Stille Nacht: Christmas Carols for Guitar - Rossini Hayward

Rossini Hayward, one of the most creative guitarists of his generation, has written a sequence of Christmas carol arrangements that range across the centuries and over continents. These beautiful pieces respect the original carols while bringing to them ingenious new features. Seven of the arrangements involve overdubbing by Hayward himself with voice, percussive effects or guitar, adding new colours, but showing that he always ‘understands the charm and power of simplicity’ (Classical Guitar).

1        Ihr Kinderlein Kommet
Composed By – Johann Abraham Peter Schulz
1:33
2        El Noi de la Mare    3:01
3        In Dulci Jubilo    3:13
4        Coventry Carol    2:32
5        Es Ist Ein Ros Entsprungen    1:44
6        The First Nowell    3:10
7        Stille Nacht
Composed By – Franz Gruber
2:11
8        Les Anges Dans Nos Campagnes    2:37
9        I Saw Three Ships    2:11
10        We Three Kings
Composed By – John Henry Hopkins, Jr.*
5:11
11        Forunderligt At Sige
Composed By – Carl Nielsen
2:11
12        Entre Le Bouf Et L'âne Gris    2:14
13        Jul, Jul, Strålande Jul
Composed By – Gustaf Nordqvist
3:09
14        God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen    2:34
15        Leise Rieselt Der Schnee
Composed By – Eduard Ebel
1:46
16        Tu Scendi Dalle Stelle
Composed By – Alphonsus Maria de Liguori
2:55
17        Once In Royal David's City
Composed By – Henry J. Gauntlett
1:51
18        O Tannenbaum    2:42
19        Christmas Bells
Composed By – Rossini Hayward
5:54