get the entire package. ~Patsy Morita

Compact disc.

Program notes by Ray Bono and biographical notes on the performer (7 p.) inserted in container.

Sleigh ride / Leroy Anderson ; arr. Gentile (3:29) -- The Sussex mummer's Christmas carol / Percy Grainger (2:34) -- Ding dong! merrily on high : sixteenth-century French tune; merged with J.S. Bach's Jesu, joy of man's desiring / arr. Carolyne M. Taylor (4:32) -- Quiet night (for Jeffrey Biegel) / Gregory Sullivan Isaacs (2:23) -- The Christmas song / Mel Tormé ; arr. Jeffrey Biegel (3:31) -- Fêtes de noël (Svyatki) : op. 41, no. 3 : Chanteurs de noël / Sergei Lyapunov (2:10) -- The nutcracker : opus 71. Miniature overture / Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (3:19) -- The nutcracker : opus 71. Dance of the sugar plum fairy / Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (2:03) -- The nutcracker : opus 71. Russian dance (Trepak) / Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1:08) -- Aus der Jugendzeit : opus 17, no. 9. Weihnachtstraum / Max Reger (2:11) -- Yolka (The Christmas tree) : opus 21: Waltz / Vladimir Rebikov (2:42) -- The seasons : opus 37b. December / Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (4:06) -- In the bleak midwinter (Cranham) (Gustav Holst merged with Franz's Liszt's Un sospiro) / arr. Carolyne M. Taylor (4:00) -- Silent night / Franz Xaver Gruber ; arr. Noreen Grey Lienhard (2:25) -- Christmas is a comin' / Frank Luther ; arr. Steve Calderone (2:04) -- Hark the herald angels sing (in the style of Beethoven) / arr. Donald Sosin (3;35) -- Weihnachtsbaum. The shepherds at the manger (In dulce jubilo) / Franz Liszt (3:04) -- Bring a torch/I saw three ships / arr. Steve Calderone (1:42) -- Christmas lullaby / Ann Hampton Callaway ; arr. Jeffrey Biegel (4:52) -- Grown up Christmas list / David Foster ; arr. Jeffrey Biegel (4:07) -- Auld lang syne / arr. Jeffrey Biegel (2:32).

Jeffrey Biegel, piano.

Recorded May 3 & 4, 2011 in the Concert Hall of the Performing Arts Center, Purchase College, State University of New York,

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