Ferrante & Teicher - Snowbound/We Wish You a Merry Christmas

That paradisaical pair of piano plinkers, Ferrante & Teicher, recorded a number of thematic albums through the years, two of which see reissue on this 1992 CD. Snowbound, from 1962, isn't a Christmas album so much as a winter album, with a selection of melodies that evoke snowfall and the winter season. The title track is a vocal number on which a mixed chorus sings the lyrics while Ferrante & Teicher's cascading piano notes suggest falling snowflakes. That effect is heard throughout the album, along with other time-honored (one might say clichéd) elements of holiday music: sleigh bells, the delicate tones of a music box and a xylophone, chime trees, and the like. Read More