Tracks A Christmas Present From Motown - Volume 1
- Frosty The Snowman - Jackson 5
- White Christmas - The Temptations
- The Miracles Of Christmas - Stevie Wonder
- Give Love On Christmas Day - Jackson 5
- Christmas Everyday - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
- Winter Wonderland - The Funk Brothers
- Joy To The World - The Supremes
- Christmas Here With You - Four Tops, Aretha Franklin
- One Little Christmas Tree - Stevie Wonder
- Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
- Everyone's A Kid At Christmas - Stevie Wonder
- Merry Christmas Baby - Four Tops
- Let It Snow - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
- This Christmas - Diana Ross
- Purple Snowflakes - Marvin Gaye
- Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas - Jackson 5
- Silent Night - The Temptations
- Children's Christmas Song - The Supremes
Release date: 2001-10-08
Run time: 54 min.
RRP: £5.99
Price: £3.05
Review A Christmas Present From Motown - Volume 1 / Various Artists:Pop music wise, Christmas is traditionally soundtracked by that "blimmin' Slade tune" and a host of even more irksome ditties. So, thank the Lord for Berry Gordy and his Hitsville roster, whose A Christmas Present From Motown Volume 1 features 18 soulful seasonal songs. Selections include traditional carols, Christmas evergreens and a smattering of specially written festive numbers, mostly recorded during Motown's 60s and early 70s heyday. The Temptations offer a swoonsome croonsome Bing-like reading of "White Christmas", alongside their doo-wop gospel take on "Silent Night". On a more up-tempo tip are Smokey's self-penned shuffler, "Christmas Every Day", and the Jackson 5's playful "Frosty The Snowman". The Four Tops are dreaming of a blues Christmas with the bourbon soaked "Merry Christmas Baby"; Marvin Gaye's "Purple Snowflakes" is a balmy beauty; and Stevie Wonder contributes a trio of tunes in the supper club soul style of his early Tamla hits. Somewhat predictably, Diana Ross provides the only mawkish moment. "Children's Christmas Song" is as hideous as it sounds and yes, there's a vomit-inducing spoken interlude and a kids chorus. Program your CD to skip this track and have a merry Christmas. -Chris King.
Tracks Christmas Songs
- Count Your Blessings Instead Of Sheep - Diana Krall
- Jingle Bells - Diana Krall, The Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra
- Christmas Time Is Here - Diana Krall
- The Christmas Song - Diana Krall
- I'll Be Home For Christmas - Diana Krall, The Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra
- Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas - Diana Krall
- Let It Snow - Diana Krall, The Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra
- Sleigh Ride - Diana Krall, The Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra
- Santa Claus Is Coming To Town - Diana Krall, The Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra
- White Christmas - Diana Krall
- Winter Wonderland - Diana Krall, The Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra
- What Are You Doing New Year's Eve? - Diana Krall, The Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra
Release date: 2005-11-14
Run time: 45 min.
RRP: £16.99
Price: £4.36
Review Christmas Songs / Diana Krall The Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra:As the song goes, "Merry Christmas" has already "been said many times, many ways". Diana Krall's Christmas Songs is a worthy-though not particularly unique-addition to the holiday catalogue. Krall excels with an approach mastered long ago: elegant delivery that gives extra polish to a very familiar lineup. Some might find her style frosty at times, but that will come as a relief to those who want their carolers to cut through some of the holiday treacle and create a festive, yet grown-up vibe. And Krall does show off her playful side with little, personal touches. In "Winter Wonderland" she promises to "frolic and play the Canadian way", which should draw smiles from her native land. Elsewhere, she ends "Jingle Bells" with the girlishly giddy statement, "I'm just crazy about horses". Well…can't argue with that. -Leah Weathersby.
Tracks CHRISTMAS - THE ALBUM
Price: £4.95
Review CHRISTMAS - THE ALBUM / SLADE / MUD / ABBA / ROY ORBISON:
Tracks Mark Lamarr's Rhythm & Blues Christmas
- I Want A Present For Christmas - Summers, J.B.
- Sleigh Ride - Glen, Lloyd
- Hey Santa Claus - Moonglows
- Boogie Woogie Santa Claus - Scott, Mabel
- Bring That Cadillac Back - Grafton, Harry
- White Christmas - Ravens
- Mr. Santa's Boogie - Marshall Brothers
- I Want A Man - Cooper, Thelma
- Happy New Year - Lightnin' Hopkins
- Christmas Boogie - Robinson, Sugar Chile
- Christmas Blues - Darnell, Larry
- Far Away Christmas Blues - Phillips, 'Little' Esther
- Sonny Boy's Christmas Blues - Williamson, Sonny Boy (1)
- What Are You Doing New Years Eve - Orioles
- Christmate Date Boogie - Turner, 'Big' Joe (1)
- Christmas Blues - Moore, Gatemouth
- Love For Christmas - Gross, Felix
- Christmas Morning - Turner, Titus
- Cool Yule - Armstrong, Louis
- It's Christmas Time - Five Keys
- Lonely Christmas - Moonglows
- Empty Stocking Blues - Dixon, Floyd
- Christmas In Heaven - Ward, Billy & The Dominoes
- Merry Christmas Baby - Hampton, Lionel
- How I Hate To See Christmas Come Around - Witherspoon, Jimmy
Release date: 2007-11-19
RRP: £6.99
Price: £3.78
Review Mark Lamarr's Rhythm & Blues Christmas / Various Artists:
Tracks Platinum Christmas
- Silent Night - Christina Aguilera
- Christmas Time - Backstreet Boys
- Sleigh Ride - TLC
- Who Would Imagine A King - Whitney Houston
- Christmas Day - Dido
- My Only Wish (This Year) - Britney Spears
- This Christmas - Joe
- Christmas Song - Dave Matthews
- I Don't Wanna Spend One More Christmas Without You - N-Sync
- Perfect Christmas - S Club 7
- World Christmas - R Kelly
- Grown Up Christmas List - Monica
- Merry Xmas Everybody - Steps
- Posada - Santana
- The Christmas Song - Toni Braxton
- Little Drummer Boy - Jars Of Clay
Release date: 2000-11-27
RRP: £15.99
Price: £0.01
Review Platinum Christmas / Various Artists:With a fairly even mix of pure pop and R&B, Platinum Christmas should be on every chart fan's wish list for the festive season. On the pop front, Britney Spears ("My Only Wish (This Year)"), S-Club 7 ("Perfect Christmas"), Backstreet Boys ("Christmas Time") and N-Sync ("I Don't Wanna Spend One More Christmas Without You") keep the seasonal goodwill at an all-time high with plenty of sleigh bells and winter warmers, only to be let down by Steps with an appalling cover version of one of the all-time greatest Christmas songs ever, Slade's "Merry Xmas Everybody", which they desecrate with vocoders, plinky-plonky synths and some of the weakest vocals ever committed to disc. On the R&B front, things fare a bit better with Monica ("Grown up Christmas List"), R. Kelly ("World Christmas"), Whitney Houston ("Who Would Imagine A King") and TLC's startling, yet strangely compelling, reworking of Phil Spector's classic "Sleigh Ride". With the exception of TLC, the cover versions tend to be the less compelling tracks, with the original material proving a far fresher take on the Christmas theme. As for Steps-they'd obviously been at the sherry. -Mel Roberts.
Tracks The Best Christmas Album In The World ... Ever!
- The King Singers - While Shepherds Watched
- Nat King Cole - The Christmas Song
- Ella Fitzgerald - God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
- Stacie Orrico - O Come All Ye Faithful
- Mike Oldfield - In Dulci Jubilo
- John & Yoko And The Plastic Ono Band With The Harlem Community Choir - Happy Xmas (War Is Over)
- Cliff Richard - Mistletoe And Wine
- Samantha Mumba - All I Want For Christmas
- Jethro Tull - Ring Out Solstice Bells
- Slade - Merry Xmas Everybody
- Matt Monro - Mary's Boy Child
- Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas?
- Cliff Richard - The Millennium Prayer
- Mud - Lonely This Christmas
- Frankie Goes To Hollywood - The Power Of Love
- Bing Crosby - White Christmas
- Paul McCartney - Wonderful Christmas Time
- The Beach Boys - Little Saint Nick
- Jona Lewie - Stop The Cavalry
- Chris De Burgh - A Spaceman Came Travelling
- Bert Jansch - In The Bleak Mid Winter
- The Jackson 5 - Frosty The Snowman
- Adam Faith - Lonely Pup (In A Christmas Shop)
- Ronan Keating feat. Maire Brennan - Fairy Tale Of New York
- Kylie Minogue - Santa Baby
- Wizzard - I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday
- The Waitresses - Christmas Wrapping
- Sinéad O'Connor - Silent Night Holy Night
- Bing Crosby/David Bowie - Peace On Earth/Little Drummer Boy
- Elton John - Step Into Christmas
- Peggy Lee - Winter Wonderland
- Greg Lake - I Believe In Father Christmas
- The Supremes - Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
- Brenda Lee - Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree
- Tom Jones & Cerys Matthews - Baby, It's Cold Outside
- Stevie Wonder - What Christmas Means To Me
- Aled Jones - Walking In The Air
- Norah Jones - Peace
- Michael Andrews & Gary Jules - Mad World
- Robbie Williams - Walk This Sleigh
- The Spinners - Twelve Days Of Christmas
- Dean Martin - Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
- Steeleye Span - Gaudete
- The Weavers - We Wish You A Merry Christmas
Release date: 2007-11-05
RRP: £15.99
Price: £6.43
Review The Best Christmas Album In The World ... Ever! / Various Artists:
Tracks The Christmas Album Vol.2
- O Come All Ye Faithful (Adeste Fidelis)
- Candlelight Carol
- O Little Town Of Bethlehem
- Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer
- Sleigh Ride
- Joy To The World
- First Noel
- Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
- Winter Wonderland
- Angels We Have Heard On High
- Away In A Manger
- Mary's Boy Child
- I'll Be Home For Christmas
- Hallelujah Chorus
- Deck The Halls/We Wish You A Merry Christmas
Release date: 2004-10-25
RRP: £6.99
Price: £0.98
Review The Christmas Album Vol.2 / Neil Diamond:
Tracks The McGarrigle Christmas Hour
- Il Est Ne/Ca Bergers
- Old Waits Carol
- God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
- Merry Christmas And Happy New Year - McGarrigle, Kate & Anna/Martha Wainwright
- Blue Christmas - McGarrigle, Kate & Anna/Chaim Tannenbaum
- Counting Stars
- Rebel Jesus - McGarrigle, Kate & Anna/Lily Lanken/Martha Wainwright
- Seven Joys Of Mary
- Wise Men
- What Are You Doing New Year's Eve - McGarrigle, Kate & Anna/Rufus Wainwright
- Some Children See Him - McGarrigle, Kate & Anna/Rufus Wainwright/Martha Wainwright
- Port Starboard Sox
- Spotlight On Christmas - McGarrigle, Kate & Anna/Rufus Wainwright
- O Little Town Of Bethlehem - McGarrigle, Kate & Anna/Emmylou Harris
Release date: 2005-11-14
RRP: £15.99
Price: £8.24
Review The McGarrigle Christmas Hour / Kate and Anna McGarrigle:Kate and Anna McGarrgile have a storied recording career that spans a slate of five-star albums that includes original music and songs from the French Canadian world, American ragtime and other "old world" genres. They would appear to be quaint to most ears if they weren't so damn good at blending the past and their modern sensibilities in memorable verse and song. Enter their Christmas record into that same framework, as the sisters and a few friends (Emmylou Harris) and family members (Rufus and Martha Wainwright are the children of Kate)mix up the old and new. The French song "Il Est Ne" is rounded out with a shimmering round of vocal backing harmonies while Rufus' "Spotlight on Christmas" (penned a couple years ago) and his wonderfully fey reading of "What Are Your Doing Christmas Eve?" prove to be just three highlights of another five-star effort. Although it will be an acquired taste to some, the McGarrigle Christmas Hour is like spending quality time in Kate and Anna's parlor. There the piano, fiddles, other instruments and friendly voices are ready to satisfy with old world charm that could never be mistaken for old school insignificance. -Martin Keller.
Tracks Christmas Hits
- Winter Wonderland - Perry Como
- Frosty The Snowman - Gene Autry
- O Little Town Of Bethlehem - Dick Haymes
- Christmas And You - Dave King
- The Little Christmas Tree - Nat King Cole
- Santo Natale (Merry Christmas) - David Whitfield
- Little Jack Frost Get Lost - Peggy Lee & Bing Crosby
- That Christmas Feeling - Perry Como
- Christmas Island - The Andrews Sisters
- White Christmas - Bing Crosby
- Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow - Woody Herman & his Orchestra
- The First Noel - Dick Haymes
- Mele Kalikimaka (Hawaiian Christmas Song) - Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters
- (All I Want For Christmas) Is My Two Front Teeth - Spike Jones & his City Slickers
- Christmas Dreaming (A Little Early This Year) - Frank Sinatra
- Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas - Judy Garland
- The Little Boy That Santa Claus Forgot - Nat King Cole
- Cradle Song - Glenn Miller & his Orchestra
- Mrs.Santa Claus - Nat King Cole
- Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer - Bing Crosby
- Sleigh Ride - Leroy Anderson & his Orchestra
- Christmas Alphabet - Dickie Valentine
- Ill Be Home For Christmas - Bing Crosby
- Im Walking Backwards For Christmas - The Goons.
- O Holy Night (Cantique de Noël) - Mario Lanza.
- C-H-R-I-S-T-M-A-S - Eddy Arnold
- Silent Night - Deanna Durbin
- Jingle Bells - Frank Sinatra
- The Night Before Christmas Song - Russ Morgan & his Orchestra
- Medley (Part 1) Good King Wenceslas; We Three Kings Of Orient Are; Angels We Have Heard On High - Bing Crosby
- Santa Baby - Eartha Kitt
- I Saw Mummy Kissing Santa Claus - The Beverley Sisters
- The Merry Christmas Polka - The Andrews Sisters
- Star Of The East - Judy Garland
- Theres A Train Out For Dreamland - Nat King Cole
- Medley (Part 2) Deck The Halls; Away In A Manger; I Saw Three Ships - Bing Crosby
- Santa Claus Is Comin To Town - Frank Sinatra
- St. Nicholas Waltz - Lita Roza
- Christmas In Killarney - Bing Crosby
- God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen - Bing Crosby
- Its Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas - Perry Como
- O Come All Ye Faithful - Frank Sinatra
- The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas To You) - Nat King Cole
- Snow - Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Peggy Lee & Trudy Stevens
- The Birthday Of A King - Judy Garland
- Here Comes Santa Claus - Doris Day
- Santa Claus Got Stuck In My Chimney - Ella Fitzgerald
- Blue Christmas - Ernest Tubb
- Silver Bells - Margaret Whiting & Jimmy Wakely
- Thats What Christmas Means To Me - Eddie Fisher
Release date: 2007-09-03
RRP: £4.99
Price: £2.33
Review Christmas Hits / Various Artists:
Publisher: Virgin Records
Price: £9.94
Review the best Christmas Album in the world ...ever! / Various Artistes:
Tracks Classic FM Christmas
- Auld Lang Syne - Nicky Spence, Anne Collis, Annabel Thwaite
- Hark! The Herald Angels Sing - The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, David Briggs, Stephen Cleobury
- Jingle Bells - The Puppini Sisters
- Winter Wonderland - Patrizio Buanne
- I Know A Rose Tree - Secret Garden, Anúna, Irish National Chamber Choir, Fiachra Terence W. Trench, RTE Concert Orchestra, John Tate
- Panis Angelicus - Russell Watson, Chamber Choir Of St. Catherine's, Bramley, Guildford, William Hayward, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Nick Ingman
- Balulalow - Anthony Way, Lucy Wakeford, St. Paul's Cathedral Choir, John Scott
- Mary's boy child - Bryn Terfel, Malcolm Martineau
- Good King Wenceslas - Choir Of Westminster Abbey, Simon Preston, Christopher Herrick
- O Little Town of Bethlehem - The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, David Briggs, Stephen Cleobury
- Sussex Carol (On Christmas Night) - The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, David Briggs, Stephen Cleobury
- Air: Rejoice greatly, o daughter of Zion - Renée Fleming, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Andreas Delfs
- White Christmas - Orchestrated by Robert Russell Bennett (+1988) - Bryn Terfel, Philharmonia Orchestra, Paul Daniel
- 12. Chorus: "For unto us a Child is born" - Chicago Symphony Chorus, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Georg Solti
- Up! Good Christen folk, and listen - Arr. G.R. Woodward - Choir Of Westminster Abbey, Simon Preston
- Silent Night - All Angels
- The Holly And The Ivy - The Choirboys
- Once in Royal David's City - Robin Barter, David Briggs, The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury
- The Lamb - The Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner
- Still, Still, Still - Aled Jones
- Coventry Carol - The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, David Willcocks
- Colours Of Christmas - Patrick Hawes
- Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas - Katherine Jenkins
- The first Nowell - The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, David Briggs, Stephen Cleobury
- Past Three a Clock - The Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner
- The twelve days of Christmas - Ingomar Rainer, Wiener Sängerknaben, Wiener Volksopernorchester, Uwe Christian Harrer
- God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen - The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, David Briggs, Stephen Cleobury
- I Saw Three Ships - John Bowen, The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, David Briggs, Stephen Cleobury
- In The Bleak Midwinter - Blake
- O Holy Night - All Angels, The Choirboys
- Ding Dong! Merrily on High - Arr. Charles Wood (1866-1926) - Choir Of Westminster Abbey, Simon Preston
- When A Child Is Born - Michael Ball
- Shepherd's Pipe Carol - John Rutter
- Adeste Fideles - Andrea Bocelli, Vladimir Fedoseyev, Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra, Academy Of Choir Art Of Russia, Victor Popov
- Candlelight Carol - Aled Jones
- While Shepherds Watched - The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Simon Preston, David Willcocks
- Joy To The World - Joan Sutherland, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Richard Bonynge
- Do You Hear What I Hear? - The Choir Boys
- In dulci jubilo (Gesangbuch von Joseph Klug, 14. Jhdt.) - Arr. Robert Lucas de Pearsall (1795-1856) - Choir Of Westminster Abbey, Simon Preston
- O Tannenbaum - Wiener Sängerknaben, Uwe Christian Harrer
- Away In A Manger - Aled Jones
- Ave Maria - Lesley Garrett, Amanda Thompson
- Gesù Bambino - Luciano Pavarotti, The National Philharmonic Orchestra, Kurt Herbert Adler
- Walking in the Air (Duet) - Aled Jones
Release date: 2007-12-03
Run time: 139 min.
RRP: £17.99
Price: £5.14
Review Classic FM Christmas / Various Artists:
Tracks Now Xmas 2005: Massive Christmas Hits
- Brenda Lee - Rockin Around The Christmas Tree
- Aled Jones - Walking In The Air
- Frankie Goes To Hollywood - The Power Of Love
- Dean Martin - Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
- Nat King Cole - The Christmas Song
- Wizzard - I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday
- Elton John - Step Into Christmas
- Band Aid 20 - Do They Know It's Christmas?
- Bing Crosby - White Christmas
- Paul McCartney - Wonderful Christmas Time
- Slade - Merry Xmas Everybody
- Kylie Minogue - Santa Baby
- Chris De Burgh - A Spaceman Came Travelling
- The Waitresses - Christmas Wrapping
- Mike Oldfield - In Dulci Jubilo
- Greg Lake - I Believe In Father Christmas
- Cliff Richard - Mistletoe And Wine
- Patrizio Buanne - Winter Wonderland
- John & Yoko And The Plastic Ono Band With The Harlem Community Choir - Happy Xmas (War Is Over)
- The Beach Boys - Little Saint Nick
- Michael Ball - Driving Home For Christmas
- Jona Lewie - Stop The Cavalry
Release date: 2005-11-14
RRP: £15.99
Price: £5.70
Review Now Xmas 2005: Massive Christmas Hits / Various Artists:
Tracks The Christmas Album Vol.1
- Little Drummer Boy
- God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
- Hark The Herald Angels Sing
- Christmas Song (Merry Christmas To You)
- O Come O Come Emmanuel/We Three Kings Of Orient Are
- Holy Night
- You Make It Feel Like Christmas
- Silent Night Holy Night
- Jingle Bell Rock
- Happy Xmas (War Is Over)
- White Christmas
- Morning Has Broken
- Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
- Silver Bells
Release date: 2004-10-25
RRP: £6.99
Price: £1.15
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.
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Tracks Children's Christmas Carols and Songs [Pop Up Sleeve]
- The Twelve Days Of Christmas
- Little Donkey
- Ding Dong! Merrily On High
- Sleigh Ride
- Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
- I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus
- We Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day
- I Saw Three Ships
- Marys Boy Child
- We Wish You A Merry Christmas
- Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
- Little Drummer Boy
- Rudolph The Red Nose Reindeer
- Jingle Bells
- Frosty The Snowman
- Silent Night
- Winter Wonderland
- Away In A Manger
- All I Want For Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth
- Here Comes Santa Claus
Release date: 2004-10-25
RRP: £6.99
Price: £2.96
Review Children's Christmas Carols and Songs [Pop Up Sleeve] / Various Artists:
Tracks Happy Christmas From Motown
- Let It Snow - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
- Frosty The Snowman - Jackson 5
- White Christmas - The Supremes
- Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
- Someday At Christmas - The Temptations
- Silver Bells - The Supremes
- What Christmas Means To Me - Stevie Wonder
- Christmastime - Stevie Wonder
- Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer - The Supremes
- Jingle Bells - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
- Christmas Won't Be The Same This Year - Jackson 5
- I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus - Jackson 5
- The Christmas Song - Stevie Wonder
- Up On The House Top - Jackson 5
- Little Drummer Boy - Jackson 5
- Joy To The World - The Supremes
- Children's Christmas Song - The Supremes
- Jesus Is Love - Commodores
Release date: 2001-10-26
Run time: 52 min.
RRP: £5.99
Price: £2.97
Review Happy Christmas From Motown / Various Artists:
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Tracks Lost Christmas Eve [Us Import]
- Christmas Nights in Blue
- Lost Christmas Eve
- Faith Noel
- O' Come All Ye Faithful [Instrumental]
- Wizards in Winter [Instrumental]
- Christmas Dreams
- Christmas Canon Rock
- Wish Liszt (Toy Shop Madness) [Instrumental]
- Queen of the Winter Night
- Christmas Jazz [Instrumental]
- What Child Is This?
- For the Sake of Our Brother
- Different Wings
- Back to a Reason, Pt. 2
- Remember
- Anno Domine
- Christmas Concerto [Instrumental]
- Siberian Sleigh Ride [Instrumental]
- Wisdom of Snow [Instrumental]
- Midnight Clear
- Christmas Jam
- Christmas Bells, Carousels & Time [Instrumental]
- What Is Christmas?
Release date: 2004-10-12
RRP: £23.99
Price: £7.00
Review Lost Christmas Eve [Us Import] / Trans-Siberian Orchestra:
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Tracks Andrea Bocelli - A Night In Tuscany [1997]
- David Amphlett
- Sarah Brightman
- Andrea Bocelli
Release date: 2004-11-29
Run time: 86 min.
RRP: £14.99
Price: £8.40
Review Andrea Bocelli - A Night In Tuscany [1997] / Universal Island:Part concert, part documentary, part travelogue, this video hit duplicates the success of Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli's albums and underscores his unique crossover appeal. Critical response to Bocelli has been confined to fusillades of scorn from classical and opera writers, but the bullet-proof superstar is better understood in the context of a mainland European tradition of pop-classical fusion. Bocelli cheerfully ignores the supposed wall between high (classical) art and low (pop) kitsch with his mix of operatic chestnuts, soft pop and traditional Italian songs. Indeed, despite interview segments in which he proclaims his love of opera or proudly recalls an apprenticeship to operatic veteran Franco Corelli, Bocelli comes across as more fan than virtuoso. But if his voice can prompt technical cavils from hard-core opera buffs, the blind singer's emotional directness and relative lack of onstage preening explain much of his populist appeal. Featured songs include warhorse arias, leading off with the "Louie, Louie" of tenor showpieces, Turandot's "Nessun Dorma" and duets with gruff Italian pop-rocker Zucchero and sopranos Nuccia Focile and Sarah Brightman (who buddies up for the tear-jerking closer, "Time to Say Goodbye"). Even with the marquee bonus of those guests, however, A Night in Tuscany gets its biggest boost from the seductive Italian countryside, prominently featured in between-song segments, and in the romantic concert setting, Pisa's Piazza dei Cavalieri. -Sam Sutherland.
Tracks Bach: Christmas Oratorio
- No.43 Chor: "Ehre sei dir, Gott, gesungen" - English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, The Monteverdi Choir
- No.48 Evangelist: "Da das der König Herodes hörte" - Anthony Rolfe Johnson, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
- No.49 Rezitativ (Alt): "Warum wollt ihr erschrecken?" - Anne Sofie von Otter, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
- No.29 Duett (Sopran, Baß): "Herr, dein Mitleid, dein Erbarmen" - Nancy Argenta, Olaf Bär, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, Anthony Robson, Valerie Darke
- No.21 Chor: "Ehre sei Gott in der Höhe" - English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, The Monteverdi Choir
- No.59 Chorale: "Ich steh an deiner Krippen hier" - English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, The Monteverdi Choir
- No.37 Evangelist: "Und da acht Tage um waren" - Anthony Rolfe Johnson, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
- No.46 Choral: "Dein Glanz all Finsternis verzehrt" - English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, The Monteverdi Choir
- No.53 Choral: "Zwar ist solche Herzensstube" - English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, The Monteverdi Choir
- No.27 Rezitativ (Baß): "Er hat sein Volk getröst" - Olaf Bär, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
- No.17 Chorale: "Schaut hin, dort liegt im finstern Stall" - English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, The Monteverdi Choir
- No.60 Evangelist: "Und Gott befahl ihnen im Traum" - Anthony Rolfe Johnson, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
- No.7 Chorale: "Er ist auf Erden kommen arm", Recitativ (Bass): Wer will die Liebe recht erhöhn" - Olaf Bär, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, The Monteverdi Choir
- No.63 Rezitativ (Sopran, Alt, Tenor, Baß): "Was will der Hölle Schrecken nun?" - Nancy Argenta, Anne Sofie von Otter, Hans Peter Blochwitz, Olaf Bär, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
- No.45 Chor: "Wo ist der neugeborne König der Juden?" - Rezitativ (Alt): "Sucht ihn in meiner Brust" - Anne Sofie von Otter, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, The Monteverdi Choir
- No.26 Chor: "Lasset uns nun gehen gen Bethlehem" - English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, The Monteverdi Choir
- No.50 Evangelist: "Und ließ versammeln alle Hohepriester" - Anthony Rolfe Johnson, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
- No.61 Rezitativ (Tenor): "So geht! Genug, mein Schatz geht nicht von hier" - Hans Peter Blochwitz, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
- No.41 Aria (Tenor): "Ich will nur dir zu Ehren leben" - Hans Peter Blochwitz, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, Alison Bury, Maya Homburger
- No.13 Evangelist, Engel: "Und der Engel sprach zu Ihnen" - Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Ruth Holton, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
- No.14 Rezitativ (Baß): "Was Gott dem Abraham Verheißen" - Olaf Bär, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
- No.54 Chor: "Herr, wenn die Stolzen Feinde schnauben" - English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, The Monteverdi Choir
- No.24 Chor: "Herrscher des Himmels, erhöre das Lallen" - English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, The Monteverdi Choir
- No.34 Evangelist: "Und die Hirten kehrten wieder um" - Anthony Rolfe Johnson, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
- No.35 Choral: "Seid froh dieweil" - English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, The Monteverdi Choir
- No.25 Evangelist: "Und da die Engel von ihnen gen Himmel fuhren" - Anthony Rolfe Johnson, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
- No.38 Rezitativ (Baß): "Immanuel, o süßes Wort" Arioso (Chor-Sopran, Baß): "Jesu, du mein liebstes Leben"-"Komm ich will dich mit Lust umfassen" - Olaf Bär, Nancy Argenta, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
- No.4 Aria (Alto): " Bereite dich, Zion" - Anne Sofie von Otter, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, Anthony Robson
- No.2 Evangelist: "Es begab sich aber zu der Zeit" - Anthony Rolfe Johnson, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
- No.31 Aria (Alt): "Schließe, mein Herze, dies selige Wunder" - Anne Sofie von Otter, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
- No.56 Rezitativ (Sopran): "Du Falscher, suche nur den Herrn zu fällen" - Nancy Argenta, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
- No.47 Aria (Bass): "Erleucht auch meine finstre Sinnen" - Olaf Bär, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, Anthony Robson
- No.22 Rezitativ (Baß): "So recht, ihr Engel, jauchzt und singet" - Olaf Bär, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
- No.8 Aria (Baß): "Großer Herr, o starker König" - Olaf Bär, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, Crispian Steele-Perkins
- No.23 Chorale: "Wir singen dir in deinem Heer" - English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, The Monteverdi Choir
- No.11 Evangelist: "Und es waren Hirten in derselben Gegend" - Anthony Rolfe Johnson, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
- No.40 Rezitativ (Baß): "Wohlan, dein Name soll allein" Arioso (Chor-Sopran): "Jesu mein Freud und Wonne" - Olaf Bär, Nancy Argenta, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
- No.10 Sinfonia - English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
- No.20 Evangelist: "Und alsbald war da bei dem Engel" - Anthony Rolfe Johnson, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
- No.39 Aria (Soprano, Echo-soprano): "Flösst, mein Heiland, flösst dein Namen" - Nancy Argenta, Katie Pringle, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, Anthony Robson
- No.6 Evangelist: "Und sie gebar ihren ersten Sohn" - Anthony Rolfe Johnson, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
- No.62 Aria (Tenor): "Nun mögt ihr stolzen Feinde schrecken" - Hans Peter Blochwitz, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, Anthony Robson, Valerie Darke
- No.18 Rezitativ (Baß): "So geht denn hin, ihr Hirten, geht" - Olaf Bär, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
- No.58 Evangelist: "Als sie nun den König gehöret hatten" - Anthony Rolfe Johnson, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
- No.44 Evangelist: "Da Jesu geboren war zu Bethlehem" - Anthony Rolfe Johnson, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
- No.15 Aria (Tenor): "Frohe Hirten, eilt, ach eilet" - Hans Peter Blochwitz, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, Lisa Beznosiuk
- No.3 Rezitativ (Alt): "Nun wird mein liebster Bräutigam" - Anne Sofie von Otter, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
- No.55 Evangelist: "Da berief Herodes die Weisen heimlich" - Herodes: "Ziehet hin und forrschet fleißig" - Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Olaf Bär, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
- No.1 Chorus: "Jauchzet, frohlocket" - English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, The Monteverdi Choir
- No.32 Recitativ (Alt): "Ja, ja, mein Herz soll es bewahren" - Anne Sofie von Otter, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
- No.9 Choral: "Ach mein herzliebes Jesulein" - English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, The Monteverdi Choir
- No.16 Evangelist: "Und das habt zum Zeichen" - Anthony Rolfe Johnson, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
- No.64 Choral: "Nun seid ihr wohl gerochen" - English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, The Monteverdi Choir
- No.28 Choral: "Dies hat er alles uns getan" - English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, The Monteverdi Choir
- No.33 Choral: "Ich will dich mit Fleiß bewahren" - English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, The Monteverdi Choir
- No.42 Choral: "Jesus richte mein Beginnen" - English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, The Monteverdi Choir
- No.51 Terzetto (Soprano, Alto, Tenor): "Ach, wann wird die Zeit erscheinen?" - Nancy Argenta, Anne Sofie von Otter, Hans Peter Blochwitz, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
- No.12 Chorale: "Brich an, o schönes Morgenlicht" - English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, The Monteverdi Choir
- No.36 Chor: "Fallt mit Danken, fallt mit Loben" - English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, The Monteverdi Choir
- No.30 Evangelist: "Und sie kamen eilend" - Anthony Rolfe Johnson, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
- No.52 Rezitativ (Alt): "Mein Liebster herrschet schon" - Anne Sofie von Otter, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
- No.19 Aria (Alto): "Schlafe, mein Liebster, geniesse der Ruh" - Anne Sofie von Otter, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
- No.57 Aria (Sopran): "Nur ein Wink von seinen Händen" - Nancy Argenta, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
- No.24 Chor: "Herrscher des Himmels, erhöre das Lallen" - English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, The Monteverdi Choir
- No.5 Choral: "Wie soll ich dich empfangen" - English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, The Monteverdi Choir
Release date: 1987-11-04
Run time: 139 min.
Creator: Hans-Peter Blochwitz
RRP: £22.99
Price: £14.75
Review Bach: Christmas Oratorio / Archiv Produktion:
Tracks Christmas Hits
- What Christmas Means To Me - Green, Al
- Stop The Cavalry - Lewie, Jona
- Hail Blessed Virgin Mary - Wells Cathedral Choir
- Walking In The Air - Auty, Peter
- 2000 Miles - Pretenders (1)
- Power Of Love - Frankie Goes To Hollywood
- Millennium Prayer - Richard, Cliff
- Christmas Bop - T-Rex
- White Christmas - Bolton, Michael
- O Little Town Of Bethlehem - Norwich Cathedral Choir
- Wombling Merry Christmas - Wombles
- Pie Jesu - Angelis
- Silent Night - G4 (2)
- Santa Baby - Kitt, Eartha
- Hark The Herald Angels Sing - Wells Cathedral Choir
- First Nowell - Norwich Cathedral Choir
- I Have A Dream - Westlife
- Dream A Dream - Church, Charlotte
- Seven Joys Of Mary - Marlborough Cathedral Choir
- Last Christmas - Wham
- Early Christmas Morning - Lauper, Cyndi
- Joy To The World - Franklin, Aretha
- I Have A Dream - Westlife
- All I Want For Christmas Is You - Carey, Mariah
- When A Child Is Born - Mathis, Johnny (1)
- Blue Christmas - Shakin' Stevens
- Deck The Halls - Wilson, Jackie
- Little Drummer Boy - Cash, Johnny
- Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas - Vandross, Luther
- Sussex Carol - Wells Cathedral Choir
- Deck The Halls - Norwich Cathedral Choir
- We Three Kings - Ely Cathedral Choir
- Angels We Have Heard On High - Westminster Cathedral Choir
- Come To The Manger - Westminster Cathedral Choir
- O Come All Ye Faithful - Norwich Cathedral Choir
- Over The Rainbow - Cassidy, Eva
- While Shepherds Watched - Westminster Cathedral Choir
- Mary's Boy Child/Oh My Lord - Boney M
- I'll Be Home For Christmas - Day, Doris
- O Come O Come Emmanuel - Wells Cathedral Choir
- Do You Hear What I Hear - Knight, Gladys & The Pips
- Holiday Celebrate - Braxton, Toni
- I Don't Wanna Spend One More Christmas Without You - 'N Sync
- Fairytale Of New York - Pogues & Kirsty MacColl
- Personent Hodie - Westminster Cathedral Choir
- Merry Christmas Baby - Presley, Elvis
- Stay Another Day - East 17
- Santa Claus Is Coming To Town - Sinatra, Frank
- Love On Layaway - Estefan, Gloria
- Auld Lang Syne - Gay Gordon
- Let It Snow Let It Snow Let It Snow - Sinatra, Frank
- Millennium Prayer - Richard, Cliff
- As With Gladness Men Of Old - Wells Cathedral Choir
- Winter Wonderland - Bennett, Tony
- Merry Christmas Everyone - Shakin' Stevens
- O Christmas Tree - Lanza, Mario
- I Saw Three Ships - Marlborough Cathedral Choir
- Christmas Time (Don't Let The Bells End) - Darkness (2)
- Power Of Love - Frankie Goes To Hollywood
- Holly And The Ivy - Westminster Cathedral Choir
- Stay Another Day - East 17
- It Came Upon A Midnight Clear - Wells Cathedral Choir
- Christmas Time - Backstreet Boys
- Jingle Bells - Cole, Natalie
- Most Wonderful Time Of The Year - Williams, Andy (1)
- Ding Dong Merrily On High - Marlborough Cathedral Choir
- When You Wish Upon A Star - Ronstadt, Linda
- Away In A Manger - Westminster Cathedral Choir
- I Believe - Robson & Jerome
- Merry Xmas Everybody - Steps (1)
- Driving Home For Christmas - Rea, Chris
- Christmas Day - Dido
- Cherry Tree Carol - Marlborough Cathedral Choir
- Wintersong - McLachlan, Sarah
- O Holy Night - Il Divo
- Proper Crimbo - Bo Selecta
- Christmas Song - Aguilera, Christina
- My Only Wish (This Year) - Spears, Britney
- Sleigh Ride - Air Supply
- Mary's Boy Child - Belafonte, Harry
- Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree - Lee, Brenda
- Once In Royal David's City - Ely Cathedral Choir
- All I Want For Christmas (Is My Two Front Teeth) - Jones, Spike & His City Slickers
- Oh Happy Day - Hawkins, Edwin Singers
Release date: 2007-11-19
RRP: £19.99
Price: £11.99
Review Christmas Hits / Various Artists:
Tracks Pavarotti - The Ultimate Collection
- Se quel guerrier io fossi!..Celeste Aida - Luciano Pavarotti, Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Lorin Maazel
- "Libiamo ne'lieti calici (Brindisi) - Luciano Pavarotti, Joan Sutherland, The London Opera Chorus, The National Philharmonic Orchestra, Richard Bonynge
- "E lucevan le stelle" - Luciano Pavarotti, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Leone Magiera
- My Way - Luciano Pavarotti, Frank Sinatra, Orchestra, Bill Miller
- "Amor ti vieta" - Luciano Pavarotti, The National Philharmonic Orchestra, Oliviero de Fabritiis
- 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
- "Che gelida manina" - Luciano Pavarotti, Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan
- "La fleur que tu m'avais jetée" - Luciano Pavarotti, Wiener Volksopernorchester, Leone Magiera
- "Recitar!" - "Vesti la giubba" - Luciano Pavarotti, The National Philharmonic Orchestra, Giuseppe Patanè
- Donna non vidi mai - Luciano Pavarotti, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, James Levine
- 'O sole mio - Luciano Pavarotti, The National Philharmonic Orchestra, Giancarlo Chiaramello
- Torna a Surriento - Luciano Pavarotti, The National Philharmonic Orchestra, Giancarlo Chiaramello
- "Una furtiva lagrima" - Luciano Pavarotti, English Chamber Orchestra, Richard Bonynge
- Notte 'e piscatore - Luciano Pavarotti, Andrea Bocelli, Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Leone Magiera
- Core 'ngrato - Luciano Pavarotti, Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Giancarlo Chiaramello
- Caruso - Luciano Pavarotti
- La Danza - Luciano Pavarotti, Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Richard Bonynge
- Ave Maria, "Ellens Gesang III", D839 - Luciano Pavarotti, The National Philharmonic Orchestra, Kurt Herbert Adler
- Suzel, buon di (Cherry duet) - Cecilia Bartoli, Luciano Pavarotti, London Voices, Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi, Riccardo Chailly
- Volare - Luciano Pavarotti, Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Henry Mancini
- Santa Lucia - Trad. Arr. Alexander Courage - Luciano Pavarotti, David Romano, Orchestra, Emerson Buckley
- La Mia Canzone Al Vento - Luciano Pavarotti, Orchestra, Henry Mancini
- Granada - Luciano Pavarotti, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Maurizio Benini
- "Di quella pira" - Luciano Pavarotti, The National Philharmonic Orchestra, Richard Bonynge
- Mi batte il cor...O Paradiso! - Luciano Pavarotti, The National Philharmonic Orchestra, Oliviero de Fabritiis
- Cielo e mar! - Luciano Pavarotti, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Leone Magiera
- O Holy Night (Minuit Chrétien) - Luciano Pavarotti, The National Philharmonic Orchestra, Kurt Herbert Adler
- "Tu che m'hai preso il cor" - Luciano Pavarotti, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Maurizio Benini
- "M'appari" - Luciano Pavarotti, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Richard Bonynge
- Funiculì, funiculà - Luciano Pavarotti, Coro del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Anton Guadagno
- Spirto gentil - Luciano Pavarotti, Wiener Opernorchester, Edward Downes
- Nessun dorma! - Luciano Pavarotti, The John Alldis Choir, Wandsworth School Boys Choir, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Zubin Mehta
- Mamma - Luciano Pavarotti, Orchestra, Henry Mancini
- "La donna è mobile" - Luciano Pavarotti, London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Bonynge
- 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
- Passione - Luciano Pavarotti, Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Giancarlo Chiaramello
- "Questa o quella" (Ballata) - Luciano Pavarotti, Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Riccardo Chailly
- Mattinata - Luciano Pavarotti, Philharmonia Orchestra, Piero Gamba
- "Recondita armonia" - Luciano Pavarotti, The National Philharmonic Orchestra, Nicola Rescigno
Release date: 1997-10-13
Run time: 148 min.
Creator: London Philharmonic Orchestra
RRP: £17.99
Price: £10.49
Review Pavarotti - The Ultimate Collection / Decca:
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