Clear the Decks [Import]

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Track Listings
1. Cheeky On The Backstairs
2. Detroit SE 9
3. Thank You Mr Porter
4. Eliminator
5. Mucha Marcha
6. Eastside Commotion
7. A Roster's Prayer
8. The Preacher, The Book And The Congregation
9. Exceeded Dosage
10. Kristabel
11. Aah English

Editorial Reviews
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Recorded live by producer, Max Heyes, the Players album is a consummate lesson in the art of the rhythm section. Joined by special guests Chad Smith & Steve Cradock, with the tightness & funk of the MG's & the syncopation of the Meters providing the inspiration, the ambition of the tunes delivered has been driven purely by the desire to showcase a higher musical purpose to a new generation of young musicians. This album is a journey into dynamics, groove & improvisation by four musicians at the top of their game. Gatefold paper sleeve. Upfront Records. 2003.

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A Festival of Carols in Brass
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Nice music but...
  • Great CD
  • A Noble and Festive Christmas
  • Meat and Potatoes
  • Totally Awesome
 A Festival of Carols in Brass

Manufacturer: Sony
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ASIN: B0000024Q6
Release Date: 1991-07-16

Tracks:

  1. Deck The Halls With Broughs Of Holly
  2. Lo, How A Rose E're Blooming
  3. Bring A Torch, Jeanette, Isabella
  4. The First Nowell
  5. Angels We Have Hard On High
  6. We Three Kings Of Oreint Are
  7. O Come, All Ye Faithful
  8. O Sanctissima
  9. O Tannenbaum
  10. O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
  11. Good King Weceslas
  12. Silent Night, Holy Night
  13. Joy To the World
  14. The Twelve Days Of Christmas
  15. Conventry Carol
  16. God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen
  17. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
  18. It Came Upon A Midnight Clear
  19. Good Christian Men Rejoice
  20. O Holy Night
  21. What Child Is This?
  22. Wassial Song
  23. O Little Town Of Bethlehem
  24. Away In A Manger
  25. We Wish You A Merry Christmas

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Nice music but..........2007-03-08

I liked the music and the performances a lot, but there is no booklet to depict the performers, nor analyse the music or the arrangements, which are superb

5 out of 5 stars Great CD.......2007-02-16

This is a great holiday CD. We used it for several holiday dinners this year.

5 out of 5 stars A Noble and Festive Christmas.......2007-01-21

This is the best Christmas album you could ever get. It is the most stable as you do not have to think about it. This is the album you really sing along to. Brass makes everything festive, grand and noble; so will your Christmas! A gem for every year!

5 out of 5 stars Meat and Potatoes.......2007-01-18

Since the release of this fine recording in 1967 there have been many fine
brass groups:The Canadian Brass, the Empire Brass, just to name a few.
Whereas these latter groups have all resorted to "gimmicks" such as unique arrangements to sell their albums this group of brass players from the Philadelphia Orchestra give us an album of good old "meat and potatoes" playing spiced with fine tone,good ensemble playing, and good tempos.

5 out of 5 stars Totally Awesome.......2007-01-12

I love listening to this cd at christmas. The brass is so crisp, almost like being right there. You have to add this to your holiday collection, and for those of you who like brass, you will love it. I play the french horn and I esp. love hearing the french horn in it.
A Little Chrismas Music: Kiri Te Kanawa; The King's Singers
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • a voice teacher and early music fan
  • like all but one track
  • Heaven is here!
  • A Very Mixed Bag
  • Among My Top 10 Christmas Recordings
 A Little Chrismas Music: Kiri Te Kanawa; The King's Singers
various/traditional , Dame Kiri Te Kanawa , The King's Singers , London Sinfonia , and Richard Hickox
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ASIN: B000002RRF
Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

  1. Here We Come A-Wassailing
  2. It Came Upon The Midnight Clear
  3. The Little Drummer Boy
  4. I Wonder As I Wander
  5. We Wish You A Merry Christmas
  6. Es Ist Ein Ros' Entsprungen
  7. Ding Dong! Merrily On High
  8. Stille Nacht
  9. O Little Town Of Bethlehem
  10. A Little Christmas Music (Medley A La Mozart)
  11. The Coventry Carol (Lully, Lulla)
  12. The Boar's Head Carol
  13. Gaudete
  14. Joy To The World
  15. Three Spanish Carols: Riu, Riu, Chiu
  16. Three Spanish Carols: El Nino Querido
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  18. Deck The Hall
  19. The Wexford Carol
  20. The Gift (Simple Gifts)
  21. Patapan And Farandole

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars a voice teacher and early music fan.......2006-11-29

The King's Singers come to us steeped in the 500 year old English tradition of choral singing; and that's fine with me.!!!There are 6 singers in this group (the personnel change from time to time)namely: Jeremy Jackman and Alastair Hume (countertenors)- Robert Chilcott (tenor)- Bruce Russell and Simon Carrington (baritones) and Stephen Connolly (bass). They are very capably accompanied by the City of London Sinfonia and Brass Quintet conducted by Richard Hickox. An added PLUS is the great Kiri Te Kanawa who sings an arrangement by Daryl Runswick entitled "A Little Christmas Music (Medley a la Mozart)". It's a hodge-podge of Mozart melodies sewn together in a rather haphazard manner, and meant to be humorous. I guess this type of composition does not appeal to me personally, and I'm sorry that Kiri's glorious voice was wasted. However, that's only MY opinion; I am certain others may disagree.
This album is really a mixture of Christmas tunes and that's partly what makes it interesting. And, of course it is masterfully sung by the King's singers;I enjoy all their discs; especially the recording of Gilbert and Sullivan tunes. Some of the arrangements on this disc are somewhat esoteric, and I'm not too fond of the very STRANGE arrangement (again by Daryl Runswick) of the Coventry Carol, but 'to each his own'. Their opening selection:"Here We Come a-wassailing" (arr. Robert Chilcott) is a great opening number and I must say that it's the best arrangement I have ever heard of this selection.
Let's face it:the KING'S SINGERS are perfection. But don't forget our American group:Chanticleer.

4 out of 5 stars like all but one track.......2006-02-02

With the exception of track 11 (The Coventry Carol, Lully lulla) I really like this CD. I personally prefer the traditional renditions of The Coventry Carol. I do not like the "modern" harmonics and arrangement of it on this CD. Otherwise, it is very fine, indeed.

5 out of 5 stars Heaven is here!.......2005-10-26

Xmas carols are always touching, but this cd is beyond all you have already heard. The King's Singers plus Kiri Te Kanawa is a combination of angelical adult voices, yes, adults can also have angelical voices. Buy this cd and check yourself if it is not true!

2 out of 5 stars A Very Mixed Bag.......2003-08-15

I've often admired the King's Singers' performances, and of course they are a famous and accomplished ensemble, noted for the precision of their close-harmony singing, so I was looking forward to this CD. I regret to say that I find it a very mixed bag, on the whole disappointing. Unfortunately the reliable executant skills of the King's Singers are not matched here by their judgment and taste in choosing arrangements--perhaps there was too great a push for mixing it up, adding variety, "something different." The resulting arrangements are wildly uneven, some of them unattractive and tasteless in varying degrees from mild to dreadful. They range from the very good (bands 7 and 18: straightforward a cappella close-harmony, which is what these singers do best), to exotic (band 16), to schmaltzy (band 5), to busy (band 8), to campy (bands 11 and 19), to cutesy (bands 3 and 6), to terminally cutesy-poo (bands 4, 11, and 19). "Deck the halls," for example, is done in by its arch, cutesy-poo arrangement, as is "White Christmas," which even includes a bizarre, wholly gratuitous interpolation of a bit from Prokofiev's Lieutenant Kije, God knows why!

Band 12, "The Coventry Carol," the longest cut on the CD, demands special mention: it is downright awful. The annotator of this CD writes cosily, "And of course there are the old traditional English Christmas songs, all mulled wine and mince pies." Nothing could be less descriptive of what we get here, where the misguided, pretentious, weird, grotesquely ugly, far-out dissonant-modern arrangement does its utmost to pervert and spoil this lovely old English carol, twisting and distorting it into something almost unrecognizable; this cut is a real horror. (Sir David Willcocks, the famed King's College choirmaster under whom the King's Singers trained and sang as youths, would be appalled. The man responsible for this travesty, one Daryl Runswick, also arranged two other selections; his consistently tasteless arrangements comprise three of the four worst on the CD.)

The performing forces vary from the a cappella singers to accompaniments with brass ensemble or orchestra. The variable but undistinguished engineering (EMI's Abbey Road studios, 1989)--over-processed, over-bright, hard-edged, and occasionally canned-sounding--is an additional drawback. If you like traditional Christmas music (as I do) you might want to think twice before buying this CD. At least try to listen to it first. Caveat emptor.

5 out of 5 stars Among My Top 10 Christmas Recordings.......2002-12-26

King's Singers maintains the highest standard for all those who aspire to create spine-tingling a cappella harmony. Somewhat akin to the small number of their peers worldwide, no style seems off limits to their abilities. But certain aspects set the King's Singers apart. Perhaps it is their early and consistent training in the English choral discipline, or the many, years of touring together in one combination or other. Their most remarkable quality is their quintessentially English sound -- the pipe-like tone produced especially in the mid- to upper registers -- that is at once remarkably free of vibrato, but still alive with overtones. If one listens closely to the solo parts, it becomes evident: the sound isn't produced merely by excellent group intervallic intonation, but by individual voices capable of producing overtones. Thus, it's the sound you can't hear that takes your breath away.

Because the recording is so excellent on the whole, one disappointment stands out: I wish that Coventry Carol had been saved for another recording. The dissonances conjure up distressing images at odds with the overall effect they seem to have been trying to accomplish with the recording, and I can certainly imagine that in another context, I might have been interested and emotionally moved, rather than unsettled and annoyed.

In any case, this has remained for years one of my favorite Christmas recordings, and I have to give it 5 stars.
Christmas with Mario Lanza
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Superb Christmas Album
  • Love Mario Lanza
  • Mario Lanza - fantastic
  • Christmas Hymns & Carols: You Do Something to Me
  • Pure hymnal power.
 Christmas with Mario Lanza

Manufacturer: RCA
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ASIN: B000003EP6
Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

  1. Deck The Halls
  2. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
  3. God Rest You Merry Gentlemen
  4. Joy To The World
  5. O Christmas Tree
  6. I Saw Three Ships
  7. It Came Upon The Midnight Clear
  8. Ave Maria
  9. O Holy Night
  10. The Virgin's Slumber Song
  11. Pieta Signore
  12. The First Nowell
  13. O Come All Ye Faithful
  14. Away In A Manger
  15. We Three Kings
  16. O Little Town Of Bethlehem
  17. Silent Night
  18. Guardian Angels
  19. I'll Walk With God
  20. The Lord's Prayer

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Superb Christmas Album.......2007-02-19

Mario Lanza infuses his characteristic beautiful vocal intensity into this collection of carols and Christmas songs.
The result is an outstanding album which will bring a lump to your throat and tears to your eye.
The recordings are old, but the Lanza magic makes this album a must-buy

5 out of 5 stars Love Mario Lanza.......2007-01-28

I love Mario Lanza. He is in my top favs. I have wanted this album for ages and it is just as great as I knew it would be. I'll be back to buy more of Mario Lanza.

5 out of 5 stars Mario Lanza - fantastic.......2007-01-15

Fantastic voice, wonderful classic Christmas songs. My all-time favourite version of O Holy Night - spine tingling.

5 out of 5 stars Christmas Hymns & Carols: You Do Something to Me.......2007-01-12

Wonderful songs, great selections of songs sung by the greatest singer, Mario Lanza.

5 out of 5 stars Pure hymnal power........2006-12-20

I have just spent the past six hours listening to snippets of every Christmas CD that I can find on Amazon, and this is the best by far. It's the purest rendition of the best Christmas hymns that are sung in church on Christmas Eve. No inane flourishes, no ignorant alterations, no arrogant amendments, just pure hymnal power. Don't agree? Type "christmas" in the Amazon music search box, listen to all the renditions of all the classic hymns such as "O Come All Ye Faithful" and when you are done you cannot but agree that Mario Lanza is not surpassed.

Update: I am now listening to the full CD and it is better even than I had hoped for. The beauty of Lanza's voice brings tears to my eyes and joy to my heart.
A Festival Of Carols / Robert Shaw Chorale
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Traditional Christmas Music
  • The quintessential Christmas recording
  • A Top List Christmas CD
  • The best
  • How do you describe perfection?
 A Festival Of Carols / Robert Shaw Chorale
Robert Shaw Chorale
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ASIN: B000003EPA
Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

  1. Medley: Good Christian Men - Rejoice - Silent Night - Patapan - O Come - All Ye Faithful
  2. It Came Upon The Midnight Clear
  3. O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
  4. Shepherd's Carol
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  6. Medley: O Sanctissima - Joy To The World - Away In A Manger - Fum, Fum, Fum - March Of The Kings
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  9. My Dancing Day
  10. Medley: What Child Is This? - Hark! The Herald Angels Sing - Bring A Torch - Jeanette - Isabella - Angels We Have Heard On High
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  15. Medley: Break Forth - O Beauteous Heavenly Light - The First Nowell - O Little Town Of Bethlehem - I Saw Three Ships - Deck The Halls With Boughs Of Holly

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Traditional Christmas Music .......2007-01-24

If you love traditional Christmas music, done in traditional style (i.e., no rock or jazz influence), this CD is for you. The Robert Shaw Chorale, the "gold standard" of quality choral music, sings much loved carols, with some lesser-known pieces as well. Some are a cappella; some include a full orchestral accompaniment. My favorites on this CD are "We Three Kings," "Bring a Torch, Jeannette Isabella," and "I Saw Three Ships."

5 out of 5 stars The quintessential Christmas recording.......2005-12-09

This recording seems to elicit universal and heartfelt praise. Who am I to dispute that? The performance is terrific, just as described by the other Amazon reviewers, no doubt about it.

However, I do have one bone to pick with this recording. There just isn't enough of it. With material as good as this, that is a real loss!

5 out of 5 stars A Top List Christmas CD.......2004-12-28

I bought this cd long ago, and have enjoyed it immensely each year. It is the perfect blend of celebration and meditation. Orchestra and choir combine in four distinct groupings, and a capella arrangements complete the masterful collection. The orchestral arrangements will make the hairs on your neck stand up, and your stomach quiver with all the excitement you ever felt as a child at Christmas. Adeste Fidelis is performed as few other ensembles have ever come close. The a capella arrangements will all, without exception, be on your yearly list of must-hear holiday arrangements. Truly a top list Christmas CD, essential for every family who celebrates this feast.

5 out of 5 stars The best.......2004-01-02

I own approximately 35 Christmas choral CDs - including choirs and groups such as the Cambridge Singers and the King Singers. I also own two Christmas albums with Robert Shaw and the Atlantic symphony. This performance with the Robert Shaw Chorale is old but it is still my favorite. The arrangements are magnificent, the sound is brilliant, and the choir and orchestra are precise with wonderful volume control. Buy and enjoy!

5 out of 5 stars How do you describe perfection?.......2003-12-14

This is my favorite Christmas CD. Nothing comes close. I thoroughly enjoyed learning much of the music in high school choir over 30 years ago. The music has never left me. The four medleys are the arrangements of Robert Russell Bennett titled "The Many Moods of Christmas". The arrangements seem to have a freshness about them even after listening numerous times.

Interspersed with the medleys are a cappella carols.

All of this music is wonderfully performed by the Robert Shaw Chorale, the a cappella selections recorded in 1957 and the medleys in 1963.

Four decades have proven that this is the standard in choral music. The clarity of text, the richness of tone, the beauty of harmony combine to present the message of Christmas in the manner that only music can do.

These words are no surprise to those familiar with choral music in the United States. If you are not so familiar, but would like to enjoy Christmas music at its most beautiful, you can do no better than acquiring this CD.
Incredible Christmas Album
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    ASIN: B0000D1FKB
    Release Date: 2003-10-14

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    1. What Child Is This? - Vanessa Williams
    2. Winter Wonderland - Ella Fitzgerald
    3. White Christmas - Bing Crosby
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    8. Mary's Boy Child - Harry Belafonte
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    10. Koppangen - Anne Sophie Von Otter
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    18. Carol Of The Bells - Musica Sacra
    19. I Saw Three Ships - Mantovani & His Orchestra
    20. Sleigh Ride - Arthur Fiedler
    21. The Christmas Waltz - THE LIVING STRINGS
    22. Christmas Bells - Mantovani & His Orchestra
    23. Patapan - London Symphony Orchestra
    24. We Wish You A Merry Christmas - The Philip Jones Brass Ensemble
    25. Jingle Bell Rock - Bond

    Tracks:

    1. Adeste Fidelis (O Come All Ye Faithful) - Academy Of St Martin-In-The-Fields
    2. O Holy Night - Luciano Pavarotti
    3. O Tannebaum - Vienna Boys' Choir
    4. Ave Maria - Luciano Pavarotti
    5. Joy To The World - Joan Sutherland
    6. Ding Dong! Merrily On High - John Rutter
    7. Do You Hear What I Hear? - Anthony Way
    8. O Little Town Of Bethlehem - The Choir Of King's College
    9. Coventry Carol - London Symphony Orchestra
    10. Away In The Manger - The Choir Of King's College
    11. It Came Upon A Midnight Clear - Leontyne Price
    12. Hark! The Hearld Angels Sing - Academy Of St Martin-In-The-Fields
    13. Deck The Halls - London Symphony
    14. Gesu Bambino - Luciano Pavarotti
    15. The First Nowell - The Choir Of King's College
    16. Still, Still, Still - Vienna Boys' Choir
    17. King Jesus Hath A Garden - John Rutter
    18. Child In The Manger - John Rutter
    19. The Holly And The Ivy - The Choir Of King's College
    20. In Dulci Jubilo - The Choir Of Kings College
    21. God Rest Ye Merr yGentlemen - The Choir Of King's College
    22. Jesu, Joy Of Mans Desiring - Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra
    23. Good King Wencelas - John Tesh
    24. Twelve Days Of Christmas - Anthony Way
    25. Silent Night - David Willcocks
    Music of Christmas
    Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
    • Family tradition
    • A Christmas Classic
    • Recommended for those who love Orcastrated Music
    • Love this CD
    • A Christmas Classic!!!
    		 Music of Christmas
    Percy Faith and His Orchestra , Adolphe Adam , Franz Xaver Gruber , George Frideric Handel , Felix Mendelssohn , Christmas Traditional , John Francis Wade , and Richard Storrs Willis
    Manufacturer: Sony
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

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    ASIN: B0000025SN
    Release Date: 1990-10-25

    Tracks:

    1. Joy To The World
    2. Silent Night, Holy Night
    3. Deck The Halls With Boughs Of Holly
    4. It Came Upon The Midnight Clear
    5. Good King Wenceslas
    6. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
    7. The First Noel
    8. Lo, How A Rose E'er Blooming/O Little Town Of Bethlehem
    9. O Holy Night
    10. The Holly And The Ivy/Here We Go A-Caroling
    11. God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen
    12. O Come, All Ye Faithful (Adeste Fideles)

    Customer Reviews:

    4 out of 5 stars Family tradition.......2007-04-02

    I grew up listening to this album on vinyl every Christmas. It was a staple in our family and I'm happy to have it on CD now to share for years to come.

    5 out of 5 stars A Christmas Classic.......2007-01-28

    My father bought this album on reel-to-reel back in the '50's and it has been a part of my Christmas ambience ever since. I absolutely love it, can't have Christmas without it.

    5 out of 5 stars Recommended for those who love Orcastrated Music.......2007-01-09

    This is a classic CD for those who love orcastrated music. It brings the spirit of Christmas in their homes. It takes you back of the Christmases long ago when it was more relaxed without the hussel and bussel, and without people being so angry. I give this 5 stars and will pass the CD down for future generations!

    5 out of 5 stars Love this CD.......2006-12-31

    This is an album I grew up with. It holds great memories..Percy Faith IS Christmas in my home. The strings are beautiful.

    5 out of 5 stars A Christmas Classic!!!.......2006-03-16

    This is my all-time favorite Christmas album. Some like the schmaltzy sounds of Johnny Mathis and Bing Crosby for Christmas, which is fine. But Percy Faith has a pristine ambient beauty of the wordless choir which soars to emotional heights beyond any other Christmas album.
    A Celebration of Christmas: Carols Through the Ages
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      		A Celebration of Christmas: Carols Through the Ages

      Manufacturer: Vanguard Classics
      ProductGroup: Music
      Binding: Audio CD

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      ASIN: B0000023F9
      Release Date: 1994-01-04

      Tracks:

      1. Patapan
      2. We Three Kings Of Orient Are
      3. I Saw Three Ships Come Sailing
      4. The Coventry Carol
      5. It Came Upon The Midnight Clear
      6. Good King Wenceslas
      7. Once In Royal David's City
      8. Rocking
      9. The First Nowell
      10. God Rest Ye Merry Gentleman
      11. Wither's Rocking Hymn
      12. Silent Night
      13. Wassail Song
      14. Dormi Jesu!
      15. Boar's Head Carol
      16. Past Three O'Clock
      17. Lullay My Liking
      18. Adam Lay Ybounden
      19. Herrick's Carol
      20. Angelus Ad Virginem
      21. The Holly And The Ivy
      22. O Little One Sweet
      23. Songs Of The Nuns Of Chester
      24. Winter-Rose
      25. In Dulce Jubilo

      Tracks:

      1. Deck The Halls
      2. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
      3. Lute-Book Lullaby
      4. Ye Shepherds
      5. Joy To The World
      6. Down In Yon Forest
      7. People, Look East
      8. Blessed Be The Maid Marie
      9. Sir Christmas
      10. Lo, How A Rose E'er Blooming
      11. O Come, All Ye Faithful
      12. The Twelve Days Of Christmas
      13. Here We Come A-Wassailing
      14. All My Heart
      15. Joseph Dearest (Song Of The Crib)
      16. I Saw Three Ships
      17. How Far Is It To Bethlehem?
      18. The Birds
      19. The Old Year Now (Greensleeves)
      20. A Merry Christmas

      Tracks:

      1. Gymel Of Guilelmus Monachus
      2. Anon.: Nowell, Nowell: Tidings True
      3. Roy Henry: Sanctus
      4. Anon: Blessed Be Thou, Heavenly Queen
      5. Anon: Qui Natus Est
      6. Anon: Carol With Burden
      7. Anon: Nova, Nova
      8. Anon: Angelus Ad Virginem
      9. Anon: Hail Mary, Full Of Grace
      10. In Die Nativitas
      11. Anon: There Is No Rose Of Such Virtue
      12. Kyrie
      13. Quid Petis O Fili
      14. Anon: I Saw
      15. Anon: Nowell, Nowell: Out Of Your Sleep
      16. Fauxbourden Of Guilelmus Monachus
      17. Quam Pulcra Es

      Tracks:

      1. Anon: De Nativitate Domini
      2. Ave Maria
      3. Decet Huius Cunctis Horis
      4. In Nativitate Domini
      5. O Regina, Lux Divina
      6. Hodie Christus Natus Est
      7. Nesciens Mater
      8. Et In Terra Pax
      9. Crist And Saint Marie
      10. Sancta Maria
      11. O Maria Virgo
      12. Gloria
      13. Puer Natus
      14. Foeno Iacere
      15. Maria Zart
      16. Beata Progenies
      17. Alleluya Psallat
      Merry Mancini Christmas
      Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
      • Not worth the effort
      • Fabulous
      • Classic Christmas as you remember it
      • Mancini is Magical
      • A Classic
      		 Merry Mancini Christmas
      Henry Mancini
      Manufacturer: RCA
      ProductGroup: Music
      Binding: Audio CD

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      ASIN: B000002W4Q
      Release Date: 1990-10-25

      Tracks:

      1. The Little Drummer Boy
      2. Medley: Jingle Bells/Sleigh Ride
      3. The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire)
      4. Medley: Winter Wonderland/Silver Bells
      5. Medley: Frosty The Snowman/Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer
      6. White Christmas (From The Paramount Picture 'Holiday Inn')
      7. Carol For Another Christmas - Henry Mancini, His Orchestra
      8. Medley: Silent Night/O Holy Night/O Little Town Of Bethlehem
      9. Medley: God Rest Ye Merry Gentleman/Deck The Halls/Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
      10. Medley: We Three Kings Of Orient Are/O Come, All Ye Faithful (Adeste Fideles)
      11. Medley: It Came Upon A Midnight Clear/Away In A Manger/The First Noel

      Amazon.com

      Like his good friend Esquivel, Henry Mancini mixed some mean orchestral Christmas cocktails. But where Esquivel was possessed by wackiness and whimsy, Mancini played things fairly straight and still managed to create a sound that defined his career and an era. Sadly, the selections here are pedestrian, even by the well-trodden holiday boulevard standards. "White Christmas," "The Little Drummer Boy," and "The Christmas Song" all benefit nonetheless from Mancini's genius for timing and dynamics. Even the mundane "Frosty the Snowman" gets some new life breathed into him thanks to Mancini's arrangement, and "Carols for Another Christmas" is a good example of Mancini's hip restraint. Merry Mancini Christmas, while not the maestro at his best, still imparts some of that madcap, martini-era holiday spirit as only Mancini knew. --Steve Gdula

      Customer Reviews:

      2 out of 5 stars Not worth the effort.......2007-01-27

      I just love Christmas music and I love Mancini's Pink Panther and others. I thought this might be a good addition to my collection and it turned out to be a dud. Nothing special at all.

      5 out of 5 stars Fabulous.......2006-02-23

      This is the Christmas album you are always saying "who is this" when listening on the radio. Perfect for all ages.

      5 out of 5 stars Classic Christmas as you remember it.......2005-10-04

      This album is for all those baby boomers out there who grew up listening to the great Mancini. Someone said this album was pedestrian. They couldn't have been farther from the truth! This will rekindle childhood memories of Christmas like it used to be. Pull up a chair by the fire, grab that warm apple cider, turn the Christmas lights on and enjoy!

      5 out of 5 stars Mancini is Magical.......2004-12-15

      I come from a very large family and since the mid-sixties when my parents bought it we'd play this album during the holidays. We played it until you could hardly hear some of the songs without the crackling and skipping the LP's were notorious for. By the time it was totally inaudible the LP wasn't being made any longer. We were all crushed because our Christmas mainstay album was gone. (Particularly because we lost both parents some years ago within 2 months of each other and we always listened as a family to this album.) When the CD came out we were overjoyed to say the least. I ALWAYS cry as do all of us in my family when "Carol for Another Christmas" plays because it holds such dear memories of my parents listening to us massacre that song on our instruments EVERY SINGLE CHRISTMAS!!! But they always swore we played beautifully.

      4 out of 5 stars A Classic.......2002-07-13

      Tasteful, traditional orchestral Christmas music. More importantly, "Carol for Another Christmas" may be the most beautiful Christmas composition of the 20th Century.
      Christmas Festival
      Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
      • A Bright & Joyous Christmas Concert !
      		 Christmas Festival

      Manufacturer: Sony
      ProductGroup: Music
      Binding: Audio CD

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      ASIN: B000028U0Q
      Release Date: 1999-10-26

      Tracks:

      1. Patapan
      2. Three Kings Of Orient
      3. What Child Is This
      4. Nowell We Sing
      5. Lo, How A Rose E'er Blooming
      6. The Holly And The Ivy
      7. Adeste, Fideles-O Come, All Ye Faithful
      8. Joy To The World
      9. Lullaby My Liking
      10. Good King Wenceslas
      11. Silent Night, Holy Night
      12. Go Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen
      13. Medley: Welcome Here/Merry Christmas/Dame Get Up And Bake Your Pies/Christmas Is Coming
      14. Angels We Have Heard On High
      15. We Wish You A Merry Christmas
      16. Adeste, Fideles-O Come, All Ye Faithful
      17. The First Nowell
      18. Christmas Chimes
      19. Medley: Hark! The Herald Angels Sing/Angels We Have Heard On High
      20. Medley: Deck The Halls With Boughs Of Holly/Jingle Bells
      21. Away In A Manger
      22. Three Kings Of Orient
      23. O Little Town Of Bethlehem
      24. O Holy Night
      25. Medley: It Came Upon The Midnight Clear/Away In A Manger
      26. O Tannenbaum
      27. We Wish You A Merry Christmas (Reprise)

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      This disc recycles two different but complementary LP recordings, the first being a 1968 outing with the Gregg Smith Singers, the New York Brass and Percussion Ensemble, and organist E. Power Biggs, the second being a 1965 recording with André Kostelanetz and his Orchestra. Though the repertoire for both is fairly traditional carols, they make for strange listening now. The Gregg Smith Singers selections are often straightforward, except when Biggs's gimmicky organ intervenes with all sorts of effects that are deployed with the artistry of Fourth of July fireworks. Did we ever mistake Biggs for a musician? Kostelanetz's ultra-busy orchestrations are almost comically souped up with cushy strings, ringing brass, and more harps than you'd ever want to hear. One saving grace is the underrecorded soprano Phyllis Curtin, who sings a lovely version of "O Holy Night." Also on hand is the St. Kilian Boy Choir, which has an unusually robust sound. --David Patrick Stearns

      Customer Reviews:

      5 out of 5 stars A Bright & Joyous Christmas Concert !.......2000-05-21

      This is a wonderful Christmas anthology, with legendary performers, a bright little pipe organ, and a sparkling small brass ensemble. In many other Christmas albums, huge choirs and orchestras overwhelm the listener; here the 2 small choirs & their accompaniment are in perfect balance. With excellent clarity and timing, the songs are crisp and delightful! They bring back the joy & idealism of Christmas that I loved as a child.

      The second half of the CD features a small orchestra, a delightful children's choir, & a wonderful soprano, again all in perfect balance and sharpness. The bright arrangements and clear performances make this a memorable Christmas recording!
      The Little Drummer Boy
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        		The Little Drummer Boy

        Manufacturer: Island / Mercury
        ProductGroup: Music
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        ASIN: B000001F93
        Release Date: 1990-10-25

        Tracks:

        1. Medley: Sing We Now Of Christmas/Angels We Have Heard On High/Away In A Manger/What Child Is This...
        2. Go Tell It On A Mountain
        3. Medley: It Came Upon A Midnight Clear/Good King Wenceslas/We Three Kings/Villancio/Hark...
        4. Medley: Bring A Torch, Isabella/Lo, How A Rose E'er Blooming
        5. Medley: Deck The Halls/Christian Men Rejoice/Master's In The Hall/O Tannenbaum
        6. O Holy Night
        7. The Little Drummer Boy
        8. Medley: Conventry Carol/Rise Up Shepherds/God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen/O' Little Town Of Bethlehem...
        9. Medley: Ding Dong/While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks By Night/The First Noel/The Friendly Beasts
        10. Medley: Silent Night/Adeste Fidelis/A Christmas Greeting

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