Christmas

Mannheim Steamroller
Label: American Gramaphone
Number of Discs: 1
Format: Audio CD
Release date:25th October 1990

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Track Listing

1. Deck the Halls [Welsh Ayre]
2. We Three Kings
3. Bring a Torch, Jeannette, Isabella
4. Coventry Carol
5. Good King Wenceslas
6. Christmas Sweet: Wassail, Wassail
7. Christmas Sweet: Carol of the Birds
8. Christmas Sweet: I Saw Three Ships
9. Christmas Sweet: God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen
10. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
11. Stille Nacht (Silent Night)

Product Description

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No Track Information Available
Media Type: CD
Artist: MANNHEIM STEAMROLLER
Title: CHRISTMAS ALBUM
Street Release Date: 10/01/1997
Domestic
Genre: XMAS INSTRUMENTAL

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Depending on your point of view, Christmas is either a quaint sonic time capsule extracted from the mid-1980s or a timeless holiday classic. The first in what has become an ongoing series of Mannheim Steamroller Christmas recordings, this CD has sold millions, which seems to indicate that it is everything its advertising claims it to be: "America's favorite Christmas music." The powerfully successful Mannheim Steamroller formula, conceived by group mastermind Chip Davis, involves a blend of Renaissance-flavored moods and instrumentation (strings, harpsichord, flute, French horn) intertwined with polite pop instrumental music. At times, the analog synthesizers used in this 1984 recording sound dated and a little cheesy, particularly on "Deck the Halls" and "Good King Wenceslas." But it is a forgivable offense since live instruments and the earnest but ersatz medieval atmosphere they evoke dominate 8 of the 11 tracks. As pleasant and soothing as a Willard Scott birthday wish, Christmas does offer one selection that truly merits "classic" status: the reverent, prayerful, slow-motion interpretation of "Silent Night" ("Stille Nacht") for piano and strings that closes the album--a beautiful and heart-touching work. This selection alone makes this album worth owning. --Terry Wood

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