A Classical Kids Christmas CD

A Classical Kids Christmas CD

Celebrate Christmas with award-winning Classical Kids producer Susan Hammond (Beethoven Lives Upstairs, Mozart's Magic Fantasy) in this holiday collection the whole family will enjoy.

Classical carols and classic poetry combine to tell the story of Christmas, just like the pageants of days gone by. Follow the Three Wise Men as they set out for Bethlehem; meet Saint Nicholas (no, not Santa Claus!); experience the traditions of Christmas around the world. It's a magical Christmas eve, the celebration of Christmas Day and rejoicing of animals at the manger. Everyone will enjoy the story of why the stork delivers babies, how the robin got its red breast and how tinsel came to decorate our trees.

Features more than 30 traditional carols and holiday songs, including:

• 1 Christmas on Main Street / The Pageant Begins 1:00
• 2 O Come, Little Children / O Come, O Come Emmanuel 1:30
• 3 Huron Carol/O Come, All Ye Faithful 2:28
• 4 Personent Hodie 0:57
• 5 This Great Day / We Three Kings 2:13
• 6 Vivaldi: Winter, II 0:57
• 7 What Shall We Bring? 1:39
• 8 Jolly Old Saint Nicholas 1:40
• 9 O Tannenbaum*/God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen/Swedish Dance 2:34
• 10 Christmas is l'cumin 0:44
• 11 Christmas Eve is Here 1:11
• 12 Joseph, Dearest / Brahm's Lullaby 1:55
• 13 Silent Night 2:37
• 14 O Holy Night 2:06
• 15 Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite Overture 2:18
• 16 Handel: Messiah, Pifa 1:14
• 17 While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks/ O Little Town of Bethlehem 0:44
• 18 What is this Perfume? 2:20
• 19 Angels We Have Heard on High/Hark, the Herald Angels Sing 0:38
• 20 Polish Lullaby 2:25
• 21 Go Tell it on the Mountain 0:45
• 22 Sussex Carol 1:25
• 23 Away in the Manger 2:30
• 24 What Child is This? / From the East the Donkey Came 2:00
• 25 The Friendly Beasts 2:00
• 26 Good King Wenceslas 1:05
• 27 Here We Come Awassailing 1:22
• 28 D'ou viens tu,bergere/Joy to the World/Away in a Manger / Angels We Have Heard on High 1:51
• 29 In The Bleak Midwinter/The Pageant Ends 1:28

Contains:

• 1 CD, 47 minutes

Product Details:

• Recommended Ages: 3 and up
• Artist: Susan Hammond
• Format: CD
• Year: 2001

"... you'll want to find room on your shelf for this one. This recording meets the high standard we expect from Susan Hammond - it's not a story, it's a Christmas pageant -- one of the nicest I've ever heard. Hammond artfully combines music and poetry - the music is elegant, and in Hammond's trademark style, it's neither too sophisticated for young minds nor too juvenile for mature ones" - Today's Parent

"Joyous, exultant, reverent, and magical, this quintessential Christmas album?.is both exquisitely assembled and executed." - Booklist

"Cleverly conceived and lovingly performed." - Chicago Tribune

"This joyful and reverent blend of poetry, music and history will likely be a welcome addition to many family music collections." - Publishers Weekly

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This wonderful CD includes music, stories, and poems that truly celebrate the holiday spirit! Children and adults thoroughly enjoy listening to this CD.