Christmas with Sonos Handbell Ensemble | 
 enlarge | Creators: Leroy Anderson, Irving Berlin, Cesar Franck, C. William Goff, Franz Xaver Gruber, John Henry, Jr. Hopkins, Christopher S. Kinzel, William Ludtke, James Meredith, Sergey Prokofiev, Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky, Mel Torme, Christmas Traditional
Label: Well-Tempered Produc
Category: Music
List Price: $18.98
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Rating:  6 reviews
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
UPC: 755425517625
EAN: 0755425517625
Release Date: August 24, 1995
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| 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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Album Description
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.
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 Disappointing December 25, 2007
James D. Costich (Rochester, NY)
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.
 great CD but not what I expected December 3, 2007
N. Knight
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.
The best Christmas Bells yet! June 9, 2001
A Bell Music Lover (California)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
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!
A nice departure June 8, 2001
Christine Madsen (Freeport, ME United States)
While 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.
In my opinion June 8, 2001
Carol (Seattle, WA USA)
1 out of 10 found this review helpful
Sonos 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!
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