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Mistletoe and Wine: A Seasonal Collection
Anonymous, Katherine Blake, Cylindra Sapphire
Mistletoe and Wine: A Seasonal Collection
Genres: International Music, Special Interest, New Age, Pop, Classical
 
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No Description Available No Track Information Available Media Type: CD Artist: MEDIAEVAL BAEBES Title: MISTLETOE & WINE: SEASONAL COLLECTION Street Release Date: 11/04/2003

     
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Media Type: CD
Artist: MEDIAEVAL BAEBES
Title: MISTLETOE & WINE: SEASONAL COLLECTION
Street Release Date: 11/04/2003

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A "best of", not really a Christmas record
coca-ebola | United Kingdom | 03/26/2004
(4 out of 5 stars)

"Potential purchasers should bear that in mind. As with the Medieval Baebes debut album it contains a small proportion of `holiday season' material, but most of it can be listened to without embarrassment at any time of the year. (In my experience, all of it can - even on a warm spring afternoon I can't bring myself to program out `In Dulci Jubilo', `The Holly...' etc).Another thing potential purchasers should bear in mind - this compilation winds up being a better "best of" than the album of that name.It's more representative - career-spanning and able to demonstrate the increasing ambition and complexity of the arrangements, and of Katharine Blake's compositions. (Of course, some of their experiments with modern instrumentation on the `Undrentide' album didn't work, but they don't appear here).It's also more enjoyable on a basic musical level - there are no over-repetitive pieces, no odd song-fragments...nothing that drags. Or maybe there are a couple of weak spots - "I Am Eve" which goes on a little too long, and Audrey Evans's rendition of "L'amour de moi" which is suprisingly weak, and no substitute for the original featuring the much-missed Dorothy Carter - but these are easily forgiven.Even if you can't understand what's being said, even if you understand it well enough to spot the mispronunciations here and there, it will be hard to resist the ethereal beauty the Baebes' voices, and of songs like `Quan Vey La Lauzeta', `There Is No Rose of Swych Vertu' or `Blow Northern Wind'."
Very Highly Recommended
Frank C. Branchini | Edgewater, MD USA | 11/16/2003
(5 out of 5 stars)

"The Baebes are eight women who sing mediaeval songs in English and a variety of old languages. Some of the music is acapella. Musical accompaniment is usually quite simple, when there is accompaniment. This really is a lovely collection of songs. It is a good introduction to the recorded work of the Baebes: all but two of the songs appear on other recordings by the Baebes, although several have been re-recorded with different arrangements for this disc. Mistletoe and Wine is likely to please fans of traditional folk music, and people who like to collect holiday music. Very highly recommended."
'Tis the season!
Erica Anderson | Minneapolis, MN | 11/19/2003
(4 out of 5 stars)

"I'm not really a big fan of Christmas albums. With the exception of the Xmas album John Denver made witht The Muppets, "Mistletoe & Wine" is the only (other) Xmas album I own. I don't buy Xmas albums because I normally am not in the mood to listen to them for the rest of the year. I made an exception with The Mediaeval Baebes' Christmas album. I am a big fan of the women since I first heard "Undrentide" a few years ago. Last weekend, I found a copy of "Mistletoe & Wine" in the used cd bins. I grabbed it before anyone could get a chance too. The majority of the cd I already have heard (namely from the group's first album "Salvo Nos", a Christmas themed album)but it was worth getting to hear their versions of "The Holly & Ivy" and "The Coventry Carol". Listening to "Mistletoe & Wine" brings out the festive mood in me. I look forward to listening to it during Christmas day especially."