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Westminster Concert Bell Choir, Donald E. Allure
Christmas Bells
Genres: Special Interest, Pop, Classical

Track Listings (18) - Disc #1
1. Music of the Nativity, for handbell choir
2. A Thousand Christmas lights are lit [Swedish Carol]
3. Dance of the Sugarplum Fairy - Westminster Concert Bell Choir/Donald E. Allure, Tchaikovsky, Pyotr
4. In the Bleak Midwinter, for chorus & organ, H. 73 - Westminster Concert Bell Choir/Donald E. Allure, Holst, Gustav
5. We Three Kings of Orient Are - Westminster Concert Bell Choir/Donald E. Allure, Hopkins, John Henry
6. God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen (English) - Westminster Concert Bell Choir/Donald E. Allure, Traditional
7. Venite adoramus (The snow lay on the ground)
8. Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht (Silent Night) - Westminster Concert Bell Choir/Donald E. Allure, Gruber, Franz
9. Carols in Color, for handbell choir
10. Lullaby, Jezu
11. Un flambeau, Jeannette, Isabelle, air for soprano, H. 460c
12. 'Twas Christmas Eve - Westminster Concert Bell Choir/Donald E. Allure, McKiveen, Paul A.
13. Sussex Carol ("On Christmas Night")
14. Joseph dear, O Joseph mine
15. Catalonian Song
16. Two for Two by Two for Christmas, for handbell choir
17. Cantique de No?l for voice & orchestra "O Holy Night" - Westminster Concert Bell Choir/Donald E. Allure, Adam, Adolphe
18. A Carol for all seasons

CD Details

All Artists: Westminster Concert Bell Choir, Donald E. Allure
Title: Christmas Bells
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Gothic Records
Release Date: 1/17/1995
Album Type: Original recording reissued
Genres: Special Interest, Pop, Classical
Styles: Holiday & Wedding, Vocal Pop, Opera & Classical Vocal, Ballets & Dances, Ballets, Historical Periods, Baroque (c.1600-1750), Sacred & Religious
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 000334905521

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CD Reviews

Traditional Carols arranged for Bells

02/24/1999

(3 out of 5 stars)

"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."