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Favorite Christmas Music

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December 21, 2011
Christopher Purdy
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Host of Music in Mid-Ohio, Musica Sacra, Serenata and the Columbus Symphony Orchestra live broadcasts.
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I have two favorite performances of Christmas music..

They aren’t chipmunks and they aren’t rappers and they don’t play the zither.

First, the Irish tenor dear to my grandmother, Count John McCormack (1884-1946). Adeste Fideles with out of tune chimes, sweet tone and perfect diction. McCormack once asked Caruso, “How’s the world’s greatest tenor today?” to which Caruso replied, “Since when, Giovanni, did you become a baritone?”

And then for sheer beauty-Leontyne Price, with Karajan and the Vienna Philharmonic in 1961:

Merry Christmas!

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  • donald138

    As far as orchestral music is concerned I think any of the Christmas concertos by Manfredini, Corelli or Torelli rank near the top. Solo singers: I recently heard Andrea Boccelli sing the Ave Maria (Bach/Gouno version). Choirs: any good choir singing “Es ist ein Ros entsprungen”

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