Kathleen Battle, Leonard Slatkin, Orchestra of St. Luke's: A Christmas Celebration (1990)
Kathleen Battle, Leonard Slatkin, Orchestra of St. Luke's: A Christmas Celebration (1990)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 246 Mb | Total time: 62:27 | Scans included
Classical | Label: EMI Classics | # 47587 | Recorded: 1986
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 246 Mb | Total time: 62:27 | Scans included
Classical | Label: EMI Classics | # 47587 | Recorded: 1986
If you could only have two Christmas CDs, Kathleen Battle's "A Christmas Celebration" would definitely be one (and "A Charlie Brown Christmas" would be the other.)While Battle has been known to be a temperamental diva (leading to a quasi-banishment from operatic roles), her pretty, soaring soprano is without peer. So good is her voice that I would consider several of the cuts on this disc to be definitive performances, not only of Battle's repertoire, but of all performances ever of that song. Case in point would be her rendition of Gounod's "Ave Maria". Haunting and stunning at the same time, it's as if the angel itself were singing. "Mary Had a Baby" is another fabulously rendered, gospel-tinged beauty.One of the other strengths of the collection is the sheer breadth of carols and hymns. Modern, traditional, and ancient songs are here. Common carols and more unusual ones appear. Among the less heard songs are "Fum, Fum, Fum!", "Marie Wiegenlied", "Zither Carol", and "Rise Up, Shepherd". Stylistically and internationally, Battle runs the gamut, too, making the album wonderfully cosmopolitan. In all, between the stand-alone songs and the medleys, there are twenty-five selections in almost sixty-three minutes of recording time.Leonard Slatkin, long of the St. Louis Symphony, conducts the Orchestra of St. Luke's, and is ably backed by The Boy's Choir of Harlem and others. The sound is rich and full, the mic work impeccable. The recording itself is DDD and shows it. Despite being recorded in 1986, everything is fresh today.You cannot go wrong with this CD. It is one of the best Christmas albums ever recorded and a great way to get into the spirit of Christmas.–Daniel L Edelen
Performer:
Kathleen Battle, soprano
George Mims, organ
New York Choral Artists
Harlem Boys Choir
Orchestra of St. Luke's
Leonard Slatkin, conductor
Track List:
01. Traditional: O Come, All Ye Faithful
02. Traditional: O Holy Night
03. Traditional: Bring A Torch, Jeanette, Isabelle (Un flambeau, Jeanette, Isabella)
04. Traditional: Fum, Fum, Fum!
05. Praetorius: Lo, How A Rose E'er Blooming (Es ist ein' Ros' entsprungen)
06. Schubert: Ave Maria
07. Yon: Gesu Bambino
08. Traditional: I Saw Three Ships/The First Nowell/The Holly And The Ivy
09. Traditional: Away In A Manger
10. Gruber: Silent Night
11. Mendelssohn: Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
12. Reger: Marie Wiegenlied
13. Traditional: Zither Carol
14. Traditional: I Wonder As I Wander
15. Traditional: Mary Had A Baby
16. Traditional: Rise Up, Shepherd
17. Traditional: What Child Is This?
18. Traditional: Ave Maria
19. Traditional: Finale & Reprise Medley: Veni, Veni, Emmanuel/It Came Upon A Midnight Clear/O Little Town Of Bethlehem
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Kathleen Battle, Leonard Slatkin, Orchestra of St. Luke's: A Christmas Celebration (1990)
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