Recording information: Austria Center, Vienna, Austria (12/16/1996).
Merry Christmas from Vienna is a thoroughly entertaining holiday album from Placido Domingo that finds the tenor tackling both classic carols and popular favorites.
| Michael Bolton |
Primary Artist, Vocals, Tenor (Vocal) |
| Plácido Domingo |
Tenor (Vocal) |
| Vienna Symphony Orchestra |
Ensemble |
| Ying Huang |
Vocals, Soprano (Vocal) |
| Steven Mercurio |
Conductor |
| Gumpoldskirch Boys Choir |
Ensemble |
Composer: John Jacob Niles, Franz Schubert, Max Reger, Franz Xaver Gruber,
My Favorite Christmas CD
I have had this CD for several years and it is by far my favorite to listen to during the Christmas season. Michael Bolton's "Joy to the World" towards the end of the CD is beautiful. Some of the songs are familiar but most of them were new to me. It really is a very classy CD and I highly recommend it.
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Works on This Recording
1.
I wonder as I wander by John Jacob Niles
Performer: Placido Domingo (Tenor)
Conductor: Steven Mercurio
Orchestra/Ensemble: Vienna Symphony Orchestra, Gumpoldskirch Boys Choir
Period: 20th Century
Written: USA
Date of Recording: 12/16/1996
Venue: Live Austria Center, Vienna, Austria
Length: 3 Minutes 36 Secs.
Language: English
Notes: Arranged: Christian Kolonovits
2.
Ellens Gesang III, D 839/Op. 52 no 6 "Ave Maria" by Franz Schubert
Performer: Michael Bolton (Tenor), Placido Domingo (Tenor)
Conductor: Steven Mercurio
Orchestra/Ensemble: Vienna Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1825; Vienna, Austria
Date of Recording: 12/16/1996
Venue: Live Austria Center, Vienna, Austria
Length: 4 Minutes 49 Secs.
Language: Latin
Notes: Arranged: Dan Shea
3.
Schlichte Weisen (60), Op. 76: no 52, Maria Wiegenlied by Max Reger
Performer: Huang Ying (Soprano), Placido Domingo (Tenor)
Conductor: Steven Mercurio
Orchestra/Ensemble: Vienna Symphony Orchestra, Gumpoldskirch Boys Choir
Period: Romantic
Written: 1[zasłonięte]903-19; Germany
Date of Recording: 12/16/1996
Venue: Live Austria Center, Vienna, Austria
Length: 3 Minutes 12 Secs.
Language: German
Notes: Arranged: Christian Kolonovits
4.
Silent Night by Franz Xaver Gruber
Performer: Placido Domingo (Tenor), Huang Ying (Soprano), Michael Bolton (Tenor)
Conductor: Steven Mercurio
Orchestra/Ensemble: Vienna Symphony Orchestra, Gumpoldskirch Boys Choir
Period: Classical
Written: 1818; Austria
Date of Recording: 12/16/1996
Venue: Live Austria Center, Vienna, Austria
Length: 5 Minutes 9 Secs.
Notes: Arranger: Christian Kolonovits.
This selection is sung in English, German and Spanish.
5.
Gesu Bambino by Pietro Yon
Performer: Huang Ying (Soprano)
Conductor: Steven Mercurio
Orchestra/Ensemble: Vienna Symphony Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1917; USA
Date of Recording: 12/16/1996
Venue: Live Austria Center, Vienna, Austria
Length: 3 Minutes 43 Secs.
Language: Italian
6.
In the bleak mid-winter by Gustav Holst
Performer: Huang Ying (Soprano), Placido Domingo (Tenor)
Conductor: Steven Mercurio
Orchestra/Ensemble: Vienna Symphony Orchestra, Gumpoldskirch Boys Choir
Period: 20th Century
Written: by 1906; England
Date of Recording: 12/16/1996
Venue: Live Austria Center, Vienna, Austria
Length: 5 Minutes 2 Secs.
Notes: Arranged: Christian Kolonovits
7.
Villancico Yaucano by Amaury Veray
Performer: Placido Domingo (Tenor)
Conductor: Steven Mercurio
Orchestra/Ensemble: Vienna Symphony Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: Puerto Rico
Date of Recording: 12/16/1996
Venue: Live Austria Center, Vienna, Austria
Length: 3 Minutes 22 Secs.
Language: Spanish
Notes: Arranged: Christian Kolonovits
8.
Holiday Inn: White Christmas by Irving Berlin
Performer: Michael Bolton (Tenor), Placido Domingo (Tenor)
Conductor: Steven Mercurio
Orchestra/Ensemble: Vienna Symphony Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1942; USA
Date of Recording: 12/16/1996
Venue: Live Austria Center, Vienna, Austria
Length: 3 Minutes 45 Secs.
Language: English
Notes: Arranged: Johnny Mandel
9.
Aleluya by Carlos Alberto Irigaray
Performer: Michael Bolton (Tenor), Huang Ying (Soprano), Placido Domingo (Tenor)
Conductor: Steven Mercurio
Orchestra/Ensemble: Vienna Symphony Orchestra, Gumpoldskirch Boys Choir
Date of Recording: 12/16/1996
Venue: Live Austria Center, Vienna, Austria
Length: 1 Minutes 25 Secs.
Language: Spanish
Notes: Arranged: Christian Kolonovits
This selection is part of a "Christmas Medley" which also incorporates "Fum, fum, fum," "It's Christmas again," "Corramos, corramos," "Pujdem spolo Betléma," "Dormi, dormi bambin," "The first nowell," "Kling Glöckchen," "Jingle Bells" and "Joy to the World."
10.
Fum, fum, fum by Traditional
Performer: Placido Domingo (Tenor), Michael Bolton (Tenor), Huang Ying (Soprano)
Conductor: Steven Mercurio
Orchestra/Ensemble: Vienna Symphony Orchestra, Gumpoldskirch Boys Choir
Written: Mexico
Date of Recording: 12/16/1996
Venue: Live Austria Center, Vienna, Austria
Length: 1 Minutes 19 Secs.
Language: Spanish
Notes: Arranged: Christian Kolonovits
This selection is part of a "Christmas Medley" which also incorporates
"Aleluya," "It's Christmas again," "Corramos, corramos," "Pujdem spolo Betléma," "Dormi, dormi bambin," "The first nowell," "Kling Glöckchen," "Jingle Bells" and "Joy to the World."
11.
It's Christmas again by Traditional
Performer: Michael Bolton (Tenor), Huang Ying (Soprano), Placido Domingo (Tenor)
Conductor: Steven Mercurio
Orchestra/Ensemble: Vienna Symphony Orchestra, Gumpoldskirch Boys Choir
Written: Sweden
Date of Recording: 12/16/1996
Venue: Live Austria Center, Vienna, Austria
Length: 0 Minutes 55 Secs.
Language: Swedish
Notes: Arranged: Christian Kolonovits
This selection is part of a "Christmas Medley" which also incorporates
"Aleluya," "Fum, fum, fum," "Corramos, corramos," "Pujdem spolo Betléma," "Dormi, dormi bambin," "The first nowell," "Kling Glöckchen," "Jingle Bells" and "Joy to the World."
12.
Corramos, corramos by Traditional
Performer: Michael Bolton (Tenor), Huang Ying (Soprano), Placido Domingo (Tenor)
Conductor: Steven Mercurio
Orchestra/Ensemble: Vienna Symphony Orchestra, Gumpoldskirch Boys Choir
Written: Venezuela
Date of Recording: 12/16/1996
Venue: Live Austria Center, Vienna, Austria
Length: 1 Minutes 29 Secs.
Language: Spanish
Notes: Arranged: Christian Kolonovits
This selection is part of a "Christmas Medley" which also incorporates
"Aleluya," "Fum, fum, fum," "It's Christmas again," "Pujdem spolo Betléma," "Dormi, dormi bambin," "The first nowell," "Kling Glöckchen," "Jingle Bells" and "Joy to the World."
13.
Pujdem spolo Betléma by Traditional
Performer: Michael Bolton (Tenor), Placido Domingo (Tenor), Huang Ying (Soprano)
Conductor: Steven Mercurio
Orchestra/Ensemble: Vienna Symphony Orchestra, Gumpoldskirch Boys Choir
Written: Czech Republic
Date of Recording: 12/16/1996
Venue: Live Austria Center, Vienna, Austria
Length: 1 Minutes 8 Secs.
Language: Czech
Notes: Arranged: Christian Kolonovits
This selection is part of a "Christmas Medley" which also incorporates
"Aleluya," "Fum, fum, fum," "It's Christmas again," "Corramos, corramos,"
"Dormi, dormi bambin," "The first nowell," "Kling Glöckchen," "Jingle Bells" and "Joy to the World."
14.
Dormi, dormi bambin by Traditional
Performer: Placido Domingo (Tenor), Michael Bolton (Tenor), Huang Ying (Soprano)
Conductor: Steven Mercurio
Orchestra/Ensemble: Vienna Symphony Orchestra, Gumpoldskirch Boys Choir
Written: Italy
Date of Recording: 12/16/1996
Venue: Live Austria Center, Vienna, Austria
Length: 1 Minutes 42 Secs.
Language: Italian
Notes: Arranged: Christian Kolonovits
This selection is part of a "Christmas Medley" which also incorporates
"Aleluya," "Fum, fum, fum," "It's Christmas again," "Corramos, corramos,"
"Pujdem spolo Betléma," "The first nowell," "Kling Glöckchen," "Jingle Bells" and "Joy to the World."
15.
The first nowell by Traditional
Performer: Michael Bolton (Tenor), Placido Domingo (Tenor), Huang Ying (Soprano)
Conductor: Steven Mercurio
Orchestra/Ensemble: Vienna Symphony Orchestra, Gumpoldskirch Boys Choir
Written: England
Date of Recording: 12/16/1996
Venue: Live Austria Center, Vienna, Austria
Length: 2 Minutes 2 Secs.
Language: English
Notes: Arranged: Christian Kolonovits
This selection is part of a "Christmas Medley" which also incorporates
"Aleluya," "Fum, fum, fum," "It's Christmas again," "Corramos, corramos,"
"Pujdem spolo Betléma," "Dormi, dormi bambin," "Kling Glöckchen," "Jingle Bells" and "Joy to the World."
16.
Joy to the World by Lowell Mason
Performer: Placido Domingo (Tenor), Michael Bolton (Tenor), Huang Ying (Soprano)
Conductor: Steven Mercurio
Orchestra/Ensemble: Vienna Symphony Orchestra, Gumpoldskirch Boys Choir
Period: Romantic
Written: 19th Century; USA
Date of Recording: 12/16/1996
Venue: Live Austria Center, Vienna, Austria
Length: 3 Minutes 46 Secs.
Language: English
Notes: Arranged: Walter Afanasieff, Mariah Carey and Michael Bolton
This selection is part of a "Christmas Medley" which also incorporates
"Aleluya," "Fum, fum, fum," "It's Christmas again," "Corramos, corramos,"
"Pujdem spolo Betléma," "Dormi, dormi bambin," "The first nowell," "Kling
Glöckchen," and "Jingle Bells."
17.
Children of Christmas by Domingo, Placido, Jr.
Performer: Michael Bolton (Tenor), Placido Domingo (Tenor)
Conductor: Steven Mercurio
Orchestra/Ensemble: Vienna Symphony Orchestra, Gumpoldskirch Boys Choir
Period: 20th Century
Written: Mexico
Date of Recording: 12/16/1996
Venue: Live Austria Center, Vienna, Austria
Length: 3 Minutes 54 Secs.
Language: English
Notes: Arranger: Christian Kolonovits.
18.
Kling Glöckchen, klingeling by Traditional
Performer: Michael Bolton (Tenor), Placido Domingo (Tenor), Huang Ying (Soprano)
Conductor: Steven Mercurio
Orchestra/Ensemble: Vienna Symphony Orchestra, Gumpoldskirch Boys Choir
Date of Recording: 12/16/1996
Venue: Live Austria Center, Vienna, Austria
Length: 1 Minutes 15 Secs.
Language: German
Notes: This selection is part of a "Christmas Medley" which also incorporates
"Aleluya," "Fum, fum, fum," "It's Christmas again," "Corramos, corramos,"
"Pujdem spolo Betléma," "Dormi, dormi bambin," "The first nowell," "Jingle Bells" and "Joy to the World."
Arrangers: Benedikt Widemann; Christian Kolonovits.
19.
Jingle Bells by James Pierpont
Performer: Placido Domingo (Tenor), Michael Bolton (Tenor), Huang Ying (Soprano)
Conductor: Steven Mercurio
Orchestra/Ensemble: Vienna Symphony Orchestra, Gumpoldskirch Boys Choir
Period: Romantic
Written: 1857; USA
Date of Recording: 12/16/1996
Venue: Live Austria Center, Vienna, Austria
Length: 0 Minutes 55 Secs.
Language: English
Notes: Arranged: Christian Kolonovits
This selection is part of a "Christmas Medley" which also incorporates
"Aleluya," "Fum, fum, fum," "It's Christmas again," "Corramos, corramos,"
"Pujdem spolo Betléma," "Dormi, dormi bambin," "The first nowell," "Kling
Glöckchen," and "Joy to the World."
20.
Weihnachten, EHWV 111 by Engelbert Humperdinck
Performer: Placido Domingo (Tenor)
Conductor: Steven Mercurio
Orchestra/Ensemble: Vienna Symphony Orchestra, Gumpoldskirch Boys Choir
Period: Romantic
Written: 1898; Germany
Date of Recording: 12/16/1996
Venue: Live Austria Center, Vienna, Austria
Length: 3 Minutes 31 Secs.
Language: German
Notes: Arranged: Christian Kolonovits
Album Credits
Performance Credits
| Michael Bolton |
Primary Artist, Vocals, Tenor (Vocal) |
| Plácido Domingo |
Tenor (Vocal) |
| Vienna Symphony Orchestra |
Ensemble |
| Ying Huang |
Vocals, Soprano (Vocal) |
| Steven Mercurio |
Conductor |
| Gumpoldskirch Boys Choir |
Ensemble |
Technical Credits
| Gustav Holst |
Composer |
| Max Reger |
Composer |
| Franz Schubert |
Composer |
| John Jacob Niles |
Composer |
| Irving Berlin |
Composer |
| Franz Gruber |
Composer |
| Christian Kolonovits |
Arranger, Composer |
| Dan Shea |
Arranger |
| Isaac Watts |
Text |
| Walter Afanasieff |
Arranger |
| Christina Rossetti |
Text |
| Amaury Veray |
Composer |
| Carlos Alberto Irigaray |
Composer |
| Benedikt Widemann |
Arranger |
Unique and beautiful presentation of Christmas music,
Really enjoyed the combination of the Vienna symphony, boys choir and 3 soloists. The contrasts in styles between Domingo, Bolton and Huang enhanced the presentation and message of the songs and gave a unique, enjoyable experience. The variety of songs from all over the world added to the quality of the program.
