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| Christmas Festival | 
 enlarge | Artists: 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, Richard Hayman
Label: Naxos
Category: Music
This item is no longer available
Avg. Customer Rating:  (2 reviews)
Sales Rank: 187312
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.5 x 4.8 x 0.4
UPC: 730099900522
EAN: 0730099900522
ASIN: B0000014BO
Release Date: February 15, 1994
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| Tracks:
| • | A Christmas Festival (Medley) - Traditional | | • | What Chid Is This (Greensleeves) - Traditional | | • | excerpt | | • | Sleigh Ride | | • | Carol of the Beels - Traditional | | • | Unspecified excerpt | | • | Sleigh Ride - Delius | | • | Gift of the Magi - Banks, Tommy | | • | Mein Jesu - Bach, Johann Sebast | | • | Sleigh Ride (Troika) | | • | Ave Maria - Schubert, Franz | | • | Sheep May Safely Graze - Bach, Johann Sebast | | • | Sleigh Ride - Mozart, Wolfgang Am | | • | O Sanctissima - Traditional | | • | Hallelujah |
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| Customer Reviews:
 Light Classics for Christmas December 6, 2002
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
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 October 14, 2002
1 out of 8 found this review helpful
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.
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