Christmas Bells [Original recording reissued]

Westminster Concert Bell Choir (Artist), Donald E. Allure (Artist)

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 17, 1995)
• SPARS Code: DDD
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording reissued
• Label: Gothic Records
• ASIN: B000003J8W
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #249,039 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Track Listings

1. Music of the Nativity Season: While by My Sheep/Once in Royal ...

2. Thousand Christmas Lights Are Lit [Swedish Carol]

3. Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy

4. In the Bleak Midwinter

5. We Three Kings

6. God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen (English Carol)

7. Venite Adoremus

8. Stille Nacht

9. Carols in Color: Deck the Halls/Infant Holy/Good Christian Men/The ...

10. Lullaby, Jezu (Polish Carol)

11. Flambeau, Jeanette, Isabelle (French Carol)

12. 'Twas Christmas Eve

13. Sussex Carol

14. Joseph Dear, O Joseph Mine (German Carol)

15. Catalonian Carol

16. Two for Two by Two for Christmas: Away in a Manger/Hark, The ...

17. O Holy Night

18. Carol for All Seasons (French Carol)

Customer Reviews

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26 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Traditional Carols arranged for Bells, February 24, 1999

By A Customer

One of the first CDs released by the famous Westminster Concert Bell Choir, this is a pleasing collection of well-known Christmas carols arranged for handbells. Westminster is home to one of the earliest and best-known university handbell ensembles in the country, started by Don Allured in the early '70s. This recording suffers from poor sound quality (the high bells have a crashing sound) and relatively stale readings. It is buoyed, however, by excellent arrangements by Betty Garee and Mr. Allured. Also, at this time Westminster played on the widest range of handbells in the world: over 7 octaves of bronze handbells. This CD is an essential for the collector and student of handbell ringing, as Mr. Allured and the Westminster Concert Bell Choir have had a dramatic impact on the modern art of handbell ringing all over the world.