Russell / Cincinnati Pops Orchestra Home For The Holidays CD

With over 10 million recordings sold around the world, no orchestra has had more albums on the Billboard charts than the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra! Home for the Holidays is the culmination of a year-long celebration of the inaugural season of Pops Conductor John Morris Russell. Featuring an exceptionally diverse collection of Yuletide classics including "Deck the Halls," "O Holy Night" with powerhouse tenor Rodrick Dixon, and New York Voices' jazzy twist on "Santa Claus is Comin' to Town," alongside Gounod's "Ave Maria" and "Yes, Virginia, There is a Santa Claus," which cleverly combines Edward Elgar's "Nimrod" from Enigma Variations with text from an 1897 editorial in the New York Sun, narrated by Broadway star Brian Stokes Mitchell expressing the child-like wonderment felt during the holiday season.

1. Deck the Halls 2. O Holy Night 3. We Three Kings 4. I Believe 5. Jolly Old St. Nicholas / Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town 6. Angel's Dance 7. Home for the Holidays 8. Go Tell It on the Mountain 9. Ave Maria 10. Farandole 11. Yes, Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus (Nimrod from Enigma Variations) 12. Sleigh Ride 13. A Winter Miracle (Winter/Hanukkah O Hanukkah) 14. Parade of the Wooden Soldiers 15. We Wish You a Merry Christmas