Christmas

by Mannheim Steamroller

Christmas cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1984
  • Label: American Gramaphone
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 34:02
  • Community rating: 3.18/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Revolutionizing the market for holiday music, Chip Davis arranged traditional carols with a unique blend of Renaissance acoustic instrumentation and contemporary synthesizers. The meticulously recorded album completely bypassed standard retail channels to achieve massive, unexpected commercial success. It established a modern holiday institution and popularized neoclassical new age music for mainstream audiences.

Genres

Descriptors: Christmas, instrumental, christmas, christian

Tracklist

  1. Deck the Halls (3:43)
  2. We Three Kings (3:44)
  3. Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella (2:37)
  4. Coventry Carol (2:44)
  5. Good King Wenceslas (3:35)
  6. Wassail, Wassail (2:24)
  7. Carol of the Birds (2:07)
  8. I Saw Three Ships (1:29)
  9. God Rest Ye, Merry Gentlemen (1:42)
  10. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen - Rock (4:25)
  11. Stille Nacht (Silent Night) (5:29)

Credits

  • Mannheim Steamroller - primary artist
  • Ron Dabbs - bells [camel], other [sand storm]
  • David Low - cello
  • Willis Ann Ross - flute
  • David Kappy - french horn
  • Ron Cooley - guitar [classical], guitar [12-string]
  • Mary Walter - harp
  • Joe Gastwirt - lacquer cut by

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