dani wrote: ↑<span title="Fri Jul 26, 2019 6:03 pm">4 years ago</span>
I will make one slight complaint here but I don’t get the point of Carol of the Bells or Dulci again.
They have been done to death by the group and it’s not like they are even improving the songs. If they were doing a new spin on them it would be slightly more acceptable but it’s more than likely going to be the same old same old. So I wish they could add in something new as so many Christmas tunes to pick from.
I am excited for some of the others songs but I just wanted to put that out there as Carol of the Bells has been on the last 3 Christmas albums. I know it’s popular but even so it’s over kill and lacks imagination.
ETA - I can add in Gaudete in to that mix as well.
Carol of the Bells was recorded on international albums in 2011, 2013, 2015, 2016.
In Dulci Jubilo: 1997, 2011, 2013
Gaudete: 1996, 1997, 2001, 2008, 2013
I think that
Gaudete belongs to the track list in order to have an album recording of a solo by Sam Collins
and it's in the current Christmas programme. That makes it readily rehearsed and thus time can be saved. One album every year in addition to their concert and tour plan is tight.
The other two songs offer no solo part except for the small ending line in
Carol of the Bells. I could imagine them to take that as another opportunity to save time and also money by going back to one of the previous recordings, in favour of other, new songs with longer solos that demand time and care. 17 songs within one year, that's a lot. It remains to be seen of course. Or rather heard.
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And why else exactly these two? Maybe just because they are magnets.
I like the set list very much. The only song which for me is strange to be found on a Libera album is
Ding-Dong Merrily on High. It would be great if Robert or Sam arranged the song, which is played too often for my taste, in a really innovative way with a kind of eye-opener. Certainly, I'll like Libera's singing, but the song itself is just not mine. It remains to be seen as well.
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