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Songs of Angels - Christmas Hymns and Carols | 
| Artists: Robert Shaw, Robert Shaw Chamber Singers
Label: Telarc
Category: Music
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Rating:  28 reviews
Sales Rank: 737
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.9 x 0.2
MPN: 80377
UPC: 089408037726
EAN: 0089408037726
ASIN: B000003D0G
Release Date: October 18, 1994
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| Tracks:
| • | God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen [English] | | • | Angels We Have Heard on High [French] | | • | O Come, O Come, Emmanuel | | • | How Unto Bethlehem? [Italian] | | • | Boar's Head Carol [English] | | • | O Tannenbaum [German] - Robert Shaw, Timothy Stalter | | • | Masters in This Hall [French] - Donna Carter, , , , Robert Shaw | | • | My Dancing Day [English] | | • | Away in a Manger | | • | Good Christian Men, Rejoice [German] | | • | Holly and the Ivy [English] - Robert Shaw, Frank Timmerman | | • | Good King Wenceslas [English] - Katherine Murray, , Robert Shaw | | • | Wassail Song [English] | | • | Bring a Torch, Jeannette, Isabella [French] | | • | Fum, Fum, Fum [Catalan] | | • | Mary Had a Baby [Spiritual] - Christopher Cock, , Robert Shaw | | • | Hacia Belén Va un Borrico [Spanish] | | • | Christ Was Born on Christmas Day [German] - Katherine Murray, , Robert Shaw | | • | March of the Kings [French] | | • | Coventry Carol [Anonymous] | | • | Deck the Halls [Welsh] | | • | Cherry Tree Carol [Kentucky Mountain Ballad] - Christopher Cock, , Robert Shaw | | • | We Three Kings of Orient Are - Wayne Baughman, Ronald Burrichter, , , , Robert Shaw | | • | Touro-Louro-Louro! | | • | So Blest a Sight [English] - Donna Carter, , , Robert Shaw | | • | I Saw Three Ships [English] | | • | What Child Is This? [Anonymous] | | • | Susanni [German] | | • | In the Bleak Midwinter |
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 28
 All-Time Christmas Best! January 26, 2009
Peter Mccormick
This is easily my all-time favorite Christmas collection. There are other excellent choir albums, of course, but the Robert Shaw Chorale is the finest in every way, and inclusion of the (rarely performed) Boar's Head song puts this one at the top. EVERYONE who likes traditional Christmas music should own this album.
Exceedingly Good Christmas Music January 12, 2009
Lionel C. C. Twain (Hayward, CA USA)
If you like the sound of well-arranged human voices, and you also like traditional Christmas Carols, then this is the album for you.
Songs of Angels - Christmas Hymns and Carols, by Robert Shaw, is my personal favorite Christmas album. It has many familiar English carols, as well as English renderings of German, French, Italian and even Spanish favorites, all executed in a richly elegant a cappella.
Even if one has never heard some of the more esoteric offerings, most if not all will rapidly "grow" on you.
If you're looking for Frosty the Snowman, Rudolph, or the Little Drummer Boy, look elsewhere. This album is Choral music and most songs are over a hundred years old. Songs of Angels brings back the old-fashioned Christmas atmosphere.
 all the songs sound the same January 9, 2009
Anita Penn (San Antonio)
2 out of 6 found this review helpful
Everything is well sung, but the whole CD sounds the same. There's almost a militant quality to the way the songs are sung -so regimented, no character, no variation, no stand-out soloists. I was hoping to hear a little more 4-part harmony and less singing in unison. I was very disappointed because this was NOT what I was looking for. I am surprised that this CD is rated so highly,(which is why I bought it). I gave this CD to my mom who likes any hymns -regardless of how they are sung.
 Nice, old-fashioned carols January 7, 2009
EMKW (Painted Post, NY)
Just what I was looking for: many of the old-time carols sung by a choir. No snazzy interpretations nor headliners. There were a few songs that were new to my ears but mostly it reminded me of those old LPs we pulled out at christmases back when people played LPs.
Angels sing! January 6, 2009
Brenmarr (Ontario Canada)
Just the most delightful CD in a long time, Holiday or not , this Cd is just great! Will re order to give as gifts for the next year Holiday season. Wonderful Music!
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