Artist	Song
Mannheim Steamroller	Chocolate Coffee
from Sunday Morning Coffee II (2007)
Mason Williams & Mannheim Steamroller	Classical Gas
from Classical Gas (2007)
Mannheim Steamroller	Four Rows of Jacks
from Fresh Aire IV (2007)
Mannheim Steamroller	Toccata In de Mole
from Halloween (2005)
Mannheim Steamroller	Toccata
from Fresh Aire III (2007)
Chip Davis	A Winter's Day
from Impressions (2007)
Mannheim Steamroller	The 7 Stars of the Big Dipper
from Fresh Aire 7 (2007)
Mannheim Steamroller & Chip Davis	Moonlight At Cove Castle
from Romantic Melodies (2006)
Mannheim Steamroller	You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch
from Christmasville (2008)
Mannheim Steamroller	Greensleeves
from A Fresh Aire Christmas (2005)
Chip Davis	Sonata Bach's Lunch
from Day Parts: Dinner Gift Pack (2007)
Mannheim Steamroller & C.W. McCall	Fanfare for the Common Man
from American Spirit (2006)
Mannheim Steamroller	Ruslan and Ludmilla
from To Russia With Love (2007)
Mason Williams & Mannheim Steamroller	Baroque-A-Nova
from Classical Gas (2007)
Mannheim Steamroller	The Pines of Rome, Pt. lll: Pini del Gianicolo
from Yellowstone - The Music of Nature (2007)

Comment:

Given that Christmas heralded Mannheim Steamroller's breakthrough to multi-platinum sales, it was only natural that creator Chip Davis would want to extend his brand to other holidays, notably Halloween. Mannheim's version of Johann Sebastian Bach's "Toccata in de Mole" (that's "D Minor," [i]not[/i] "in the burrowing mammal") takes a lighter hand than you might expect, more Elvira than Freddy Krueger. The 16th century folk song "Greensleeves" receives a very stately, respectful treatment by comparison, with a pastoral recorder and harpsichord flowing through the song like a meadow brook. And their interpretation of Aaron Copland's "Fanfare for the Common Man" reverberates with the solemn majesty of the composer's original orchestration, possibly the most literal reading of a classical composition in Mannheim's history.

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