A Virgil Fox Christmas

Virgil Fox (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 12, 1996)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Angel Records
• ASIN: B000002UP7
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #75,659 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #16 in Music > Miscellaneous > Holiday > Classical Instrumental
  • #89 in Music > Classical > Historical Periods > Romantic (c.1820-1910) > Vocal & Song

Track Listings

1. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing

2. O Come O Come Emmanuel

3. Ave Maria

4. O Little Town Of Bethlehem

5. Greensleeves

6. Joy To The World

7. Ave Maria

8. O Sanctissima

9. It Came Upon A Midnight Clear

10. Panis Angelicus

11. Adeste Fidelis

12. Noel

13. Gesu Bambino

14. La Nativite

15. The Fists Nowell

16. March Religieuse

17. Hallelujah Chor

18. Silent Night

Customer Reviews

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5.0 out of 5 stars Superlative!, November 28, 1998

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This review is from: A Virgil Fox Christmas (Audio CD)

In this compilation, we hear Virgil Fox at his virtuosic best. From the stillness of "Silent Night" to the majesty of "Hark, the Herald Angels Sing," the great Aeolian-Skinner of New York's Riverside Church is displayed in all its glory. Pay special attention to the last variation of Daquin's "Echo Noel" for the sparkling pedalwork added by Marcel Dupré and played as only Fox could! Some lovely pieces not composed for Christmas, but certainly appropriate, shine in this collection, notably Franck's "Panis Angelicus," the Bach-Gounod "Ave Maria," Schubert's "Ave Maria," Guilmant's "Marche Religeuse," and, of course, "The Hallelujah Chorus" from Handel's "Messiah". Fox's registrations are, at times, symphonic but the full organ in "Adeste Fideles" and "O Come, O Come Emmanuel" will make you glad you bought that subwoofer!