Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Sleigh Ride
2. Yuletide Medley, No. 1: O Holy Night/Joy to the World/Oh Little ...
3. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
4. Silver Bells
5. Jingle Bells
6. Frosty the Snowman
7. Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
8. Yuletide Medley, No. 2: Oh Christmas Tree/It Came upon a Midnight ...
9. I'll Be Home for Christmas
10. Silent Night
11. In the Christmas Mood

Disc 2:

1. We Wish You a Merry Christmas
2. White Christmas
3. Yuletide Melody, No. 1: Away in a Manger/Ave Maria/The First Noel
4. Twelve Days of Christmas
5. Winter Wonderland
6. Christmas Song
7. Yuletide Medley, No. 2: Hark the Herald, Angels Sing/Angels We ...
8. (There's No Place Like) Home for the Holidays
9. Good King Wenceslas
10. Santa Claus Is Coming to Town
11. Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! - Glenn Miller & His Orchestra
12. Auld Lang Syne

Disc 3:

1. Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite: Minature Overture
2. Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite: March
3. Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite: Dance of the Fairy Dragee
4. Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite: Russian Dance
5. Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite: Arabian Dance
6. Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite: Chinese Dance
7. Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite: Dance of the Mirlitons
8. Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite: Waltz of the Flowers
9. Jolly Old St. Nicholas
10. Toyland
11. Ode to Joy
12. String of Carols: Here We Come A-Caroling/Up on the House Top/A ...
13. Parade of the Wooden Soldiers
14. Old-Fashioned Christmas Tree
15. March of the Toys
16. What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #55198 in Music
• Released on: 1997-08-05
• Number of discs: 3
• Format: Box set

Customer Reviews

In the Christmas Mood: A Must, A Best Buy for Miller Fans
I bought this boxed set as a three-cassette package about 10 years ago, and a couple of weeks later when I saw the CD boxed set, I bought that, too.

Every year at Christmas, I play these CDs at home and on my cassette player in my old car. They really make the holiday season for me, reminding me of days long ago when, as a boy, we listened to music like this on the radio on cold December evenings.

No, these recordings were not made by the original Glenn Miller Orchestra but by recording studio bands comprised of members and vocalists from the Glenn Miller Orchestra about a dozen years ago.

If you have heard Larry O'Brien and The Glenn Miller Orchestra anytime during the past two decades he has been leading it, you know that this Glenn Miller Orchestra is first-rate. And that is who you hear on these three CDs.

As someone who has been collecting Glenn Miller's music for the past half century, I strongly recommend this boxed set of Christmas music in the Miller Mood. Order it today!

George Spink
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Missing the Old Time Spark
I've run a Big Band/Swing webcast station for over three years now, and have heard just about every song Glenn Miller played. This CD (and the present day band that plays the tunes) just doesn't have the spark that the originals did. First off, yes, this is the present-day reconstituted Glenn Miller Orchestra, run by his heirs. This isn't recordings of the original band from the 40s. While the selections are technically sound, the band is really just another band playing the tunes, lacking the fire of the great band that was at the forefront of music in the Swing Era. Their delivery is more post-swing, post lounge, play it safe, "middle of the road" modern. While a nice CD, I guess, I was expecting much more.

The best Christmas big band/jazz album of the century
Glenn Miller has displayed his best work ever. If you liked "In the Mood", you'll love this 3 box set of Glenn Miller's christmas arrangments. He has taken classic christmas songs and composed them in excellent big band arrangments. The music will get you in the christmas mood before the first song is over. With terrific instrument solos and harmonies this is the christmas album to put into your selection.