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January may seem like a strange time to buy Christmas music, but this isn't like any Christmas album you've ever heard. It consists of Renaissance-era music written mainly by colonial composers in Latin America and West Africa, some of it in Latin, some in Spanish and some in indigenous languages. There are unaccompanied vocal works that wouldn't sound out of place in a Spanish cathedral, along with more spritely songs accompanied by ethnic instruments. None of it will sound particularly "Christmassy" to the American ear, but all of it is lovely and interesting, and SAVAE's performances are excellent and beautifully recorded. (RA) 12/01/05 >> go there
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