Customer Review: I am not a fan of christmas music.....so when I had to play it 24/7 at my store. I wanted to have the relaxing sound of this cd. The holidays are always very stressfull for me and any little extra stress reliever is needed.
Customer Review: While I love this soundtrack, I was hoping to get a good quality recording. Instead, this was like listening to a scratchy old cassette tape or an L.P. Very poor sound quality for this CD.
Customer Review: I bought this CD to have a good reference work for Vince Guaraldi, and it did not disappoint. Although he is world famous for his Charlie Brown specials music, and deservedly so, Vince was also an all-around great jazz musician as well as composer. The CD contains the prerequisite "Linus and Lucy",... more info
Customer Review: Please consider the following before buying all of the tracks or the CD. If you already own the Vince Guaraldi CDs 'A Boy Named Charlie Brown' and 'A Charlie Brown Christmas', you should be warned of the overlap between those two CDs and this one: Charlie Brown Theme, Linus and Lucy, Schroeder... more info
Customer Review: Imani Winds is an African American Wind Quintet based in New York.
The are an amazing group as comfortable with classical as jazz.
And both styles are well represented in "This Christmas."
This Christmas features special guest artists Jason Moran, pianist, James Genus, bassist,... more info
Customer Review: I don't know how Wes Anderson does it, but he does it well. The music on this soundtrack is so diverse, but like in the movie, it just works incredibly well for whatever reason. If you have a decent taste in music, chances are you will enjoy ever twist and turn of this album.
Customer Review: Vince Guaraldi cranks out music like few others. What makes him special? Aside from his trademark "crushed tone thirds," he delivers at multiple levels. I can be swept away by the joy, bouncing with the beat, or running to my piano room to practice when I hear this CD. There are no lulls. Guaraldi's... more info
Customer Review: Other reviewers slate this recording because it's not in keeping with the Guaraldi trio sound that made Charlie Brown so distinctive. That is in a way, a completely valid concern, but the fact remains, this recording is an interpretation, and not entirely a bad one.
Getting the negative points... more info
Customer Review: I do not listen to very much classical music, but...I listen to this Disc quite often. My Wife grew up in front of a piano, and she has played many of these selections, and she is quite familiar with almost everything persented here. This is a CD that we both, {coming from two completly different... more info