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Track Listing
1. It Came Upon a Midnight Clear
2. Overture: Happy Holiday / The First Noel / March Of The Toys / Little Jesus / I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus / O Little Town of Bethlehem / In Dulce Jubilo / Gesu Bambino / Angels We Have Heard On High
3. Old-Fashioned Christmas, An
4. Christmas Waltz
5. Sleigh Ride
6. It's Christmas Time
7. Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
8. Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town
9. Christmas Song, The (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)
10. Carol of the Bells
11. Merry Christmas Darling
12. Christ Is Born
13. O Holy Night
14. Home For the Holidays
15. Here Comes Santa Claus / Frosty The Snowman / Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer / Good King Wenceslas
16. Winter Wonderland / Silver Bells / White Christmas
17. Ave Maria
18. Overture Miniature / Dance Of The Sugar Plum Fairies / Valse Des Fleurs
19. Little Altar Boy
20. I'll Be Home For Christmas
21. Silent Night
| Details | | Producer: | Richard Carpenter | | Distributor: | Universal Distribution | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | AAD |
Album Notes
The Carpenters: Karen Carpenter (vocals); Richard Carpenter (keyboards).
Additional personnel includes: Bob Messenger (tenor saxophone); Pete Morgan (acoustic bass); Joe Osborn (electric bass); Ron Tutt, Barry Morgan, Cubby O'Brien (drums).
Originally released in 1978 and reissued on CD in 1984, expanded with tracks from the Carpenters' second Christmas album, AN OLD FASHIONED CHRISTMAS, A CHRISTMAS PORTRAIT is an excellent traditional Christmas album. The track list features stately orchestral arrangements of classic hymns and carols such as "O Come, O Come Immanuel," "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" and "Ave Maria" alongside seasonal pop standards like "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas," "Sleigh Ride" and Mel Torme's "The Christmas Song."
There's even a Richard Carpenter original, the touching "Merry Christmas Darling." As always, Karen Carpenter is in excellent voice, singing with the dusky, almost melancholy style that gave all of her music a certain poignancy even before her tragic death in 1982. The original album also appeared in the import two-CD set A CHRISTMAS COLLECTION.
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