Christmas Around the World - A Collection of Christmas Music and Carols

 

 Tracklist
1     –Traditional     Quelle Est Cette Agreable (French)    
2     –Traditional     Suo-Gan (Welsh)    
3     –Traditional     Still, Still, Still (German)    
4     –Pietro Yon*     Gesu Bambino (Italian)    
5     –William G. James     The Silver Stars Are In The Sky (Australian)    
6     –Anatoly Liadov     Christmas Song (Russian)    
7     –Traditional     Bred Dina Vida Vingar (Swedish)    
8     –Joachim August Zarnack     O Tannenbaum (German)    
9     –Ariel Ramirez     El Nacimiento (Argentinian)    
10     –Traditional     Rorate (Scottish)    
11     –Adolphe C. Adam     Cantique de Noel (French)    
12     –Traditional     Nu zijt wellekome (Dutch)    
13     –Traditional     Sweet Little Jesus Boy (American)    
14     –Traditional     The Wexford Carol (Irish)    
15     –Larry Sitsky     Sonatinetto on Russian Christmas Carols (Russian)    
16     –Traditional     Marche de Rois : Ce Matin (French)    
17     –Traditional     Buenos Reyes (Spanish)    
18     –Traditional     Noels roumains (Romanian) (traditional)    
19     –Peter Cornelius      The Three Kings (German)    
20     –Henry John Gauntlett*     Once in Royal David's City (English)    
21     –William G. James     Country Carol (Australian)    

 Christmas Around the World

The Rough Guide to Cumbia plus Los Corraleros De Majagual

 

Colombian Cumbia is the beloved tropical dance music characterized by rolling drums, maracas and the royally raspy guacharaca scraper. This Rough Guide highlights the best from cumbia's coastal Afro-Caribbean roots through to its entirely modern incarnations. Explore the vintage works of Lucho Bermúdez, Los Corraleros de Majagual through to the urban stylings of El Hijo De La Cumbia and Los Chapillacs.

Cumbia is fast and lively and the opening tracks prepare you for an exciting journey with the fast accordion playing beautifully accompanied by some neat brasswork. 'Cumbia Cienaguera' is a classic song known to all Colombians; there is an eery brilliance to 'La Luna Y El Pescador' (The Moon and the Fisherman) and 'La Banda Borracha' (The Drunken Band) features some impressive sax and trombone.

                                                        The Rough Guide to Cumbia

Bonus CD: The Rough Guide To Los Corraleros De Majagual. Los Corraleros, the award-winning Colombian orchestra, formed around 1961 and are still going strong today. This exclusive retrospective features some of their greatest cumbias such as "La Medallita" and "Cumbia Campesina. " 

 Los Corraleros De Majagual

Global Transmissions - A World Music Sampler

 

From Irish reels to qawwali, Middle Eastern fusion, and Afro-Peruvian soul, Global Transmission ignites a new global culture.

1-1     –Papa Wemba     Yolele     3:23
1-2     –Afro Celt Sound System     Whirl-Y-Reel 1     7:21
1-3     –Jesse Cook     Mario Takes A Walk     3:46
1-4     –Cuba L.A.     Lagrimas Negras     3:46
1-5     –Susana Baca     Valentín     4:21
1-6     –Jose Luis Encinas     Night In The South     5:16
1-7     –Waldemar Bastos     Minha Familia     4:59
1-8     –Lila Downs     Simuna     5:48
1-9     –Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan     Mustt Mustt     5:16
1-10     –Sheila Chandra     Shanti, Shanti, Shanti     4:33
1-11     –Telek     Iamagit     2:35
1-12     –John Whelan     Mayengo Reel     3:46
1-13     –Lama Gyurme & Jean-Philippe Rykiel   Offering Chant    5:17

2-1     –Vas     Inward Coil     5:10
2-2     –Tama      To Walk     4:41
2-3     –Maryam Mursal     Sodewou     5:51
2-4     –Los De Abajo     Son De La Liberación     5:43
2-5     –Willie & Lobo     Olé Cinco     6:36
2-6     –Ayub Ogada     Ondiek     3:58
2-7     –Axiom Of Choice     Parvaz     4:33
2-8     –Paban Das Baul & Sam Mills     Dil Ki Doya     5:22
2-9     –Óscar López     Loco Por Tí     5:01
2-10     –Zap Mama     African Sunset     4:50
2-11     –Yungchen Lhamo     Gi Pai Pa Yul Chola     4:06
2-12     –Bloque      Sin Lagrimas     4:22
2-13     –Altan     The Waves Of Gola     3:48

 A World Music Sampler 1

 A World Music Sampler 2