Christmas with Sonos Handbell Ensemble
Facts
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| Studio | Well-Tempered Produc |
| Release Date | August 24, 1995 |
| UPC Code | 755425517625 |
About Christmas with Sonos Handbell Ensemble
This best-selling title recreates all of your fondest memories of Christmas with the glorious sound of handbells. This seasonal favorite includes "Silent Night," "Sleigh Ride" and more - twenty selections of carols and Christmas favorites. Album Description
Tracks
- Dance of the Reed Flutes - Sonos Handbell Ensemble,
- Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella - Sonos Handbell Ensemble, Traditional
- Sleigh Ride - Sonos Handbell Ensemble, Anderson, Leroy
- West Indies Carol (Virgin Mary Had a Baby Boy) - Sonos Handbell Ensemble, Traditional
- Christmas Tidings (Mary Had a Baby/Go Tell It on the Mountain) - Sonos Handbell Ensemble, Traditional
- Shepherd's Air - Sonos Handbell Ensemble, Goff, C. William
- Fantasy on Carol of the Bells - Sonos Handbell Ensemble, Traditional
- Austrian Carol - Sonos Handbell Ensemble, Traditional
- Veni Emmanuel (with God Rest You Merry Gentlemen) - Sonos Handbell Ensemble,
- We Three Kings - Sonos Handbell Ensemble, Hopkins, John Henry
- Coventry Carol - Sonos Handbell Ensemble, Traditional
- Troika - Sonos Handbell Ensemble,
- Christmas Song - Sonos Handbell Ensemble, Torme, Mel
- Two French Carols: 'Twas in the Moon of Wintertime ... Whence Comes This Rush of Wings Afar? - Sonos Handbell Ensemble,
- Catalonian Carol (Cold December Flies Away) - Sonos Handbell Ensemble, Traditional
- Silent Night - Sonos Handbell Ensemble, Gruber, Franz
- Panis Angelicus - Sonos Handbell Ensemble, Franck, Cesar
- White Christmas - Sonos Handbell Ensemble, Berlin, Irving
- Joseph Dear, Joseph Mine - Sonos Handbell Ensemble, Traditional
- Christmas Postcard - Sonos Handbell Ensemble, Traditional
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User Reviews
Average user review: 
(6 reviews)
I found this album unremarkable and boring. The arrangements were lackluster and formulaic, and the performance was mechanical and lifeless.
I was surprised at how little feeling and expression the director lent to what is clearly a competant choir. They were either over-rehearsed/over performed, or they weren't ready to make the music say something emotionally. Either way it's ok as background party music, but it's not much more.
December 25, 2007 |  | great CD but not what I expected |  |
The other two reviews stressed that this was a quiet, unexciting CD, which appealed to me. I was surprised that the first part of the CD, at least, was anything but sedate and calm. I enjoyed the music, however, and the handbell group is very talented. Just don't expect this to be all peaceful background music.
December 3, 2007| | | The best Christmas Bells yet! | |
I am so glad I have this wonderful CD of Christmas songs with bells. The bells are truly played as one instrument and you can really get into the Christmas spirit. It's so hard to record bells well, but they did it! I always tell my friends to BUY this CD to add to their Christmas music collection. In fact, I give the CDs away as gifts! A GREAT RECORDING!
June 9, 2001While we all associate bells with Christmas, we think more of bells ringing wildly in their towers. And when we think of Christmas music, we think schmaltz. This album features a different kind of bells -- handbells -- and music that is anything but schmaltzy. As I listen to this beautiful, seamless music, I am in awe of the skills required to make it sound that way: a dozen people handling dozens of bells, sounding as one instrument. The musical selections are varied, the performance top-notch, and the experience of listening is marvelous. I do not hesitate to recommend this CD to any listener.
June 8, 2001Sonos is very accomplished, yes, and they play what they do very well, but nothing really appealed to me as "exciting" bell music. I have nothing against classical music, but they need perhaps faster songs or something of that sort. Other than that, it was great!
June 8, 2001More reviews at Amazon.com ...
