tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9650669.post8077567874782608425..comments2024-02-02T10:10:56.179-05:00Comments on A Christmas Yuleblog: O Tannenbaum - Christmas On The Rhine (Decca Records)CaptainOThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12030675074503708747noreply@blogger.comBlogger45125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9650669.post-57212705118395247772012-12-08T14:44:43.115-05:002012-12-08T14:44:43.115-05:00I have this album on cassette, but haven't yet...I have this album on cassette, but haven't yet been able to find it on CD anywhere. It's my favorite album of German Christmas music.the Baronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09866135323387039355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9650669.post-60855101016061159072012-12-04T15:25:58.785-05:002012-12-04T15:25:58.785-05:00Woe is me! After all these years trying to find t...Woe is me! After all these years trying to find this wonderful album, heart soaring when sis sent me this link, and now dashed to pieces on finding the link to the treasure is dead. Can is be restored?? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9650669.post-89243871532430734912012-12-03T05:40:48.072-05:002012-12-03T05:40:48.072-05:00Any chance for a re up, this album was a mainstay ...Any chance for a re up, this album was a mainstay during my childhood and after over a decade of actively searching I find it here :) So excited to hear this again!Thor Jonssonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01605309818449317968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9650669.post-87215335980414221362012-07-09T12:12:55.244-04:002012-07-09T12:12:55.244-04:00I too have very fond memories of this album. I hav...I too have very fond memories of this album. I have a copy of it, and it is in excellent condition as it was only played at Christmas. I copied it onto a tape and wore it(the tape)out. Now I want it on my Ipod so I can listen to it. Viele danke. DianneAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9650669.post-27825390659417936272011-12-23T19:24:11.648-05:002011-12-23T19:24:11.648-05:00I have many memories of this record around Christm...I have many memories of this record around Christmas time and am heartened to see so many share the same sentiment. My parents, who were from Germany, bought a small hi-fi record player when I was young and this is the first LP my mom bought.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9650669.post-62640641787721868162011-12-23T10:33:07.109-05:002011-12-23T10:33:07.109-05:00I'm trying to download this for my dad, he use...I'm trying to download this for my dad, he used to listen this record when he was a child, but the link is dead!! Can you make it work again please!!! You'd save my life and my dad's Xmas!!Isanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9650669.post-10589875088486404192011-12-11T15:53:47.123-05:002011-12-11T15:53:47.123-05:00Augh! I feel like Charlie Brown now - I finally fo...Augh! I feel like Charlie Brown now - I finally found this, and the link is dead!<br /><br />I've been hunting for this for so many years!deadrosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11690295681600359304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9650669.post-11375424460665095862011-12-05T09:19:31.848-05:002011-12-05T09:19:31.848-05:00Still looking for the original version with the tw...Still looking for the original version with the two other songs. Thank you!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9650669.post-89309394840138156942011-09-29T00:28:02.213-04:002011-09-29T00:28:02.213-04:00I found this album covered in mold in a pile of ju...I found this album covered in mold in a pile of junk in the basement of my apartment building, about 20 years ago. I cleaned it up and loved it instantly. Been enjoying it ever sin. I to am amazed that so many other people have even *heard* of it, yet alone love it like I do. : )agelliushttp://agellius.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9650669.post-72890948776583123902011-03-23T17:03:22.126-04:002011-03-23T17:03:22.126-04:00I just picked this album up at a resale shop in No...I just picked this album up at a resale shop in November of 2010. I listened to it over and over again. Absolutely fabulous. I thought I had discovered something all on my own, and then found out there were a lot of people who love this album.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9650669.post-88499839374117734732011-03-11T21:15:59.211-05:002011-03-11T21:15:59.211-05:00Thanks, This is really great!Thanks, This is really great!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9650669.post-6517681981932350302010-12-24T22:49:52.104-05:002010-12-24T22:49:52.104-05:00I know others have mentioned this before, but does...I know others have mentioned this before, but does anyone have the original version they can upload (with the 2 additional songs.)<br /><br />My grandmother and mother have been searching for: Schlafe, mein Prinzchen (Sleep, my prince) (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart) for years and years and years. Emphasis on the years! I was able to dig up this album, but it's apparently not the "real deal" without this song! Great present that made them cry tonight, but bittersweet.<br /><br />Any help would be appreciated! I will be checking in and hope to hope. Merry Christmas!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9650669.post-75806866030317609192010-12-12T23:10:12.162-05:002010-12-12T23:10:12.162-05:00Add me to the others that grew up listening to th...Add me to the others that grew up listening to this wonderful album. Can't add much more to the glowing comments other than to say the tracks have been put onto two CD collections of Deutsche Grammophon's Original Masters series. Two tracks appear to be missing though - 'Von Himmel Hoch' and 'Susser Die Glocken Nie Klingen'. The liner notes state the performers "probably" as the Berlin Radio RIAS choir and orchestra. <br /><br />The original German version of the album was titled "Lieder Zur Heiligen Nacht." The album cover was totally different with a nativity scene being observed by a "wistful-cherubic youngster."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9650669.post-52573881429384404012010-12-12T22:10:51.212-05:002010-12-12T22:10:51.212-05:00I have worked to dig up some additional informatio...I have worked to dig up some additional information about this wonderful recording that may be of interest...<br /><br />There are two versions (at least) of this material, Decca DL 8388 with 14 tracks, and a later release Decca DL78388, which lacks two tracks — Schlafe mein Prinzchen by Mozart, and Transeaumus (Gloria in Excelsis Deo) by Schnabel. I've compared the equivalent tracks on each record, and I can't hear anything to support the suggestion that these were recorded separately. A difference in the quality of the pressings, including perhaps the pitch, may be the reason for this perception.<br /><br />The earlier DL 8388 recording appears to have been released in 1956, from a recording by Deutsche Grammophon-Polydor, as it was favourably reviewed in Billboard Magazine that year as a ‘new recording’ (http://is.gd/i4lBU). I suspect, but can’t confirm, that Polydor 46030 LPHM “O Tannenbaum, German Christmas Carols” with the ‘Santa Claus Orchestra with Choir and Bells’ (1958) is the same work.<br /><br />The album is the work of Werner Müller (1920-1998, http://is.gd/i4Bh9) conducting a string orchestra and chorus (unnamed) with organ and bells. Mozart’s ‘Schlafe, mein Prinzchen’ features the Eric Bender Children's Chorus. Schnabel’s ‘Transeamus’ features the Bavarian Radio Chorus and Orchestra of Joseph Kugler. Presumably, but unconfirmed, Müller conducts the Orchestra on this occasion.<br /><br />A track listing, with composers, follows:<br /><br />1 O Tannenbaum (O Christmas Tree) <br />2 Stille Nacht, Heilige Nacht (Silent Night) (Franz Xaver Gruber)<br />3 Kommet ihr Hirten (Come, Ye Shepherds) <br />4 Süßer die Glocken nie klingen (Sweeter the bells have never rung) <br />5 Leise rieselt der Schnee (The snow falls quietly) (Eduard Ebel)<br />6 Schlafe, mein Prinzchen (Sleep, my prince) (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)<br />7 Von Himmel hoch, da komm ich her (From heaven above to earth I come) (Valentin Schumann; Martin Luther; Johann Sebastian Bach)<br />8 O du Fröhliche! O du Selige (O thou cheerful, O thou Holy one) <br />9 Es ist ein Ros' entsprungen (Lo, how a rose e'er blooming) (Michael Praetorius)<br />10 Am Weihnachtsbaum (On the Christmas tree)<br />11 Alle Jahre wieder (Every year) (Friedrich Silcher; Johann Wilhelm Hey)<br />12 Ihr Kinderlein kommet (Come hither, ye children) (Johann Abraham Peter Schulz; Christoph von Schmid)<br />13 Transeamus (Gloria In Excelsis Deo) (Josef Ignaz Schnabel)<br />14 Kling, Glöckchen kling (Ring, little bell) (Benedikt Widmann; Karl Enslin)<br /><br />This wonderful, atmospheric recording has been a part of my Christmas tradition from my earliest memories. I was lucky to pick up virgin copies of the LP from a bargain ‘ends’ bin in my local record store almost 25 years ago, and have cared for this record and now enjoy it with my children as well.Sciriushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17154707704701375482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9650669.post-59669963110573112142010-12-03T12:59:38.446-05:002010-12-03T12:59:38.446-05:00Like so many other posters, this was played at eve...Like so many other posters, this was played at every Christmas during my childhood. My dad was stationed in Munich during the Korean War and brought this back with him. We still have the original album, and every Christmas I continue the tradition by playing it for myself and my two boys (and I hope they will do the same years down the road). The purity of the voices brings Christmas to me in a way nothing else can.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9650669.post-71940083059417672462010-11-25T21:28:23.241-05:002010-11-25T21:28:23.241-05:00My Mother and her 6 siblings grew up on this alblu...My Mother and her 6 siblings grew up on this alblum ... we have it in vinil but just couldnt get it in digital ... thankyou so much you have made a great number of people very happy this christmas.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9650669.post-58361332545616267292010-01-05T11:35:55.379-05:002010-01-05T11:35:55.379-05:00My grandparents were Germany so our family always ...My grandparents were Germany so our family always had lots of German Christmas Albums. I can't speak the language, but it isn't Christmas without the music. I have all the major label Christmas albums of the sixties along with any newer CD that I can find. I love to here "White Christmas" sung in German which is hard to find.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12290027539656277612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9650669.post-13718205304435460042009-12-28T11:24:47.181-05:002009-12-28T11:24:47.181-05:00I brought these tracks on my iPod Touch to the nur...I brought these tracks on my iPod Touch to the nursing home where my father (our Opa) lives. He has very limited response but these songs elicit a big smile. <br /><br />As I said to my family...this is the soundtrack of my childhood.<br /><br />Thanks so much. LTFraucoachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15891668196700514810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9650669.post-47554377279070794172009-12-13T14:32:58.574-05:002009-12-13T14:32:58.574-05:00O Tannenbaum: Christmas On The Rhine
I tried to d...O Tannenbaum: Christmas On The Rhine<br /><br />I tried to download the zip file but it says it's for premium RapidShare members only.<br /><br />Do you have another location where it can be downloaded for free? Maybe yousendit.com or dropbox.com.Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11901511939661740715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9650669.post-80234420591880180632009-11-20T08:52:17.224-05:002009-11-20T08:52:17.224-05:00I have a question if anyone can answer...
This has...I have a question if anyone can answer...<br />This has been a family controversy for years. My uncle insists that the album with the red writing under the title ("Mixed Chorus and Orchestra Under Direction of Werner Muller") is the "real" version, while copies of the records without the records are "phonies" with a different choir and everything. Can anyone clear this up? Because they both sound the same to the rest of us....<br />Thanks!!!!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09239937316230679962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9650669.post-28688096872944241402009-11-18T10:03:13.368-05:002009-11-18T10:03:13.368-05:00Thank you so much for posting this...I clicked the...Thank you so much for posting this...I clicked the link to download and was so surprised when the entire album popped up!! Like so many others have said, this album is also very special to my family and has been treasured for decades. We refer to it as "real Christmas music" :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9650669.post-31406012297617354392009-10-14T10:43:14.532-04:002009-10-14T10:43:14.532-04:00Is there a link to download the "version one&...Is there a link to download the "version one" mentioned above? I would love have a clean copy since my vinyl is so scratched and warped.<br /><br />Quote:<br />"Version One - original done by Werner Mueller and Orchestra. This was actually a SHELLAC - not vinyl - 33 1/3! Called the original 'Black Label'. Hard to find on eBay.<br /><br />Version Two - a stereo re-record which is very faithful to the Black Label original. Missing the Mozart and Transeamus tracks. Easy to find on eBay."Grey Maximhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12359360706976527020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9650669.post-58527700285694659372009-10-14T09:37:00.877-04:002009-10-14T09:37:00.877-04:00I am amazed how some of your postings receive far ...I am amazed how some of your postings receive far more comments than others that receive none at all. I can understand why this album generates so much interest, though. It is truly outstanding. I am one of the few that must say that I had not heard it until last year. It is now one of my favorites.jeremiadnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9650669.post-83349539199805535842009-05-13T16:00:00.000-04:002009-05-13T16:00:00.000-04:00I grew up listening to this album, it has always b...I grew up listening to this album, it has always been one of my favorite. <br /><br />Thank you for sharing. ^_^Palsahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02624683307820320150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9650669.post-18364432293559789612009-01-06T09:32:00.000-05:002009-01-06T09:32:00.000-05:00Jon & Anon - I never imagined that rescuing th...Jon & Anon - I never imagined that rescuing this album would have the impact as it has...<BR/><BR/>Thanks to you both and to all who have posted their comments here!<BR/><BR/><BR/>CaptCaptainOThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12030675074503708747noreply@blogger.com