Ensemble Unicorn - On the Way to Bethlehem: Music of Medieval Pilgrim - Music & Performance - CD

Not Christmassy but well done progression from early European songs & music still recognizably Middle Eastern influenced, "a musical journey from England, the most western country and launching point of the first Crusade, through France, Germany, Eastern Europe, as far east as Syria. The musical selections from Europe are themactically Christmas Art songs; the selections from the Balkans and the Near East are traditional, meaning with the exception of the Sufi music, it's popular music changing over generations before written down the last few centuries, so there are different versions of pieces. Authentical European instrument sounds like 1200-1500 A.D. , & still used today Oriental oud, kaval, gaida, chalameau & percussion."