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A Christmas Celebration: Kathleen Battle | 
 enlarge | Artists: Kathleen Battle, Traditional/various, Leonard Slatkin, Orchestra Of St. Luke's With New York Choral Artists & Harlem Boys' Choir
Label: EMI Classics
Category: Music
List Price: $16.98
Buy New: $9.99
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Rating:  19 reviews
Sales Rank: 26246
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 47587
UPC: 077774758727
EAN: 0077774758727
ASIN: B000002ROL
Release Date: October 25, 1990
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Condition: Brand new, factory sealed. Fast shipping!
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| Tracks:
| • | O Come All Ye Faithful - Kathleen Battle, Oakeley, Frederick | | • | O Holy Night - Kathleen Battle, Adam, Adolphe | | • | Bring a Torch, Jeannette, Isabelle (Un Flambeau, Jeannette, Isabelle) - Kathleen Battle, traditional | | • | Fum, Fum, Fum! - Kathleen Battle, traditional | | • | Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming (Es Ist Ein' Ros' Entsprungen) - Kathleen Battle, Praetorius, Michael | | • | Ave Maria - Kathleen Battle, Schubert, Franz | | • | Gesue Bambino - Kathleen Battle, Yon, Pietro Alessan | | • | Three English Carols Medley: I Saw Three Ships/The First ... - Kathleen Battle, Traditional | | • | Away in the Manger - Kathleen Battle, traditional | | • | Silent Night - Kathleen Battle, Gruber, Franz | | • | Hark! The Herald Angels Sing - Kathleen Battle, Mendelssohn, Felix | | • | Marie Weingenlied (Mary's Cradle Song) - Kathleen Battle, Reger, Max | | • | Zither Carol - Kathleen Battle, traditional | | • | I Wonder as I Wander - Kathleen Battle, traditional | | • | Mary Had a Baby - Kathleen Battle, traditional | | • | Rise Up, Shepherd - Kathleen Battle, traditional | | • | What Child Is This? - Kathleen Battle, Dix, William Chatte | | • | Ave Maria - Kathleen Battle, Schubert, Franz | | • | Finale and Reprise: Veni, Veni, Emmanuel / It Came Upon a Midnight Clear / O Little Town of Bethleh - Kathleen Battle, |
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| Customer Reviews: Read 14 more reviews...
don't believe I've ever heard anything lovelier December 27, 2008
Timothy J. Cliffe (Emmitsburg, MD United States)
I had not heard this album until this year (2008) when my local NPR station played about half of it at one go while I was driving down the highway. Like all the previous reviewers (but one), I think it's absolutely lovely. My only complaint was that my eyes kept tearing up while I needed to see the road. I simply can't imagine a more beautiful voice, or more beautiful delivery of these songs. (A little later I heard the great Jessye Norman singing some of the same material, and my feeling was that her versions are very impressive to the ears -- but Kathleen's strike right to the heart.)
 All that glitters... October 18, 2008
Tiffany Lamp (Portland, ME)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Sometimes lovely but marred by an overall sense of caution. Kathleen Battle, who sang with such warmth on "Pleasures of Their Company"(her "Ave Maria" on that recording is miraculous)reins her voice in on every song. Incredibly, she shies away from the vowel 'e', turning Maria into Mariah. As pretty and brittle as a glass ball.
Shimmers and shivers March 6, 2008
TheMackDiva
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is a glorious Christmas CD that everyone who loves the season should have. What a joyful noise spills from the throat of this lady! If you have this album along with Maureen Mcgovern's Christmas CD...believe me you will be set for Christmas with Kathleen providing the Classical and Maureen providing a Pop/Jazzy feel. You won't be able to help playing these albums year round!
Bathleen Battle Celebration of Christmas January 28, 2008
Kathleen Battle has a crisp,clear voice that is un-equaled. This cd is a joy to listen too all year round not just during the Christmas season.
Sublime! December 22, 2007
Loren (Columbus, Ohio)
(Review by Minionette)
I rarely buy Christmas music, but I came across this CD at a garage sale & went for it because of the performer. For pennies, it was worth trying out. Oh my. This album dropped down from heaven. Battle's voice is soaring yet sweet, & great care is evident in her impeccable styling & phrasing of even the foreign language carols. You may feel, as I have, that one is finally hearing each song as it was meant to sound.
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