The Best of Narada Christmas

• Artist: Various Artists
• Release Date: August 25, 1998
• Total Time: 121:35
• Type: Collection (various artists), Compilation (best of), Christmas
• Genre: New Age

Review

The Best of Narada Christmas is a double-disc set featuring almost all of the label's biggest acts -- David Arkenstone, Dordan, Michael Gettel, Bruce Mitchell, David Lanz, Michael Whalen, Kostia, Billy McLaughlin, Brian Mann, Spencer Brewer, and Wayne Gratz -- performing familiar holiday tunes in the atmospheric style that has become the Narada signature. This, of course, won't appeal to anyone who finds the Narada sound a little chilly and detached, but anyone who is a fan of any of the featured artists will find this a welcoming listen, since every track is an effective interpretation of a Christmas classic. ~ Rodney Batdorf, All Music Guide

Tracks

CD 1

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
I Saw Three Ships	William Sandys, Traditional	David Arkenstone	(4:34)
The First Noel	William Sandys	Ralf Illenberger	(4:32)
Enniscorthy Christmas Carol		Dordán	(2:39)
Il Est Né (He Is Born)		Michael Gettel	(5:51)
Joy to the World	Isaac Watts, Lowell Mason	Bruce Mitchell	(3:14)
Angels We Have Heard on High	Traditional	David Lanz	(5:07)
Away in a Manger	Traditional, William James Kirkpatrick	David Darling	(3:12)
Silent Night	Franz Xaver Gruber, Joseph Mohr	Tingstad & Rumbel	(4:24)
We Three Kings	John Henry Hopkins, Jr.	David Arkenstone	(5:19)
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen	Traditional	Michael Whalen	(4:09)
Unto Us a Boy Is Born		Michael Jones	(4:07)
What Child Is This?	William Chatterton Dix, Traditional	Billy McLaughlin	(4:48)
Carol of the Bells		Kostia	(5:25)
Bring the Torch		Tingstad & Rumbel	(2:16)

CD 2

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Gloria	Edú Lobo	Nando Lauria	(5:57)
Silver Bells	Jay Livingston, Ray Evans	David Arkenstone	(4:23)
Mistletoe Waltz	Kathleen Loughnane	Dordán	(2:22)
O Come All Ye Faithful	John Francis Wade, Frederick Oakeley	David Lanz	(4:42)
O Holy Night	Adolphe Adam, John Sullivan Dwight	Brian Mann	(3:59)
Ding Dong! Merrily on High		Nancy Rumbel	(5:23)
Do You Hear What I Hear?	Gloria Shayne, Noel Regney	David Arkenstone	(5:23)
Ukrainian Carol		Spencer Brewer	(3:38)
It Came Upon a Midnight Clear	Richard Storrs Willis, Edmund Hamilton Sears	Wayne Gratz	(4:26)
Celebration	Eric Tingstad	Tingstad & Rumbel	(3:12)
Coventry Carol/Noël Nouvelet	Robert Croo, Traditional	Bob Read	(4:04)
O Little Town of Bethlehem/The Holly and the Ivy		Michael Jones	(5:28)
Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming	Michael Praetorius	Sheldon Mirowitz	(4:36)
Hallelujah		His Majestie's Clerkes	(4:25)

Credits

Nando Lauria (Performer), David Lanz (Arranger), Ralf Illenberger (Performer), Kostia (Arranger), Bob Read (Performer), Spencer Brewer (Arranger), Nancy Rumbel (Arranger), Bruce Mitchell (Arranger), Nancy Rumbel (Performer), Wayne Gratz (Arranger), Tingstad & Rumbel (Performer), David Lanz (Performer), Spencer Brewer (Performer), Doug Harman (Arranger), Dearbhaill Standun (Arranger), Mary Bergin (Arranger), Sheldon Mirowitz (Performer), Michael Gettel (Arranger), Billy McLaughlin (Performer), Michael Whalen (Arranger), Michael Whalen (Performer), Eric Tingstad (Arranger), Trevor Sadler (Mastering), Billy McLaughlin (Arranger), Ralf Illenberger (Arranger), David Darling (Performer), David Arkenstone (Arranger), Brian Mann (Arranger), Kathleen Loughnane (Arranger), David Darling (Arranger), Bob Read (Arranger), Brian Mann (Performer), Bruce Mitchell (Performer), David Arkenstone (Performer), Michael Jones (Arranger), Sheldon Mirowitz (Arranger), Michael Gettel (Performer), Kostia (Performer), Wayne Gratz (Performer), Dordán (Performer)