Zurich’s bustling holiday shoppers, twinkling lights reflected in
magical window displays; the famed Toy Museum in Nuremberg; a bountiful
Christmas feast; an elaborate Nativity scene; the snow covered landscaped of
Switzerland. These are the joyously evocative images of the Christmas season
and inspiration for some of the most beloved Christmas carols of all time.
The volume of the Naxos Musical Journey takes you on a magical European
holiday tour swept up by the sounds of such holiday favorites as “Jingle
Bells”, “Silent Night,” “The First Noel,” “God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen,” “O
Tannenbaum” and many more. These eternal favourites are performed in the
baroque style of Bach, Handel and Vivaldi – the sound of music as timeless as
Christmas itself.
Peter Breiner
Peter Breiner was born in 1957 at Humenne in Eastern Slovakia where he
started piano lessons at the age of four. He went on to study at the Bratislava
Conservatory and, then, at the Prague College of Music and Drama, concentrating
at the latter in composition. On completing his studies he began work as
musical supervisor of the Czechoslovak Radio in Bratislava and for OPUS Records
and Publishing House. He has had a varied career which has involved the
conductorship of the Czechoslovak Radio Children's Choir, regular piano
performances at jazz concerts and working as an orchestral conductor and
arranger.
