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Millions will rejoice this holiday season with the much-anticipated release of Andrea Bocelli's My Christmas. The first-ever Christmas recording from Andrea is a heart-warming collection of seasonal favorites produced by the legendary David Foster. The lush, beautiful arrangements alongside Bocelli's unmistakable soaring vocals make this a must-have holiday recording. Highlights include "White Christmas," "Oh Holy Night," "Santa Claus is Coming to Town," "Jingle Bells," "Silent Night," "The Christmas Song," and "What Child Is This" among others. My Christmas will also be a major component of a PBS Great Performances special to air on Public Television this December, featuring Andrea and David Foster with additional special guests.
This is the Deluxe Edition that features the standard CD and a bonus DVD! The DVD contains highlights from a new concert featuring Andrea Bocelli, David Foster and special guests recorded live at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles this past September. Special guests include performances with Reba, Mary J. Blige and Natalie Cole.
Millions will rejoice this holiday season with the much-anticipated release of Andrea Bocelli's, My Christmas DVD. The first-ever live Christmas recording from Andrea is a heart-warming collection of songs destined to become a holiday classic for years to come. Produced by the legendary Grammy®-Award winner David Foster, the DVD features the singer's unmistakable soaring vocals, alongside duets with special guests.
Since they first joined voices in 1998, The Irish Tenors have made countless traditional treasures breathe with new life. Moreover, they've proven themselves gifted interpreters of a wide range of material, with such songs as "My Heart Will Go On" (made famous by Celine Dion), "Fairytale Of New York" (previously recorded by Kirsty MacColl and The Pogues) and even Jimmy Kennedy's "South Of The Border (Down Mexico Way)." These songs live comfortably in their repertoire alongside "Danny Boy," "My Wild Irish Rose" and "Fields Of Athenry." The Irish Tenors Christmas, features such Holiday classics as "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing," "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town," Silent Night" and a few medleys including "Rockin' Round the Christmas Tree/Jingle Bell Rock." The Irish Tenors powerful vocal line-up of Finbar Wright, Anthony Kearns and Karl Scully,all classically trained singers, each having performed in leading concert halls across the world, combine to produce a sound and concert experience which touches hearts and stirs the emotions. Happy songs of celebration and humor, mixed with touching melodies and songs that warm the heart.
As the song goes, "Merry Christmas" has already "been said many times, many ways." Diana Krall's Christmas Songs is a worthy--though not particularly unique--addition to the holiday catalog. On it, she excels with an approach mastered long ago: elegant delivery that gives extra polish to a very familiar lineup. Some might find her style frosty at times, but that will come as a relief to those who want their carolers to cut through some of the holiday treacle and create a festive, yet grown-up vibe. And Krall does show off her playful side with little, personal touches. In "Winter Wonderland" she promises to "frolic and play the Canadian way," which should draw smiles from her native land. (That'll mean toasting the holiday with Molson, eh?) Elsewhere, she ends "Jingle Bells" with the girlishly giddy statement, "I'm just crazy about horses." Well…can't argue with that. --Leah Weathersby
The Christmas Collection
publisher: Sony
ASIN: B000B5QWLU
sales rank: 67
price: $5.75 (new), $3.29 (used)
Japanese pressing includes Christmas card/poster with first pressing only. BMG. 2006.
The Three Tenors Christmas
publisher: Sony
ASIN: B00004YB9Y
sales rank: 1322
price: $6.25 (new), $2.23 (used)
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
This volume of contemporary Christmas favorites is performed in a unique fashion using exciting electronic rhythms complemented by cool solos on the hottest horns!
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