VINCE GUARALDI TRIO 黑胶唱片和CD

Review: The pianist Vince Guaraldi released 'Impressions Of Black Orpheus' in 1962, in response to the film 'Black Orpheus' - the Brazilian film by Marcel Camus. The film had taken the world by storm three years earlier: a contemporary retelling of the Ovidian story of Orfeu and Eurydice, its soundtrack had the unintended effect of introducing the distinct sound of bossa nova to the world. The reinterpretation of the soundtrack by Guaraldi's trio here gets an expansion via Concord, with new unreleased recordings takung up a mammoth, complementary four new sides of vinyl.

Review: Whether you're reading this and thinking Christmas seems a way off, or here because there's a next day delivery and time is ticking, A Charlie Brown Christmas is quite possibly one of the most exquisite scores to the silly season you're likely to come across. Better yet, it's a complete curveball, with this Peanuts cartoon score hardly topping the list when it comes to famous Yuletide music.

Sophisticated stuff, imagine slow drinks in a late night jazz bar. Surprisingly sexy, refined, laidback to the point where you can almost see flames dancing in a fireplace, and shadows licking at the walls. Of course, we do get 'Hark, The Herald Angels Sing' and 'Christmas Time Is Here', taking us back to the best parts of school age winters gone by, both delivered via vocal choirs. But, overall, this is a truly tasteful example of how to do festive well.

Review: A Charlie Brown Christmas is a stone cold classic Christmas album that now comes with a specially festive gold sleeve. What's here has the air of a sophisticated evening spent enjoying slow drinks in a late night jazz bar. It's sexy and refined stuff, laidback to the point where you can almost see the flames in the fireplace, resulting shadows dancing off the walls. Yes, 'Skating' is far more uptempo, and both 'Hark, The Herald Angels Sing' and 'Christmas Time Is Here' take us to school age Yuletide plays with their vocal choirs. But, on the whole, this might be the most tasteful festive album we'll ever get. So dig in.