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Christmas Collection [Original recording remastered]

Carpenters Audio CD
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Product details

  • Audio CD (9 Oct 2008)
  • Number of Discs: 2
  • Format: Original recording remastered
  • Label: A&M Records, Inc.
  • ASIN: B000007XUQ
  • Other Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 20,625 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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Disc 1:

Samples
Song Title Time Price
Listen  1. O Come O Come Emmanuel0:28£0.89
Listen  2. Overture (Christmas Portrait) 4:39£0.89
Listen  3. Christmas Waltz 2:13£0.89
Listen  4. Sleigh Ride 2:38£0.89
Listen  5. It's Christmas Time / Sleep Well, Little Children 2:55£0.89
Listen  6. Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas 3:54£0.89
Listen  7. Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town 1:05£0.89
Listen  8. Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire) 3:40£0.89
Listen  9. Silent Night 3:19£0.89
Listen10. Jingle Bells 1:11£0.89
Listen11. The First Snowfall / Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow 3:33£0.89
Listen12. Carol Of The Bells 1:39£0.89
Listen13. Merry Christmas Darling 3:05£0.89
Listen14. I'll Be Home For Christmas 3:50£0.89
Listen15. Christ Is Born 3:14£0.89
Listen16. Medley: Winter Wonderland/Silver Bells/White Christmas 5:30£0.89
Listen17. Ave Maria 2:36£0.89


Disc 2:

Samples
Song Title Time Price
Listen  1. It Came Upon A Midnight Clear0:43£0.89
Listen  2. Overture (An Old Fashioned Christmas) 8:14£0.89
Listen  3. An Old Fashioned Christmas 2:14£0.89
Listen  4. O Holy Night 3:10£0.89
Listen  5. (There's No Place Like) Home For The Holidays 2:35£0.89
Listen  6. Medley: Here Comes Santa Claus/Frosty The Snowman/Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer/Good King Wenceslas 3:43£0.89
Listen  7. Little Altar Boy 3:43£0.89
Listen  8. Do You Hear What I Hear 2:53£0.89
Listen  9. My Favorite Things 3:54£0.89
Listen10. He Came Here For Me 2:12£0.89
Listen11. Santa Claus Is Coming To Town 4:04£0.89
Listen12. What Are You Doing New Year's Eve 2:51£0.89
Listen13. Selections From "Nutcracker" 6:15£0.89
Listen14. I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day 2:24£0.89


Product Description

Amazon.co.uk Review

Rainy days and Mondays always made Karen Carpenter blue. Maybe she should have played her two Christmas records, Christmas Portrait and An Old Fashioned Christmas. Both are readily etched into this recent 31-piece collection--great value for fans of this brother-sister duo who captured the pop airwaves during the mid-1970s and early 80s. A number of good performances mark the collection, including songs from their Christmas TV special and a great deal of numbers backed by full orchestra prove the duo could extend their pop sensibilities to timeless holiday fare and singular works such as "Little Altar Boy," a song that Richard Carpenter claims was among his sister's greatest performances. --Martin Keller

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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful
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Format:Audio CD
this has to be the best festive album ever? As soon as it starts to play you are there, back to all those christmases that you thought had gone forever, it really makes you feel good. from richard doing his bit with full orchestra and chourus and then in comes karen with that velvet voice of hers AMAZING . In between some of the tracks you have little bits of festive activity before it builds or falls just before karen starts to sing and boy it sounds great, just look at that snow falling.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
By Peter Durward Harris #1 HALL OF FAME TOP 10 REVIEWER
Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
I originally acquired most of the Carpenters' Christmas music when it made its CD debut via Carpenters Compact Disc Collection that included a single Christmas CD compiled from both original Christmas albums. Although having a running time of almost 70 minutes, inevitably some music was missing, but while I was pleased to see both albums released in their full glory as a double CD, I was prepared to wait for that double CD to come down in price, given that I had most of the music already. Almost twenty years after I bought that boxed set, I finally saw this set offered by Amazon at an appealing price. The quality of the music is, of course, superb and illustrates the Carpenters' love of Christmas music.

The first album, Christmas portrait, dates from 1978 but quite rightly includes their original song, Merry Christmas darling, which they recorded more than once; I'm not sure if the version here is the same one that became a hit single in Britain, America and elsewhere, but it really doesn't matter to me (EDIT - apparently it does; see comment attached to review). The remainder of this album mainly comprises familiar songs (albeit some more familiar than others), sometimes performed in full and sometimes strung together in medleys, with a nice selection of carols and festive songs. Santa Claus is coming to town, previously a hit single for them, was definitely re-recorded for this album.

The second album, An old-fashioned Christmas, of which the title track is an original song, is similar in style to the first album in mixing carols, festive songs, medleys and full length songs. Here, you can find the original hit single version of Santa Claus is coming to town. Having included plenty of obvious songs in the first album, they still found plenty more for this album, but there are a few less obvious selections here too. The three Christmas classics most closely associated with Gene Autry are presented here as a medley (Here comes Santa Claus, Frosty the Snowman, Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer); in the earlier boxed set, Good King Wenceslas was tacked on to the end of that medley, but it appears here as a full-length song.

Overall, this is a brilliant Christmas collection that I would have happily paid full price for years ago if I didn't already own most of the tracks via that boxed set. If you enjoy listening to both the Carpenters and Christmas music, you'll find that this collection sounds exactly as you would expect.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
what a voice 4 Feb 2011
Format:Audio CD
Absolute classic and a must for any Christmas collection - from the first few notes of Karen's vocals to the end of the second CD, her beautiful voice sends shivers down my spine and gives me a lump in my throat - forget Charlotte Church - this is the voice of an angel!
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For me The Carpenters can do no wrong. It is a pleasure to listen to such a wonderful singer. The world lost a truly great singer when Karen died.
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To be honest I was a little dissapointed in this CD it was rather disney and not much Karen Carpenter as I would have liked she had such a melodious voice.
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wow the best christmas album ever!!
this is amazeing it shows why karen carpenter is one of the best singers of all time in my opinion the best ever shes amazeing and miss her so much these guys are so talented not... Read more
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