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Mannheim Steamroller Christmas Celebration
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Mannheim Steamroller Christmas Celebration  (Audio CD) 
by Mannheim Steamroller

Prog rock lives! This fusion of rock, jazz, and classical, driven by synthesizers, excess, and dry-ice fog, was once the domain of '70s groups like Yes and Emerson, Lake & Palmer. But Mannheim Steamroller has kept prog rock's intoxicated spirit and bright spectacle alive, mainly through 20 years of Christmas albums and concerts, and Christmas Celebration won't disappoint their many worldwide fans. With its overblown arrangements of standards and readily accessible new pieces, it combines a variety of styles with a heavy mix of instruments and voices. Noteworthy are the choirs and soloists featured on various tracks, including the Cambridge Singers and Johnny Mathis on "O Tannenbaum" as well as lesser-knowns like Germany's Bielefelder Kinderchor and the University of Michigan Glee Club. All told, it's a full, pretty-paper assault, an aural smorgasbord laid out with bold strokes and many a glittering bauble. --Martin Keller

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Product Details:
Audio CD Release Date: October 12, 2004
Studio: American Gramaphone
Number Of Discs: 1
Average Customer Rating: based on 45 reviews
Track Listing:
1. Celebration
2. Christmas Lullaby
3. Deck the Halls
4. Veni Veni
5. Away In a Manger
6. Hallelujah
7. O Tannenbaum
8. Wassail, Wassail
9. Carol Of the Birds
10. God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen
11. God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen
12. Greensleeves
13. Traditions Of Christmas
14. Good King Wenceslas
15. Carol Of the Bells
16. Auld Lang Syne
17. Fum, Fum, Fum
18. Silent Night
 
 

Customer Reviews:
Average Customer Review:3.5
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5Manhem Steamroller disc  Feb 27, 2008
Listening to this disc brought back many memories to me and my husband. He was so thrilled that I was able to find it at such a good price.

5Enjoyable music  Feb 08, 2008
Anyone who has heard Mannheim Steamroller's Christmas music knows that it is enjoyable. Buy it--enough said.

4Mannheim Steamroller - Christmas Celebration  Jan 30, 2008
I thought I had heard some collections of Christmas music that were varied, but "Christmas Celebration" by Mannheim Steamroller really takes the (fruit) cake! Not only are the arrangements radically different from track to track, so is the instrumentation. Everything in their arsenal of sounds from soft acoustic instruments (Lute, Dulcimer, Violin) to Synthesizers and boisterous percussion instruments is represented here. You get a whole range of musical emotions, from the unbridled joy of "Deck the Halls" and "Good King Wenceslas", to the quieter and more introspective "Veni Veni" and "Away in a Manager". Two tracks in this collection stand out from the others in my mind. The first, their rendition of "Carol of the Bells", for which they sampled the sounds of handbells then fed them into a synthesizer and used them in suprising new ways. The second track is the closing number "Stille Nacht (Silent Night)". The simple elegance of a violin carrying the melody, a chorus singing softly in the background and finally the sound of a child's toy piano. The track (and the CD) ends with the whoosh of synthesizer (falling snow perhaps?) and the sound of sleigh bells jingling as the sound fades out slowly. A well done collection of songs done as only Mannheim Steamroller could. You will want this CD for your collection. It's worth the money.

5Excellent Christmas Music !!  Jan 09, 2008
Both my sister and I really loved this CD. The music of Mannheim Steamroller is very masterful... The instrumentation is perfect! We both highly recommend you purchase this CD.



5Mannheim-excellence  Dec 27, 2007
Still my favorite Holiday Music. I have purchased this item more times than I can remember. My friends here it and want a copy so it becomes a standard instant Christmas gift. Can't wait for next years' surprise.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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