Regretfully I've been so busy with work that I haven't had the opportunity to post as many albums as I'd like before Christmas. So I'm going to add one today - Paul Mauriat's The Christmas Album - and one tomorrow to make up for it. This is a top-notch offering from Mauriat, for full orchestra and wordless chorus. There's the old favourites here: "Jingle Bells", "White Christmas", "Silent Night", plus lesser-known titles like "Entre Le Boeuf Et L'Ane Gris" (aka "Among The Cattle and The Grey Donkey" - a Mauriat original?) and "Il est ne Le Divin Enfant" ("The Divine Infant Is Born"). All arranged and performed for maximum festive impact!
This album was re-issued on CD in a less complete form. That CD is now out-of-print. (and note: argh! "Trois Anges Sont Venus" ("Three Angels Appeared") plays twice in this file - once right after "White Christmas", so they're the same MP3 file. Quality control has been fired for this!)
Please enjoy: The Christmas Album Updated Link!
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hi my friend i looking this album for 30 year thanks you very much , thanks from peru
ReplyDeleteEntre le boauf et l'ane gris is actuatly a very old French Carol from the 13th century.
ReplyDeleteI can't believe it! CFCF-12 TV here in Montreal used to run a bumper during the holidays, in place of newsbreaks. It was a vignette of winter countryside scenes, backed with the most haunting and otherworldly instrumental — orchestral, with a chorus of "oohs" and "aahs."
ReplyDeleteThey stopped showing the bumper around the mid-90s. Since the advent of YouTube, I've been looking for someone with a copy they could post. It turns out others have fond memories of the vignette as well, and one of them identified the song as "Entre le boeuf et l'âne gris." I've searched the web up and down to find the exact version from the bumper, and have come up empty... until now.
This is absolutely incredible. I'm thrilled. First the Rudolph album, and now this. Thank you so much! :D
thanks a lot! =)
ReplyDeleteThanks, This one is Great!
ReplyDeleteHere, by the way, is the vignette from CFCF-12 that features the Mauriat version of "Entre le boeuf et l'âne gris": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pdr77NgPdU0
ReplyDeleteI am looking for a CFCF-12 Season's Greetings commercial from the 80's. Was winter scene's with barns, a horse running in a field of snow, etc. Anyone know where I could view this or know what I am talking about??
ReplyDeleteForgot to mention its not the Entre Le Boeuf Et L'Ane Gris season's greetings but another with horses, and barns and winter scene's.
ReplyDeleteThe instrumental you're looking for is from called Snow Desert by Paul Mauriat from 1977. There was another instrumental used by CFCF-12 called The Lovers by Perry Botkin, Jr. from 1977.
ReplyDeleteHi. I've enjoyed your Holiday albums. The link to the Paul Mauriat album doesn't work. Can you send a good link? Thanks so much for all your hard work.
ReplyDeleteI'm so thrilled to see this. Thank you very much!
ReplyDeleteThank you.
ReplyDeleteThanks a lot, and Merry Christmas everybody.
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