Steinway Christmas Album

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All Music Guide - Patsy Morita
This modest disc of Christmas music from Steinway is meant to be purchased physically, although it is also available digitally. It comes packaged with an ornament, a miniature version of the Steinway lyre emblem that is gilded on each of the company's pianos. However, the music is something that should appeal to fans of Steinways who also enjoy Christmas music. Jeffrey Biegel is an ideal pianist for this project and represents Steinway and its instruments well. He is primarily a classical artist, but here proves he can play with equal musicality and charm in many different styles. On the opening track, arranger Andrew Gentile gives "Sleighride" ragtime and Gershwin-esque ...
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All Music Guide - Patsy Morita
This modest disc of Christmas music from Steinway is meant to be purchased physically, although it is also available digitally. It comes packaged with an ornament, a miniature version of the Steinway lyre emblem that is gilded on each of the company's pianos. However, the music is something that should appeal to fans of Steinways who also enjoy Christmas music. Jeffrey Biegel is an ideal pianist for this project and represents Steinway and its instruments well. He is primarily a classical artist, but here proves he can play with equal musicality and charm in many different styles. On the opening track, arranger Andrew Gentile gives "Sleighride" ragtime and Gershwin-esque embellishments, a welcomed, refreshing refit of a work that's become something of a cliché. The arrangements of "Silent Night," "Christmas Lullaby," "Grown-Up Christmas List," and "Auld Lang Syne" represent a smooth, piano jazz-style of performance. "Christmas Is A-Comin'" also begins that way, but halfway through turns into an animated stride version. For the more classically oriented, there are straight up works by Franz Liszt, Max Reger, Vladimir Rebikov, and Sergey Lyapunov, plus excerpts from the "Nutcracker" that lose none of their appeal in the piano transcription under Biegel's hands. There are also pieces that mix it up a little. The arrangements by Carolyne M. Taylor (whom Biegel has recorded previously) combine well-loved Christmas melodies with classical pieces. "Hark! the Herald Angels Sing" is a brief set of variations in the style of Beethoven. Fans who like only particular styles of piano playing may prefer to pick and choose their tracks, but fans of Steinway shouldn't be disappointed to get the entire package.
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Product Details

  • Release Date: 9/27/2011
  • Label: Steinway & Sons
  • UPC: 034062300051
  • Catalog Number: 30005
  • Sales rank: 175,182

Album Credits

Performance Credits
Jeffrey Biegel Primary Artist, Piano
Technical Credits
Percy Grainger Composer, Composer
Gustav Holst Original Material
Franz Liszt Composer, Original Material
Felix Mendelssohn Composer
Max Reger Composer
Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky Composer
Leroy Anderson Composer
Mel Tormé Composer
David Foster Composer
Ann Hampton Callaway Composer
Franz Gruber Composer
Johann Sebastian Bach Original Material
Frank Luther Composer
Donald Sosin Arranger
Traditional Composer
Jeffrey Biegel Arranger
Carolyne M. Taylor Arranger
Andrew Gentile Arranger
Ray Bono Liner Notes
Christmas Traditional Composer
Vladimir Rebikov Composer
Steven Epstein Producer, Engineer
S. Esipoff Arranger
Jon Feidner Executive Producer
Eric Feidner Executive Producer
Steve Calderone Arranger
Noreen Grey Lienhard Arranger
Gregory Sullivan Isaacs Composer
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