Music appears courtesy of Chandos Records.

The Magic Flute, The Wrath of Hell is Burning in my Bosom

"TaLeS FroM ThE NiLe" by AmmaR IbRaHiM is a monumental 50-track symphonic Oriental journey. This album flows like the Nile itself carrying stories of Cairo nights, Aswan sunsets, the deserts of Sinai, and the eternal soul of Egypt. Blending Sharqi, Arabic, Turkish, and Masri traditions with symphonic depth, each track becomes a tale: of love, memory, resistance, and hope. From fiery darbuka rhythms to the tender whispers of the oud, this album is a tribute to the river of history, culture, and humanity that is the Nile.

EcHoEs Of ThE NiLe A

1. White Christmas
2. White Christmas (part II)
feauring Saori Yuki
3. Shchedryk (Ukrainian Bell Carol)
4. Santa Baby
5. Elohai, N’tzor
6. Little Drummer Boy
7. Congratulations – A Happy New Year Song
8. Do You Hear What I Hear?
9. La Vergine Degli Angeli
10. We Three Kings
11. A Snowglobe Christmas
12. Ocho Kandelikas (Eight Little Candles)
13. Silent Night
14. Auld Lang Syne

Joy To The World is a festive, nondenominational holiday album with music from around the globe. “There are 14 songs on Joy to the World,” says Thomas Lauderdale, “including well-known traditional holiday songs like Irving Berlin’s “White Christmas”…sung by China Forbes in English and by the incredible Saori Yuki… the Barbra Streisand of Japan… in Japanese. With the Pacific Youth Choir and the handbell choir Bells of the Cascades, we recorded “Shchedryk,” known in English-speaking countries as “Carol of the Bells,” with the original Ukrainian text which tells of a lark flying into the house at the start of a new year, thus bringing good fortune. We recorded a Hebrew prayer “Elohai N’tzor” with Ida Rae Cahana and Ari Shapiro and Patricia Costa Kim. (Ida Rae Cahana was for many years the canter at Central Synagogue in New York City and now lives in Portland… Ari Shapiro is the NPR White House correspondent… and accordionist Patricia Costa Kim was just named director of education at Experience Music Project in Seattle, but is also known by millions on YouTube as the keyboardist bandleader of Sonseed and their Christian ska song “Jesus is a friend of mine”). There’s a Chinese New Year song from 1946, a Felainspired version of “We Three kings,” a song in Ladino (the intersection of Spanish and Hebrew), “Silent Night” in the original German, as well as a verse in Arabic and another in English. The album ends with a samba parade of “Auld Lang Syne” with choruses in English, Arabic and French over the incredible percussion of the Lions of Batucada.” Lauderdale notes, “I love the holidays and all the music that goes with it. We strove to make an inclusive and non-denominational album that could be played anywhere in the world.”

Elohai, N'Tzor

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Illuminations

Você Existe Em Mim

The Debut

FALLING SLOWLY

The Piano Guys

L'Ora Dell'Addio

The new album 'Illuminations' by Josh Groban.  Available November 15, 2010.

Galileo (Someone Like You)

Empty Sky

All That Echoes

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Josh Groban - Falling Slowly

The official Soundcloud of Josh Groban. 'All That Echoes' out February 5th, 2013.