Christmas Bells [Original recording reissued]

Westminster Concert Bell Choir (Conductor), Donald E. Allure (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Conductor: Westminster Concert Bell Choir
• Audio CD (January 17, 1995)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording reissued
• Label: Gothic Records
• ASIN: B000003J8W
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #351,380 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Music of the Nativity, for handbell choir

2. A Thousand Christmas lights are lit [Swedish Carol]

3. Dance of the Sugarplum Fairy

4. In the Bleak Midwinter, for chorus & organ, H. 73

5. We Three Kings of Orient Are

6. God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen (English)

7. Venite adoramus (The snow lay on the ground)

8. Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht (Silent Night)

9. Carols in Color, for handbell choir

10. Lullaby, Jezu

11. Un flambeau, Jeannette, Isabelle, air for soprano, H. 460c

12. 'Twas Christmas Eve

13. Sussex Carol ("On Christmas Night")

14. Joseph dear, O Joseph mine

15. Catalonian Song

16. Two for Two by Two for Christmas, for handbell choir

17. Cantique de Noël for voice & orchestra "O Holy Night"

18. A Carol for all seasons

Customer Reviews

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26 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Traditional Carols arranged for Bells, February 24, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Christmas Bells (Audio CD)

One of the first CDs released by the famous Westminster Concert Bell Choir, this is a pleasing collection of well-known Christmas carols arranged for handbells. Westminster is home to one of the earliest and best-known university handbell ensembles in the country, started by Don Allured in the early '70s. This recording suffers from poor sound quality (the high bells have a crashing sound) and relatively stale readings. It is buoyed, however, by excellent arrangements by Betty Garee and Mr. Allured. Also, at this time Westminster played on the widest range of handbells in the world: over 7 octaves of bronze handbells. This CD is an essential for the collector and student of handbell ringing, as Mr. Allured and the Westminster Concert Bell Choir have had a dramatic impact on the modern art of handbell ringing all over the world.