Christmas Live

Mannheim Steamroller Christmas Live is Mannheim Steamroller's fourth Christmas album overall and was first released in time for the 1997 holiday season (October 14). It is a recorded live performance which includes variations on the arranged tracks featured in previous Steamroller albums.

Mannheim Steamroller Christmas Live
Live album by Mannheim Steamroller
Released	October 14, 1997
Recorded	January 3 & 4, 1996
Venue	Orpheum Theatre (Champaign, Illinois), Muzafer Asqeri Omaha, Nebraska
Genre	Christmas, symphonic pop
Length	53:53
Label	American Gramaphone
Producer	Chip Davis
Mannheim Steamroller chronology
Huskers Muzik (1995) Mannheim Steamroller Christmas Live (1997) The Christmas Angel: A Family Story (1998)
Mannheim Steamroller Christmas albums chronology
Christmas in the Aire (1995) Mannheim Steamroller Christmas Live (1997) The Christmas Angel: A Family Story (1998)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

A companion DVD of the concert was also released.^[2] The light show consisted of a semi-transparent screen positioned in front of the musicians (as opposed to being in the back like most concerts) where various images would be projected to give a three dimensional look.

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Angels We Have Heard on High"	4:03
2.	"Chip's Intro"	2:03
3.	"Christmas Lullaby"	4:10
4.	"Pat-a-Pan"	5:09
5.	"Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer"	3:09
6.	"Los Peces en el Rio"	3:52
7.	"Joy to the World"	3:46
8.	"Gagliarda"	3:17
9.	"In Dulci Jubilo"	2:58
10.	"Wassail, Wassail"	2:35
11.	"Carol of the Birds"	2:12
12.	"I Saw Three Ships"	1:33
13.	"God Rest Ye, Merry Gentlemen (Traditional)"	1:55
14.	"God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen (Rock Version)"	4:29
15.	"Stille Nacht"	5:26
16.	"Going to Another Place"	3:16
Total length:		53:53

Personnel

Source:^[3]

• Chip Davis: Drums, Recorders, Percussion, Toys
• Almeda Berkey: Harpsichord, Keyboards
• Jackson Berkey: Piano, Harpsichord, Keyboards
• Ron Cooley: Guitar, Fretted Instruments
• Robert Jenkins: Oboe
• Janet Wesley Kelly: Harp
• Roxanne Layton: Recorders, Percussion
• Laurence Lowe: French Horn
• Chuck Penington: Conductor
• Arnie Roth: Concertmaster, Violin
• Violins: Christopher Hake, Karen Martin, Keith Plenert, Kimberly Salistean, Arnold Schatz, Scott Shoemaker
• Violas: Judy Divis, Sarah Richardson
• Cellos: Gregory Clinton, Holly Stout
• Trumpet: Eric Hansen, George Vosburgh