Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas

Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas

Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas

ASIN: B00005S82Q

Track Listings
 
1. Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
2. Mr. Santa
3. Sleigh Ride
4. Do You Hear What I Hear
5. Winter Wonderland
6. I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day
7. Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer
8. Two-Step 'Round The Christmas Tree
9. Baby It's Cold Outside (Duet with Delbert McClinton)
10. Through Your Eyes
11. O Holy Night
12. Jingle Bells

Editorial Reviews
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Fans of Nashville hit-maker Suzy Bogguss and those in the market for a well-sung, polite folk-country Christmas album with a light dusting of swing will find Have Yourself... ringing their bells. Others, despite the record's virtues, may find it a bit dull. Bogguss obviously loves the mostly well known holiday tunes here but rarely brings much to them beyond her clean, Ronstadt-like vocal lines. Support includes longtime collaborator and friend Chet Atkins, Ricky Skaggs, and Delbert McClinton (the latter on a remake of "Baby It's Cold Outside"). With a new disc on the horizon, one hopes for more of the spunk Bogguss brought to early-'90s country radio. --Rickey Wright

Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas,Suzy Bogguss
Christmas Rhapsody
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • Amazing skills, yet too busy for listening enjoyment
  • John Bayless Christmas Rhapsody
  • best concert pianist in the world
  • My favorite of the season
  • Best Piano Christmas CD ever!
 Christmas Rhapsody

Manufacturer: Koch Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0002VEQ5C
Release Date: 2004-10-05

Tracks:

  1. O COME ALL YE FAITHFUL / ANGELS WE HAVE HEARD ON HIGH / HARK! THE HERALD ANGELS SING
  2. I'LL BE HOME FOR CHRISTMAS / "GOING HOME" NEW WORLD SYMPHONY
  3. SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN / DANCE OF THE SUGAR PLUM FAIRY
  4. THE CHRISTMAS SONG
  5. RUDOLPH THE RED NOSED REINDEER / LET IT SNOW
  6. AVE MARIA
  7. O COME O COME EMANUEL / O LITTLE TOWN OF BETHLEHEM / THE FIRST NOEL
  8. WINTER WONDERLAND / JINGLE BELLS
  9. SILENT NIGHT / O HOLY NIGHT
  10. SWEET LITTLE JESUS BOY / AWAY IN A MANGER / WHAT CHILD IS THIS?
  11. JESU JOY OF MAN'S DESIRING / AMAZING GRACE
  12. HAVE YOURSELF A MERRY LITTLE CHRISTMAS
  13. WHITE CHRISTMAS

Customer Reviews:

3 out of 5 stars Amazing skills, yet too busy for listening enjoyment.......2006-12-13

I can't believe how well John Bayless has mastered the piano. This is very obvious from the first song that you ever hear him play. I'd really like to watch him play in concert. However, the songs on this album are too much work for me to listen to. The music is so busy that I can hardly concentrate on the melody and it hardly gives me the peace I expect from traditional Christmas music. Some of my favorites for this category are Jim Brickman, David Huntsinger, and Tim Janis.

5 out of 5 stars John Bayless Christmas Rhapsody.......2006-02-13

Christmas Rhapsody has quickly become one of our all time favorite Chistmas CDs. We love it so much that it is February 10th and we are still listening to it.

5 out of 5 stars best concert pianist in the world.......2005-08-18

John Bayless is the best concert pianist in the world. This album shows his genuis. Perfect music to listen to any time of the year.
This is the best Christmas album on the market.

5 out of 5 stars My favorite of the season.......2004-12-31

This is the holiday music I have listened to throughout the season, and it is so beautiful I cannot bear to put it away yet. I love Bayless's work at any time, and these arrangements simply take my breath away. His blending of "I'll Be Home for Christmas" with "Going Home" from the New World Symphony is particulary poignant. And his signature "Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring/Amazing Grace" is seasonless and timeless. Christmas is over, but get this anyway; it's wonderful.

5 out of 5 stars Best Piano Christmas CD ever!.......2004-12-15

David Lanz? Jim Brickman? John Tesh? Move over guys... John Bayless has done what no others could... Taken the xmas classics to a new level of musical enjoyment! By combining the songs together, and making them so rich and full of life, this will be my favorite Christmas CD for a looooooooooong time.
Jim Nabors Christmas
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Most Beautiful Baritone in America today
  • JIM NABORS " CHRISTMAS "
  • Excellent Gift
  • Christmas Classic
  • Christmas memories
 Jim Nabors Christmas
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Manufacturer: Sony
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ASIN: B00006L3PE
Release Date: 2002-10-01

Tracks:

  1. O Come, All Ye Faithful
  2. The Cristmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire)
  3. The Little Drummer Boy
  4. Silent Night, Holy Night
  5. Silver Bells
  6. Go Tell It On The Mountain
  7. Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
  8. O Little Town Of Bethlehem
  9. Jingle Bells
  10. O Holy Night
  11. White Christmas
  12. Joy To The World

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Most Beautiful Baritone in America today.......2007-02-08

This is just gordeous. Jim Nabors has a unique voice and he sings the Christmas Cd with such feeling as he does all his songs. I have all of his CD's so far and hope he plans recording more. Thank you Jim Nabors for sharing your one of a kind baritone voice with America.

5 out of 5 stars JIM NABORS " CHRISTMAS ".......2007-02-06

I knew prior that Jim Nabors has a great, clear professional voice. He sung the complete song "o' Holy Night with all the verses. This album is TIMELESS this C D is a MUST for anyone that collects CHRISTMAS songs.

5 out of 5 stars Excellent Gift.......2006-11-29

Bought this as a joke Xmas gift for a friend. Can't get any better than this. I mean, look at the cover art! Listen to the song clips! It's freakin' hysterical!

5 out of 5 stars Christmas Classic.......2006-01-17

If you're a fan of classic Christmas music, this is one of the albums you need for your collcetion. Jim Neighbors is not Gomer Pyle. His powerful voice is on full display here, and the song selection is well vaired. Go Tell It On The Mountain is the highlight here, but all of the songs deliver a strong Christmas mood. This will fit fine right next to Bing Crosby, Perry Como, and Nat King Cole in your Christmas album collection.

5 out of 5 stars Christmas memories.......2003-03-06

These songs bring back memories of us kids coming in from school and hearing Jim Nabors as we were greeted by my mom in the kitchen with hot chocolate ready to go. It just wasn't the Christmas season without hearing "Go Tell It on the Mountain" as only Jim Nabors can sing it. I am thrilled to finally add this CD to my own Christmas music collection!
Christmas with the Pops
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • The perfect Christmas Spirit CD
  • Christmas with the Pops CD breaks all time listening record in our home!
  • An Enjoyable Recording from America's Other Pops Orchestra
  • Fireside Favorites
  • The perfect Pops Christmas
 Christmas with the Pops

Manufacturer: Telarc
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ASIN: B000003CWC
Release Date: 1990-10-08

Tracks:

  1. The First Noel
  2. Deck The Halls
  3. Winter Wonderland
  4. The Christmas Song - Doc Severinsen, Flugelhorn
  5. Holiday Favorites
  6. White Christmas - Rosemary Clooney
  7. Carol Of The Bells - Bell Choir
  8. O Tannenbaum
  9. Do You Hear What I Hear
  10. Christmas Waltz - Toni Tennille
  11. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
  12. Angels We Have Heard On High - Bell Choir
  13. God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen
  14. Go Tell It To The Mountain - Sherrill Milnes
  15. O Come, All Ye Faithful
  16. Walking In The Air From The Snowman - Stephen Van Dyck
  17. Sleigh Ride
  18. Have Yourself A Very Merry Christmas - Rosemary Clooney
  19. O Holy Night
  20. Silent Night

Amazon.com

If you're looking for a single classical/pops Christmas album you can play year after year, Erich Kunzel's Christmas with the Pops might just be it. At the helm of his familiar Cincinnati Pops Orchestra and accompanied by a full roster of guest stars, Kunzel steps through 70 minutes of mostly traditional favorites for orchestra with and without chorus (a children's chorus and bell choir are also on hand). The guest stars are Doc Severinsen ("The Christmas Song"), Rosemary Clooney ("White Christmas," "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"), Toni Tenille ("The Christmas Waltz"), Sherrill Milnes ("Go Tell It on the Mountain"), and boy soprano Stephen Van Dyck ("Walking in the Air" from The Snowman television special). Count on making Christmas with the Pops an annual tradition in your home. --David Horiuchi

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars The perfect Christmas Spirit CD.......2007-01-10

If you need some Christmas Spirit, this is the CD for you. Every mood of Christmas music is included in this album and the song "Walking in the Air" is worth the price of the CD by itself.

5 out of 5 stars Christmas with the Pops CD breaks all time listening record in our home!.......2007-01-09

This CD really represents the music our family likes to hear during the holiday season. The selections are beautifully arranged, performed with a variety of vocalists and are all recognizable holiday favorites that had us singing away while wrapping gifts and enjoying the season's festivities (even made cleaning the house somewhat more bearable). I would highly recommend this CD as a musical gift to yourself and someone else!

5 out of 5 stars An Enjoyable Recording from America's Other Pops Orchestra.......2004-12-17

This is a wonderful recording by America's "Other" Pops orchestra. Since I am from Boston, I automatically associate the word Pops with the Boston Pops and when it was first released, purchased it at will believing it was a Boston Pops recording. Upon listening, I realized that it was a different sound than the Boston Pops sound, but this discovery was hardly a disappointment. One of the reasons why Erich Kunzel has been so successful with the Cincinnati Pops is his ability to bring forth a powerful and unique sound. This recording has all the Christmas standards, but the standards are presented in a creative manner, which is both a Telarc and Cincinnati Pops trademark.

There are two great strengths to this recording: its variety and its guests. There are full symphonic arrangements as well as arrangements for soloist, adult and children's choirs. Brass and organ ensembles, and hand bell choirs. The various arrangements are placed in an order throughout the recording that keeps the listener's attention. The gests are also outstanding. Rosemary Clooney, baritone Sherill Milnes, Doc Severinsen, and Toni Tenille add star power to the recording. There are unique tracks, particularly the chilling and somewhat ephemeral "Walking in the Air" from THE SNOWMAN performed by treble Stephen Van Dyck.

I have owned the recording since its release in 1990 and it has become a treasured part of my holiday collection. I am sure other listeners will treasure it too.

5 out of 5 stars Fireside Favorites.......2003-11-19

One of the best Christmas albums you will find. Perfect balance between religious favorites, non-religious classics, and children's favorites. All tastefully done and arranged to fit the theme of the song. Many of the percussion "effects" bring the songs to life and the solo and choral vocals are outstanding. Cannot recommend this album highly enough. A must have for any Christmas collection to be enjoyed for many years.

5 out of 5 stars The perfect Pops Christmas.......2002-05-12

What a wonderful Christmas gift. Erich Kunzel and The Cincinnati Pops rarely fail to please on the Telarc label, and this is (IMHO of course) one of their most pleasing efforts. Rosemary Clooney (Best "White Christmas" since Der Bingle), Doc Severinsen, Stephen Van Dyck, and other guests add wonderfully to a very fun, upbeat, and enjoyable Christmas collection. This cd has become the most played in my Christmas collection...I can't recommend it highly enough.
The Ultimate Relaxation Christmas Album
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • christmas music
  • Relaxing it is.
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Manufacturer: Decca
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ASIN: B00006LHWN
Release Date: 2002-10-15

Tracks:

  1. Christmas Bells - Mantovani & His Orchestra
  2. O Holy Night - Mantovani & His Orchestra
  3. Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas - Ronnie Aldrich And His Two Pianos
  4. White Christmas - Mantovani & His Orchestra
  5. The Christmas Waltz - Ronnie Aldrich And His Two Pianos
  6. Winter Wonderland - Ronnie Aldrich And His Two Pianos
  7. Mary's Boy Child - Mantovani & His Orchestra
  8. The Christmas Song - Ronnie Aldrich And His Two Pianos
  9. Adeste Fideles - Mantovani & His Orchetra
  10. The Golden Carol (What Child Is This?) - Frank Chacksfield And His Orchestra
  11. Coventry Carol - David Willcocks
  12. Away In A Manger - Frank Chacksfield And His Orchestra
  13. In Dulci Jubilo - David Willcocks
  14. Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring - Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra
  15. Es Ist Ein Ros Entsprungen - Georg Ratzinger
  16. Ave Maria - Arthur Grumiaux
  17. O Tannenbaum - Vienna Boys' Choir
  18. Winter (Largo From Concerto No.4 In F Minor, RV297 'The Four Seasons') - Sir Neville Marriner
  19. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing - Mantovani & His Orchestra
  20. I Saw Three Ships - Mantovani & His Orchestra
  21. Sinfonia From Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248 - Sir Neville Marriner
  22. Silent Night, Holy Night - Mantovani & His Orchestra

Customer Reviews:

3 out of 5 stars christmas music.......2007-01-14

this was a very nice cd for quiet listening, but it did not inspire any emotional feelings.

4 out of 5 stars Relaxing it is........2007-01-09

This music could be played at any Dentist or Doctor's office just to take the edge off. It's not a masterpiece, but it is relaxing.

5 out of 5 stars Here's Your Chance to Hear the Masters and Masterpieces of Christmas Music in Superb Sound.......2006-01-08

Decca has come out with the "Ultimate" Series of albums, ranging from Opera Divas to Tango, from Patriotic to Relaxing Classical. I ordered this album last fall from a high school student in my neighborhood going door to door raising funds for her hockey team. I had no idea what the Christmas music was, I just wanted something relaxing. When it arrived in the mail I was delighted to hear favorites from my youth - Annunzio P. Mantovani, Frank Chacksfield (remember him?), and Ronnie Aldrich - all remastered in terrific sound! The liner notes are fun to read, providing a story for each carol and song. This generous album of 22 tracks runs a total time of 63:25, providing holiday ambience from Thanksgiving through New Years Day.
Joy to the World
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • A Timeless Christmas Classic
 Joy to the World
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ASIN: B00006L3ON
Release Date: 2002-10-08

Tracks:

  1. Joy To The World
  2. The First Noel
  3. Deck The Hall
  4. Carol Of The Bells
  5. O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
  6. We Wish You A Merry Christmas
  7. O Come, All Ye Faithful
  8. O, Holy Night
  9. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
  10. Here We Come A-Caroling
  11. O Tannenbaum
  12. Silent Night
  13. Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
  14. The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire)
  15. Hallelujah Chorus (From Messiah)

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The Mormon Tabernacle Choir sets the tone for what Christmas albums should sound like, and Joy to the World upholds their exacting standard of excellence. Re-released from two concerts recorded in 1970 and 1977 and repacked with three bonus tracks, this collection is as perfect as it gets, thanks to pristine production, gorgeous vocal arrangements, and stately accompaniment by the Philadelphia Brass Ensemble, the Philadelphia Orchestra, and the Columbia Symphony Orchestra. This record will set the mood for reveling, both with more contemporary carols, like "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" and "The Christmas Song," and sacred numbers, such as Handel's "Hallelujah Chorus" and "O Holy Night." Joy to the World qualifies as an essential yuletide album. --Jaan Uhelszki

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars A Timeless Christmas Classic.......2003-12-08

I'm a lover of traditional Christmas music and I've acquired about 20 CDs of it. There's nothing my family likes better in December than putting on some good Christmas music and getting in the mood for the season, hearing once again the old favorites you've known since childhood. Of all the Christmas music CDs I've tried, I have two desert-island favorites, the two I always reach for first. This is one of them. I think it's one of the greatest recordings of traditional Christmas music ever made. The arrangements (by Arthur Harris) are joyous, beautiful, and soul-stirring; the performances are heartfelt and magnificent. If you can listen to this CD and not feel filled by the Christmas spirit, you must be (a) named Ebeneezer Scrooge, or (b) deaf. This one is a timeless Christmas classic, not to be missed. Warmest recommendation.
Christmas Is...
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
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ASIN: B0000024T8
Release Date: 1991-07-01

Tracks:

  1. Christmas Is...
  2. I'll Be Home For Christmas
  3. The Little Drummer Boy
  4. Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
  5. We Need A Little Christmas (From 'Mame')
  6. Silver Bells
  7. White Christmas
  8. Rudolph, The Red Nosed Reindeer
  9. The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An ....)
  10. Do You Hear What I Hear?
  11. Happy Holiday

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Christmas Songs.......2007-01-28



Very enjoyable,and delivered well before the date indicated.

5 out of 5 stars Christmas Is - Percy Faith.......2007-01-19

For when you need a little christmas ... right this very minute!

5 out of 5 stars One of the greatest C.D.'s ever!!.......2006-01-20

I wasn't into christmas that much because of all the mad rush at christmas, but since I bought this c.d. everything changed. I love christmas now and I am still playing that c.d. and it is already January. this is a great C.D. It is my favorite. I wish I would have owned it years ago. I just bought it this year.

5 out of 5 stars Christmas Is...A Percy Faith Classic!.......2005-12-27

It's been about 40 years since this Christmas album by Percy Faith was released. To this day it's a pleasure to listen to with its rich instrumental selections and voices. The title tune says it all! You will enjoy this for many Christmases to come!

3 out of 5 stars Good Songs But They Should Have Digitally Remastered Them! The Sound Is Just A Little Off!.......2005-12-21

I too had the cassette tape of this Percy Faith Christmas album and updated to this CD and I love all of the songs and my favorite is We Need a Little Christmas. I do have one complaint and that is that the sound doesn't seem to have been remastered and seems kind of low. It's as though they didn't digitally remaster the original mono recordings.
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • Right up there with Bing Crosby- Classic Christmas Album!
  • a winner
  • Excellent Holiday Collection
  • Suzy is the spirit of Christmas
  • Suzy is the spirit of Christmas
 Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
Suzy Bogguss
Manufacturer: Compadre Records
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ASIN: B00009N1XE
Release Date: 2003-09-09

Tracks:

  1. Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
  2. Mr. Santa
  3. Sleigh Ride
  4. Do You Hear What I Hear
  5. Winter Wonderland
  6. I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day
  7. Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer
  8. Two-Step 'Round The Christmas Tree
  9. Baby It's Cold Outside - (Duet with Delbert McClinton)
  10. Through Your Eyes
  11. O Holy Night
  12. Jingle Bells

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Fans of Nashville hit-maker Suzy Bogguss and those in the market for a well-sung, polite folk-country Christmas album with a light dusting of swing will find Have Yourself... ringing their bells. Others, despite the record's virtues, may find it a bit dull. Bogguss obviously loves the mostly well known holiday tunes here but rarely brings much to them beyond her clean, Ronstadt-like vocal lines. Support includes longtime collaborator and friend Chet Atkins, Ricky Skaggs, and Delbert McClinton (the latter on a remake of "Baby It's Cold Outside"). With a new disc on the horizon, one hopes for more of the spunk Bogguss brought to early-'90s country radio. --Rickey Wright

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Right up there with Bing Crosby- Classic Christmas Album!.......2006-01-02

Suzy Bogguss brings her clear soprano voice to tackle all our favorite Christmas songs. She stomps out some Western swing on "Two Step 'Round The Christmas Tree", and easily croons "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas". Another great song is "Through Your Eyes"- a touching song about how children see the wonder of Christmas that us adults some times forget. Most impressively are the religious songs- "O Holy Night" and "I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day". Suzy puts her own stamps on those, and they become to her what "White Christmas" is to Bing Crosby. Suzy has a very easy on the ears voice and style. And she puts just the right amount of emotion into the song without being overbearing or over singing it. I love this album. Its a must for me to play it at Christmas time (or any time!). Along with Bing Crosby's "White Christmas" album- this is the quentessential Christmas album for fans of well done Christmas music.

5 out of 5 stars a winner.......2005-10-02

Here's a Christmas playlist that's bound to get your toes tappin' and your soul stirring. Suzy's vocals are crisp, clear and note perfect, and the instrumentation is exceptional. This is a beautifully mastered collection. I heard "Mr. Santa," to the old swing beat of "Mr. Sandman" on the radio and went searching for the cd. When I located it on Amazon, what I discovered was a cd treasury of Christmas songs. This is a mood builder for the holiday season. Every song on this cd is a winner.

5 out of 5 stars Excellent Holiday Collection.......2005-07-23

This is one of the best Christmas albums I've bought in quite a while. Suzy has such a great voice and it's really shown off in some of these numbers, particularly "I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day" and "O Holy Night". We get a little swing with "Mr. Santa", a little humor with a playful rendition of "Rudolph", and some western with "Two-Step 'Round the Christmas Tree". A very listenable collection for anyone who enjoys holiday music.

5 out of 5 stars Suzy is the spirit of Christmas.......2003-11-11

This is a CD for all adults and children. Suzy plays to the fun and spirit of Christmas with "Rudolph the red nose raindeer" -the sound is contemporary and traditional. Suzy adds her own twist and humour on a lot of the tracks for example - "Rudolph had a very shiney nose", - and the backing vocalists sing "like a light bulb".

I really think that Suzys beautiful crystal clear vocal quality can be exploited on tracks such as Holy Night and Heard the Bells On Christmas Day - these renditions give you goose bumbs. Unlike a lot of singers she sings it how it is. How many other Divas sing and reach for inaudiable notes. Suzy exploits qaulitys of sound that are simply beautiful - similar to those heard on her classic previous songs, Somewhere Between and Night Riders Lament. That girl can certainly hit those notes.

Two Steps around the Christmas Tree is a fun Ho Down and Through Your Eyes is a rich and warm ballad. I feel that this album is not fancy or full of modern beats. It is not overly sentimental or naff. It is a taditional timeless classic that will be played every year. Suzy obviously loves christmas and infects us all with her spirit. There is no other tradional album as good for all occasions.

5 out of 5 stars Suzy is the spirit of Christmas.......2003-11-11

This is a CD for all adults and children. Suzy plays to the fun and spirit of Christmas with "Rudolph the red nose raindeer" -the sound is contemporary and traditional. Suzy adds her own twist and humour on a lot of the tracks for example - "Rudolph had a very shiney nose", - and the backing vocalists sing "like a light bulb".

I really think that Suzys beautiful crystal clear vocal quality can be exploited on tracks such as Holy Night and Heard the Bells On Christmas Day - these renditions give you goose bumbs. Unlike a lot of singers she sings it how it is. How many other Divas sing and reach for inaudiable notes. Suzy exploits qaulitys of sound that are simply beautiful - similar to those heard on her classic previous songs, Somewhere Between and Night Riders Lament. That girl can certainly hit those notes.

Two Steps around the Christmas Tree is a fun Ho Down and Through Your Eyes is a rich and warm ballad. I feel that this album is not fancy or full of modern beats. It is not overly sentimental or naff. It is a taditional timeless classic that will be played every year. Suzy obviously loves christmas and infects us all with her spirit. There is no other tradional album as good for all occasions.
A Carnegie Hall Christmas Concert
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • uplifting
  • not too good, not too bad
  • December 8, 1991 Must Have Been Quite A Night In NYC
  • Voices of Angels
  • Makes your heart sing!
 A Carnegie Hall Christmas Concert

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ASIN: B0000027WV
Release Date: 1992-10-06

Tracks:

  1. The Twelve Days Of Christmas
  2. Mary's Little Boy Chile
  3. Gesu Bambino
  4. 'Alleluja'
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Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars uplifting.......2007-01-16

I saw this broadcast in 1991 or 1992 and have it on video. My only regret is that the concert is not available as a DVD, because the wonder is as much in the impassioned and dramatic 'conversations' between the three stars as in the sounds they produce. Still, until then, this is unforgettable stuff.

3 out of 5 stars not too good, not too bad.......2007-01-09

this was an okay cd. it had some good songs i liked, but it was not the best christmas cd i've heard.

4 out of 5 stars December 8, 1991 Must Have Been Quite A Night In NYC.......2003-12-14

December 8, 1991 must have been a great night in New York City, especially at Carnegie Hall. On this evening, three outstanding performers backed by a great orchestra and two different choirs joined forces for a Christmas concert. The fruit of this effort is the recording A CARNEGIE HALL CHRISTMAS CONCERT.

When Kathleen Battle, Frederica von Stade, and Wynton Marsalis collaborate in a concert, how can it be anything but an event? This disc shows just how phenomenal event this concert must have been. Each performer had ample opportunity to demonstrate the performer's individual talents, but there are also many duets with Battle and von Stade as well as works where all three perform together. The Orchestra of St. Luke's is conducted by Andre Previn and has a sumptuous sound. The American Boychoir and the Christmas Concert Chorus add backups that enhance so many of the arrangements. Battle and Von Stade's rendition of "Gesu Bambino" is probably one of the best recordings of this beautiful carol. The "Evening Prayer" from HANSEL AND GRETEL is a highlight as well. Winton Marsalis and his septet display their talents in jazz versions of "Winter Wonderland" and "We Three Kings." There is a great Christmas medley that concludes the disc that is simply vocal and orchestral fireworks at their best.

My only critique, or pet peeve might be the better way of expressing it, would be "The Twelve Days of Christmas." This particular arrangement has the gifts in a different order than the standard version, but since this could be open to dispute, and in the spirit of the Christmas holiday, I won't consider this a strike against the album.

I'll say it again: December 8, 1991 must have been a great night in New York City, especially at Carnegie Hall.

5 out of 5 stars Voices of Angels.......2003-11-21

The stars must have been aligned perfectly, all must have been right with the world on that night of December 8, 1991 in NYC's Carnegie Hall when this Christmas concert was filmed, because it is an example, one of those rare instances when everything falls into place perfectly.
On this particular night Kathleen Battle, Frederica Von Stade, Wynton Marsalis and Andre Previn performed, not only with their instruments but with their hearts as well. All the performers relate and connect to this often performed material in ways others simply do not. This is secular Holiday music performed with fervor and an emotional connection that borders on the religious.
The highlight of this recording is the 17 minute "American Songs" (I Wonder as I Wander, Who Was Mary, etc) performed primarily by Battle and Von Stade that is so exquisite as to be otherworldly.
Christmas Concerts can be corny or at worst, maudlin. But on this particular night in 1991, the angels sang and the heavens opened and called forth these artists to perform not only with their voices but with their souls as well. This is an emotional experience that is not to be missed.

5 out of 5 stars Makes your heart sing!.......2003-11-18

This is a wonderful CD. The entire performance is absolutely perfect. Its the first Christmas CD we listen to every year and now my children start asking to hear it around Thanksgiving. I can't count the number of people I've given this to as a gift. We're are on our second copy!
The Christmas Album: Vienna Boys Choir
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • The Christmas Album: Vienna Boy Choir
  • THE BEST VIENNA BOYS CHOIR CHRISTMAS MUSIC!!
 The Christmas Album: Vienna Boys Choir

Manufacturer: EMI Classics
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ASIN: B0000VJFPU
Release Date: 2003-12-02

Tracks:

  1. Sleigh Ride / Troika
  2. Mary's Boy Child
  3. Happy Christmas (War Is Over)
  4. Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
  5. The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting)
  6. Jingle Bells
  7. Jingle Bell Rock
  8. Ukraine Bell Carol
  9. Wexford Carol
  10. Suo-Gan
  11. O Holy Night
  12. White Christmas
  13. Winter Wonderland
  14. Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
  15. Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
  16. Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree
  17. Little Drummer Boy / Peace On Earth
  18. Wonderful Christmas Time
  19. Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer
  20. We Wish You A Merry Christmas
  21. Coventry Carol
  22. Away In A Manger / Stille Nacht

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars The Christmas Album: Vienna Boy Choir.......2007-01-10

When in Vienna we attending a Boy Choir concert.

Gave an album to each set of grandchildren. They loved it.

Harold KLlbertanz

5 out of 5 stars THE BEST VIENNA BOYS CHOIR CHRISTMAS MUSIC!!.......2005-06-01

This wonderful collection of Christmas music is especially good! Many pieces are very well known standards, and have been rewritten in ways that keep the music fresh, interesting and new! Every holiday season (and even throughout the year) this CD is played by our family quite a bit! [I may be a little biased, since my 12 year old son from Cincinnati, OH is one of the boys singing in most of the songs!] It is awesome!!
Home for Christmas
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • Musically interesting Christmas alternative
  • Koppangen
  • Jesus is born again!
  • Something different -- provacative, but very enjoyable
  • Great Christmas album
 Home for Christmas
Adolphe-Charles Adam , Alice-Charlotte Tegner , Goran Danielsson , Svante Henryson , Jakob Lindberg , Jan Bengston , Ulf Farsberg , Torbjorn Helander , Ulrika Jansson , Mats Rondin , and Jansson, Bengan
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ASIN: B00000JPCA
Release Date: 1999-10-12

Tracks:

  1. Koppangen (English)
  2. The Christmas Song
  3. Tomorrow shall be my dancing day
  4. Stille Nacht
  5. O Jesuslein Sus
  6. il es ne, le devin enfant
  7. Noel
  8. Sankta Lucia
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  11. Have yourself a merry little christmas
  12. I wonder as I wander
  13. Cantique de noel
  14. White Christmas
  15. Deck the Hall / Utterns polska
  16. O come, All ye faithful
  17. Maria wiegenlied
  18. Bethlehems Stjarna
  19. Corpus Christi Carol
  20. Sweet was the song
  21. Koppagen (Swedish)

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Christmas albums by opera divas hardly make an exalted genre. Usually they involve overblown arrangements, hackneyed material, and singers sight-reading music they don't particularly like and making lame attempts at singing in English. With all her integrity, Anne Sofie von Otter would never do such a thing, and she hasn't here. This disc is a personal, eclectic mix, with the mezzo-soprano sounding sincere and approachable by sticking to the lower end of her range using small-ensemble arrangements you might hear in an evening sitting around the fire. In fact, rarely has Otter sung with such warmth as in Pereic Moraeus's "Koppangen," accompanied by accordion, guitar, violin, and mandolin. Not only is her English good but she seems to connect with the language emotionally. Amid the cozy, jazzy renditions of "The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)" and "Silent Night," there are a few lapses into eccentricity, such as an atonal string ensemble arrangement of "White Christmas" that easily could've been done by Alban Berg, and some Nordic-language forays in which Otter seems to be getting in touch with her primitivistic Viking roots. With good taste displayed elsewhere, she's allowed. --David Patrick Stearns

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Musically interesting Christmas alternative.......2004-12-09

I've been in charge of holiday music for the extended family for the last decade or so, and I generally buy a half-dozen or so CDs every year from a wide range of genres. This is perhaps my favorite of them all. It manages the almost impossible feat of engaging an audiophile like me who's looking for something different while simultaneously enthralling more tradition-minded family members. The CD stands out in most of the critical areas in the holiday field. First, the selection of songs is brilliant--a few English-language standards with some foreign-language songs people may know (Il est ne, le divine enfant) and a handful of really engaging Swedish tunes. Second, the spare but warm instrumentation conveys the coziness van Otter is seeking. Last, and most important, van Otter's low mezzo is put to incredibly expressive use. For those who are turned off by overly operatic recordings that sound completely alien from the renditions of carols that we know and love, this is a much more low-key, accessible form of art music.

This disc is worth buying for the first and last tracks alone, a haunting Swedish number that is now so much part of my Christmas that I can't believe I'd never heard of the song until a few years ago (one track is the Swedish version, the other an English translation). Much as I love holiday music, I have to say that this is one of the only holiday discs I'll listen to throughout the year.

5 out of 5 stars Koppangen.......2004-10-18

Like another reviewer, I bought the CD solely for one song, Koppangen, which I had heard on a flight, and listened to over and over and over throughout the flight. It's a song that greatly moves me: the melody and interpretation. And yes I'd say for having a different sort of Christmas album to play during the holidays, this would be a good choice.

5 out of 5 stars Jesus is born again!.......2004-01-10

I did never take my time to write a review but for the cd time is worth it.

This cd is superb. I also saw her concert with his cd life.
It gives you a old fasioned feeling of a warm /close Christmas.

Christmas with a heart.

With her voice Anne Soie does do magic.

She is classical singer number 1 !
It's my best Christmas cd!

Yopu will have a lot of good feelings with this cd,

It is really, really by far worth it's money.
What is money in this case...

Good Luck,
Peacefull Christmas,

Alfons Bosch
The Netherlands

5 out of 5 stars Something different -- provacative, but very enjoyable.......2002-12-16

Home for Christmas is not your run-of-the-mill "listen to me, I'm an opera singer lavishing my gorgeous voice on these pretty Christmas songs" recording.

Anne Sofie von Otter's fans have long-since learned to expect the unexpected from this exceptional singer and, on this recording, now several years old, that's what she offers - the unexpected. With only a couple of exceptions, the songs are traditional Christmas fare, though usually with an added twist: the distorted rhythm that makes "Tomorrow will be my dancing day" really dance, or the jazz blue notes that take "Have yourself a merry little Christmas" to the cocktail lounge. (In this, as well as White Christmas, Ms. von Otter bears more than a passing resemblance to another great cross-over artist, the late Eileen Farrell.) In this free rhythmic treatment, Deck the Halls, arranged for accordion and violin accompaniment, is much less a fa-la-la madrigal than an introspective folk-song that builds on its own momentum. In contrast, the simple hymn, Beautiful tone Star of Bethlehem, which Ingvar Wixell recorded many years ago on his Christmas offering, shows Ms. von Otter's lush voice to full effect.

Her subtle use of vibrato in "I wonder as I wander" (along with a provocative arrangement) captures the Scotch-Irish influence on the folk music of Appalachians without being a condescending parody while the marimba accompaniment and fiddle obbligato to the French "Il est le divin enfant" evoke an unidentifiable folk music - is it Spanish or French countryside? Or, is the point that it is universal?

True, a couple of the arrangements stretch beyond my endurance: Although Ms. von Otter does lavish some beautiful tone on Cantique de Noel (O, Holy Night) I found the over-echoed, new-wave arrangement irritating and White Christmas, rather than being nostalgic verges on surreal.

In total, there are twenty songs, each a little gem of interpretation. As I mentioned above, sometimes I don't really like the interpretations or arrangement; however, I never doubt for a moment, that Ms. von Otter believes what she is singing; her commitment to communicating through music is never in doubt. By the way, her English diction is exemplary - a lesson for many singers for whom English is first language.

5 out of 5 stars Great Christmas album.......2001-11-27

I have never been one to buy much Christmas music -- why bother when for the month of December I can hear the stuff everywhere I go whether I want to or not. So, it's a real treat to find a disc like this one that I just want to listen to over and over again. I bought it last year and it was kind of depressing when the season was over and I had to stop listening to it until next Christmas. Anyway, the other raves for "Koppangen" are spot on: it really is a very warm and moving song and I'm glad it appears twice on this disc. There are several carols that are unfamiliar to most English listeners (me included) but they soon become favourites. And even the weird arrangement of "White Christmas" with its minimalist and almost slithering string accompaniment grows on you after a while if only for its ability to amuse. Definitely a must-have for fans of Anne Sofie von Otter or those looking for something a little different.

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  1. Havin' Fun
  2. Hi Records Era: 1959-1973 [Import]
  3. Hiding Behind Your Heart - Love From the Heart of America
  4. Hillbilly Bebop [Import]
  5. I Am Captured
  6. Introducing Chandler, Siegel and Edwards
  7. Jim McCormick
  8. L J Daylee
  9. Leah Keibler
  10. Leap Of Faith

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