Paul Winter Consort - Wintersong

This is for you, Sank... I once gave you one track of this CD as a contribution to a gift collection your friends at MIMIC put together for you. I know you will enjoy this. Scoredaddy

Dedicated to the spirit of giving and forgiving, this fine musical work from 1986 includes traditional songs from Sweden, Italy, England, France, Germany, the Appalachians as well as Bach's "Joy," plus "Beautiful Star" by Odetta. Instrumental in its entirety, Wintersong is music for dancing, loving, and being alive, full of joy and lyricism.

This music is nothing short of a spiritual experience. It paints so many beautiful pictures. When listening to "Swedish Song" you can almost feel the frost on the leaves as they blow on a winter's day in the forest. It carries you along with it's rich depth. So beautiful. Although an album of "Wintersongs", they are all warm ones, and range from bright celebration to heavenly reflection. Paul Winter has created the most beautiful treatments of these songs the world has ever heard. Background vocals, sparcely used, add to the warmth and incredible harmony of sound on peices like "Beautiful Star". Light some candles, turn out the lights and listen to "Little One" and "Dance of the Golden Bough". The purest Love will fill your being. C. Pencil

Tracklist
1 Tomorrow Is My Dancing Day 3:08
Bells [Orchestral] - Ted Moore
Cello - Eugene Friesen
Flute - Rhonda Larson
Guitar [Steel String] - Dan Carillo*
Piano, Organ - Paul Halley
Saxophone [Soprano] - Paul Winter (2)
Talking Drum [Donno], Bells - Neil Clark

2 Swedish Song 3:36
Cello - Eugene Friesen
Piano - Paul Halley
Saxophone [Soprano] - Paul Winter (2)
Written-By - Gustaf Nordqvist

3 The Cherry Tree 3:29
Cello - Eugene Friesen
English Horn - Nancy Rumbel
Flute - Rhonda Larson
Guitar [Steel String] - Dan Carillo*
Piano, Harpsichord - Paul Halley
Saxophone [Soprano] - Paul Winter (2)

4 Little One 3:10
Cello - Eugene Friesen
Piano - Paul Halley
Saxophone [Soprano] - Paul Winter (2)

5 Peasant Revels 4:11
Cello - Eugene Friesen
Flute - Rhonda Larson
Guitar [Steel String] - Dan Carillo*
Percussion - Ted Moore
Piano, Organ - Paul Halley
Saxophone [Soprano] - Paul Winter (2)

6 Dance Of The Golden Bough 5:47
Cello - Eugene Friesen
Piano, Harpsichord - Paul Halley
Saxophone [Soprano] - Paul Winter (2)

7 Beautiful Star 4:28
Cello - Eugene Friesen
Flute - Rhonda Larson
Guitar [Classical] - Oscar Castro-Neves
Guitar [Steel String] - Dan Carillo*
Percussion - Neil Clark
Piano - Paul Halley
Saxophone [Soprano] - Paul Winter (2)
Written-By - Odetta

8 Wintersong 3:42
Piano, Organ - Paul Halley
Saxophone [Soprano] - Paul Winter (2)

9 Joy 4:10
Bass - Russ Landau
Cello - Eugene Friesen
Composed By - J.S. Bach*
Cuica, Whistle - Marcio Sapel
Drums [Snare] - Guilherme Franco
Flute - Rhonda Larson
Guitar [Classical] - Oscar Castro-Neves
Oboe, English Horn - Nancy Rumbel
Saxophone [Soprano] - Paul Winter (2)
Surdo, Percussion [Hand] - Ted Moore

Recorded in New York City's Cathedral of St. John the Divine