This album, recorded in 1963 and released in 1964, is a wonderful christmas album that has been converted to cd. This album features the wonderful MIKE SAMMES SINGERS singing on some of the songs (as the others are instrumental/orchestra). This was released on Vocalion last year I believe (2007).
Mantovani gives us some great music here. I really like 'It Came Upon A Midnight Clear' with the great singing, but especially the instrumental orchestra part somewhere towards the middle where the cascading strings play to an ultra-lush sound.
There's a couple of songs that really don't do much for me and the overall feel lacks at times (lack of power, perhaps), but don't be mistaken, this is a decent christmas release in a kind of easy-listening style (though not limited to just easy-listening) and one that I would recommend if you like orchestra christmas music with chorus singing.
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