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Your Learning Zone - A Lovely Way To Spend Christmas
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List Price: $16.98
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Manufacturer: Sony
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0886973425626
Label: Sony
Manufacturer: Sony
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Sony
Release Date: 2008-10-14
Studio: Sony
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Summary: Short and Sweet!
Comment: Ok! so sometimes long reviews loose and interest and I would just like to know how someone who is not really anyone thinks the items fairs, and here it is. this is an awsome cd! if you like Kristen Chenoweth then there is no doubt that you will love this. Heck you will probibly love it even if you don't!
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Summary: Takes me back
Comment: There are few singers who seem to have as much fun as she does while singing. It's an interesting mix of song types and you get bits of the Broadway star, the classically trained opera singer, and the Oklahoma girl depending on the tune. The first few songs feel like they could have been recorded at a big Christmas party in the 1950 Rainbow Room...a big band and Broadway orchestrations. Then you come to "Do You Hear What I Hear"...when I was growing up in rural Indiana, there was a woman in my church who sang this song every year at Christmas. She wasn't a fantastic singer, but she was of the folk song generation and, man, she gave it all she had and you could tell every word was heartfelt. When I listened to the song on this album, it took me right back to that church and that woman and...I think...in her heart and mind and probably to God's ear, it sounded just like Chenoweth's version. The other song that kinda stopped me in my tracks (no pun intended) was "Sing". Being a Sesame Street and Jim Henson kid, whenever someone sings this song with a group of kids it just kills me. There are some new lyrics added to make it a holiday song. If you like more country-sounding, John Denver kinda Christmas songs, they're on here, too. They aren't the ones you expect to have mandolin and steel guitar, either. So, yeah, it's a great holiday album. Listening to it, I had my fantasy again about having enough money to be a film producer and making a bunch of musical romantic screwball comedies with Kristin and Hugh Jackman. They both have Tonys...they both have failed television series (now I'm talking about "Kristin", her sitcom, not "Pushing Daisies")...well...I'd watch them.
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Summary: An instant classic
Comment: Although I've loved Chenoweth's work in Wicked and Pushing Daisies, I was a little dubious about this CD, particularly because she's redoing songs made very famous by iconic singers (Frank Sinatra, Karen Carpenter, Louis Armstrong, Bing Crosby). I shouldn't have worried; Chenoweth is a spectacular, intuitive, sensitive singer who is working here with first-rate producers and arrangers, and all the songs, be they traditional or near-novelty, are wonderful choices for her. Her version of Sinatra's "The Christmas Waltz" is gorgeous, clear and heartfelt, as is her take on Crosby's "Do You Hear What I Hear?" (which contains a beautifully overdubbed snippet of "Angels We Have Heard On High"). And the holiday reworking of the Sesame Street/Carpenters' classic "Sing" is lovely.
In all, this is a really wonderful collection of holiday songs, both secular and sacred. There isn't a clinker in the bunch.
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Summary: Kristin brings love to Christmas
Comment: Kristin's voice is fabulously showcased on this album. I like the song selections for the most part but it earns it's 5 star rating simply because Kristin has exponential amounts of talent. Buy, buy, buy and celebrate Christmas with the best!!!
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Summary: A Charming Album for Christmas
Comment: Kristin Chenoweth charmed her way into my heart with this superb Christmas collection. The album mixes secular and religious in such an honest fashion, that each song works to create a traditional yet charming approach to Christmas music. That being said, this is a pop Christmas album--a little different from her musical theatre background--but, that doesn't mean that she leaves out all the bells and whistles or her personality (give "Christmas Island" or "Sleigh Ride/Marshmallow World" a listen).
What makes the album such a rewarding listen is how immediate the songs are. Although the 3-quarter time of "The Christmas Waltz" is slower here than usual, the new tempo adds nostalgia and warmth. "Home on Christmas Day" features a lovely piano motif that develops into a beautiful and soaring piece of music; one could even call the song the climax of the album. Chenoweth's bubbly personality, her interpretation, and the worlds that each song creates will make this record a mainstay for my Christmas season.
Highlights: Christmas Island, The Christmas Waltz, Home on Christmas Day.
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Kristin Chenoweth is a Hollywood star in the holiday sky to show you a 'Lovely Way to Spend Christmas' with her 2008 Christmas album. Kristin Chenoweth effortlessly transitions between stage, television and film with the captivating grace that only she can project. In 2008 she is starring as Olive Snook in the highly anticipated return of the ABC series Pushing Daisies. She is also known to her television fans as Annabeth Schott on The West Wing. As one of most in-demand Broadway actresses, she originated the role of Glinda in the Tony Awardr- winning musical Wicked, and won the Tony Awardr for Best Actress in a musical for her performance in You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown.
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