A Gala Christmas in Vienna - 1115

Product description This year's edition of Placido Domingo's annual musical holiday concerts includes traditional international favorites as well as "Walking in the Air" from The Snowman, "Happy Christmas (War is Over)" by John Lennon and "First of May" by the Gibb brothers. No Track Information Available Media Type: CD Artist: DOMINGO/BRIGHTMAN/LOTTI/COCCIA Title: GALA CHRISTMAS IN VIENNA Street Release Date: 09/29/1998 Domestic Genre: XMAS CLASSICAL VOCAL Amazon.com You don't hear many live Christmas records, but then it's seldom you get as many operatic powerhouses under one Austrian town-hall roof with a full orchestra and large children's choir. Placido Domingo (who dominates the proceedings with his commanding tenor), Britain's own Sarah Brightman, Belgian Helmut Lotti, and Italy's Richard Cocciante raise the roof on this international gala recording from 1997 under the skilled baton of Steven Mercurio and choir master Elizabeth Ziegler. Chief among the performances during this black-tie event are the Domingo-Cocciante duet of "Walking in the Air," Brightman's chilling "First of May," (the Bee Gees song) and a strange medley of European-American songs, traditional and pop, ranging from Roger Whittaker and John Lennon and Yoko Ono to Jethro Tull's Ian Anderson and a handful of traditional Welsh, German, and Spanish works, plus that Yank standard "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town." For button-down audiences only who still can appreciate pop songs in expanded and exploded arrangements. --Martin Keller Review As long as gorgeous-voiced stars like Placido Domingo and Sarah Brightman stick to traditional fare like "Deck the Halls" and European carols, all is bright. -- Entertainment Weekly
ASIN: B00000C28T
VSKU: GGV.B00000C28T.LN
Condition: Like New
Author/Artist:Placido Domingo|Sarah Brightman|Helmut Lotti|Riccardo Cocciante|Steven Mercurio
Binding: Audio cd