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The Gift: Acoustic Offerings for the Holiday Season | 
 enlarge | Artists: Eric Tingstad, Nancy Rumbel
Label: Narada
Category: Music
New (2) Used (20) Collectible (2) from $2.54
Rating:  11 reviews
Sales Rank: 91529
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
UPC: 076742675127
EAN: 0076742675127
ASIN: B000005P18
Release Date: October 25, 1990
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| Tracks:
| • | Good King Wenceslas | | • | Bring The Torch | | • | Celebration | | • | Away In A Manger | | • | The Little Drummer Boy | | • | The First Nowell | | • | O Come, O Come Emmanuel | | • | Deck The Halls | | • | Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring | | • | Ave Maria | | • | Angels We Have Heard On High | | • | The Coventry Carol | | • | O Holy Night | | • | Jingle Bells | | • | Auld Lang Syne |
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| Customer Reviews: Read 6 more reviews...
Calm, perhaps a bit understated, and graceful music December 20, 2006
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
If you can manage nothing more than giving yourself a peaceful hour listening to "The Gift: Acoustic Offerings for the Holiday Season" by Eric Tingstad and Nancy Rumbel, then by all means do so.
Here is the balm to counteract the bustle and rush that take over our lives during the Christmas season. The music is calm, perhaps a bit understated, and graceful.
Simply Beautiful December 18, 2006
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I see Amazon doesn't carry this anymore and the used copies are rather pricey. Well if you can find this album somewhere for a decent price, I would urge you to get it.
This is the perfect CD to light the fire to, serve hot mulled cider and entertain guests with. It's not annoying and boisterous and it's not "cliche." It simply provides a warm, mellow atmosphere as the backdrop for any holiday gathering.
Eric Tingstad and Nancy Rumbel recorded it in 1989, but the sound is timeless. Warm acoustic fingerpicking, piano, and flute. Nothing plugged in, no vocals. This album will sound just as good 10 years from now.
Songs can range from upbeat with a playful flute to slower and more brooding, but they always seem to find a hopeful point. Some of the songs they cover are not well known, but that is part of the charm.
I grew up in a house that played this CD every winter for the holidays. I'm 23 now and I still love it! The music is so good, you will be tempted to listen to this CD when it isn't Christmas time!
Not Just For Christmas December 2, 2001
9 out of 10 found this review helpful
Friends and family don't want to listen to Christmas carols in July? Do they scream Bah Humbug and tell you to wait till December or tell you you have Christmas on the brain? Well, they won't say anything, and might not even think these are Christmas songs if this is the recording you play. Why? Because none of these well known Christmas songs sound like the canned holiday stuff that the stores play to get you to spend, and radio stations think is all that defines the holidays. Instead, Tingstad and Rumble, premiere Northwest musicians, weave amazing counter melodies that take you to other places. Good King Wenceslas is a wonderful example of that, starting out with the familar melody must people know, and then taking off into a delightful counter melody. Deck the Halls, is done in an upbeat way that can chase any stress away and leave you smiling. If, I was told, I could only have one holiday CD in my collection, this would be the one. I give this to friends, and they are never disappointed. So, if you like familar songs, done in unusual ways with unusual instruments, that are guaranteed to warm your heart and soothe your soul, give this CD a try. I bet you will play it the year round.
The best there is November 12, 2001
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
This is the best collection of acoustic Christmas music I have ever heard. Of all the Christmas cds I own, this is the only one that really seems inseparable from the season. The recording is top quality, and the music is immaculately executed with meaning and grace, completely devoid of the cheese and over-dramatization that often taints holiday music. To listen to each one of these well-known carols can make you feel that you never quite heard it before--not the way it was meant to be heard. Every single track is excellent. Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring, Ave Maria, Auld Lang Syne, and the Coventry Carol are definitely the best I've ever heard them. This cd is worth its price and more. It's priceless.
the gift eric tinstad, nancy rumbel December 22, 2000
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I bought this cassette at least five years ago but somehow lost it in my latest move. I found that I listened to it all year since it transends Christmas time. I was thrilled to find that it was out in CD and have just ordered a new one. It gives me a very peaceful feeling which makes it the best Christmas CD I have yet to encounter. I highly recommend it at Christmas and all year.
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