Our Review
Although I received few new children's Christmas CDs this year, A Classical Kids Christmas would have stood out in whatever company it appeared in. The latest product of the Ontario-based Children's Group, A Classical Kids Christmas is both entertaining and educational. Telling the Christmas story through the device of a Christmas pageant, it takes the trouble to really tell the story, providing facts and background about the story of the birth of Christ, as well as explaining Christmas traditions from around the world. Embedded within the telling are over 30 carols and holiday songs.
Written and produced by Susan Hammond, A Classical Kid's Christmas pays homage to high art without itself being high-brow. The Christmas story is fascinating and timeless, and Ms. Hammond's production succeeds through its entertaining, yet information-intensive telling.
--Richard Banks
(Reviewed in 2001)
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Classical Kids
A Classical Kids Christmas
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Label: Atlantic
Length: 48 minutes
Genre: Children
Release: 2001
Track List
| Song Title |
|---|
| Christmas On Main Street - The Pageant Begins |
| O Come, Little Children |
| O Come, O Come, Emmanuel |
| Personent Hodie|Poem: King Came Riding |
| The Great Day|We Three Kings|Poem: The Wise Men Ask The Children The Way |
| Vivaldi, Winter II|Poem: We Are The Poor Children |
| What Shall We Bring|Poem: How Far Is It To Bethlehem? |
| Jolly Old Saint Nicholas |
| Swedish Dance |
| Christmas Is I'cumin |
| Christmas Eve Is Here |
| Joseph Dearest |
| Silent Night|Poem: The Story Of Silent Night |
| O Holy Night |
| Poem: 'Twas The Night Before Christmas |
| Handel: Messiah|Poem: The Oxen |
| While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks|O Little Town Of Bethlehem |
| What Is This Perfume|Poem: Christmas Carol |
| Angels We Have Heard On High|Hark The Herald Angels Sing |
| Polish Lullaby |
| Go Tell It On The Mountain |
| Sussex Carol|Poem: The Barn |
| Away In A Manger|Poem: Two Medieval Myths |
| What Child Is This|Poem: What The Mice Saw|Poem: What The Donkey Saw |
| The Friendly Beasts |
| Good King Wenceslas |
| Here We Come A'Wassailing |
| D'ou Viens Tu, Bergere|Joy To The World|Away In A Manger|Angels We Have Heard On High |
| In The Bleak Midwinter|The Pageant Ends |