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As a 45 rpm version issued on red vinyl, "Sleigh Ride" was a hit record on RCA Victor Red Seal and has become one of the orchestra's best-known works. The Pops have recorded the piece numerous times, with Fiedler as well as John Williams , their conductor from 1979 to 1995, and Keith Lockhart , their current conductor.
"Sleigh Ride" was the second song released from the album. It was released on September 18, 2012 to online retailers. [9] The song was one of the last songs to be recorded for the album due to "its crazy song structure and various key changes", guitarist J.B. Brubaker said. The song features a jazz section in the middle with a horn section. [10]
The album features recordings of classic Christmas songs plus the two original songs, "Love Is All" and "The Eyes of a Child". There is a short instrumental version of "What Child Is This" in the track "Silent Night".
The instrumental break in the second half of the track uses the melody of the traditional Scottish song "The Parting Glass". The closing section of the song was used as the theme to the long-running British political television show Weekend World (1972–1988). A cover version of the song was recorded by British heavy metal band Quartz in 1980.
Instrumental forces First performance Comments Ref. 1888 VIII/1 First string quartet [7] 1889 VIII/2 Romance Violin, piano [7] c. 1890 Vasantasena for violin and piano Violin and piano Incomplete sketch [5] 1892 VIII/3 Violin Sonata in B major Violin, piano Achille Rivarde with Harold Bauer, Paris 1893 (private performance) [7] [11] [12] 1893 ...
The dances are scored for piccolo, two flutes, two oboes, two bassoons, two horns, two trumpets, timpani, violins I and II, violoncellos, and double basses.The middle section and coda, titled Die Schlittenfahrt (The sleigh ride), of the third dance adds two posthorns and five sleigh bells tuned to C, E, F, G, and A (in ascending order).
And to celebrate the 60th anniversary, NBC will air a special extended version of the special on Dec. 6 at 8 p.m. ET, with an encore viewing scheduled for Dec. 12 at the same time.
Christmas [2] (also known as Mannheim Steamroller Christmas [3]) is the first Christmas album and sixth studio album overall released by American musical group Mannheim Steamroller.