Christmas With Julie Andrews

Julie Andrews | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 31, 1999)
• Original Release Date: 1982
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Legacy/Sony
• ASIN: B00000K2W9
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (26 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #68,549 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

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Media Type: CD
Artist: ANDREWS,JULIE
Title: CHRISTMAS WITH JULIE ANDREWS
Street Release Date: 09/07/1999
Domestic
Genre: XMAS VOCAL

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36 of 36 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Keep your "grit"; give me beauty and clarity for Christmas!, October 27, 2004

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Price Grisham (Essex, MA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Christmas With Julie Andrews (Audio CD)

I don't mean to be cynical, but the editorial review on this CD was a hoot. Does the editorial reviewer actually listen to Miss Andrews singing Christmas carols for GRIT?! He sounds like one of those folks who simply can't accept that vocal beauty and clarity are perfectly appropriate and preferrable in many musical genres--including musicals, which now seem to be full of people who can belt out a tune, but can't actually sing it with any sensitivity. This is a lovely CD; try also her Greatest Christmas Songs and her Christmas Treasure, even more beautiful if possible--taken from the early Firestone LP's.

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The glorious voice of Julie Andrews singing Christmas songs, December 12, 2003

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Lawrance M. Bernabo (The Zenith City, Duluth, Minnesota) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Christmas With Julie Andrews (Audio CD)

I tend to think that Julie Andrews would be the ideal person to stand up and sing Christmas carols at a church service on Christmas Eve, and I suspect that "Christmas With Julie Andrews" is a large part of the reason why. There is a combination of power and grace that makes "Oh Come All Ye Faithful" and "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing" sound like they should be should be filling up a great cathedral like Westminster Abbey, and you do not doubt for a second that Andrews could do it. This makes it all the more impressive when she tones down the power but retains the grace in songs like "Away in the Manger," "O Little Town of Bethlehem," and "Silent Night, Holy Night." As with her other holiday albums, this 1982 release presents not only these favorites, but a strong mix of lesser-known traditional songs including "In the Black Midwinter," "The Holy Boy," and "Patapan." For me the treat is "I Wonder as I Wander," a song that I associate with Mary Travers singing on the Peter, Paul & Mary's 1988 "Holiday Celebration Album." The differences in the voices are striking, but both interpretations are beautiful. Granted, these are not exactly the sort of Christmas albums where you feel compelled to sing along, but if you really want your seasonal spirits to soar then the glorious voice of Julie Andrews is most likely to get you up among the rafters.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Exquisite!, September 25, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Christmas With Julie Andrews (Audio CD)

This is an exceptionally beautiful Christmas album. Julie gives some of her best performaces ever on these haunting songs. It surrounds you in incredible Christmas and winter scenes. The material and arrangements are tops. If you love Christmas make this CD a priority.