Broadway's Greatest Gifts: Carols for a Cure, Vol. 5 [CAST RECORDING]

Oliver Hofer (Performer), Steve Mack (Performer), Carlos L. Encinias (Performer), Adolphe Adam (Composer), Patrick S. Brady (Composer), Charles Gounod (Composer), Franz Xaver Gruber (Composer), George Frederick Handel (Composer), M. / Reid, I. Heitzman (Composer), Jim Laev (Composer), Steve Lavner (Composer), Robert / Marx, Jeff Lopez (Composer), David Nehls (Composer), Phineas III / Abbot, Jim / Seligson, Gary Newborn (Composer), James Pierpont (Composer), Chanukah Traditional (Composer), Christmas Traditional (Composer), Unspecified (Composer), Wendy Wilf (Composer), Boko Suzuki (Conductor)

Product Details

• Performer: Oliver Hofer, Steve Mack, Carlos L. Encinias
• Conductor: Boko Suzuki
• Composer: Adolphe Adam, Patrick S. Brady, Charles Gounod, Franz Xaver Gruber, George Frederick Handel, et al.
• Audio CD (November 18, 2003)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Cast Recording
• Label: Rock-It Science
• ASIN: B0006Q3MUS
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #71,179 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Product Description
This perennial favorite brings Broadways best wishing you their holiday best! Hairspray, Gypsy, Nine and Avenue Q are just of few of the shows raising their voices for the cause. Also lending their voices are Antonio Banderas, Hugh Jackman and Harvey Fierstein. Songs Include: 42nd Street The Holiday Hop Aida I'll Stay Strong Avenue Q Rod's Christmas Beauty & the Beast This Christmas Day Big River Silent Night Boy From Oz Wrapped up Nice Cabaret O Tannenbaum Chicago Jingle Bells, Chicago Style Gypsy Sing Out Hairspray Dreidel, Dreidel, Dreidel The Lion King Angelo Rosenbaum Mamma Mia A Christmas Lullaby Nine Los Peces en El Rio (The Fish in the River) Phantom of the Opera Joy to the World/ How Great our Joy The Producers Too Fat to Fit Rent O Holy Night Taboo Ave Maria Thoroughly Modern Millie The Coming of Christmastime Urinetown Christmastime on Highway 13 Wicked I Saw Three Ships

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36 of 36 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Holiday Music with a Purpose, December 7, 2003

By	Jason Swan (Washington, DC USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Broadway's Greatest Gifts: Carols for a Cure, Vol. 5 (Audio CD)

This series of albums draws on the forces of today's Broadway show casts who each contribute a holiday song to this double CD. All proceeds go to Broadway Cares / Equity Fights AIDS.

Song list:
DISC ONE --
The Holiday Hop (cast of 42nd Street);
O Holy Night (Rent);
Los Peces en El Rio (Nine featuring Antonio Banderas);
Dreidel Dreidel Dreidel (Hairspray);
This Christmas Day (Beauty & the Beast);
A Christmas Lullaby (Mamma Mia!);
The Coming of Christmas (Thoroughly Modern Millie);
Rod's Christmas (Avenue Q featuring Rod);
Silent Night (Big River);
Wrapped Up Nice (Boy From Oz featuring Hugh Jackman);
DISC TWO --
I Saw Three Ships (Wicked);
Sing Out (Gypsy);
Too Fat To Fit (The Producers);
I'll Stay Strong (Aida);
Ave Maria (Taboo);
Chicago Style Jingle Bells (Chicago);
Angelo Rosenbaum (The Lion King);
How Great Our Joy / Joy to the World (Phantom);
Christmastime on Highway 13 (Urinetown);
O Tannenbaum (Cabaret featuring Raul Esparza).

It's all good, or at least interesting, and it's for a good cause.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Fun and Refreshing, March 5, 2006

By	Stacey Rowland "Soldier Abroad" (Germany) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I purchased this CD on a whim, and I was absolutely shocked when I got to track #4- "Dreidel, Dreidel, Dreidel," by the cast of "Hairspray." I loved the upbeat humor, and as the song progressed, I realized I'd heard this version before- it was on South Park! I could not BELIEVE what I was hearing, but I completely adored it. As I listened through the rest of the 2-CD set, I concluded it would undoubtedly be one of my favorite holiday albums. It was a wonderful combination of traditional renditions, such as a beautiful "O Holy Night" performed by the cast of "Rent" and new, humorous songs, including "Too Fat to Fit" by the cast of "The Producers" which was had a personality reminiscent of "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy," "Angelo Rosenbaum," sung by Thom Christopher Warren of "Lion King," and "Sing Out" by the cast of "Gypsy."

Overall, the CD set was a wonderful surprise; I had expected a 2 CD set filled with well-sung music, but I was rewarded with a compilation as diverse as peoples' view of the holidays, ranging from the somber expression of religious value to the whimsical, with a jab at the commercial attitude in the middle!