Sounds like: Keith Jarrett, Bill Evans, Vince Guaraldi, Liz Story's "The Gift", George Winston's "December", early Windham Hill solo piano artists, and "A Winter's Solstice" compilations.


Transcribed by: David Shenton ( https://www.shentonmusic.com/ ) verbatim to the sound recording

Contents:
1. Bring A Torch (Bring A Torch, Jeanette, Isabella)
2. Children Go Where I Send Thee / The Holly & The Ivy
3. Star Of Wonder (We Three Kings of Orient Are)
4. Silent (Silent Night, Holy Night)
5. Midnight (It Came Upon the Midnight Clear)
6. What Child Is This?
7. Greensleeves (homage to Liz Story)
8. Three Ships (I Saw Three Ships, Come Sailing In)
9. The Coventry Carol (Lully, Lulla, Lullay)
10. Sing We Now Of Christmas (No�l Nouvelet)
11. Carol Of The Bells

Album & Songbook review by: Kathy Parsons (MainlyPiano.com):

I have discovered a real wealth of great solo piano Christmas CDs this year! Isadar?s In Search For the Meaning of Christmas definitely falls into this category! Thoughtful, introspective, and a bit moody, Isadar?s arrangements are true to the carols (with some small melody changes in ?Bring a Torch? and ?Carol of the Bells? that bother me just a little) and still seem very personal. ?Bring a Torch?, ?The Holly and the Ivy?, and ?I Saw Three Ships? are given a lighthearted, joyful treatment. ?Star of Wonder (We Three Kings)?, ?What Child Is This??, ?The Coventry Carol?, and ?Sing We Now of Christmas? are all minor, somber, reverent pieces, and all four are given loving arrangements that keep the dark, mysterious nature of the songs and reflect Isadar?s own sensibilities. ?Carol of the Bells? and Isadar's take on Liz Story?s arrangement of ?Greensleeves? are energetic without losing all abandon. ?Silent Night? and ?It Came Upon a Midnight Clear? present us with a very cold, deep solitude - both feel like late night with moonlight reflecting off the snow. Both are moody, but very beautifully so. George Winston?s ?December? is one of my all-time favorite holiday albums, and I feel In Search For the Meaning of Christmas holds up exceptionally well next to it. This is an excellent collection of Christmas music, and I highly recommend it!

In Search For the Meaning of Christmas is the companion songbook to Isadar?s 1999 solo piano release by the same name. Meticulously transcribed note-for-note by David Shenton of New York Music Publishing, the music is faithful to the recording in every way (except for the pianist - YOU!). The scores are clear, concise, and easy to read, and also include chord indications for improvisation or the use of instruments other than or in addition to the piano. Isadar?s arrangements cover a whole range of emotions, from very dark and somber to joyful and buoyant. All of the pieces from the CD are here, including Isadar?s homage to Liz Story and her beautiful version of ?Greensleeves.? My personal favorites of the eleven songs in this book are the bright and cheerful ?Bring A Torch,? ?What Child Is This??, ?Greensleeves,? the darkly gorgeous ?The Coventry Carol,? and ?Sing We Now of Christmas.? Other titles that I really like are ?Children Go Where I Send Thee/The Holly and the Ivy,? ?Star of Wonder (We Three Kings)," ?Carol of the Bells,? and the effervescent ?Three Ships.? ?Silent? (Silent Night) and ?Midnight? (It Came Upon a Midnight Clear) are a bit too dark for my own holiday tastes, but are interesting and very personal arrangements. This book will make a great addition to your holiday sheet music collection and is available from isadar.com and amazon.com.

Isadar is an artist on both Enlightened Piano Radio & Whisperings Solo Piano Radio, the latter featuring some of today's biggest names in solo piano music, including Ludovico Einaudi, David Nevue, Brian Crain, Kevin Kern, Robin Spielberg, Michele McLaughlin, Philip Wesley and over 300 more...

Also available as sheet music in physical songbooks, digital downloads, as well as software for Yamaha Disklavier player-pianos.

For more information, visit his website at: http://www.isadar.com

Contains:
"Carol Of The Bells"
- taken from the Isadar solo piano collection, "In Search For The Meaning Of Christmas"

Sounds like: Liz Story, George Winston, early Windham Hill solo piano artists, "A Winter's Solstice" compilations.

Transcribed by: David Shenton ( https://www.shentonmusic.com/ ) verbatim to the sound recording

Album & Songbook review by: Kathy Parsons (MainlyPiano.com):

I have discovered a real wealth of great solo piano Christmas CDs this year! Isadar?s In Search For the Meaning of Christmas definitely falls into this category! Thoughtful, introspective, and a bit moody, Isadar?s arrangements are true to the carols (with some small melody changes in ?Bring a Torch? and ?Carol of the Bells? that bother me just a little) and still seem very personal. ?Bring a Torch?, ?The Holly and the Ivy?, and ?I Saw Three Ships? are given a lighthearted, joyful treatment. ?Star of Wonder (We Three Kings)?, ?What Child Is This??, ?The Coventry Carol?, and ?Sing We Now of Christmas? are all minor, somber, reverent pieces, and all four are given loving arrangements that keep the dark, mysterious nature of the songs and reflect Isadar?s own sensibilities. ?Carol of the Bells? and Isadar's take on Liz Story?s arrangement of ?Greensleeves? are energetic without losing all abandon. ?Silent Night? and ?It Came Upon a Midnight Clear? present us with a very cold, deep solitude - both feel like late night with moonlight reflecting off the snow. Both are moody, but very beautifully so. George Winston?s ?December? is one of my all-time favorite holiday albums, and I feel In Search For the Meaning of Christmas holds up exceptionally well next to it. This is an excellent collection of Christmas music, and I highly recommend it!

In Search For the Meaning of Christmas is the companion songbook to Isadar?s 1999 solo piano release by the same name. Meticulously transcribed note-for-note by David Shenton of New York Music Publishing, the music is faithful to the recording in every way (except for the pianist - YOU!). The scores are clear, concise, and easy to read, and also include chord indications for improvisation or the use of instruments other than or in addition to the piano. Isadar?s arrangements cover a whole range of emotions, from very dark and somber to joyful and buoyant. All of the pieces from the CD are here, including Isadar?s homage to Liz Story and her beautiful version of ?Greensleeves.? My personal favorites of the eleven songs in this book are the bright and cheerful ?Bring A Torch,? ?What Child Is This??, ?Greensleeves,? the darkly gorgeous ?The Coventry Carol,? and ?Sing We Now of Christmas.? Other titles that I really like are ?Children Go Where I Send Thee/The Holly and the Ivy,? ?Star of Wonder (We Three Kings)," ?Carol of the Bells,? and the effervescent ?Three Ships.? ?Silent? (Silent Night) and ?Midnight? (It Came Upon a Midnight Clear) are a bit too dark for my own holiday tastes, but are interesting and very personal arrangements. This book will make a great addition to your holiday sheet music collection and is available from isadar.com and amazon.com.

Isadar is an artist on both Enlightened Piano Radio & Whisperings Solo Piano Radio, the latter featuring some of today's biggest names in solo piano music, including Ludovico Einaudi, David Nevue, Brian Crain, Kevin Kern, Robin Spielberg, Michele McLaughlin, Philip Wesley and over 300 more...

Also available as sheet music in physical songbooks, digital downloads, as well as software for Yamaha Disklavier player-pianos.

Collection of 50 Christmas Carols for solo Soprano Recorder, comfortable range and key, easy for beginners.
Contents: A la nanita nana - Adeste Fideles - Angels from the Realms of Glory - As Lately We Watched, As with Gladness Men of Old - Auld Lang Syne - Away in a Manger - Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabelle - Carol of the bells - Children, Go Where I Send Thee - O Christmas Tree - Coventry Carol - The Deck the Halls - Ding Dong Merrily on High - First Noel - The Friendly Beasts - The Gloucestershire Wassail - Go Tell it on the Mountain - God Rest Ye Merry,Gentlemen - Good King Wenceslas - Hark! The Herald Angels Sing - Holly and the Ivy - The Huron Carol - I saw three ships - In dulci Jubilo - In Notte Placida - In the Bleak Midwinter - It Came Upon the Midnight Clear - Jingle Bells - Joy to The World - Lullaby - O Holy Night - O Little Town of Bethlehem - O Sanctissima - Oh, come, little children - Once in Royal David's City - Over the river and through the woods - Patapan - Quanno Nascette Ninno - Ring Out, Wild Bells - Rise Up Shepherd And Follow - Sans Day Carol - Silent Night - Toyland - The Twelve Days of Christmas - Up on the Housetop - We Three Kings of Orient Are - We Wish you a Merry Christmas - What Child Is This? - Winter's Snow.

Song List: Away In A Manger The First Noel God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen Hark! The Herald Angels Sing Joy To The World O Christmas Tree O Holy Night Silent Night We Three Kings Of Orient Are O Sanctissima Jolly Old St. Nicholas March Of The Three Kings O Come, Little Children O Little Town Of Bethlehem It Came Upon The Midnight Clear While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks Jingle Bells Deck The Hall O Come, All Ye Faithful

Song List: Away In A Manger The First Noel God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen Hark! The Herald Angels Sing Joy To The World O Christmas Tree O Holy Night Silent Night We Three Kings Of Orient Are O Sanctissima Jolly Old St. Nicholas March Of The Three Kings O Come, Little Children O Little Town Of Bethlehem It Came Upon The Midnight Clear While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks Jingle Bells Deck The Hall O Come, All Ye Faithful

Song List: Away In A Manger The First Noel God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen Hark! The Herald Angels Sing Joy To The World O Christmas Tree O Holy Night Silent Night We Three Kings Of Orient Are O Sanctissima Jolly Old St. Nicholas March Of The Three Kings O Come, Little Children O Little Town Of Bethlehem It Came Upon The Midnight Clear While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks Jingle Bells Deck The Hall O Come, All Ye Faithful

Song List: Away In A Manger The First Noel God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen Hark! The Herald Angels Sing Joy To The World O Christmas Tree O Holy Night Silent Night We Three Kings Of Orient Are O Sanctissima Jolly Old St. Nicholas March Of The Three Kings O Come, Little Children O Little Town Of Bethlehem It Came Upon The Midnight Clear While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks Jingle Bells Deck The Hall O Come, All Ye Faithful

Song List: Away In A Manger The First Noel God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen Hark! The Herald Angels Sing Joy To The World O Christmas Tree O Holy Night Silent Night We Three Kings Of Orient Are O Sanctissima Jolly Old St. Nicholas March Of The Three Kings O Come, Little Children O Little Town Of Bethlehem It Came Upon The Midnight Clear While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks Jingle Bells Deck The Hall O Come, All Ye Faithful

Song List: Away In A Manger The First Noel God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen Hark! The Herald Angels Sing Joy To The World O Christmas Tree O Holy Night Silent Night We Three Kings Of Orient Are O Sanctissima Jolly Old St. Nicholas March Of The Three Kings O Come, Little Children O Little Town Of Bethlehem It Came Upon The Midnight Clear While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks Jingle Bells Deck The Hall O Come, All Ye Faithful

Song List: Away In A Manger The First Noel God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen Hark! The Herald Angels Sing Joy To The World O Christmas Tree O Holy Night Silent Night We Three Kings Of Orient Are O Sanctissima Jolly Old St. Nicholas March Of The Three Kings O Come, Little Children O Little Town Of Bethlehem It Came Upon The Midnight Clear While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks Jingle Bells Deck The Hall O Come, All Ye Faithful

Song List: Away In A Manger The First Noel God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen Hark! The Herald Angels Sing Joy To The World O Christmas Tree O Holy Night Silent Night We Three Kings Of Orient Are O Sanctissima Jolly Old St. Nicholas March Of The Three Kings O Come, Little Children O Little Town Of Bethlehem It Came Upon The Midnight Clear While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks Jingle Bells Deck The Hall O Come, All Ye Faithful

Song List: Away In A Manger The First Noel God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen Hark! The Herald Angels Sing Joy To The World O Christmas Tree O Holy Night Silent Night We Three Kings Of Orient Are O Sanctissima Jolly Old St. Nicholas March Of The Three Kings O Come, Little Children O Little Town Of Bethlehem It Came Upon The Midnight Clear While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks Jingle Bells Deck The Hall O Come, All Ye Faithful

Song List: Away In A Manger The First Noel God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen Hark! The Herald Angels Sing Joy To The World O Christmas Tree O Holy Night Silent Night We Three Kings Of Orient Are O Sanctissima Jolly Old St. Nicholas March Of The Three Kings O Come, Little Children O Little Town Of Bethlehem It Came Upon The Midnight Clear While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks Jingle Bells Deck The Hall O Come, All Ye Faithful