Track Listing

1. Deck the Halls With Boughs of Holly - Philadelphia Brass Ensemble, Traditional, Christ
2. Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming - Philadelphia Brass Ensemble, Traditional, Christ
3. Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabelle - Philadelphia Brass Ensemble, Traditional, Christ
4. The First Nowell - Philadelphia Brass Ensemble, Traditional, Christ
5. Angels We Have Heard on High - Philadelphia Brass Ensemble, Traditional, Christ
6. We Three Kings of Orient Are - Philadelphia Brass Ensemble, Hopkins, John Henry
7. O Come All Ye Faithful - Philadelphia Brass Ensemble, Oakeley, Frederick
8. O Sanctissima - Philadelphia Brass Ensemble, Anonymous
9. O Tannenbaum - Philadelphia Brass Ensemble, Traditional, Christ
10. O Come, O Come, Emmanuel - Philadelphia Brass Ensemble, Neale, John M.
11. Good King Wenceslas - Philadelphia Brass Ensemble, Neale, John M.
12. Silent Night - Philadelphia Brass Ensemble, Gruber, Franz
13. Joy to the World - Philadelphia Brass Ensemble, Mason, Lowell
14. The Twelve Days of Christmas - Philadelphia Brass Ensemble, Traditional
15. Coventry Carol - Philadelphia Brass Ensemble, Traditional, Christ
16. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen - Philadelphia Brass Ensemble, Traditional
17. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing - Philadelphia Brass Ensemble, Mendelssohn, Felix
18. It Came Upon a Midnight Clear - Philadelphia Brass Ensemble, Sears, Edmund Hamil
19. Good Christian Men Rejoice - Philadelphia Brass Ensemble, Traditional, Christ
20. O Holy Night - Philadelphia Brass Ensemble, Adam, Adolphe
21. What Child Is This? - Philadelphia Brass Ensemble, Dix, William Chatte
22. Wassail Song - Philadelphia Brass Ensemble, Traditional, Englis
23. O Little Town of Bethlehem - Philadelphia Brass Ensemble, Brooks, Phillip
24. Away in a Manger - Philadelphia Brass Ensemble, Traditional
25. We Wish You a Merry Christmas - Philadelphia Brass Ensemble, Traditional

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1252 in Music
• Released on: 1991-07-16
• Number of discs: 1

Customer Reviews

You'll Want to Sing Along
The Philadelphia Brass Ensemble's "A Festival of Carols in Brass" (Adrew Kazdin's 1991 music transfer to CD from the 1967 Adam & Davies original) remains a classic for Christmas music lovers. I was delighted to recently find it at Amazon.

These "25 Favorite Christmas Carols" feature the most presented and memorial Yule time tunes, from "Deck the Halls" to "We Wish You a Merry Christmas". One hears "Good King Wenceslas", "Joy to the World", "O Holy Night", "Silent Night" and all the rest played with the announcement and bold delivery that only brass can bring. Trombones, baritones, French horns, bugles, coronets, trumpets- they are all here! You will want to sing along with all this brass.

Each piece is exquisite and comfortably tailored for Christmas activity. This CD makes excellent background holiday party music. It plays for a little over an hour. "A Festival of Carols in Brass" is recommended to everyone wishing to offer the musical joy of this holy season.

Merry Christmas!

Fantastic CD with all the popular Christmas tunes
This is by far one of the best Christmas CD's. Like the other reviewers have said, "you feel as though a Salvation Army band is playing right outside your window". All the popular Christmas tunes are done with perfect precision and pitch. As a fellow (but amateur) musician, this CD makes me want to get out my old school band trumpet and play along.

It is truely amazing that the Philadelphia Brass Ensemble is just 5 guys - (2) trumpets, (1) french horn, (1) trombone, (1) tuba.

You can't go wrong with this classic CD. It's incredible - you have to hear it to believe it.

Great alternative to Christmas songs
This is a terrific collection of Christmas music with the twist of a brass ensemble. I have used it to mix up a collection, and it really adds variety to the mix. Very well done.