Carpenters - Christmas Portrait
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Artist: CarpentersBrand: CARPENTERS
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1990-10-25
Music Label: A&M
Soundtracks:
- It Came Upon a Midnight Clear
- Overture: Happy Holiday/The First Noel/March of the Toys/Little Jesus [
- Old-Fashioned Christmas
- Christmas Waltz
- Sleigh Ride
- It's Christmas Time
- Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
- Santa Claus Is Coming to Town
- Christmas Song
- Carol of the Bells
- Merry Christmas Darling
- Christ Is Born
- O Holy Night
- (There's No Place Like) Home for the Holidays
- Medley: Here Comes Santa Claus/Frosty the Snowman/Rudolph the ...
- Winter Wonderland/Silver Bells/White Christmas
- Ave Maria
- Selections from "Nutcracker": Oveerture Miniature/Dance of the ...
- Little Altar Boy
- I'll Be Home for Christmas
- Silent Night
Music reviews of Christmas Portrait
Music Review: Not the original album
Rating: 4 Stars
If you are looking for the original Carpenters Christmas Portrait album, this isn't it.
As noted in a number of other reviews here, this is a combination of the original Christmas Portrait album along with An Old Fashioned Christmas.
Four tracks from the original album are not present on this CD:
* O Come O Come Emmanuel
* Overture (Christmas Portrait)
* Jingle Bells
* The First Snowfall / Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow
The remaining 13 tracks from the original album are combined with 8 tracks from An Old Fashioned Christmas, an LP that was released at about the same time as this CD (and after Karen's passing). Those tracks are mainly orchestral and choral, with some singing by Richard Carpenter. Many people will like the mixture, but it's definitely not the original album.
Karen Carpenter does not appear until 11 minutes into this CD.
If you want the original album on CD, you'll have to buy it in a 2-CD set along with An Old Fashioned Christmas: Christmas Collection.
Some historical background can be found in this comment to another review here:
http://www.amazon.com/review/R34244FMN24AVP/ref=cm_cr_rev_detmd_pl?cdMsgID=#Mx3SKGX9M0OBHCC
Description of Christmas Portrait
No Description AvailableNo Track Information Available
Media Type: CD
Artist: CARPENTERS
Title: CHRISTMAS PORTRAIT
Street Release Date: 09/17/1997
Genre: XMAS VOCAL
Hipper now than they ever were in their day, Karen and Richard Carpenter achieved a rare feat: They saw one of their songs become a holiday classic. "Merry Christmas, Darling" sold like mad in the late 1970s and cemented the identity of the song with the band. In the wake of Karen's death, the lyrics became even more poignant, but isn't a good tug on the heartstrings what a lot of holiday songs are all about? The Carpenters' tender cover of "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" is equally touching, their lush vocals layered like warm blankets on a cold December night. Though Christmas Portrait is harshly abbreviated, this version--the Special Edition--features almost 40 songs, including goose-bump giving versions of "Ave Maria" and "O Holy Night" and is definitely the better disc of the two. --Steve Gdula
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