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Christmas Traditional, Franz Xaver Gruber, Howard Blake, Anonymous, Trevor Horn Hans Zimmer, John Francis Wade, James R. Murray, James (, Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb Maurice Gibb, Placido Jr. [son] Domingo - A Gala Christmas in Vienna

Christmas Traditional, Franz Xaver Gruber, Howard Blake, Anonymous, Trevor Horn Hans Zimmer, John Francis Wade, James R. Murray, James (, Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb Maurice Gibb, Placido Jr. [son] Domingo - A Gala Christmas in Vienna

Band: Christmas Traditional, Franz Xaver Gruber, Howard Blake, Anonymous, Trevor Horn Hans Zimmer, John Francis Wade, James R. Murray, James (, Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb Maurice Gibb, Placido Jr. [son] Domingo Title: A Gala Christmas in Vienna Rating: Release Date: 29 September, 1998 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: Christmas Prologue 2: Deck The Halls 3: The Closing Of The Year 4: Tu scendi dalle stelle 5: Walking In The Air 6: Adeste Fideles 7: Away In A Manger 8: An Old-Fashioned Christmas 9: First Of May 10: Il Re Gesu 11: Froliche Weihnacht 12: Cantemos Rapaces 13: Christmas Is Here Again 14: Child In A Manger 15: Angels From The Realms Of Glory 16: Another Christmas Song 17: Santa Claus Is Coming To Town 18: Happy Christmas (War Is Over) 19: Silent Night 20: First Of May (Studio Version) - (Bonus Track)

Editoral Review 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. 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. 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 .. You can see a complete list of all Christmas Traditional, Franz Xaver Gruber, Howard Blake, Anonymous, Trevor Horn Hans Zimmer, John Francis Wade, James R. Murray, James (, Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb Maurice Gibb, Placido Jr. [son] Domingo discography, or go back to the Christmas Traditional, Franz Xaver Gruber, Howard Blake, Anonymous, Trevor Horn Hans Zimmer, John Francis Wade, James R. Murray, James (, Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb Maurice Gibb, Placido Jr. [son] Domingo tabs