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Review Various Artists / Ultra Lounge Vol.13 (Christmas Cocktails)
Tracks Ultra Lounge Vol.13 (Christmas Cocktails)
  • What Are You Doing New Year's Eve - Wilson, Nancy (1)
  • Christmas Kisses - Anthony, Ray (1)
  • Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer Mambo - May, Billy
  • Winter Wonderland - Lee, Peggy (1)
  • Holiday On Skis - Caiola, Al & Riz Ortolani
  • I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm - Martin, Dean
  • Nutcracker Suite - Brown, Les & His Band Of Renown
  • Violets For Your Furs - Continental
  • Christmas Trumpets/We Wish You A Very Merry Christmas - Anthony, Ray (1)
  • Everybody's Waitin' For The Man With The Bag - Starr, Kay
  • I'll Be Home For Christmas/Baby It's Cold Outside - Gleason, Jackie & Jack Marshall
  • Ring Those Christmas Bells - Waring, Fred & His Pennsylvanians
  • Santa Claus Is Coming To Town/White Christmas - McGriff, Jimmy
  • Christmas Song (Merry Christmas To You) - Cole, Nat 'King'
  • Tag - Unknown Artist
  • Christmas Is - Rawls, Lou
  • Jingle Bells/Jingle Bell Rock - Hollyridge Strings
  • I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus/Jingle Bells Bosa Nova - Dunstedter, Eddie
  • Cha Cha All The Way - Capitol Studio Orchestra
  • I'd Like You For Christmas - London, Julie
  • Capitol Promo - Unknown Artist
Publisher: EMI
Release date: 1996-11-04
RRP: £7.99
Price: £1.00

Review Ultra Lounge Vol.13 (Christmas Cocktails) / Various Artists:

A perfect martini-and-mistletoe combo, Christmas Cocktails will gaily seduce you with its bevy of nostalgic and occasionally campy holiday fare. Vocal vixens Peggy Lee, Julie London (her "I'd Like You for Christmas" will melt the ice cubes in your fridge), Kay Starr and Nancy Wilson join forces with perennial crooners such as Lou Rawls, Dean Martin and the immortal Nat "King" Cole, along with a handful of instrumental big-band numbers and odd, at times cheese-ball-shaped jazz organ pieces from Jimmy McGriff and the flammable Eddie Dundstedter, among others. But the essential item that makes plunking down your pelts for this very chi-chi set is none other than Billy May's lovably kitschy workout called "Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer Mambo"-it's a scream. The package comes complete with its own cocktail minimanual and the recipes for Hot Toddys and Hot Tom and Jerrys. Garishly retro and naughtily nostalgic, this kind of slinky Christmas gift should probably be illegal in many prudish countries. -Martin Keller.

Review Decca / Pavarotti and Friends, Vol.2
Tracks Pavarotti and Friends, Vol.2
  • "Libiamo ne'lieti calici (Brindisi) - Luciano Pavarotti, Andrea Bocelli, Giorgia, Nancy Gustafson, Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Leone Magiera, Bryan Adams, Andreas Vollenweider
  • "Qui di sposa eterna...Ah! Verrano a te sull'aure" - Luciano Pavarotti, Nancy Gustafson, Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Leone Magiera
  • Santa Lucia Luntana - Luciano Pavarotti, Giorgia, Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Leone Magiera
  • Who wants to live forever - Giorgia, Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Michael Kamen
  • Ave Maria, dolce Maria - Luciano Pavarotti, Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Leone Magiera, Andreas Vollenweider
  • Please forgive me - Bryan Adams, Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Michael Kamen
  • Notte 'e piscatore - Luciano Pavarotti, Andrea Bocelli, Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Leone Magiera
  • Moon River [Breakfast at Tiffany's] - Luciano Pavarotti, Nancy Gustafson, Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Michael Kamen
  • All for love - Luciano Pavarotti, Andrea Bocelli, Giorgia, Nancy Gustafson, Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Michael Kamen, Bryan Adams, Andreas Vollenweider
  • Chitarra Romana - Luciano Pavarotti, Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Leone Magiera
  • Night fire dance - Andreas Vollenweider and Band
  • 'O sole mio - Luciano Pavarotti, Bryan Adams, Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Leone Magiera
  • Mattinata - Andrea Bocelli, Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Leone Magiera
  • All I Ask of You - Nancy Gustafson, Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Leone Magiera
  • O Silver Moon - Nancy Gustafson, Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Leone Magiera
Publisher: Decca
Release date: 2000-10-05
Run time: 69 min.
Creator: Giorgia
RRP: £7.99
Price: £4.91

Review Pavarotti and Friends, Vol.2 / Decca:


Review Universal Classics / The Art of Anne Sofie Von Otter
Tracks The Art of Anne Sofie Von Otter
  • An Silvia - Schubert
  • Les Tringles des sistres tintaient from "Carmen" - Bizet
  • Oh solitude! - Purcell
  • V'accendano le tede from "Agrippina" - Handel
  • O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion from "Messiah" - Handel
  • Ah, guarda, sorella from "Così fan tutte" - Mozart
  • Marietta's Lied from "Die tote Stadt" - Korngold
  • Visa från Lappland from "Hjärterovet" - Hahn
  • Je Voudrais... - Chaminade
  • Le Roi de Thulé from "La Damnation de Faust" - Berlioz
  • The Sprig of Thyme from "13 Folksongs" - Grainger
  • Buss und Reu from "St Matthew Passion" - Bach
  • Come Away, Death from "Songs of the Clown" - Korngold
  • Rheinlegendchen from "Des Knaben Wunderhorn" - Mahler
  • Soave sia il vento from "Così fan tutte" - Mozart
  • For the Stars - Elvis Costello
  • Ave Maria - Schubert
  • Dopo notte, atra e funesta from "Ariodante" - Handel
  • Cease, ruler of the day, to rise from "Hercules" - Handel
  • D'Amour l'ardente flamme from "La Damnation de Faust" - Berlioz
  • Une poupée yeux d'émail from "Les Contes d'Hoffmann" - Offenbach
  • Haec est Regina virginum - Handel
  • L'Amour est un oiseau rebelle from "Carmen" - Bizet
  • Smanie implaicibili from "Così fan tutte" - Mozart
  • Non so più from "Le nozze di Figaro" - Mozart
  • Du Ring an meinem Finger from "Frauenliebe und -Leben" - Schumann
  • One Life to Live - Weill
  • Voi che sapete from "Le nozze di Figaro" - Mozart
  • Oh rest in the Lord, wait patiently for Him from "Elijah" - Mendelssohn
  • Ging heut' morgen übers Feld from "Songs of a Wayfarer" - Mahler
  • The Christmas Song - Torme & Wells
  • Ved Fjaetle-Bekken from "Haugtussa" - Grieg
  • Parto, ma tu ben mio from "La clemenza di Tito" - Mozart
  • Qui sedes ad dextram Patris from "Mass in B minor" - Bach
  • Lullaby - Brahms
  • Belle Nuit, o nuit d'amour from "Les Contes d'Hoffmann" - Offenbach
  • Like an angel passing through my room - Andersson & Ulvaeus
  • Mina - Meyerbeer
  • L'Anneau d'argent - Chaminade
  • Stille Nacht - Gruber
  • Laudamus te from "Mass in C minor" - Mozart
Publisher: Universal Classics
Release date: 2002-07-22
Creator: Karita Mattila
RRP: £11.99
Price: £9.18

Review The Art of Anne Sofie Von Otter / Universal Classics:

Just listing the composers featured on The Art of Anne Sofie von Otter here would take up the allotted space. Suffice to say that from Handel, Mozart and Bach through to Berlioz, Korngold and Elvis Costello, this ravishing compilation sums up what we have long known-that von Otter effortlessly embraces so many styles of music with consummate artistry, character and technique. What more can you say? She is as at home with early music ensembles such as The English Concert and Les Musiciens du Louvre as with the Berlin Philharmonic in Mahler or Offenbach with the Dresden State Orchestra. Churlish reservations relate only to the overall choice of repertoire-perhaps at the expense of a little less Mozart and Handel, still more space devoted to an uninterrupted sequence of songs with piano would be welcomed, an area where many find von Otter's gifts at their most compelling. The magical 1996 Swedish song album isn't represented at all, but then again a quick flip through the von Otter discography leaves one wishing so much else was included here. That would be totally impractical, of course, after all, who could buy this and not want then to explore her discography in detail? -Andrew Green.

Review RCA / Mario Lanza: The Ultimate Collection
Tracks Mario Lanza: The Ultimate Collection
  • Golden Days
  • Because
  • Serenade
  • La Donna E Mobile
  • Funiculi Funicula
  • Santa Lucia
  • Loveleiest Night Of The Year
  • Vesti La Giubba
  • E Lucevan Le Stelle
  • Arrivederci Roma
  • Drink Drink Drink
  • Because You're Mine
  • Song Of India
  • Come Prima
  • Ave Maria
  • Danny Boy
  • Be My Love
  • Valencia
  • O Sole Mio
  • Granada
  • Beloved
  • I'll Walk With God
  • You'll Never Walk Alone
  • Donkey Serenade
Publisher: RCA
Release date: 1994-01-22
Run time: 75 min.
Creator: Eudice Shapiro
RRP: £6.99
Price: £4.63

Review Mario Lanza: The Ultimate Collection / RCA:


Review Andy Williams / Andy Williams Christmas Album
Tracks Andy Williams Christmas Album
  • Sleigh Ride
  • It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year
  • Happy Holiday/The Holiday Season
  • Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
  • Do You Hear What I Hear?
  • Joy To The World
  • The First Noel
  • Mary's Little Boy Child
  • Sweet Little Jesus Boy
  • Little Drummer Boy
  • Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
  • Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
  • The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire)
  • A Song And A Christmas Tree (The Twelve Days Of Christmas)
  • White Christmas
  • Silent Night
  • Christmas Holiday
  • Winter Wonderland
  • Christmas Bells
  • Silver Bells
Publisher: Sony Budget
Release date: 2003-11-03
RRP: £7.99
Price: £2.86

Review Andy Williams Christmas Album / Andy Williams:


Review Various Artists / Christmas Crooners: 50 Yuletide Classics from a Golden Age
Tracks Christmas Crooners: 50 Yuletide Classics from a Golden Age
  • Adeste Fideles - Crosby, Bing
  • God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen - Crosby, Bing
  • Mistletoe And Holly - Sinatra, Frank
  • Good King Wenceslas - Crosby, Bing
  • Jingle Bells - Como, Perry
  • It's Beginning To Look Like Christmas - Martin, Dean
  • Happy Holiday - Crosby, Bing
  • Lord's Prayer - Sinatra, Frank
  • First Noel - Crosby, Bing
  • Silent Night - Cole, Nat 'King'
  • Zat You Santa Claus - Armstrong, Louis
  • Snowman - Sinatra, Frank & Bing Crosby
  • Christmas In New Orleans - Armstrong, Louis
  • Deck The Halls - Sinatra, Frank & Bing Crosby
  • You're All I Want For Christmas - Crosby, Bing
  • Christmas Blues - Martin, Dean
  • Winter Wonderland - Como, Perry
  • Here Comes Santa Claus - Crosby, Bing
  • Silver Bells - Martin, Dean
  • Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas - Sinatra, Frank
  • Silver Bells - Crosby, Bing
  • Rosary - Lanza, Mario
  • House With Love In It - Cole, Nat 'King'
  • God Bless You Merry Gentlemen - Sinatra, Frank & Bing Crosby
  • Sleigh Ride In July - Crosby, Bing
  • It Came Upon A Midnight Clear - Sinatra, Frank
  • While The Angelas Was Ringing - Sinatra, Frank
  • White Christmas - Armstrong, Louis
  • Santa Claus Is Coming To Town - Cole, Nat 'King'
  • Light A Candle In The Chapel - Sinatra, Frank
  • Winter Wonderland - Sinatra, Frank
  • Jingle Bells - Cole, Nat 'King'
  • Faith In Our Fathers - Crosby, Bing
  • Ave Maria - Sinatra, Frank
  • Twelve Days Of Christmas - Crosby, Bing
  • O Little Town Of Bethlehem - Sinatra, Frank
  • Silent Night - Martin, Dean
  • Count Your Blessings - Crosby, Bing
  • O Little Town Of Bethlehem - Sinatra, Frank & Bing Crosby
  • Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer - Crosby, Bing
  • O Come All Ye Faithful - Sinatra, Frank
  • Christmas Feeling - Sinatra, Frank & Bing Crosby
  • White Christmas - Crosby, Bing
  • Mrs Santa Claus - Cole, Nat 'King'
  • Christmas Dreaming - Sinatra, Frank
  • I'll Be Home For Christmas - Como, Perry
  • Christmas Song - Cole, Nat 'King'
  • Christmas Song - Sinatra, Frank
  • Let's Start The New Year Right - Sinatra, Frank
  • Away In A Manger - Crosby, Bing
Publisher: Music Club
Release date: 2005-10-10
RRP: £6.99
Price: £2.95

Review Christmas Crooners: 50 Yuletide Classics from a Golden Age / Various Artists:


Review Baden- South West German Radio Symphony Orchestra / Bach - Passions; Christmas Oratorio; Motets
Publisher: Warner Classics
Release date: 2004-10-25
Creator: Heilbronn Heinrich Schütz Choir
RRP: £23.99
Price: £6.95

Review Bach - Passions; Christmas Oratorio; Motets / Baden- South West German Radio Symphony Orchestra:


Review Neil Diamond / The Christmas Album Vol.2
Tracks The Christmas Album Vol.2
  • Hallelujah Chorus
  • Joy To The World
  • Winter Wonderland
  • O Little Town Of Bethlehem
  • Sleigh Ride
  • Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
  • Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer
  • Candlelight Carol
  • Deck The Halls/We Wish You A Merry Christmas
  • Away In A Manger
  • Angels We Have Heard On High
  • I'll Be Home For Christmas
  • Mary's Boy Child
  • First Noel
  • O Come All Ye Faithful (Adeste Fidelis)
Publisher: Sony
Release date: 2004-10-25
RRP: £7.99
Price: £1.46

Review The Christmas Album Vol.2 / Neil Diamond:


Review Columbia TriStar / Adam Sandler's Eight Crazy Nights [2002] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Tracks Adam Sandler's Eight Crazy Nights [2002] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
  • Carmen Filpi
  • Blake Clark
  • Ellen Albertini Dow
  • Jamie Alcroft
  • Norm Crosby
Publisher: Columbia TriStar
Release date: 2004-02-03
Run time: 76 min.
Creator: Teddy Castellucci
Price: £3.11

Review Adam Sandler's Eight Crazy Nights [2002] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Columbia TriStar:

Adam Sandler fans will find the animated movie 8 Crazy Nights to be another flowering of Sandler's absurdist goofiness; but people who find Sandler completely annoying will be triply annoyed by it, because Sandler does the voices for three different characters: Davey Stone, a boozing, belching, self-loathing loser who hates the holidays; Whitey, a tiny old man who tries to rehabilitate Davey; and Eleanor, Whitey's neurotic twin sister, who seems not to have left her house in years. Fans will find the slapdash musical numbers and scatological humour hilarious; foes will find them tiresome and banal. But even Sandler's advocates won't care about the by-the-numbers plot of holiday redemption; you see, Davey's parents died on the first night of Hanukkah, and he just needs to cry about it. Sandler's best when he's walking that line between stupid and smart-ass. When he gets sentimental, it's trouble. -Bret Fetzer.

Review Denon / Andre Rieu: Christmas with Andre Rieu [2004] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Tracks Andre Rieu: Christmas with Andre Rieu [2004] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
  • André Rieu
Publisher: Denon
Release date: 2004-08-24
Run time: 60 min.
Price: £9.86

Review Andre Rieu: Christmas with Andre Rieu [2004] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Denon:


Review Frank Sinatra / Christmas Collection [CD + DVD]
Tracks Christmas Collection [CD + DVD]
  • Bells Of Christmas (Greensleeves)
  • Silent Night (Video)
  • The Little Drummer Boy
  • Whatever Happened To Christmas
  • The Twelve Days Of Christmas
  • Silent Night (Bonus Track)
  • We Wish You The Merriest
  • The Christmas Song, With Bing Crosby (First Time on CD)
  • Go Tell It On The Mountain
  • I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day
  • White Christmas, With Bing Crosby (First Time on CD)
  • Filming Of The Re-Recording Of "Silent Night"
  • I Wouldn’t Trade Christmas
  • Santa Claus Is Coming To Town (First Time on CD)
  • Christmas Memories
  • The Christmas Waltz
  • Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
  • I’ve Got My Love To Keep Me Warm
  • A Baby Just Like You
  • An Old Fashioned Christmas
Publisher: Wea
Release date: 2004-11-29
RRP: £12.99
Price: £0.49

Review Christmas Collection [CD + DVD] / Frank Sinatra:

Talk about your gifts of Christmas past; The Christmas Collection is a must-have for any Sinatra-phile, right down to its family photos and one priceless shot of Sinatra swinging a golf club next to the tree wearing a Santa suit. Complete with four previously unreleased tracks (some from live TV specials)-including two with Bing Crosby ("The Christmas Song" and "White Christmas"), the 18-song collection surveys Sinatra's holiday output and its effects are often chilling. Listening to him glide soulfully through Jimmy Webb's melancholy but romantic "What Ever Happened to Christmas?" or hearing him do his immaculate phrasing on "Silent Night" when he was visibly frail and aging in 1991 are close encounters of a Sinatra kind that are rarely captured on one album. There's also a delightful "The Twelve Days of Christmas" sung with his kids Nancy and Frank, Jr. , from their 1969 record The Sinatra Family Wish You A Merry Christmas and insightful and intimate liner notes by James Ritz, not to mention those magical orchestral arrangements. Here's a five-star package to remind us that it's still Frank's world-we just rent a stable in it. Highly recommended. -Martin Keller.

Review MVD Visuals / Soul Syndicate Band: Word, Sound and Power [1980]
Tracks Soul Syndicate Band: Word, Sound and Power [1980]
  • Soul Syndicate Band
  • Tony "Valentine" Chin
  • George "Fully" Fullwood
  • Jeremiah Stein
  • Earl "Chinna" Smith
  • Goldfinger
Publisher: MVD Visuals
Release date: 2008-01-22
Run time: 60 min.
Price: £6.41

Review Soul Syndicate Band: Word, Sound and Power [1980] / MVD Visuals:


Review Barbra Streisand / The Christmas Collection
Tracks The Christmas Collection
  • I Remember
  • The Lord's Prayer
  • The Best Gift
  • I'll Be Home For Christmas
  • Snowbound
  • The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire)
  • Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
  • Ave Maria
  • Sleep In Heavenly Peace (Silent Night)
  • What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?
  • Grown-Up Christmas List
  • Gounod's Ave Maria
  • It Must Have Been The Mistletoe
  • My Favorite Things
  • One God
  • I Wonder As I Wander
  • Closer
  • Jingle Bells
  • O Little Town Of Bethlehem
  • Christmas Mem'ries
  • White Christmas
  • A Christmas Love Song
  • Christmas Lullaby
Publisher: Sony
Release date: 2007-12-03
RRP: £12.99
Price: £5.76

Review The Christmas Collection / Barbra Streisand:


Review Perry Como / The Christmas Album
Tracks The Christmas Album
  • White Christmas
  • Do You Hear What I Hear
  • Ave Maria
  • There's No Place Like Home For The Holidays
  • Bless This House
  • Christmas Dream
  • Christmas Eve
  • There Is No Christmas Like A Home Christmas
  • Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
  • Silver Bells
  • Christ Is Born
  • O Holy Night
  • Carol Medley
  • God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
  • Winter Wonderland
  • Christmas Song
  • I Wish It Could Be Christmas Forever
  • Toyland
Publisher: Camden
Release date: 2003-09-29
RRP: £7.99
Price: £2.49

Review The Christmas Album / Perry Como:


Review Neil Diamond / The Christmas Album Vol.1
Tracks The Christmas Album Vol.1
  • Happy Xmas (War Is Over)
  • Silver Bells
  • Christmas Song (Merry Christmas To You)
  • God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
  • White Christmas
  • O Come O Come Emmanuel/We Three Kings Of Orient Are
  • Silent Night Holy Night
  • Jingle Bell Rock
  • Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
  • Holy Night
  • Little Drummer Boy
  • Hark The Herald Angels Sing
  • Morning Has Broken
  • You Make It Feel Like Christmas
Publisher: Sony Budget
Release date: 2004-10-25
RRP: £7.99
Price: £0.87

Review The Christmas Album Vol.1 / Neil Diamond:

Neil Diamond has always fancied himself a man of many styles, which probably helps explain why he tries to flaunt each and every one of them on this diverse, sometimes dizzying Christmas disc. He plays it relatively straight on "Silent Night" and "The Christmas Song," but really lets loose on a version of "White Christmas" that recalls the doo-wop of his teen years in the 1950s. Diamond even expands his palette to include a choir-accompanied take on John Lennon's pacifist classic "Happy Christmas (War is Over). " It's the kind of intermingling that makes his fans go wild, but casual admirers should watch out for those stylistic U-turns. -David Sprague.

Review Frank Sinatra / Christmas With The Rat Pack
Tracks Christmas With The Rat Pack
  • Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas - Sinatra, Frank
  • I'll Be Home For Christmas (If Only In My Dreams) - Sinatra, Frank
  • Jingle Bells - Davis, Sammy Jr.
  • Mistletoe And Holly - Sinatra, Frank
  • I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm - Martin, Dean
  • Marshmellow World - Sinatra, Frank & Dean Martin
  • Christmas Song - Davis, Sammy Jr.
  • First Noel - Sinatra, Frank
  • Christmas Time All Over The World - Davis, Sammy Jr.
  • Winter Wonderland - Martin, Dean
  • White Christmas - Martin, Dean
  • It Came Upon A Midnight Clear - Sinatra, Frank
  • Christmas Waltz - Sinatra, Frank
  • Rudolph The Red Nose Reindeer - Martin, Dean
  • Let It Snow Let It Snow Let It Snow - Martin, Dean
  • I Believe - Sinatra, Frank
  • Hark The Herald Angels Sing - Sinatra, Frank
  • Auld Lang Syne - Sinatra, Frank & Dean Martin
  • Silver Bells - Martin, Dean
  • Peace On Earth/Silent Night - Martin, Dean
  • Baby It's Cold Outside - Martin, Dean
Publisher: EMI
Release date: 2002-12-02
RRP: £12.99
Price: £6.56

Review Christmas With The Rat Pack / Frank Sinatra:

Just as irony is being pronounced dead, along comes the boozy holiday compilation Christmas with the Rat Pack, suggesting that rumours of its demise may be premature. Given the culture's simmering lounge mania, this collection (with its cheesy homage/rip-off Oceans 11 art direction) may be belated-but hey, punctuality was never these swingin' cats' bag, Jack. The novelty of having three of the 20th century's most notorious sinners belt, whoop and sing the praises of sleigh bells, roasting chestnuts and the virgin birth would be enough to recommend this dizzy 21-track delight, but there's actually some rewarding pop archaeology here as well. Two of the best tracks-Sammy Davis's ring-a-ding-ding romp through "Jingle Bells" and Dino's dreamy "Peace on Earth/Silent Night"-hail from a vintage, ultra-rare Reprise sampler. Sammy's typically over-the-top "Christmastime All Over the World" and Nat Cole tribute, "The Christmas Song" also make their CD debut. Dino's holiday TV specials yield more unreleased rarities: Sinatra-Martin duets of the loopy "Marshmallow World" and a touchingly tipsy take on "Auld Lang Syne" that suggests the boys have shared more than one cup of kindness. -Jerry McCulley.

Review Frank Sinatra / The Rat Pack Christmas Album
Tracks The Rat Pack Christmas Album
  • O Come All Ye Faithful
  • White Christmas
  • Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
  • O Little Town Of Bethlehem
  • It Came Upon A Midnight Clear
  • Lord's Prayer
  • Silver Bells - Martin, Dean
  • One For My Baby - Davis, Sammy Jr.
  • Winter Wonderland
  • My Shining Hour - Davis, Sammy Jr.
  • Christmas Dreaming
  • Ave Maria
  • While The Angelas Was Ringing
  • Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
  • It's Beginning To Look Like Christmas - Martin, Dean
  • Silent Night - Martin, Dean
  • Let's Start The New Year Right
  • Jingle Bells
  • Light A Candle In The Chapel
  • Rock A Bye Your Baby With A Dixie Melody - Davis, Sammy Jr.
Publisher: Music Club
Release date: 2004-10-25
RRP: £7.99
Price: £3.37

Review The Rat Pack Christmas Album / Frank Sinatra:


Review Decca / Pavarotti - The Ultimate Collection
Tracks Pavarotti - The Ultimate Collection
  • "Di quella pira" - Luciano Pavarotti, The National Philharmonic Orchestra, Richard Bonynge
  • Ave Maria, "Ellens Gesang III", D839 - Luciano Pavarotti, The National Philharmonic Orchestra, Kurt Herbert Adler
  • "Libiamo ne'lieti calici (Brindisi) - Luciano Pavarotti, Joan Sutherland, The London Opera Chorus, The National Philharmonic Orchestra, Richard Bonynge
  • Nessun dorma! - Luciano Pavarotti, The John Alldis Choir, Wandsworth School Boys Choir, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Zubin Mehta
  • "Una furtiva lagrima" - Luciano Pavarotti, English Chamber Orchestra, Richard Bonynge
  • "E lucevan le stelle" - Luciano Pavarotti, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Leone Magiera
  • 'O sole mio - Luciano Pavarotti, The National Philharmonic Orchestra, Giancarlo Chiaramello
  • "Recondita armonia" - Luciano Pavarotti, The National Philharmonic Orchestra, Nicola Rescigno
  • Mamma - Luciano Pavarotti, Orchestra, Henry Mancini
  • Donna non vidi mai - Luciano Pavarotti, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, James Levine
  • "Amor ti vieta" - Luciano Pavarotti, The National Philharmonic Orchestra, Oliviero de Fabritiis
  • "La fleur que tu m'avais jetée" - Luciano Pavarotti, Wiener Volksopernorchester, Leone Magiera
  • "Tu che m'hai preso il cor" - Luciano Pavarotti, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Maurizio Benini
  • Volare - Luciano Pavarotti, Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Henry Mancini
  • La Danza - Luciano Pavarotti, Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Richard Bonynge
  • My Way - Luciano Pavarotti, Frank Sinatra, Orchestra, Bill Miller
  • Mi batte il cor...O Paradiso! - Luciano Pavarotti, The National Philharmonic Orchestra, Oliviero de Fabritiis
  • Granada - Luciano Pavarotti, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Maurizio Benini
  • Caro mio ben - Orchestrated & arranged by Alexander Faris (1921-) - Luciano Pavarotti, Philharmonia Orchestra, Piero Gamba
  • "Pourquoi me réveiller, ô souffle du printemps?" - Luciano Pavarotti, The National Philharmonic Orchestra, Oliviero de Fabritiis
  • Cielo e mar! - Luciano Pavarotti, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Leone Magiera
  • Core 'ngrato - Luciano Pavarotti, Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Giancarlo Chiaramello
  • "M'appari" - Luciano Pavarotti, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Richard Bonynge
  • Se quel guerrier io fossi!..Celeste Aida - Luciano Pavarotti, Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Lorin Maazel
  • "Che gelida manina" - Luciano Pavarotti, Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan
  • Spirto gentil - Luciano Pavarotti, Wiener Opernorchester, Edward Downes
  • "La donna è mobile" - Luciano Pavarotti, London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Bonynge
  • O Holy Night (Minuit Chrétien) - Luciano Pavarotti, The National Philharmonic Orchestra, Kurt Herbert Adler
  • Caruso - Luciano Pavarotti
  • "Recitar!" - "Vesti la giubba" - Luciano Pavarotti, The National Philharmonic Orchestra, Giuseppe Patanè
  • Suzel, buon di (Cherry duet) - Cecilia Bartoli, Luciano Pavarotti, London Voices, Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi, Riccardo Chailly
  • Mattinata - Luciano Pavarotti, Philharmonia Orchestra, Piero Gamba
  • Santa Lucia - Trad. Arr. Alexander Courage - Luciano Pavarotti, David Romano, Orchestra, Emerson Buckley
  • Passione - Luciano Pavarotti, Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Giancarlo Chiaramello
  • Notte 'e piscatore - Luciano Pavarotti, Andrea Bocelli, Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Leone Magiera
  • "Questa o quella" (Ballata) - Luciano Pavarotti, Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Riccardo Chailly
  • Funiculì, funiculà - Luciano Pavarotti, Coro del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Anton Guadagno
  • Torna a Surriento - Luciano Pavarotti, The National Philharmonic Orchestra, Giancarlo Chiaramello
  • La Mia Canzone Al Vento - Luciano Pavarotti, Orchestra, Henry Mancini
  • Panis Angelicus - Luciano Pavarotti, Wandsworth School Boys Choir, The National Philharmonic Orchestra, Kurt Herbert Adler
  • Tra voi belle, brune e bionde - Luciano Pavarotti, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, James Levine
Publisher: Decca
Release date: 1997-10-13
Run time: 148 min.
Creator: London Philharmonic Orchestra
RRP: £15.99
Price: £7.39

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Review Bing Crosby / The Christmas Anthology: 1942-1955
Tracks The Christmas Anthology: 1942-1955
  • First Noel
  • Jingle Bells
  • God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen
  • Let's Start the New Year Right
  • Holiday Inn Medley: Happy Holiday/Come to Holiday Inn
  • Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow
  • Silent Night
  • O Little Town of Bethlehem
  • Joy to the World
  • Adestes Fideles
  • White Christmas
  • Away in a Manger
  • White Christmas - Bing Crosby, Ella Fitzgerald
  • Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer - Bing Crosby, Ella Fitzgerald
  • Christmas Song
  • Silver Bells - Bing Crosby, Ella Fitzgerald
  • I'll Be Home for Christmas
  • Deck the Halls
Publisher: Cleopatra
RRP: £13.49
Price: £3.90

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Review Roger Whittaker / Christmas Collection
Tracks Christmas Collection
  • Time For Peace
  • Christmas Song (Merry Christmas To You)
  • Tiny Angels
  • Darcy The Dragon
  • Country Christmas
  • Christmas Is Here Again
  • Momma Mary
  • Home For Christmas
  • Mighty Like A Rose
  • Hallelujah It's Christmas
  • Guten Abend Gute Nacht
  • Governor's Dream
Publisher: Camden
Release date: 2005-10-10
RRP: £7.99
Price: £2.00

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