A Christmas Wish

Cris Groenendaal | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 1, 2000)
• Number of Discs: 1
• ASIN: B00004YVK8
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,525,416 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Christmas Waltz

2. Santa Claus Is Coming To Town

3. Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer

4. One Family

5. Gesu Bambino

6. Coventry Carol

7. What Child Is This?

8. The Holly And The Ivy

9. Will Santa Come This Year?

10. Jingle Bells

11. Winter Wonderland

12. White Christmas

13. Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas

14. Silent Night

15. Three Wishes For Christmas

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A pleasant Holiday album, October 6, 2000

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pmg1975 (Minnesota) - See all my reviews

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

Cris Groenendaal, a man with a liquid, limpid tenor, and known for his portrayals in "The Phantom of the Opera", "Ragtime" (which I've seen him in), and "A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum", has released a Christmas album that is a soothing, wonderful addition to your Holiday music library.

With simple, yet elegant arrangements by his wife, music director Sue Anderson, Mr. Groenendaal sings with a collection of Christmas hymns and lively favorites. My particular favorites are all the Christmas hymns (especially "Gesu Bambino" and "Coventry Carol") which he sings so delicately and with reverence. For secular carols, "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town" gets a New Orleans Basin Street band feel which is quite fun, "Winter Wonderland" gets a similar treatment which adds a banjo, and "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas" gets a sensitive rendering.

I've already sent this album as a gift, and I recommend it for anyone who has an affinity for Holiday music beautifully sung by one of the most elegant tenor voices I've heard in a long time.