First Wish

1. Worlds Outside

2. On the Night Ride

3. First Wish

4. Like I Do Now

5. Cubism

6. Through Tin Hearts

7. Longing

8. Nerve Central

9. Fade to Day

10. Few More Days, a Few More Weeks, A

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Average customer rating: Chris Botti +First Wish" Starting his style A truly gifted composer and player. GREAT music. Stunning debut by today's hotest trumpeter Smooth and Transcending

First Wish Chris Botti Manufacturer: Polygram Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music Smooth Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Orchestral Pop | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Midnight Without You Slowing Down the World Night Sessions A Thousand Kisses Deep The Very Best of Chris Botti ASIN: B0000046YI Release Date: 1995-02-28

Tracks:

1. Worlds Outside
2. On The Night Ride
3. First Wish
4. Like I Do Now
5. Cubism
6. Through Tin Hearts
7. Longing
8. Nerve Central
9. Fade To Day
10. A Few More Days, A Few More Weeks

Customer Reviews:

Chris Botti +First Wish".......2007-05-07

I just loved it - am a jazz fanatic - and I think that Chris Botti is just a magnificent musician

Starting his style.......2006-11-03

The world famous trumpet player at his first tones, the sound that will remain the same, but will result more mature in the latest recordings. Relaxin' style, uncomparable creation of soft and cool ambients.

A truly gifted composer and player. GREAT music........2000-03-26

Botti is as gifted a composer as he is a trumpet player. As a composer, Botti reaches real, heartfelt depth. The pieces on First Wish, Midnight..., and Slowing Down the World are an interesting and original blend of rockish ballads, mellow funk, and blues-ish soul that no other modern trumpet player is even close to accomplishing. The occasional background guitars are vaguely reminiscint of U2's guitar work, yet completely original, and the piano is very well mixed with Botti's horn playing. I love ALL his CDs, and I'm glad I don't have to pick just one.

As a player, Botti is very clean and accurate, yet always soulful. His truly artful phrasing, with occasional glides and bends, is perfect - never gimicky, always heartfelt and masterful - just right.

On a side note, the ladies always respond VERY well to all of Botti's music on a date. Slow dancing is a very easy sell with Botti's ballads playing. That alone says a lot about the affect Botti's music has, but Botti's music can have some real talented groove to it too. I hope this player can create 100 CDs. I'll own them all.

Stunning debut by today's hotest trumpeter.......1999-12-23

This is one of the best instrumental (mostly) albums I've heard. Botti has such great tone and control. I saw him open for Fourplay in Monterey a while back, and have bought every thing by him. This is the best in my opinion

Smooth and Transcending.......1999-11-09

I love this CD. I couldn't make up my mind on which Chris Botti CD I should buy next. I bought First Wish based on the review regarding the person waiting in his car for over an hour to see who the artist was playing on the radio. I was not disappointed. I love track 2, On the Night Ride, track 4, Like I Do Now, and track 6, Cubism. The whole CD is fantastic.

I have been listening to Chris Botti's Caught soundtrack since seeing the movie in late 1996. I love that CD also.

Average customer rating: Nice music but... Great CD A Noble and Festive Christmas Meat and Potatoes Totally Awesome

A Festival of Carols in Brass Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Handel | Handel, George Frideric | ( H ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Mendelssohn | Mendelssohn, Felix | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Sacred & Religious | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Noels | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Oratorios | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General Christmas | Holiday | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Holiday Music | Miscellaneous | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music General Christmas | Holiday Music | Special Features | Music 4-for-3 Classical | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music Classical Music | The Sony BMG Masterworks Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Opera & Vocal | The Sony BMG Masterworks Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Similar Items: A Christmas Festival Joy to the World - Eugene Ormandy, Philadelphia Orchestra A Festival Of Carols / Robert Shaw Chorale Songs of Angels - Christmas Hymns and Carols O Come All Ye Faithful: Christmas Carols at King's College, Cambridge 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:

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

Great CD.......2007-02-16

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

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!

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.

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.

Average customer rating: A Timeless Christmas Classic

Joy to the World Mormon Tabernacle Choir Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General Christmas | Holiday | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music All Bargain Titles | Holiday Music | Miscellaneous | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music General Christmas | Holiday Music | Special Features | Music $6.99 and Under | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music All Classical Music Blowout | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Instrumental | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Classical Music | The Sony BMG Masterworks Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Similar Items: Silent Night: The Greatest Hits of Christmas Christmas with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir It's Christmas A Mormon Tabernacle Choir Christmas The Essential Mormon Tabernacle Choir 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:

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.

Average customer rating: Joy To The World........a joy indeed! If you like classical Christmas music, this is for you "Joy To The World . . . The Lord Has Come . . . And Heaven And Nature Sing" Christmas music done in Ormady's rich "Philadelphia Sound" A Timeless Christmas Classic

Joy to the World - Eugene Ormandy, Philadelphia Orchestra Manufacturer: RCA ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Ballets | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by J.S. Bach | Bach, Johann Sebastian | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Handel | Handel, George Frideric | ( H ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Tchaikovsky | Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich | ( T ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Mendelssohn | Mendelssohn, Felix | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Ballets & Dances | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Contemporary | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Cantatas | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Oratorios | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Cantatas | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Noels | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Oratorios | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music Orchestral Pop | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music General Christmas | Holiday | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Opera & Vocal | Holiday | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General Christmas | Holiday Music | Special Features | Music Opera & Vocal | Holiday Music | Special Features | Music $7.99 and Under | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music All Classical Music Blowout | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Bach, Johann Sebastian | ( B ) | Composers, A-Z | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Handel, George Frideric | ( H ) | Composers, A-Z | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Mendelssohn, Felix | ( M ) | Composers, A-Z | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich | ( T ) | Composers, A-Z | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Opera & Vocal | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Classical Music | The Sony BMG Masterworks Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Opera & Vocal | The Sony BMG Masterworks Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Similar Items: A Christmas Festival The Glorious Sound of Christmas A Festival of Carols in Brass A Festival Of Carols / Robert Shaw Chorale The Joy of Christmas ASIN: B000003EPC Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

1. Hark! The Hearld Angels Sing
2. Away In The Manger
3. The Little Drummer Boy
4. We Wish You A Merry Christmas
5. Waltz of the Flowers
6. What Child Is This
7. Sleigh Ride
8. The First Nowell
9. Carol of the Bells
10. O Come, All Ye Faithful
11. Joy to the World
12. I Wonder As I Wander
13. Good King Wenceslas
14. Silent Night
15. Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring
16. Angels We Have Heard On High
17. Silver Bells
18. Messiah: Pastoral Symphony (Messiah)
19. Messiah: Hallelujah Chorus

Customer Reviews:

Joy To The World........a joy indeed!.......2007-03-16

This wonderful CD has everything to celebrate the great joy of the Christmas season. Recorded in the early 1970's it still sounds as fresh and timeless as it did way back then.
The orchestrations are majestic and imaginative without being mushy or too symphonic in structure.The addition of the chorus in most of the carols is an added bonus. The singers and orchestra blend wonderfully without either dominating the other too much. The programme of selected songs is excellent and with some lovely orchestra only tracks the CD is not tiring to listen to creating a well balanced programme.
Maestro Eugene Ormandy conducts the Philadelphia Orchestra with great zeal and a passion for the music that is felt by the listener.The chorus master is the very talented Robert Page and the carols are arranged and orchestrated by the great Arthur Harris.
The sound quality is excellent and the CD has been beautifully remastered without any loss of crispness or dynamics.The stereo balance and instrument placement sound superb with the singers centre stage.
This is a remarkably good CD from the RCA Gold Seal range and is a must for lovers of really good seasonal music played with love and passion for the joys of the Christmas season.
Thank you for taking the trouble to read my review and I wish one and all much enjoyment from this lovely CD.

Happy listening!

If you like classical Christmas music, this is for you.......2007-01-13

A truly great collection of classical Christmas music. Highly recommended.

"Joy To The World . . . The Lord Has Come . . . And Heaven And Nature Sing".......2006-12-15

For those of you who, like me, love traditional and old-fashioned Christmas carols with a chorus and a full orchestra, this album is just a perfect listen this Yuletide season. It's always been a delight listening to this classic Christmas CD, "Joy to the World with Eugene Ormandy and The Philadelphia Orchestra and Chorus." It creates a nostalgic feeling and an atmosphere of an old-fashioned Christmas that reminds me so much of the past Christmas celebrations I had with my late parents. This is the kind of Christmas music they so loved.

The Philadelphia Orchestra and Chorus under the direction of Robert Page performed ten of the nineteen tracks and The Philadelphia Orchestra performed the rest of the tracks without the Chorus under the baton of one of the most respected names in conducting and orchestration, Eugene Ormandy. Arthur Harris beautifully and traditionally arranged all the songs. This is one of the greatest Christmas albums ever recorded and a worthy addition to your Christmas collection.

The true essence of Christmas is captured by the artful blend of voices from the chorus combined with the sublime orchestration from the first carol, "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing" to the last piece, Handel's "Hallelujah Chorus from Messiah."

Each and every track is a highlight and sacredly performed. My top favorites are "Silent Night," Bach's "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring," Tchaikovsky's "Waltz of the Flowers" from "The Nutcracker," "Angels We Have Heard On High," "Away In A Manger," "What Child Is This? (Greensleeves), and "Joy To The World."

"Joy to the world
The Lord has come
Let earth receive her King
Let every heart prepare Him room
And heaven and nature sing."

Joyfully recommended!

Christmas music done in Ormady's rich "Philadelphia Sound".......2004-12-04

"Joy to the World" has Eugene Ormandy with the Philadelphia Orchestra and Chorus providing a rich selection of Christmas songs, both classical and traditional, arranged by Arthur Harris. It is the former that are most impressive, although there are fewer of them, starting with Mendelssohn's "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing" and Tchaikovsky's "Waltz of the Flowers" from "The Nutcracker," then ending with Bach's "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desire," and the "Pastoral Symphony" and "Hallelujan Chorus" from Handel's "Messiah."

Eugene Ormandy (born Jenö Blau in Budapest) was one of the most famous of the popular American conductors of the 20th century, known best for his long time relationship with the Philadelphia Orchestra. Originally gaining public notice with the orchestra when he served as a last-minute replacement for an ill Arturo Toscanini in 1931, Ormandy would serve as Musical Director in Phialdelphia from 1938 until 1980. Under his baton the Philadelphia Orchestra became known for its warm tones, textured romantic "Philadelphia Sound," which is well represented on this Christmas album. I always thought Ormandy's interpretation of Rachmaninoff was particularly strong, although I do not know enough about classical music to articulate a coherent defense of that position beyond noting that when Vladimir Horowitz played Rachmaninoff's Third Concerto on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of his Carnegie Hall debut, he picked Ormandy as the conductor of the orchestra that night.

There is over an hour's worth of music here for you to enjoy if you like more of the classical approach to your Christmas music. But Ormandy's work is always marked by an ability to bring out the emotions of music being played by a symphonic orchestra. That is why the standout tracks here are "The Little Drummer Boy," "I Wonder as I Wander," and "What Child Is This?" You would not normally think of these songs as working as well song by a chorus that by a single individual, but this album will get you to rethink your position. In terms of choirs at Christmas I still have a preference for the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and the Ray Conniff Singers (I embrace the extremes), but in terms of listening to an orchestra play Christmas music, this is as good as it gets.

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.

Average customer rating: WOW!!! The Best of The Best You can find better Great Christmas Album Good Stuff!

The Christmas Album The Canadian Brass , Franz Xaver Gruber , George Frideric Handel , Jr. Hopkins John Henry , William James Kirkpatrick , Mykola Dmytrovich Leontovych , Felix Mendelssohn , James Pierpont , Michael Praetorius , Ward Swingle , Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky , Christmas Traditional , John Francis Wade , Anonymous , and Lydia Adams Manufacturer: Philips ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Handel | Handel, George Frideric | ( H ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Michael Praetorius | Praetorius, Michael | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Tchaikovsky | Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich | ( T ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Mendelssohn | Mendelssohn, Felix | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Suites | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Canadian Brass | ( C ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Sacred & Religious | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Oratorios | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Noels | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Oratorios | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music Orchestral Pop | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music General Christmas | Holiday | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Classical Instrumental | Holiday | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General Christmas | Holiday Music | Special Features | Music Classical Instrumental | Holiday Music | Special Features | Music Similar Items: A Christmas Experiment A Festival of Carols in Brass A Canadian Brass Christmas Best of the Canadian Brass The Essential Canadian Brass ASIN: B00000412W Release Date: 1990-08-10

Tracks:

1. A Visit From St. Nicholas
2. Carol Of The Bells
3. Away In A Manger
4. Jingle Bells
5. The First Nowell
6. Dance Of The Sugar-Plum Fairy
7. We Three Kings
8. Angels From The Realms Of Glory
9. Coventry Carol
10. D'ou veins-tu, bergere
11. The Twelve Days Of Christmas
12. Oh Come, Immanuel
13. I Wonder As I Wander
14. What Child Is This?
15. La cloche de Noel
16. We Wish You A Merry Christmas
17. Noel Nouvelet
18. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
19. Silent Night
20. Good King Wenceslas
21. Hallelujah Chorus
22. Lo, How A Rose E'er Blooming
23. O Come, All Ye Faithful

Customer Reviews:

WOW!!!.......2007-03-26

What has not been said about the Canadian Brass? The album is a wonderful blend of brass and voices. I especaily appreciate the non-traditional selections. It is a heart warmer.

The Best of The Best.......2004-12-15

Just be sure to buy this version (18 tracks) rather than what appears to be a very pared-down later issue (same cover, only about half a dozen tracks).

This is by far the best holiday album I have ever heard. I am a double-reed player and I must take issue with the complaints about intonation and musicianship by the one negative reviewer on this page. The song selection, mix of secular and religious, mix of serious and light, mix of familiar/less heard - Good as driving music, gift wrapping, or sing-along. This is the Holiday CD I listen to year round. If you are looking for ONE CD to buy for the season- for your collection or as a gift- This is it!

You can find better.......2004-11-24

Lousy musicianship here, frankly-- missed notes and poor intonation. I was hugely disappointed when I heard this album. Greatly recommend A Festival of Carols in Brass (Philadelphia Brass Ensemble) instead, which is pure joy for the listener.

Great Christmas Album.......2003-11-05

I've had this particular Canadian Brass album for so long that I have it on cassette! But it's become a classic family Christmas album for us. It's a great addition to any Christmas, especially as background music. It's very calming and just plain good. I can't imagine my Christmas without it.

Good Stuff!.......2000-12-12

This is yet another top-notch Canadian Brass Christmas album. These guys, once again, demonstrate why they are the best in the world at what they do. With the addition of the fine choral singing by the Iseler Singers, this is the complete Christmas CD, one you'll never get tired of year after year. Buy it!

Average customer rating:

Incredible Christmas Album Manufacturer: Decca ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by J.S. Bach | Bach, Johann Sebastian | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Handel | Handel, George Frideric | ( H ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Rutter | Rutter, John | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Schubert | Schubert, Franz | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Mendelssohn | Mendelssohn, Felix | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Contemporary | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Cantatas | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Cantatas | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Noels | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music Christian Contemporary Music | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music General Christmas | Holiday | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Solo Instrumental | New Age | Styles | Music The Decca Records Store | Specialty Stores | Music General Christmas | Holiday Music | Special Features | Music Similar Items: Christmas Classics Ultimate Classical Christmas Album of All Time Romantic Christmas Traditional Christmas Classics A Family Christmas ASIN: B0000D1FKB Release Date: 2003-10-14

Tracks:

1. What Child Is This? - Vanessa Williams
2. Winter Wonderland - Ella Fitzgerald
3. White Christmas - Bing Crosby
4. The Christmas Song - Mel Torme
5. Silver And Gold - Burl Ives
6. Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas - Perry Como
7. Silver Bells - The Ames Brothers
8. Mary's Boy Child - Harry Belafonte
9. The White Snows Of Christmas - The Kingston Trio
10. Koppangen - Anne Sophie Von Otter
11. Mary Did You Know - Hayley Westenra
12. We Three Kings Of Orient Are - Anadian Brass
13. The Homecoming - John Tesh
14. Shepherd's Pipe Carol Choir - Shoir Of St John's College
15. Carol Of The Drum - John Williams
16. Once In Royal David - Academy Of St Martin-In-The-Fields
17. Les Anges Dans Nos Campagne - Gheorghe Zamfir
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

Average customer rating: this CD could make your kid a rap star Could've been a 5-star if not for the heinous tracks Not too happy this sux chizzle dawgs Beware of the obnoxious tracks!

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Tracks:

1. Go To Sleep (Brahms Lullaby)
2. Canon In D Major
3. Hush A Bye Baby
4. For Elise
5. Serenade In D Minor
6. Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
7. Autumn (Adagio Molto)
8. Winter (Largo)
9. Prelide In A Minor
10. String Quartet In G Major
11. Frere Jacques
12. Sonata In A Minor (Excerpt)
13. Brandenburg Concerto No.5 In B Major (Affectuoso)
14. When You Wish Upon A Star

Customer Reviews:

this CD could make your kid a rap star.......2005-03-08

If you want to turn your child off classical music forever, this CD may well do the job.
It has absolutely nothing to recommend on it.
# 1, the volume fluctuates, and like ads on TV, the worst tracks are usually the loudest.
# 2, many of the tracks are badly performed; ponderous, scratchy, and amateurish takes on what should be good listening, but isn't.
# 3, there are 4 vocals. WARNING to all mothers: Baby might think this awful voice is you singing to him/her, and cause deep feelings of resentment, needing years of psychiatry to unravel.

I am a huge believer in the importance and value in what we feed our ears. Many worry about the effects of 2nd hand smoke, I preach about the dangers of 2nd hand boom-box, and the horrors and negativity of rap music. Few things are more important than what your baby listens to, whether verbal or musical, and there are many "Adagio" recordings that are expertly performed on the market that would be a pleasure for baby's ears, an education for his mind, and a joy for his soul; this CD is to be avoided at all cost. Total playing time is 50'29 dreadful minutes.

Could've been a 5-star if not for the heinous tracks.......2004-10-03

I'm bobbing my head up and down with the other reviewers about the obnoxious non-lullaby tracks thrown in on this CD. After burning a new CD and leaving those tracks off, the CD is great and one of my favorites.

Not too happy.......2004-03-11

I purchased this CD under the impression that it was all instrumental music - WRONG! Interspersed with rather lovely renditions of classical favorites -- perfect for bringing a baby to sleepyland -- are painfully perky upbeat vocal variations on a few traditional lullabies that have a tendancy to jar a baby awake! Rather antithetical to the purpose.

this sux chizzle dawgs.......2004-03-06

this g-unit cd is off da hook

i give it 3 starz

oh classic music sux bach

Beware of the obnoxious tracks!.......2004-03-02

I saw this CD and thought it would be great for my daughter whom I like to expose to as much wonderful music as possible, particularly at bedtime. The first night I played it, I stayed in her room and listened to the first 2 songs - they were charming versions of some well-known classics. Then, I turned on the baby monitor and went into the other room.

Suddenly, my ears were accosted by the most obnoxious, laughable sound of track 3. It is a synthesized, incredibly upbeat version of Hush A Bye Baby sung by a woman with the most grating voice. The same can be said of Twinkle Twinkle Little Star and Frere Jacque (tracks 6 & 11). Besides being irritating, these songs are actually LOUDER than the rest of the instrumental songs and could easily jolt a sleeping baby out of slumber.

Those 3 tracks completely undermine the "Lullaby" theme. I will be burning this CD onto another CD and leaving out those 3 tracks. Had I read the reviews and seen that others had complained about these same tracks, I never would have bought it. This CD defies logic and you will be better off without it!

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ASIN: B0009VNBR4 Release Date: 2005-07-05

Tracks:

1. Blue Danube
2. Waltz of Flowers
3. Waltz No. 1
4. Waltz of the Snowflakes
5. Naila Waltz
6. Spanish Dance
7. I Dream of Jeannie With the Light Brown Hair
8. Sugar Plum Fairy
9. Dance of the Comedians
10. Camptown Races
11. Carnival of the Animals Finale
12. Dance of the Clown [From "A Midsummer Night's" Dream]
13. Dance of the Hours
14. Dance of the Swans [From "Swan Lake"]
15. Faust Ballet
16. Tritsch Tratsch Polka
17. Hungarian Dance
18. Dance of the Priestesses
19. Overture from "William Tell"
20. Toreador Song [From "Carmen"]
21. Overture from "Carmen"
22. Samson & Delilah
23. Ride of the Valkyries
24. Baracole from "The Tales of Hoffmann"
25. Scheherazade
26. Water Music - The Hornpipe
27. Nocturne
28. Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
29. Hungarian Rhapsody
30. Prde L& Arlenne
31. Preer Gynt Suite No. 1 Anitra's Dance
32. Liebestraum
33. Adagio from "The New World Symphony"
34. Flight of the Bumblebee
35. Ave Maria
36. Air on a G String
37. Neapolitan Song
38. Violin Concerto
39. Serenade No. 4

Tracks:

1. When You Wish Upon a Star
2. Chances Are
3. Calcutta
4. Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White
5. Gigi
6. They Call the Wind Maria
7. Memories Are Made of This
8. Catch a Falling Star
9. Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
10. So in Love
11. Begin the Beguine
12. Misty
13. Little Things Mean a Lot
14. Embraceable You
15. It Might as Well Be Spring
16. On the Street Where You Live
17. Moment to Remember
18. Anniversary Song
19. Golden Days
20. Theme from a Summer Place
21. Tonight
22. Lullaby of Broadway
23. Easter Parade
24. Tenderly
25. Young at Heart

Tracks:

1. Claire de Lune
2. Piano Concerto No. 1
3. Minute Waltz
4. Piano Concerto
5. Fantasy Impromptu
6. Piano Sonata No. 20 - Finale
7. Swan
8. Polonaise No. 6
9. Waltz in C Minor
10. 1812 Overture
11. Light Cavalry Overture
12. Nutcracker Overture
13. Marche Militaire
14. Tannhauser Overture
15. Radetsky March
16. Tragic Overture
17. Triumphal March
18. Tales of Vienna Woods
19. Emperor's Waltz
20. Waltz. Wine, Women and Song
21. Voice of Spring
22. Fledermaus Overture
23. Skater's Waltz
24. Roses from the South
25. Romance
26. Symphony No. 5
27. Mer
28. Moonlight Sonata
29. Capriccio Espagnol
30. Lohengrin
31. Symphonie Fantastique
32. Greensleeves
33. Souvenir
34. Lonely Heart
35. Die Meistersinger
36. Polovtsian Dance

Customer Reviews:

Peculiar Amazon indexing.......2007-06-08

A search for Deep Purple's "Smoke on [in] the water," brought up this title. I rate it only #1 because I could not locate the "Smoke on the Water" listing. Amazon seems to be having an indexing problem.

Average customer rating: Beautiful Christmas music, relax and sip the eggnog! background notes A Classical Christmas Classic Hark!!!!! weird but wonderful

Rejoice! A String Quartet Christmas Arturo Delmoni Manufacturer: John Marks Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Handel | Handel, George Frideric | ( H ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Michael Praetorius | Praetorius, Michael | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Sacred & Religious | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Noels | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Oratorios | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Holiday Music | Compilations | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General Christmas | Holiday | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Classical Instrumental | Holiday | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General Christmas | Holiday Music | Special Features | Music Classical Instrumental | Holiday Music | Special Features | Music Similar Items: Rejoice! A String Quartet Christmas, Vol. 2 Rejoice: String Quartet Christmas, Vol. 3 Christmas Goes Baroque A Festival of Carols in Brass Christmas Goes Baroque, Vol. 2 ASIN: B000003Y9D Release Date: 1995-08-24

Tracks:

1. Joy To The World
2. The First Noel
3. Adeste Fideles
4. It Came Upon A Midnight Clear
5. O Little Town Of Bethlehem
6. Silent Night
7. Angels From Realms Of Glory
8. Away In A Manger
9. Gaudeamus
10. Deck The Halls
11. Es is ein Ros' entsprungen
12. Angels We Have Heard On HIgh
13. Good King Wenceslas
14. The Goldne Carol
15. Here We Go A-Wassailing
16. Bring A Torch, Jeanette Isabella
17. The Holly And The Ivy
18. What Child Is This?
19. God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen
20. Coventry Carol
21. Veni, veni, Emmanuel
22. In dulci jubilio
23. O Sanctissima
24. We Wish You A Merry Christmas

Amazon.com

There are, unfortunately, only a handful of truly great holiday CDs for lovers of instrumental classical music. Here's one of them. Violinists Arturo Delmoni and Alexander Romanul join violist Katherine Murdock and cellist Nathaniel Rosen on a blissfully sublime disc of holiday favorites. In addition to the usual suspects ("Joy to the World," "It Came upon a Midnight Clear," "Silent Night"), the string quartet throws some lesser-heard gems into the mix: "The Holly and the Ivy," a hauntingly gorgeous interpretation of "Veni, veni, Emmanuel," and the contemporary chorale piece "Gaudeamus," arranged here for string quartet by composer Antony Hopkins. Throughout, the playing is near perfect, with none of the marketing gloss or sentimental gimmicks found in many holiday CDs. Recorded under audiophile standards, the sound is impeccable and warm. A treat. --Jason Verlinde

Customer Reviews:

Beautiful Christmas music, relax and sip the eggnog!.......2007-01-10

This is a marvelous group of Boston area musicians who have come together and recorded beautiful arrangements of classic Christmas carols. The blending and intonation of this string ensemble is gorgeous!!

background notes.......2006-11-23

So someone wanted background on the musicians. I can give you some background on the second violinist, Alexander Romanul (you know the one they almost mixed out of this CD). Read it fast before he gets furious with me and tells me to take it down. (Well, I've never actually heard him even raise his voice, but even if he asks me nicely I'll honor his wishes.)

So there's the usual stuff. He was a child prodigy, won the BSO young artists at 13, debuted with some other orchestra at 11 or 12 playing the Mendelsson. Has done lots of solo performances in North America and Europe, played with the BSO a lot of years, yada. yada. A friend of his, who has been concertmaster of a couple New England orchestras once told me, "You understand, don't you, Margaret, that Alexander can really play? It's enough to drive a person completely nuts."

As a young man, he decided to try for the Wieniawski. He locked himself in a room in Germany for 5 months and played scales very slowly without vibrato seeking to play perfectly in tune. He only placed fifth, but the change in him could evidentally be felt and he caused something of a national sensation.

It was then that the process began which he describes as the quest for pure sound, something for which he has sacrificed a great deal. The process has brought him into deep states and he undergoes a constant, tortured struggle to reconcile its lure with the demands of the world. He still sometimes closes himself in a room for long periods of time, coming out only to shower and eat or take an evening stroll.

He claims to have hit a couple home runs in his life, but in my experience, he has never been fully satisfied with anything, so I wouldn't let the fact that he's not satisfied with this CD unsettle you too much. I define a good CD as one which I can listen to four times in a row and then come back to the next day. I think the difference has relatively little to do with the recording quality, the virtuosity, the genre. One can still miss even with technical perfection. It has to do with whether the performers can remain true to the calling and not go up into their heads as a refuge from doubt. I do feel that this music bears on its wings an authentic, "Peace on earth, Goodwill toward men."

Alexander has spent hundreds of hours with my son in tickle fights, swimming in the local reservoir and competing for the best rendition of Disney characters. "Hello, my name is Bruce! I know, why trust a shark?" He reads a lot. Some of his mainstays are Joseph Campbell, Tolkien and Krishnamurti. But at any given moment he might be into an analysis of the stock market or Sir Walter Scott, rammed earth housing, sun spots, Wampanoag Indians or the peculiar behavior of a stray dog in the local police reports. He's articulate and thoughtful and has a sort of zany mischievous sense of humor. He remembers his dreams, likes carnations and Indian food, watches the weather, can identify most of the North American raptors and lepidoptera, plays board games, swims long distances, gets attached to his shirts, makes a mean chocolate chip cookie and drives an old Civic.

A Classical Christmas Classic.......2003-12-11

When the first String Quartet Christmas CD was released a few years ago, it did not immediately catch my attention, until I was stuck in a major traffic jam a few days before Christmas. WCRB, a classical music station in Boston, often plays what they call "classic clusters" of short relaxing classical pieces and one was a holiday cluster with music from this disk. This particular cluster had selections from this CD. Though horns were honking from impatient drivers behind me, I felt relaxed while listening to this soothing music. I later purchased the recording knowing that it would become a favorite part of my Christmas collection.

The concept of this collection is not all that complex. Christmas carols are arranged for string quartet. Most of the arrangements sound like Christmas music of the great classical composers. It makes for wonderful background music for more sophisticated Christmas get together, or a relaxing collection to listen to at the end of a busy day preparing for the holidays. Ideally I imagine a person putting a few logs on the fire, turning down the lights, putting the disc in the player, and simply enjoying the melodious music of the holiday season.

Hark!!!!!.......2002-09-04

Tired of the same old Xmas caroles sung by the same singers I decided to try something a little different. Being a chamber music fan and finding this CD at a book store I purchased it having recognized the name John Marks.This was the best thing I did all year.I listen to this CD all year long. Summer, Spring, Winter and Fall.The artistry of the players is extraordinary as is the sound.5 Stars for each.I did not buy this CD,I invested in it.The dow falls and the music soars.

weird but wonderful.......2002-08-11

One doesn't think about string quartets and Christmas carols, but these folks do--and do a marvelous job of it! If you like "background music" during the Christmas season (let's trim that tree and boil the figgy pudding), this should be part of your collection. Also see the companion CD. Great set. Music well played and artistically arranged in a variety of styles.

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The Prize Winner of Defiance Ohio Manufacturer: Milan Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Movie Scores | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio Bee Season Infamous Oliver Twist Dreamer ASIN: B000BF0DHY Release Date: 2005-10-25

Tracks:

1. I'm Sitting on Top of the World - k.d. Lang
2. Bye Bye Blues - Les Paul & Mary Ford
3. The Affadasies
4. Main Title
5. Anatomy of a Contest
6. Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams - Dee Carstensen
7. Tulips
8. Feet First
9. Ryan Family Album
10. We Won!
11. Do You Ever Wish
12. Rag Mop - The Ames Brothers
13. Making a Break for Goshen
14. Wheel of Fortune - Kay Starr
15. Forgive Him
16. Spilled Milk
17. Hittin the Road
18. The World is Waiting for the Sunrise - Les Paul & Mary Ford
19. Shopping Spree
20. I'm Sitting on Top of the World - Woody Harrelson

Album Description

Evelyn Ryan (Julianne Moore) is a devoted housewife and mother of ten in the 1950s. Her husband (Woody Harrelson) can't seem to make ends meet, but that doesn't stop the car from breaking down, the mortgage coming due and the bills from piling up. It falls to Evelyn to defy the conventions of the day and find a way to keep her family together with the odds stacked against them. Applying her remarkable resourcefulness and an uncommon wit, Evelyn finds her own way in the profitable jingle contests popular in the 1950s and'60s.

Composer John Frizzell adds his own sophisticated sound to the compositions and brings on two great musicians - Sara and Sean Watkins - to play fiddle and guitar. The Soundtrack includes recordings by The Ames Brothers, Les Paul & Mary Ford, Dee Carstensen, Kay Starr and new recordings by k.d. lang "I'm Sitting on top of the World" and the film's Woody Harrelson.

The Simon and Schuster book The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio: How my mother raised 10 kids on 25 words or less (by Terry Ryan) is currently available.

Jazz Music:

1. From Hollywood to New York
2. From This Moment
3. G K JUST PLAYIN
4. George Lewis Of New Orleans
5. Hamp's Piano [Import] [Original recording remastered]
6. Harry Wallen Showcase [Import]
7. Henry Mancini's Music: Jazz Sound From P [Import]
8. High Life
9. Impressive Rome [Import]
10. Intimate Strangers

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