Down Came an Angel

Christmas Traditional (Composer), Richard Storrs Willis (Composer), John Henry, Jr. Hopkins (Composer), Jacqueline Schwab (Performer)

Product Details

• Performer: Jacqueline Schwab
• Composer: Christmas Traditional, Richard Storrs Willis, John Henry, Jr. Hopkins
• Audio CD (September 7, 1999)
• SPARS Code: DDD
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Dorian Recordings
• ASIN: B00000JLL0
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #313,627 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Track Listings

1. The Cherry Tree Carol

2. It Came Upon The Midnight Clear

3. A Virgin Most Pure

4. I Heard From Heaven Today

5. Bright Morning Stars Are Rising

6. Babe Of Bethlehem

7. Down Came An Angel

8. Away In A Manger

9. O Little Town Of Bethlehem

10. Jehovah, Hallelujah

11. The Blessings Of Mary

12. Brightest And Best

13. I Wonder As I Wander

14. We Three Kings Of Orient Are

15. Mary, What You Gonna Call Your Pretty Little Baby?

16. Go Tell It On The Mountain

17. Rise Up, Shephard, And Follow

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Magical Christmas Album !, December 13, 2004

By	Patrick J. McNamara "pjm619" (Villa Park, Illinois United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Jacqueline Schwab's plaintive piano is recognized almost immediately as the background music for Ken Burns' reknowned public broadcasting films covering Baseball and the Civil War...in this disc, she turns her considerable talents to the soothing, ethereal hymns, carols, and spirituals of the Christmas season. Upon my first hearing, I was reminded of my sitting in the parlour of Holy Trinity Lutheran Church's parsonage as the wife of the Pastor effortlessly, without benefit of sheet music, tinkered with the old-but-finely-tuned upright piano, playing Christmas hymns that made me weep. This disc is a gift. I defy you to listen to it and not be moved to your heart.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars my CD of the year, November 24, 2002

By	NotATameLion (Michigan) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)

Jacqueline Schwab's Down Came an Angel wins my best album of the year award (which goes to the best CD I first heard this year). This is Christmas music as it should be. Even without words, these recordings of these songs speak more to my heart and to the meaning of the season than I have heard music do in a long, long time.

Mrs. Schwab's playing has an unbelievable emotional (and I would argue spiritual) range. She is introspective one moment, exuberant the next, and then quietly adoring in the next. Rarely have I been so consistently impressed by an artist.

There are many highlights on this album, but the one that cries out to be heard is Mrs. Schwab's Away in a Manger--if I had a song of the year award, it would go to this song. This is music of hope for a hopeful season. Dorian's sound is, as usual (I'm going to start writing "of course" instead of "as usual"), outstanding.

Get a copy of Down Came an Angel--this is music at its best.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Capturing the Mood of Christmas, December 25, 1999

By	Daddy Woof (Valley Park MO) - See all my reviews

I first heard An Angel Came Down on KFUO-FM here in St Louis. I was transfixed. The solo piano captured the mood of each Christmas song, with strong hints of melody weaving in with light hints of melody - always serene.