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A Festival of Carols in Brass
A Festival of Carols in Brass
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Avg. Customer Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars(based on 31 reviews)
Sales Rank: 419
Category: Music

Publisher: Sony
Studio: Sony
Manufacturer: Sony
Label: Sony
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.4 x 4.9 x 0.4

MPN: 7033
UPC: 074640703324
EAN: 0074640703324
ASIN: B0000024Q6

Release Date: July 16, 1991
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days

Tracks:

  • Deck the Halls With Boughs of Holly - Philadelphia Brass Ensemble, Traditional, Christ
  • Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming - Philadelphia Brass Ensemble, Traditional, Christ
  • Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabelle - Philadelphia Brass Ensemble, Traditional, Christ
  • The First Nowell - Philadelphia Brass Ensemble, Traditional, Christ
  • Angels We Have Heard on High - Philadelphia Brass Ensemble, Traditional, Christ
  • We Three Kings of Orient Are - Philadelphia Brass Ensemble, Hopkins, John Henry
  • O Come All Ye Faithful - Philadelphia Brass Ensemble, Oakeley, Frederick
  • O Sanctissima - Philadelphia Brass Ensemble, Anonymous
  • O Tannenbaum - Philadelphia Brass Ensemble, Traditional, Christ
  • O Come, O Come, Emmanuel - Philadelphia Brass Ensemble, Neale, John M.
  • Good King Wenceslas - Philadelphia Brass Ensemble, Neale, John M.
  • Silent Night - Philadelphia Brass Ensemble, Gruber, Franz
  • Joy to the World - Philadelphia Brass Ensemble, Mason, Lowell
  • The Twelve Days of Christmas - Philadelphia Brass Ensemble, Traditional
  • Coventry Carol - Philadelphia Brass Ensemble, Traditional, Christ
  • God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen - Philadelphia Brass Ensemble, Traditional
  • Hark! The Herald Angels Sing - Philadelphia Brass Ensemble, Mendelssohn, Felix
  • It Came Upon a Midnight Clear - Philadelphia Brass Ensemble, Sears, Edmund Hamil
  • Good Christian Men Rejoice - Philadelphia Brass Ensemble, Traditional, Christ
  • O Holy Night - Philadelphia Brass Ensemble, Adam, Adolphe
  • What Child Is This? - Philadelphia Brass Ensemble, Dix, William Chatte
  • Wassail Song - Philadelphia Brass Ensemble, Traditional, Englis
  • O Little Town of Bethlehem - Philadelphia Brass Ensemble, Brooks, Phillip
  • Away in a Manger - Philadelphia Brass Ensemble, Traditional
  • We Wish You a Merry Christmas - Philadelphia Brass Ensemble, Traditional

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Customer Reviews:   Read 26 more reviews...

4 out of 5 stars Great alternative to Christmas songs   January 12, 2008
This is a terrific collection of Christmas music with the twist of a brass ensemble. I have used it to mix up a collection, and it really adds variety to the mix. Very well done.


4 out of 5 stars Outstanding Musicality   January 10, 2008
  2 out of 2 found this review helpful

Several raters have complained about the lack of a listing of the performers on this disc. The Philadelphia Brass Ensemble was nothing more than the principal and second players of the Philadelphia Orchestra. Perhaps "nothing more" is not the best way to describe this as the performers were, at the time, some of the best players in the US. Gilbert Johnson (trumpet) was considered (until his death from cancer a few years ago) one of the finest trumpeters to ever have played in a symphony orchestra. When I was growing up, Henry Charles Smith (trombone) was the model we all looked up to for how a orchestral principal trombone should sound. He was the Joseph Alessi of the time. The same could be said for Mason Jones (french horn) and Abe Torchinsky (tuba). All of these players had students who are playing in major symphony orchestras around the world and continue to inspire future performers through their many recordings. To my knowlege, the performers are:

Gilbert Johnson (Trumpet)
Seymour Rosenfeld (Trumpet)
Mason Jones (French Horn)
Henry Charles Smith (Trombone)
Tyrone Breuninger (Trombone)
M. Dee Stewart (Euphonium)
Abe Torchinsky (Tuba)

Cheers!



5 out of 5 stars A True Classic   December 24, 2007
This CD is all instrumental of well known traditional christmas carols. One of the pieces is a brass version of "Twelve Days of Christmas" is my absolute, all time favorite version. We have enjoyed ours for years and bought two more to give to family members so that (hopefully) when we visit them over the holidays we can listen to the good stuff!


5 out of 5 stars a classic   December 11, 2007
This is one of my favorite holiday recordings - a classic from 1967. Beautiful brass renditions of 25 carols.


5 out of 5 stars Exactly What I Was Looking For   December 3, 2007
This is exactly the cd of traditional carols I was looking for. Those who want less traditional carols would probably like "A Christmas Concert" by the Pittsburgh Symphony Brass.

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