Of all the Reader's Digest Christmas compilations this is widely considered one of their better ones. It features very traditional arrangements from a number of famous symphonies, choral groups, and opera singers. You’ll hear The London Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus performing the Hallelujah Chorus from Handel's Messiah – something you won’t find on many sets. Also included are rousing renditions including "Sleigh Ride", "Santa Claus is Coming to Town" and "Parade of the Tin Soldiers" and many more. CD #2 features the family-friendly secular selections like “Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer”, “Jingle Bells,” and “I’ll be Home for Christmas”.

Condition: Very Gently Used
CDs, jewel case and booklet are in very good shape
Overall a good set that you’ll enjoy for years.

Here’s a classic collection with rare tracks from The Robert Shaw Choral, The Roger Wagner Choral, The Harry Simeone Choral, and the Vienna Boys Choir. The, throughout the set, you’ll enjoy powerful vocalists including Mario Lanza, Placido Domingo, Marian Anderson, Kathleen Battle and Leontyne Price performing Christmas classics like Oh Come All Ye Faithful, The First Noel, Away in the Manger, and Ave Maria.

Includes a 40-page listener’s guide with fun background notes on each song.

A Glorious Christmas
Reader’s Digest Music - 1992

Disc 1

1. Good King Wenceslas................ Philadelphia Orchestra & Chorus
2. O Come All Ye Faithfull.............Placido Domingo & The Vienna Boys Choir
3. Deck the Halls......................Philadelphia Orchestra & Chorus
4. While Shepherds Watched
Their Flocks (Handel)...............Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & Chorus
5. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen.........Philadelphia Orchestra & Chorus
6. The Twelve Days of Christmas........Marian Anderson
7. Wassail Song........................The Ambrosian Singers .
8. The First Noel......................Mario Lanza
9. Medley: Joy to the World/It Came
Upon a Midnight Clear/Angels We
Have Heard On High................The Robert Shaw Chorale
10. We Wish You a Merry Christmas.......The Roger Wagner Chorale
11. O Holy Night........................Mario Lanza & The RCA Victor Orchestra
12. What Child Is This..................Philadelphia Orchestra & Chorus
13. Silent Night........................Philadelphia Orchestra & Chorus
14. Medley: Christmas Hymn/Hark! The Robert Shaw Chorale
The Herald Angels Sing!...........The Robert Shaw Chorale
15. Sweet Little Jesus Boy..............The Roger Wagner Chorale
16. Mary Had A Baby.....................Kathleen Battle
17. Do You Hear What I Hear.............The Harry Simeone Chorale
18. Away In A Manger....................Vienna Boys Choir
19. Ave Maria (Bach/Gounod).............Mario Lanza

Disc 2

1. Sleigh Ride.........................Arthur Fiedler & The Boston Pops
2. Winter Wonderland...................Philadelphia Orchestra & Chorus
3. Santa Claus is Coming To Town.......Arthur Fiedler & The Boston Pops
4. Silver Bells........................Philadelphia Orchestra & Chorus
5. Jingle Bells........................The Roger Wagner Chorale
6. White Christmas.....................Arthur Fiedler & The Boston Pops
7. The Christmas Song..................Philadelphia Orchestra & Chorus
8. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer......Philadelphia Orchestra & Chorus
9. I'll Be Home For Christmas..........Philadelphia Orchestra & Chorus
10. Parade of the Tin Soldiers..........Arthur Fiedler & The Boston Pops
11. Skater's Waltz......................New Symphony Orchestra of London
12. German Dance for Orchestra..........Arthur Fiedler & The Boston Pops
13. Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairies.....London Symphony Orchestra
14. March of the Little Lead Soldiers...Orchestre de la Societe des Concerts
15. I Wonder As I Wander................Philadelphia Orchestra & Chorus
16. O Tannenbaum........................Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra
17. Carol of the Bells..................Philadelphia Orchestra & Chorus

Disc 3

1. Hallelujah Chorus (Handel)..........London Philharmonic Orchestra & Chorus
2. The Little Drummer Boy..............The Harry Simeone Chorale
3. Ding Dong Merrily On High...........The Vienna Boys Choir
4. Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring.........The Norman Luboff Choir
5. Good Christian Men Rejoice..........The Roger Wagner Chorale
6. O Come, O Come Emmanuel.............The Roger Wagner Chorale
7. Go Tell It On the Mountain..........Philadelphia Orchestra & Chorus
8. I Heard the Bells On Christmas Day..Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & Chorus
9. We Wish You a Merry Christmas.......Virgil Fox (Organ)
10. Angels We Have Heard On High........Virgil Fox (Organ)
11. We Three Kings of Orient Are........Virgil Fox (Organ)
12. Gather Around the Christmas Tree....Virgil Fox with The John McCarthy Chorus
13. O Little Town of Bethlehem..........Virgil Fox with The John McCarthy Chorus
14. Ave Maria (Schubert)................Leontyne Price
15. Guardian Angels.....................Mario Lanza
16. O Sanctissima.......................Marian Anderson
17. Panis Angelicus.....................Placido Domingo & The Vienna Boys Choir
18. Medley: I Saw Three Ships/The
First Noel/The Holly and the Ivy..Kathleen Battle
19. The Lord's Prayer...................Mario Lanza

A very peaceful, well produced, collection.

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