Did you Know this cd is HDCD,WOW

Talk about beautiful music with HDCD decoding my soul is lifted to heaven.Mary did you know is a masterpiece and makes this cd priceless.This cd is also mastered in HDCD for the audiophiles like me with my state of the art stereo system...i love it.

Great Christmas CD!

I would have to say that this is the best Christmas album Kenny has ever recorded! Every Christmas I play this CD to death! All the songs are sung beautifully! One of the highlights of this album is the duet with Wynonna, "Mary, Did You Know?". I just love this song! And another hightlight is the "Chosen One" montage. This is just great! I can't describe the feeling I get when I hear this! This CD should be in the homes of every person at Christmas time!

Kenny tells the Jesus story

For this album, Kenny collected together a selection of original and lesser-known Christmas songs about Jesus. He also recorded a medley of famous carols, woven together as The chosen one montage.



The set opens with Mary did you know, a song that began life as obscure song recorded by a specialist Christian music singer. It was covered by Kathy Mattea for her Good News album and has since been covered by many more singers including Reba McEntire and may yet rise to the status of standard. Here, Kenny is joined by Wynonna (Judd) for a magnificent duet version



Other guests apart from Wynonna include the Katinas, a five-piece family group that joins Kenny on Pretty little baby child, and GLAD, a group that joins Kenny on a re-recording of a song that Kenny had recorded for his first Christmas album, Sweet little Jesus boy.



The chosen one montage includes some new lyrics but mostly includes a medley of Away in a manger, O holy night, Silent night, First Noel, We three kings and Joy to the world. Some of these songs have appeared separately on other Christmas albums by Kenny.



The set closes with Till the season comes round again, which (like Mary did you know) also appears on Reba's second Christmas album, Secret of giving. I wonder if Reba recorded these two songs after hearing this album. Whatever, Kenny and Reba both do great versions of them.



This album is for those interested in the religious aspect of Christmas and is something of a rarity for a mainstream artist these days - a Christmas album without any songs about Santa, snow and reindeer. Kenny has recorded some of those songs on his other Christmas album. Enjoy this for what it is - a great collection of Christmas songs about Jesus.