Incredible Christmas Album

Christmas Traditional (Composer), Felix Bernard (Composer), Irving Berlin (Composer), Mel Torme (Composer), Johnny Marks (Composer), Hugh / Blane, Ralph Martin (Composer), Ray / Livingston, Jay Evans (Composer), Jester Hairston (Composer), Bob / Drake, Tom Shane (Composer), Pereric Moraeus (Composer), Buddy Greene (Composer), John Henry, Jr. Hopkins (Composer), John Tesh (Composer), John Rutter (Composer), Katherine K. Davis (Composer), Henry John Gauntlett (Composer), Mykola Dmytrovich Leontovych (Composer), Leroy Anderson (Composer), Sammy Cahn (Composer), Mantovani (Composer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Composer: Christmas Traditional, Felix Bernard, Irving Berlin, Mel Torme, Johnny Marks, et al.
• Audio CD (October 14, 2003)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Label: Decca
• ASIN: B0000D1FKB
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #168,911 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. What Child Is This? (Greensleeves)

2. Winter Wonderland

3. White Christmas, song (from "Holiday Inn")

4. The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire)

5. Silver & Gold

6. Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas (for the film Meet Me in St. Lou

7. Silver Bells (for the film The Lemon Drop Kid)

8. Mary's Little Boy Child, song

9. The White Snows of Christmas (after Brahm's Symphony No. 1)

10. Koppĺngeçen

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Disc: 2

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

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

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

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

5. Joy to the World (theme by Handel)

6. Ding Dong! Merrily on High (French)

7. Do You Hear What I Hear?

8. O Little Town of Bethlehem

9. Coventry Carol (2): "Lully, Lulla, Thou Little Tiny Child"

10. Away in a manger (Tune: Cradle Song) (New English Hymnal 22)

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Customer Reviews

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful and incredible, November 28, 2011

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Captain Nemo (Central Virginia) - See all my reviews

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The sounds of Christmas - a wonderful time of the year. Some of the classics are here sung by Ella Fitzgerald, Bing Crosby, Burl Ives, The Boston Pops Orchestra along with some modern versions of songs by Vanessa Williams and Bond.

I love the older versions of the classics. A few of the modern cuts I didn't care for. There are some songs on this cd that I had never heard before such as "The White Snows of Christmas", by the Kingston Trio and "Shepherd's Pipe Carol Choir", by Choir of St. John's College - two wonderful Christmas songs. Your spirit will be lifted by this double cd set.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Cool Album, December 28, 2010

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Love this Christmas Album. Doesn't have everything, but darn close. Nice mix of styles and artists, really captures the feeling. I love Christmas Music, but am a bit picky, this album satisfies.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Incredible is the WORD!!, April 1, 2011

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Cynthia J. Yost "lefty genius" (Snohomish county,WA) - See all my reviews
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LOTS of good stuff here,lots of it from the 60s and 70s, even some OLD stuff,and some older carols,such as Carol of the Bells,and Still,Still,Still,and The Holly and the Ivy.Many prominent artists are included,with Luciano Pavarotti having 3 songs on one disc. Bing Crosby's White Christmas is here,naturally, but so are a great many other songs and carols,many instrumental,25 on each of the 2 CDs.I much enjoyed "Jingle Bell Rock" by Bond. I hated the original song from the very first time I heard it as a grade school girl. "Oh,come ON,Christmas is NOT about hugging and kissing and dancing and rock and roll music,it's about JESUS and SANTA CLAUS!" Time has done little to change my opinion,and so I was delighted to hear Bond reinterpret it beyond recognition. My personal favorite was "Christmas Bells" by Mantovani and his orchestra. I heard it many times in my childhood and youth at Christmastime,and always thought it was beautiful,but didn't ever know what its title was or who recorded it. So I stood there spellbound when it started playing,almost overcome with the delightful memories it comjured up. "Once in Royal David's City" is beautifully done,reminiscent of how Judy Collins recorded "Amazing Grace". It was recorded here by The Academy of St Martin in the Fields,and a soloist sings the first verse a capella. Then other voices and musical instruments start joining in,with each verse,and when finally they are singing "And at last our eyes shall see Him/Through His own redeeming love", the whole choir is singing,with an orchestra and organ accompanying,it brings on goosepimples and tears. It's the best Christmas album I ever heard.