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Originally released in 1978 and reissued on CD in 1984, expanded with tracks from the Carpenters' second Christmas album, AN OLD FASHIONED CHRISTMAS, A CHRISTMAS PORTRAIT is an excellent traditional Christmas album. The track list features stately orchestral arrangements of classic hymns and carols such as "O Come, O Come Immanuel," "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" and "Ave Maria" alongside seasonal pop standards like "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas," "Sleigh Ride" and Mel Torme's "The Christmas Song."
There's even a Richard Carpenter original, the touching "Merry Christmas Darling." As always, Karen Carpenter is in excellent voice, singing with the dusky, almost melancholy style that gave all of her music a certain poignancy even before her tragic death in 1982. The original album also appeared in the import two-CD set A CHRISTMAS COLLECTION.
Additional personnel includes: Bob Messenger (tenor saxophone); Pete Morgan (acoustic bass); Joe Osborn (electric bass); Ron Tutt, Barry Morgan, Cubby O'Brien (drums).
The Carpenters: Karen Carpenter (vocals); Richard Carpenter (keyboards).
Christmas Portrait Music | List Price | $14.98 (You save $4.53) | | Category | Rock/Pop Albums, Christmas CDs, Nostalgia, Vocal, Christmas/ Chanukkah | | Label | A & M | | Orig Year | 1978 | | All Time Sales Rank |  1479  | | CD Universe Part number | 1094603 | | Catalog number | 5173 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Oct 25, 1990 | | Studio/Live | Studio | | Mono/Stereo | Stereo | | Producer | Richard Carpenter | | Recording Time | 69 minutes | | Personnel | Richard Carpenter - keyboards
Karen Carpenter - vocals
Also: Ron Tutt, Barry Morgan, Joe Osborn, Bob Messenger, Cubby O'Brien, Pete Morgan |
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