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Classic Christmas for Your Family / Various
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Classic Christmas for Your Family / Various
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1. Merry Christmas Sing-Along
2. Sleigh Ride
3. Carol Of The Bells
4. Seasons: Winter Variations
5. Babes In Toyland: March Of The Toys
6. Good King Wenceslas
7. Up On The Housetop
8. Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer
9. Jingle Bells
10. Jolly Old Saint Nicholas
11. Winter Wonderland
12. Troika: Sleigh Ride
13. The Virgin Mary Had A Baby Boy
14. O Christmas Tree
15. How Far Is It To Bethlehem
16. The Nutcracker: March
17. The Nutcracker: Dance Of The Toy Trumpets
18. The Nutcracker: Russian Dance
19. Ski Doodle
20. Deck The Halls
21. Angels We Have Heard On High
22. L'Arlessienne Suite: Farandole
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The Naxos label offers A CLASSIC CHRISTMAS FOR YOUR FAMILY, a varied program with selections culled from several holiday titles in their vast catalog.Perennial favorites such as "Jingle Bells," "Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer," "Deck the Halls," and "Winter Wonderland" share time on this disc with classics by Glazunov ("Winter Variations" from 'The Seasons'), Tchaikovsky ("March," "Dance of the Toy Trumpets," and "Russian Dance" from 'The Nutcracker') and Bizet ("Farandole" from 'L'Arlesienne Suite'). No holiday season would be complete without a "Sleigh Ride" and two takes on this tradition are offered: Leroy Anderson's carefree winter jaunt and Sergei Prokofiev's elegant, evocative excursion in the snow.The arrangements are all excellent, making these chestnuts sound fresh, in particular "Angels We Have Heard On High" which interweaves the familiar strains of Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 to create a Baroque musical tapestry for the holidays.
