Best of Christmas [Madacy #1]

• Artist: Various Artists
• Rating:
• Release Date: January 01, 1996
• Type: Collection (various artists), Christmas
• Genre: Vocal Music

Review

Best of Christmas features the Starlite Choir and the People's Symphony Orchestra performing a variety of holiday favorites. This is a double-disc album, with the Starlite Choir performing the first disc and the People's Symphony Orchestra performing the second. There are a number of well-known songs featured -- "Silent Night," "Deck the Halls," and "Joy to the World," for example -- as well as a number of lesser-known songs such as "Come to the Manger," "Pat-A-Pan," and "Stille Nacht." This album should delight listeners who appreciate both choral and orchestral performances, even if it does get a little repetitious, with many songs appearing on both discs. ~ Jason Birchmeier, All Music Guide

Tracks

CD 1

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Silent Night	Franz Xaver Gruber, Joseph Mohr	Starlite Chamber Ensemble
Come to the Manger		Starlite Chamber Ensemble
Pat-A-Pan		Starlite Chamber Ensemble
Go Tell It on the Mountain	Traditional, John Wesley Work II	Starlite Chamber Ensemble
Lo, How a Rose		Starlite Chamber Ensemble
Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day	Traditional	Starlite Chamber Ensemble
I Wonder as I Wander/Away in a Manger [Medley]		Starlite Chamber Ensemble
On This Day Earth Shall Ring		Starlite Chamber Ensemble
Deck the Halls	Traditional	Starlite Chamber Ensemble
Ding Dong! Merrily on High		Starlite Chamber Ensemble
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen/While by My Sheep [Medley]	Traditional	Starlite Chamber Ensemble
Adeste Fideles		Starlite Chamber Ensemble
Good King Wenceslas	John M. Neale	Starlite Chamber Ensemble
God Bless the Master/Joy to the World/Angels We Have Heard on High	Traditional	Starlite Chamber Ensemble
Come Leave Your Sheep		Starlite Chamber Ensemble

CD 2

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
O Little Town of Bethlehem	Phillip Brooks, Lewis H. Redner	Vienna People's Symphony Orchestra
Stille Nacht		Vienna People's Symphony Orchestra
Deck the Halls	Traditional	Vienna People's Symphony Orchestra
We Wish You a Merry Christmas	Traditional	Vienna People's Symphony Orchestra
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing	Felix Mendelssohn, Charles Wesley	Vienna People's Symphony Orchestra
O Come All Ye Faithful	Frederick Oakeley, John Francis Wade	Vienna People's Symphony Orchestra
Angels We Have Heard on High	Traditional	Vienna People's Symphony Orchestra
Joy to the World	Isaac Watts, Lowell Mason	Vienna People's Symphony Orchestra
The First Noel	William Sandys	Vienna People's Symphony Orchestra
Good King Wenceslas	John M. Neale	Vienna People's Symphony Orchestra
What Child Is This? (Greensleeves)	Traditional, William Chatterton Dix	Vienna People's Symphony Orchestra
We Three Kings of Orient Are	John Henry Hopkins Jr.	Vienna People's Symphony Orchestra
O Tannenbaum		Vienna People's Symphony Orchestra
Jingle Bells	J.S. Pierpont	Vienna People's Symphony Orchestra
Away in a Manger	Traditional	Vienna People's Symphony Orchestra
It Came Upon a Midnight Clear	Richard Storrs Willis, Edmund Hamilton Sears	Vienna People's Symphony Orchestra
Jolly Old Saint Nicholas		Vienna People's Symphony Orchestra
While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks		Vienna People's Symphony Orchestra
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen	Traditional	Vienna People's Symphony Orchestra
Up on the Housetop		Vienna People's Symphony Orchestra