In an introduction to this disc of Christmas music, John Rutter tellingly commends the Christmas carol as one of the few forms that permits "serious" composers to write tunes, regardless of whatever political correctness rules the avant-garde of the day. And he's been exploiting that licence with a vengeance ever since, as a Cambridge student, he composed the jaunty little number that remains his ...
1 Take A Chance On Me - Abba
2 Mamma Mia - Abba
3 Super Trouper - Abba
4 The Winner Takes It All - Abba
5 Fernando - Abba
6 Gimme Gimme Gimme (A Man After midnight) - Abba
7 The Name Of The Game - Abba
8 Dancing Queen - Abba
9 Knowing Me, Knowing You - Abba
10 Waterloo - Abba
11 Chiquitita - Abba
12 Does Your Mother Know - Abba
The success of her first international hit, Watermark, confirmed Enya as less a singer or songwriter than a sonic architect: working with producer Nicky Ryan and his wife, lyricist Roma Ryan, the classically trained pianist built vaulting cathedrals of sound, framed by luminous piano, shimmering synthesizer orchestrations, and, above all, the seemingly infinite layers of vocal harmonies ...