CABARET HOTLINE ONLINE CD REVIEW
"all is calm, all is bright"
D.C. Anderson
I just received
a copy of D.C. Anderson's new Christmas CD, "all is calm, all is bright"
(LML Music 136), and I must say that this is one fine holiday recording.
Full of songs that celebrate the season by a wide variety of composers,
this is certainly a charming CD by one of cabaret's most talented
performers.
The recording
is noteworthy since it includes the first recorded version of Mary
Rodgers and Stephen Sondheim's "Christmas Island at Christmas Time"
and the debut recording D.C. Anderson and Steven Landau's "Hands."
Both of these, performed admirably by Mr. Anderson, are worth celebrating
this CD, but it also includes fine gems like "The Rest of the Year"
(Buskin), "Heaven Can't be Far" (Birkenhead/Simon), and a few comic
pieces like "Dickens Carolers" (lyric and arr. by Gray) and Mr. Anderson's
own "Department Stores Mean Christmas to Me" (Landau/Anderson). The
more recent material aside, Mr. Anderson also has recorded fine renditions
of more traditional fare like "Silent Night" (Gruber/Mohn) and "Infant
Holy" (trad. Polish).
With all
of the Christmas cabaret shows I see, I am generally a little tired
of holiday music by this late in December, but Mr. Anderson's recording
was a welcome find in my mailbox the other morning, and it has become
a welcome addition to my CD collection.
"all is calm,
all is bright" is available in fine CD stores, or it can be ordered
directly at http://www.LMLMusic.com/.
Reviewed
by Todd Shuman
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