Award Winning Actress and Singer - A Lovely Way To Spend Christmas -
Available October 14, 2008
NEW YORK, Aug. 21 -- On October 14, 2008 Sony BMG
Masterworks will freeing KRISTIN CHENOWETH's new Christmas CD A LOVELY WAY
TO SPEND CHRISTMAS. For her third album, Chenoweth covers a wide range of
Christmas songs from "Christmas Island," popularized by The Andrews Sisters
to Kristin's personal favourite "Come On Ring Those Bells."
Recorded at Capitol Recording Studio's legendary Studios A & B where
Sinatra, Judy Garland and Nat King Cole all incised their Christmas
standards, A Lovely Way To Spend Christmas is an eclectic combination of
total orchestral arrangements, along with big band, a bit of tropic island
flavor, pop and country.
In addition to well-known Christmas classics such as "Silver Bells" and
"I'll Be Home For Christmas," Chenoweth reinterprets Louis Armstrong's
modern standard "What A Wonderful World" and children's favorite "Sing,"
(originally scripted for Sesame Street's loveable Big Bird) into a Christmas
songs with the avail of acclaimed producer Robbie Buchanan (Barbra
Streisand, Bette Midler, Barry Manilow) and Executive Producer Jay Landers
(Streisand, Midler, Manilow, Celine Dion and Josh Groban).
The album also features new compositions of "Home On Christmas Day,"
co-written by Grammy Award winning producer Walter Afanasieff (Mariah
Carey, Celine Dion) and Jay Landers and "Born On Christmas Day," with
lyrics by Grammy winning pop/soul tattle legend Peabo Bryson.
On choosing to record a Christmas album Chenoweth says, "From the
minute I signed with Sony Classical eight age ago, I wanted to record a
Christmas album. I grew up listening to Barbra Streisand's Christmas album,
and that was such an inspiration to me. Christmas is my favorite holiday
and I am blessed and excited to be able to do my possess Christmas record album."
This fall Kristin volition be featured in a new comedy Four Christmases
directed by Seth Gordon and starring aboard Reese Witherspoon and Vince
Vaughn. She also continues her role in ABC's Pushing Daisies for which she
was lately nominated for an Emmy. Kristin can buoy also be heard as the articulation
of the fairy, Rosetta, in Walt Disney Picture's Tinkerbell this fall and
she just wrapped filming the independent film, Into Temptation, directed by
Sundance film maker Patrick Coyle opposite Jeremy Sisto.
Track Listing:
1 I'll Be Home For Christmas
2 Christmas Island
3 The Christmas Waltz
4 Do You Hear What I Hear?
5 Marshmallow Ride / Sleigh Ride
6 Sing
7 Silver Bells
8 Come On Ring Those Bells
9 What Child Is This?
10 Home On Christmas Day
11 Born On Christmas Day
12 Sleep Well Little Children / What A Wonderful World
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