Joel Cohen & the Boston Camerata

A Mediterranean Christmas (Warner Classics)

The Boston Camerata describes its holiday fare as broader than early music, but that shouldn’t stop fans of the genre from picking up this work of holidays past. Bridging the Straits of Gibraltar and the edge of the Levant – including Arabic and Sephardic elements – this ensemble warmly realizes religious and folk works from 1200 to 1900 and does so with aplomb and elegance.

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This article appears in December 23 • 2005.

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