Our Review
I love Andean pan flute beyond most other instruments, and I would love to spend a Christmas in the Andes. Especially if I were serenaded of a cool mountain morning by Tairona! Actually, from the liner notes it appears Tairona may be a North American band. But they can play those South American instruments in an Andean style! Although their selections stuck pretty closely to a basic Christmas set, their arrangements were full of pleasant little surprises. I enjoyed listening to every song on the CD, from Away in a Manger to their medley--one of the best integrated medleys I have ever heard--featuring Deck the Halls, Coventry Carol, Jingle Bells, and Glad Christmas Bells. I don't know if any medley qualifies as a tour de force, but this one comes close. They threw in everything but the kitchen sink on this one.
Several songs on this offering will make the annual highlight reel.
--Richard Banks
(Reviewed in 1998)
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Tairona
Andean Christmas
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Label: Sonic Images
Length: 35 minutes
Genre: World
Release: 1996
Track List
| Song Title |
|---|
| God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen |
| The Huron Carol |
| We Three Kings|What Child Is This |
| Away in a Manger |
| Deck the Halls|Coventry Carol|Jingle Bells|Glad Christmas Bells |
| We Wish You a Merry Christmas|Joy to the World |
| O Holy Night |
| Angels We Have Heard on High|Hark the Herald Angels Sing |
| It Came Upon a Midnight Clear |
| I Saw Three Ships|Silent Night |