Verve Remixed Christmas (2008)

For several years, Verve Records has released christmas mixes from their catalogue, remixed by the most talked-about DJs and producers today. Copy into Spotify search field:
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If you want a more traditional take on christmas music you can listen to the album by the three Swedish songbirds Sanna Nielsen, Sonja Aldén and Shirley Clamp. By the way, they had a christmas show on Swedish television yesterday night. Texts are in English.

Our Christmas (Sanna/Shirley/Sonja)

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My last christmas recommendation – for this time at least, is a requiem by the contemporary eclectic composer Alfred Schnittke. This album is quite homogeus and I think you might enjoy it if you like more popular contemporary composters as Arvo Pärt. Now when I think of it, this album isn’t christmas music. Why do I connect a requiem with christmas music…? Don’t know really. Might be the mood. Might be that the original mening of a requiem has been separated from its pragmatic origin. Now it’s more or less “mind music” with a spiritual overtone.

Alfred Schnittke - Requiem (2006)

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