Track Listing

1. I'll Be Home For Christmas
2. The Christmas Waltz
3. What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?
4. (There's No Place Like Home) For The Holidays
5. I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm
6. My Favorite Things
7. River
8. Winter Wonderland
9. Santa Claus Is Coming To Town

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #13882 in Music
• Released on: 2008-10-13
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .20 pounds

CD Description
What's a nice Jewish boy doing singing about Santa? Never you mind. Barry's been doing it for a while now, and A CHRISTMAS GIFT OF LOVE turns out to be his second album of holidaymusic in 12 years. Although this Brooklynite plays it safe with perfectly well done versions of perennials like "WinterWonderland" and "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town", he also does a fine job going off the beaten path in seeking out unexpected holiday fare. "White Christmas" may be a best-selling Christmas song that's been done ad nauseum, but few artists perform it as a swinging medley alongside the more obscure Irving Berlin nugget "Happy Holiday". Making like a Semitic Sinatra, Manilow offers arrangements that swing hard thanks to conductors including Patrick Williams and Ray Ellis. Othersurprising inclusions are Joni Mitchell's "River" conductedand arranged by the legendary Paul Buckmaster and a lush version of Frank Loesser's "What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?" that ends up being a nice respite from "Auld Lang Syne".

Customer Reviews

Barry gives you the Christmas feelin'
Another good one from Barry, opening with a peaceful version of Winter Wonderland, then launching into a Broadway version of Happy Holiday/Winter Wonderland.
Frequently played throughout the Holiday Season at my house, the two Christmas cd offer is a bargain. But why oh why did he chose that awful photo for the cover!