A gala Christmas in Vienna / a co-production of Sony Classical and International Music Events ; produced in association with ORF ; a Mario Dradi production.

Format Video (DVD)
Publication Info[New York] : Sony Classical, ©1998.
Description1 videodisc : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Subjects
Songs (High voice) with orchestra.
Choruses (Mixed voices) with orchestra.
Carols.
Christmas music.

Other author/creatorDomingo, Plácido, 1941-
Other author/creatorBrightman, Sarah, 1960-
Other author/creatorCocciante, Riccardo.
Other author/creatorLotti, Helmut.
Other author/creatorMercurio, Steven.
Other author/creatorDradi, Mario.
Other author/creatorWiener Symphoniker.
Other author/creatorGumpoldskirchner Spatzen (Musical group)
Other author/creatorSony Classical (Firm)
Other author/creatorÖsterreichischer 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 noteSpecial features ; chapter access ; interactive menus.
CreditsMusic 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 noteRecorded live at the Rathaus, Vienna, Austria, on December 21, 1997.
Technical detailsDVD; dolby digital 5.1; surround sound.
LanguageSung in English, French, German, Italian, Latin, and Spanish.
ISBN157330137X :
UPC 074646075999
Publisher numberSVD 60759 Sony Classical

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