構成数 | 2枚

合計収録時間 | 02:32:29

Personnel: Robin Barter, Simon Keenlyside, Mark Tinkler, Anthony Way (treble); Stephen Cleobury , David Willcocks (descant, organ); Tom Finucane (lute); Placido Domingo, William Kendall, Luciano Pavarotti (tenor saxophone); David Briggs , John Scott , James Lancelot, Simon Preston (organ); James Blades, David Corkhill (percussion). Directors: Russell Burgess; John Scott ; Martin Neary . Translator: Percy Dearmer. Unknown Contributor Roles: Chicago Symphony Orchestra; St. Paul's Cathedral Choir, London; Wiener Grobstadkinderchor; Goldsbrough Orchestra; Lorin Maazel ; English Chamber Orchestra; Finchley Children's Music Group; Philharmonia Orchestra; Carl Davis ; Clare College Choir & Orchestra, Cambridge; Karl Munchinger; Ambrosian Singers; New Philharmonia Orchestra; Bach Choir; Chicago Symphony Chorus; King's College Choir of Cambridge; London Voices; National Philharmonic Orchestra ; Philip Jones Brass Ensemble; Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra; Utah Symphony; Vienna Mozart Ensemble; Winchester Cathedral Choir; Kurt Herbert Adler; Richard Bonynge ; Willi Boskovsky; Colin Davis ; Anton Guadagno ; George Guest; Herbert von Karajan ; Julius Rudel ; Georg Solti . Arrangers: Dix; Douglas Gamley; John Scott ; Cullen; Donald Cashmore; Mason ; Henry Walford Davies; John Rutter; Ralph Vaughan Williams ; David Willcocks . Decca's double-disc Simply Christmas collection is a reverent, solid, non-secular tool for installing yuletide cheer. Standards like "Sleigh Ride," "Deck the Hall," and "Oh Tannenbaum" sit side by side with the somber "In the Bleak Midwinter" and "Ave Maria," glued together by church organs, choirs, and heavyweight such as Placido Domingo, Luciano Pavarotti, Joan Sutherland, and The Choir of King's College, Cambridge. The overall feel is that of a mass, and it generates a warmth and intimacy that's refreshingly honest. This is a sprawling, researched, novel of a record, that transcends the usual sing-songy holiday compilations, and would make a fine gift for a pious friend or family member. ~ James Christopher Monger

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