Martina McBride - White Christmas

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Do You Hear What I Hear
What Child Is This
I`ll Be Home For Christmas
Silent Night
Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
Let It Snow, Let It Snow,...

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UPC: 078636784229

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.
Personnel: Biff Watson (acoustic guitar); Brent Mason (electric guitar); Mary Hoepfinger (harp); Karen Winkelmann (violin, recorder); Connie Ellisor, Elisabeth K. Small, Gerald Greer, Carrie Bailey, Joann Cruthirds, Chris Teal, Mary Kathryn Vanosdale, Carl Gorodetzky, Pamela Sixfin, David Davidson , Lee Larrison, Alan Umstead, David Angell, Catherine Umstead, Cate Myer, Janet Askey (violin); Kristin Wilkinson, Jim Grosjean, Monisa Angell, Gary VanOsdale (viola); Julia Tanner, Carole Neuen-Rabinowitz, John Catchings, Anthony LaMarchina, Robert Mason (cello); Ann Richards (flute); Skip Cleavinger (pennywhistle); Lee Levine (clarinet); Bobby G. Taylor (oboe); Jim Medlin, Matt Rollings (piano); Mark Jordan, Steve Nathan (synthesizer); Joe Chemay (bass guitar); Lonnie Wilson, Shannon Forrest (drums); Eric Darken, Sam Bacco (percussion); Dennis Wilson , Lisa Silver, Marabeth Jordon, Mark Ivey, James Ferguson, Louis Dean Nunley (background vocals).
Audio Mixers: Clarke Schleicher; Sandy Jenkins; Tony Green.
Recording information: Emerald-The Tracking Room, Nash; Ocean Way Nashville.
Photographer: Andrew Eccles.
Arranger: Dennis Burnside.
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.