Holbrook: Christmas Music in the Hotel
I decided to take advantage of the confluence of several factors — my new iBook and it’s CD burner, my iPod and the iTunes Music Store account I opened, and the fact we don’t have a lot of holiday music — to try making a holiday themed CD.
Fun, fun, fun . . . . the Nutcracker Suite was worth the trouble all by itself.
The links will take you to the iTunes Music Store for a sample or a sale . . . .
Not all the tracks I picked are available there, but you can find some other stuff there to fill out a disc, I’m sure.
NB: all the info was exported from iTunes and the links were created with the the iTunes Link Maker.
| Name | Artist | Composer | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
The Bells of Dublin / Christmas Eve |
The Chieftains & The Bell-Ringers of Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin | Traditional | The Bells of Dublin |
O Holy Night |
Mahalia Jackson | Adolphe Charles Adam (1803-1856) & John Sullivan Dwight | Christmas With Mahalia |
| Linus and Lucy | Vince Guaraldi Trio | A Charlie Brown Christmas | |
| Only You Can Bring Me Cheer | Alison Krauss | A Very Special Acoustic Christmas | |
| ‘Zat You, Santa Claus? | Louis Armstrong & The Commanders | 20th Century Masters – The Christmas Collection: The Best of Louis Armstrong | |
| Silent Night | Elvis Presley | Franz Grüber | Elvis’ Christmas Album |
| Jingle Bells | The Brian Setzer Orchestra | Boogie Woogie Christmas | |
| O Tannenbaum | Vince Guaraldi Trio | A Charlie Brown Christmas | |
| Gaudete | Mediaeval Baebes | A Winter’s Night | |
| Here we come a-wassailing | The King’s Singers | A Little Christmas Music | |
| A little Christmas music (medley a la Mozart) w/ Kiri Te Kanawa | The King’s Singers with Dame Kiri Te Kanawa & Richard Hickox | A Little Christmas Music | |
Blue Christmas |
Elvis Presley | Billy Hayes & Jay Johnson | Elvis’ Christmas Album |
Ave Maria |
Robert Shaw Chorale & Robert Shaw | Franz Schubert | Songs of Faith and Inspiration |
The Nutcracker Suite |
The Brian Setzer Orchestra | Boogie Woogie Christmas | |
Il est né / Ca berger |
The Chieftains & Kate & Anna McGarrigle | Traditional | The Bells of Dublin |
| We wish you a merry Christmas | The King’s Singers | A Little Christmas Music | |
| I wonder as I wander | The King’s Singers | A Little Christmas Music | |
| Ding dong! Merrily on high | The King’s Singers | A Little Christmas Music | |
| Stille Nacht | The King’s Singers | A Little Christmas Music | |
| Patapan and Farandole | The King’s Singers | A Little Christmas Music | |
Christmas Time Is Here (Instrumental) |
Vince Guaraldi Trio | A Charlie Brown Christmas |