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For this recording the Sixtine Group has revisited the repertory of its concert programme devoted to American Christmas numbers in order to produce an original object brimming with vitality, humour, yet also reverence. Why choose the American Christmas tradition? Because it offers the ideal thematic peg to recount the formidable cultural diversity, resulting from the great waves of immigration, which has presided over the evolution of American music, sacred and secular, for the past four centuries.
For this recording the Sixtine Group has revisited the repertory of its concert programme devoted to American Christmas numbers in order to produce an original object brimming with vitality, humour, yet also reverence. Why choose the American Christmas tradition? Because it offers the ideal thematic peg to recount the formidable cultural diversity, resulting from the great waves of immigration, which has presided over the evolution of American music, sacred and secular, for the past four centuries. Read less
Works on This Recording
1.
Tango Triste, for saxophone & ensemble by Raphaël Imbert
Performer:
Raphaël Imbert (Saxophone)
Conductor:
Raphaël Imbert
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Sixtine Group
Length: 6 Minutes 40 Secs.
2.
O little town of Bethlehem by Henry Walford Davies
Performer:
Raphaël Imbert (Saxophone),
Jean-Luc Di Fraya (Voice),
Jean-Luc Di Fraya (Percussion),
Marion Rampal (Voice)
Conductor:
Raphaël Imbert
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Sixtine Group
Period: 20th Century
Written: England
Length: 4 Minutes 38 Secs.
3.
Santa Claus is comin' to town by John Frederic Coots
Performer:
Raphaël Imbert (Saxophone),
Jean-Luc Di Fraya (Voice),
Jean-Luc Di Fraya (Percussion),
Marion Rampal (Voice)
Conductor:
Raphaël Imbert
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Sixtine Group
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1934; USA
Length: 4 Minutes 26 Secs.
4.
Winter Wonderland by Felix Bernard
Performer:
Raphaël Imbert (Saxophone),
Jean-Luc Di Fraya (Voice),
Jean-Luc Di Fraya (Percussion),
Marion Rampal (Voice)
Conductor:
Raphaël Imbert
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Sixtine Group
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1934; USA
Length: 2 Minutes 41 Secs.
5.
Amazing grace by John Newton
Performer:
Raphaël Imbert (Saxophone),
Jean-Luc Di Fraya (Percussion),
Jean-Luc Di Fraya (Voice),
Marion Rampal (Voice)
Conductor:
Raphaël Imbert
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Sixtine Group
Period: Classical
Written: 1799
Length: 4 Minutes 22 Secs.
6.
I'll be home for Christmas by Walter Kent
Performer:
Raphaël Imbert (Saxophone),
Jean-Luc Di Fraya (Voice),
Jean-Luc Di Fraya (Percussion),
Marion Rampal (Voice)
Conductor:
Raphaël Imbert
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Sixtine Group
Period: 20th Century
Written: USA
Length: 2 Minutes 12 Secs.
7.
Frosty the Snowman by Steve Nelson
Performer:
Raphaël Imbert (Saxophone),
Jean-Luc Di Fraya (Percussion),
Jean-Luc Di Fraya (Voice),
Marion Rampal (Voice)
Conductor:
Raphaël Imbert
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Sixtine Group
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1950; USA
Length: 4 Minutes 13 Secs.
8.
Timon en berceuse, for saxophone & ensemble by Raphaël Imbert
Performer:
Raphaël Imbert (Saxophone)
Conductor:
Raphaël Imbert
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Sixtine Group
Length: 9 Minutes 20 Secs.
9.
Holiday Inn: White Christmas by Irving Berlin
Performer:
Raphaël Imbert (Saxophone),
Jean-Luc Di Fraya (Percussion),
Jean-Luc Di Fraya (Voice),
Marion Rampal (Voice)
Conductor:
Raphaël Imbert
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Sixtine Group
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1942; USA
Length: 4 Minutes 50 Secs.
10.
Away in a manger by James R. Murray
Performer:
Raphaël Imbert (Saxophone),
Jean-Luc Di Fraya (Percussion),
Jean-Luc Di Fraya (Voice),
Marion Rampal (Voice)
Conductor:
Raphaël Imbert
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Sixtine Group
Period: Romantic
Written: 1887
Length: 4 Minutes 11 Secs.
11.
Oh Hanukkah, traditional holiday song by Traditional
Performer:
Raphaël Imbert (Saxophone),
Jean-Luc Di Fraya (Percussion),
Jean-Luc Di Fraya (Voice),
Marion Rampal (Voice)
Conductor:
Raphaël Imbert
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Sixtine Group
Length: 8 Minutes 27 Secs.
12.
Cette Veille de Christmas, song by Terry Huval
Performer:
Raphaël Imbert (Saxophone),
Jean-Luc Di Fraya (Voice),
Jean-Luc Di Fraya (Percussion),
Marion Rampal (Voice)
Conductor:
Raphaël Imbert
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Sixtine Group
Length: 3 Minutes 50 Secs.
13.
Santa Claus Is Back In Town by Jerry Leiber
Performer:
Raphaël Imbert (Saxophone),
Jean-Luc Di Fraya (Percussion),
Jean-Luc Di Fraya (Voice),
Marion Rampal (Voice)
Conductor:
Raphaël Imbert
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Sixtine Group
Length: 5 Minutes 20 Secs.
14.
Auld lang syne by Robert Burns
Performer:
Raphaël Imbert (Saxophone),
Jean-Luc Di Fraya (Voice),
Jean-Luc Di Fraya (Percussion),
Marion Rampal (Voice)
Conductor:
Raphaël Imbert
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Sixtine Group
Period: Classical
Written: 18th Century; Scotland
Length: 2 Minutes 20 Secs.
15.
Spinoza, for saxophone & ensemble by Raphaël Imbert
Performer:
Raphaël Imbert (Saxophone)
Conductor:
Raphaël Imbert
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Sixtine Group
Length: 6 Minutes 9 Secs.
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