To buy the Vol. 2 CD
from Amazon, click below:
Click here
to see the CD booklet
The CD is also available at
the Princeton University Store,
the Princeton Theological
Seminary Bookstore, and
select Barnes & Noble stores.
Proceeds
from the CDs have already provided more
than 250,000 meals to children in sub-Saharan Africa.
“A Princeton Christmas: For The Children Of Africa is a wonderful example
of American kindness and generosity during the holiday season. Thanks
to these choral groups in New Jersey, WFP school meals programs in Africa
will continue to reach thousands of children with food and education.”
— Karen Sendelback, President and CEO of Friends of the World
Food Program
“Princeton University is proud to be part of this remarkable grassroots
initiative to help the children of Africa. The music is enchanting and
inspirational, and the message of hope and love is immensely powerful.”
— Shirley M. Tilghman,
President of Princeton University
The inaugural CD is also available from Amazon.com: A Princeton Christmas: For The Children Of Africa 
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Read
the reviews for the 2008 album!
Here
are reviews of some of the best
of the '08 crop. . . . After an admirable first volume of "A Princeton
Christmas" last year, various Princeton vocal groups have banded together
for another reminder of the holiday's giving spirit. Proceeds from sales
of this 18-track, mostly a cappella album — available as either a
CD from princetonchristmas.org or downloads via iTunes — will go
to the United Nations' World Food Program. The Princeton University Chapel
Choir sings the ever-touching
"Welsh Lullaby," while the Princeton Girlchoir voices "This Christmastide
(Jessye's Carol)." Joe Miller and the Westminster Choir turn in a lovely
"Bululalow," and the American Boychoir excels
in an item from Britten's "Ceremony of Carols." Other groups contributing
include the Princeton University Tigerlilies and Tigertones, the Princeton
Theological Seminary Chapel Choir, the Tartantones of Stuart Country Day
School of the Sacred Heart, the Princeton Day School Madrigal Singers
and the Princeton High School Cloud Nine.
— Bradley Bambarger, The Star Ledger, December 5, 2008
Princeton Choirs, A Princeton Christmas: For The Children Of Africa Vol. 2 An amazing-sounding battery of hymns and non-pop carols mostly sung without instrumentation by various choral groups around the Princeton, NJ area. This is your ticket if you enjoy the full, rich, wide type of chorus-concerts presented to the Pope each year but you wouldn't mind going without the pipe-organ clamor. The Princeton University Chapel Choir makes gorgeous fractals out of "A Welsh Lullaby"; The American Boychoir enchants angelically in "Hodie Christus Natus Est." All proceeds benefit the UN World Food Program. Amazon ID for the 18-song disk is B001JP623Y. Grade: A+ . . .
— Eric Saeger, Skope Entertainment, December 1, 2008
Read the reviews for the 2007 album!
Those
burned out by Christmas marketing overload should listen to the first track
on this CD -- a spirit-raising
version of "The First Nowell" by the Princeton University Choir, singing
the Vaughan Williams arrangement in a December 2001 concert. It's the first
of many beautiful moments on
this disc assembled in Princeton for the best of reasons -- to raise money
to feed the less fortunate. Proceeds from album sales (either CDs from princetonchristmas.org
or downloads via iTunes) will go to the United Nations' World Food Program.
Along with six more performances by the Princeton University Choir, the 20-track disc features other wonderfully trained voices from Princeton -- the American Boychoir, the Princeton Girlchoir, the Tartantones of Stuart Country Day School of the Sacred Heart and the Westminster Choir of Rider University's Westminster Choir College. The Westminster Bell Choir closes the disc with a spin through the march from Tchaikovsky's "Nutcracker."
—Bradley Bambarger, Star-Ledger, December 5, 2007
Some of the highlights of A Princeton Christmas include the American Boychoir’s recording of “In the Bleak Midwinter,” understated but moving, and simply beautiful. So is the tender rendition of “This Christmastide (Jessye’s Carol),” done by the Tartantones. There are several exquisite performances by the Princeton University Chapel Choir, but “Nativity Carol” especially stands out. The Princeton Girlchoir’s cheerful version of “Let it Snow! Let it Snow! Let it Snow!” is special because it was done live on NBC’s Today Show in December of 2002. But really, it’s all good — there isn’t a disappointing track on the entire CD.
— Susan Van Dongen, Princeton Packet, December 5, 2007