Our Review
Frank Argento's Christmas Piano, Traditional Carols is all that. Both his phrasing and his selections are traditional. I imagined a long day of last-minute holiday shopping, followed by a brief respite--perhaps as I sit down for a moment in the shoe department of Macy's--and hearing the department store piano player giving me a moment to reflect. Pensive and unhurried, Argento's arrangements are more classical than new age, giving each piece its due.
Presented as a series medleys, Argento packs the essence of twenty holiday classics into 48 minutes of solo piano. Not a big fan of the medley approach, I thought it worked with these songs, simply because of the department store piano man approach. Traditional and very musical, Frank Argento's Christmas Piano, Traditional Carols will be appreciated and enjoyed by a wide variety of listeners.
--Richard Banks
(Reviewed in 2008)
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From the liner notes:
Produced and Arranged by Frank Argento
Recorded, mixed, mastered by Jack Mascari, at Crossroads Studios, Arden, NC
Frank Argento
Christmas Piano,
Traditional Carols
Artist site
Label: Frank Argento
Length: 48 minutes
Genre: Piano
Release: 2007
Track List
| Song Title |
|---|
| Do You Hear What I Hear | Hark, The Herald Angels Sing | Angels From The Realms Of Glory |
| What Child Is This? | I Wonder As I Wander |
| The First Noel |
| It Came Upon A Midnight Clear | Angels We Have Heard On High |
| Gesu Bambino | Bring A Torch Jeanette Isabella |
| Still, Still Still | O Little Town Of Bethlehem | O Come Immanuel |
| Once In Royal David's City | O Come, All Ye Faithful |
| Infant Holy, Infant Lowly | Away In A Manger | O Come Little Children |
| O Holy Night |
| Silent Night |