Other author/creator | Domingo, Plácido, 1941- |
Other author/creator | Brightman, Sarah, 1960- |
Other author/creator | Cocciante, Riccardo. |
Other author/creator | Lotti, Helmut. |
Other author/creator | Mercurio, Steven. |
Other author/creator | Dradi, Mario. |
Other author/creator | Wiener Symphoniker. |
Other author/creator | Gumpoldskirchner Spatzen (Musical group) |
Other author/creator | Sony Classical (Firm) |
Other author/creator | Österreichischer Rundfunk. |
Contents |
Christmas prologue -- Deck the halls / Traditional Welsh (Domingo) -- The closing of the year / Trevor Horn ; Hans Zimmer (Brightman ; Domingo) -- Tu scendi dalle stelle / Traditional Italian (Cocciante) -- Walking in the air / Howard Blake (Domingo ; Cocciante) -- Adeste Fideles / Traditional ; music attributed to J.F. Wade (Lotti) -- Away in a manager / Traditional German ; James Murray (Domingo ; Lotti) -- An old-fashioned Christmas / Sammy Cahn ; Jimmy Van Heusen (Domingo) -- First of May / Robbin [ie. Robin] Gibb ; Maurice Gibb ; Barry Gibb ; arr. by Paul Bateman (Brightman) -- Il re Gesú / Plácido Domingo, Jr. (Domingo ; Cocciante) -- Christmas medley. Fröhliche Weihnacht / Traditional German ; Cantemos rapaces / Traditional Spanish ; Christmas is here again / Roger Whittaker ; Child in a manger / Traditional Welsh ; Angels from the realms of glory / Traditional French ; Another Christmas song / Ian Anderson ; Santa Claus is coming to town / J. Fred Coots ; Happy Christmas (War is over) / John Lennon ; Yoko Ono ; Stille Nacht / Franz Xaver Gruber. |
Abstract |
Vocalists Plácido Domingo, Sarah Brightman, Helmut Lotti, and Riccardo Cocciante join conductor Steven Mercurio and the Vienna Symphony Orchestra in Vienna for a live performance featuring Christmas carols and music from around the world. |
General note | Special features ; chapter access ; interactive menus. |
Credits | Music arranger and adapter, Christian Kilonovits ; television and video director, Humphrey Burton ; producer (video), Michael Heinzl ; videotape editor, Herbert Roseneder ; photography, Simon Fowler ; audio producer, Frank Peterson ; art director and designer, Roxanne Slimak. |
Performer |
Plácido Domingo, tenor ; Sarah Brightman, soprano ; Riccardo Cocciante, tenor ; Helmut Lotti, tenor ; Gumpoldskirchner Spatzen ; Elisabeth Ziegler, chorus master ; Wiener Symphoniker ; Steven Mercurio, conductor. |
Date/time/place of a event note | Recorded live at the Rathaus, Vienna, Austria, on December 21, 1997. |
Technical details | DVD; dolby digital 5.1; surround sound. |
Language | Sung in English, French, German, Italian, Latin, and Spanish. |
ISBN | 157330137X : |
UPC |
074646075999 |
Publisher number | SVD 60759 Sony Classical |