Christmas With Judy Collins

by Judy Collins

Overview

Building on her well-represented holiday catalog, Christmas with Judy Collins is essentially a reissue of the folk artist's 2000 release All on a Wintry Night, padded with two additional songs. All 14 tracks from Wintry Night are featured here in their original sequence with the addition of a new single, the western-tinged "Angels in the Snow" leading off the album, and a stirring, largely a cappella version of "Amazing Grace" closing it out. Fans of Collins' rich, warm voice will enjoy some of the more stripped-down arrangements, which feature her singing to a simple piano accompaniment on lesser-known carols like "In the Bleak Midwinter" and "Cherry Tree Carol." On the other hand, the dated synthesizer sounds on tracks like "Come Rejoice" and "Good King Wenceslas" sound rather homogenous and the spoken intro over the faux-strings of "Away in a Manger" is far too heavy-handed to take seriously. Fortunately, the bulk of the album's 16 tracks favor the more minimalist arrangements keeping Collins' lovely voice at the forefront without much distraction. ~ Timothy Monger

Product Details

Release Date:	10/27/2023
Label:	Cleopatra
UPC:	0889466489211
Rank:	46630

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Judy Collins   Primary Artist,Piano,Vocals,Keyboards
Russell Walden   Keyboards
Ned Rorem   Piano
Steve Skinner   Keyboards
Tyne Daly   Vocals
Joseph Joubert   Keyboards
St. Thomas Boys Choir   Vocals
Cathedral Choir of St. John the Divine   Vocals
Johnson Flucker   Director
Gerre Hancock   Conductor

Technical Credits

Kim Gannon   Composer
Judy Collins   Arranger,Composer,Producer
Jule Styne   Composer
Katherine DePaul   Associate Producer
Alan Silverman   Mixing,Engineer,Mastering
Buck Ram   Composer
Ned Rorem   Composer
Walter Kent   Composer
Sammy Cahn   Composer
John Joubert   Arranger
James Bassi   Choir Arrangement