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Adolphe Adam, Christmas Traditional, Franz Xaver Gruber
The Ultimate Christmas Album
Genres: International Music, Special Interest, Pop, Soundtracks, Classical

Track Listings (21) - Disc #1
1. Cantique de Noël for voice & orchestra "O Holy Night" - Adam, Adolphe
2. The Twelve Days of Christmas - Traditional
3. Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht (Silent Night) - Gruber, Franz
4. White Christmas, song (from "Holiday Inn") - Berlin, Irving
5. Hark! the Herald Angels Sing (adapted by W. H. Cummings from Mendelssoh - Mendelssohn, Felix
6. Good King Wenceslas (Piae Cantiones, 1582) - Neale, John Mason
7. God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen (English) - Traditional
8. O Come, All Ye Faithful (Adeste fidelis) - Traditional
9. Deck the Halls (Welsh) - Traditional
10. Winter Wonderland - Bernard, Felix
11. I Saw Three Ships - Sandys, William
12. The First Nowell (English)
13. Les anges dans nos campagnes (French), carol (AKA Angels We Have Heard On H - French
14. Away in a manger (Tune: Cradle Song) (New English Hymnal 22) - Kirkpatrick, Willia
15. Joy to the World (theme by Handel) - Mason, Lowell
16. Mary's Little Boy Child, song - Hairston, Jester
17. It Came Upon a Midnight Clear - Sears, Edmund Hamil
18. Ding Dong! Merrily on High (French)
19. What Child Is This? (Greensleeves) - Dix, William Chatte
20. Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas (for the film Meet Me in St. Lou - Blane, Ralph
21. Ellens Gesang III ("Ave Maria"), song for voice & piano, D. 839 (Op. 52 - Schubert, Franz [Vi

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CD Details

All Artists: Adolphe Adam, Christmas Traditional, Franz Xaver Gruber, Irving Berlin, Felix [1] Mendelssohn, John Francis Wade, Felix Bernard, William James Kirkpatrick, George Frederick Handel, Jester Hairston, Richard Storrs Willis, Hugh / Blane, Ralph Martin, Franz [Vienna] Schubert, Kurt Adler, Richard Bonynge, Herbert von Karajan, Carl Davis, David Willcocks, Valda Aveling, National Philharmonic Orchestra
Title: The Ultimate Christmas Album
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Decca
Release Date: 10/17/1995
Genres: International Music, Special Interest, Pop, Soundtracks, Classical
Styles: Europe, Britain & Ireland, Holiday & Wedding, Easy Listening, Opera & Classical Vocal, Chamber Music, Historical Periods, Baroque (c.1600-1750), Modern, 20th, & 21st Century, Sacred & Religious
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPCs: 028944861426, 028944861440

CD Reviews

If you buy only one Christmas album this year,this is the o

12/06/1998

(5 out of 5 stars)

"If you wonder why you need one more album of traditional Christmas music, consider the performers. Pavarotti - Sutherland - Price, Te Kanawa , all giving a magical rendering of our favorites since childhood. The various orchestras , from the National Philamonic to the Vienna to the New Philaharmonia, as well as the choirs, are the perfect complement. This CD instantly became my favorite when I bought it last year. I have given and will continue to give it as a gift. You'll be transported to Christmases past when you hear "O Holy Night," "Adeste Fideles" and "Winter Wonderland.""

The Title Is No Lie

R. Mix | Milwaukee, Wisconsin | 12/25/2006

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I probably own too many Christmas CDs, which contain a great deal of duplication. Many of them, though good, are indistinguishable from one another. But 'The Ultimate Christmas Album', a compilation of holiday recordings culled from London's vaults, has set itself apart. It has been my most-played Christmas CD for several years now.

The recordings are unparalleled; the Bach Choir's vigorous "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing" (complete with thunderous pipe organ), Pavarotti's tender "Ave Maria" and "O Holy Night", Leontyne Price's spritely "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" and wistful "Silent Night", the crystaline children's voices in the Choir of Trinity School's reading of "The First Nowell"--every selection on this CD could stand alone as a highlight.

For those of you who prefer your Christmas music with a classical bent, this is the CD you've been looking for. The selections are brilliantly chosen, recorded and programmed. I cannot recommend this any more-strongly. It is perfect. For once you can believe the hype--this IS the ultimate Christmas album.

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