"Christmastime In The City"
Christmas Instrumental
Almost 2 years in the making, "Christmastime in the City" is a collection of technically challenging instrumental arrangements on classical guitar. This Christmas guitar CD is like nothing you've heard before. Larry Theiss goes the extra mile in creating tones and counterpoints that delight the ear. With multiple tracks he stretches the realm of possibilities for the guitar that warms the heart and moves the imagination. You won't find a better instrumental Christmas CD anywhere. - "Sleigh Ride." An upbeat, romping, 4-track instrumental with unusual chord progressions in places. A real challenge on acoustic guitar with rapid hand and finger movements.
- "The Christmas Song." One of the all-time favorites done with heart-rending, melodic movements.
- "Dance of the Sugarplum Fairy." The most challenging and time-consuming selection on this Christmas guitar CD . Unusual tuning was required during the arpeggio section.
- "I'll Be Home for Christmas." Feel the emotion in the first half of this song. Then let loose with a thrilling, jazz take-off.
- "Caroling, Caroling." Fun to play. Fun to listen to. Good improvisation during the bridge.
- "We Three Kings of Orient Are." Beginning in true classical style, then moving through various finger-picking combinations to a grand ending.
- "Silver Bells." Christmas guitar beautifully accompanied by Tina Davis on piano.
- "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas." The mellow sound of classical guitar meanders over, under, around and through this classic Christmas selection, taking the melody where it will to the delight of the listener.
- "Ding, Dong Merrily On High." An adventure for classical guitar and piano. Enjoy the journey.
- "The Most Wonderful Time of the Year." Feel the excitement of Christmas as this holiday instrumental ignites the spirit of the yuletide season.
- "Kling Glockchen." A light, bouncing, German melody dances merrily off the strings. Perhaps you can imagine what Christmas was like a century ago in Germany.
- "Blue Christmas." Soulful strings cry out this mournful melody with a beautiful piano setting. Feel the emotion.
- "Let It Snow." One of the favorites of Larry Theiss as he pieced together the counterpoint puzzle to make a dazzling arrangement.
- “White Christmas.” Drift off into sweet dreams with this soothing arrangement. You can almost see the snow falling with the enchanted synthesizer flowing from chord to chord. The loveliness of Christmas is complete.
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