Greatest Song Book [Import]

Track Listings

1. I'll Make Love to You - Boyz II Men

2. Everytime I Close My Eyes - Babyface, Kenny G.

3. Breathe Again - Toni Braxton

4. True Colors - Phil Collins

5. I'm Your Baby Tonight - Whitney Houston

6. When Can I See You - Babyface

7. Dear Lie - TLC

8. How Could an Angel Break My Heart - Toni Braxton, Kenny G.

9. How Can I Not Love You - Joy Enriquez

10. How Come, How Long - Babyface, Stevie Wonder

11. Best of Love - Michael Bolton

12. Color of Love - Boyz II Men

13. Someone to Love - Jon B, Babyface

14. Can We Talk - Tevin Campbell

15. Betcha Never - Vanessa Williams

16. Most Girls - Pink

Editorial Reviews
Product Description
Asian exclusive compilation featuring 16 tracks penned by Babyface and performed by Boyz II Men, Kenny G, Toni Braxton, Vanessa Williams, TLC, Pink, Babyface and more. BMG.

Greatest Song Book,Babyface,Bmg Int'l,Adult Contemporary,Contemporary R&B,Pop,Quiet Storm,R&B,R&B/Soul,Soul,Soul/R & B,Urban

Tracks:

Strike Up The Band
Rhapsody In Blue
Prelude No. 1
Piano Concerto In F
An American In Paris
Prelude No. 3
Medley From Porgy And Bess
Fascinating Rhythm
Lullaby
Promenade (Walking the Dog)
Cuban Overture

Customer Reviews:

Muffled.......2006-11-03

This is a decent enough recording, but it's not anywhere near the best that I have heard. The Andre Previn/LSO recording is much better mixed; at times it seems like there's a muffle on the mikes, or that you're hearing it from a distance.

If I wanted good, dynamic background music, I'd do this. If I wanted to really listen to the music, I'd pick another version.

Somewhat disappointing........2003-09-10

I bought this for the full-length rendition of Rhapsody in Blue. I found the brass too tinny sounding, and the rhythm off in a few places. I like the snippet of this song on the "Best of the Milleneum" CD much better.

Gershwin At His Best in Hearts!.......2003-03-19

To someone who came along as a teenage boy in the mid-1940's, this CD has the elements of authenticity, even surprise, musical history, highly intense performances, and ways evoking memories of emotional highlights of my Youth. When mediocre orchestra 1st tackled Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue" at Smoky Mtn Music Camp we were preparing for Sunday's outdoor Concert. Pianos were played by two friends who've presided Music Dept at Carson-Newman College in East Tennessee. In the Trombone section was a skinny kid with too much hair and too big an ego! When our esteemed conductor began the opening bars the Clarinet Soloist, my close friend Danny Boy slide-up the chromatic scale with fleurish. He later became a NC Doctor! He likely plays clarinet for his own amazement in someone's Dixieland Band!

On this wondrous CD there are historic names like Bernstein, Kostelanez, John Williams and Michael Tilson Thomas, Conductors. Andre Previn, Yo-Yo Ma and Sarah Vaughan as Soloists. I would have a hard time choosing which may be called my favorite! It would depend on the day they are playing in my car... traveling to Columbia Seminary classes or GA Diagnostic Prison for lunch with Chaplain friends! I often sing along with the Rhapsody as I did in 1949 when Oscar Levant soloed with Chattanooga Orch. My very young wife was playing in the first violin section! Still today I am totally wiped out when anyone as intensely romantic as Sarah Vaughan sings "Summertime" or "I Loves You, Porgy!"

Is it not amazingly wondrous that someone could create so much enjoyable music in his short lifetime of 39 years? I never wish to part with this all-time favorite 10-Star Recording!
Retired Chaplain Fred W Hood

The best America has to offer!!.......1999-03-09

This is the best collection of his songs i have ever heard. That's probably because it features conductors like John Williams and Micheal Tilson Thomas. My personal favorite is the allegro agitato from the Concerto in F. I have other recordings of this song, but none of them can even come close to matching the excitement of this one.

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"Best Harpsichord Recording"
Great
a must-have for harpsichord lovers
keeno
The Most Superb Harpsichord Sampler

Greatest Hits: Harpsichord

Manufacturer: Sony
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000002C0U
Release Date: 1995-08-22

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Air And Variations In E Major From Harpsicord Suite No. 5: The Harmonious Blacksmith
Keyboard Suite No. 11 In D Minor: Sarabande
Greensleeves (16th Century)
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The Earl Of Salisbury: Pavan, The Earl Of Salisbury
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For Two Virginals
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The 6th Order (2nd Book Of Pieces For Harpsichord): Les baricades misterieuses, No. 5
The 15th Order (3rd Book Of Pieces For Harpsicord): Musete de Taverni, No. 5
Cuckoo Toccata

Customer Reviews:

"Best Harpsichord Recording".......2005-11-05

I have always loved the sound of the Harpsichord and for many years hearing poorly recorded or played Harpsichord this treasure is a must have. From the fine compositions to the good sound quality this CD is definately a keeper.
Plenty of music for a moderate price as well.

Great.......2005-08-09

This CD is very very good just what I was looking for. I highly recommend this CD if you are planning on purchasing a Harpsicord CD, this one is the best.

a must-have for harpsichord lovers.......2004-04-30

I love the sound of this most unusual instrument, the harpsichord. Especially the fast intricately melodic songs. Very enjoyable. This "Greatest Hits" includes many compositions perfectly suited to this wonderful old predecessor to the piano. There's even a little funny trivia thrown in: on the song sheet is written: Q:"what did the famous conductor Sir Thomas say that the harpsichord sounds like? A: "Like two skeletons screwing on a hot tin roof" :)

David Rehak
author of "Love and Madness"

keeno.......2001-01-08

This is a fun cd. BYRD, BULL, BACH ETC come through great Scarlatti bits sound like a flock of unhappy cows running of a field of burnt popcorn but those bits generally do unless played on the African Kalimba [or thumb piano] in Africa where I need not hear them.

This is a well engineered CD. Many featuring the harpsichord demand a level of equipment beyond that of any regular person with bills, which means this disk sounds just fine on a boom box. Everybody in the family will like some part of this disk `cept for the 13 year old whose lost to punk rock or hip hop.

The Most Superb Harpsichord Sampler.......2000-07-27

I can't imagine a better sampler of harpsichord 'hits' played by one of the great stereo-era masters. A full complement of emotions is displayed here, from the most delicate and sparing texture to the most rip-roaring martial roar. If you're wondering what the harpsichord is about, or if you're already a fan and want a great sampler to play for your own delight and amusement, you cannot go wrong with this recording.

Philip Jones Brass Ensemble Greatest Hits

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The Greatest brass ensemble...
Nothing better than this!
Welcome Back PJBE
Great start! Now where is the rest?
Nec plus ultra

Philip Jones Brass Ensemble Greatest Hits

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Music from the Royal Court
The Antiphonal Music of Gabrieli
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Glorious Sound of Brass
Center City Brass

ASIN: B000056PRA
Release Date: 2001-01-23

Tracks:

The Earle Of Oxfords March
Renaissance Ste: La Mourisque
Renaissance Ste: Bransle Quatre Bansles
Renaissance Ste: Ronde
Renaissance Ste: Basse Danse Bergeret
Renaissance Ste: Ronde Mon Amy
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Battle Ste: Courant Dolorosa
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Pavane
The King's Hunting Jig
Greensleeves
Qnt No.1 in b flat, Op.5: Moderato
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Qnt No.1 in b flat, Op.5: Allegro Moderato
Fanfare 'Narcisse'
Sonatine: Allegro Vivo
Sonatine: Andante Ma Non Troppo
Sonatine: Vivo
Sonatine: Largo - Allegro
Qnt, Op.73: Allegro Vivace
Qnt, Op.73: Chaconne
Qnt, Op.73: Con Brio
Spitfire: Prld And Fugue

Tracks:

Fanfare For The Common Man
Etude Characteristique No.1
Sleeping Beauty: Waltz
Four Pieces For Brass Qnt: Maestoso Alla Marcia
Four Pieces For Brass Qnt: Scherzo
Four Pieces For Brass Qnt: Andante Con Moto
Four Pieces For Brass Qnt: Allegro Grazioso
Ser in G, K.525 'Eine Kleine Nachtmusik'
Ragtime Dance
Frere Jacques
Easy Winners
Le Petit Negre
Tarantella, Op.122
Humoresque, Op.101 No.7
Borage
Tico-Tico
La Peri: Fanfare
Stadt Wein: Fanfare
Pictures At An Exhibition: Promenade I
Pictures At An Exhibition: The Gnome
Pictures At An Exhibition: Promenade II
Pictures At An Exhibition: The Old Castle
Pictures At An Exhibition: Promenade III
Pictures At An Exhibition: The Tuilerie Garden
Pictures At An Exhibition: Bydlo
Pictures At An Exhibition: Promenade IV
Pictures At An Exhibition: Ballet Of Chicks In Their Shells
Pictures At An Exhibition: Two Jews - One Rich, The Other Poor (Samuel Goldenberg And Schmuyle)
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Pictures At An Exhibition: The Weekly Market At Limoges/Catacombs
Pictures At An Exhibition: With The Dead In A Language Dead
Pictures At An Exhibition: Baba Yaga/Great Gate Of Kiev

Customer Reviews:

The Greatest brass ensemble..........2007-01-19

Philip Jones brass ensemble shows you musicality on a high level. The feelings they are playing with are suberb...music is feelings, not technical.

Buy it...

Nothing better than this!.......2006-07-11

There are many brass recordings available today with ensembles which are even technically more advanced, but nothing can compare with Philip Jones, because the PJBE is not only pure precision playing, it's musicality too and it's smart arranging. Jones understands how to use the characteristics of each instrument. He lets room for Tuba or Horn too, its not just Trumpet always playing the big parts like Empire Brass does.

Welcome Back PJBE.......2001-10-19

It is ironic that London/Decca waited until many of the important members of the Philip Jones Brass Ensemble were dead before finally releasing this collection of highlights from the ensemble's considerable catalog. Don't misunderstand me! I am thankful for this substantial 2 cd set. For fans of the PJBE there is real cause for celebration; and for those who are just discovering the work of this important brass ensemble, you are in for a treat.

The remastering is first rate and you can't beat the 2-fer pricing. Get this set while its available because the wait for more will at best be a long one. Thankfully, I still have most of the PJBE recordings on vinyl and a good turntable for playing them. But I would still be near the head of the line to snatch up any subsequent reissues. Years ago I saw several of their recordings on cd, but foolishly passed on them, thinking they would be in circulation for awhile. Silly me. Like I said, grab this before they post the infamous notice "no longer available."

When the PJBE made it's first American tour back in the 70s I was already a huge fan. I went to hear them play, never expecting the concert to sound as good as the recordings. They opened with the Tylman Susato Renaissance Suite and their playing immediately blew away any Memorex memories of their recordings. Unfortunately, we will never again hear live such virtuosity and musicianship. The recordings DO serve as a fine memory of the first and foremost brass ensemble.

Great start! Now where is the rest?.......2001-05-31

I have always been a huge fan of the Philip Jones Brass Ensemble. They set a very high standard of playing and the recordings, most of which are not available on CD, are excellent.

Where are their landmark recordings of such works as the Hindemith works for brass ensembles: Concert music for strings and brass, Morgenmusik for brass, Concert music for piano, brass and harps which they played flawlessly?

Where is their outstanding recording of the Gunther Schuller Symphony for Brass?

Please, Decca, give us more of the full course, not merely the teasers and encores.

Partial LP discography:

Baroque Brass: 1979 Baroque Venice: 1972 La battaglia (Battles for brass): 1981 Carnaval des animals: 1984 Classics for brass: 1972/73 Gabrielis in Venice: 1983 Golden brass: 1974 Just Brass: 1970 Konzertmusik (Hindemith): 1981 Modern brass: 1979 Renaissance brass: 1976 Arrival of the Queen of Sheba: 1983 Strings and brass (Gabrieli, Vejvanovsky, Vivaldi): 1970 Voices and brass: 1969 The world of brass: 1976

Nec plus ultra.......2001-04-01

Un grand merci aux créateurs de ce projet. Retrouvez les pionniers du cuivres en 2cds, qu'elle superbe idée. Byrd, Bozza, Arnold, Susato, Ewald, Arban, et j'en passe. Vraiment se double album est un délice pour nos oreilles. Alors à quant un double album avec les oeuvres contemporaines telles que: Addison, Dodgson, Salzedo, Premru, Bennett ? Le plus vite possible !!! Merci

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Smooth voice
20 Jazz Greatest Hits- Laura Fygi
JAZZ GREATEST HITS - GREATEST DUTCH JAZZ DIVA-LAURA FYGI

Song Book: 20 Jazz Greatest Hits
Laura Fygi
Manufacturer: Universal
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Binding: Audio CD

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Live at North Sea Jazz

ASIN: B0001R9P44
Release Date: 2004-03-22

Tracks:

Dream A Littl Edream
Historia De Un Amor
Dont Make My Brown Eyes Blue
How Am I Supposed To Live Without You
Abrame
Aternal Flame
Disse Alguem (All Of Me)
Besame Much
The Lady Wants To Know
I Will Awit For You
Quizas Quizas Quizas
Les Peulles Mortes (Autum Leaves)
The Summer Knows
Corcovado (quiet Nights Of Quiet Stars)
The Windmills Of Your Mind
Midnight Stroll
I Need To Be In Love
La La La La Love Song
What Are You Doing The Rest Of Your Life
Baby Come To Me Duet With So Wing Hong

Album Description

Subtitled - 20 Jazz Greatest Hits. Asia exclusive compilation for the Dutch jazz vocalist features 20 tracks including, 'Dream A Little Dream', 'Historia De Un Amor', 'Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue', 'How Am I Supposed To Live Without You', & 'Abra Zame'. DSD sound. Slipcase. Universal. 2004.

Album Details

Asian exclusive release.

Customer Reviews:

Smooth voice .......2007-05-26

Laura Fygi's voice in this album is classic. The song "What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?" --the way Fygi sings the song adds a touch of elegance and with such great feeling...one is transported to a different time. Her ability to go seamlessly from one language to another is beautiful. I love the song "Abrazame" and "Corcovado". She sings with such great passion and authenticity. Anyone who loves to be transported to a different time would love this album. The next best thing would be a live concert. The songbook is a great collection to have. If you like Diana Krall, you would LOVE this album.

20 Jazz Greatest Hits- Laura Fygi.......2007-04-01

Laura Fygi at her finest performances. A "must have" album for female jazz crooner aficionados.

JAZZ GREATEST HITS - GREATEST DUTCH JAZZ DIVA-LAURA FYGI.......2004-11-11

This best selection of Laura's previous solo albums from her debut "Introducing" to her eighth 'Semi-Biography' album "Change" was released for promotion of her 3rd time concert in Hong Kong 'At Ronnie Scott's - Live in Hong Kong' held on 20th March 2004. Needless to say, all tracks in this album are marvellous.

From this wonderful album, you can find Laura is really a talent in languages. Apart from English, Laura also shows her subtle flair for languages in her interpretation of her other master hits, to name a few, 'Les Feulles Mortes' in French, 'Historia De Un Amor', 'Abrazame', 'Besame Mucho' and 'Quizas, Quizas, Quizas' in Spanish and 'Disse Alguem' (All of me) in Portuguese.

Pulling together some of the most impressive works of Laura, this gorgeously packaged album certainly provides an excellent excuse to revisit Laura's classic hits ranging from jazzy ballads, evengreeen standards, bossa nova tunes, Japanese themes, Latin beats to poppy hits, like 'Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue', 'Dream A Little Dream', 'The Summer Knows', 'I Will Wait For You', 'What Are You Doing The Rest Of Your Life', 'The Lady Wants To Know', 'Corcovado', 'How Am I Supposed To Live Without You', 'Eterntal Flame', 'I Need To Be In Love', 'La La La La Love Song' and 'Midnight Stroll'. It's focus on the atmosphere of the music will travel across cultures and communicaties transcending boundaries.

If you were a fan of Laura, no doubt you've already got this perfect collection. If you were a newcomer, it's easy to discover what you might have missed the first time and rediscover those hard-to-find favorites all over again. You'll find this excellent collection enhance your listening pleasure an enrich your music world. This album is most definitely worth its weight in platinum.

To the Greatest Dutch Jazz Diva - Laura, I love you.

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Debussy's Greatest Hits

Manufacturer: Â© 1984 CBS Inc. / CBS Masterworks
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WORKS:.......2006-01-13

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Claude Debussy / Suite bergamasque, for piano, L. 75: Clair de Lune 5:05
Performed by: Eugene Ormandy, Philadelphia Orchestra

Claude Debussy / Children's Corner, suite for piano (or orchestra), L. 113: Golliwog's Cakewalk 2:50
Performed by: Philippe Entremont, Piano

Claude Debussy / Rêverie, for piano, L. 68 6:12
Performed by: Eugene Ormandy, Philadelphia Orchestra

Claude Debussy / Arabesque, for piano No. 1 in E major, L. 66/1 5:41
Performed by: William Smith, Philadelphia Orchestra

Claude Debussy / Préludes (12) for piano, Book I, L. 117: The Girl with the Flaxen Hair 3:00
Performed by: William Smith, Philadelphia Orchestra

Claude Debussy / Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune (Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun), for orchestra, L. 86 10:25
Performed by: Leonard Bernstein, New York Philharmonic

Claude Debussy / Fêtes, for orchestra (Nocturne No. 2), L. 91/2 5:54
Performed by: Leonard Bernstein, New York Philharmonic

Claude Debussy / La mer est plus belle, song for voice & piano, L. 81/1: Dialogue of the Wind and the Sea 8:18
Performed by: Leonard Bernstein, New York Philharmonic

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The World's Greatest Tenors

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Broadway's Greatest Gifts: Carols for a Cure, Vol. 5

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Fun and Refreshing

Broadway's Greatest Gifts: Carols for a Cure, Vol. 5

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ASIN: B0006Q3MUS
Release Date: 2003-11-18

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Holiday Hop [It's a Wonderful Life]
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Peces en el Rio (The Fish in the River)
Dreidel, Dreidel, Dreidel
This Christmas Day
Christmas Lullaby
Coming of Christmastime
Rod's Christmas
Silent Night
Wrapped Up Nice - Idina Menzel

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I Saw Three Ships
Sing Out - Liz McCartney
Too Fat to Fit
I'll Stay Strong - Michael Lavine,
Ave Maria
Jingle Bells, Chicago Style
Angelo Rosenbaum
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This perennial favorite brings Broadways best wishing you their holiday best! Hairspray, Gypsy, Nine and Avenue Q are just of few of the shows raising their voices for the cause. Also lending their voices are Antonio Banderas, Hugh Jackman and Harvey Fierstein. Songs Include: 42nd Street The Holiday Hop Aida I'll Stay Strong Avenue Q Rod's Christmas Beauty & the Beast This Christmas Day Big River Silent Night Boy From Oz Wrapped up Nice Cabaret O Tannenbaum Chicago Jingle Bells, Chicago Style Gypsy Sing Out Hairspray Dreidel, Dreidel, Dreidel The Lion King Angelo Rosenbaum Mamma Mia A Christmas Lullaby Nine Los Peces en El Rio (The Fish in the River) Phantom of the Opera Joy to the World/ How Great our Joy The Producers Too Fat to Fit Rent O Holy Night Taboo Ave Maria Thoroughly Modern Millie The Coming of Christmastime Urinetown Christmastime on Highway 13 Wicked I Saw Three Ships

Customer Reviews:

Fun and Refreshing.......2006-03-05

I purchased this CD on a whim, and I was absolutely shocked when I got to track #4- "Dreidel, Dreidel, Dreidel," by the cast of "Hairspray." I loved the upbeat humor, and as the song progressed, I realized I'd heard this version before- it was on South Park! I could not BELIEVE what I was hearing, but I completely adored it. As I listened through the rest of the 2-CD set, I concluded it would undoubtedly be one of my favorite holiday albums. It was a wonderful combination of traditional renditions, such as a beautiful "O Holy Night" performed by the cast of "Rent" and new, humorous songs, including "Too Fat to Fit" by the cast of "The Producers" which was had a personality reminiscent of "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy," "Angelo Rosenbaum," sung by Thom Christopher Warren of "Lion King," and "Sing Out" by the cast of "Gypsy."

Overall, the CD set was a wonderful surprise; I had expected a 2 CD set filled with well-sung music, but I was rewarded with a compilation as diverse as peoples' view of the holidays, ranging from the somber expression of religious value to the whimsical, with a jab at the commercial attitude in the middle!

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The Soprano's Greatest Hits
George Frideric Handel , Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart , Giacomo Puccini , Alfredo Catalani , Charles Gounod , Leo Delibes , Jules Massenet , Jacques Offenbach , Nikolay Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov , Edvard Grieg , Antonin Dvorak , Ivor Bolton , Andrew Greenwood , Peter Robinson , and Lesley Garrett
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ASIN: B000004BR4
Release Date: 1997-09-16

Tracks:

Samson: Let The Bright Seraphim
Rinaldo: Lascia Ch'Io Pianga
The Marriage Of Figaro: Voi Che Sapete
Madama Butterfly: Un Bel Di Vedremo
La Rondine: Chi Il Bel Sogno Di Doretta
La Boheme: Si, Mi Chiamano Mimi
La Wally: Ebben? Ne Andro Iontano
Ave Maria
Lakme: Dome Epais/Flower Duet
Faust: Ah! Je Ris De Me Voir'/Jewel Song
Manon: Obeissons Quand Leur Voix/Gavotte
Tales Of Hoffmann: Barcarolle
Les Filles De Cadix
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Solveig's Song
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Light Classics for Christmas
Not the Original

Christmas Festival
Christmas Traditional , Alfred Newman , Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart , Mykola Dmytrovich Leontovych , Alexander Konstantinovich Glazunov , Frederick Delius , Thomas Benjamin ("Tommy") Banks , Johann Sebastian Bach , Sergey Prokofiev , Charles Gounod , Leopold Mozart , Anonymous , George Frideric Handel , and Richard Hayman
Manufacturer: Naxos
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Joy to the World

ASIN: B0000014BO
Release Date: 1994-02-15

Tracks:

A Christmas Festival (Medley)
What Child Is This? (Greensleeves)
The Greatest Story Ever Told
Three German Dances: Sleigh Ride
Carol Of The Bells
The Seasons: Winter, Vars I-II-III-IV
Sleigh Ride
Gift Of The Magi
Mein Jesu
Lt. Kije: Sleigh Ride
Ave Maria
Sheep May Safely Graze
Sleigh Ride
O Sanctissima
The Messiah: Hallelujah

Customer Reviews:

Light Classics for Christmas.......2002-12-07

This is one of two holiday discs that pops conductor/arranger Richard Hayman recorded for the budget classical label Naxos (the other being entitled "Joy to the World" which is a fine, and admittedly more "up beat", companion disc). The performances are very strong and it starts off with Leroy Anderson's medley of popular Christmas carols. Other highlights include Frederick Delius' rarely heard "Sleigh Ride" which nicely depicts a moolit sleigh ride, quite a departure from Leroy Anderson's more popular composition but equally as effective. There are also some unique pieces here which you don't come across too often such as the excerpts from the scores to "The Greatest Story Ever Told" and "Gift of the Magi" and the "Winter" movements from Glazunov's "The Seasons".

All in all a relaxing "pops" program of holiday themed music with some nice departures from the usual fare.

(I too am familiar with the Boston Pops 'A Christmas Festival' CD on RCA Gold Seal - conducted by Fiedler, which is still available, and is another excllent CD. The selections are totally different and to me both are worthy additions to any holiday music collection.)

Not the Original.......2002-10-15

Leroy Anderson put out an album of Christmas music titled "A Christmas Festival". Unfortunately, this is not it. This album has one recording of a song by the same name, and even it is not conducted by Leroy Anderson and his orchestra. I cannot say that we have been duped as the contents of this album are plainly listed by Amazon. It's just a shame that it is not the original, and it uses the title, which is misleading. Overall, this is basically classical music compositions, slow and dreary to the ear. Guaranteed to put you right to sleep.
If anyone knows where to find the original "Leroy Anderson's A Christmas Festival" on CD, please tell me.