For Wonderland, her 2016 seasonal set, Sarah McLachlan takes the opposite tactic than she did for Wintersong, the idiosyncratic holiday album she delivered ten years earlier.
That record found the Canadian singer/songwriter exploring songs that were tangentially related to the holiday season, joining Joni Mitchell's "River," Gordon Lightfoot's "Song for a Winter's Night," and Vince Guaraldi's Peanuts theme "Christmas Time Is Here" with a few standards, plus her original title song.
Wonderland, in contrast, is nothing but holiday favorites, split evenly between traditional carols and secular tunes.
Material-wise, the only curveball here is "Huron Carol," which is a Canadian hymn, and the arrangements are hazily familiar: soft and airy, carrying a bit of Baroque atmosphere but also a fireside coziness.
That sense of warmth also differentiates it from Wintersong, an album that could favor the austere, and that also makes it an ideal record for snowy December nights.
It's classy and comforting, music that sets a mood and drifts into the background, the kind of Christmas album that's designed to be a holiday perennial.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Christmas SongMel Torment, Robert Wells | Sarah McLachlan | Play | 03:19 | 7 MB | 23 MB |
| 2 | Angels We Have Heard on HighTraditional | Sarah McLachlan | Play | 03:39 | 8 MB | 25 MB |
| 3 | Let It SnowSammy Cahn, Jule Styne | Sarah McLachlan | Play | 03:05 | 7 MB | 23 MB |
| 4 | White ChristmasIrving Berlin | Sarah McLachlan | Play | 02:23 | 4 MB | 13 MB |
| 5 | O Come All Ye FaithfulTraditional | Sarah McLachlan | Play | 03:21 | 7 MB | 23 MB |
| 6 | Go Tell It on the MountainTraditional | Sarah McLachlan | Play | 02:34 | 5 MB | 17 MB |
| 7 | Away in a MangerTraditional | Sarah McLachlan | Play | 02:26 | 5 MB | 15 MB |
| 8 | Winter WonderlandFelix Bernard, Richard Smith | Sarah McLachlan | Play | 02:50 | 6 MB | 20 MB |
| 9 | Huron CarolTraditional | Sarah McLachlan | Play | 03:46 | 8 MB | 26 MB |
| 10 | Silver BellsRay Evans, Jay Livingston | Sarah McLachlan | Play | 04:23 | 10 MB | 30 MB |
| 11 | O Holy NightTraditional | Sarah McLachlan | Play | 04:56 | 11 MB | 33 MB |
| 36 mins | 83 MB | |||||
| 36 mins | 252 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Holly Adams | Product Manager |
| 2 | Adam Ayan | Mastering |
| 3 | Jérome Beaulieu | Piano |
| 4 | Irving Berlin | Composer |
| 5 | Felix Bernard | Composer |
| 6 | Vladislav Boyadjiev | Scoring Engineer |
| 7 | Bulgarian Symphony Orchestra | Orchestra |
| 8 | Brian Byrne | Orchestral Arrangements, Recording Producer |
| 9 | Sammy Cahn | Composer |
| 10 | Elena Chouchkova | Orchestra Manager |
| 11 | Kristen Clark | A&R |
| 12 | William Cote | Drums |
| 13 | Yves Desrosiers | Guitar (Electric), Ukulele |
| 14 | Vladimir Dimitrov | Production Manager |
| 15 | Nikolina Djidrova | Production Supervisor |
| 16 | Ray Evans | Composer |
| 17 | Todd Gallopo | Art Direction |
| 18 | Emmylou Harris | Vocals |
| 19 | Josh Hernandez | Design |
| 20 | Kharen Hill | Photography |
| 21 | Philippe Leduc | Bass (Upright) |
| 22 | Jay Livingston | Composer |
| 23 | Pierre Marchand | Drum Programming, Engineer, Keyboards, Mixing, Piano, Producer |
| 24 | Vince May | Trumpet |
| 25 | Frank McDonough | A&R |
| 26 | Sarah McLachlan | Guitar (Acoustic), Keyboards, Piano, Primary Artist, Ukulele, Vocals |
| 27 | Buddy Miller | Engineer |
| 28 | Conner Molander | Bass, Clapping, Guitar, Harmonium, Stomping, Vocals |
| 29 | Evelyn Morgan | A&R |
| 30 | Deyan Pavlov | Conductor |
| 31 | Michel Pepin | Engineer, Guitar |
| 32 | Dylan Phillips | Clapping, Drums, Stomping, Vocals |
| 33 | Devon Portielje | Clapping, Guitar, Guitar (Acoustic), Stomping, Vocals |
| 34 | Les Scurry | Production Manager |
| 35 | Richard Smith | Composer |
| 36 | Ashwin Sood | Drums, Percussion |
| 37 | Jule Styne | Composer |
| 38 | Isaac Symonds | Bass, Clapping, Drums, Stomping, Vocals |
| 39 | Mel Torment | Composer |
| 40 | Traditional | Composer |
| 41 | Martha Wainwright | Vocals |
| 42 | Robert Wells | Composer |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |