Mantovani and his Orchestra - Mantovani - A Song For Christmas (2018)
BAND/ARTIST: Mantovani and his Orchestra
- Title: Mantovani - A Song For Christmas
- Year Of Release: 2018
- Label: Universal Music Australia Pty. Ltd.
- Genre: Classical
- Quality: flac lossless
- Total Time: 01:23:02
- Total Size: 364 mb
- WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist
01. Wade: O Come All Ye Faithful
02. Mendelssohn: Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
03. Anonymous: God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen
04. Berlin: White Christmas
05. Anonymous: Good King Wenceslas
06. Adam: O Holy Night
07. Anonymous: The First Nowell
08. Handel: Joy To The World
09. Gruber: Silent Night, Holy Night
10. Anonymous: O Tannenbaum
11. Lambrecht: Midnight Waltz
12. Nazareth
13. Anonymous: O Little Town Of Bethlehem
14. Waldteufel: The Skaters' Waltz
15. Anonymous: Deck The Halls With Boughs Of Holly
16. Gauntlett: Once in Royal David's City
17. Anonymous: Jingle Bells
18. Toy Waltz
19. Traditional: The Holly And The Ivy
20. O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings To Zion
21. Willis: It Came Upon The Midnight Clear
22. Traditional: The Twelve Days Of Christmas
23. Anonymous: While Shepherds Watched
24. Christmas Bells
25. Hairston: Mary's Boy Child
26. Anonymous: I Saw Three Ships
Mantovani made his first Christmas single (White Christmas, with Adeste Fideles for the B side) for Decca in October 1952. Later, he recorded a further twelve numbers for ‘An Album of Christmas Music’ and it became a major seller in the 1950s. With the advent of stereo, in 1958 all fourteen numbers were re-recorded and the album (here heard as CD 1) became a million seller. It was followed in 1963 with a second Christmas album, entitled ‘A Song for Christmas’ from which this set takes it names.
‘A Song for Christmas’ finds the Mike Sammes Chorus and Singers, who often joined the Italian born maestro’s musicians. They can be heard on seven of the twelve numbers on the record. A frequent arranger of much of the music Mantovani recorded was Cecil Milner, one of the maestro’s select team of arrangers.
Among the familiar carols on the album, are some unfamiliar items like Mantovani’s self-penned Christmas Bells, which conjures up the happy atmosphere surrounding Jesus Christ’s birthday celebrations. Paul Lambrecht’s Midnight Waltz and the now-forgotten traditional tune Nazareth, are equally unfamiliar, while Milner’s arrangement of ‘O Thou that tellest Good Tidings to Zion’ (from Handel’s Messiah) is entirely free of Mantovani’s signature cascading strings.
01. Wade: O Come All Ye Faithful
02. Mendelssohn: Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
03. Anonymous: God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen
04. Berlin: White Christmas
05. Anonymous: Good King Wenceslas
06. Adam: O Holy Night
07. Anonymous: The First Nowell
08. Handel: Joy To The World
09. Gruber: Silent Night, Holy Night
10. Anonymous: O Tannenbaum
11. Lambrecht: Midnight Waltz
12. Nazareth
13. Anonymous: O Little Town Of Bethlehem
14. Waldteufel: The Skaters' Waltz
15. Anonymous: Deck The Halls With Boughs Of Holly
16. Gauntlett: Once in Royal David's City
17. Anonymous: Jingle Bells
18. Toy Waltz
19. Traditional: The Holly And The Ivy
20. O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings To Zion
21. Willis: It Came Upon The Midnight Clear
22. Traditional: The Twelve Days Of Christmas
23. Anonymous: While Shepherds Watched
24. Christmas Bells
25. Hairston: Mary's Boy Child
26. Anonymous: I Saw Three Ships
Mantovani made his first Christmas single (White Christmas, with Adeste Fideles for the B side) for Decca in October 1952. Later, he recorded a further twelve numbers for ‘An Album of Christmas Music’ and it became a major seller in the 1950s. With the advent of stereo, in 1958 all fourteen numbers were re-recorded and the album (here heard as CD 1) became a million seller. It was followed in 1963 with a second Christmas album, entitled ‘A Song for Christmas’ from which this set takes it names.
‘A Song for Christmas’ finds the Mike Sammes Chorus and Singers, who often joined the Italian born maestro’s musicians. They can be heard on seven of the twelve numbers on the record. A frequent arranger of much of the music Mantovani recorded was Cecil Milner, one of the maestro’s select team of arrangers.
Among the familiar carols on the album, are some unfamiliar items like Mantovani’s self-penned Christmas Bells, which conjures up the happy atmosphere surrounding Jesus Christ’s birthday celebrations. Paul Lambrecht’s Midnight Waltz and the now-forgotten traditional tune Nazareth, are equally unfamiliar, while Milner’s arrangement of ‘O Thou that tellest Good Tidings to Zion’ (from Handel’s Messiah) is entirely free of Mantovani’s signature cascading strings.
Year 2018 | Classical | XMAS & Holiday | FLAC / APE
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