Parsons Playlists: Holiday Music

Welcome back to Parsons Playlists! Today’s playlist is curated by Music Library student manager Danny (class of 2023) and features a selection of favorite tunes for the holiday season.

Holiday Playlist

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Mariah Carey – “All I Want for Christmas is You”

Wham! – “Last Christmas”

John Legend – “Bring Me Love”

Frank Sinatra – “Jingle Bells”

Bing Crosby – “I’ll Be Home for Christmas”

Gwen Stefani & Blake Shelton – “You Make It Feel Like Christmas”

Katy Perry – “Cozy Little Christmas”

Kelly Clarkson – “Wrapped in Red”

Shakin’ Stevens – “Snow Is Falling”

Jose Feliciano – “Feliz Navidad”

Chris Rea – “Driving Home for Christmas”

Mud – “Lonely This Christmas”

Hall & Oates – “Jingle Bell Rock”

Jackson 5 – “I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus”

Andy Williams – “It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year”

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Donny Hathaway – “This Christmas”

Brenda Lee – “Rocking Around the Christmas Tree”

Nat King Cole – “The Christmas Song”

The Eagles – “Please Come Home for Christmas”

Burl Ives – “Holly Jolly Christmas”

The Killers – “Joe the Lump of Coal”

Frank Sinatra – “Let It Snow”

Dean Martin – “Silver Bells”

Andy Williams – “Sleigh Ride”

Elton John – “Step Into Christmas”

Kelly Clarkson – “Underneath the Tree”

Ariana Grande – “Santa Tell Me”

Jonas Brothers – “I Need You Christmas”

Perry Como – “Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas”

Ella Fitzgerald – “Frosty the Snowman”

Here is a link to the whole playlist on YouTube: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLU94rco57Zez6fASIKZHOQJCOvcT5ALuP

New CDs added: April 2021

New CDs for April 2021

Orchestral, Concertos and Chamber Music

Imani Winds – Imani Winds
Nikolai Kapustin – Piano Music Marc-Andre Hamelin

Nikolai Kapustin - Piano Music

Felix Mendelsson – Mendelssohn – Piano Works Vol. 5 Benjamin Frith
Robert Schumann – Kinderszenen : op. 15 ; Davidsbündlertänze : op. 6 ; Piano sonata no. 2 in G minor, op. 22 Angela Hewitt

Mendelssohn - Piano Works, Vol. 5

Musical Theatre Cast Recordings

Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss – SIX The Musical: Studio Cast Recording
Anaïs Mitchell – Hadestown: Original Broadway Cast Recording

SIX: The Musical

Alanis Morrisette and Glen Ballard – Jagged Little Pill: Original Broadway Cast Recording
Stephen Sondheim – Company – 2018 London Cast Recording

Jagged Little Pill - Cast Recording

Popular Music

Fiona Apple – Fetch The Bolt Cutters
Fantastic Negrito – Have You Lost Your Mind Yet?
Miranda Lambert – Wildcard

Miranda Lambert - Wildcard

John Legend – Bigger Love
Dua Lipa – Future Nostalgia
Fito Paez – La Conquista del Espacio
Bobby Rush – Rawer Than Raw
Billy Strings – Home

Fantastic Negrito - Have You Lost Your Mind Yet?

The Strokes – The New Abnormal
James Taylor – American Standard
Thundercat – It Is What It Is
Toots and the Maytals – Got To Be Tough
Various Artists – Harmony In My Head: UK Power Pop & New Wave 1977-81

Dua Lipa - Future Nostalgia

Opera, Opera Excerpts, Choral Music and Art Songs

Metropolitan Opera – The Gershwins’ Porgy And Bess

The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess

Gospel Music

P.J. Morton – Gospel According to PJ: From the Songbook of PJ Morton
Kanye West – Jesus Is King

Gospel According to PJ