Holiday Air: New Age Christmas Classics

• Artist: Various Artists
• Rating:
• Release Date: 1996
• Type: Christmas, Collection (various artists)
• Genre: New Age

Review

Holiday Air New Age Christmas Classics offers 15 traditional Christmas carols (plus a handful of originals) that are all given laid-back new age arrangements. Listeners that prefer traditional (or even just straight-ahead pop) arrangements of these carols will not be pleased by this collection, but it's nevertheless a fine new age holiday album, filled with atmospheric, airy cuts by the likes of David Benoit, Hilary Stagg, Craig Chaquico, John Tesh, Ottmar Liebert, Paul Winter, John Serrie, Lorie Line and Rick Braun. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
O Christmas Tree		David Benoit
Winterflame	Craig Chaquico, Ozzie Ahlers	Craig Chaquico
Silver Bells	Ray Evans, Jay Livingston	Hilary Stagg
The Christmas Song	Mel Tormé, Robert Wells	John Tesh
Poets & Angels	Ottmar Liebert	Ottmar Liebert
Silent Night	Franz Xaver Gruber, Joseph Mohr	Cusco
I Saw Three Ships	William Sandys, Traditional	Phil Mathieu
Hodie Christus Natus Est		Benedictine Monks of Santo Domingo de Silos
Christmas Day Is Come [Live]	Nóirín Ní Riain	Paul Winter
Spirit Evermore	Jeff Johnson	Jeff Johnson, Brian Dunning
The Little Drummer Boy	Harry Simeone, Katherine Davis, Henry Onorati	Jonn Serrie
The First Noel	William Sandys	Robert Bonfiglio
Carol of the Bells		Lorie Line
Christmas Present	Rick Braun, Nick Lane	Rick Braun
The Simple Birth	Traditional	Barbara Higbie

Credits

Cusco (Performer), Barbara Higbie (Performer), Ottmar Liebert (Performer), Hilary Stagg (Performer), John Tesh (Performer), Paul Winter (Performer), Jeff Johnson (Performer), Peter Ostroushko (Arranger), Robert Bonfiglio (Performer), Lorie Line (Arranger), Lorie Line (Performer), Craig Chaquico (Performer), David Benoit (Arranger), David Benoit (Performer), Rick Braun (Performer), Brian Dunning (Performer), Jonn Serrie (Arranger), Jonn Serrie (Performer), Michael Wilson (Executive Producer), Benedictine Monks of Santo Domingo de Silos (Performer), Nóirín Ní Riain (Arranger), Irene Young (Photography), Phil Mathieu (Performer), Mark Johann (Photography), Jack Mitchell (Photography), Monica Jean (Project Coordinator), Phil Gallo (Liner Notes), Ben Morgan (Photography)