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Christmas Joy

George Melachrino & His Orchestra

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Release Date:  16 October 2015

Label:  Real Gone Music

Packaging Type:  Jewel Case

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  848064003960

Genres:  Easy Listening  

  • Description

    English-born conductor/arranger George Melachrino was the RCA label's answer to the Decca label's Mantovani. Along with his famed Music for Moods series, which provided sumptuous soundtracks for every occasion, from dining to daydreaming to studying to sleeping, his most beloved recordings were his two Christmas albums. The first, 1954's mono release Christmas in High Fidelity, became a perennial best seller and has been reissued in the compact disc era. However, the second, 1959's Christmas Joy, which took full advantage of the stereo recording techniques pioneered by RCA's "Living Stereo" series, makes its worldwide CD debut here. It's hard to conceive of a musical genre more suited for the freedom stereo afforded in the studio than the orchestral easy listening that was Melachrino's métier, and here the maestro offers widescreen interpretations of 12 songs from the original Christmas in High Fidelity album and adds four more tunes from the lighthearted side of the holiday songbook, including "Christmas Alphabet," "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus," "Jingle Bells" and "Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town." This symphonic seasonal classic receives a pristine remastering from Maria Triana at Battery Studios in New York, with liner notes by Joe Marchese and added photos. Another musical Christmas present from Real Gone Music!

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Winter Wonderland
      • 2. Adeste Fideles (O Come, All Ye Faithful)
      • 3. I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus
      • 4. Fairy on the Christmas Tree
      • 5. Sleigh Ride
      • 6. Silent Night
      • 7. Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town
      • 8. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
      • 9. Jingle Bells
      • 10. The First Noel
      • 11. White Christmas
      • 12. Good King Wenceslas
      • 13. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
      • 14. God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen
      • 15. Christmas Alphabet
      • 16. Joy to the World