Best of Christmas [Madacy #1] (1996)

About this title: 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 ... read more

Tracks:

1. Silent Night [Gruber/Mohr]
2. Come to the Manger
3. Pat-A-Pan
4. Go Tell It on the Mountain [Traditional/Work]
5. Lo, How a Rose
6. Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day [Traditional]
7. I Wonder as I Wander/Away in a Manger [Medley]
8. On This Day Earth Shall Ring
9. Deck the Halls [Traditional]
10. Ding Dong! Merrily on High
11. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen/While by My Sheep [Medley] [Traditional]
12. Adeste Fideles
13. Good King Wenceslas [Neale]
14. God Bless the Master/Joy to the World/Angels We Have Heard on High [Traditional]
15. Come Leave Your Sheep
16. O Little Town of Bethlehem [Brooks/Redner]
17. Stille Nacht
18. Deck the Halls [Traditional]
19. We Wish You a Merry Christmas [Traditional]
20. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing [Mendelssohn/Wesley]
21. O Come All Ye Faithful [Oakeley/Wade]
22. Angels We Have Heard on High [Traditional]
23. Joy to the World [Mason/Watts]
24. The First Noel [Sandys]
25. Good King Wenceslas [Neale]
26. What Child Is This? (Greensleeves) [Dix/Traditional]
27. We Three Kings of Orient Are [Hopkins]
28. O Tannenbaum
29. Jingle Bells [Pierpont]
30. Away in a Manger [Traditional]
31. It Came Upon a Midnight Clear [Sears/Willis]
32. Jolly Old Saint Nicholas
33. While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks
34. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen [Traditional]
35. Up on the Housetop

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.