Martina McBride - White Christmas

Artist:

McBride, Martina

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Description:

Personnel includes: Martina McBride (vocals); Dennis Burnside (arranger); Biff Watson (acoustic guitar); Brent Mason (electric guitar); Carl Gorodetzky, Janet Askey, Karen Winkelmann, JoAnn Cruthirds, Elisabeth Small, Gerald C. Greer, Carolyn Wann, Lee Larrison, Conni Ellisor, Mary Kathryn Vanosdale, David Angell, Alan Umstead, David Davidson (violin); Jim Grosjean, Kristin Wilkinson (viola); Anthony La Marchina, Julia E. Tanner (cello); Mary A. Hoepfinger (harp); Karen Winkelmann (recorder); Skip Cleavinger (penny whistle); Matt Rollings, Jim Medlin (piano); Steve Nathan (synthesizer); Craig Nelson (acoustic bass); Joe Chemay (electric bass); Shannon Forrest (drums); Sam Bacco (percussion); James Ferguson, Marabeth Jordan, Louis D. Nunley, Lisa Silver (background vocals).
Engineers include: Clarke Schleicher, Tony Green, Mike Poole.
Recorded at Ocean Way, Nashville, Tennessee and Emerald-The Tracking Room, Nashville, Tennessee.
All tracks have been digitally mastered using HDCD technology.
Once, country artists used Christmas albums as an opportunity to create versions of holiday classics suitable for airplay on country radio. In the late `90s, country artists used holiday albums as an opportunity to stretch artistically--and that usually meant recording with a full orchestra. Martina McBride`s WHITE CHRISTMAS, her first holiday collection, is a fine example of this trend. It finds McBride, a singer of astonishing talent and power, cradling her amazing voice in lush orchestral arrangements which occasionally, as on a track like "Let It Snow," turn whimsical. The material here is strictly classic Christmas, from secular favorites like "Silver Bells," and "I`ll Be Home For Christmas" to religious ones like "What Child Is This" and "Away In A Manger."
In an attempt to mimic classic Christmas albums of the past, there`s a vocal choir on many tracks, but McBride`s voice is so breathtaking that you find yourself wishing they`d just be quiet and let her do all the singing. Thankfully, on the standout track, "O Holy Night," the arranger wisely lets her soaring vocals go solo. WHITE CHRISTMAS` true appeal is the warmth and emotion McBride manages to bring to Christmas standards the listener has heard countless times.

Track Listing:

DISC 1

1. Do You Hear What I Hear
2. Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
3. Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow
4. O Come, All Ye Faithful
5. Christmas Song, The (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)
6. O Holy Night
7. Silver Bells
8. Away in a Manger
9. White Christmas
10. What Child Is This
11. I`ll Be Home For Christmas
12. Silent Night

Album Information

Release Date:

09/01/2002

Type:

Performer

Genre:

Country

Subgenre:

Christmas

Label:

RCA Records (USA)

Producer:

Martina McBride; Paul Worley

Catalog Number:

67885

Original Release Year:

1998

# of Discs:

1

Studio/Live:

Studio

Mono/Stereo:

Stereo

Guest Artist:

Brent Mason

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