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Christmas
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Price: $7.74
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0012805198424
Label: American Gramaphone
Manufacturer: American Gramaphone
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: American Gramaphone
Release Date: 1990-10-25
Studio: American Gramaphone
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Customer reviews of Christmas
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Customer Rating:  
Summary: Beautiful.
Comment: Christmas by Mannheim Steamroller is a gorgeous Christmas cd, this is my second favorite cd from this instrumental band. I enjoy listening to this album every December, you gotta hear it for yourself. I highly recommend it!
Customer Rating:
Summary: A Musical Christmas Spirit MUST
Comment: What a wonderful, imaginative, exhilarating arrangement of traditional Christmas music!. As a musician, I've composed Christmas carols, and specially enjoy the Christmas season. This recording adds much to the festive spirit of Christmas in my home and it's the first CD I put on when it's time to play Christmas music.
Customer Rating:
Summary: fine
Comment: No problems with shipment or with product CD itself.
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Summary: Mannheim Steamroller rolls on!
Comment: Mannheim Steamroller continues to take the traditional and make it modern without debasing the music. This time the title is simple: "Christmas." In this CD enjoy everything from "Deck the Halls" to "Stille Nacht" with modern instrumentation, but respect for music that is centuries old. "We Three Kings" is one of my all time favorite carols, although it's a mere century-and-a-half old, and this is the finest version I've ever heard. Adding to the enjoyment are the notes. For example, of "The Coventry Carol," "This carol was originally from the mid 1400's, however, the melody as it is in this version is derived from a later version in 1591." Some of the instruments used add to the charm of Steamroller, for instance: Black Oak Hammered Dulcimer, soprano Dulcian, camel bells, dry ice, clavichord, and lute.
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Summary: Frankly, only one great song - Stille Nacht
Comment: Out of the 11 tracks - you will have to decide for yourself if the purchase is worth the one great track - # 13 - Stille Nacht. Most all of the other tracks sounds like a Grade 9 student's 1980 synthesizer project. Yuck. I suggest passing by this one, yet try to find this (Track 11) "Stille Nacht" elsewhere by alternate means...
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Editorial Reviews:
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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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