Le Sleigh Ride du compositeur et chef d’orchestre américain Leroy Anderson, fait immédiatement appel à la mémoire. Plus près du Brass Band que de l’orchestre symphonique, tout est y est pour ouvrir les festivités.

Anderson handles the music so deftly that I find myself again enjoying these themes. One should also note that close to half of these works are first recordings.

The music is light, melodious, and joyful. That is why his music was so very popular from the 1940s to the 1960s, when he wrote most of it. It is firmly in the light classical tradition, with no hint of popular music intruding.

The performances and recording are first class. The notes consist of excerpts from an interview with Anderson in the 1960s on Christmas and Christmas music.