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| Simple Gifts: A Windham Hill Collection | 
 enlarge | Artist: Various Artists
Label: Windham Hill Records
Category: Music
List Price: $9.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (2 reviews)
Sales Rank: 157253
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
UPC: 019341156222
EAN: 0019341156222
ASIN: B00004YBZ5
Release Date: September 26, 2000
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| Tracks:
| • | Adeste Fideles - Traditional | | • | Snow Shadows - Harkness, Sean | | • | Joy to the World - Mason, Lowell | | • | Winter Fire - Ian, Janis | | • | Greensleeves - Traditional | | • | Omwoyo - Ackerman, William | | • | In Bethlehem City - McCandless, Paul | | • | Forevergreenman - Story, Liz | | • | Angel Child - Samite, Mulondo | | • | Oh Holy Night - Adam, Adolphe | | • | Upon a Winter's Morn - Lynne, Lisa | | • | New Trees at Knockaun - Dunning, Brian | | • | Welcome Christmas - Hague, Albert |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com
Simple. Sweet. That nicely sums up Simple Gifts, another holiday compilation released under the Windham Hill banner. Long-time fans of the label will be pleased to discover this package that, outside of the two vocal tracks involving Ugandan musician Samite, largely exudes a classic Windham Hill feel--meaning minimal schmaltz, refined folk-pop-classical compositions, and thoughtful performances. Highlights: A lovely solo piano take on "Joy to the World" by Jim Brickman (an alternative to the orchestrated version he includes on The Gift); a small slice of regal romanticism from pianist Liz Story ("Forevergreenman") that hints at her grand Solid Colors period (more, please); and a warm, wonderful duet on acoustic guitar by Janis Ian and Philip Clark ("Winter Fire"). George Winston takes a slight left turn with a melancholy, jazz-tinged version of "Greensleeves" in another nod to Vince Guaraldi. Only three tracks are overtly holiday related, and pianist-keyboardist Suzanne Ciani applies a benevolent, atmospheric sheen to two of them ("Adeste Fideles/Come All Ye Faithful" and "Oh Holy Night"). The packaging is bare-bones and not every piece is a gem, but enough of them are to make Simple Gifts a worthwhile seasonal addition. --Terry Wood
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| Customer Reviews:
 Not Bad Not Great December 30, 2000
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
I own a few of the Windham hill Christmas collections and this is fair. If you don't already own it, I would recommend either Carols of Christmas (the original NOT the second one) and or Winter solstice ( either the original or Winter Solstice VI). These are similar records in style but are just much better recordings than this one.
 Fireside and mulled wine December 19, 2000
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
I first heard this CD at a friend's house, and had to have it. If you're looking for the perfect Christmas music to go along with a warm hearth and warmer mulled wine, this is it. The holidays should not be stressful!
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