A Christmas Celebration: Kathleen Battle
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CD Details
Edition: Music CDCD Release Date: 1990-10-25
Music Label: EMI Classics
Soundtracks:
- O Come All Ye Faithful
- O Holy Night
- Bring a Torch, Jeannette, Isabelle (Un Flambeau, Jeannette, Isabelle)
- Fum, Fum, Fum!
- Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming (Es Ist Ein' Ros' Entsprungen)
- Ave Maria - Barbara Allen, , Kathleen Battle
- Ges? Bambino
- Three English Carols Medley: I Saw Three Ships/The First ...
- Away in the Manger
- Silent Night
- Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
- Mari? Weingenlied (Mary's Cradle Song)
- Zither Carol
- I Wonder as I Wander
- Mary Had a Baby
- Rise Up, Shepherd
- What Child Is This?
- Ave Maria
- Finale and Reprise: Veni, Veni, Emmanuel/It Came Upon a Midnight Clear
Music reviews of A Christmas Celebration: Kathleen Battle
Music Review: A Christmas Album that Still Glows
Rating: 5 Stars
It has been almost twenty years since this CD was created and yet it remains at the top of the list of a large number of music admirers. Kathleen Battle was in her prime when this recording was made - her voice seemingly effortlessly produced with a beautiful range that was as comfortable in the music of Bach as in contemporary jazz. This collaboration with Leonard Slatkin conducting the Orchestra of St. Luke's with New York Choral Artists & Harlem Boys' Choir may not introduce any new works, but the traditional songs of the season have rarely sounded so pure of tone and feeling. The arrangements are excellent and the combination of voice and orchestra (and occasional chorus) is well balanced. The title - A Christmas Celebration - is certainly apropos. It is well to be reminded of how fine a singer Kathleen Battle was in her heyday, and while she is not frequently present on the recital stage today (her most public appearance of the last few years was her invitation to sing at the arrival of Pope Benedict XVI at the White House in 2008), the glory of her talent will always be remembered - especially after listening to this very fine CD. Grady Harp, December 09
General CDs
- Styles > Christian
- Classical > General
- Featured Composers, A-Z > ( G ) > Gounod, Charles
- ( M ) > Mendelssohn, Felix
- ( P ) > Praetorius, Michael
- ( R ) > Reger, Max
- ( S ) > Schubert, Franz
- Featured Performers, A-Z > ( B ) > Battle, Kathleen
- Historical Periods > Classical (c.1770-1830) > General
- Modern, 20th, & 21st Century > Composers > Reger, Max
- Sacred & Religious > General
- Opera & Vocal > General
- Divas > Battle, Kathleen
- Vocal Non-Opera > Hymns
- Noels
- Miscellaneous > General
- Holiday > Opera & Vocal
- General Christmas
- Gounod, Charles - Works by Gounod
- Mendelssohn, Felix - Works by Mendelssohn
- Praetorius, Michael - Works by Michael Praetorius
- Classical - Historical Periods - Modern, 20th, & 21st Century - Composers - Reger, Max - General
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