50 Christmas Classics
The Piano Music Book
–PLUS–
Symphonic Recordings!
This book plus 2-CD collection from the Reader’s Digest Piano Library is simply exquisite …in every way. These are the classic pieces of Christmas, handsomely engraved in high quality notation, easy to read, and a pleasure to play. In addition, the Reader’s Digest has bound into the book two compact discs from their vast library of recorded masterpieces by internationally renowned orchestras…magnificent recordings by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, The RCA Symphony, the National Philharmonic, The Fireside Singers, the London Promenade Orchestra, the London Festival Orchestra.…and many more.
Here are the best-loved carols as well as the classic solos you will love to play such as Ave Maria, Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy and Dance of the Reed Flutes (both from Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker Ballet), Panis Angelicus, O Sanctissimus, Jesu Joy Of Man’s Desiring, Handels’ Hallelujah Chorus, the Skater’s Waltz…and many more. The carols include all your favorites including O Come All Ye Faithful, O Little Town Of Bethlehem, Silent Night, Deck The Halls, God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen, Christmas Is Coming, O Christmas Tree, O Come O Come Emmanuel, Twelve Days Of Christmas, What Child Is This, We Wish You A Merry Christmas, O Holy Night, O Come Little Children, Go Tell It On The Mountain, Away In A Manger…and so many more.
All of the selections, the carols and the classics, are in very playable, approachable piano arrangements that sound wonderful, the carols including chord symbols, and the engravings being open with larger, easy to read notation. The two compact discs are the icing on the cake! They are sure to become your very favorite holiday listening, filling your home with festive Christmas and sacred orchestral and choral music year after year, Christmas after Christmas! ISBN 978-0-8256-3647-9
Song List
Angels From The Realms Of Glory
Angels We Have Heard On High
Ave Maria (Bach/Gounod)
Away In A Manger
The Birthday Of A King
Bring A Torch, Jeanette, Isabella
Christmas Is Coming
The Coventry Carol
Dance Of The Reed Flutes (From The Nutcracker Suite Op. 71a)
Dance Of The Sugar Plum Fairy (From The Nutcracker Suite Op. 71a)
Deck The Halls
Ding Dong! Merrily On High
The First Nowell
Go Tell It On The Mountain
God Rest Ye Merry, Gentleman
Good Christian Men, Rejoice
Good King Wenceslas
Hallelujah Chorus (From Messiah)
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
The Holly And The Ivy
I Saw Three Ships
In Dulci Jubilo
In The Bleak Midwinter
It Came Upon A Midnight Clear
Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring (From Cantata 147)
Jingle Bells
Joseph Dearest, Joseph Mild
Joy To The World
Lo! How A Rose E'er Blooming
March Of The Kings
O Christmas Tree
O Come, All Ye Faithful
O Come,Little Children
O Come, O Come Emmanuel
O Holy Night
O Little Town Of Bethlehem
I Sanctissima
Once In Royal David's City
Panis Angelicus
Pat-A-Pan
Silent Night
The Skater's Waltz
The Sleigh Ride
Toyland (From Babes In Toyland)
The Twelve Days Of Christmas
The Virgin's Slumber Song
The Wassail Song
We Three Kings Of Orient Are
We Wish You A Merry Christmas
What Child Is This?
