钢琴创作精灵首张赞颂冬季的优雅吟唱，纽约邮报赞许：「一张唤起人们的圣诞精神，向传统致敬的精致作品。」 　　崭新诠释十首圣诞颂歌加上两首全新创作，写下冬季特有的华丽冷调※ 　　专辑由Tori Amos跟亲密爱人Mark Hawley与音乐工作伙伴Marcel van Limbeek携手制作 　　  　　持续了将近两个世代的时而激昂、间或低吟的Amos式音乐创作之后，紧接着加盟环球的首张专辑『Abnormally Attracted To Sin/罪爱诱惑』，Tori Amos首次将她独一无二的嗓音融化在属于冬季的音符里，赋予传统圣诞歌谣新的生命，Tori Amos写下冬季里冷调的华丽吟唱。 　　巴尔的摩出生，在谨守教义的牧师父亲教导下长大的Tori Amos对于圣歌并不陌生，重新诠释传统圣诞歌谣，Tori Amos找来合作默契深厚的原班人马：鼓手Matt Chamberlain、贝斯手Jon Evans和吉他手Mac Aladdin，再加上鬼才音乐人John Philip Shenale(制作过Janet Jackson、Tracy Chapman和Jane’s Addiction等)和一组管弦乐团，Tori Amos首张尚未发行就注定成为经典的圣诞专辑就此诞生。 　　相对于台湾乐迷已经熟悉的圣诞旋律而言，这张专辑收录的12首歌几乎都像是原创，从第一首“What Child, Nowell”开始，轻弹的大键琴和规律的铃当声响就会将你带入浓浓的圣诞气息和思乡氛围之中；“Star Of Wonder”悠扬的弦乐声展开一场奇幻的音乐之旅；在“Candle: Conventry Carol”和“Holly, Ivy, And Rose”两曲中，Tori一转纯净圣洁的唱腔让人彷佛可以想见小天使温柔的探访；“Jeanette, Isabella”是以流畅的钢琴串成的轻快小品；“Winter’s Carol”里此起彼落的重唱像是听见轻雪纷纷飘落的声音，让人惊喜；“Pink And Glitter”和“Our New Year”是Tori Amos的全新创作，前者充满复古的爵士风情，后者从轻敲琴键到激昂弦乐，体现出的是回视过去一年的两种情境。 　　听腻了千篇一律的圣诞颂歌吗？若今年想过一个和以往截然不同的圣诞节，这张专辑绝对是你最好的选择。 　　  　　After nearly two decades writing and recording some of her generation's most emotionally powerful music, Tori Amos will release her first seasonal album, Midwinter Graces, on November 10 via Universal Republic Records. A follow up to Tori's critically acclaimed studio album, Abnormally Attracted to Sin, Midwinter Graces will find Tori reworking and expanding on classic carols as well as developing some of her very own seasonal tracks. 　　 　　Midwinter Graces is an album that has been in the making for the past 40 years. Raised in the Baltimore area under the watchful eye of her Methodist minister father, Tori grew up playing holiday carols at Sunday services and Christmas Day celebrations in her father's church. These were the songs that gave a young Tori her first taste of music, and now almost 40 years later Tori gets her own chance to reimagine classics like "What Child, Nowell" and "Star of Wonder." Tori will also add her own bittersweet bliss to the season with original tracks like "Pink and Glitter" and "Our New Year." 　　 　　For Midwinter Graces, Amos has again teamed up with long time collaborators Matt Chamberlain on drums, Jon Evans on bass, and Mac Aladdin on guitars. Tori has enlisted the help of a Big Band and an Orchestra with stunning John Philip Shenale arrangements to create Tori's new seasonal classics.