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Media Type: CD
Artist: CANADIAN BRASS
Title: CHRISTMAS EXPERIMENT
Street Release Date: 10/14/1997
Domestic
Genre: XMAS CLASSICAL INSTRUMENTAL

Track Listing

1. Night Before Christmas
2. Jingle Bells
3. Sleigh Runners
4. Jolly Old St. Nick
5. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
6. O Christmas Tree
7. Sleigh Bells
8. Sweet Songs of Christmas
9. Spinner (Santa's Little Elf)
10. Frosty the Snowman
11. Angels We Have Heard on High
12. Angel Choir and the Trumpeter
13. Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming
14. Little Drummer Boy
15. Away in a Manger
16. We Three Kings
17. O Holy Night
18. O Come All Ye Faithful
19. We Wish You a Merry Christmas
20. Silent Night

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #6107 in Music
• Brand: CANADIAN BRASS
• Released on: 2007-01-08
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .21 pounds

Amazon.com
Based on a Christmas film assembled and acted in part by children of the Canadian Brass, A Christmas Experiment may well be the traditional-family-values CD you've been waiting to find. Merging the talents of the Bach Children's Christmas Chorus and the Georgian Bay Children's Choir, the internationally known brassy quintet provides bright and sweeping arrangements of secular and sacred standards as well as original pieces created for the program. The result is a refreshing panoramic showcase of the Christmas spirit, realized through and for children that neatly avoids being too cute, classical, or Christmassy. --Martin Keller

Customer Reviews

Creative and refreshing.
The Canadian Brass combine their creative talents with the voices of children's choirs to bring a refreshing new sound to traditional Christmas songs! Five stars from me for a great CD!

A Very Successful Experiment!
I wasn't sure what I was getting into when I purchased this CD last year on a whim. Christmas Experiment quickly became one of my favorite Christmas CDs. We know that Christmas is particularly special for children, and that really came through with the singing of the children on this CD. The first track ('Twas the Night Before Christmas) immediately caught my attention with the child's narration backed up by the full, lucious tones of the Canadian Brass. Jingle Bells is high-spirited and lots of fun to listen to. I especially love the young soloist for Drummer Boy. There are a few tracks with just the Canadian Brass--as always, they demonstrate wit and charm with their arrangements. Give yourself a treat and buy this CD.

An Experiment That Does Not Fail
The Canadian Brass is an ensemble known for both its virtuosity and its creativity. Both attributes can be found in its Christmas recording A CHRISTMAS EXPERIMENT. The disc was recorded in conjunction with an A and E television special which is available on DVD.

This is not a traditional brass choir Christmas album, though certainly there are elements of this in many of the tracks. Most of the tracks involve the vocals of two children's choirs: The Bach Children's Chorus and The Georgian Bay Children's Choir. The voices of these two groups are almost angelic. The pleasing quality of the children's voices makes the recording worthwhile. Most of the arrangements are original, and lovers of the Canadian Brasses antics will enjoy the arrangements of "Jingle Bells" and the original "Sleigh Runners." While a carol such as "O Come All Ye Faithful" is so standard that people are hardly excited by it, the powerful version of this recording will make listeners stand up and take notice. Perhaps one of the most original pieces is the Brass's version of "Jolly Old St. Nick." It begins like the groups prior recording the Pachelbel Canon, but moves into the familiar song.

I will have to admit, when I first purchased the recording and saw the title A CHRISTMAS EXPERIMENT, I have expected it to fail. I am glad I was wrong. The experiment is definitely a success.