Christmas With Judy Collins

by Judy Collins

Overview

Building on her well-represented holiday catalog, Christmas with Judy Collins is essentially a reissue of the folk artist's 2000 release All on a Wintry Night, padded with two additional songs. All 14 tracks from Wintry Night are featured here in their original sequence with the addition of a new single, the western-tinged "Angels in the Snow" leading off the album, and a stirring, largely a cappella version of "Amazing Grace" closing it out. Fans of Collins' rich, warm voice will enjoy some of the more stripped-down arrangements, which feature her singing to a simple piano accompaniment on lesser-known carols like "In the Bleak Midwinter" and "Cherry Tree Carol." On the other hand, the dated synthesizer sounds on tracks like "Come Rejoice" and "Good King Wenceslas" sound rather homogenous and the spoken intro over the faux-strings of "Away in a Manger" is far too heavy-handed to take seriously. Fortunately, the bulk of the album's 16 tracks favor the more minimalist arrangements keeping Collins' lovely voice at the forefront without much distraction. ~ Timothy Monger

Product Details

Release Date:	10/22/2013
Label:	Cleopatra / Wildflower
UPC:	0741157092424
Rank:	40551

Tracks

1. Angels in the Snow
2. I'll Be Home for Christmas
3. Come Rejoice
4. Away in a Manger
5. Joy to the World
6. In the Bleak Mid Winter
7. Song for Sarajevo (I Dream of Peace)
8. Good King Wenceslas
9. All on a Wintry Night
10. Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
11. Silent Night
12. A Christmas Carol
13. Cherry Tree Carol
14. The Blizzard
15. The Wexford Carol
16. Amazing Grace

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Judy Collins   Primary Artist,Vocals,Piano,Keyboards
Gerre Hancock   Conductor
Johnson Flucker   Director
Cathedral Choir of St. John the Divine   Vocals
St. Thomas Boys Choir   Vocals
Joseph Joubert   Keyboards
Tyne Daly   Vocals
Steve Skinner   Keyboards
Ned Rorem   Piano
Russell Walden   Keyboards

Technical Credits

James Bassi   Choir Arrangement
John Joubert   Arranger
Sammy Cahn   Composer
Walter Kent   Composer
Ned Rorem   Composer
Buck Ram   Composer
Alan Silverman   Mastering,Engineer,Mixing
Katherine DePaul   Associate Producer
Kim Gannon   Composer
Jule Styne   Composer
Judy Collins   Arranger,Producer,Composer