A Classic Christmas - The Ultimate Collection of Christmas Classics and Carols

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I think this album at Christmas is wonderful. I lost the original during a move and really pleased to find this one.

Great cd

Because my extensive CD collection was sadly bereft of any Christmas music I decided to rectify that situation, and this year I purchased the following Christmas CDs:i) A Classic Christmasii) The John Rutter Christmas Albumiii) Nöel - Christmas at Kingsiv) Legends Christmas CollectionIf I were to rank this CD amongst those four, I would put it in second position behind Nöel, which was the clear winner.There is nothing wrong with this CD per se., I think anyone who purchases it will be more than satisfied with both the quality of the recordings (varied) and the atmosphere it creates in your home. Certainly it contains a one-stop-shop for anyone looking for a definitive Christmas album, but there sadly lies-in the one minus point.As this CD is an eclectic mix of various: recordings, choirs, arrangements and quality, I personally found this aspect detracted somewhat from the overall cohesion of the CD. Whist I fully appreciate others might like this eclectic approach, I sadly do not, hence I preferred the King's recording.Nevertheless, having stated the above, I think you will not be disappointed by this CD and I would recommend it to any potential purchaser. I would also state, that I found by playing the three classic CDs mentioned above in rotation I managed to create a superb Christmas ambience, something which certainly enhanced and enriched this year's Festive Season.

After hours of "trawling" I was eventually delighted to find what I was looking for. A collection of Christmas Carols/Music that was not commercial or "kitsch!" (Which believe me was very difficult to find!) this disc is marvelous. All the traditional carols; some choral arrangements some orchestral; many performed by Kings College Cambridge; some arranged/conducted by John Rutter & Sir David Wilcocks. We are Australians living in "La Douce France" and we want to celebrate Christmas the way I did as a Child - (I am of Dutch ethnicity.) Wehave now sourced a French Christmas Music CD from a Christian Book Shop in Quimper; sourced a double Christmas CD set from the Netherlands; also, our favorites of the complete Messiah (Handel) and the Nutcracker Ballet Suite (Tschaikowski) - the above Anglican Christmas Carol CD will literally crown off our Christmas Music.

An unremarkable Christmas CD comprised of a compilation of what amount to snippets of popular Christmas tunes, some of which are quite odd productions, on a CD with no artwork on the label.Whilst the some of the orchestras are of world renown – London Philharmonic, Hollywood Bowl Symphony etc; and the choral singers are equally famous, Kings Singers, Clare College Singers and so on, I got the impression that the work was experimental, it certainly sounded like it.The CD run time is 1 hour and 6 minutes and it may be ok as background ‘noise’ if that is what you want, and don’t want anything to particularly listen to.Yes, it was cheap and yes, you get what you pay for, but if you are looking for full length versions of traditional and popular festive classics to listen to, this may not be for you.

Spouse declared she loved the orchestral piece "Troika" by Prokofiev and wished she had it on cd.. Her son had told her he'd tried but it wasn't available on the internet - he didn't want to interupt his x-box session, perhaps. Spouse is technophobic and certainly no web wizard, bless her, so she believed himNot only did I find this cd from Amazon, with other Xmas tracks which sound terrific at all times of the year, it was offered at an amazingly low price. You should have seen the puzzled look on Lynda's face,as she unwrapped the package, turn to sheer stunned amazed joy as the opening chords sounded out. Thousands of brownie points! Thank ,you, Amazon. How do I top this next Xmas, though? Len Quinn

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Bellissime canzoni classiche di natale

I like this very festive. Nice for Christmas especially if you like classical music.

Habe die Rezensionen gelesen, waren teils sehr positiv. Dazu war die CD auch günstig, "kann man nichts falsch machen" dachte ich. Und ob, ich konnte die CD nicht fertig hören, denn sie ist schrecklich. Ein paar Stücke sind passabel, aber es ist alles sehr emotionslos gespielt bzw. gesungen. Es ist höchstens als Hintergrundmusik knapp ok. Würde ich nie wieder kaufen und nicht mal geschenkt nehmen. Man bekommt, was man bezahlt, Finger weg.