“If you don't get a chill up your spine from the very first cut on this CD, forget it,” exclaims Craig Bickhardt, well-known songwriter and producer. “When Sylvia hit the high note at the end of 'O Holy Night,' to paraphrase Robert Frost - I knew I had taken an immortal wound.” After six albums on RCA Records, two compilations on Renaissance and BMG Records and three records on the independent label Red Pony Records, Sylvia's musical horizons are expanding with the release of her first Christmas CD. "A Cradle In Bethlehem," on Red Pony Records, is the latest offering of Sylvia's 12-year collaboration with arranger and composer John Mock. The album opens with "Guided By A Star," Mock's prelude for the 12th century piece "O Come, O Come Emmanuel." Linda Thompson and David Foster's "My Grown-Up Christmas List" reminds us of the hope we can find in the innocence of our youth. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's classic poem "Christmas Bells" comes t...