Songlist: Ding Dong! Merrily On High, The Colours Of Christmas, In Dulci Jubilo, What Is This Lovely Fragrance?, Away In A Manger, Hodie Christus Natus Est, Riu Riu Chiu, I Wonder As I Wander, Star Carol, Once In Royal David's City, Silent Night, In The Bleak Midwinter, Gabriel's Message, Fanfare - O Come, All Ye Faithful, O Holy Night, A New Year Carol, Joy To The World, Sleigh Ride, Deck The Hall, The Christmas Song, The Twelve Days Of Christmas, Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas, Fanfare - Hark! The Herald Angels Sing 2059c 1 CD $17.95 Mixed Choir Christmas CDs The main factor that makes this such a perfect selection of holiday music is the free intermixing of religious carols with contemporary Christmas songs. There are some new carols here - Rutter's own 'Riu Riu Chiu' (the sounds a nightingale makes) and 'The Colours of Christmas' - and some new approaches to old ones. ![]() Most of the carols are very well known, though in the arrangements of Rutter they sound completely fresh. ![]() Rutter is a composer, conductor and arranger and he brings all of that to these high holiday gems. ![]() Review: John Rutter conducts the Bach Choir and Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in what is surely the finest new recoding of Christmas carols this year. ![]() Bach Choir : Colors of Christmas - John Rutter
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