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The Best Christmas Album In The World Ever

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by: Various Artists

Release Date October 30, 2000
If you are looking for an album whith a selection of the best Christmas songs, then this is it! This double cd is the best ever collection of our favorite songs for the best holiday of the year!
Published in 1997, this cd contains forty-four (44) songs, which are devided as follows:
Disc 1: 1) John & Yoko - Happy Xmas (war is over), 2) Paul McCartney - Wonderful Christmastime, 3) Wizzard - I wish it could be Christmas every day, 4) Slade - Merry Xmas everybody, 5) Band aid - Do they know it's Christmas?, 6) The Pogues feat. Kirsty MacColl, A fairytale of New York, 7) Greg Lake - I believe in Father Christmas, 8) Pretenders - 2000 miles, 9) Chris de Burgh - A spaceman came travelling, 10) Frankie goes to Hollywood, - The power of ... Read More:

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Ninna Nanna

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from: Alia Vox

Release Date February 03, 2003
Figueras offers the listener a triumphant collection of evocative songs. Let's dispense with a possible concern. This CD is sub-titled "Lullabies". Anyone going to sleep listening to Figueras should see either a hearing or a brain specialist. While they may pacify children, adult listeners will be exhilarated by the sweeping range of her voice and exquisite presentation. Figueras' expressive style simply transcends descriptive praise. From soaring appeals to the heavens to quiet, soothing reassurances, she demonstrates the magnitude of her evocative skills. One can sense constrained passion in each song as she moves from one culture to another through the collection. That one of the pieces was commissioned for this collection is further proof ... Read More:

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Pärt: Miserere/Festina lente/Sarah was Ninety Years Old

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from: ECM New Series

Release Date March 24, 1993
This was the first Arvo Part CD I ever bought, and it's still one of the best. Miserere can fairly claim to be one of Part's greatest works: its soundscape is little short of awesome, and occasionally almost terrifying. It is of course also extremely beautiful and serene (especially towards the end).

Festina Lente is one of his best short orchestral pieces, and compares favourably to the most well-known piece of this type, Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten.

Sarah Was Ninety Years Old is a radical reworking of the 1976 piece Modus. I've heard the original (never officially released) and I can happily report that this 1990 reworking is vastly superior. Like Miserere, this is both peaceful and - when the organ comes in at ... Read More:

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Jive Bunny's Spectacular Christmas Party

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by: Jive Bunny

Release Date October 30, 2000
**Contributor's Advanced Warning: "Jive Bunny's Spectacular Christmas" is a rehash of the 1996 (Music Club) album, "Jive Bunny's Christmas Party". Be warned: The track listings and order they're played are similar on both albums. In many respects, "Spectacular Christmas" and "Christmas Party" are the same album (and the original "Christmas Party" CD is available with two different sleeves)>**

Christmas wouldn't be the same without those cheesey

Christmas novelty songs. We all admit to hating them any other time of the year, but is there anyone out there who can resist singing along to Slade's, "Merry Christmas Everybody", Roy Wood's, "I Wish It Could Be Christmas ... Read More:

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The Complete Christmas Box: Christmas Carols/Tijuana Christmas/Merry Christmas

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by: Various Artists

Release Date October 07, 1996
**Contributor's Advanced Warning: "Jive Bunny's Spectacular Christmas" is a rehash of the 1996 (Music Club) album, "Jive Bunny's Christmas Party". Be warned: The track listings and order they're played are similar on both albums. In many respects, "Spectacular Christmas" and "Christmas Party" are the same album (and the original "Christmas Party" CD is available with two different sleeves)>**

Christmas wouldn't be the same without those cheesey

Christmas novelty songs. We all admit to hating them any other time of the year, but is there anyone out there who can resist singing along to Slade's, "Merry Christmas Everybody", Roy Wood's, "I Wish It Could Be Christmas ... Read More:

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King's Singers Christmas

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from: Signum

Release Date November 10, 2003
Having been a King's Singers fan for decades I was happy, but still kind of disappointed, to welcome another Christmas album from the group; this is their third such issue on CD format. Happily, the repertoire does include "novelties" (if this a suitable word for old music) and the songs are well organised. Moreover, the performances are the best so far - the recording line-up (there have been a change since :-() is, in my opinion, the best one for Early music.

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The Ultimate Christmas Collection

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by: Various Artists

Release Date November 16, 1998
Side two of this cd has almost worn out because it's played so many times over the Christmas period. From the classic White Christmas by Bing Crosby to Driving Home For Christmas it's just brilliant from beginning to end. If this cd doesn't get you in the festive spirit, nothing will.

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Wishing You a Karaoke Christmas

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by: Karaoke

Release Date September 14, 1998
Side two of this cd has almost worn out because it's played so many times over the Christmas period. From the classic White Christmas by Bing Crosby to Driving Home For Christmas it's just brilliant from beginning to end. If this cd doesn't get you in the festive spirit, nothing will.

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Weihnachtsoratorium BWV 248 - Christmas Oratorio Part 1 To 6 [1999]

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starring: Claron McFadden, Bernarda Fink, Christoph Genz, Dietrich Henschel, The Monteverdi Choir

Release Date October 31, 2005
Brilliant. Absolutely, stunningly, mind-blowingly brilliant. This was the kick-off concert for the Gardiner Bach cantata pilgrimage of 2000, performed in the Herderkirche, Weimar. I have Gardiner's CD of the Weihnachtsoratorium, which I previously regarded as the best version. Not any more. This knocks spots off it. Soloists (vocal and instrumental), the EBS and of course the marvellous Monteverdis are on top form and the whole thing crackles with excitement. Gardiner clearly has a ball; no routine music-making this, this is passionate with a capital P. He also has a feeling for the dance-like rhythms in much of the piece - just listen to the Monteverdis sizzle through the skittering opening chorale of Cantata 5 and see how long you can stop your feet from tapping. ... Read More:

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Original Artist Karaoke: Motown Christmas Classics, Vol. 18

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by: Various

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Brilliant. Absolutely, stunningly, mind-blowingly brilliant. This was the kick-off concert for the Gardiner Bach cantata pilgrimage of 2000, performed in the Herderkirche, Weimar. I have Gardiner's CD of the Weihnachtsoratorium, which I previously regarded as the best version. Not any more. This knocks spots off it. Soloists (vocal and instrumental), the EBS and of course the marvellous Monteverdis are on top form and the whole thing crackles with excitement. Gardiner clearly has a ball; no routine music-making this, this is passionate with a capital P. He also has a feeling for the dance-like rhythms in much of the piece - just listen to the Monteverdis sizzle through the skittering opening chorale of Cantata 5 and see how long you can stop your feet from tapping. ... Read More: