收錄全球最受歡迎的22首聖誕佳節樂曲！郭虔哲大提琴動人演繹古典樂新版本！全程耗時2年，橫跨台北紐約地球兩端，飛越換日線精心琢磨而成。由獲獎作曲家亞歷克斯•弗里曼（Alex Freeman）操刀編曲，賦予整張專輯全新且獨特的聖誕魔幻風格。不只是耳熟能詳的旋律，這次昇華成充滿想像與探險的異想世界。國際知名大提琴家郭虔哲（Kenneth Kuo）單獨分奏所有聲部的大提琴，每一首錄製時，分次以一部部聲部的旋律，依序加入，成為大提琴弦樂家族。郭虔哲於耶魯大學音樂學院就讀期間，在著名大提琴家和教育家阿爾多．帕里索特（Aldo Parisot）的帶領下，學習大提琴重奏的技巧，和諧美妙的大提琴重奏為他帶來無盡的樂趣，正是聖誕專輯誕生的契機。亞歷克斯．弗里曼為每首曲目安排了1至10把不等的大 提琴聲部及1支豎琴，並增添輕快節奏的打擊樂器如雪橇鈴、鐘琴和木魚。當你感受到使旋律更為靈活跳躍的的雪橇騎行聲、馬匹聲、滑稽聲，甚至在 The Little Drummer Boy 一曲中的小鼓、定音鼓鼓奏，全是由貨真價實的大提琴所做出的擬聲演奏，十分俏皮詼諧、令人玩味。 　　A Magical Christmas with the Cello family 　　This album is comprised of 22 of the world’s favorite Christmas carols and songs written in celebration of this special western holiday. Arranged by award winning composer Alex Freeman, these popular tunes transform into a magical theme where it no longer is just another simple song but a world of imagination and adventure. Recorded and produced by internationally acclaimed cellist Kenneth Kuo, each of the cello part come to life when added one by one in to an orchestral family of cellos. Mr. Kuo first encountered playing in a cello ensemble while he was attending Yale University school of Music, under the leadership of famed cellist and pedagogue Aldo Parisot, Mr. Kuo learned the joy and technique of playing with other cellists in harmony and was truly an experience leading to the development of this album. In this recording, Mr. Freeman arranged each piece with special number of instruments from a single cello with harp to 10 cellos with harp and percussive instruments. In the song Sleigh ride actual percussion instrument including sleigh bells, glockenspiel and tempo blocks were used however the slap stick and the horse at the end was mimic by the actual cello, in the track Drummer Boy, the snare drum and the bass drum was mimic on the cello as well. 　　This album took 2 years to complete and is the first of its kind where a single cellist recorded all the cello parts and composited to a full cello ensemble.