A Christmas Album

by Barbra Streisand

Overview

If Simply Streisand, which appeared earlier the same month as A Christmas Album, indicated that Streisand was overly reverent when it came to standards, reverence was no problem with seasonal fare. You don't necessarily look for unusual interpretations of your Christmas music; you just want those old favorites sung well, and for the most part, that's what you got from Streisand. She did lead off with "Jingle Bells?" into which she injected some of her trademark humor while performing at a breakneck pace. Marty Paich arranged and conducted the secular songs like "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" and "White Christmas," which occupied side one, while Ray Ellis handled the religious material on side two. But both were traditional in their charts, and Streisand gave her singing just enough personality without getting in the way of the familiar songs. They were trying to make a timeless classic, and that's what they achieved. ~ William Ruhlmann

Product Details

Release Date:	10/04/2024
Label:	Sony Legacy
UPC:	0196588889011
Rank:	28

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Barbra Streisand   Primary Artist,Vocals
Marty Paich   Conductor
Ray Ellis   Conductor

Technical Credits

Jack Lattig   Engineer,Engineer
Hugh Martin   Lyricist,Composer
Irving Berlin   Composer,Lyricist
Jack Gold   Producer,Adaptation
Lan O'Kun   Composer,Lyricist
Charles Gounod   Composer,Lyricist
Franz Gruber   Composer,Lyricist
Ettore Stratta   Producer
James Pierpont   Composer,Lyricist
Joseph Mohr   Composer
Rafael O. Valentin   Engineer
Phillip Brooks   Composer
Mel Torme   Composer,Lyricist
Albert Hay Malotte   Composer,Lyricist
Oscar Hammerstein II   Composer,Lyricist
John Jacob Niles   Composer,Lyricist
Richard Rodgers   Composer,Lyricist
Phillips Brooks   Lyricist,Composer
Traditional   Composer
Marty Paich   Arranger,Adaptation
Ralph Blane   Composer,Lyricist
Ray Ellis   Arranger
Gonoud   Composer
Robert Wells   Composer,Lyricist
Lewis Redner   Composer,Lyricist

Editorial Reviews

You don't have to be Jewish to love Barbra Streisand's Christmas album. The singer who can sing anything puts herself to the challenge on classics like "Sleep in Heavenly Peace (Silent Night)" and "Jingle Bells." It took a lot of chutzpah, but the one-and-only pulls it off with style. Release date: 1967.

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