THE CHRISTMAS ALBUM
KEITH EMERSON
(Originally released 1988; Remastered CD 1999)
"One Christmas, I sat at the piano and discovered amongst my manuscrips a book of carols that my eldest son, Aaron, had brought hom from school. I began improvising on some of the themes. My next door neighbour, Nigel, Happend to drop by to take in some of my Christmas spirit and listened while I played. 'You should do a Christmas album,' he said....." (excerpts from the liner notes by Keith)
Piano transcript of Glorietta will soon be available at Keith Emerson Official Store
1. |
Troika (Prokofiev, Emerson) |
2. |
Variations on "O Little Town of Bethlehem" (Traditional, Emerson) |
3. |
We Three Kings (Hopkins, Henry, Emerson) |
4. |
Snowman's Land (Emerson) |
5. |
Captain Starship Christmas - with The West Park School Choir (Emerson) |
6. |
Aria (Bach, Emerson) |
7. |
I Saw Three Ships (Sandys, Emerson) |
8. |
Glorietta, Pt. 1 (Emerson) |
9. |
Glorietta, Pt. 2 (Emerson) |
10. |
Petites Litanies de Jesus (Grovlez, Emerson) |
11. |
It Came Upon a Midnight Clear (Sears, Emerson) |
12. |
Silent Night - with The London Community Gospel Choir (Gruber, Emerson) |
Musicians:
Keith Emerson (keyboards); Dudley Brooks (Guitar and Bass on "Troika" and "Glorietta"); Greg Ellis (Drums and Percussion on "Troika" and "Glorietta"); Frank Scully (Drums on "Silent Night"); Les Moir (Bass on "We Three Kings"); Mike Newborn (Drum Programming on "I Saw Three Ships"); Dave Bristow (Drum Programming on "Smowman's Land"); Mike Barnes (Syhth Programming on "Smowman's Land"); The West Park School Choir (Worthing, West Sussex, UK); The London Community Gospel Choir