An inviting and festive collection including exquisitely performed live tracks recorded at Minneapolis' Guthrie Theater and the best of Lanz's original gorgeous melodies plus much-loved arrangements of seasonal favorites.

"New Age - Although new age music in its acoustical incarnation, is sometimes derided as 'jazz without benefit of improvisation,' that jibe can work to the listener's advantage on Christmas albums. For example when David Lanz expands on seasonal favorites on his holiday best-of, The Christmas Album (Narada), his modestly virtuosic ornamentation reinforces rather than obscures the themes, making his renditions of 'Silent Night' and 'What Child Is This?' quietly compelling."

~ Courier-Journal, Louisville, Ky, Dec 5, 1999

Laura Sullivan:

Feast of Joy & Love

Tingstad & Rumbel: Homeland

Gary Stroutsos: Oru