No Description Available No Track Information Available Media Type: CD Artist: PHILADELPHIA BRASS ENSEMBLE Title: FESTIVAL OF CAROLS IN BRASS Street Release Date: 09/29/1986 Domestic Genre: CLASSICAL ARTISTS
No Description Available No Track Information Available Media Type: CD Artist: RUTTER,J. Title: JOHN RUTTER CHRISTMAS ALBUM Street Release Date: 10/03/2006 Domestic Genre: XMAS CLASSICAL INSTRUMENTAL
No Description Available No Track Information Available Media Type: CD Artist: SHAW,ROBERT Title: SONGS OF ANGELS-CHRISTMAS HYMN Street Release Date: 08/29/2006 Domestic Genre: XMAS CLASSICAL VOCAL
No Description Available No Track Information Available Media Type: CD Artist: CHRISTMAS IN VIENNA Title: CHRISTMAS IN VIENNA Street Release Date: 09/11/1997 Domestic Genre: XMAS CLASSICAL VOCAL COLLECTIONS
Resplendent in voice and manner, José Carreras, Placido Domingo, and Luciano Pavarotti deliver 21 songs of traditional sacred music and secular numbers in a remarkable 1999 live recording from the opulent Viennese concert hall (Konzerthaus), with the Vienna Symphony Orchestra and a renowned choir. The Three Tenors are practically as famous as the faces of Mount Rushmore and inspire perhaps even more awe and adulation around the world than the four presidents. The performances--whether alone, in tandem, or simply as the threesome that has made them collectively famous--are generally impeccable for their passion, nuance, and sheer tour de force vocal artistry. Reaching often into the classical realm for such works as the traditional German carol "Susani," Strauss's and Brahms's "Wiegenlied," plus traditional Polish and Spanish pieces, the trio also visits Pavarotti's "Ave Maria, dolce Maria" (cowritten with Vittoriano Benvenuti), and "Un nuevo siglo," written by Domingo's son. Only John Lennon and Yoko Ono's "Happy Christmas/War Is Over" doesn't quite work in this grand setting. --Martin Keller
