"Caressing for the soul" is the best way to describe the music of the duo Celtic Dreams. With Christmas carols from the Irish-Scottish region, the two successful musicians Jasmin and Chris Loch guide the audience through space and time, into a world full of myths and legends. On their newly released Christmas album "Tales of Christmas," harp, Celtic flutes, sophisticated orchestral arrangements, and Jasmin's signature velvety voice, for example, tell the story of the Archangel Gabriel ("Gabriel's Message"), who, with wings like drifting snow, delivers the news of Jesus' birth to the shepherds.
Or the story of the Infant, as the baby Jesus is described in the old Scottish song "Let us greet the Infant," who will save the world. But classics like "The First Noel" and "Oh Holy Night" can also be heard on the disc. At one of the last Christmas concerts, a Catholic priest said towards the end: "...that you, dear listeners, come to church to listen to the music of Celtic Dreams is like a prayer." The Loch couple have even been called missionaries, as the churches are filled to capacity at every concert.
01 The First Christmas
02 Midwinter's Night
03 Gabriel's Message
04 Coventry Carol
05 Let Us the Infant Greet
06 Crowning of the King
07 Away in a Manger
08 God Rest Ye'merry, gentlemen
09 Christ Child's Lullaby
10 Holy Night
11 Amazing Grace
12 Lullaby and Good Night
