Track Listing

1. Joy to the World
2. It Came Upon a Midnight Clear
3. Starbright - Jim Brickman, Kenny Loggins
4. Angels
5. Fireside
6. What Child Is This?
7. Hope Is Born Again - Jim Brickman, Point of Grace
8. Winter Peace
9. First Noel
10. O Christmas Tree
11. Little Town of Bethlehem
12. Dream Come True
13. Gift - Susan Ashton, Jim Brickman, Collin Raye

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #8754 in Music
• Released on: 1997-09-30
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 43 minutes

Amazon.com
Jim Brickman's 1997 holiday package is all satin bows and glowing hearth embers, precisely the approach his romantically inclined legions would have wished him to take. Those with less sentimental ears might argue that at times the pianist's approach is a touch too sweet. "Joy to the World" would be more affecting as a solo work, for instance, and we could have done without the strings and music-box embellishments heard in "Angels." Yet Brickman compensates by delicately tracing a path to our heart-of-hearts in the album's two superb, nonholiday originals, "Fireside" and "Winter Peace." Three vocal tracks surface here: a breathy Kenny Loggins sings on the album's obligatory lullaby ("Starbright"), the female gospel group Point of Grace takes a bow ("Hope is Born Again"), and country vocalist Collin Raye performs a heart-clutching duet with Susan Ashton on the title track. It's not Brickman's finest record, but it's a very pretty one. --Terry Wood

Customer Reviews

A soothing, beautifully crafted mix of holiday music !
I have never been disappointed in a Jim Brickman CD purchase and "The Gift" is certainly no different. When I found the CD, I simply knew it would be wonderful. How right I was! This man is a genius with the piano and his renditions of holiday favorites as well as his own compositions create a perfect blend. It is soothing, peaceful and perfect for the holidays. It is my new favorite Christmas album!

Piano Christmas Classics
Jim Brickman had done us a huge favor releasing this piano Christmas album with familiar tones and non-traditional music. The album is a breakthrough from the traditional Christmas albums with pure piano music.

"Joy to the World", "It Came Upon A Midnight Clear", and "Oh Christmas Tree" are among the most popular Christmas favorites. Brickman also recorded new tunes like "Hope is Born Again". Duet "The Gift" performed by Susan Ashton and Collin Raye is yet another non-taditional favorite.

A Christmas Favorite
I have many Christmas CDs and this is probably my favorite. I'm not that big of a fan of instrumental music, but the first time I heard this CD I knew there was something special about it. The arrangements are both soothing and contemporary. Sprinkled in are wonderful vocal selections from Kenny Loggins, Susan Ashton and Point of Grace. Every Christmas I try to think of someone I know who doesn't have it so I can give it to them. It makes, and is, a wonderful Christmas gift