White Christmas

Leroy Anderson (Composer), Johann Sebastian Bach (Composer), George Frederick Handel (Composer), John Frederick Coots (Composer), Johnny Marks (Composer), Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky (Composer), Leopold Mozart (Composer), Irving Berlin (Composer), Arthur Fiedler (Conductor), Boston Pops Orchestra (Orchestra) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Orchestra: Boston Pops Orchestra
• Conductor: Arthur Fiedler
• Composer: Leroy Anderson, Johann Sebastian Bach, George Frederick Handel, John Frederick Coots, Johnny Marks, et al.
• Audio CD (October 25, 1990)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Deutsche Grammophon
• ASIN: B000001G7R
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #156,851 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #40 in Music > Miscellaneous > Holiday > Pop Instrumental & Easy Listening
  • #89 in Music > Classical > Ballets & Dances > Historical Periods > Romantic (c.1820-1910)

Track Listings

1. A Christmas Festival: Joy To The World; Deck The Halls; God Rest Ye Merry Gentleman; Good King Wenceslas; Hark! The Herald Angels Sing; The First Noel; Silent Night; Jingle Bells; O Come, All Ye Faithful

2. Cantata BWV 147 'Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben': Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring

3. Christmas Oratorio: Shepherds' Music

4. Messiah: 'Hallelujah' Chorus

5. Cantata BWV 208 'Hunting Cantata': Sheep May Safely Graze

6. Sleighride

7. Santa Claus Is Coming To Town

8. Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer

9. The Nutcracker: Waltz Of The Flowers

10. Musical Sleighride

11. White Christmas

Editorial Reviews

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Media Type: CD
Artist: FIEDLER,ARTHUR
Title: WHITE CHRISTMAS
Street Release Date: 10/01/1996
Domestic
Genre: XMAS INSTRUMENTAL

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Late-period Fiedler, still worthwhile, November 7, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: White Christmas (Audio CD)

Most of Fiedler's Pops Christmas albums feature recordings done for RCA Victor in 1959. This collection is unique in that the marjority of the pieces were done at a 1970 session for the Deutsche Grammophon label. (The two Bach pieces were recorded in 1976, also for DG.) It therefore features a different group of musicians and a maestro who was older and, perhaps, a bit less sprightly than the Fiedler of 1959.

Which is not to say that these pieces aren't elegantly played and well-recorded. It's just that they seem to have a more formal, going-through-the-motions feel than the earlier BPO recordings under Fiedler's baton. He doesn't seem to be having as much FUN as his younger self did, and it comes up in the performance.

But even past-his-prime Fiedler is well worth hearing, and any fan of the conductor and his Pops would be well advised to pick this one up if you can find it.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An Old Favorite, October 28, 2002

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Richard J. Roberts (Indianapolis, IN USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: White Christmas (Audio CD)

This album contains the same selections as RCA's "A Christmas Festival," plus two additional Bach selections. And it costs...less! The highlight of the album is Leroy Anderson's "A Christmas Festival," the most creative, thrilling instrumental medley of Christmas tunes ever arranged, and of course Fiedler's performance with the Boston Pops is definitive (even though it leaves out the pipe organ at the very end). Other highlights include Anderson's ever popular "Sleighride," the Pops' signature arrangement of "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town," and a shimmering, enchanting "White Christmas." A lovely combination of popular and classical orchestral selections for the holdays.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Christmas isn't Christmas without this CD, January 14, 2008

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Barbara S. Flynn - See all my reviews
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This review is from: White Christmas (Audio CD)

This CD has been a favorite for decades with a great variety of orchestral music ranging from selections from The Messiah to Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer, complete with clip-clopping hooves, sleigh bells and cracking whips. The Boston Pops can do it all. Great at full volume or as background music.