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Carols for Christmas | 
 enlarge | Artist: Jim Gibson
Label: Hickory Cove Music
Category: Music
List Price: $14.99
Buy New: $14.97
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Rating:  3 reviews
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.9 x 0.3
UPC: 611098288029
EAN: 0611098288029
Release Date: December 1, 1996
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: Brand new. Factory sealed. 1st class shipping.
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| Tracks:
| • | Hark! The Herald Angels Sing | | • | I Saw Three Ships | | • | Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella | | • | It Came Upon the Midnight Clear | | • | What Child Is This? | | • | Good Christian Men, Rejoice | | • | Silent Night | | • | I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day | | • | O Christmas Tree | | • | The First Noel | | • | Good King Wenceslas | | • | O Come, All Ye Faithful | | • | The Coventry Carol | | • | I Saw Three Ships |
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Album Description
Too often the Christmas season becomes harried and frantic, and that's when the spirit of the season gets lost in the rush. In these graceful, melodic improvisations, Jim Gibson recaptures the quietness and peace that once characterized the holidays. You will hear the echoes of classical music, the subtle freedom of jazz . . . and pleasant attention to melodies that have been loved through many centuries.
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| Customer Reviews:
Best piano Christmas CD ever! November 29, 2008
J. Simmons (North Georgia)
I was thrilled to find this available as an MP3 download for only $8.99 and NO S&H! I just LOVE being able to listen to it right away too! It is VERY soothing and rich with the GOOD OLD songs of Christmas! I've also been listening to it countless times while studying!
Imaginative Improvisations December 8, 2004
Matthew T. Phillips (Winston-Salem, NC USA)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Jim Gibson has a unique ability to weave together wonderful improvisations on familiar hymns while leaving intact the melody that you love to hum along with.
This is music that can be enjoyed on many levels: it's my favorite background music for preparing and enjoying holiday meals because he plays with a smooth and pleasant manner, but I can also enjoy sitting just to listen to the CD because his variations on the hymns are sophisticated and imaginative.
This is not a Jim Brickman-esque CD, nor is it the more abstract style of George Winston. No fake-sounding strings, no awkward vocals. Maybe this is the kind of piano music Sam from Casablanca would have played for his family on Christmas Eve.
Perfect for our traditional Christmas September 16, 2001
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
Our family has all of Jim Gibson's recordings, and we especially love this one. These are what we call the "real" Christmas Carols--the ones we grew up with. His playing is warm and, I guess you'd say soothing, and it seems to be a perfect match for the songs.This CD seems to me to be the exact opposite of all the commercial music with drums and guitars and synthesizers and new Christmas songs that sound like generic pop music. This is real Chrismas music played by a wonderful pianist. If you like the Christmas songs we grew up with, and you like quiet, reflective music, buy this CD.
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