Henry Mancini - A Merry Mancini Christmas (1966)

Like his good friend Esquivel, Henry Mancini mixed some mean orchestral Christmas cocktails. But where Esquivel was possessed by wackiness and whimsy, Mancini played things fairly straight and still managed to create a sound that defined his career and an era. Sadly, the selections here are
pedestrian, even by the well-trodden holiday boulevard standards. "White Christmas," "The Little Drummer Boy," and "The Christmas Song" all benefit nonetheless from Mancini's genius for timing and dynamics. Even the mundane "Frosty the Snowman" gets some new life breathed into him thanks to Mancini's arrangement, and "Carols for Another Christmas" is a good example of Mancini's hip restraint. Merry Mancini Christmas, while not the maestro at his best, still imparts some of that madcap, martini-era holiday spirit as only Mancini knew.

Tracks
01. The Little Drummer Boy
02. Medley a.Jingle Bells b.Sleigh Ride.
03. The Christmas Song
04. Medley a.Winter Wonderland b.Silver Bells
05. Medley a.Frosty The Snow Man b. Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer
06. White Christmas
07. Carol for Another Christmas
08. Medley a.Silent Night b.O Holey Night c.O Little Town Of Bethlehem
09. Medley a.God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen b.Deck The Halls c.Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
10. Medley a.We Three Kings Of Orient Are b.O COme All Ye Faithfull(Adeste Fideles) c.Joy To The World
11. Medley a.It Came Upon A Midnight Clear b.Away In A Manger c.The First Noel

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