Track Listing

1. Deck the Halls With Boughs of Holly
2. Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming
3. Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabelle
4. First Nowell
5. Angels We Have Heard on High
6. We Three Kings of Orient Are
7. O Come All Ye Faithful
8. O Sanctissima
9. O Tannenbaum
10. O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
11. Good King Wenceslas
12. Silent Night
13. Joy to the World
14. Twelve Days of Christmas
15. Coventry Carol
16. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
17. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
18. It Came Upon a Midnight Clear
19. Good Christian Men Rejoice
20. O Holy Night
21. What Child Is This?
22. Wassail Song
23. O Little Town of Bethlehem
24. Away in a Manger
25. We Wish You a Merry Christmas

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #940 in Music
• Brand: Sony
• Released on: 1991-07-16
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .21 pounds

Customer Reviews

The Standard For Christmas Brass Music
This collection is over thirty years old and it sets the standard for Christmas brass music. It would be my guess that many of people who already own this disc first purchased it as an LP. Others will purchase the disc because their parents and grandparents owned the disc and it has become a holiday musical tradition. Over the years it has been one of Columbia's best selling albums and listeners will easily understand why. Listeners will almost feel as if the Salvation Army Band is right outside serenading Christmas shoppers. Listeners will quickly discover that many of the tracks of this collection are familiar from radio play. Probably the most creative and perhaps best known arrangements are the group's version of "The Twelve Days of Christmas." You cannot go wrong purchasing this disc.

Christmas Brass at It's Best
If you like to listen to the Salvation Army Band on a cold, wintry evening on a city street corner at Christmas (and who doesn't?), then this outstanding selection of Yuletide favorites is for you. The ensemble obviously enjoyed these recording sessions, for the playing is topnotch, without even the slightest suggestion of routine. The sound is also impressive, given the recording comes from the late 1960's. Most of the selections last less than two minutes, so the music never outstays its welcome. Highly recommended!

Do yourself a favor: buy this CD.
I've been looking for this ever since I left home in 1985 without stealing my mom's copy on vinyl -- big mistake. For some reason I thought it was by the Canadian Brass, which led to lots of disappointing CD purchases over the years.

The beautifully played traditional arrangements are better than most, and well worth having. But the real standout is the not-so-traditional Twelve Days of Christmas. It's AMAZING. So glad I've finally found it!