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Home for the Holidays offers familiar Christmas music in light classical and easy listening arrangements, performed with festive cheer by John Morris Russell and the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra. Featured performers include tenor Rodrick Dixon, violinists Timothy Lees and Gabriel Pegis, and pianist Julie Spangler, and the orchestra is joined by the May Festival Chorus and the Winton Woods High School Varsity Ensemble, so there is a fairly wide variety of vocal, choral, and instrumental settings of these perennial favorites. The scoring of the orchestra is quite lush and warm, typical of pops fare, and the overall moods of the CD are sweet, sentimental, and nostalgic, reminiscent of many commercial holiday albums that were popular in the 1950s and 1960s. Because this package is unpretentious and relaxed in atmosphere, it will appeal to casual listeners and find a practical use as background music for Christmas parties. But be sure to adjust the volume to a comfortable level for home listening, because the music is sometimes big and brassy.
© Blair Sanderson /TiVo
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Deck the Halls (arr. H. Kay and J.M. Russell) (Traditional)
Winton Woods Varsity Ensemble, Ensemble - John Morris Russell, Conductor - Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, Orchestra - May Festival Chorus, Choir - Traditional, Composer - John Morris Russell, Composer - Hershy Kay, Composer
2012 Fanfare Cincinnati 2012 Fanfare Cincinnati
O Holy Night (Cantique de Noel) (arr. D. Snyder) (A. Adam)
Rodrick Dixon, Performer - Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, Orchestra - John Morris Russell, Conductor - Placide Cappeau, Lyricist - Adolphe Adam, Composer - David Snyder, Composer
2012 Fanfare Cincinnati 2012 Fanfare Cincinnati
We Three Kings (arr. A. Harris) (Arthur Harris)
John Morris Russell, Conductor - Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, Orchestra - Arthur Harris, Composer - John Henry Hopkins, Jr., Composer
2012 Fanfare Cincinnati 2012 Fanfare Cincinnati
I Believe (arr. D. Hamilton) (Wesley Whatley)
May Festival Chorus, Choir - John Morris Russell, Conductor - Winton Woods Varsity Ensemble, Ensemble - Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, Orchestra - Wesley Whatley, Composer - David Hamilton, Composer - Bill Schermerhorn, Lyricist
2012 Fanfare Cincinnati 2012 Fanfare Cincinnati
Jolly Old St. Nicholas - Santa Claus Is Coming to Town (arr. D. Meader and D. Snyder) (Darmon Meader)
John Morris Russell, Conductor - New York Voices, Ensemble - Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, Orchestra - Darmon Meader, Composer - David Snyder, Composer - J. Fred Coots, Composer - Haven Gillespie, Lyricist
2012 Fanfare Cincinnati 2012 Fanfare Cincinnati
Angel's Dance (Steven Amundson)
John Morris Russell, Conductor - Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, Orchestra - Steven Amundson, Composer
2012 Fanfare Cincinnati 2012 Fanfare Cincinnati
Home for the Holidays (arr. J.D. Price) (Joseph D. Price)
May Festival Chorus, Choir - Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, Orchestra - John Morris Russell, Conductor - Joseph D. Price, Composer - Robert Allen, Composer - Al Stillman, Lyricist
2012 Fanfare Cincinnati 2012 Fanfare Cincinnati
Go Tell It on the Mountain (arr. S. Reineke) (Steven Reineke)
John Morris Russell, Conductor - Rodrick Dixon, Performer - Winton Woods Varsity Ensemble, Ensemble - May Festival Chorus, Choir - Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, Orchestra - Steven Reineke, Composer - Traditional, Lyricist
2012 Fanfare Cincinnati 2012 Fanfare Cincinnati
Ave Maria (arr. for 2 violins and orchestra) (Charles Gounod)
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, Orchestra - John Morris Russell, Conductor - Timothy Lees, Performer - Gabriel Pegis, Performer - Charles-Francois Gounod, Composer - Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
2012 Fanfare Cincinnati 2012 Fanfare Cincinnati
L'Arlesienne Suite No. 2 (arr. E. Guirand for orchestra) (Ernest Guiraud)
John Morris Russell, Conductor - Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, Orchestra - Ernest Guiraud, Composer - Georges Bizet, Composer
2012 Fanfare Cincinnati 2012 Fanfare Cincinnati
Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus (music: Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 36, 'Enigma': Variation 9: Nimrod by E. Elgar)
Alma Russell, Performer - Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, Orchestra - John Morris Russell, Conductor - Brian Stokes Mitchell, Performer - Francis Pharcellus Church, Writer
2012 Fanfare Cincinnati 2012 Fanfare Cincinnati
Sleigh Ride (arr. J. Spangler) (Julie Spangler)
Julie Spangler, Performer - John Morris Russell, Conductor - Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, Orchestra - Julie Spangler, Composer - Leroy Anderson, Composer
2012 Fanfare Cincinnati 2012 Fanfare Cincinnati
A Winter Miracle (after Vivaldi's Violin Concerto in F minor, Op. 8, No. 4, RV 297 and Hanukkah O Hanukkah) (Timothy Berens)
John Morris Russell, Conductor - Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, Orchestra - Timothy Lees, Performer - Timothy Berens, Composer
2012 Fanfare Cincinnati 2012 Fanfare Cincinnati
Die Parade der Zinnsoldaten, Op. 123 (arr. M. Gould) (Morton Gould)
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, Orchestra - John Morris Russell, Conductor - Morton Gould, Composer - Léon Jessel, Composer
2012 Fanfare Cincinnati 2012 Fanfare Cincinnati
We Wish You A Merry Christmas (arr. A. Harris) (Traditional)
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, Orchestra - John Morris Russell, Conductor - May Festival Chorus, Choir - Traditional, Composer - Arthur Harris, Composer
2012 Fanfare Cincinnati 2012 Fanfare Cincinnati
Album review
Home for the Holidays offers familiar Christmas music in light classical and easy listening arrangements, performed with festive cheer by John Morris Russell and the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra. Featured performers include tenor Rodrick Dixon, violinists Timothy Lees and Gabriel Pegis, and pianist Julie Spangler, and the orchestra is joined by the May Festival Chorus and the Winton Woods High School Varsity Ensemble, so there is a fairly wide variety of vocal, choral, and instrumental settings of these perennial favorites. The scoring of the orchestra is quite lush and warm, typical of pops fare, and the overall moods of the CD are sweet, sentimental, and nostalgic, reminiscent of many commercial holiday albums that were popular in the 1950s and 1960s. Because this package is unpretentious and relaxed in atmosphere, it will appeal to casual listeners and find a practical use as background music for Christmas parties. But be sure to adjust the volume to a comfortable level for home listening, because the music is sometimes big and brassy.
© Blair Sanderson /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 15 track(s)
- Total length: 00:52:14
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: John Morris Russell
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Fanfare Cincinnati
- Genre: Classical
2012 Fanfare Cincinnati 2012 Fanfare Cincinnati
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