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| 25 Christmas Favorites | 
 enlarge | Creators: Leroy Anderson, Felix Bernard, Henry Walford Davies, Katherine K. Davis, Ray / Livingston, Jay Evans, Franz Xaver Gruber, George Frederick Handel, Mykola Dmytrovich Leontovych, Felix Mendelssohn, James R. Murray, Steve E. Nelson, Jule Styne, Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky, Mel Torme, Christmas Traditional, John Francis Wade, 101 Strings Orchestra
Label: Madacy Records
Category: Music
List Price: $7.98
Buy New: $2.83
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (3 reviews)
Sales Rank: 23346
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
UPC: 056775104320
EAN: 0056775104320
ASIN: B000025Z1T
Release Date: August 19, 2003
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Tracks:
| • | Let It Snow - Styne, Jule | | • | The Little Drummer Boy - Davis, Katherine | | • | Angels We Have Heard on High - Traditional | | • | God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen - Traditional | | • | Carol of the Bells - Traditional | | • | Frosty the Snowman - Nelson, Steve [2] E | | • | Deck the Halls - Traditional | | • | Yuletide Greetings Medley: Good King Wenceslas; O Come All Ye Faithful (Wade) | | • | Hark! The Herald Angels Sing - Mendelssohn, Felix | | • | The Christmas Song - Torme, Mel | | • | Adeste Fideles - Wade, John Francis | | • | O Little Town of Bethlehem - Traditional | | • | The First Noel - Traditional | | • | Silver Bells - Evans, Ray | | • | Away in a Manger - Traditional | | • | Bell Carol (Good Christian Men, Rejoice) - Traditional | | • | Angels from the Realm of Glory - Traditional | | • | Joy to the World - Handel, George Frid | | • | Silent Night - Traditional | | • | Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy | | • | Sleigh Ride - Anderson, Leroy | | • | We Wish You a Merry Christmas - Traditional | | • | Winter Wonderland - Bernard, Felix | | • | Greensleeves - Traditional | | • | March |
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| Customer Reviews:
 Great holiday music September 20, 2007
Like the other review, I Love this CD, but I have to say that I like all of the selections!! If you need good background music at a party or, like myself always have music on at home, this is Excellent for that. It is all instumental, but not all quiet music. I drive my husband crazy as well with Christmas music all year round, and I can actually get away with playing this one at any time. I own lots of Christmas CD's and this one is one of my favorites because of the selection and the length of the CD! (it has to be well over an hour of music)
My Favorite Instrumental Christmas Album November 4, 2005
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
This is an often overlooked gem of Christmas music. I love Christmas music so much that I have a hard time waiting until December to start playing it - but I have to have mercy on my husband (he likes it, but within reason, unlike me, the Christmas nut!).
This is an album that it almost constantly in my CD player come December. I had a very hard time finding an album where the carols are played normally. If you're one of those people who, like me, hate when people mess around with the words, tempo, beat, even the tune of your favorite traditional songs, then you'll love this album, because it does none of those things. There's nothing more annoying that singing along to a tune, only to have it go off out of whack into something that no one has ever heard before. This one doesn't do that.
I only had a few minor complaints about this disc. One was that track number 16 was improperly labelled. It says that the tune is "Bell Carol (Good Christian Men Rejoice)" It's not! The actual music is "Here Comes Santa Claus".
The only other track I had a problem with was #20, "Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy". The person playing it sounds like he's wailing on that clavichord. I keep thinking that he's about to break the instrument, he's hitting it so hard. It's supposed to be played delicately, not like an elephant is jumping up and down on the instrument. This is the only track that I skip over.
Other than that, though, this is an album worth getting. There is no choir here, just pure orchestra, if that's what you're looking for. If you're sick of paying tons of money for a sub-standard recording that messes with the music instead of playing it the way it's meant to be played, then get this one instead. This orchestra plays the songs properly.
 Good orchestration of classic Christmas music. November 25, 2002
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Though this isn't a five-star CD by any means, it still offers decent quality orchestration of the good ole classic Christmas tunes. All the pieces are played by the 101 String Orchestra, and though I've not heard anything from them before, they do a reasonable job with the holiday classics.
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