Kundenrezensionen zu 'A Very Special Christmas III'
Mit Abstand die Beste aller fünf Ausgaben (4. Dezember 2005)
Jedes Jahre zur Weihnachtszeit ist es eine wahre Freude, dieseschöne Scheibe anzuhören. Allein die Teilnehmerliste lässt einen
mit der Zunge schnalzen, und dann auch noch diese Songauswahl:
Sting mit großer Performance zu Beginn, Billy Corgan kann's
mit den Pumpkins auch gefühlvoll (Christmastime), No Doubt mit
einem Spasskracher (Oi to the world), Sheryl Crow und Enya mit
besinnlichen Tönen, Hootie & the Blowfish mit der besten Version
von "The Christmas Song" aller Zeiten, doch Lied 10 ist der
megatolle Höhepunkt- wie Chris Cornell (Ex-Soundgarden, Audioslave) das "Ave Maria" intoniert, treibt dem geneigten Hörer die Tränen in die Augen. Nie war er besser, nie war der
Song intensiver, Weltklasse!
Insgesamt einer den besten Weihnachtssampler auf dem Markt,
ein Kaufmuss.
Not the strongest in the series (27. Januar 2005)
I was very impressed by the first two volumes in the series but this volume, while it has some great tracks, does not match those two although I like this set better now than when I first bought it some years ago.The highlights for me are I saw three ships (Sting), Blue Christmas (Sheryl Crow), Christmas (Blues traveller), a Gallic version of Silent night (Enya), Santa Claus is back in town (Jonny Lang), Christmas is now drawing near at hand (Steve Winwood) and O holy night (Tracy Chapman). Most of the other tracks are OK but the version of Santa baby included here is definitely not my kind of music. I much prefer Madonna's version, to be found on the first volume in the series, or the original Eartha Kitt version from the fifties.
If you are a big fan of nineties pop and rock music, you may enjoy this more than I do - you may even enjoy it more than I do, as my taste in pop and rock is rooted in an earlier era. Otherwise, you are likely to feel (as I do) that this is not an essential purchase. You can contribute to the Special Olympics by purchasing the first two volumes (also filled mostly with pop and rock music) or the more recent Very special acoustic Christmas (filled with country and bluegrass music), all of which I reviewed long ago.






