The Holly And The Ivy
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Christmas is the most joyful festival of the
Christian year, when we celebrate at the same time the turning
point of the winter and the new hope that was brought to men
with the birth of Jesus. Christmas is a time when we make up for
the bleakness of the weather outside with the warmth of our
spirits, and it is no coincidence that the songs which have come
to be particularly associated with Christmas should be carols,
which have always been the most cheerful and often the most
secular of Christian songs.
On this record you find your favourite carols in an unfamiliar
guise--we've called the album 'Tijuana Christmas', but you will
find the mariachi sound taking on a richer and more varied
flavour as the Toreo Band bring out the charms of our most
beautiful carol tunes in imaginitive brand new arrangments. 'The
Holly and the Ivy' sets the pace with a bright, sparkling beat
that even adds to the gaiety of one of our oldest and liveliest
carols; 'Slient Night' a much more recent and a more devout
carol, is given a quite contrasting treatment, slow and tender.
'Hark, the Herald Angels Sing' sets off again at a brisk, bouncy
pace--and if you feel like dancing, why not? It may come as a
surprise to you that our oldest carols used to be dances, and
that the word itself described a form of circular dance.
In the preface to the Oxford book of carols you will find carols
described as songs with a religious impulse that are simple,
joyful, popular and modern. You'll never have heard them
sounding more joyful, popular or modern than they do on this
exciting and original L.P.
BLASE MACHIN