A Christmas Album

Barbra Streisand | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 1, 1999)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: SonyBMG Special Markets
• ASIN: B000TV4QXC
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #11,634 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #63 in Music > Miscellaneous > Holiday > Opera & Vocal
  • #78 in Music > Miscellaneous > Holiday > General Christmas
  • #82 in Music > Miscellaneous > Holiday > General AAS

Track Listings

1. Jingle Bells

2. Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas

3. Christmas Song

4. White Christmas

5. My Favorite Things

6. Best Gift

7. Sleep in Heavenly in Peace (Silent Night)

8. Gounod's Ave Maria

9. O Little Town of Bethlehem

10. I Wonder as I Wander

11. Lord's Prayer

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars You'll fee "Chills" on the Lord's Prayer........., December 14, 2008

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M. Hess (California) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A Christmas Album (Audio CD)

Barbra was pregnant when this album was recorded, and it gave her voice a slightly reedy feel; just a little different, but oh so wonderful. She stirs you to new heights with her soaring voice on The Lord's Prayer, and her rendition of Silent Night is incomparable. What an original rendition of "My Favorite things"; simply sublime, simply Barbra. What a gift God us with Barbra!! Enjoy!!

14 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Mostly the classics, January 24, 2008

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Peter Durward Harris "Pete the music fan" (Leicester England) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A Christmas Album (Audio CD)

For the most part, this album features classic songs, sung in the traditional manner by Barbra. Barbra really didn't need to do any more, given her wonderful voice, but she does have a few surprises in store. The opening Jingle bells is not done in the traditional way as Barbra gallops through most of it at breakneck speed. I appreciate Barbra's attempt to do something different but I prefer the standard arrangement. After that brisk opening, the album slows down and never again rises above mid-tempo as the remainder of the album is dominated by ballads.

Barbra may have been the first singer to include My favorite things (the Julie Andrews classic from the Sound of music) in a Christmas album. Nobody is surprised any more that this song sometimes gets included in Christmas albums. The only original song is The best gift (about a baby). Barbra sings it beautifully.

Of Barbra's two Christmas albums, I prefer the other one to this, mainly because the songs are more interesting to me, but I know that a lot of Barbra's fans prefer this one, which was recorded when her voice was at its finest - however, Barbra was still in good voice on the other album.

If you love Barbra's music and you enjoy Christmas music, you will want both of her Christmas albums, but if you only want to buy one of them, you have a hard choice to make.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A MOST BEAUTIFUL TRADITIONAL CHRISTMAS CD!, January 25, 2011

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John - See all my reviews

This review is from: A Christmas Album (Audio CD)

Barbra Streisand's A Christmas Album and Andy Williams' Christmas Album are the two most beautiful and most treasured traditional Christmas cds that I own. Barbra Streisand has such an extraordinarily beautiful voice! I don't think there is anybody else other than Andy Williams who has ever sang traditional Christmas songs as beautifully as is the traditional Christmas music sung on A Christmmas Album. It is my opinion that Barbra Streisand has one of the four most outstanding voices to ever sing popular music. I also believe that Barbra Streisand has a more beautiful singing voice than any other female popular singer. Just listen to the most outstanding crispness, pitch, clarity, and diction of her voice! One listen to Barbra Streisand's A Christmas Album will testify to the truth of my statements. However, I predict that you can't play A Christmas Album only once, without playing it for a second or perhaps a third time. I also predict that once you first hear A Christmas Album, there will never be a another Christmas season in your life that you don't play and most highly enjoy this most beautiful Christmas cd. Barbra Streisand's A Christmas Album has my highest possible positive recommendation. Merry Christmas from one music lover to another!

John