Stille Nacht - A German Christmas

CC Couch | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 21, 2004)
• Original Release Date: October 21, 2004
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sound Inventions LLC
• ASIN: B0006BC146
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #94,251 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Nun Freut Euch, Ihr Christen

2. O Du FrÖhliche

3. Es Ist Ein Ros´ Entsprungen

4. Morgen Kinder Wird’s Was Geben

5. Still, Still, Still

6. Maria Durch Ein' Dornwald Ging

7. Tochter Zion

8. Als Ich Bei Meinen Schafen Wacht

9. Ich Steh An Deiner Krippe Hier

10. Josef, Lieber Josef Mein

11. Ihr Kinderlein, Kommet

12. Es Hat Sich Halt ErÖffnet

13. Engel Auf Den Feldern Singen

14. Stille Nacht, Heilige Nacht

15. O Tannenbaum

16. Andachtsjodler

Editorial Reviews

About the Artist

CC Couch is a former Epic Records artist who has co-written and performed several children's albums including I PURR-A CAT'S TALE, LULLABABY, KIDDANCERCISE, 12 FABLES, COLORS, CALENDAR KIDS, and LET THERE BE LIGHT in addition to her Christmas albums, the popular A FRENCH CHRISTMAS, O ABIES-CHRISTMAS CAROLS IN LATIN, and HISPANIC CHRISTMAS.She has also performed on the series OH LA LA, SING YOUR WAY TO FRENCH. Teddy Irwin, who has played with Petula Clark, Bette Midler, Jimmy Buffet and Doc Severinson, among others, scored and arranged the selections.

Product Description

Stille Nacht - A German Christmas is a CD of sixteen traditional German Christmas songs sung in German by an American singer. Each album contains lyrics, for those who want to sing along.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Not The Mormon Tabernacle Choir, May 13, 2007

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Paul D. Kellogg (Coldspring, Tx.) - See all my reviews
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This album may be a bit informal for some, but has stirred a lot of interest amongst my German and Chechoslovac neighbors. It exudes a happy spirit befitting the season it honors. Personally, the vocal performances are outstanding and the arrangements are very well done. A big 4.0! for Couch & Co.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Well-arranged and Tender - German spirit, December 16, 2011

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J. Preston (San Juan Mountains) - See all my reviews
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I gave this five stars because the performer, C. C. Couch, performs with such tenderness and feeling. As with many original German Christmas Carols, she performs with a simple guitar accompaniement. Her arrangements are very well done, and, brighten up historically plodding versions of German folk carols.

I am first-generation American. I grew up with a Mother and two grand-parents speaking German. Our homes, at Christmas, looked like the MarianPlatz (Old Town Square) in Munich.

Ms. Couch (I think it is pronounced: "Coosh") is not the best at singing German. She occasionally misses a little timing and expression. The album, however, is very enjoyable. If you are looking for authentic German Christmas music (surpassing "The Mormon Tabernacle Choir) it is hard to surpass Der Wiener Sängerknaben (Vienna Boys' Choir) collections. Their performances are perfect (with an Austrian accent) and they perform many of the carols, such as Stille Nacht, exactly as they were written. Christmas Favorites.

As pure as the Vienna Boys Choir performs Christmas music, it is not the Christmas Music most Germans and Austrians remember from their childhood.

Most remember soft performances of the Carols on an accordian, or violin, in the Town Squares during Ruhezeit (mandatory quiet time so that children and elders may rest). They remember small groups of children, accompanied by guitar in the Christkindlmarkt, or, they remember the a capella, or simple guitar accompaniement, of carols sung in Latin in Church.

Ms. Couch sings as if she were performing lovingly for German or Austrian (or Czech) children, to their delight, to brighten the Christmas spirit and awaken it in their eyes and hearts. She will have the same effect on you.

I confess I became an instant fan of Ms. Couch when I bought her "French Christmas Album." A French Christmas She has the unique ability, with her voice, to affect your feelings and enchant you into the Christmas Spirit.

6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars German Christmas, December 15, 2008

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Verlyn G. Rewerts - See all my reviews
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This product was just what I wanted for my mother who has fond memories of going to church and listening to German Christmas carols when she was a little girl.