Track Listing 1. Bell Fantasy / Hark The Herald Angels Sing 2. At Christmas Time 3. Winterskol 4. First Christmas Morning, The 5. This Endris Night 6. Feast of Fools 7. I Saw Three Ships 8. Snowfall 9. In the Bleak Midwinter 10. Yule Dance 11. What Child Is This? 12. O, Tannenbaum 13. We Three Kings 14. Christ, The King
| Details | | Producer: | Dan Fogelberg | | Distributor: | Select-O-Hits | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes Personnel: Dan Fogelberg (vocals, guitar, mandolin, autoharp, piano, keyboards, percussion); Jack Manno (conductor); Hugh Marsh (violin); Pam Boulding (hammer dulcimer); Philip Boulding (harp, penny whistle); Jan McDonald (trumpet); Mark Clark (drums); Santa Fe Desert Chorale (background vocals). Includes liner notes by Dan Fogelberg. It doesn't get much more traditional than this. Former middle-of-the-road folksinger Dan Fogelberg sang, arranged, and produced First Christmas Morning, a collection of Christmas songs inspired by medieval, Baroque, and Renaissance melodies. He tosses in a handful of traditional songs -- "I Saw Three Ships," "What Child Is This?" -- and accompanies them with strings, harp, and the Santa Fe Desert Chorale, among other period-appropriate sounds. Though it is unlikely that any of Fogelberg's original compositions -- the joyous "At Christmas Time" and the somber "The First Christmas Morning" -- will make it into the popular canon of seasonal choices, his arrangements of the classics "O Tannenbaum" and "We Three Kings," though a little over the top, are quite good. ~ Denise Sullivan
Editorial Reviews ...Warm originals meld with curious covers...for an inspired, medieval-themed set that feel like a band of minstrels strumming carols aoutside your castle drawbridge. - Rating: B+ Entertainment Weekly (12/10/1999)
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