Priscilla Herdman, Anne Hills and Cindy Mangsen present a Winter Solstice themed collection.
by Loreena McKennitt. This Celtic-oriented holiday album includes a few remastered songs from her 1995 album, and new songs as well. This edition is for gift-giving, including a DVD documentary of a McKennitt tour.
Christine Lavin and the Mistletones in an album designed to keep one from taking the season too seriously. Her offbeat humor comes through in "A Christmas/ Kwanzaa/ Solstice/ Chanukah/ Ramadan/ Boxing Day Song" and "Tacobel Canon" among others.
A 2006 Celtic Woman holiday album, interpreting some classics in their signature Celtic harmonies.
Wynonna Judd performs secular and religious Christmas classics -- if you're a Wynonna fan, especially of her more "pop" styling, this 2006 album is for you.
Kay Gardner's oratorio is performed by female soloists, an all-female 100-voice orchestra and a 50-woman orchestra, and is directed by Nan Washburn of The Women's Philharmonic. Gardner's eight movements reflect the stages of a woman's life and the seasons of the ancient Celtic cycle of the year, beginning with birth at the Winter Solstice, moving through Spring, Beltane, Summer, Autumn and Death.
Another Robin Spielberg album, 2002, this one with more of a religious Christmas slant.
Ella Jenkins is joined by a children's chorus on this album which includes favorite Christmas songs, plus some Hanukkah selections, a Kwanzaa tune, something for Chinese New Year and St. Patrick's day, and some general winter holiday songs including Over the River, Winters I Used to Know and Dark Winter Day.
This 2006 digitally-remastered version of a 1967 album includes 27 pieces -- the first 13 are mostly religiously-themed Christmas songs, and the rest other religious standards that aren't linked in any essential way to the winter holidays. Her voice is smooth, backed with a chorus. More popular in style than swing or gospel, to my ear.
