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Track Listing
1. Christmas Song, The
2. I'll Be Home For Christmas
3. White Christmas
4. Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
5. River
6. O Come, O Come, Emanuel
7. Xicochi, Xicochi
8. I Wonder as I Wander
9. Away in a Manger
10. Lo, How a Rose E're Blooming
11. Welsh Carol
12. Past Three O'Clock
13. O Magnum Mysterium
14. Silent Night
Album Notes
Personnel: Linda Ronstadt, Rosemary Clooney (vocals); Peter Matz, Jeffrey Haskell, David Campbell (conductor); Joel Derouin, Murray Adler, Charlie Bisharat, Eve Butler (violin); Andrew Picken, Karen Elaine, Keith Greene (viola); Rudy Stein, Dan Smith (cello); Stephanie Bennett (harp); Gary Foster Dan Higgins, Paul Fried (woodwinds); Warren Luening, Rick Baptist (trumpet).
Engineers: George Massenburg, Paul Grupp.
Recorded at Jim Brady Studios, Holsclaw Recital Hall, Tucson, Arizona; Ocean Way and Capitol Studios, Hollywood, California.
Has the world had enough versions of "The Christmas Song," "White Christmas," and "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas?" Not if you're a Linda Ronstadt fan, as the pop siren covers these and other beloved holiday tunes on A MERRY LITTLE CHRISTMAS.
While the arrangements are a mix of old-school American pop orchestration and Ronstadt's occasional jazzy flourishes, the singer does mix it up a bit more than someone of a previous generation might. There's a unique rendering of Joni Mitchell's classic "River," dotted with angular cello and staccato bursts of concert harp, which brings things into the present day. For the most part, though, the tradition-minded orchestral arrangements and heavenly choirs show that Ronstadt's rock & roll past hasn't prevented her from taking a reverent approach to these time-tested compositions.
Industry Reviews
4 stockings out of 4 - ...Her love for sacred music would trump most believers....lovely...
Entertainment Weekly (12/08/2000)
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