Released 1994 Length 52:51 minutes Duration 51 minutes 0 seconds | Recorded December 21, 1993 Release date 1994 Label Sony Classical Records | |
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Christmas in Vienna II is a 1994 album released by Dionne Warwick and Spanish tenor Plácido Domingo for the Sony Classical label. This album was taken from Domingo's second televised Christmas in Vienna concert from 1993.
Contents
In the US this album is known as Celebration in Vienna. The first volume in this collection of seasonal works featured Plácido Domingo and José Carreras with megastar Diana Ross. That album topped the U.S. Classical charts, as well as, hit the top of the European and Pan Asian charts. Pavarotti and Friends series was the inspiration for this series.Though the other 5 volumes did well internationally, Christmas in Vienna with Diana Ross, Plácido Domingo and José Carreras remains the crowning achievement.
The album was recorded live on December 21, 1993 at Hofburg Palace, Vienna with the Vienna Symphony Orchestra and the Mozart Sängerknaben (Mozart Boys' Choir) under the direction of maestro Vjekoslav Šutej.
Track listing
- "Smile" – Plácido Domingo, Dionne Warwick
- "Hear My Song" – Plácido Domingo (Orchestration by Juan J. Colomer)
- "O Holy Night" – Dionne Warwick
- "Golondrinas" – Plácido Domingo
- "Over the Rainbow" – Plácido Domingo, Dionne Warwick
- "What the World Needs Now Is Love" – Dionne Warwick
- "Ultima Canzone" – Plácido Domingo
- "As Time Goes By" – Dionne Warwick
- "Die Musik" – Plácido Domingo
- "Ave Maria" – Plácido Domingo, Dionne Warwick
- Medley: "Mary's Boy Child"/"God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen"/"Once Again, I" – Plácido Domingo, Dionne Warwick
- "Stille Nacht" (Silent Night) – Plácido Domingo, Dionne Warwick
Songs
1Dionne Warwick & Placido Domingo Smile4:50
2Hear My Song3:17
3O Holy Night4:29