A Guitar for Christmas
Album Description
A six-string Yuletide celebration: magnificent solo guitar settings of carols and hymns spanning over 600 years. The CD follows the rhythm of that most magical of days, from the glory of Christmas morning to the last log on the fire on Christmas night. “Robin Bullock’s A Guitar for Christmas is beautiful all the way around…the arrangements and medleys, his great playing, and the concept of the sequence from daybreak to night.” – George Winston
5 Responses
This guitar playing is just lovely, and the recording is top notch. Very glad I got this.
Rating: 5 / 5
simply an excellent xmas cd. the guitar playing is wonderful & solid as are his arrangements. i say this is a must have for anyone seeking solo guitar xmas music.
Rating: 5 / 5
I enjoyed the superb musicianship of Robin Bullock! I stumbled upon this by accident but will certainly be purchasing future CDs. I rated this a 4 only because I was hoping for a better balance of upbeat songs with ballad type songs. However I do enjoy it immensely and have been able to better educate my young children the sound a classical guitar makes. All they thought a guitar was good for is rock n’ roll! Sooo, being that my son wants a guitar for Christmas, this CD was a necessity in our home. Beautiful sound, excellent musicianship…well worth the money.
Rating: 4 / 5
This is simply a beautiful album– magnificent playing of great arrangements. I suppose Robin Bullock is not exactly a secret in Celtic/folk/new age circles, but he is truly one of the best guitar players in the world. This album will fit the bill for those times when you want to put on some mellow holiday music, or background music for a holiday dinner, but the more carefully you listen, the more astounded you will be.
Several years ago, I had the good fortune to see Robin perform a holiday concert with his friends Al Petteway and Amy White (the three of them put out an excellent holiday album together, b.t.w.), where Robin played his exquisite arrangement of “The Carol of the Bells”, which he said was brand new. For a while I wished that he would release a holiday album including that number, and then my wish came true. And the album met my high expectations. I don’t see how anyone could produce something better in this genre.
Rating: 5 / 5
Christmas music by guitar — sounded a bit quaint, but i thought I’d give it a try. Over the holidays I found myself listening over an over. Totally a treat.
Rating: 5 / 5