A Stained Glass Christmas With Heavenly Carols

If you enjoy this genre - background Christmas music with Hi Def video, then this blu-ray is one for your collection. 'Stained Glass Christmas' has over 3 hours of Christmas music in Dolby 5.1 performed by various European and American choirs, orchestras and soloists (you have a choice of two soundtracks 'traditional Christmas Carols' or highlights from 'Handel's Messiah'). Also featured, are selections from 'The Peace Choir' directed by Royce Devick.Most of the Church windows featured are from Illinois notably, LaGrange, Oak Park, Downers Grove, Elmhurst, River Forest, Hinsdale and Chicago. Also featured are a couple of stained glass windows from Germany and Austria - 'The Three Kings Bearing Gifts' by Franz Mayer, Munich Germany and my favorite 'The Stained Heart of Jesus Vision of Saint Sister Margaret Mary' by Tyrol Art Glass Co., Innsbruck Austria.Many stained glass windows by Tiffany Studios' N.Y. including 'I am the Light of the World', 'Ecclesiastical Angels', 'Rapeleye Memorial' and 'Guiding Angel' are also featured. These truly exceptional stained glass pieces make this blu-ray a MUST HAVE!The video quality is exceptional, except for some scenes where the cameras were too quickly zooming in and fading from one scene to another. I would have liked to see some more lingering shots of the church interiors, but I'm just harping ... this remains one of my favorite Christmas blu-rays!The bright Louis Comfort Tiffany glass and the John La Farge glass windows with heavenly Christmas music/carols playing in the background will put even Scrooge in the Christmas spirit! :))My review title describes this blu-ray as having "a light religious touch". I must mention that the video includes a few full frames with Bible verses pertaining to Christmas (eg: Matthew 2:15, Luke 2:8-9).SEE MY PHOTOS IN CUSTOMER IMAGESIf the religious slant is not 'your cup of tea' then I recommend the  Winter Wonderland Blu-ray  - with fantastic winter landscapes and three audio tracks.I bought both the 'Stained Glass Christmas' and 'Winter Wonderland' Blu-ray - the perfect mix for all my Holiday guests!Happy Holiday Viewing Everyone! :)

Great to watch and enjoy

Every other reviewer is going to hate me, but I have a few qualms about this video. The premise is laudable, and the visuals are great; however there is repetition in the windows viewed, and I think maybe the video people could have taken even more stained glass visuals. There is some attempt to match words in the carols to the visuals : that is good. My qualms have to do with the music : it is fine, BUT the producers have not credited ANY musician or choir or recording or orchestra or pianist, etc. Get it? This is, to them, free music. They say it is in public domain, that is true as far as the existence of the carols is concerned, (except John Rutter should be warned, his carol is only ten to twenty years old. ) However, even as at the end of the presentation they credit the churches and stained glass studios which have provided the visual, there is NO mention of who the musicians are, AND they claim that the music is all 5.1 surround sound, making it even more impossible that these recordings could be in public domain. As a church musician, I am very sensitive to this problem; artists, writers, entertainers get the "intellectual property" argument, which is law ; stealers of musical performance should be prosecuted, musicians must pay their bills and eat like anyone else, right? These people do not credit anyone, and, whether they had permission or not (and it seems, NOT), it needs to be acknowledged. It is unfair to steal a performance which has been put out to entertain and enlighten by any musician(s) and not pay them for use of their talent. I wish the video producers could see this and rectify this, but it is not likely. Too bad that they had to be so devious about it. I would take away the other stars on this issue alone, but, Oh well....

This Bluray is exactly what I wanted.This is a "mood" disk.Great to have running in background at Christmas party or dinner.Very beautiful footage of various styles of Christian themed stained glass plus churches and winter scenes.The music is fantastic andare different versions and styles of Christmas songs and music.Most are different than what Christmas music I already have on CD.The 5.1 mix is excelent on BOTH audio tracks.Giving you about 5 hours of enjoyment if you play the disk twice switching tracks.This is a religious themed bluray that's all about Christ and the Christmas story.If you are looking for Santa,Elfs,Snowmen and Reindeer.....look somewhere else.I myself love to take photos of stained glass,so for me watching it for pure entertainment was a great time! I watched it TWICE already,not many blurays I can say that about.I'm surprised I got it for UNDER $4.00!!!!!!Best deal of the season for me.If you want to celebrate Christmas at home,this disk shows you spititual scenes and music from all over the world with some Bible verses thrown in for good measure.I'm so glad I found this "Gem" and will play it several times every Christmas.

I played this DVD during our family celebration. It was both beautiful to watch and listen too. It was wonderful background music that set the tone for festive gathering and the stained glass windows added a sense of reverence to our evening. The added feature of being able to have several hours of music between carols or Handel's Mesiah made the evening very special. The stained glass windows are exquisite. I played this DVD over and over during the Christmas season. I bought several scenery/music DVD's at the same time, they could not compare with this one.

Lovely DVD. Excellent service!!

C'est bien mais pas remarquable du tout. Les images se précipitent et puis on ne sait jamais où l'on se trouve. Décevant ...

A+

プラズマテレビのエージング用素材として最高です。ステンドグラスの多彩な配色の映像パターンをこれでもか！というほど流れています。音は、最低ですが、映像は普通に綺麗です。黒の表現力を追求しているメーカーのプラズマテレビを所有している方には、特におすすめです。我が家にある、もう１台の国内生産液晶ＴＶでは、黒浮きこそしませんが・・・階調がでなくつぶれてしまいます。パネルの性能も要求される一枚ですね。