Carols for Christmas

Carols for Christmas Artist: Jim Gibson
Label: Hickory Cove Music
Category: Music



Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 611098288029
EAN: 0611098288029
ASIN: B00005B08Q


Release Date: 1996-12-01

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Listmania:

  1. Favorite Holiday Piano CD's!

Tracks:

  1. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
  2. I Saw Three Ships
  3. Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella
  4. It Came Upon the Midnight Clear
  5. What Child Is This?
  6. Good Christian Men, Rejoice
  7. Silent Night
  8. I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day
  9. O Christmas Tree
  10. The First Noel
  11. Good King Wenceslas
  12. O Come, All Ye Faithful
  13. The Coventry Carol
  14. I Saw Three Ships

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Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Imaginative Improvisations.......2004-12-08

Jim Gibson has a unique ability to weave together wonderful improvisations on familiar hymns while leaving intact the melody that you love to hum along with.

This is music that can be enjoyed on many levels: it's my favorite background music for preparing and enjoying holiday meals because he plays with a smooth and pleasant manner, but I can also enjoy sitting just to listen to the CD because his variations on the hymns are sophisticated and imaginative.

This is not a Jim Brickman-esque CD, nor is it the more abstract style of George Winston. No fake-sounding strings, no awkward vocals. Maybe this is the kind of piano music Sam from Casablanca would have played for his family on Christmas Eve.

5 out of 5 stars Perfect for our traditional Christmas.......2001-09-16

Our family has all of Jim Gibson's recordings, and we especially love this one. These are what we call the "real" Christmas Carols--the ones we grew up with. His playing is warm and, I guess you'd say soothing, and it seems to be a perfect match for the songs.

This CD seems to me to be the exact opposite of all the commercial music with drums and guitars and synthesizers and new Christmas songs that sound like generic pop music. This is real Chrismas music played by a wonderful pianist. If you like the Christmas songs we grew up with, and you like quiet, reflective music, buy this CD.

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