Cantique de Noel (O Holy Night)
by Adolphe Adam
Sung by Kathleen Battle
Monday, December 24, 2012
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Perfection. I'll be right over with sugar cookies that look like relief maps of the world. LOL! Have milk ready!
ReplyDeleteMerry Christmas!
xo
Andie and Co.
We think alike, Andie!
ReplyDeleteI just made a pan of gingerbread. I'm a ginger nut. Candied ginger is wonderful even on vanilla ice cream, especially with a tablespoonful of homemade hot fudge sauce. Sinfully delicious.
Merry Christmas, Ms. Theatre!
~ FT
This not my favorite Christmas solo. It usually sounds saccharine to me and seems to fit a ballroom atmosphere more than it does a church. When operatic divas like Joan Sutherland or Leontyne Price sing it, it sounds pompous and overblown. This version by Kathleen Battle sounds so pure, so radiant, so simple and sincere it made me like the piece more than I ever have. It's really lovely.
ReplyDeleteYou have a rare, truly discriminating sense of good taste in music, FT. Your selections have turned me into a fan.
Helen Highwater
Helen, if you don't stop this, you're going to make me blush -- but thank you. I'd be a liar if I said it didn't feel good to be appreciated.
ReplyDeleteI wish you'd get an official identity, and start a blog of your own. I'm sure it would make good reading.
Thanks for visiting us.
~ FT