Memories Of Christmas

Track Listings

1. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing

2. Still Night, Holy Night (Silent Night)

3. Spinn! Spinn!

4. Ave Maria

5. Cloister Bells - Reverie

6. O Holy Night

7. Come Hither, Ye Children

8. The Holy City

9. Am Weihnachtsbaum Die Lichter Brennen [On The Tree, The Lights Are Burning]

10. O Come, All Ye Faithful - Adeste Fideles

11. The Monastery Bells

12. O Tannenbaum

13. O Sanctissima

14. Santa Claus Is Coming To Town

15. Good King Wenceslas

16. Song Of The Virgin Mary

17. Jingle Bells

Editorial Reviews
Product Description
Description: instrumental, antique music box; sounds a lot like the recordings of Rita Ford's collection.

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Memories Of Christmas

Music for a Darkened Theatre, Vol. 2: Film & Television Music
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Priceless, at any price

Good overview

Great Music!!!!!!!!!

Very nice for a Danny Elfman collection

Bring on Volume 3

Music for a Darkened Theatre, Vol. 2: Film & Television Music

Manufacturer: Fontana Mca
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000002P4P
Release Date: 1996-12-03

Tracks:

Edward Scissorhands Suite: Main Titles
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Edward Scissorhands Suite: Suite
Edward Scissorhands Suite: Suburbia-Barber
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Dolores Claiborne Suite: Vera's World
Dolores Claiborne Suite: Flashback
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To Die For Suite: Suzie's Theme
To Die For Suite: Busted
To Die For Suite: Wheepy Donuts
To Die For Suite: Finale
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Black Beauty Suite: Baby Beauty
Black Beauty Suite: Jump For Joy
Black Beauty Suite: Frolick-Sick
Black Beauty Suite: Bye Bye Jerry
Black Beauty Suite: Memories
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Batman Returns Suite:Birth Of A Penguin
Batman Returns Suite: Trouble Suite
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Mission Impossible Suite: Trouble
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Mission Impossible Suite: Betrayal
Sommersby Suite: Main Titles
Sommersby Suite: Return Montage
Sommersby Suite: Finale-End Titles
Dead Presidents Suite: Main Titles
Dead Presidents Suite: Daughter
Dead Presidents Suite: Montage
Dead Presidents Suite: Nam
Dead Presidents Suite: Nightmare
Nightmare Before Christmas Suite: Overture
Nightmare Before Christmas Suite: Jack And Sally Suite
Nightmare Before Christmas Suite: Christmas Eve Montage
Freeway Suite: Main Titles
Freeway Suite: On The Road
Freeway Suite: Back In The Car
Shrunken Heads Suite: Main Titles
Television Odds 'N Ends Suite: Amazing Stories 'Family Dog'
Television Odds 'N Ends Suite: Amazing Stories 'Family Dog'
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Television Odds 'N Ends Suite: The Flash 'Theme'
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Untitled
Untitled
This Is Halloween (Original Demo For Nightmare Before Christmas)

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A delightfully buoyant, mock-creepy collection of film scores from Hollywood's first and best call for quirk, strangeness, and charm. Focusing on Elfman's post-1992 work (much of it for director Tim Burton), this 2 CD set features excerpts from Edward Scissorhands, To Die For, and Batman Returns, among other lesser items. -- Jeff Bateman

Customer Reviews:

Priceless, at any price.......2007-07-06

Years ago, watching peter Jennings cover the funeral procession of Princess Diana, my soul was captured by some hauntingly beautiful music that at times played in the background. So began my mission to find out what it was, who wrote it and how I could get it. After some correspondence with the network I was put in touch with the woman who "put together" that part of the programming. All she could remember is that it came from the movie "Black Beauty". THEN I found out how many versions of that had been made lol. With determination, I finally found it, and had a local music store order it for me.
There are no words to describe what this music does to me. I did try listening to some of the other tracks, but they didn't even come close. I rate this music right up there with the 1971 score for "Jane Eyre" by John Willams... and that's pretty high :D

Good overview.......2007-04-18

Very nice overview of Elfman work. Insufficient by itself but worth having along with the full soundtracks. Bonus disc is a nice extra.

Great Music!!!!!!!!!.......2005-09-08

I Love Danny Elfman's music so much that I have started my own collection of the soundtracks that he composed. For a while, I was trying to find the "Beetlejuice" theme song from the TV show, but thanks to this release, I finally have it!!! Keep up the good work Elfman!

Very nice for a Danny Elfman collection.......2005-08-02

Music For A Darkened Theater, Vol.2 is a great cd!!! I love all of the tracks on both cd's,but my fav. ones are the t.v. scores and the This Is Halloween demo!!! If you love this,then i recomend looking at all the actually albums on this cd and his other works!!!! good job,Danny Elfman.

Bring on Volume 3.......2005-05-04

The liner notes and "This is Halloween Demo" on this compilation are well worth the CD price by themselves. Danny comments on each of the tracks on the CDs which is a rare and ego-free look at what a composer thinks of his own work.

Edward Scissorhands is magical, Black Beauty is a rollercoaster of emotion, and Dolores Claiborne makes me want to find the nearest piano. This is not a "Most Popular" compilation, rather it aptly showcases Danny Elfman's (and Orchestrator, Steve Bartek's) brilliance and wide range of style.

Every suite has an Elfman signature, such as the layered complexity which never sounds overdone, or the use of a choir as an instrument.

This (and Volume 1) are examples of the work of a modern day composer who consistently stands out as one of the best.

If you like this and have the spare cash, grab the individual scores from some of the movies he has worked on, including "Men In Black", "Spiderman", "Batman", "Batman Returns", "Nightmare Before Christmas", "Edward Scissorhands", "Mars Attacks" and so many more.

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FROM ONE CHRISTMAS LOVING JEW TO ANOTHER.... *smile*
Barbra shines...
Barbra Streisand: Christmas Memories (2001)
You'll never forget this Christmas
Have Yourself An Ecumenical Christmas!

Christmas Memories

Manufacturer: Sony
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Christmas Album
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ASIN: B00005QCNC
Release Date: 2001-10-30

Tracks:

I'll Be Home For Christmas
A Christmas Love Song
What Are You Doing New Year's Eve
I Remember
Snowbound
It Must Have Been The Mistletoe
Christmas Lullaby
Christmas Mem'ries
Grown Up Christmas List
Ave Maria
Closer
One God

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What's a nice Jewish girl from Brooklyn cum internationally renowned pop diva doing releasing a(nother) Christmas album? Well, maintaining a long-lived American tradition, for one thing. But then, this companion piece to Barbra Streisand's 1967 A Christmas Album has a mature, jazzy charm and sometimes smoky atmosphere that don't exactly conjure chestnuts roasting by an open fire. Just as Streisand has always used music as a stepping stone to something more ambitiously dramatic, she's used the holiday season here as an excuse to explore rich emotional sentiments, if not necessarily sentimentalism itself. As on its 1960s forebear, her choice of material here is mostly as fresh as it is surprising. Among the contemporary More Usual Suspects (David Foster's "Grown-up Christmas List," "A Christmas Love Song," and "Christmas Mem'ries" by Alan and Marilyn Bergman) are gems familiar ("I'll Be Home For Christmas," "What Are You Doing Christmas Eve?") and rare (Sondheim's updated "I Remember," "It Must Have Been the Mistletoe"). While not bathos-exempt (see "Closer"), Streisand's rich, ever-expressive voice masterfully drives a collection that stretches from "Ave Maria" (Schubert's, this time) to the ecumenical timeliness of "One God." --Jerry McCulley

Customer Reviews:

FROM ONE CHRISTMAS LOVING JEW TO ANOTHER.... *smile*.......2006-12-20

I ABSOLUTELY agree with L.SHIRLEY but read so many reviews since that I forgot what she said LOL.... but I also agree with the boring aspect of this album mentioned by another, though Barbra's actual SINGING can never be ''boring''.... Oh, yes.... Shirley said this is NOT for a party [back to that in a moment].....

Ok, look, there is nothing bad to be said about Barbra, she's magnificent and I have EVERYTHING she's done....all her films first on tape, then updated with DVD's then all her albums on records, then tapes, now CD's [please stop inventing new formats, I'm going broke]. I, like Barbra... am Jewish [not religious] and even come from Flatbush Brooklyn [went to Midwood, not Erasmus though close], so I take offense at a comment of someone really resenting a Jew making a Christmas album! Christmas is everyone's holiday and my favorite OF the year, and favorite TIME of year, and if our greatest female singer of all time can't leave her stamp on it, then we're really in trouble on this planet [we are anyway]........

Now, my only beef is that I want Christmas to be upbeat. I want all happy, funny songs on an album for a party or just getting into a great mood [as Shirley implied] and another when feeling dreamy and alone or with someone. I make MANY of my own CD's with all Mathis' upbeat songs and slow ones, separately [the greatest MALE vocal quality and range that ever lived] and also Sinatra in his ring a ding ding mode songs so I don't understand why the music industry can't comply with that and do the same. When I'm in a great mood and getting dressed for a party or having one, of COURSE I want all the fast, happy, cheerful Christmas [and other] songs ONLY playing and not intercepted with slow depressing ones.....

I bought this CD long ago and just hadn't gotten around to her "A Christmas Album" yet. Wanting Christmas from her, I just grabbed one, and now years later playing it again on Christmas, am SO disappointed because it isn't upbeat with the traditional FUN songs, so ordered the other one tonight, although it too has a couple with the religious bent so I guess we're out of luck and my search brought no better results, and I guess these are the only two. I would want an ALL spiritual album from her as well because those songs are also beautiful, but for when the time is appropriate to listen to it, and separately. Of course this is beautiful [nothing she does isn't the best there is], but my complaint is for the producers of albums not catering to different MOODS, and not separating the song genre's on different whole albums, not just for holiday albums, but all of them. This [and the other one] is not what I play when wanting to feel good and in a great Christmas mood. It's just because I have to have everything she does, and it's nice when sitting and relaxing during Christmas or with someone special at a quiet time. Barbra.... let's hear about Rudolf's nose, jingle bell rock, toyland, winter wonderland, marshmallow world, needing a little christmas, letting it snow, santa coming to town, beginning to look a lot like Christmas, it being the 'most wonderful time of the year, and so MANY more! Lighten UP! lol I gave it 5 stars because other than all of the above, the album and 'she' is magnificent for what it is.... a mixture of moods.

Barbra shines..........2005-11-19

This is a must-have for any Streisand fan AND/OR those who love Christmas and winter. The songs are varied, and the imagery is fabulous. Barbra wraps her beautiful vocals around I'LL BE HOME FOR CHRISTMAS, CHRISTMAS MEM'RIES, and CHRISTMAS LULLABYE and the tears start to flow; she handles IT MUST HAVE BEEN THE MISTLETOE with ease, and I love the Barbra Mandrell original. Then, there are the visions of snow and bare trees and vast sky as she sings I REMEMBER and SNOWBOUND. And AVE MARIA, CLOSER, and ONE GOD add the spiritual feel and reverence for this time of year that are important to all of us. Masterfully-written songs and lush orchestration make this a signature Barbra recording. Give yourself a gift this Christmas. This is one present you will enjoy "unwrapping" the entire season.

Barbra Streisand: Christmas Memories (2001).......2005-08-20

In October of 2001, Barbra Streisand released her thirty-ninth album entitled, CHRISTMAS MEMORIES. This would actually be Barbra Streisand's second Holiday album, since THE CHRISTMAS ALBUM in 1967. This Christmas album lives up to the reputation of Barbra's first Holiday album and it really puts me into that Christmas mood.

I'LL BE HOME FOR CHRISTMAS
As much as I love Barbra's rendition, Frank Sinatra's rendition, although I am not Frank fan, is so much better and more Christmas-E. I love his rendition.

A CHRISTMAS LOVE SONG
A great song with a the strong Holiday spirit.

WHAT ARE YOU DOING NEW YEAR'S EVE?
Well, I'll be with my family in Haddonfield, NJ, where my father's Beatles' band will be playing from 9:00 pm to 11:00 pm (NJ-Philly time), an hour away from the year of 2006.

I REMEMBER
Great.

SNOWBOUND
Great.

IT MUST HAVE BEEN THE MISTLETOE
Beautiful.

CHRISTMAS LULLABY
This is another Christmas Spirit filled song.

CHRISTMAS MEM'RIES
The album's title track, but with a slightly different spelling. Great song.

GROWN-UP CHRISTMAS LIST
Both Barbra Streisand & Amy Grant have their own renditions of this song and both of them are simply beautiful.

AVE MARIA
Great.

CLOSER
Beautiful.

ONE GOD
This song title is very true. There is only one God and that God is God, Himself. Beautiful song.

CHRISTMAS MEMORIES is the Holiday album for everyone: Children of all ages, Teens, Adults, Senior Citizens. This album is very pleasing and it will most certainly put you into the Holiday Spirit. Pick up a copy of Barbra's second Christmas album. Oh, have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

You'll never forget this Christmas.......2004-12-21

Buying this CD will surely make your Christmas one to remember. I am a great fan of Streisand and I have grown with her voice since I was 10 years old. I bought her first CHristmas Album when I was 15 and it was thrilling...so you can imagine how thrilled I was to get hold of her second piece of artistic work...her voice is angelic as she sings Ave Maria (I wish she could have sung it during my wedding Mass).
This is not a CD for just the festive season but for all seasons!! Thanks Barbra for making a wonderful Christmas

Have Yourself An Ecumenical Christmas!.......2004-12-14

I'm so glad I read the Amazon critic Jerry McCulley's review above before I posted my own. I was about to use the same, "What's a nice Jewish girl from Brooklyn doing recording a Christmas album?" line. So much for originality on my part. Of course, as McCulley notes, it's hardly Streisand's first attempt at a holiday album, and in fact, her 1967 release A CHRISTMAS ALBUM is considered a classic of the genre. CHRISTMAS MEMORIES is a much different album, however. For one thing, most of the tracks are NOT traditional carols or well-known holiday themed pop songs. Sure it begins with "I'll Be Home For Christmas," and it does include the seasonal-but-not-really-Christmas standard "What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?" There's a classical nod with Schubert's "Ave Maria" (done her way, with some brassy coloration here and there--a little nose thumbing toward the critics of CLASSICAL BARBRA, perhaps?). But most of the material on the album is actually not your standard Christmas album fare. In fact, much of it was totally unfamiliar to me. So much the better, I'd say: who doesn't welcome a surprise at Christmas?

It almost doesn't matter if songs like Marilyn and Alan Bergman's "Christmas Mem'ries" and "Christmas Love Song" or David Foster's "Grown Up Christmas List" actually become standards or not. They're well suited for Streisand, and that's what matters at the end of the (Christmas) day.

Since I'm only just getting around to this album in 2004 (I'm admirer, but not really a hardcore fan), I didn't immediately notice the release date was three years ago. The fact that this album was in fact recorded in 2001 seems somehow significant (even if it actually was recorded BEFORE September 11). The melancholy edge to many of the songs seem all the more poignant in light of the horror this nation and the world endured that year. Coincidence? Well, Barbra dedicated the album to a recently deceased friend (Stephan Weiss, husband of designer Donna Karan), and the whistfulness of at least some of the songs was no doubt related to that loss. But they took on an even more universal significance in light of the tragedy of 9/11. Streisand was never really the rockin'-around-the-Christas-tree type, but the relative somberness of her second holiday album turned out to be eerily appropriate for the year of its release.

What's also almost uncannily appropriate is the final track, "One God." For a "nice Jewish girl," or rather a sophisticated Jewish woman and artist to do an honest Christmas album, some kind of acknowledgement that she is stepping outside of her own tradition is necessary. But reminding the listener of the universality of the truths behind the major religions is neither inappropriate nor "unseasonal." While there are those who might object to the inclusion of an ecumenical anthem like "One God" (at least on a Christmas album), others will find it a solace in the song's openhearted embrace of all humanity. It may have been inadvertent, but it was a message we needed during the holidays in 2001. We still do.

Time-Life Music: Treasury of Christmas - Holiday Memories

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Disappointing
Wonderful!
Classic Christmas
Two of the same disc
Not as good as the original

Time-Life Music: Treasury of Christmas - Holiday Memories
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Time Life Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00006D2T8
Release Date: 2002-09-17

Tracks:

Do You Hear What I Hear - Bing Crosby
Hark The Herald Angels Sing - Nat King Cole
Its Not The Presents Under My Tree - Eva Cassidy
Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! - Dean Martin
Little Saint Nick - Beach Boys
Peace On Earth/Little Drummer Boy - Bing Crosby and David Bowie
Please Come Home For Christmas - Charles Brown
Santa Baby - Eartha Kitt
The Chipmunk Song - The Chipmunks
The Christmas Song - Nat King Cole
White Christmas - Clyde McPhatter & The Drifters
Winter Wonderland - Anne Murray

Tracks:

A Holly Jolly Christmas - Burl Ives
Christmas Auld Lang Syne - Bobby Darin
Christmas Is A Feeling In Your Heart - Andy Williams
Feliz Navidad - Jose Feliciano
Frosty The Snowman - Gene Autry
Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas - Judy Garland
Ill Be Home For Christmas - Bing Crosby
Its Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas - Perry Como
Jingle Bell Rock - Bobby Helms
Silent Night - Dinah Washington
Silver Bells - Earl Grant
This Time of Year - Brook Benton

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Even though it includes some of the same songs, this isn't the Time-Life Christmas collection advertised annually on TV. It's actually a budget version of that anthology, and not a bad deal at all. Some may argue it's missing the two Elvis Presley tracks found on the three-CD TV version. Others will contend that any self-respecting Christmas music aficionado probably already owns (or should own) Elvis's wonderful '57 Christmas Album. What's attractive about this one is it gathers a lot of classic singular performances in one place--a tad too much Bing Crosby, perhaps, but also the original hit versions of "Jingle Bell Rock," Eartha Kitt's "Santa Baby," Burl Ives's "Holly Jolly Christmas," and the Drifters' "White Christmas" (the blueprint for Elvis's version). This is a terrific cross section of seasonal sounds. --Bill Holdship

Customer Reviews:

Disappointing.......2007-01-09

I purchased this item from the television ad the year it was released directly from Time-Life. As a result of getting divorced, I needed to repurchase this great set I had bought from Time-Life years ago. After seeing the price for the bundle and recognizing the album covers, I was elated to finally get a new set for myself. Upon receipt, I immediately discovered that it is not "As Seen on TV" at all. the song selection is a fraction of the original, with a different discograpghy, but still the same album covers.
The songs are indeed great classics, however, if you have experienced the original "As Seen on TV" set that was released in 2001 you, too, will be as disappointed and left feeling rather robbed.

Wonderful!.......2006-12-17

I am a music lover and to me and my family the Christmas season is a time that the joyful and heartfelt music of the time should be heard from near and far, this collection fits the bill to do just that. In it you will find so many songs that you grew-up with and hearing them will touch a cord in your heart and bring to memory the joy of the season. I highly recommend this collection and hope you will be as enriched with it as my family is. Merry Christmas!

Classic Christmas.......2006-11-27

Christmas music lovers, you've found your collection. Much like the excellence of 'Ultimate Christmas,' Time-Life's 'Treasury of Christmas' should be a vintage favorite. Popular songs by Perry Como, Gene Autry, Andy Williams, and Judy Garland provide a goldmine of heartwarming holiday favorites. Some may find the collection to contain too much Bing, but I personally think that's an asset--rather than a liability. "Do You Hear What I Hear?" is a magnificent gem. Bing's voice soars to the star with spare but excellent accompaniment that provides an excellent alternative to the perennial "White Christmas". The highlights are essential: Dean Martin's "Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!," Burl Ives "Holly Jolly Christmas," Jose Feliciano's "Feliz Navidad," The Beach Boys "Little Saint Nick," and the original favorite version of "Jingle Bell Rock" all assemble a thoughtful, vintage stocking stuffer for any C.D. collection. The lesser songs are all as mellow and accomodating as a roaring fire and a cup of egg nog or hot buttered rum. If you go no further, and want just one Christmas album, this is the one to get. Unless you like a mixture of the progressive and the traditional, then 'Ultimate Christmas' is the C.D. to buy. Then, again, most people would do well to have both. I have no regrets.

Two of the same disc.......2005-12-31

I would imagine the discs are good. i was very excited to listen to it on christmas morning. Disc Two seems good, I wouldn't know about disc one as I opened this on Christmas day to find two of disc 2. Nice.

Not as good as the original.......2005-12-13

A great Christmas CD but in terms of comparing it to the original, it falls short; I grew up listening to the original compilation and thought that by buying this new one, the best songs would be on it but I was wrong. I know that "favorites" are subjective so I will only be so bold as to say that I prefer the former version. In short this CD is still a festive and fun one at that!

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Borderline classical Christmas
Better than Irish Tenors Christmas album
Simply Beautiful
A wonderful Christmas collection.
EXCELLENT

John McDermott: Christmas Memories
John McDermott
Manufacturer: Angel Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00000C2IZ
Release Date: 1998-10-06

Tracks:

Instrumental Medley (Away In A Manger, Angels From The Realms Of Glory, Good King Wenceslas, Un Dulci Jubilo)
Gesu Bambino
Panis Angelicus
Ava Maria
What Child Is This
Lo How A Rose E'er Blooming
O Holy Night
Suo Gan
Instrumental Medley (Deck The Halls, Noel Nouvelet, Patapan, The Angels And The Shepherds, We Wish You A Merry Christmas)
O Little Town Of Bethleham
The Holly And The Ivy
Silent Night
Somewhere A Child Is Sleeping
Old Tin Star
Christmas Memories
The Secret Of Christmas

Customer Reviews:

Borderline classical Christmas.......2002-12-03

Well, no, this selection is not exactly operatic, but this is so obviously a well trained voice. The album is well set up with an instrumental medley to start the set and a second one at the half-way point.

The music is basically sacred, but balanced with some familiar, some less familiar, and some just plain unfamiliar. The voice is superb, and carries the old standbys such as "O Little Town of Bethlehem" and "Silent Night" well, but also brings new energy to lesser heard numbers such as "Lo How A Rose E'er Blooming" and "Suo Gan".

The singer's heart is obviously in his songs, and his deep sincerity helps push this CD to the top of my favorites list.

Better than Irish Tenors Christmas album.......2001-11-16

I also have the Irish Tenors "Home for Christmas" CD and prefer this one. McDermott's relaxed voice and the subdued musical arrangements create a more intimate and moving environment. Backed by a full orchestra, the Tenors' Christmas album often sounds bombastic. On some songs, it sounds like they're trying to out-shout each other. I highly recommend this CD.

Simply Beautiful.......2000-05-09

I just recently purchased this album and even though it is May I enjoy it every bit as much as I would and will at Christmas time. Is there anything this man can't sing and make beautiful? I have tried to pick a favorite song from the album, but they are all so beautifully done it is difficult. However, I think "Panis Angelicus", "Ave Maria","Christmas Memories" and "The Secret of Christmas" would top the list with "The Old Tin Star" close behind. Shucks!,Even though my children are all grown and have children of their own, if John McDermott made an album of Nursery Rhymes I'd buy it just to hear him sing. If you don't have this album, by all means, buy it. You won't be sorry.

A wonderful Christmas collection........1999-12-17

I highly recommend this CD. Mr. McDermott sings a wonderful array of familiar and not so familiar Christmas songs. The most outstanding songs are "Suo Gan" and "Old Tin Star". His rich, mellow, voice is especially suited to these selections and his rendition of them is flawless. You will not be disappointed if you purchase this CD.

EXCELLENT.......1999-08-16

Even though it's a little early for Christmas songs, I couldn't resist. This is a great CD. It's a wonderful mix of traditional and some lesser known Christmas fare, sung to perfection (as usual) by Mr. McDermott. I highly recommend this CD---a grand addition to your Christmas collection!

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Christmas of Old
Clearest, Most Beautiful Christmas Songs
Classic Recordings of Classic Songs
Evie's Christmas music

Christmas Memories
Evie
Manufacturer: Word -- Word --
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Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00000311X

Tracks:

Come On Ring Those Bells
Christmas is Especially
Come, Adore
Peace on Earth
Away in a Manger
Mary's Boy Child
O Little Town of Bethlehem
A Thousand Candles
Move Me Closer
The First Noel/Joy to the World
Christmas, A Happy Time
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
No Room/Have You Any Room
A Tiny Little Baby
O Holy Night
O Come, O Come Emmanuel
Shiloh Has Come
O Come All Ye Faithful
Silent Night

Customer Reviews:

Christmas of Old.......2004-01-01

This music reminds me of Christmas as a child before I knew about the commercialism! Evie sings every song just a bit differently and with more feeling than other artists on Christmas recordings. Some of the songs I had never heard before and I find myself humming them year-round!

Clearest, Most Beautiful Christmas Songs.......2003-06-27

I have never before or since heard the songs of Christmas sung with such clarity and beauty. Evie can hit the high notes and sing O Holy Night like nobody can. Just relax and let the Spirit of the Living God bless you as you listen to these precious songs.

Classic Recordings of Classic Songs.......2001-08-16

My parents have been fans of Evie for almost as long as I can remember, so I grew up listening to most of the songs on this CD every Christmas. When I moved out, I bought this CD so I could keep hearing them. It never fails to put me in the Christmas mood, even in the summer, and I joking say it's not Christmas until you've heard Evie sing "Come On, Ring Those Bells."

This CD takes most of the songs from her two Christmas records and combines them with 4 new songs written and performed for this collection. These new songs are good, but still don't match up to the "classics." My biggest complaint is that they didn't include all the songs from side 2 of "Come On...."

The majority of the songs are traditional carols, but the original or rarer songs are magnificent. Aside from the one I've already mentioned, I love "No Room," "A Tiny Little Baby," and "A Thousand Candles," a Swedish carol that Evie translated into English. The arrangements of the traditional carols are marvelous as well, especially "O Holy Night" and "O Come, O Come Emmanuel."

This CD is a great way to put yourself in the holiday spirit. It's one of my favorites from my Christmas collection and I recommend it to anyone.

Evie's Christmas music.......2001-07-02

This is my favorite album of Christmas music. The songs are Christ-centered, and Evie has a beautiful voice. The first time I heard her version of Oh Holy Night it instantly became my all-time favorite Christmas song. That was over 20 years ago and I haven't changed my mind.

Average customer rating:

A good collection of Holiday songs

Mistletoe & Memories
Various Artists
Manufacturer: RCA
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Country | Styles | Music

1980s | By Decade | Pop | Styles | Music

General Christmas | Holiday | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music

General Christmas | Holiday Music | Special Features | Music
ASIN: B000008E9U
Release Date: 1990-10-25

Customer Reviews:

A good collection of Holiday songs.......2006-01-22

Track listing:

1. Santa Claus (I Still Believe In You) - Alabama
2. Blue Christmas - K.T. Oslin
3. O Come, All Ye Faithful - Elvis Presley
4. Silent Night - Kenny Rogers
5. White Christmas - Dolly Parton
6. Silver Bells - The Judds
7. It's Just Not Christmas (If I Can't Spend It With You) - Ronnie Milsap
8. This Time Of Year - Michael Johnson
9. In a Manger - Baillie and the Boys

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Christmas Memories
Barbra Streisand
Manufacturer: © 2001 Sony Music Entertainment, Inc.
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Classic Vocalists | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music

Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music

Contemporary | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music

General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music

General | Adult Contemporary | Pop | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000KD3KPE

Product Description

Barbra Streisand's Christmas CD total 12 tracks. Limited Eidition with Bonus disc : God Bless America

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Christmas Memories: Thomas Kinkade
101 Strings Orchestra
Manufacturer: Madacy Special MKTS
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Pop | Styles | Music

General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music

Orchestral Pop | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000QGDIFW
Release Date: 2007-08-21

Average customer rating:

Remember the fifties and sixties

Christmas Memories Are Made of This
Various Artists
Manufacturer: EMI Int'l
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music

General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music

General Christmas | Holiday | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music

General Christmas | Holiday Music | Special Features | Music
ASIN: B00069I8RW
Release Date: 2005-02-08

Tracks:

The Christmas Song
White Christmas
Winter Wonderland
Let It Snow Let It Snow Let It Snow
Never Do A Tango With An Eskimo
Jingle Bell Rock
Lonely Pup (In A Christmas Shop)
Jingle Bells
Little Saint Nick
Swinging On A Star
Christmas Alphabet
Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
Mary's Boy Child
Little Town
Lonely This Christmas
Blue Christmas
Moon River
From Russia With Love
Warm December
You Belong To Me
Mister Sandman
More Than Ever
Here In My Heart
Somewhere My Love
Rudolf The Red-Nosed Reindeer
Frosty The Snowman
(Everybody's Waitin For) The Man With The Bag
Christmas Waltz
Merry Christmas Baby
Santa Claus Is Comin To Town
It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas
When A Child Is Born
Morningtown Ride
Twelve Days Of Christmas
Lily The Pink
One Day At A Time
Mistletoe And Wine
Walking In The Thin Air
Peace On Earth/Little Drummer Boy
Little Donkey
Away In A Manger
While Sheperds Watched
We Three Kings
I'll Be Home For Christmas
I'd Like You For Christmas
Silent Night
Toyland
Please Come Home For Christmas
What Are You Doing Christmas Eve

Album Details

2004 UK Compilation of Classic Christmas Songs.

Customer Reviews:

Remember the fifties and sixties.......2005-01-12

A few of the tracks on this compilation were recorded at other times, but the main focus is on the fifties and sixties. As well as Christmas songs, this set includes several songs that were hits in the UK charts over the Christmas period. I prefer Christmas music and other music to be kept separate but I'm sure that many people like this broad definition of Christmas memories and I'll admit that the compilers have made some great choices.

The non-Christmas songs include Mister Sandman, Moon river, From Russia with love, Never do a tango with an Eskimo, Swinging on a star (credited only to Big Dee Irwin, this is actually a duet with Little Eva of Locomotion fame), You belong to me, Somewhere my love, Lily the pink, One day at a time and a few others. Looking at the titles, they cover a wide range of songs from slightly silly but enjoyable novelty party songs to lovely romantic ballads. And if you remember the particular Christmas when one of them was a big hit, it may bring back Christmas memories for you.

Even with all those songs, the majority of the tracks here have a Christmas theme. Again, there is a wide choice of material with a good mix of carols and fun songs though this collection seems to focus more on the festive side of Christmas than the religious side. Some of the songs here have been included on plenty of Christmas compilations but there are some real gems here that don't come round too often such as Man with the bag (Kay Starr) and I'd like you for Christmas (Julie London).

So this is a little different from most of the Christmas albums out there. If you enjoy the music of the fifties and sixties, this will add to the festive spirit.

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The absolute best!!
Splendid

Christmas Memories
Lawrence Welk
Manufacturer: Ranwood Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Polkas | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Pop | 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
Similar Items:

22 Merry Christmas Favorites
The Best of Lawrence Welk
A Wunnerful, Wunnerful Christmas with Lawrence Welk
Favorite Hymns
22 All Time Big Band Favorites

ASIN: B0000CF34A
Release Date: 2003-10-14

Tracks:

I'll Be Home for Christmas
Silver Bells - Norma Zimmer
It Came Upon a Midnight Clear - Lawrence Welk
Winter Wonderland - The Lennon Sisters
Silent Night - Lawrence Welk
What Child Is This
Little Drummer Boy - The Lennon Sisters
First Noel - Lawrence Welk
It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas
Sleigh Ride - Myron Floren
Santa Claus Is Coming to Town - Jo Anne Castle
Holly Jolly Christmas - Clay Hart
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer - Lawrence Welk
Christmas in Killarney
Christmas Island - The Lennon Sisters
Good King Wenceslas - Lawrence Welk

Customer Reviews:

The absolute best!!.......2007-01-16

I bought the original 4 record set of this music over 35 years ago! It has been a tradition to play the music while decorating the tree. I made cassette copies for my daughter when she moved away on her own----even to England. She has kept up the tradition to this day. We were concerned about the longevity of cassettes, so were SO anxious to see if this 'wunnerful' music was available on CD. Imagine my extreme thrill to find it on your website!! I ordered this and another CD for her and myself. Now we can be assured of listening to his fantastic music for many years to come. What memories flood back!! No one plays Christmas music like Lawrence Welk! THANK YOU for making this available.

Splendid.......2003-11-09

If you remember the 4-record Lawrence Welk Christmas set that Reader's Digest issued in 1969/1970, then the release of this CD is a welcome development. While "22 Merry Christmas Favorites" is a terrific CD, I've spent years wondering how on earth they could leave off Jo Ann Castle's rip-roaring honky-tonk piano rendition of "Santa Claus is Coming to Town". This CD remedies that omission and brings you several steps closer to having all of the songs that were included in that LP set.

You should also get "Jingle Bells", which features several alternative (though perfectly legitimate Lawrence Welk) recordings, as well as a few Welk recordings that aren't readily available anywhere else on CD. Then you'll need to hope for one more release to fill in the rest of the gaps, or, ideally, a CD release of the 4-record set itself. In the meantime, this CD is a must. If it contained nothing other than "Santa Claus is Coming to Town" and 45 minutes of Lawrence Welk talking about life in North Dakota, it would be well worth the price. But this one is solid from top to bottom.

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