Music for Christmas (2) • Solo Dulcimer and Harp

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WHITE DULCIMER CHRISTMAS

Mitzie Collins: hammered dulcimer

Instrumental (time 53 minutes)

compact disc $15 • tape $5

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CHRISTMAS FAVORITES FOR HARP

Roxanne Ziegler: harp Michinobu Iimori: oboe

Instrumental (time 53 minutes)

compact disc $15 • not available on tape

For years folks have asked. or even begged - Mitzie Collins to make a recording of just the hammered dulcimer - - - of just the Christmas carol arrangements she plays by herself. Finally - that much requested recording has has been produced. It was worth the wait, and the nudging from fans. The ringing sounds of the hammered dulcimer unfol many favorite religious and secular Christmas songs. favorites such as "Up on the Housetop" and :"Jingle Bells" are included as well as very unusual Danish carols and Russian children's songs for the New Year.

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Christmas Favorites for Harp is an exciting journey through the multi-colored sounds of folk and pedal harps. Travel from the virtuosic and dramatic Coventry Carol to the tender sensitivity of the Provencal noel, Les Enfants a la Creche, to the other-worldly calm and serenity of Brightest and Best, to the unexpected harmonic turns of Silent Night. Roxanne's arrangements and the arrangements by composer Cary Ratcliff especially commissioned for this recording are sophisticated and elegant. Sumptuous timbre and effervescent fingerwork combined with outstanding sound quality have created a solo harp recording of uncommon quality.

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