01) Bright Eyes - White Christmas 00:00 02) Meiko - Maybe Next Year (X-Mas Song) 01:31 03) Moodchill - Snowfall 04:32 04) Yo-Yo Ma & Friends, Wu Tong, The Silk Road Ensemble - Kuai Le 08:56 05) Priscilla Ahn - Silent Night 10:40 06) Yo-Yo Ma & Friends, Jake Shimabukuro - Happy Xmas (War is Over) 12:54 07) Colbie Caillat - Mistletoe 17:11 08) Sarah McLachlan - Silent Night 20:52 09) Yo-Yo Ma & Friends, Chris Botti - My Favorite Things 24:34 10) Diana Krall - Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas 30:06 11) Brandi Carlile - The Heartache Can Wait 34:11 12) Yo-Yo Ma & Friends - Dona Nobis Pacem (Give Us Peace) 37:36 13) Morphine - Sexy Christmas Baby Mine 39:27 14) Sara Bareilles & Ingrid Mich...
01) Bright Eyes - White Christmas 00:00 02) Meiko - Maybe Next Year (X-Mas Song) 01:31 03) Moodchill - Snowfall 04:32 04) Yo-Yo Ma & Friends, Wu Tong, The Silk Road Ensemble - Kuai Le 08:56 05) Priscilla Ahn - Silent Night 10:40 06) Yo-Yo Ma & Friends, Jake Shimabukuro - Happy Xmas (War is Over) 12:54 07) Colbie Caillat - Mistletoe 17:11 08) Sarah McLachlan - Silent Night 20:52 09) Yo-Yo Ma & Friends, Chris Botti - My Favorite Things 24:34 10) Diana Krall - Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas 30:06 11) Brandi Carlile - The Heartache Can Wait 34:11 12) Yo-Yo Ma & Friends - Dona Nobis Pacem (Give Us Peace) 37:36 13) Morphine - Sexy Christmas Baby Mine 39:27 14) Sara Bareilles & Ingrid Michaelson - Winter Song 41:27 15) Sarah McLachlan - In The Bleak Mid-Winter 45:51 16) Emily Van Evera & Sister Germaine Fritz, OSB - For The Virgin (O Frondens Virga) 49:24 17) Jan Garbarek/The Hilliard Ensemble - Parce mihi domine 50:50 18) The Hotel Café Medley - Auld Lang Syne (Charity Medley) 57:30
Sweets & Treats, the Christmas set for 2009 offered Sarah McLachlan & a number of tunes from a YoYo Ma collection featuring well-knowns like Chris Botti & YouTube sensation Jake Shimabukuro. “Sweets” -- well, there's an overall sweetness to this collection, lots of women's voices including artists like Brandi Carlile, Meiko and the duo Sara Bareilles & Ingrid Michaelson, doing Xmas originals rather than remakes. There's also lots of classical and jazz rhythms instead of the usual EDM beats laid over classic Xmas tunes. The "treats" are a couple of older tracks, notably from Bright Eyes, Morphine and the Jan Garbarek / Hilliard Ensemble track that always drives my desire to hear Christmas music. There's also a strong winter theme driving a number of the tracks … just a little tip of the hat to the folks up north.