Echoes Of Christmas - George Feyer

 

Echoes Of Christmas

George Feyer's

Echoes Of Christmas

Piano and Harpsichord with Rhythm Accompaniment

Cover: Haas Studio

Vox VX25 - 101

1955

From the back cover: BILLBOARD, April 1954 noted the release of another Feyer record with this comment: "He plays in an unaffectedly simple manner which is almost a definition of sophisticated taste".

This simplicity – so easy to explain and yet so difficult to imitate is highly deceptive. For under the beguiling surface of this relaxed music making there is hard work and constant testing. Hundreds of improvisations are made and like Broadway shows on a tryout tour, each arrangement is repeatedly tested on his nightly audience at Delmonico's. Changes are made if the effect is not entirely satisfactory, and by the time the recording session begins every note is in its right place and every phrase shaped "just so".

The success of the ECHOES series is astonishing. It has snowballed from the USA all over the world, and George's fan mail has reached gigantic proportions. By breaking down walls, the cocktail lounge of the Delmonico Hotel in New York has been enlarged to almost triple its size, and this is barely enough to accommodate the rapidly increasing number of Feyer's followers. 

Another proof of Feyer's fantastic popularity is the impending publication of Feyer's arrangements of favorite ECHOES tunes by the Edward B. Marks Music Corporation.

Introduction

White Christmas

Anderson: Sleighride

Adeste Fideles (O Come All Ye Faithful)

Waldteufel: Skater's Waltz

Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer

O Little Town Of Bethlehem

Jingle Bells

O Tannenbaum

Deck The Hall With Boughs Of Holly

God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen

Santa Clause Is Coming To Town

Noel, Noel

Tchaikovsky: Dance Of The Sugar-Plum Fairy (from "The Nutcracker")

Tchaikovsky: Troika (from "The Seasons")

Silent Night, Holy Night