Christmas Symphony (Mannheim Steamroller album)

Christmas Symphony

Studio album by Mannheim Steamroller

Released

October 11, 2011

Genre

Christmas music

Length

51:18

Mannheim Steamroller chronology

Christmas 25th Anniversary Collection
(2009)

Christmas Symphony
(2011)

Mannheim Steamroller Christmas albums chronology

Christmas 25th Anniversary Collection
(2009)

Christmas Symphony
(2011)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

Christmas Symphony is the twelfth Christmas music album overall released by American musical group Mannheim Steamroller. The album was originally released in 2011. Recorded in Prague, the album features members of the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, performing new recordings of previously released Mannheim Steamroller arrangements.

Track listing

Deck the Halls - 3:40
Greensleeves - 3:27
Little Drummer Boy - 4:02
The Holly and the Ivy - 3:03
Cantique de Noël (O Holy Night) - 5:26
Hark! The Herald Trumpets Sing Fanfare - 1:27
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing - 3:30
Gagliarda - 2:32
In Dulci Jubilo - 2:46
Wassail, Wassail - 2:20
Carol of the Birds - 2:03
I Saw Three Ships - 1:28
God Rest Ye, Merry Gentlemen - 1:41
God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen (Rock) - 4:38
Angels We Have Heard on High - 4:04
Stille Nacht (Silent Night) - 5:11

Tracks 8-13 are grouped on the cover as 'Renaissance Suite'

Charts

Chart (2011)	Peak position
US Billboard 200	19

References

↑ Allmusic review

Mannheim Steamroller

Chip Davis (percussion) Bobby Jenkins (oboe) Jackson Berkey (keyboards) Almeda Berkey (keyboards) Roxanne Layton (percussion, woodwinds) Ron Cooley (guitar, bass) Arnie Roth (strings) Chuck Penington (orchestra conductor)

Mannheim Steamroller Fresh Aire series	Fresh Aire (1975) Fresh Aire II (1977) Fresh Aire III (1979) Fresh Aire IV (1981) Fresh Aire V (1983) Fresh Aire VI (1986) Fresh Aire 7 (1991) Fresh Aire 8 (2000)

Mannheim Steamroller albums	Saving the Wildlife (1986) Classical Gas (1987) Yellowstone: The Music of Nature (1989) To Russia with Love (1994) Huskers Musik (1996) In the Deed the Glory (1998) Mannheim Steamroller Meets the Mouse (1998) Bird Song (2000) Summer Song (2001) Romantic Melodies (2003) Autumn Song (2003) Halloween (2003) American Spirit (2003) Monster Mix (2004) Romantic Themes (2005) Halloween 2 Creatures Collection (2006) The Music of the Spheres (2007/2013) True Wilderness (2010)

Chip Davis albums	Sunday Morning Coffee (1991) Dinner (1992) Party Music That Cooks (1992) Romance (1993) Impressions (1993) Sunday Morning Coffee II (1994) Party Music That Cooks 2 (1995) Romance II (1998)

Mannheim Steamroller compilations	Fresh Aire Interludes (1981) American Gramaphone Sampler III (1984) American Gramaphone Sampler (1987) American Gramaphone Sampler 2 (1990) Fresh Aire Music Motivator (1993) A Mannheim Massage (1997) 25 Year Celebration of Mannheim Steamroller (1999) Exclusive Collection (2004) Sweet Tooth (2006) The Fresh Aire Music of Mannheim Steamroller (2007) Safari (2012 re-release Saving the Wildlife) Snapshot (2013)

Mannheim Steamroller Christmas albums	Christmas (1984) A Fresh Aire Christmas (1988) Latin Christmas, Vol. 1 & 2 (1993) Christmas in the Aire (1995) Christmas Live (1997) My Little Christmas Tree (1997) The Christmas Angel: A Family Story (1998) Christmas Extraordinaire (2001) Christmas Celebration (2004) Christmas Song (2007) Christmasville (2008) Christmas Symphony (2011) Christmas Symphony II (2013)

Chip Davis Christmas albums	Holiday Musik (1996) Holiday Musik II (1997) Renaissance Holiday (1998)

Christmas compilations	Sweet Memories (2005) Winter Wonderland (2006) Trimming the Tree (2007) Morning Frost (2007) A Candle Light Christmas (2008) Christmas 25th Anniversary Collection (2009) Heading Home (2010) Hometown (2011) Tis the Season (2012)

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