Christmas Wonderland
Wheaton-Fox Studio
Wheaton, Illinois
4/26 Robert Morton Theatre Organ
Steinway Concert Grand Piano (Model D)
Mason & Hamlin Concert Grand Piano (Model CC)
Christmas Wonderland, an album of timeless holiday favorites, was recorded at the Wheaton-Fox Studio in the former residence of Paul & Linda Van Der Molen in Wheaton, Illinois. The instruments featured on the album include the beautifully restored 4-manual 26-rank Wonder Morton, a Steinway “Model D” 9′ concert grand piano (once played and signed by no less than Van Cliburn himself), and a Mason & Hamlin “Model CC” 9′ concert grand piano.
The selections featured in this recording include:
- Sleigh Ride
- Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
- White Christmas
- The Christmas Waltz (organ solo)
- Orchestral Suite From The Nutcracker
- Miniature Overture
- March
- Dance Of The Sugar-Plum Fairies
- Russian Dance (Trepak)
- Arab Dance
- Chinese Dance
- Dance Of The Reed Flutes
- Waltz Of The Flowers
- Toyland (piano solo)
- Winter Wonderland
- European Carol Fantasy
- Joy To The World
- O Tannenbaum (Oh Christmas Tree)
- Gesu Bambino
- Fum, Fum, Fum
- Good Christian Men Rejoice – Un Flambeau, Jeanette-Isabelle (Bring A Torch, Jeanette Isabella)
- Silent Night, Holy Night
- Les Anges Dans Nos Campagnes (Angles We Have Heard On High)
- Infant Holy, Born So Lowly
- Minuit, Chretiens (Oh Holy Night)
- Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
- Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
- We Wish You A Merry Christmas (arranged for the Wonder Morton, Stienway, and Mason & Hamiln)
This album was recorded on September 22-25, 2003. All rights reserved