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Christmas Traditional, Henry John Gauntlett, Franz Xaver Gruber
A Traditional Christmas Carol Collection
Genres: Special Interest, Classical

Track Listings (21) - Disc #1
1. The First Nowell
2. Once In Royal David's City
3. The Sussex Carol
4. While Shepherds Watched
5. I Saw Three Ships
6. Angels From The Realms Of Glory
7. O Little Town Of Bethlehem
8. Silent Night
9. Away In A Manger
10. Rocking
11. In Dulci Jubilo
12. Ding Dong! Merrily On High
13. In The Bleak Midwinter
14. Good King Wenceslas
15. Deck The Hall With Boughs Of Holly
16. The Holly And The Ivy
17. God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen
18. See Amid The Winter's Snow
19. The Coventry Carol
20. O Come All Ye Faithful
21. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing

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CD Details

All Artists: Christmas Traditional, Henry John Gauntlett, Franz Xaver Gruber, Felix [1] Mendelssohn, Harry Christophers, Margaret Phillips, Fiona Clarke, Ruth Dean, Sally Dunkley, Nicola Jenkin, Peter Burrows, Andrew Carwood, Neil MacKenzie, David Roy
Title: A Traditional Christmas Carol Collection
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Coro
Original Release Date: 1/1/2006
Re-Release Date: 11/14/2006
Genres: Special Interest, Classical
Styles: Holiday & Wedding, Opera & Classical Vocal, Sacred & Religious
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPCs: 828021604324, 5023391130021

Synopsis

Album Description

"Simple, sincere, and thoroughly engaging" - AMERICAN RECORD GUIDE The definitive album of household favorite carols, beautifully and expertly sung. The Sixteen is one of the jewels in the musical crown of Britain, and enjoys a worldwide reputation. Founded in 1977 by director Harry Christophers, its eighty CDs have received nearly every major prize of the recording industry, including the prestigious Gramophone Award for Early Music. The Sixteen's special reputation for early English polyphony, masterpieces of the Renaissance, and a diversity of twentieth century music is founded on a naturalness of performance, a revealing clarity and beauty of sound, precision, and a dramatic intensity of delivery. A collection of well-loved traditional Christmas carols, perfect for creating a warm seasonal atmosphere and to sing along with.

CD Reviews

First Rate

David B. Eck | North Carolina, USA | 11/27/2006

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I wish amazon.com had put audio samples on their site for this CD. I went to the Barnes & Noble site and listened to their samples and bought it on the spot. This is traditional Christmas music you might hear at a Christmas Eve church service. Very nice arrangements and selections. Highly recommended. I'll be purchasing more copies to give as gifts."

Excellent Traditional Carol Collection

M. Peever | North Carolina | 09/03/2008

(5 out of 5 stars)

"A Traditional Christmas Carol Collection is probably the best traditional Christmas CD I have heard---and I have an impressive collection of Christmas music: both traditional and more contemporary. It's on par with the offerings of the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields or King's College Choir, but the recording is very new, and has very little noise or tape-to-disk artifacts. In other words, it's qualitatively the same in terms of performance, but significantly better in terms of recording technology.

I enthusiastically purchased the CD from iTunes as soon as I heard it, then purchased a CD from Amazon as a gift a week or so later.

I'm a fan of Christmas carols in general, and choral versions in particular. A Traditional Christmas Carol Collection might well be the ultimate expression of that combination. In fact, my only real complaint against the CD is that there are only 21 songs on it. If they had performed a two- or three-disk set... that would have been truly perfect.

This is certainly "traditional" in an English sense, not an American one. There are some carols here you won't hear too frequently in America (unless, like me, you listen to King's College Choir at Christmas). But they're wonderfully done.

If you're looking for something trendy or tacky for a party, this isn't it. And if you prefer to think of Christmas as "solstice" or "the holidays", then this might be a little overtly Christian for you. But if you want something to make your spirit soar as you sit by a fire, nursing an eggnog or a brandy; this is the one you want."