In Rotation: December 2004

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In putting together this post, I was reminded of the Saint Nicolas cantata by Britten I listened to during the Christmas season. I had no idea before hearing this piece that Jolly Old St. Nick is the patron saint of children because he resurrected three kids who had been killed and then pickled in brine by an evil innkeeper! And here I thought I was putting on some cheery Christmas music, a sort of Ceremony of Carols for men. So you can imagine what a shock it was when we hit the "Saint Nicolas and the Pickled Boys" movement and it was about cannibalism, rather than kids getting blitzed on warm Cossack vodka straight from the bottle.

Hvorostovsky, Focile: Eugene Onegin (Tchaikovsky)	The Soft Pink Truth: Do You Want New Wave or Do You Want the Soft Pink Truth?	Luciano Perrone e seus Ritmistas Brasileiros: Batucada Fantastica	Birgit Nilsson & Hans Hotter: Wagner Opera Arias & Duets	Eccentric Soul: The Bandit Label

Antena: Camino Del Sol	Bill Frisell: Unspeakable	John Adams: On the Transmigration of Souls	Trio Mediaeval: Soir, dit-elle	Hilliard Ensemble: Machaut Motets

Juan Diego Florez: Great Tenor Arias	Fritz Wunderlich	Arto Lindsay: Noon Chill	Jerry Springer: The Opera	Peter Pears, Aldeburgh Fest.: Saint Nicolas (Britten)

Phil Kline: Zippo Songs	Renata Tebaldi: The Early Recordings	Andy Summers: Peggy's Blue Skylight	Bing Crosby & Andrews Sisters: A Merry Christmas	Meredith Monk: Dolmen Music

Renata Tebaldi: A Tebaldi Festival	Tebaldi, Bergonzi / Serafin: La Boheme (Puccini)