A Classic Christmas For Your Family

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Album Summary

Performers

• Philharmonia Virtuosi
• Razumovsky Symphony Orchestra
• CSSR State Philharmonic Orchestra/Peter Breiner
• Slovak Philharmonic

Conductors

• Bramall, Anthony
• Breiner, Peter
• Brion, Keith
• Hayman, Richard
• Lenárd, Ondrej
• Walter, Alfred

Ensemble

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Composers

• Unspecified
• Alexander Glazunov (1865 - 1936)
• Benjamin R. Hanby (1833 - 1867)
• Felix Bernard (1897 - 1944)
• Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893)
• Leroy Anderson (1908 - 1975)
• Victor Herbert (1859 - 1924)
• Johnny Marks (1909 - 1985)
• Sergey Prokofiev (1891 - 1953)
• Richard Hayman (1920 - )
• Mykola Dmytrovich Leontovych (1877 - 1921)
• Christmas Traditional
• James Pierpont (1822 - 1893)
• Geoffrey Shaw (Composer) (1879 - 1943)
• Georges Bizet (1838 - 1875)

Notes & Reviews:

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.

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Unspecified : A Merry Christmas Sing-Along

• Performer: Philharmonia Virtuosi
• Conductor: Richard Hayman
• Running Time: 6 min. 31 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Christmas

Anderson, Leroy : Sleigh Ride

• Performer: Philharmonia Virtuosi
• Conductor: Richard Hayman
• Running Time: 3 min. 4 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1948

Leontov, Mykola Dmytrovich : Carol of the Bells

• Performer: Philharmonia Virtuosi
• Conductor: Richard Hayman
• Running Time: 2 min. 12 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Christmas
• Written: 1910

Glazunov, Alexander : The Seasons, Op. 67 :: Winter Variations

• Performer: Philharmonia Virtuosi
• Conductor: Richard Hayman
• Running Time: 4 min. 11 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Ballet
• Written: 1899

Herbert, Victor : Babes in Toyland :: March of the Toys

• Performer: Razumovsky Symphony Orchestra
• Conductor: Keith Brion
• Running Time: 4 min. 8 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1903

Traditional, Christmas : Good King Wenceslas (Piae Cantiones, 1582)

• Performer: CSSR State Philharmonic Orchestra/Peter Breiner
• Conductor: Alfred Walter
• Running Time: 1 min. 6 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance
• Written: circa 1582

Hanby, Benjamin R. : Up on the Housetop

• Performer: CSSR State Philharmonic Orchestra/Peter Breiner
• Conductor: Alfred Walter
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Christmas
• Written: 10/1866

Marks, Johnny : Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

• Performer: Philharmonia Virtuosi
• Conductor: Richard Hayman
• Running Time: 2 min. 37 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Vocal
• Written: 1949

Pierpont, James : Jingle Bells

• Performer: CSSR State Philharmonic Orchestra/Peter Breiner
• Conductor: Alfred Walter
• Running Time: 1 min. sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Christmas
• Written: circa 1850

Traditional, Christmas : Jolly Old St. Nicholas (American)

• Performer: CSSR State Philharmonic Orchestra/Peter Breiner
• Conductor: Alfred Walter
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Christmas
• Written: 19th Century

Bernard, Felix : Winter Wonderland

• Performer: Philharmonia Virtuosi
• Conductor: Richard Hayman
• Running Time: 2 min. 14 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1934

Prokofiev, Sergei : Lieutenant Kijé Suite, Op. 60 :: Sleigh Ride (Troika)

• Performer: Philharmonia Virtuosi
• Conductor: Richard Hayman
• Running Time: 2 min. 57 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1933-1934

Traditional, Christmas : De Virgin Mary had a baby boy

• Conductor: Peter Breiner
• Running Time: 1 min. 54 sec.

Traditional, Christmas : O Tannenbaum (O Christmas Tree) (German)

• Performer: CSSR State Philharmonic Orchestra/Peter Breiner
• Conductor: Alfred Walter
• Running Time: 1 min. 51 sec.
• Form: Christmas
• Written: circa 1820

Shaw, Geoffrey : How far is it to Bethlehem :: Stowey) (English)

• Conductor: Peter Breiner
• Running Time: 3 min. 54 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Christmas

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a :: March

• Conductor: Ondrej Lenárd
• Running Time: 2 min. 29 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1892

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a :: Dance of the Toy Trumpets

• Conductor: Ondrej Lenárd
• Running Time: 2 min. 11 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1892

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a :: Russian Dance

• Conductor: Ondrej Lenárd
• Running Time: 1 min. 7 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1892

Hayman, Richard : Ski Doodle

• Performer: Philharmonia Virtuosi
• Conductor: Richard Hayman
• Running Time: 2 min. 41 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Traditional, Christmas : Deck the Halls (Welsh)

• Conductor: Peter Breiner
• Running Time: 5 min. 24 sec.
• Form: Christmas
• Written: by 1784

Traditional, Christmas : Angels We Have Heard on High

• Conductor: Peter Breiner
• Running Time: 3 min. 5 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Christmas
• Written: circa 1840

Bizet, Georges : L' Arlésienne, suite for orchestra no 2

• Performer: Slovak Philharmonic
• Conductor: Anthony Bramall
• Running Time: 3 min. 6 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1876