Mannheim Steamroller - Christmas in the Aire
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Free Music Review: Christmas in the Aire
Hit: 5 Stars
I definitely recommend this CD to anybody who wants to hear traditional Christmas songs with a twist.Free Music Review: Mannheim Steamroller
Hit: 5 Stars
Christmas Music - what else is like it? And this orchestra does it best.Free Music Review: igottaview
Hit: 5 Stars
GREAT ALBUM! Not quite as BIG as Trans Siberian but still a keeper!Free Music Review: Some real classics here. . .
Hit: 4 Stars
Having all of the Mannheim series (including a pre-Mannheim C.W. McCall tape) I found this Christmas CD to be the best collection to date.The 'Los Peces en el Rio' selection is especially evocative. It brings to the mind's eye a little Mexican town slumbering on a chilly Christmas eve under a bright starry sky with a luminaria filled town square.
Mannheim's soft choral opening is accompanied by a solitary church bell which is enhanced when their characteristic bass line joins in.The song finishes by returning to the soft chorus and plaintive tolling of the bell. A must hear!!
Being a fan of the Southwestern culture, I think this selection should be a standard in that area.
The two German carols are also very good. A German-American friend had tears in her eyes when she first heard them and remarked that they recalled her childhood Christmases in Germany.
Bravo, Mister Davis!
Free Music Review: It's in the AIRE!!!!
Hit: 4 Stars
The holiday albums of Mannheim Steamroller continue to impress, with "Christmas in the Aire" from 1995 being their third holiday album up to that point in time.
The track "Angels We Have Heard on High" is quite simply one of the most perfect Mannheim songs you will ever hear, next to the all time classic and radio standard Deck the Halls from the 1984 debut album. This one is a must for any Christmas fans playlist. Joy to the World is another strong track on this record. Los Peces En El Rio is now a Holiday standard for me. What a song.
I would say that I enjoy "Christmas in the Aire" slightly more than the second Steamroller Christmas from 1988. The keyboards are in perfect form, the percussion is great as always, and the overall production is smooth and crisp.
If you enjoy this one, then you are in for a treat with "Christmas Song" from 2007.