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Christmas Songs

Diana Krall Audio CD
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Some music is intended to paint a romantic scene – a candlelit dinner, a walk along a moonlit beach. Quiet Nights – Diana Krall’s twelfth album – ain’t about that. Using Brazil as a musical point of reference, the award-winning pianist and singer is not suggesting a night out; she means to stay in.

“It's not coy. It's not ‘peel me a grape,’ little girl stuff. I feel this album’s very womanly – like… Read more in Amazon's Diana Krall Store

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Product details

  • Audio CD (14 Nov 2005)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Decca (UMO)
  • ASIN: B000B7BRMM
  • Other Editions: Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 42,579 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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Song Title Time Price
Listen  1. Jingle Bells 3:25£0.69
Listen  2. Let It Snow 4:01£0.89
Listen  3. The Christmas Song 4:23£0.69
Listen  4. Winter Wonderland 3:14£0.69
Listen  5. I'll Be Home For Christmas 3:07£0.79
Listen  6. Christmas Time Is Here 3:34£0.69
Listen  7. Santa Claus Is Coming To Town 2:53£0.69
Listen  8. Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas 4:18£0.69
Listen  9. White Christmas 4:31£0.69
Listen10. What Are You Doing New Year's Eve? 4:10£0.69
Listen11. Sleigh Ride 3:26£0.69
Listen12. Count Your Blessings Instead Of Sheep 3:41£0.79


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22 of 23 people found the following review helpful
By Peter
Format:Audio CD
I’m pleased that she has reverted to more classic jazz than her recent offerings which I haven’t enjoyed as much. I heard this in a shop before I realised it was Diana Krall and thought it was an upbeat must buy. This is very much what you expect from a Krall Christmas album. 12 Beautifully orchestrated versions of classic Christmas songs, not always my all-time-favourite versions. For example Ella’s “Sleighride” is hard to beat, but Diana’s version is in her own style. As for “What are you Doing New Years Eve”, I think Harry Connick Jr’s version is far more subtle and therefore superior. “Christmas Time is Here” is a stocking filler. But if you’re fond of Diana and want a new seasonal album to add to your collection you can’t go far wrong.
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61 of 65 people found the following review helpful
By Steveo
Format:Audio CD
Diana Krall has delivered an album full of classics. Christmas classics, that is. This album does pretty much exactly what it says on the box, yet it does it with a style and elegance that is not usually afforded to these types of projects. Diana's trademark jazzy style is present throughout this record and her interpretations of such greats as Jingle Bells, Let It Snow and Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas transcend any 'novelty song' status and sound genuinely great. In fact, the record as a whole never slips into the purely novelty category, due to the wonderful arrangements, respect and enthusiasm Diana shows these classic songs. This will appeal to the hardcore Diana Krall fans yet it should also be received by a much larger audience. You simply won't find a classier, more appealing Christmas album this year.

Buy a copy and have yourself a merry little Christmas.

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21 of 22 people found the following review helpful
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The elegant, silken voice and piano playing of Diana Krall have been with us now for ten years, so I suppose we were overdue this album of Christmas standards.

Long term fans like myself, who were a little uncomfortable with her last two studio albums, will be relieved to discover that she has banished both the over-lush orchestral arrangements and her husband's eclectic but tuneless involvement this time. Further than that, she has resisted the usual temptation to include any new or self-penned songs, so that the old chestnuts are allowed to roast nicely on their own.

Musical backing on seven of the songs, the more uptempo ones, comes from the Clayton/Hamilton Jazz Orchestra. The sound they produce is just short of full big band jazz, and they give a smooth, rounded accompaniment to the likes of opener Jingle Bells, Let It Snow and Winter Wonderland. Diana's singing is polished and elegant as ever, but her ad-libs and occasional lapsing into scat mean that the shadows, if not the ghosts, of Ella, and Dino, and Sinatra fly a little too close for comfort.

For me the slower numbers work better, with the traditional jazz quartet instrumentation. The Christmas Song and I'll Be Home For Christmas are just the right side of dreamy and Diana makes them her own (not once did Nat Cole come to mind). White Christmas is turned into a slow, smoochy dance, as near to a waltz as the tune will allow, and it works beautifully.

Some of the slower numbers do have orchestral backing, and Johnny Mandel arranges and conducts three of them in his inimitable understated fashion - Christmas Time Is Here, Have Yourself a Merry... and Count Your Blessings. This last track isn't really a Christmas song, but it's a little gem, a lullaby from the pen of Irving Berlin and makes for an excellent closing to the album.

Throughout Diana's singing is as smooth and elegant as we have come to expect. The backings and production, courtesy of Tommy Lipuna, are also polished and just about perfect. If I was picky I would say that it is all just a bit too perfect and clinical - while it's probably a good thing that there's not even a whiff of snow or bells, jingling or otherwise, except in the lyrics, it does seem to lack a bit of colour or emotion. I don't know - maybe I was expecting too much.

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Most Recent Customer Reviews
diana kroll christmas songs
excellant cd I first heard DIANA KROLL when I visited Vancouver Island where she was born, I fell in love
with her style of piano playing singing voice I now have six of her... Read more
Published 5 months ago by skip
What a sleeve
I buy few CDs by jazz singers either male or female unless they cover Beatles songs but I'm biased enough to buy one if I like the sleeve. Read more
Published 14 months ago by Richard
A Perfect Christmas Album
I was in two minds as to whether or not to purchase this CD. I wanted something different from the usual Christmas music and boy did I get it. Read more
Published 18 months ago by Miss P. McLeod
Just love it!
I've been wanting to buy this CD for a long time. Finally, this year I've done it! And I really love it :)
Published 18 months ago by M. Angeles Masegosa Garcia
welcome to the christmas wonderland
I am not a great fan of Diana Krall's music but she does have a wonderful voice and in my opinion her voice + Christmas songs is a perfect duet. Read more
Published 18 months ago by kudi
Fantastic soundtrack to Christmas
I love this album. Diana Krall's fantastic voice wrapped around Christmas classics, instantly evoking a relaxed Christmas. Read more
Published on 30 Dec 2009 by Em
a real gem, Krall doesn't disappoint
I loved this album, I really did, Krall's vocals and arrangements are really elegant and I've listened to it every day for ages. Read more
Published on 14 Dec 2009 by Aramachia
Jazzy Christmas album of mainly familiar songs
For this album, Diana chose to vary the tempo by including some bouncy songs as well as the ballads that she has tended to focus on in her more recent albums. Read more
Published on 8 Sep 2009 by Peter Durward Harris
Merry Christmas!
Diana Krall offers you an incredible revamp of some of the most famous Christmas classics with her lovingly young voice and the nice band that accompanies her will give you... Read more
Published on 24 April 2008 by Psimikakis Chalkokondylis
on the downside...
a lot of good things can be said of DK, she is an incredible singer and an accomplished jazz musician and composer and entertainer. Read more
Published on 17 Dec 2006 by an italian in london
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