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Reviewed in the United States on April 16, 2025
A good book for someone who has played and took lessons for a couple years-beautiful tunes!!!
Mom of Four
Reviewed in the United States on December 11, 2024
I’d say I’m an intermediate level pianist, and these arrangements can be quite challenging. They vary in difficulty, so some I can play rather well and some I’m going to work up to. But I would say that they are very worthy of a piano solo for an audience — All the bells and whistles, so to speak, and they are such beautiful arrangements. I would love to listen to them throughout the Christmas season as part of my Spotify Christmas list and not just when I play them for myself because they really are just so good. I have loved every one that I’ve played so far, and I’m looking forward to learning more of these songs in future years. I would highly recommend this for intermediate to advanced pianists who want something truly extravagant to play for the holidays. Not so much for quiet background music that can be sightread easily.
Dearma798
Reviewed in the United States on December 7, 2023
These pieces run 6-10 pages long, way to long for me to use as prelude, offering or postlude in our worship services. I opted for other collections of shorter arrangements.
Alison Pham
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 10, 2019
Completely love these songs and this is a wonderful arrangement that im enjoying way before chrustmas! I love traditional christmas songs and these make me feel really happy.
Kevin Atkis
Reviewed in the United States on December 20, 2017
Beautiful medleys, creatively arranged. My family really enjoys listening to these as I play them. Even the dogs come into the room and listen!
Loopielou
Reviewed in Canada on January 1, 2017
What a fantastic arrangement of amazing music - I gave this as a gift to a retiredMusic professor and he was very very impressed.
Wendy Wiseman Fisher
Reviewed in the United States on October 25, 2016
These are wonderful late intermediate/early advanced level piano solos. Sumptuous, accessible, not too hard, and just right for the workhorse holiday pianist who has to drum up something nice for recitals, senior living centers, church, and holiday parties. Keveren's arrangements use glamorous chords and voicings to produce pieces that sound by turns grand, celestial, adventurous and nostalgic, and the arrangements are fully realized and developed, using the medleys as launching off points to create emotional experiences. I appreciate Keveren's willingness to borrow from other keys, to modulate with panache to create unusual effects, and his playfulness with duple and triple times, sometimes linking songs by putting them both into triple and then breaking aside for a moment to dabble in duple in order to articulate the character of the mood at that time. These sound like a mashup between the sweet pop of Jim Brickman and the cinematic grandeur of John Williams.
Avid Gardener
Reviewed in Canada on May 2, 2015
I have never been disappointed with any Phillip Keveren book! This is an upper elementary to advanced level with 4 note chords that may need to be adapted for small hands such as mine. Otherwise, a beautiful book to play for the holiday season.
Sarah
Reviewed in the United States on March 8, 2014
I choose to give this book a 5 star rating because its quality is equal to "i love it". Its such a fantastic book and depending on the level you are at its very challenging. I recommend this book to students that are at a level 4-5, it may be difficult for them, but it is a great learning tool to gain knowledge of higher level skill. The selection of pieces in this book are also very unique and some are the classic Christmas carols you cant go without learning. All in all i believe this book is a winner.
Jack28
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 1, 2014
lovely tunes.
Evans
Reviewed in the United States on November 4, 2014
Great arrangements of Christmas classics! Perfect for church or any setting.
MusicMagic
Reviewed in Germany on January 3, 2013
Für alle, die zu Weihnachten nicht immer dieselben Lieder in 0815-Arrangements spielen wollen, ist dieses Heft von Phillip Keveren zu empfehlen. Der Arrangeur versteht es, mehr oder weniger bekannte Weihnachtslieder mit gefälliger Jazz-Harmonik neu einzukleiden. In der Regel kombiniert Keveren zwei bis drei Lieder zu einem Medley, wodurch sich reizvolle Kombinationen ergeben. Vom Schwierigkeitsgrad sind die Stücke für den fortgeschrittenen Pianisten geeignet. Allerdings liegt alles gut in der Hand. Eine gute Ergänzung zu "Christmas Medleys" ist das vom gleichen Arrangeur herausgegebene Heft "Jingle Jazz".
C E L A
Reviewed in the United States on December 18, 2011
I like this book of piano selections. It allows the player to not work hard at sightreading, yet it sounds good. I recommend this book to anyone who wishes to expand his or her Christmas piano library.
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