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Silent Night - Christmas Harp Music / Ayako Shinozaki


Release Date: 10/31/2007 
Label:  Sony   Catalog #: 62677   Spars Code: DDD 
Composer:  Lowell Mason,  Traditional,  John Frederic Coots,  Arcangelo Corelli,   ... 
Performer:  Kazuko Shinozaki,  Ayako Shinozaki
Number of Discs: 1 
Recorded in: Stereo 
Length: 1 Hours 14 Mins. 

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"There was a time, perhaps not too long ago, when the holiday season didn't seem quite so loud... Back then, or so we imagine, the holidays were as soothing and calm as a winter landscape after a snowfall... On this recording, harpist Ayako Shinozaki (with occasional help from Kazuko Shinozaki, also on harp) takes us back to the holiday season we wish we could remember, a time of almost contemplative intimacy. The songs and carols presented here, all arranged by Hiroshi Aoshima, run the gamut from the ancient to the modern... elegantly arranged and elegantly performed on the instrument of the angels."
-- Jackson Braider "There was a time, perhaps not too long ago, when the holiday season didn't seem quite so loud... Back then, or so we imagine, the holidays were as soothing and calm as a winter landscape after a snowfall... On this recording, harpist Ayako Shinozaki (with occasional help from Kazuko Shinozaki, also on harp) takes us back to the holiday season we wish we could remember, a time of almost contemplative intimacy. The songs and carols presented here, all arranged by Hiroshi Aoshima, run the gamut from the ancient to the modern... elegantly arranged and elegantly performed on the instrument of the angels."
-- Jackson Braider Read less

Works on This Recording

1.
Joy to the World by Lowell Mason
Performer:  Kazuko Shinozaki (Harp), Ayako Shinozaki (Harp)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 19th Century; USA 
 Date of Recording: 05/1993 
Venue:  Harmony Hall, Matsumoto, Japan 
Notes: Arranged: Hiroshi Aoshima 
2.
O Tannenbaum by Traditional
Performer:  Ayako Shinozaki (Harp)
Written: Westphalia, Germany 
 Date of Recording: 05/1993 
Venue:  Harmony Hall, Matsumoto, Japan 
Notes: Transcribed: Hiroshi Aoshima 
3.
Santa Claus is comin' to town by John Frederic Coots
Performer:  Ayako Shinozaki (Harp), Kazuko Shinozaki (Harp)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1934; USA 
 Date of Recording: 05/1993 
Venue:  Harmony Hall, Matsumoto, Japan 
Notes: This selection was written in collaboration with Dizzy Gillespie.
It is included in a medley which also features the carol "Here comes Santa Claus".
Arranged: Hiroshi Aoschima 
4.
Concerti grossi (12), Op. 6: no 8 in G minor "Christmas" - 7th movement, Largo "Pastorale" by Arcangelo Corelli
Performer:  Ayako Shinozaki (Harp)
Period: Baroque 
Written: Rome, Italy 
 Date of Recording: 05/1993 
Venue:  Harmony Hall, Matsumoto, Japan 
Notes: Transcribed: Hiroshi Aoshima
Composition written: Rome, Italy (1708 - 1712). 
5.
Fum, fum, fum by Traditional
Performer:  Ayako Shinozaki (Harp)
Written: Mexico 
 Date of Recording: 05/1993 
Venue:  Harmony Hall, Matsumoto, Japan 
Notes: Transcribed: Hiroshi Aoshima 
6.
O come, O come Emmanuel by Traditional
Performer:  Ayako Shinozaki (Harp)
Period: Renaissance 
Written: 15th Century; France 
 Date of Recording: 05/1993 
Venue:  Harmony Hall, Matsumoto, Japan 
Notes: Transcribed: Hiroshi Aoshima 
7.
Ellens Gesang III, D 839/Op. 52 no 6 "Ave Maria" by Franz Schubert
Performer:  Ayako Shinozaki (Harp)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1825; Vienna, Austria 
 Date of Recording: 05/1993 
Venue:  Harmony Hall, Matsumoto, Japan 
Notes: Transcribed: Hiroshi Aoshima 
8.
It came upon the midnight clear by Richard Storrs Willis
Performer:  Ayako Shinozaki (Harp)
Period: Romantic 
 Date of Recording: 05/1993 
Venue:  Harmony Hall, Matsumoto, Japan 
Notes: Transcribed: Hiroshi Aoshima 
9.
Angels we have heard on high by Traditional
Performer:  Ayako Shinozaki (Harp)
Written: France 
 Date of Recording: 05/1993 
Venue:  Harmony Hall, Matsumoto, Japan 
Notes: Transcribed: Hiroshi Aoshima 
10.
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer by Johnny Marks
Performer:  Ayako Shinozaki (Harp)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1949; USA 
 Date of Recording: 05/1993 
Venue:  Harmony Hall, Matsumoto, Japan 
Notes: Transcribed: Hiroshi Aoshima 
11.
The Advent by Hiroshi Aoshima
Performer:  Ayako Shinozaki (Harp)
Period: 20th Century 
 Date of Recording: 05/1993 
Venue:  Harmony Hall, Matsumoto, Japan 
12.
Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, BWV 147: Jesu bleibet meine Freude "Jesu, joy of man's desiring" by Johann Sebastian Bach
Performer:  Kazuko Shinozaki (Harp), Ayako Shinozaki (Harp)
Period: Baroque 
Written: 1723; Leipzig, Germany 
 Date of Recording: 05/1993 
Venue:  Harmony Hall, Matsumoto, Japan 
13.
Minuit, Chrétiens "O holy night" by Adolphe Adam
Performer:  Ayako Shinozaki (Harp)
Period: Romantic 
Written: France 
 Date of Recording: 05/1993 
Venue:  Harmony Hall, Matsumoto, Japan 
Notes: Arranged: Hiroshi Aoshima 
14.
Concerti grossi (12), Op. 3: no 12 in C major "Christmas Concerto" - Pastorale by Francesco Manfredini
Performer:  Ayako Shinozaki (Harp)
Period: Baroque 
Written: by 1718; Italy 
 Date of Recording: 05/1993 
Venue:  Harmony Hall, Matsumoto, Japan 
Notes: Transcribed: Hiroshi Aoshima 
15.
Silent Night by Franz Xaver Gruber
Performer:  Ayako Shinozaki (Harp)
Period: Classical 
Written: 1818; Austria 
 Date of Recording: 05/1993 
Venue:  Harmony Hall, Matsumoto, Japan 
Notes: Transcribed: Hiroshi Aoshima 
16.
Holiday Inn: White Christmas by Irving Berlin
Performer:  Ayako Shinozaki (Harp)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1942; USA 
 Date of Recording: 05/1993 
Venue:  Harmony Hall, Matsumoto, Japan 
Notes: Transcribed: Hiroshi Aoshima 
17.
Here Comes Santa Claus by Gene Autry
Performer:  Ayako Shinozaki (Harp), Kazuko Shinozaki (Harp)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1947; USA 
 Date of Recording: 05/1993 
Venue:  Harmony Hall, Matsumoto, Japan 
Notes: Arranged: Hiroshi Aoshima
This selection was written in collaboration with Oakley Haldeman.
This selection is included in a medley with "Santa Claus is comin' to town". 

Featured Sound Samples

Joy to the World (Mason)
Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring (Bach)

Customer Reviews

Average Customer Review:  ( 6 Customer Reviews )
 Wonderful! December 25, 2014 By D. Collins (Saline, MI) See All My Reviews "This is a wonderful holiday CD. I have been playing it all season! It is especially nice in the evening and is very calming. Highly recommend!" Report Abuse
 Completely Charming December 19, 2014 By bess holloway (Boulder, CO) See All My Reviews "I wish this had been around when I was a child. How lovely it would have been to hear it on Christmas Eve just before bedtime. It's the perfect gift for a reflection of the holiday's true meaning." Report Abuse
 Christmas Harp January 10, 2014 By Edwin C. (Santa Barbara, CA) See All My Reviews "Just as the title says, "Beautiful Christmas Melodies." Sensitive arrangements played beautifully." Report Abuse
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