『クリスマス・ポートレイト』（Christmas Portrait）は、カーペンターズが1978年に発表した、初のクリスマス・アルバム。カレンの死後、リチャードは2作目のクリスマス・アルバム『オールド・ファッションド・クリスマス』を1984年にリリース。1996年には、2作のクリスマス・アルバムを抱き合わせたコンピレーションCD『クリスマス・コレクション』が日本で発売された。同コンピレーションでは、ディスク1で本作がオリジナル盤と同じ曲順で収録されているが、ほとんどの楽曲に新たなリミックスが施された。
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Christmas Portrait is the first Christmas album recorded by The Carpenters (and the only one issued during Karen Carpenter’s lifetime), originally released on October 13, 1978 (A&M 4726).
Track listing (Original 1978 LP)
- Side one
- “O Come, O Come, Emmanuel” (Traditional, John Mason Neale)
- Overture:
- “Deck the Halls” (Traditional, John Ceiriog Hughes)
- “I Saw Three Ships” (Traditional, David Overton)
- “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” (Ralph Blane, Hugh Martin)
- “God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen” (Traditional)
- “Away in a Manger” (Traditional, James R. Murray)
- “What Child Is This?” (William Chatterton Dix)
- “Carol of the Bells” (Mykola Dmytrovych Leontovych, Peter Wilhousky)
- “O Come All Ye Faithful” (John Francis Wade, Frederick Oakeley)
- “Christmas Waltz” (Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne)
- “Sleigh Ride” (Leroy Anderson, Mitchell Parish)
- Medley:
- “It’s Christmas Time” (Al Stillman, Victor Young)
- “Sleep Well, Little Children” (Alan Bergman, Leon Klatzkin)
- “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” (Ralph Blane, Hugh Martin)
- “Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town” (John Frederick Coots, James Lamont “Haven” Gillespie)
- “Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)” (Mel Tormé, Robert Wells)
- “Silent Night” (Franz Xaver Gruber, Joseph Mohr, John Freeman Young)
- Side two
- “Jingle Bells” (James Lord Pierpont)
- Medley:
- “First Snowfall” (Joseph F. “Sonny” Burke, Paul Francis Webster)
- “Let it Snow” (Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne)
- “Carol of the Bells” (Mykola Dmytrovych Leontovych, Peter Wilhousky)
- “Merry Christmas Darling” (Frank Pooler, Richard Carpenter)
- “I’ll Be Home for Christmas” (James Kimble “Kim” Gannon, Buck Ram, Walter Kent)
- “Christ is Born” (Ray Charles, Dominico Bartolucci)
- Medley:
- “Winter Wonderland” (Felix Bernard, Richard B. Smith)
- “Silver Bells” (Jay Livingston, Ray Evans)
- “White Christmas” (Irving Berlin)
- “Ave Maria” (Johann Sebastian Bach, Charles Gounod)
Track listing (1984 CD reissue)
- “It Came Upon a Midnight Clear” – 0:41
- Overture/Medley: “Happy Holiday“/”The First Noel“/”March of the Toys”/”Little Jesus”/”I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus“/”O Little Town of Bethlehem“/”In dulci jubilo“/”Gesù bambino“/”Angels We Have Heard on High” – 8:16
- “An Old-Fashioned Christmas” – 2:11
- “The Christmas Waltz” – 2:12
- “Sleigh Ride” – 2:39
- “It’s Christmas Time”/”Sleep Well, Little Children” – 2:53
- “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” – 3:54
- “Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town” – 1:05
- “The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)” – 3:39
- “Carol of the Bells” – 1:39
- “Merry Christmas Darling” – 3:07
- “Christ Is Born” – 3:13
- “O Holy Night” – 3:10
- “Home for the Holidays” – 2:36
- Medley: “Here Comes Santa Claus“/”Frosty the Snowman“/”Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer“/”Good King Wenceslas” – 3:42
- “Winter Wonderland“/”Silver Bells“/”White Christmas” – 5:28
- “Ave Maria” – 2:34
- Selections from Nutcracker: “Overture Miniature/Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairies/Waltz of the Flowers” – 5:27
- “Little Altar Boy” – 3:43
- “I’ll Be Home for Christmas” – 3:49
- “Silent Night” – 3:20
