Christmas Magic

Uwe Christian Harrer (Composer), Christmas Traditional (Composer), Lewis Redner (Composer), Noel Regney (Composer), English Traditional (Composer), Franz [Vienna] Schubert (Composer), Benjamin R. Hanby (Composer), Leroy Anderson (Composer), John Francis Wade (Composer), Jay [Percussion] Johnson (Composer), James Pierpont (Composer), Robert de Cormier (Conductor), Hans Gillesberger (Conductor), Percy Faith (Conductor), Russ Case & His Orchestra (Conductor), Vienna Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra), Henri René & His Orchestra (Orchestra), Henri Rene's Orchestra (Orchestra), Pamela Decker (Performer), George Decker (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Pamela Decker, George Decker
• Orchestra: Vienna Chamber Orchestra, Henri René & His Orchestra, Henri Rene's Orchestra
• Conductor: Robert de Cormier, Hans Gillesberger, Percy Faith, Russ Case & His Orchestra
• Composer: Uwe Christian Harrer, Christmas Traditional, Lewis Redner, Noel Regney, English Traditional, et al.
• Audio CD (August 21, 2001)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: BMG
• ASIN: B00004Y6VQ
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #437,832 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Twelve Days of Christmas

2. Away in a Manger

3. Mary's Boy Child

4. O Little Town of Bethlehem

5. Do You Hear What I Hear?

6. Greensleeves, folk song

7. Ellens Gesang III ("Ave Maria"), song for voice & piano, D. 839 (Op. 52

8. O Tannenbaum (O Christmas Tree) (German)

9. Up on the Housetop

10. Deck the Halls (Welsh)

11. Sleigh Ride, popular song (with lyrics by Mitchell Parrish)

12. O Come, All Ye Faithful (Adeste fidelis)

13. God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen (English)

14. Blue Christmas

15. Jingle Bells

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good back ground holiday music!, December 12, 2002

By 

AbeStreet (Mayfield Heights, OH United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Christmas Magic (Audio CD)

The price of this cd makes it more than worth the price and it contains various well known Christmas recording stars. However, for some reason I don't find this cd as enjoyable as other Christmas collaborations made up of various recording stars. While all the songs are well known as are the performers the two are not matched up well. For example, Bing Crosby sings "Do You Hear What I Hear?" and Nat King Cole Sings "God Rest Ye Mery Gentlemen." While the songs are well sung these are not the first Christmas songs I associate with these singers. Now some people may appreciate that kind of variety but for me it had the same effect as listening to the b side track of the old 45 albums.

There are some exceptions to my above review. Leontyne Price sings, as on every Christmas album, "Ava Maria" and Johnny Mathis sings "Sleigh Ride" and might I add he sings it beautifully!

While there are some cd's or albums that I like to sing along with or listen to in the car I find this makes a better background music cd. I enjoy playing it while eating dinner with the family or with family get togethers during the Holidays.

3.0 out of 5 stars An Excellent Addition to any Christmas Music Collection, May 16, 2010

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Russell A. Starner - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Christmas Magic (Audio CD)

If you love Good Christmas Music, this this album would be worth looking into and adding to your library. This album has a very nice mix of tradtional seasonal favorites from various artests.