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VA - The Christmas Album: Holiday Melodies From Around The World (1997)

Posted By: delpotro
VA - The Christmas Album: Holiday Melodies From Around The World (1997)

VA - The Christmas Album: Holiday Melodies From Around The World (1997)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+log+.cue) | Digital booklet | 01:09:03 | 264 Mb
Classical, Vocal, Xmas | Label: Columbia Records, Sony Classical, Masterworks Heritage

This is one of the best Christmas compilations for the classical music lover I know of, and far ahead of similar CDs from RCA Living Stereo, Nimbus, and Decca/London. Tracing over some 90 years of recorded sound, some of the highlights include: A nice, if somewhat saccherine, performance of "White Christmas" by, believe it or not, Nelson Eddy. A performance of "Patapan" by George Szell and the Cleveland Orchestra that proves that the legendary maestro also had a way with lighter material. A moving version of "Silent Night" by the legendary Olive Fremstad, whom one normally associates with things Wagnerian. Some beautiful choral work by the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, the Westminster Choir, and the Russian Art Choir, as well as the pioneering recording of "Adeste Fideles" by Associated Glee Clubs of America, pioneering in that this was the first electrical recording to be made, in 1925, and you can hear the engineers still getting used to the new equipment (sudden fade-outs and fade-ins, etc.). All in all, a fascinating, unusual Christmas collection, but one well worth the having.
Tracklist:
1. Joy to the World - E. Power Biggs
2. Hark, the Herald Angels Sing - Eileen Farrell
3. Snow in the Street - Eileen Farrell
4. Patapan - Cleveland Orchestra, George Szell
5. Away in a Manger - Andre Kostelanetz & His Orchestra
6. The Coventry Carol - Eileen Farrell
7. Watts Nativity - Mormon Tabernacle Choir
8. O Come, O Come, Emmanuel - Mormon Tabernacle Choir
9. Cherry Tree Carol - Beers Family
10. O Holy Night - Earl Wrightson, Andre Kostelanetz & His Orchestra
11. We Wish You a Merry Christmas - Andre Kostelanetz & His Orchestra
12. White Christmas - Nelson Eddy
13. The Twelve Days of Christmas - De Paur Infantry Chorus
14. Good King Wenceslas - Nelson Eddy
15. God Rest Ye, Merry Gentlemen - De Paur Infantry Chorus
16. Sweet Little Jesus Boy - Carol Brice
17. Serbian Crib Carol - Westminster Choir
18. Song of the Christmas Presents - Westminster Choir
19. Jingle Bells - The Madrigal Singers
20. Du Grønne Glitrende Tre - Fanny Elsten
21. A Christmas Carol - Russian Art Choir
22. O du fröhliche - Elsa Alsen
23. Adeste Fidelis - Associated Glee Clubs Of America
24. O Tannenbaum - Elena Gerhardt & Max Bloch
25. Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht - Olive Fremstad
26. La Vierge à la crèche - Charles Gilibert

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Various Artists / The Christmas Album

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