Christmas Carols - Weihnachtslieder - Chants De Noel - Choir of Westminster Abbey Preston

Simon Preston (Artist), Choir of Westminster Abbey (Artist), Benjamin Britten (Artist), Marc-Antoine Charpentier (Artist), Sir Peter Maxwell Davies (Artist), John Linton Gardner (Artist), Andreas Hammerschmidt (Artist), Felix Mendelssohn (Artist), Arthur Oldham (Artist), Elizabeth Poston (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 17, 1995)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Deutsche Grammophon
• ASIN: B000001GO9
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #242,547 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Traditional carols satisfy year after year, September 22, 1998

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This review is from: Christmas Carols - Weihnachtslieder - Chants De Noel - Choir of Westminster Abbey Preston (Audio CD)

This is the CD I listen to the most during the Christmas season. I like the clarity of the choir and the variety of carols. Some of them are straightforward renditions of carols with organ accompaniment. Others are choir only. Some were familiar to me and others were new to me when I bought the CD, but have become Christmas favorites. This is a good CD for those who are tired of the typical compendium of Christmas carols by listless artists. This one always has something new to offer at every listening.

16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best classical Christmas carol CD we've got, December 13, 1999

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Lee Thé (Palo Alto, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Christmas Carols - Weihnachtslieder - Chants De Noel - Choir of Westminster Abbey Preston (Audio CD)

We have dozens of classical carol CDs, from medieval to modern. This is our favorite. Great selection, great performances. Some, including Rocking, Salve Puerule, Alleluja! Freuet Euch, and Puer Natus, are poignant enough to make you weep. The modern selections--a new setting of Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day, for example--stay focused on Christmas spirit without falling into the wretched excesses choral music is prey to. And the standards, such as Hark! The Herald Angels Sing, are delivered with admirable directness and good taste. My wife & I love this album. If we could have just two, it would be this and Carols from the Old & New Worlds (Hillier, Theatre of Voices), which complements Simon Preston's efforts--both CDs possess both freshness and an admirable gravitas--not an easy combination to come by. Listen to the audio snippets on this Web site. If your heart and your ears work, they should convince you.

5.0 out of 5 stars Christmas Music that is just fantastic., February 7, 2012

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This review is from: Christmas Carols - Weihnachtslieder - Chants De Noel - Choir of Westminster Abbey Preston (Audio CD)

Christmas Music that is just fantastic. if you are into true heavenly Christmas music I would recommend this one. played it for weeks prior to Christmas as well as all day long Christmas Day.