Ultimate Classical Christmas Album of All Time

Artist: Ultimate Classical Christmas Record of All Time
Label: Sony
Category: Music

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Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars

4 reviews
Sales Rank: 1561

Format: Original recording remastered
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5

MPN: 87771
UPC: 696998777125
EAN: 0696998777125
ASIN: B00006L3OY

Release Date: October 1, 2002
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Tracks:

Disc 1

	I Wonder As I Wander - Emily Van Evera
	Villancico De Navidad - John Williams
	O Little Town Of Bethlehem - Mormon Tabernacle Choir
	Children's Prayer From Hansel And Gretel - Bernstein
	Lo, How A Rose E'er Blooming - Andre Previn
	The Coventry Carol - Eileen Farrell
	Good People All, This Christmastide - Andrew Parrott
	Watts's Cradle Hymn - Martin Neary
	Pastoral Ad Libitum - Largo From Concerto Grosso In G Minor Op.6 No.8 'Christmas Concerto' - Richard Kapp
	O Tannenbaum - Rita Ford Music Boxes
	It Came Upon A Midnight Clear - Eileen Farrell
	Largo From Concerto In F Minor For Violin And Orchestra, Op.8 'L'Inverno' (Winter From The Four Seasons) - Zukerman, St. Paul Chamber Orchestra
	Ave Maria - Ayako Shinozaki
	Pie Jesu From Requiem, Op.48 - Andrew Davis
	Ich Steh' An Deiner Krippen Hier (I Stand Here By Thy Crib) (Choral) From Christmas Oratorio, BWV248 - Helmuth Rilling
	Lullay My Liking - Gregg Smith
	What Child Is This? (Greensleeves) - London Symphony Orchestra
	O Come, O Come, Emanuel - Philadelphia Orchestra
	Silent Night - Mormon Tabernacle Choir
	Wiegenlied 'Guten Abend, Gut Nacht' Op.49, No.4 - Helmut Deutsch

Disc 2

	Hallelujah Chorus From Messiah, HWV - Philadelphia Orchestra
	Hark! The Herald Angels Sing - Philadelphia Orchestra
	Cantique De Noel (O Holy Night) - Wiener Symphoniker
	Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring - Philadelphia Orchestra
	Carol Of The Drum (Little Drummer Boy) - Mormon Tabernacle Choir
	Deus IN Adjutorium From Vespers Of The Blessed Virgin - Canadian Brass
	Laudemus Te From Gloria In D Major, RV 589 - La Grande Ecurie Et La Chambre Du Roy
	German Dance, K. 605, No.3 'The Sleigh Ride' - Bernstein
	Deck The Halls With Boughs Of Holly - The Philadelphia Brass Ensemble
	Hark! The HErald Angels Sing - Andrew Parrott
	Gesu Bambino - Mormon Tabernacle Choir
	O Come, All Ye Faithful - Mormon Tabernacle Choir
	The First Noel - Philadelphia Orchestra
	Ding Dong! Merrily Oh High - Anthony Newman
	March From The Nutcracker Ballet, Op.71 (Act I) - Philadelphia Orchestra
	I. Allegro (Exsultate) From Exsultate, Jubilate, K.165 - Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra
	Canzon Septimi Toni No.2 - Philadelphia And Cleveland Brass Ensembles
	Die Menge Der Engel (The Hosts Of Angels) From Historia Der Geburt Jesu Christi/History Of The Birth Of Jesus Christ, SWV435, 435A - Barockorchester Stuttgart
	Joy To The World - The Philadelphia Brass Ensemble
	Once, In Royal David's City - The Chestnut Brass Company
	O Sanctissima (O Du Frohliche) - Philadelphia Orchestra
	Angels We Have Heard On High - Mormon Tabernacle Choir
	Magnificat From Magnificat In D Major, BWV243 - Helmuth Rilling

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Customer Reviews:
5 out of 5 stars

Definitely Ultimate! December 20, 2008
P. R. Wright (Atlanta, GA)
It is a beautifully rendered and a varied selection of excellent choices. The best I've heard and I love it! My favorite Christmas album of all time.

5 out of 5 stars

Breathtakingly beautiful! January 14, 2007
Deborah Moore (St. Paul, MN, USA)
7 out of 7 found this review helpful

Over and over we played "Die Menge der Engel" - - it is stunningly beautiful! The loftiness of the voices, wonderful.

We loved the boys/children's choruses on many of the other pieces on the album. Duets by Placido Domingo and Luciano Pavorati - - magnifico!

It is a pleasant compilation of traditional favorites and awesome classical pieces that are worth listening to again and again.

4 out of 5 stars

Pretty good, though maybe not 'ultimate' October 8, 2004
Joni (Indiana)
20 out of 20 found this review helpful

If you love Christmas as much as I do, you will probably enjoy this album. It features plenty of standard favorites - especially sung by the MoTab, who seem to be a holiday staple. I probably wouldn't pay $17.95 just to hear songs like 'The Little Drummer Boy' of 'We Wish You a Merry Christmas.'

What makes this compillation interesting is the liberal sprinkling of less traditional - or, anyway, less well-known - classical pieces. Vivaldi's 'Gloria', Corelli's 'Christmas Concerto', and the opera 'Hansel and Gretel' all make an appearance. The standout, in my mind, is the ethereally beautiful 'Watt's Cradle Hymn,' which I have never seen or heard anywhere else - that one song alone makes this album worth a listen.

3 out of 5 stars

Not ultimate, but truly classical November 18, 2003
Boojidad (Seattle)
21 out of 21 found this review helpful

Good mix of the expected ("Silent Night", "O Come All Ye Faithful", etc) and the unexpected (the Vivaldi Gloria, Gabrieli, Schutz). Kudos to the Sony team for uniform clarity & quality of sound, despite source material from 1959 through 1998. Word to the wise: the performance of "O Little Town of Bethlehem" credited to Marilyn Horne is actually by Eileen Farrell from her excellent "Carols for Christmas Eve" release. No disrespect to Ms Horne, who is well represented by two performances with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. If you're truly a classical music fan but don't mind a traditional carol or two, this is an excellent buy.

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