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The bar often isn't set very high when assessing the quality of holiday music releases; they are often a kind of placemarker for artists in between bigger, better albums. So it seems a bit unfair to pick at the edges of this album, pointing out that Tony Bennett's voice has seen better days, or that it lurches from the unadorned bell-like little girl voice of Charlotte Church to the baroque ornamentation of Placido Domingo, or that when the singers sing with each other they are often stylistically mismatched. All of these things are true, but in the holiday spirit they can be ignored in favor of just about anything Vanessa Williams touches on the album, Bennett's sweet version of "Have Yourself a Merry Christmas," Charlotte Church's "Silent Night," and Placido Domingo's dramatic "Hijo de Dios." All of these are distinctive enough to rescue the album as a whole and make it a pleasant holiday treat.

5. Winter Wonderland (Voice)

by Plácido Domingo

Primary Artist: Plácido Domingo; Main Performer
Performer: Vienna Symphony Orchestra
Plácido Domingo
Vienna Symphony; Performer
Vocals: Tony Bennett
Vanessa Williams; Performer
Orchestra: Wiener Symphoniker; Ensemble
Composer: Felix Bernard; Composer
Lyricist: Richard B. Smith; Composer
Conductor: Steven Mercurio; Conductor
Executive Producer: Laraine Perri; Production
Producer: Grace Row
Jorge Calandrelli; Production

2. O Holy Night (Voice)

by Plácido Domingo

Primary Artist: Plácido Domingo; Main Performer
Performer: Vienna Symphony Orchestra
Plácido Domingo
Vienna Symphony; Performer
Vocals: Plácido Domingo
Charlotte Church; Performer
Composer: Adolphe Adam; Composer
Lyricist: Placide Cappeau; Composer
Conductor: Steven Mercurio; Conductor
Executive Producer: Laraine Perri; Production
Producer: Grace Row
Jorge Calandrelli; Production
Translation: John S. Dwight; Production

18. Angels We Have Heard On High

by Plácido Domingo, Tony Bennett, Vanessa Williams

Primary Artist: Plácido Domingo
Tony Bennett
Vanessa Williams; Main Performer
Performer: Vienna Symphony Orchestra
Gumpoldskirchner Spatzen
Placido Domingo
Vienna Symphony; Performer
Vocals: Vanessa Williams
Plácido Domingo
Tony Bennett; Performer
Choir/chorus: Gumpoldskirchner Spatzen; Ensemble
Orchestra: Wiener Symphoniker; Ensemble
Arranger: Jorge Calandrelli; Composer
Composer: Traditional; Composer
Conductor: Steven Mercurio; Conductor
Adaptation: Jorge Calandrelli; Production
Executive Producer: Laraine Perri; Production
Producer: Jorge Calandrelli
Grace Row; Production

12. Somewhere In My Memory (Voice)

by Steven Mercurio, Plácido Domingo, Vienna Symphony Orchestra, Gumpoldskirchner Spatzen

Primary Artist: Gumpoldskirchner Spatzen
Plácido Domingo
Steven Mercurio
Wiener Symphoniker; Main Performer
Performer: Plácido Domingo
Gumpoldskirchner Spatzen
Steven Mercurio
Vienna Symphony Orchestra
Vienna Symphony; Performer
Choir/chorus: Gumpoldskirchner Spatzen; Ensemble
Orchestra: Wiener Symphoniker; Ensemble
Composer: John Williams
Leslie Bricusse
J. Williams (b.1932); Composer
Lyricist: Leslie Bricusse
J. Williams (b.1932); Composer
Conductor: Steven Mercurio; Conductor
Executive Producer: Laraine Perri; Production
Producer: Jorge Calandrelli
Grace Row; Production

6. Silent Night (Voice)

by Plácido Domingo

Primary Artist: Plácido Domingo; Main Performer
Performer: Plácido Domingo
Gumpoldskirchner Spatzen
Vienna Symphony Orchestra
Vienna Symphony; Performer
Vocals: Charlotte Church; Performer
Choir/chorus: Gumpoldskirchner Spatzen Children's Choir; Ensemble
Composer: Franz Xaver Gruber
Franz Xavier Gruber (1787-1863); Composer
Lyricist: Joseph Mohr
Josef Mohr (1792-1849); Composer
Conductor: Steven Mercurio; Conductor
Executive Producer: Laraine Perri; Production
Producer: Grace Row
Jorge Calandrelli; Production

4. Jésus De Nazareth (Voice)

by Plácido Domingo

Performer: Gumpoldskirchner Spatzen
Plácido Domingo
Vienna Symphony Orchestra
Vienna Symphony; Performer
Primary Artist: Plácido Domingo; Main Performer
Vocals: Plácido Domingo; Performer
Choir/chorus: Gumpoldskirchner Spatzen Children's Choir; Ensemble
Arranger: Jorge Calandrelli; Composer
Composer: Charles Gounod; Composer
Lyricist: A. Porte
Patrice Guriao; Composer
Conductor: Steven Mercurio; Conductor
Executive Producer: Laraine Perri; Production
Producer: Grace Row
Jorge Calandrelli; Production

3. Do You Hear What I Hear? (Voice)

by Plácido Domingo

Performer: Gumpoldskirchner Spatzen
Plácido Domingo
Vienna Symphony Orchestra
Vienna Symphony; Performer
Primary Artist: Plácido Domingo; Main Performer
Piano: Alan Pasqua; Performer
Vocals: Vanessa Williams; Performer
Choir/chorus: Gumpoldskirchner Spatzen Children's Choir; Ensemble
Composer: Gloria Shayne Baker
Gloria Shayne; Composer
Lyricist: Nel Regney; Composer
Conductor: Steven Mercurio; Conductor
Executive Producer: Laraine Perri; Production
Producer: Grace Row
Jorge Calandrelli; Production

9. Hacia Belén va un burro (Voice)

by Plácido Domingo

Primary Artist: Plácido Domingo; Main Performer
Performer: Gumpoldskirchner Spatzen
Plácido Domingo
Vienna Symphony Orchestra
Vienna Symphony; Performer
Vocals: Plácido Domingo; Performer
Choir/chorus: Gumpoldskirchner Spatzen; Ensemble
Orchestra: Wiener Symphoniker; Ensemble
Arranger: Jorge Calandrelli; Composer
Composer: Traditional; Composer
Conductor: Steven Mercurio; Conductor
Adaptation: Jorge Calandrelli; Production
Executive Producer: Laraine Perri; Production
Producer: Grace Row
Jorge Calandrelli; Production

17. Joy To The World (Voice)

by Plácido Domingo

Primary Artist: Plácido Domingo; Main Performer
Performer: Vienna Symphony Orchestra
Plácido Domingo
Vanessa Williams
Vienna Symphony; Performer
Vocals: Tony Bennett; Performer
Choir/chorus: Gumpoldskirchner Spatzen; Ensemble
Orchestra: Wiener Symphoniker; Ensemble
Arranger: Jorge Calandrelli; Composer
Composer: Georg Friedrich Händel
George Frideric Handel; Composer
Lyricist: Isaac Watts
Isaac Watts (1674-1748); Composer
Conductor: Steven Mercurio; Conductor
Executive Producer: Laraine Perri; Production
Producer: Grace Row
Jorge Calandrelli; Production

15. Hijo De Dios (Voice)

by Plácido Domingo

Primary Artist: Plácido Domingo; Main Performer
Performer: Gumpoldskirchner Spatzen
Plácido Domingo
Vienna Symphony Orchestra
Vienna Symphony; Performer
Piano: Alan Pasqua; Performer
Vocals: Plácido Domingo; Performer
Choir/chorus: Gumpoldskirchner Spatzen; Ensemble
Orchestra: Wiener Symphoniker; Ensemble
Composer: Plácido Domingo; Composer
Conductor: Steven Mercurio; Conductor
Executive Producer: Laraine Perri; Production
Producer: Jorge Calandrelli
Grace Row; Production
Jr.: Placido Domingo; Other

13. I Saw Three Ships (Voice)

by Plácido Domingo

Primary Artist: Plácido Domingo; Main Performer
Performer: Plácido Domingo
Gumpoldskirchner Spatzen
Vienna Symphony Orchestra
Vienna Symphony; Performer
Vocals: Vanessa Williams
Plácido Domingo; Performer
Choir/chorus: Gumpoldskirchner Spatzen; Ensemble
Orchestra: Wiener Symphoniker; Ensemble
Arranger: Jorge Calandrelli; Composer
Composer: Traditional; Composer
Conductor: Steven Mercurio; Conductor
Adaptation: Jorge Calandrelli; Production
Executive Producer: Laraine Perri; Production
Producer: Jorge Calandrelli
Grace Row; Production

20. One More Year (Voice)

by Plácido Domingo

Primary Artist: Plácido Domingo; Main Performer
Performer: Gumpoldskirchner Spatzen
Plácido Domingo
Vienna Symphony Orchestra
Vienna Symphony; Performer
Piano: Alan Pasqua; Performer
Vocals: Vanessa Williams
Plácido Domingo; Performer
Choir/chorus: Gumpoldskirchner Spatzen; Ensemble
Orchestra: Wiener Symphoniker; Ensemble
Composer: Jorge Calandrelli; Composer
Lyricist: Richard Sparks; Composer
Conductor: Steven Mercurio; Conductor
Executive Producer: Laraine Perri; Production
Producer: Grace Row
Jorge Calandrelli; Production

11. The First Noel (Voice)

by Tony Bennett, Plácido Domingo

Primary Artist: Plácido Domingo
Tony Bennett; Main Performer
Performer: Plácido Domingo
Vienna Symphony Orchestra
Tony Bennett
Gumpoldskirchner Spatzen
Vienna Symphony; Performer
Vocals: Plácido Domingo
Tony Bennett; Performer
Choir/chorus: Gumpoldskirchner Spatzen; Ensemble
Orchestra: Wiener Symphoniker; Ensemble
Arranger: Jorge Calandrelli; Composer
Composer: Traditional; Composer
Conductor: Steven Mercurio; Conductor
Adaptation: Jorge Calandrelli; Production
Executive Producer: Laraine Perri; Production
Producer: Jorge Calandrelli
Grace Row; Production

7. My Favorite Things (Voice)

by Plácido Domingo

Primary Artist: Plácido Domingo; Main Performer
Performer: Vienna Symphony Orchestra
Plácido Domingo
Vienna Symphony; Performer
Vocals: Vanessa Williams
Tony Bennett
Plácido Domingo; Performer
Orchestra: Wiener Symphoniker; Ensemble
Composer: Richard Rodgers
Oscar Hammerstein Ii; Composer
Lyricist: Oscar Hammerstein Ii; Composer
Conductor: Steven Mercurio; Conductor
Executive Producer: Laraine Perri; Production
Producer: Grace Row
Jorge Calandrelli; Production

8. White Christmas (Voice)

by Plácido Domingo

Primary Artist: Plácido Domingo; Main Performer
Performer: Vienna Symphony Orchestra
Plácido Domingo
Vienna Symphony; Performer
Vocals: Tony Bennett
Vanessa Williams; Performer
Orchestra: Wiener Symphoniker; Ensemble
Composer: Irving Berlin
Irving Berlin (d. 1989); Composer
Lyricist: Irving Berlin; Composer
Conductor: Steven Mercurio; Conductor
Executive Producer: Laraine Perri; Production
Producer: Grace Row
Jorge Calandrelli; Production

1. The Christmas Song (Voice)

by Plácido Domingo

Primary Artist: Plácido Domingo; Main Performer
Performer: Vienna Symphony Orchestra
Plácido Domingo
Vienna Symphony; Performer
Vocals: Tony Bennett; Performer
Composer: Mel Tormé
Robert Wells; Composer
Conductor: Steven Mercurio; Conductor
Executive Producer: Laraine Perri; Production
Producer: Grace Row
Jorge Calandrelli; Production

19. Silent Night

by Tony Bennett, Plácido Domingo, Vanessa Williams, Charlotte Church

Primary Artist: Charlotte Church
Plácido Domingo
Tony Bennett
Vanessa Williams; Main Performer
Performer: Gumpoldskirchner Spatzen
Wiener Symphoniker
Placido Domingo
Vienna Symphony; Performer
Piano: Alan Pasqua; Performer
Vocals: Vanessa Williams
Plácido Domingo
Tony Bennett
Charlotte Church; Performer
Choir/chorus: Gumpoldskirchner Spatzen Children's Choir; Ensemble
Arranger: Jorge Calandrelli; Composer
Composer: Franz Xaver Gruber
Franz Xavier Gruber (1787-1863); Composer
Lyricist: Joseph Mohr
Josef Mohr (1792-1849); Composer
Conductor: Steven Mercurio; Conductor
Executive Producer: Laraine Perri; Production
Producer: Jorge Calandrelli
Grace Row; Production

16. I'll Be Home For Christmas (Voice)

by Plácido Domingo

Performer: Vienna Symphony Orchestra
Plácido Domingo
Vienna Symphony; Performer
Primary Artist: Plácido Domingo; Main Performer
Piano: Alan Pasqua; Performer
Vocals: Plácido Domingo
Tony Bennett; Performer
Orchestra: Wiener Symphoniker; Ensemble
Composer: Walter Kent
Buck Ram
Kim Gannon; Composer
Lyricist: Kim Gannon; Composer
Conductor: Steven Mercurio; Conductor
Executive Producer: Laraine Perri; Production
Producer: Grace Row
Jorge Calandrelli; Production

10. Through The Eyes Of A Child (Voice)

by Plácido Domingo

Primary Artist: Plácido Domingo; Main Performer
Performer: Gumpoldskirchner Spatzen
Plácido Domingo
Vienna Symphony Orchestra
Vienna Symphony; Performer
Piano: Alan Pasqua; Performer
Vocals: Vanessa Williams; Performer
Choir/chorus: Gumpoldskirchner Spatzen; Ensemble
Orchestra: Wiener Symphoniker; Ensemble
Composer: Jorge Calandrelli; Composer
Lyricist: Alan Bergman
Marilyn Bergman; Composer
Conductor: Steven Mercurio; Conductor
Executive Producer: Laraine Perri; Production
Producer: Grace Row
Jorge Calandrelli; Production

14. Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas (Voice)

by Plácido Domingo

Primary Artist: Plácido Domingo; Main Performer
Performer: Vienna Symphony Orchestra
Plácido Domingo
Vienna Symphony; Performer
Vocals: Tony Bennett; Performer
Orchestra: Wiener Symphoniker; Ensemble
Composer: Hugh Martin
Ralph Blane
Hugh Martin (b.1914); Composer
Lyricist: Ralph Blane; Composer
Conductor: Steven Mercurio; Conductor
Executive Producer: Laraine Perri; Production
Producer: Grace Row
Jorge Calandrelli; Production

Technical Specifications

Volume

1 volume only

Tracks

20 tracks available

Type

LIVE

Format

Digital Media

Duration

57 minutes and 10 seconds

Explicit

None

Coverart

Available and up to 600x600 px

Booklet

Not available

Max Quality

CD Quality (Lossless)

16bit / 44.1 kHz

Stereo

Audio Extension

Lossless: FLAC, M4A, WAV, WV, AIFF

Lossy: AAC, MP3, M4A, MP4, OGA, OGG, OPUS, WMA

Archive Format

Available in these formats: ZIP, TAR, RAR

Lyrics

13/20 tracks have lyrics

Synchronized Lyrics

2/20 tracks have synced lyrics

Genres

Classical, Holiday, Vocal, Vocal Pop, Christmas, Jazz, Vocal Jazz, Opera, Classical Crossover, Traditional Pop, Holiday Music

Label

Sony Classical

Music Distribution Service

Sony

Country

United States

Language

English (United States)
Spanish (Spain)
German (Germany)

Popularity

Release Date

Oct 15, 2001

Track Preview

Available

Delivery Charge

Free

Delivery Method

Digital download link via Email or Personal Dashboard on this site

UPC

696998946828