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Holiday Classics is a compilation made up of tracks from previous Naxos releases by the Seattle Symphony and its director Gerard Schwarz. Five tracks are devoted to selections from Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite, a perennial holiday favorite. Three are taken from Handel's Water Music Suite, which, while not related to the December holiday season (it would be an unfortunate climate for musicians to be floating on a barge down the Thames), is festive and celebratory. Pachelbel's Canon is also included, in a desultory performance that's out of character with the rest of the music on the album, and the remaining tracks consist of orchestral arrangements of traditional Christmas carols. Except for the plodding and lackluster Canon, the pieces are well played and should satisfy listeners looking for orchestral music intended to drum up holiday cheer. Naxos' sound is clean and present.
© TiVo
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The Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a, TH 35
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Composer - Gerard Schwarz, Conductor - Seattle Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra
2010 Naxos 2010 Naxos
Silent Night (Gerard Schwarz)
Franz Xaver Gruber, Composer - Gerard Schwarz, Composer, Conductor - Seattle Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra
2010 Naxos 2010 Naxos
Water Music, Suite No. 1 in F Major, HWV 348 (Georg Friedrich Händel)
George Frideric Handel, Composer - Gerard Schwarz, Composer, Conductor - Seattle Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra
2010 Naxos 2010 Naxos
Variations on Greensleeves (Gerard Schwarz)
Gerard Schwarz, Composer, Conductor - Seattle Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Maria Larionoff, Performer
2010 Naxos 2010 Naxos
The Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a, TH 35
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Composer - Gerard Schwarz, Conductor - Seattle Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra
2010 Naxos 2010 Naxos
Canon and Gigue in D Major, P. 37 (Johann Pachelbel)
Johann Pachelbel, Composer - Gerard Schwarz, Conductor - Seattle Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra
2010 Naxos 2010 Naxos
O little town of Bethlehem (Sam Jones)
Lewis H. Redner, Composer - Gerard Schwarz, Conductor - Seattle Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Samuel Jones, Composer
2010 Naxos 2010 Naxos
Water Music, Suite No. 1 in F Major, HWV 348 (Georg Friedrich Händel)
George Frideric Handel, Composer - Gerard Schwarz, Composer, Conductor - Seattle Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra
2010 Naxos 2010 Naxos
The Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a, TH 35
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Composer - Gerard Schwarz, Conductor - Seattle Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra
2010 Naxos 2010 Naxos
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Composer - Gerard Schwarz, Conductor - Seattle Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra
2010 Naxos 2010 Naxos
Water Music, Suite No. 1 in F Major, HWV 348 (Georg Friedrich Händel)
George Frideric Handel, Composer - Gerard Schwarz, Composer, Conductor - Seattle Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra
2010 Naxos 2010 Naxos
Gesu Bambino (Ben Hausmann)
Gerard Schwarz, Conductor - Seattle Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Pietro Alessandro Yon, Composer - Ben Hausmann, Composer
2010 Naxos 2010 Naxos
Water Music, Suite No. 1 in F Major, HWV 348 (Georg Friedrich Händel)
George Frideric Handel, Composer - Gerard Schwarz, Composer, Conductor - Seattle Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra
2010 Naxos 2010 Naxos
Coventry Carol (Ben Hausmann)
Gerard Schwarz, Conductor - Seattle Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Traditional, Composer - Ben Hausmann, Composer
2010 Naxos 2010 Naxos
The Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a, TH 35
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Composer - Gerard Schwarz, Conductor - Seattle Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra
2010 Naxos 2010 Naxos
We Three Kings of Orient Are / We Wish You a Merry Christmas (Gerard Schwarz)
John Henry Hopkins, Jr., Composer - Gerard Schwarz, Composer, Conductor - Seattle Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Traditional, Composer
2010 Naxos 2010 Naxos
Album review
Holiday Classics is a compilation made up of tracks from previous Naxos releases by the Seattle Symphony and its director Gerard Schwarz. Five tracks are devoted to selections from Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite, a perennial holiday favorite. Three are taken from Handel's Water Music Suite, which, while not related to the December holiday season (it would be an unfortunate climate for musicians to be floating on a barge down the Thames), is festive and celebratory. Pachelbel's Canon is also included, in a desultory performance that's out of character with the rest of the music on the album, and the remaining tracks consist of orchestral arrangements of traditional Christmas carols. Except for the plodding and lackluster Canon, the pieces are well played and should satisfy listeners looking for orchestral music intended to drum up holiday cheer. Naxos' sound is clean and present.
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 16 track(s)
- Total length: 01:01:51
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Gerard Schwarz
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Naxos
- Genre: Classical
2010 Naxos 2010 Naxos
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