Track Listing

1. The Christmas Song
2. Winter Wonderland
3. I'll Be Home For Christmas
4. Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
5. Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
6. White Christmas
7. Ave Maria
8. Emmanuel
9. O Holy Night
10. Silent Night
11. It's The Messiah

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #5881 in Music
• Released on: 2006-10-10
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .20 pounds

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Combine one of Country's most recognized voices with the most revered holiday classics of all time and music fans have reason to celebrate the season with Wynonna's first ever solo holiday album, A Classic Christmas. Wynonna's warm delivery on holiday favorites such as "The Christmas Song", "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas" and "O Holy Night" leave the listener yearning for the smell of chestnuts roasting on the open fire. Wynonna delivers a few gems too that'll leave you speechless, especially the emotional "Ave Maria" recorded in Italianized Latin. From start to finish, A Classic Christmas certainly lives up to its name.

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Wynonna's first solo holiday album comes across as a thing of beauty, but also as something of a surprise, and not just because she tackles "Ave Maria" in Italianized Latin. Though paired with the original team behind the Judds (producer Brent Maher, musical arranger/guitarist Don Potter), the normally fiery redhead seems subdued on this collection of mostly reverent holiday fare. Throughout, Bergen White's arrangements are fresh and often sophisticated, Maher and Potter hang just the right amount of tinsel on the tree, and Wynonna's soaring soprano remains a wondrous instrument. (Even her kids, Grace and Elijah, impress on "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town," the album's lightest offering.) But the down-home diva seems to hold back both passion and power, particularly on the show-your-stuff standard "O Holy Night." Where she most comes alive is on Potter's 1983 offering, "It's the Messiah," a modern take on the birth of Jesus. It's a lovely coda to this smooth, if oddly spiceless, eggnog entry. --Alanna Nash

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Customer Reviews

A Classic Christmas Delight!!!!!
I have been a huge fan of Wynonna's since the early days of The Judd's. I have every single album she has put out with The Judd's and Solo efforts. I have seen her live 10 times. She never fails to impress me. This woman can sing ANY genre of music and succeed in doing so. On her first solo Christmas album, Wynonna sings some of the songs she did on her X-mas album with her mom. This time she has an Orchestra to back her powerful vocals. The Chrismas Song, Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas, White Christmas all sound like the classic traditional versions. Her voice with the Orchestra...WOW! On Santa Claus is Coming to town...I like the little bells in the background and the children singing. Ave Maria, Emmanuel and It's the Messiah are all beautiful songs. Not very many people could pull off Ave Maria. Wynonna does effortlessly!!! What more can I say....This is just a beautiful traditional christmas album that will be a staple in my CD player during the Holiday Season for years to come.

A Classy Christmas
If you're looking for the perfect CD for classy, tratitional Christmas music, this is it. This has everything from the playful Santa Claus is Coming To Town, with Wynonna's children singing with her, to the beautiful Ave Maria. You will hear the range in Wynonna's voice from soft and sweet to strong and powerful. If you love Christmas and tradition, Wynonna has done herself proud! I own this CD and have bought extras for Christmas gifts. I love it!!! MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

Best of Christmas 2006
Wy continues to evolve into the consummate singer in this beautifully produced album of traditional Christmas songs. From start to finish, the album reflects Wy's continual growth in vocal range and quality. In this fine collection, she leaves the realm of Country far behind, and transitions into a singer who defies boundaries by leaping over them and producing a better product with each release. Wy's work in the realm of symphonic music over the last two years has extended her vocal finnesse to become that once-in-a-generation singer that can sing anything they please and do it extremely well. There are no miscues on this album. It is fun to listen to; recorded in Wy's own style, she often adds inflections or emphasizes an aspect of a lyric that makes a song new again, even if you've heard it before. Ave Maria in it's native tongue is stunning, and Emmanuel moved me to tears. If you buy just one album this Christmas make it this one... You will be thrilled!