Record of the Week
"For many, the Huddersfield disc will embody all that is best about Christmas music. A large responsive choir, resonant and expert brass, familiar music in ingenious arrangement, nostalgia guaranteed... the band plays with typical flair, the Choral Society sings with customary zest and it is all very professional. A rousing start to Christmas morning..."
Robert Cockcroft - Yorkshire Post - 22 December 1993
"... Sellers Band are inspired to some sensitive and stylish playing throughout the disc. Their accompaniments to Away In A Manger (with tasteful cornet obligato by Phillip McCann), Richard Phillips' lovely arrangement of Tannebaum and Geoff Richards' Merry Little Christmas support the choir most musically; and amongst the separate band items Alan Fernie's arrangement of Coventry Carol is particularly to be noted... "
Vernon Briggs - Brass Band World December 1993 - January 1994
"Bringing together two fine examples of brass and voices, this collection of mainly Christmas music will enhance any library... performed with the finesse expected of such stellar forces ..."
PW - British Bandsman - November 1993
"Sumptuously recorded in the generous acoustic of Huddersfield Town Hall, opening with a spectacular arrangement of Ding Dong merrily and closing with Gordon Langford's colourful pot-pourri Fantasy, this CD offers rich choral tone, well laced with opulent brass. There are simple choral arrangements too, beautifully sung by the Huddersfield choir ..." ***
The Penguin Guide - Yearbook 1995-96