Christmas is a magical time and all of us have special memories that come flooding back with a particular smell or sound. Music is an important part of this experience and after being force fed Christmas muzak as you do your present shopping, it’s nice to relax, unwind and settle into the mood at home, with music you have chosen yourself.
The library has a great collection of Christmas CDs covering a wide range of tastes. Here are some of our favourites.
- Carols & Christmas Songs from the magnificent voice of Bryn Terfel
- Christmas Cornucopia by Annie Lennox
- R & B Christmas Hits – everyone from Aretha Franklin to Chris Brown and Macy Gray bring you a soulful Christmas.
- Bob Dylan Christmas In the heart – all the old favourites in Bob’s unique and inimitable style.
- Merry Christmas Baby- an interesting mix of traditional and original tracks from well known NZ artists, for Christmas with a New Zealand flavour.
- Neil Diamond. A Cherry Cherry Christmas. Neil Diamond sings cruisy carols. Great Christmas background music.
- Country Christmas Collection – for everyone who likes Dolly, Johnny, Jim and Tammy… oh and Willie.
Find out more on our Christmas music page.
Merry Christmas from the Music Team
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3 December 2010 at 4:02 pm
My two favourites are:
The Christmas Album 1 (Andrew Parrott) and
Wolcum Yule (Anonymous 4 with Andrew Lawrence-King)
7 December 2010 at 9:10 am
A Sinatra Christmas (and several other Sinatra Christmas albums) – there is nothing like old blue eyes swinging those Jingle Bells…
7 December 2010 at 10:51 am
Boney M is top of my list.
7 December 2010 at 4:43 pm
Just finished listening to A Christmas Cornucopia by Annie Lennox . Very traditional selection of carols including some of my favorites like Lullay, Lullay, The Holly and the Ivy, In the Bleak Midwinter. Sung in robust style with some interesting arrangements. Nice. Next on list is Bob Dylan’s Christmas in the heart