Christmas Lights

Christmas Lights

Track Listings

1. O Come All Ye Faithful

2. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen

3. Christmas Song

4. Silent Night

5. Little Drummer Boy

6. Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas

Editorial Reviews
Fred Migliore, FM Odyssey 2002
"Martha's Trouble puts a fresh, unique twist to christmas songs we've all heard for years"

Product Description
Acoustic christmas songs with a folk flavor and a light celtic touch.

Tracks:

Oy Chanukah - Theodore Bikel
Oy Chanukah - Theodore Bikel
Ocho Kandelikas - Rebecca Shrimpton/Marissa Steingold
Candle Blessings - Morton Shames/Aram Demirjian/NEC Chorus
Kitaltas - Theodore Bikel/Elizabeth Parvin/George Kirby
The Miracle Of Chanukah - Judith Berkson/Elizabeth Parvin/Rebecca Shrimpton
Haneyros Halalu - Lissa Schneckenburger/Hankus Netsky
Al Hanisim - NEC Chorus
O Ir Kleyne Likhtelekh - Marissa Steingold/Hankus Netsky
Maoz Tsur - Theodore Bikel/NEC Chorus
Lo B'Chayil - Geoffrey O'Hara/Fredena Williams/Dennis Slaughter/Boston Community Gospel Choir
Siete Ijos Tiene Hanna - Judith Berkson/Elizabeth Parvin/Rebecca Shrimpton
Fayer - Judith Berkson
Latke Cooking Demonstration - Chasia Segal
Mi Yimalel - Theodore Bikel/Morton Shames
Ikh Bin A Kleyner Dreydl - NEC Children's Chorus/Hankus Netsky
I Have A Little Dreydl - Thomas Jacobs/Kevin Harris/NEC Chorus
S'vivon - NEC Chorus
Psalm 27 - Dennis Slaughter/Boston Community Gospel Choir
Drey Dreydele - Morton Shames/NEC Chorus
Dance Music; Keshenev Bulgar - NEC Jewish Music Ensemble

Customer Reviews:

A great album!.......2001-12-08

I love this album and I'm not Jewish! The music is uplifting and the young performers wonderful. I keep it on the player the entire holiday season.

A tasty audio latka for the ear and soul.......1999-12-13

The review below captures the essence of the CD. Recorded at Jordan Hall at the New England Conservatory, you may have seen the video broadcast of this performance on PBS. In addition to excellent and stirring renditions of Hanukah favorites, the CD includes the popular SPanish Hanukah song of 8 candle (Ocho Kaandelaros); a humorous Latke Cooking Demonstration by the octogenerian comedian Ms. Chasia Segal; and a blues/gospel rendition of "I Have A Little Dreydl" which will change the way you sing it forever.

Lively, touching and richly varied entertainment..Great!.......1999-11-08

Take Theodore Bikel, the storied folk musician and "Fiddler" Tevye, cantor Morton Shames, the Boston Community Gospel Choir, extraordinarily talented musicians and vocalists of the New England Conservatory, and put them all in the hands of brilliant Klezmer/Jazz- Composer, Musician and Impressario Hankus Netsky and you have a stellar show and the recording "A Taste of Channukah"

Tracks:

Hands Across The Sea
Father Of Victory
The Golden Ear
Old Comrades
March, Op.99
Valdres March
Inglesina
Knightsbridge March
The U.S. Field Artillery
The Thunderer
Washington Post
King Cotton
El Capitan
The Stars And Stripes Forever
Amerian Patrol
On The Mall
Lights Out
Barnum And Bailey's Favorite
Colonel Bogey
The Billboard

Tracks:

Country Gardens
Shepherd's Hey
Colonial Song
Children's March
The Immovable Do
Mock Morris
Handel In The Strand
Irish Tune From County Derry
Spoon River
My Robin Is To The Greenwood Gone
Molly On The Shore
I. Halcyon Days
II. Springtime In Angus
III. Youth Of Britain

Tracks:

I. Covent Garden
II. Westminster
III. Knightsbridge
I. Northwards
II. Eastwards
Pirate Dance From Goldilocks
Suite Of Carols (Excerpts)
A Christmas Festival
Sandpaper Ballet
Forgotten Dreams
Trumpeter's Lullaby
Penny-Whistle Song
Bulger's Holiday
I. The Irish Washerwoman
II. The Minstrel Boy
III. The Rakes Of Mallow
IV. The Wearing Of The Green
V. The Last Rose Of Summer
VI. The Girl I Left Behind

Tracks:

I. The Earle Of Oxford's Marche
II. Pavana
III. John Come Kisse Me Now
IV. The Mayden's Song
V. Wolsey's Wilde
VI. The Bells
Crown Imperial: A Coronation March
Hammersmith: Prelude And Scherzo, Op.52
I. Serenade
II. Spiritual
III. Celebration
Fanfare And Allegro

Customer Reviews:

A Compendium of Classic Marches.......2007-01-10

The performances contained herein are very good. I only wish there were more Sousa marches in the collection. However, those that are there are well-performed and the recording is very good.

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The Music of Irving Berlin

Manufacturer: Collectables
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Music of Cole Porter/Music of Vincent Youmans
Music of George Gershwin
The Ultimate Collection
The Best Ever Mantovani Collection

ASIN: B0000507YQ
Release Date: 2000-11-14

Tracks:

Music Box Revue: Say It With Music/Remember/Blue Skies
Top Hat: Top Hat, White Tie And Tails/How Deep Is The Ocean (How High Is The Sky)
This Is The Army: This Is The Army/Oh, How I Hate To Get Up In The Morning/Face The Music: Soft...
What'll I Do/Always/The Song Is Ended (But The Melody Lingers On)
Top Hat: The Piccolino/Top Hat: Cheek To Cheek
Holiday Inn: White Christmas
Annie Get Your Gun: The Girl That I Marry/Say It Isn't So/Ziegfeld Follies: Mandy
Miss Liberty: Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor/God Bless America

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Collection: Say It With Music (Dlx)
Andr Kostelanetz
Manufacturer: Collectables
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music

General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music

Easy Listening | Pop | Indie Music | Stores | Music
ASIN: B00007L8X4
Release Date: 2003-02-18

Tracks:

Say It With Music Remember Blue Skies
Top Hat White Tie And Tails How Deep Is The Ocean (How High
This Is The Army Oh How I Hate To Get Up In The Morning Soft
Whatll I Do Always The Song Is Ended (But The Melody Lingers
The Piccolino Cheek To Cheek
White Christmas
The Girl That I Marry Say It Isnt So Mandy
Give Me Your Tired Your Poor God Bless America
Smoke Gets In Your Eyes Yesterdays
Ive Told Every Little Star The Song Is You
The Night Was Made For Love She Didnt Say Yes All The Things
Look For The Silver Lining They Didnt Believe Me Long Ago (A
I Dream Too Much The Jockey On The Carrousel
Why Was I Born The Way You Look Tonight Who
Make Believe Bill
Why Do I Love You You Are Love Ol Man River
Fascinatin Rhythm
Mine
The Man I Love
Embraceable You Soon
I Got Rhythm
Bess Oh Wheres My Bess
S Wonderful
Maybe
Someone To Watch Over Me Oh Lady Be Good
Embraceable You
Strike Up The Band
Begin The Beguine
All Through The Night
I Concentrate On You
I Love You
Night And Day
In The Still Of The Night
Ive Got You Under My Skin
Blow Gabriel Blow
Just One Of Those Things (Bonus Track)
Hallelujah Time On My Hands
Tea For Two
Carioca
Without A Song
More Than You Know
Orchids In The Moonlight
Sometimes Im Happy I Know That You Know
Through The Years Drums In My Heart
Malaguena
La Cumparsita
Mexicana Medley
Yours (Quiereme Mucho)
Siboney
Caminito
Adios
No Taboleiro De Bahiana
The Moon Of Manakoora
Lotus Land
Kashmiri Song
Jamaican Rhumba
Flamingo
Poinciana (Song Of The Tree)
Andalucia
Sweet Leilani (Bonus Track)
Frenesi (Cancion Tropical) (Bonus Track)
Show Boat
South Pacific
Slaughter On Tenth Avenue
An American In Paris
Porgy And Bess

Album Description

The multi-faceted Andre Kostelanetz left his mark on the music world as an acclaimed conductor/arranger/accompanist. His most notable contribution is the creation of the Easy Listening genre, done by bridging the gap between Classical and Pop music. Highlights on this 6 CD box set include Irving Berlin's 'Cheek To Cheek', George Gershwin's 'The Man I Love' and Jerome Kern's 'Smoke Gets In Your Eyes'. Includes 3 bonus tracks 'Just One Of Those Things' (Cole Porter), 'Sweet Leilani' (from Waikiki Wedding) & 'Frenesi' (Cancion Tropical). Standard jewel cases housed in a deluxe wooden box w/hinged lid (approx. 6 x 5''). Collectables. 2003.

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Joy of Chanukah

Manufacturer: Quicksilver
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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General | Classical | Styles | Music

General Christmas | Holiday | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music

Hanukkah | Holiday | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music

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Hanukkah | Holiday Music | Special Features | Music
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Chanukah at Home
American Chanukah
Vol. 2 - Festival of Light
Festival of Light

ASIN: B00005Y7EQ
Release Date: 2001-08-21

Tracks:

Oy Chanukah
Story of Chanukah
Hinay Ba
Chanukah Candles
Ma'oz Tsur #1
My S'vivon
Chanukah Is Here
Al Hanism
Feast of Lights
Joyful Chanukah
Ne'r Li
Dreydl Song
Hanerot Halalu
Mi Y' Malel
Ma Oz Tsur #2
Hallelujah Chanukah
Brahot

Album Description

The festival of Chanukah is a celebration that reminds the Jewish people of the victory of the Macabees over the oppressive rulers of that time in history. It was then that the altar in the temple was rededicated with the lighting of the menorah. The miracle, that a tiny bit of oil could burn for eight days, has become the focal point of this Jewish Holiday. A spirit of exaltation is evident through the music and the people's enjoyment of this event. The sounds of musical instruments and voices all blend together in our collection of Chanukah songs which will surely allow you to revel in this most meaningful celebration. So, join with is as The Pacific "Pops" Orchestra and The New Horizon Singers bring to you the ever-joyful music of Chanukah.

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"early beginnings from the vaults ~ Percy Faith"

Delicado

Manufacturer: Asv Living Era
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Classical | Styles | Music

General | New Age | Styles | Music

Meditation | New Age | Styles | Music

General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

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Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music
ASIN: B0001EMM2Y
Release Date: 2004-06-29

Tracks:

Amor [From Broadway Rhythm]
Negra Consentida
Embraceable You
Baia (Ne Baixe de Sapateiro) [from The Three Caballeros)
If There Is Someone Lovelier Than You
Tico-Tico [From Bathing Beauty]
Spring Will Be a Little Late This Year [From Christmas Holiday]
Bem Te VI Atrevido
I Love You
Capullito de Aleli
Long Ago (And Far Away) [From Cover Girl]
Cumparsita
Stardust
Stars in Your Eyes
Bim Bam Boom
I'll Close My Eyes - Percy Faith & His Orchestra, Hildegarde
There's No Holding Me - Percy Faith & His Orchestra, Hildegarde
Dancing in the Dark
That Old Black Magic [from Star-Spangled Rhythm)
All Through the Night
Begin the Beguine
Touch of Your Hand
Tia Juana
Temptation [From Going Hollywood]
Noche Caribe (Caribbean Night) [From Starlift]

Tracks:

Swedish Rhapsody No. 1, Op. 19: Midsummer Vigil
Body and Soul
Du - Ray Charles Singers, Percy Faith & His Orchestra
Deep Purple
Fiddle Derby
My Dream Concerto - Ray Charles, , Percy Faith & His Orchestra, Chorus
Dizzy Fingers - Percy Faith & His Orchestra, Magic Voices
I Got Rhythm
Flight 33 1/3
Solitude
Nervous Gavotte - Percy Faith & His Orchestra, Lou Stein
Mosquitoes' Parade - Percy Faith & His Orchestra, Chorus
Mer (Beyond the Sea)
Kitten on the Keys - Percy Faith & His Orchestra, Stan Freeman, Bernie Leighton, Chorus
Whirlwind
Cumbanchero [From Cuban Pete]
Goodbye John - Ray Charles Singers, Percy Faith & His Orchestra
Perpetual Notion
They Can't Take That Away from Me [From Shall We Dance?] - Percy Faith & His Orchestra, Chorus
Soft Lights and Sweet Music
Oodles of Noodles
Would You?
Cumana
Delicado
Song from Moulin Rouge (Where Is Your Heart?)

Customer Reviews:

"early beginnings from the vaults ~ Percy Faith".......2005-02-15

Living Era presents "Delicado", fifty original mono recordings from 1944 to 1955 featuring Maestro Percy Faith who was churning out some of the best releases with top notch arrangements...each song had an upbeat and faraway tone to it...beautiful ballads from composers Harold Arlen, Waldir Azevedo, Irving Berlin, Nacio Herb Brown, Hoagy Carmichael, Zez Confrey, Peter De Rose, Jimmy Dorsey, Duke Ellington, George Gershwin, Rafael Hernandez, Johnny Green, Jerome Kern, Frank Loesser, Cole Porter, Arthur Schwartz ...beautifully recorded representing Faith's limitless talent at crafting musical arrangements to fit an evolving music scene.

Now for the real treat...songs composed by Percy Faith with his unmistakable arranging "NOCHE CARIBE " (Caribbean Night), recorded in New York 1947..."DA DU", with Ray Charles Singers recorded 3/04/1952..."FIDDLE DERBY", recorded in New York 1951..."FLIGHT 33 1/3", after Rimsky-Korsakov: Flight of the Bumble-Bee, recorded New York 5/11/1950..."NERVOUS GAVOTTE", with Lou Stein on piano recorded New York 5/22/1951..."PERPETUAL NOTION", recorded New York 6/02/1949...Percy's arrangements comes from the heart and weaving a magic spell over the listener...compilation goodies on two compact discs for all the Faith Fans!

Sweeping and gliding strings, beautiful renditions of all time favorite Faith arrangements, such a statement of string counter melodies within the orchestration...many were favorites of my parents when they were dating...these songs represent some of the best arrangements in my Faith collection...when you put this collection on, you're in for a magic carpet ride sprinkled with the "Percy Faith Touch"...every arrangement has the signature of his pen and baton, two totally different tempos and rhythms surface within the boundaries of his genius...no doubt he was a master at his craft, they'll never be another like 'em, they only pass this way once...thank you Living Era for sharing these rare gems with the fans that encountered Maestro Percy Faith!

Total Time: 2-CD-Set ~ Living Era 278 ~ (6/29/2004)

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Beautiful Music

The Lights...a Christmas Album
Kerri Sherwood
Manufacturer: Sisu Music
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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General Christmas | Holiday Music | Special Features | Music
ASIN: B00004SZSO
Release Date: 1996-11-11

Tracks:

o come, o come emmanuel (theme)
what child is this?
bring a torch, jeannette isabella
i wonder as i wander
the friendly beasts
in the bleak midwinter
come, thou long-expected Jesus
the first noel
we three kings
silent night
o come, o come emmanuel
away in a manger
lo, how a rose e'er blooming
the lights

Album Description

KERRI SHERWOOD responds to her fans' requests for a holiday album with this highly regarded Christmas recording featuring many traditional favorites. Played in the emotional, evocative style of her original music on other titles, this spiritual album is an extremely strong holiday seller.

Customer Reviews:

Beautiful Music.......2006-12-30

A very down to earth CD of Christmas music that will take you back in time. The last song is a vocal which is very well written and performed. I highly recommend this CD.

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A festival it is
They're good and getting better
Go beyond the Dreidle Song for some GREAT Channukah music!
Who is this Barenholtz guy?
soul stirring!!!

Channukah: Festival of Lights
Ot Azoj Klezmerband & Merovitz
Manufacturer: Oreade Music
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Jewish & Yiddish Music | Folk | Styles | Music

Klezmer | Folk | Styles | Music

General Christmas | Holiday | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music

Hanukkah | Holiday | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music

General Christmas | Holiday Music | Special Features | Music

Hanukkah | Holiday Music | Special Features | Music
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Hanukkah Swings!
Hanukkah Rocks

ASIN: B00000JLN7
Release Date: 1999-09-07

Tracks:

Der Naivelt Channukah Lid
A Yiddische Honga
Aj Raci Ku Ne Draci
Shalom Alechem
Terkishe
Tantz-A-Freilach
Dem Monastrichtcher Rebin's Chosidl
Ruven's Doina
Janosh' Doina
Transylvanisher Tantz
O, Ir Kleyne Lichtelech
Drey Dreydl
Koyln Tantz
Arum Dem Fayer
A Lid Fun Channukah
Bessaraber Zhok
Nur Oyf Simchas
Freitog Noch 'N Zimes
Kamenetzer Bulgar
Channukah, Oy Channukah

Album Description

Festive music in a minor key: this is how Ot Azoj Klezmerband describes the traditional Yiddish music from Eastern Europe...an interesting mix of tradition and innovation, featuring Canadian singer Allan Merovitz.

Customer Reviews:

A festival it is.......2001-09-29

Ot Azoj keeps growing! When will they play in america? A good band like this shoudn't be kept for the europeans only!
This cd is a nice mixture between old and new, happy and sad.
It's the best chanukah cd I ever heard!
I'm very curious about their next cd. I saw it on their website... It's called Klezmer fon Kishinev. Should be interesting. I hope Amazon will have it soon!
Ot Azoj keep up the good work!

Ben Levi

They're good and getting better.......2000-11-13

Really fine klezmer band. They get better with each cd. Check out their web site at otazoj.com. I'd highly recommend this cd as a gift. The production values are o.k. As a previous reviewer noted, the liner notes aren't so hot. But the music is awesome.

Go beyond the Dreidle Song for some GREAT Channukah music!.......2000-09-12

I received this CD as a Wish List gift (Thank you, Oh loyal reader of my reviews!) and I absolutely love it. There are traditional Chanukkah songs here that I've never heard anywhere else, plus some original compositions. If you thought that "Maoz Tzur" and the "Dreidel Song" were all there is to Chanukkah music, then you simply must hear this album!

In the days of the European stetl (Jewish village), bands of klezmer musicians would go from house to house, playing music while the Chanukkah candles burned brightly into the long winter nights. This album captures that old-time spirit perfectly. There are lively dances, peppy songs, and slow, contemplative vocal pieces called "Doinas," which might strike some Western listeners as sad because they're sung in a minor key. Not so. "Festival music in a minor key" is how Ot Azoi describes their music. The Doinas are contemplative, inward-looking vocal improvisations, using meaningless syllables to express that which cannot be said in words. Think of the human voice as a jazz trumpet and you are on your way to grokking this type of Jewish music.

The words, of course, are in Yiddish and Hebrew. One weakness of this album is that the insert doesn't include all the words to all the songs (although it does translate some of them.) But even if you don't know these languages, you'll catch the spirit. And you'll probably recognize the words to "Shalom Aleichem" (Peace be upon you), a song usually associated with the Sabbath, but also appropriate here in a soul-filled rendition that starts out slowly, then bursts into a joyous dance acceompanied by drums and other percussion. I especially like band #15, "a Lid fun Chanukkah" (Song for Chanukkah) which says, "Lomir tantzen, lomir zingen -- let us dance, let us sing!" Need I say more?

Who is this Barenholtz guy?.......1999-10-26

So I'm online browsing the latest cd's, and I see everyone writing fantastic reviews about this song by Elan Barenholtz. I had to hear for myself. Well let me tell you -- UNBELIEVABLE!!! He's got a great voice, and the music really sinks in! Buy this one.

soul stirring!!!.......1999-10-17

this collection is a remarkable tour-de-force. Its been a long time since Ive heard such an original,yet somehow traditional, selection of music. A truly astonishing piece is the single by the artist known as Elan Barenholtz.Who is this gigantic talent, and why hasnt he been discovered yet?