Christmas Mood

Track Listings

1. caroling, Caroling

2. The Star Carol

3. Christ the Stranger's Guise

4. Come, Dear Children

5. Some Children See Him

6. All on a Christmas Morning

7. O, Hearken Ye

8. Jesu Parvule

9. Nigh Bethlehem

10. This is Christmas

11. Ah, Bleak and CVhill

12. We'll Drs the House

13. Instrumental Medly

Editorial Reviews
Album Description
Original 1954 Columbia Recordings By the time of his premature death in 1954, the Christmas carols of jazz trumpeter Alfred Burt had already become seasonal classics, performed by artists as diverse as Andy Williams, Peggy Lee, Tennessee Ernie Ford, Natalie and Nat "King" Cole among many others. This is special reissue made possible through the generosity of the composer’s widow of the original recordings and captures all the sweetness and innocence of their first performances.

Tracks:

Sleigh Ride
Yuletide Medley #1:Oh Holy Night/Joy To The World/Oh Little Town Of Bethlehem/Deck The Halls
Rudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer
Silver Bells
Jingle Bells
Frosty The Snowman
Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
Yuletide Medley #2: Oh Christmas Tree/It Came Upon A Midnight Clear/We Three Kings/What Child Is Thi
I'll Be Home For Christmas
Silent Night
In The Christmas Mood

Customer Reviews:

holiday music that couldn't be better!.......2007-05-25

For any that love holiday music, and especially for those that like Orchestra music such as the great Glenn Miller, this is the CD for you. All the great holiday tunes with the special and wornderful touch of swing music by the greatest orchestra. Be sure to include in your purchase...or at least consider them for next time...In the Christmas Mood 2 and In the Nutcracker mood; they are just as wonderful.

Great buy for the money.......2005-12-05

The "Chicago Swing Fan" who complained below may do well to remember that Glenn Miller's never really was a swing band. Miller was foremost a businessman, and his orchestra played commercial dance music. Good dance music? Good big band music? Yes, I think so, but in terms of swing, he didn't hold a candle to Benny Goodman in his prime. Having said that, don't expect hot, jazzy swing from this CD. If you like the old Miller records, you'll love this CD. It was recorded sometime around 1990 by the current band going under the Miller name, and all in all, represents a tasty selection of holiday goodies in authentic Miller style. Occasionally, some of the arrangements sound bit more "modern" than anything Miller would have played in his lifetime, but the general feeling is there. The disc is well-recorded and has great sound. It's quite pleasant and makes a great accompaniment for decorating the tree, Christmas parties, driving around town, sipping egg nog--just about anything! When my original copy of this broke several years ago (yes, it shattered... don't ask how!) I quickly ordered another copy. This CD has become one of my favorite holiday recordings. And for the price, you can't go wrong. Recommended.

Puts me in the Christmas mood.......2001-11-20

I'm not a swing or Glen Miller afficionodo, but I really enjoy this cd. The songs have on old time feel, but one that works for me because of it's swing/big band roots. I was suprised to find a few tracks with vocals, but they don't detract fornm the overall feel of the cd and actually provide a nice mix to the set. The final song, "In The Christmas Mood" is an original which nicely sums up the entire project. I use this and it's sister albums (In The Christmas Mood II and The Glen Miller Nuctcracker) as background music at partes and it never fails to get people festive and dancing around the room. My only complaint would be that running at 40:41, it seems the party ends too soon. But I guess that's more of a compliment than a complaint isn't it?

Glenn Miller Orchestra Earns Their Wings.......2001-08-07

This CD album became volume 1 of a 3-volume box set. It was recorded by the "Glenn Miller Orchestra" which inherited the authentic "Glenn Miller" style of arrangement, orchestration, dynamics and vocal style. The Orchestra obviously had a lot of fun doing it using "standard" Christmas melodies. (They reveal in the signature "In the Christmas Mood" number that they still have a hankering for the Andrews sisters.)

Glenn Miller himself, who had been promoted to a major in the Army, died in a plane accident during World War II on the way to entertaining the troops in Europe but not before he imprinted his own style on his own band during the ongoing "Big Band" era.

"In the Christmas Mood", inspired by the GM band's most well-known and well-known work, "In the Mood", but drawing on the entire GM repertoire is therefore part tribute, part nostagia and pure entertainment. You will enjoy this CD and the other two in the box set - share it with your kids, your friends, your associates during Christmas parties and all during the season.

I have explored the GM websites and read the history. My father played GM and Tommy Dorsey when I was but a toddler.

After you buy "In the Christmas Mood, vol. 1" then go to the other two (warning: go for the box set now - you will want it later after you try this one).

Lame Pseudo "Swing".......2000-12-15

Like the rest of these limp "Glenn Miller" albums recorded 40 years after he died this is a lame take on "swing" music. It's well recorded but nothing like anything he did when he was alive. Call it "Glenn Miller lite", or swing without syncopation. Similar to a Lawrence Welk approach to "swing music" albeit more lively. Either way, a misrepresentation of swing music. Pretty dreadful if you are a true swing fan, but lots of folks seem to enjoy this watered down pablum.

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Elly Ameling now more available
Delight in every note
While they last...
Treasures From a Treasure
More than fully earned praise for an exceptional singer.

Artistry of Elly Ameling (Coll)
Elly Ameling
Manufacturer: Philips
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Customer Reviews:

Elly Ameling now more available .......2007-03-07

I had a 33 rpm album of Elly Ameling singing Schubert lieder accompanied by piano and clarinet at times. It was one of my all time favorite albums so I have been disappointed that I have not been able to find it anywhere on CD.

Now I can just buy this excellent collection. So much music in one place! Since I confess that I am far from an expert on the rest of her records, I look forward to hearing her sing many other styles and composers.

I think it is silly to criticize her for not singing Wagner, for example, since her version of many songs, especially lieder, are nothing short of sublime. I would like to hear how many Wagnerians sing Schubert or Mozart.

I doubt if they could approach the skill and soul with which Elly Ameling sings lieder.

Delight in every note.......2006-03-10

To speak as briefly as possible about this superb collection from an equally superb singer, what can I say but that Ms Ameling possessed a voice that shone with radiant warmth and star-like shimmer? And unlike many another light lyric soprano, Elly Ameling was possessed of a very high standard of musicianship, considerable intelligence, and a sort of immediate charm that captivates the listener.

So many of her recordings have still to be released on CD, but this 5CD-set goes some way towards remedying the situation. The repertoire spans a wide variety - French mèlodies, Lieder, light-hearted "sentimental" songs, Bach, etc. - and in each piece, Ms Ameling shows that quality of pearl-like beauty. It is a beauty which is also extremely pretty - a beauty of voice that is never overbearing and over-ripe, but perfectly blossoming upon the tree of inspiration.

I recommend this set unequivocally. It truly is sheer delight.

While they last..........2005-05-17

Elly Ameling held the quiet stage for recitals of great artistry and dignity for several decades and sadly most of the enormously successful CDs of her long career output are now unavailable. For those who have little access to the documentation of this very special artist, this box set is a must. It is a compilation of many of her recordings with differing accompanists, conductors, orchestras and composers. And while not all of the choices for inclusion here would be considered her greatest moments, there are enough works that sustain the warm memories of the little Dutch hausfrau who quietly and simply paid homage to composers with her clear and intelligent musicianship and radiant voice.

Ameling was known to schedule recitals of Schubert cycles and songs and in the afterglow of her performance answer the demand for curtain calls with additional Schubert melodies: she gifted her audience with the dignity of honoring a composer's works by maintaining the focus on that composer rather than milk the audience with the usual encore applause-getting favorites. And special moments such as quietly and pensively strolling through the orchestra during the Mahler 4th symphony to arrive at front stage, unapplauded, just in time for the opening line of her singing - those simple homage to composers and collaborators made her selfless manner endearing to audiences.

Despite the fact that Ameling's voice was on the small side she was always able to muster the projection to carry her message solidly in context with an orchestra. Yes, other more famous singers have recorded Ravel's quintessentially French SHEHERAZADE, but few have the perfection of diction and aura of mystery that Ameling maintained. Whether singing with piano or orchestra, or interpreting Bach, Mozart, Handel, and Vivaldi with the same degree of involvement as Brahms and Schumann and Schubert, Elly Ameling spanned a career that engendered passionate commitment from her fans. And this boxed set is a pocket full of memories to be treasured. Buy it before this too becomes unavailable. Grady Harp, May 05

Treasures From a Treasure.......2004-09-25

Treasures from a Treasure.

Ameling, one of the world's most beloved recitalists is captured here in a 5 CD collection offering some of her most beautiful recordings of song. While we are used to her perfection in songs of Bach, Mozart, Schubert, Schumann, Faure and Hahn, an added joy is her "pop" side, tackling - without a whiff of pretension, Porter, Kern, Gershwin, Ellington, et al.

What an absolute joy it is listening to this amazing artist sing these songs with an almost uncanny natural ease. There is no resorting to a "pop" voice and yet most of these pop standards songs sound as though they could have been written for her. Clean attacks, sometimes a bit of the pop technique of hanging on to a consonant longer than a classical artist normally would shows an appreciation and understanding of the style. Still, there is never once a compromise of her vocal beauty.

I like the way the songs have been arranged for her voice in that she sort of sings them clean, unaffected in the first half and then lets loose and kinda "swings" with it adding embellishments but never really changing her voice (Price, von Stade and other favorite singers of mine seem to have always added a breathy quality to much of their crossover material.)

Ameling doesn't resort to trying to "let her hair down" or get down and dirty, but rather the honest with which she approaches every one of these songs shows how much she enjoys singing them and her style is as refreshing as stumbling onto a cool spring on a sweltering summer's afternoon. A wonderful surprise.

More than fully earned praise for an exceptional singer........2003-07-15

As I had the privilige of hearing this outstanding Lied-singer during her long career in Holland and being the proud possessor of almost all her recordings, I cannot but fully agree with the professional and joyful review of Mr. Robert Holliston from Victoria, B.C. Canada.
Yes, it is unbelievable that of about the 150 recordings Mrs. Ameling made during her long career (for the greater part of course on the 'oldfashioned' LP's, as well as the innumerable Dutch live-recorded radio-concerts), so few CD's have been released.
Speaking of tradition: it was the page-turner of the Wigmore Hall in London who told Mrs. Ameling after her first recital in this hall, that she reminded him of Elisabeth Schumann. (And he certainly didn't mean her looks only!)
For those who are eager to hear her singing Ravel's Shéhérazade (just one example of stirring imagination combined with her Art of Singing) I can tell you that Philips released a 2-box CD of this work in 1999, combined with Debussy's La Damoiselle élue and a compilation of French mélodies, i.e. Debussy, Fauré, Duparc, Satie. One of the gems is Caplet's Le Corbeau et le Renard which even make children, who know the fables of La Fontaine, revel in the singing of the quarrelsome birds....
Her brilliant accompanyist is Rudolf Jansen. Let us cherish great artists in their art!

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Original 101 Strings' "Glory"

Glory of Christmas
101 Strings Orchestra
Manufacturer: Alshire
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Customer Reviews:

Original 101 Strings' "Glory".......2004-11-18

Here is the only CD recording of "The Glory of Christmas" that was a part of the 101 Strings 33 1/3 collection. Peaceful and beautiful, this recording was made before the digitized, computerized-era plastic music of today. The background choir is absolutely excellent, too.

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Lounge Drek from the straosphere
Modern Hanukah Music
Showboating and Dolly Parton.
Sorority Party
Great CD

The Hanukkah Lounge
Various Artists: Produced by Craig Taubman
Manufacturer: Craig 'N Company
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ASIN: B000BO0LL8
Release Date: 2005-11-15

Tracks:

Maoz Tsur-Craig Taubman
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Drey Dreydele-Frank London and CURHA
Chanutronikah-Laurence Juber and Craig Taubman
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Product Description

THE HANUKKAH LOUNGE is a new line of instrumental music for the holidays. The CD features an eclectic mix of smooth, mood-inducing holiday classics by world renowned producers and Grammy award winning artists. Just two of the 12 standout tracks include Â‘I Have A Little Dreidl' by Stephen Lawrence, writer of Marlo ThomasÂ’ Â‘Free to Be You and MeÂ’, and Grammy Award winning guitarist Laurence JuberÂ’s track Â‘ChanutronikaÂ’. Producer of the album Craig Taubman says, "This new compilation allows the listener to hear familiar Hanukkah music with an entirely new twist. THE HANUKKAH LOUNGE is the perfect CD to play in the background while entertaining family and friends."

Customer Reviews:

Lounge Drek from the straosphere.......2006-11-19

So,just because some entreprenurial musicians combine a few traditionalist jewish tunes with what they think is a"lounge"sound does not make this lounge,at least not in the normal,Mel Torme sense of the word,and not even in any modern,experimental sense either...A lot of what is on here sounds like a combination between amateur antics and some old electronica,and MOST of it sounds as if it were hot-wired together on someone's home computer...To have,say,a yiddish crooner doing a swing version of Havah Nagilah would make this"lounge"..to have,instead,a disembodied voice mumbling a few yiddish phrases over an electronic drone ,which is what one gets on a few of the tracks here makes this a sort of poor landsman's "new age"sampler...One can only marvel at the notion that this drek is billed as "lounge"..It is as if the people responsible for this album wanted to tap into the "lounge"craze amongst the young and decided that making thier album ethnic,jewish ethnic,might not only do so,but might also garner a few traditionalists as well...A lot of what is on here sounds suspiciously like "Trance" music,a style that is quite popular in Israel,but Trance is NOT "Lounge"...If you want to be experimental,then maybe buying this album would not be a disappointment,but if you want real lounge,and you buy this album,just remember that I told you so beforehand that what you will get won't be real lounge....

Modern Hanukah Music.......2006-01-30

I had just watched a Hanukah special on Public Television when they advertised a Hanukah CD by Craig Taubman. While browsing here on Amazon, I saw another CD by Mr. Taubman. Hanukah songs done in a more modern way. While my Mother, the traditionalist did not care for it, myself and some of my non-jewish friends who had no idea what they were listening to liked it. I find that the music on the CD can also be used for mood music. Going to try it on my next party. If you are looking for the traditional Hanukah music, this is not the CD. But if you want a different spin on the Hanukah songs you learned and sang, then this is the CD to buy.

Showboating and Dolly Parton........2005-12-28

I followed the advice of one reviewer and checked out the Hip Hop Hoolios to find sound that was anything BUT Lounge... If "M. Berciano" gets what he wants, we'll have Mozart on Eminem releases and Harry Kandel, Master of Klezmer Music on Dolly Parton's Christmas spectacular. Hey... just cuz this fabulous chill-out compilation has all-Jewish tracks with all-Jew talent doesn't mean that all Jews who have ever picked up a guitar need to be included. If that were the case, my Temple's cantor does a mean Sh'ma... let's throw her on too.

The Hanukkah Lounge is superb, as it stands. Leave well enough alone and stop showboating on Amazon for your friendly neighborhood garage band.

Sorority Party.......2005-11-18

I am involved in a Jewish Sorority at my school, and we are having a huge Hanukkah party for the entire campus. We just found this CD, and we are so excited to use it for our event. The president of the sorority just ordered 50 copies to use as door prizes. Great album. Happy Hanukkah!!!!

Great CD .......2005-11-18

This CD is super cool. It's not "your mother's Chanukah music" but upbeat and current. Traditional songs have been given a funky new sound making Chanukah music fun to listen to. I love it.

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Get the Ellington Version
More great Christmas big band!
Lovely Christmas Album . . . Until They Start Singing.
Good, but the first 2 In The Mood holiday albums are better
Not enough Nutcracker

In the Nutcracker Mood
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ASIN: B000001VF5
Release Date: 1997-08-05

Tracks:

Miniature Overture
March
Dance of the Fairy Dragee
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Chinese Dance
Dance of the Mirlitons
Waltz of the Flowers
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Customer Reviews:

Get the Ellington Version.......2005-11-28

If you really want a jazz version of the Nutcracker Suite, get the Duke Ellington version which is available on the "Three Suites" CD. Nothing against the GMO rendition but the Ellington version just swings so much harder. It is a little short but in my opinion it is vastly superior.

More great Christmas big band!.......2005-11-17

Another fantastic Christmas album from the Glen Miller Orchestra. As others have pointed out, it might not be quite up to the same standard that the other In the Christmas Mood CDs have, but then again, they're a bloody high standard! The Nutcracker suite is remarkably (surprisingly?) cool as a big band arrangement (although, again as others have said, longer would have been cooler - it takes up less than half the CD). The rest of the music is great jazz arrangements of Christmas favourites, and in the wonderful style of the previous albums.

All in all, a fantastic album! An excellent buy, particularly as part of the 3 box set (under "In the Christmas Mood")!

Lovely Christmas Album . . . Until They Start Singing........2002-11-22

I first became enamored with the Glenn Miller Orchestra's IN THE CHRISTMAS MOOD albums with the second of the three. I've since collected them all, this being the most recent.

I love the purely instrumental big band tracks on all three of the albums. These guys-original members of the Glenn Miller Orchestra who've gotten together to create these holiday recordings-are OBVIOUSLY the real thing. They interpret traditional holiday songs with an impeccable and immensely fun big band swing.

My bone to pick-and a major one, unfortunately-is with the "Moonlight Seranaders," who sing on (thankfully only) four of the sixteen tracks on this album. Although my experience of authentic big band recordings from the 1940s is slim, I do have a couple of albums, including a two-disc set of original Glenn Miller recordings. On NONE of these albums do the singers sound as disgustingly saccharin as these vocalists.

The sound of the "Moonlight Seranaders" is definitely that of the sappy Lawrence Welk singers of the 1960s and '70s. It's truly terrifying and, sadly, interferes greatly with the otherwise fantastic tracks on this album and the others in the series. Personally, I'd much rather have had a single, talented, emotive vocalist on several of the tracks rather than the sickly-sweet chorus, which completely ruins songs like "What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?" on this album and "I'll Be Home For Christmas" on one of the other two.

Nevertheless, for the usually ridiculoulsly low price of these albums, you really can't go wrong. The twelve great tracks on IN THE NUTCRACKER MOOD is well worth its cost-with or without the "Moonlight Seranaders." Buy it and re-live those fantastic days of big band music right in your own home this holiday season.

Good, but the first 2 In The Mood holiday albums are better.......2001-11-27

I have to agree with the previous reviewer, while Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite on Side A sounds really good, it would have been great if it were alot longer. It does help that it has the arrangements by the original band members-many of whom have gotten together from all across the country to gather in NYC to record these holiday albums. Side B makes up for everything, though-from the opening cut Jolly Old Saint Nicholas-hearing it makes you think you really are hearing the band plus the Modernaires from back in the 1940s-to the final cut What Are You Doing New Year's Eve. All in all, a bargain at the price listed here.

Not enough Nutcracker.......2001-11-20

This is the final cd in the Glenn Miller Christmas collection and the one that takes the biggest risks. Hearing the Nutcracker in a big band style is quite jarring (especially for a dancer like myslef), but after I got over the initial shock, I was able appreciate the work. My only problem is that music from the Nutcracker only takes up about half the cd! After the (shotened) Nutcracker Suite, we're treated to swing renditions of classic Christmas carols and even Auld Lang Syne. All the music is good, but the cd is called "In The Nutcracker Mood" not In The Nutcracker and Christmas mood. Still, I enjoy this cd and the Nutcracker segments are always a topic of conversation at parties. Just wish ther was more Nutcracker on this Nutcracker cd.

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Beautiful solo harp music for the Christmas season

Christmas Eve
Sunita Staneslow
Manufacturer: Maxemilian Records
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ASIN: B00000G2KN
Release Date: 1993-10-10

Tracks:

Joy to the World
From Heaven Above to Earth I Come
When Christmas Morn Is Dawning
In the Bleak Mid Winter
A Child Is Born in Bethlehem
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Rejoice, All Ye Belieers
I Am so Glad on Christmas Eve
Good Christian Men, Rejoice
Lovely Is the Dark Blue Sky
Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming
The Happy Christmas omes Once More
O Christmas Tree
Joseph, Dearest Joseph Mine
While By my Sheep
O How Joyfully

Album Description

Timeless carols from Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Germany performed on the harp. Sunita's contempory interpretations of traditional festive music is perfect for creating the holiday mood.

Customer Reviews:

Beautiful solo harp music for the Christmas season.......2006-10-05

I had this cd on a lot over the holidays. It is soft and beautiful and very relaxing. The harp doesn't stand out in the mix as much as it does on Cynthia Douglas' cds, but Sunita's music is gorgeous and rewards close listening. The hymns wil put you in the holiday spirit.

It is a good disc to have on in the background while you read or work on something in the office or around the house (In my case, around the office is more likely).

I still prefer Cynthia Douglas for celtic music on the harp, but Sunita is considered one of the best young harpists in the world, and this cd is very good. Recommended.

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Swingin' Christmas Baby, YEAH!
Lightning DOES strike twice!
Glenn Miller died during World War II leaving us a legacy.
One of the best Christmas Albums for Jazz Lovers of Big Band
Unmistakably Glenn Miller's Orchestra!

In the Christmas Mood, Vol. 2
Glenn Miller
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Release Date: 1993-09-30

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We Wish You A Merry Christmas
White Christmas
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The Twelve Days Of Christmas
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Customer Reviews:

Swingin' Christmas Baby, YEAH!.......2004-11-07

This is a fantastic cd that will surely have your toes tapping to the swinging beat. This is one of the classiest Christmas cds you could possibly own. The Glenn Miller Orchestra sounds absolutely fantastic, and the sound quality can't be beat.

The Orchestra takes some traditionally slow songs like "Good King Wenceslas" and kicks them up a notch putting an upbeat drum beat and adding all kinds of horns so that surely even Wenceslas himself can't resist dancing. And then there are tracks like "White Christmas" which are still slow but are "jazzified". The selection of songs is wonderful with a good range of both traditional and modern carols.

This is an excellent cd to have in your car or for playing at Christmas parties.

Lightning DOES strike twice!.......2001-11-20

I don't know exactly what it is about this cd, but I enjoy it more than the original "In The Christmas Mood". The big band/swing stylings and vocals (on the few tracks that feature them) sound just like they did on the original, the magic is still there. Perhaps it's the song selection itself which seems to weave more spiritual carols into the mix. Whatever it is, it works, as this cd always entertains me and my guests at holiday parties. Invariably, someone asks me where I got it and they wind up purchasing a copy themselves. Glenn Miller would be proud.

Glenn Miller died during World War II leaving us a legacy........2001-07-31

"In the Christmas Mood II" is disc 2 of a three-disc box set titled "In the Christmas Mood" that I recently got from Amazon.

Glenn Miller always wanted to put out a Christmas album and more than twenty years later, his old band members and arrangers made that dream a reality.

These discs were recorded in stereo so that didn't have to be remastered or digital or any of that stuff.

They are the best an American orchestra can give to the yuletide repetoire. If you like the Big Band sound, you cannot miss out on them.

One of the best Christmas Albums for Jazz Lovers of Big Band.......1998-12-05

This CD will carry you away to the Christmas memories you have of the late 30's and early 40's. All of the Miller greats are featured in stirring solos, the arrangements are great; if you are in any way a fan of the big bands you should get this one. Five stars plus+

Fred Yale

Unmistakably Glenn Miller's Orchestra!.......1998-11-25

A pleasant mix of traditional Christmas carols, Big Band, and Big Band vocals. From "We Wish You A Merry Christmas" to "Auld Lang Syne" it's Christmas music with a jazz twist. In The Christmas Mood II should come with a "VE" warning label, Very Enjoyable!!

Average customer rating:

Poor quality!

Christmas Magic
The Mantovani Orchestra
Manufacturer: Special Music
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Pop | Styles | Music

General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music

Orchestral Pop | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music

General Christmas | Holiday | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music

Pop Instrumental & Easy Listening | Holiday | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music

General Christmas | Holiday Music | Special Features | Music

Under $7 | Today's Deals | Holiday Music | Special Features | Music

Pop Instrumental & Easy Listening | Holiday Music | Special Features | Music
ASIN: B000001KGZ
Release Date: 1992-08-26

Tracks:

Sleigh Ride
Deck the Halls
White Christmas
O Come All Ye Faithful
Silent Night
Winter Wonderland
What Child Is This?
Christmas Song
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
O Holy Night

Customer Reviews:

Poor quality!.......1998-11-24

I have this album, only with a different cover than the one displayed. I am very disappointed by the poor audio quality.... low fidelity; scratchy "cut-off" on louder sections and one place where the audio drops out altogether for a half second or so.

Average customer rating:

Holiday Instrumentals
Mantovani
Manufacturer: Lifestyles
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Pop | Styles | Music

General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music

Orchestral Pop | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music

General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music

General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music

General Christmas | Holiday | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music

Opera & Vocal | Holiday | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music

General Christmas | Holiday Music | Special Features | Music
ASIN: B0000BWVAU
Release Date: 2002-09-03

Tracks:

White Christmas
It Came Upon a Midnight Clear
March of the Toys
Die Fledermaus
Twelve Days of Christmas
Jingle Bells
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
Once in Royal David's City
O Holy Night
Nazareth
What Child Is This?

Tracks:

Deck the Halls
O Thou That Tellest Us Good Tidings
O Christmas Tree
Tritsch Tratsch Polka
Onwards Christian Soldiers
Good King Wenceslas
Perpetuum Mobile
Holly and the Ivy
Silent Night
Ave Maria
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas

Average customer rating:

BUY THIS CD NOW!

The Mighty Tubadours

Manufacturer: Crystal Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Suites | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Sacred & Religious | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Operettas | 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 Christmas | Holiday | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music

Classic Big Band | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music

General Christmas | Holiday Music | Special Features | Music
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Favorite Things

ASIN: B00002SFM3
Release Date: 1993-06-25

Tracks:

March Of The Toys
March Of The Toy Soldiers
Fledermaus Waltz
Barnum & Bailey's Favorite March
When Tubas Waltz
Rondeau
Down By The Old Mill Stream
Dance Of The Reed Pipes
March Of The Marionettes
Fugue in G MInor
Come Dearest, The Daylight Is Gone
Comedians' Galop
Bagatelle
Mood Indigo
Satin Doll
Too Fat Polka
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
O Little Town Of Bethlehem
Hail To The Lord's Annointed
March Of The Kings/O Come Little Children
We Three Kings
Away In A Manger
Good King Wenceslas
Von Himmel Hoch
The Gloucester Wassail Song/II Est Ne
O Come Emmanuel
Coventry Carol
O Tannenbaum
Break Forth O Beauteous Light
It Came Upon A Midnight Clear
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
The First Noel
O Sanctissimus
Jingle Bells Waltz
March-Overture From The Nutcracker

Customer Reviews:

BUY THIS CD NOW!.......2004-12-13

This album is excellent! Three tubas and a euphonium. I especially love it for the beautiful Christmas half, tracks 18 thru 35. (It's not a new album, it's just the same album wrongly listed here as out of stock, under the title "Mighty Tubadours" [without the "The"] and a different ASIN.

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Music for the Still of the Night

Career Suicide: The Essential Skip Heller 1994-2001

The Project

The Irving Berlin Songbook

Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto; Serenade for Strings

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Complete Recorded Works (1926-1928)

The Land of the Giant Dwarfs

1. caroling, Caroling
2. The Star Carol
3. Christ the Stranger's Guise
4. Come, Dear Children
5. Some Children See Him
6. All on a Christmas Morning
7. O, Hearken Ye
8. Jesu Parvule
9. Nigh Bethlehem
10. This is Christmas
11. Ah, Bleak and CVhill
12. We'll Drs the House
13. Instrumental Medly