The Gift | 
| Artists: Jim Brickman, Susan Ashton
Label: RCA Victor
Category: Music
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Rating:  26 reviews
Sales Rank: 16387
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Running Time: 43 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 11242
UPC: 019341157328
EAN: 0019341124221
ASIN: B000000NNB
Release Date: September 30, 1997
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Condition: COMES COMPLETE AND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION
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| Tracks:
| • | Joy to the World - Jim Brickman, Mason, Lowell | | • | It Came Upon a Midnight Clear - Jim Brickman, Sears, Edmund Hamil | | • | Starbright - Jim Brickman, Brickman, Jim | | • | Angels - Jim Brickman, | | • | Fireside - Jim Brickman, | | • | What Child Is This? - Jim Brickman, Dix, William Chatte | | • | Hope Is Born Again - Jim Brickman, Bourgeois, Brent | | • | Winter Peace - Jim Brickman, | | • | The First Noel - Jim Brickman, Sandys, William | | • | O Christmas Tree - Jim Brickman, | | • | Little Town of Bethlehem - Jim Brickman, | | • | Dream Come True - Jim Brickman, Brickman, Jim | | • | The Gift - Jim Brickman, Brickman, Jim |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com
Jim Brickman's 1997 holiday package is all satin bows and glowing hearth embers, precisely the approach his romantically inclined legions would have wished him to take. Those with less sentimental ears might argue that at times the pianist's approach is a touch too sweet. "Joy to the World" would be more affecting as a solo work, for instance, and we could have done without the strings and music-box embellishments heard in "Angels." Yet Brickman compensates by delicately tracing a path to our heart-of-hearts in the album's two superb, nonholiday originals, "Fireside" and "Winter Peace." Three vocal tracks surface here: a breathy Kenny Loggins sings on the album's obligatory lullaby ("Starbright"), the female gospel group Point of Grace takes a bow ("Hope is Born Again"), and country vocalist Collin Raye performs a heart-clutching duet with Susan Ashton on the title track. It's not Brickman's finest record, but it's a very pretty one. --Terry Wood
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| Customer Reviews: Read 21 more reviews...
 Mellow blend of traditional and original Christmas music for piano December 16, 2008
Sandy Kay (Minnesota USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
If you are looking for mellow (and fairly sentimental) piano music for Christmas, try Jim Brickman's "The Gift."
I have had this CD for a long time and it is one of my favorites. I play it when I want quiet, soothing music in the background while I read or do other activities. I also listen to it in the car as it does not make me speed!
Approximately half the tracks are traditional Christmas carols arranged for solo piano by Jim Brickman. The rest are original pieces written by Jim Brickman alone or with co-writers; two of these have vocals. I enjoy both the traditional and original and they are blended together well in the track order.
 Jim Brickman Christmas CD February 7, 2007
M. Gillam
We love this CD. It is beautiful music. We bought more to give as gifts.
 Good Christmas music but not the vocals December 31, 2006
keyboardplyr (Hinckley, OH USA)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I'm not fond of the vocals on any of Jim Brickman's work and this is no exception. His playing is lovely as always but I wish he'd stick to instrumentals and not have vocalists on his albums. They always seem to ruin the mood.
Jim Brickman CD "The Gift" February 23, 2006
Wynanne P. Hilliard (Warner Robins GA)
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
A friend loaned me her CD and I absolutely loved it......but I could not purchase it ANYWHERE.....my daughter suggested I contact you.....results, results!!!! Thank you! A most outstanding seasonal soft listening CD.
Christmas Music at its best! December 20, 2004
CAM (South Windsor, CT USA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Jim Brickman makes the piano sound like bells and how appropriate for Christmas music! This CD is a must have in your holiday music collection!
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