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.

Tracklist:

Deck The Halls (Arr. H. Kay And J.M. Russell)
O Holy Night (Cantique De Noel) (Arr. D. Snyder)
We Three Kings (Arr. A. Harris)
I Believe (Arr. D. Hamilton)
Jolly Old St. Nicholas - Santa Claus Is Coming To Town (Arr. D. Meader And D. Snyder)
Angel's Dance
Home For The Holidays (Arr. J.D. Price)
Go Tell It On The Mountain (Arr. S. Reineke)
Ave Maria (Arr. For 2 Violins And Orchestra)
L'arlesienne Suite No. 2 (Arr. E. Guirand For Orchestra): L'arlesienne Suite No. 2: IV. Farandole (Arr. E. Guirand)
Yes, Virginia, There Is A Santa Claus (Music: Variations On An Original Theme, Op. 36, "Enigma": Variation 9: Nimrod B
Sleigh Ride (Arr. J. Spangler)
A Winter Miracle (After Vivaldi's Violin Concerto In F Minor, Op. 8, No. 4, Rv 297 And Hanukkah O Hanukkah)
Die Parade Der Zinnsoldaten, Op. 123 (Arr. M. Gould)
We Wish You A Merry Christmas (Arr. A. Harris)

UPC: 870362000013
Label: Fanfare Cincinnati
Release Date: 9.25.12
Format: CD

John Morris Russell - Home for the Holidays (CD)