- Fanfare
- I Wonder As I Wander (John Jacob Niles) Sung by
PlacidoDomingo
- Ave Maria (Franz Schubert) Sung by Placido Domingo
& Michael Bolton
- Maria Wiegenlied, Op. 76, No. 52 (Max Reger, text:
Martin Boelitz) Sung by Placido Domingo & Ying Huang
- Silent Night (Franz Xaver Gruber) Sung by Michael
Bolton
- Weihnachten (Engelbert Humperdinck, text: Adelheid
Wette) Sung by Placido Domingo
- Children of Christmas (Placido Domingo, Jr., text:
Samantha Domingo) Sung by Placido Domingo & Michael Bolton
- Gesu Bambino (Pietro A. Yon) Sung by Ying Huang
- In The Bleak Midwinter (Gustav Holst, text: Christina
Rossetti) Sung by Ying Huang & Placido Domingo
- Villancico Yaucano (Amaury Veray) Sung by Placido
Domingo
- White Christmas (Irving Berlin) Sung by Michael
Bolton & Placido Domingo
Christmas Medley Sung by Placido Domingo, Ying Huang
& Michael Bolton
- Aleluya (Carlos Alberto Irigaray)
- Fum, Fum, Fum (Traditional Catalan)
- Nu ar det jul igen (Traditional Swedish)
- Corramos, corramos Traditional Venezuelan)
- Pujdem spolu do betlema (Trad. Czechoslovakian)
- Dormi, dormi (Tradional Italian)
- The First Nowell (Traditional English)
- King Glockchen (B. Widemann, text: Karl Enslin)
- Jingle Bells (James Pierpoint)
- Joy To The World (G. F. Handel, text: Isaac Watts)
22. Still Nacht/Noche de paz/Silent Night (Franz
Xaver Gruber) Sung by Placido Domingo, Ying Huang & Michael Bolton
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"After more than a decade at the pinnacle of pop and R&B
music around the world - through a sucession of multi-platinum albums, top-10 hit songs
and sold-out concerts- singer and songwriter Michael Bolton, a two-time Grammy winner,
would seem to be beyond surprises. Yet this edition of Merry Christmas from Vienna finds
him in a different role, exploring what is for him a new musical frontier.
For Bolton, a singer who has collaborated so memorably with B.B.
King, Ray Charles and Percy Sledge, Placido Domingo is perhaps and unexpected partner.
Like Domingo, Michael Bolton has a restless curiosity about the world of music that lies
beyond his triumphs. He brings to classical and traditional Christmas music just what he
has brought to pop - an unforgettable voice and an abiding passion. The result is what
Bolton himself has described as 'expanding your range of musical expression while
surprising your audience and expanding the boundaries of their expectations.'
That kind of wonderful surprise is the inspiration for Merry
Christmas from Vienna. The enduringly simple gift of music dazzles in this festive and
glamorous setting, through voices that touch us in different ways. It is perhaps a
recently established tradition, but it celebrates an old and indestructible message: Peace
on earth and good will to all people." (David Foil) |
