PASTORAL CHRISTMAS - The New York Harp Ensemble

A Pastoral Christmas liner notes

Arrangement is the art of reworking a composition for instruments other than the one(s) for which it was originally written, without making substantial changes in the music itself. This practice became popular in the Renaissance, when vocal music was set for lute or keyboard, and large numbers of arrangements are extant from each phase of music history. During later periods, composers and publishers were quick to indicate on the title pages a list of "alternate" instruments on which the music could be performed. The selections on this recording have been arranged by Aristid von Wurtzler for string orchestra and harp ensemble.