''Christmas in Vienna VI'' (also known as ''Christmastime in Vienna'') is the seventh album in a series of

Christmas Christmas is an annual festival commemorating Nativity of Jesus, the birth of Jesus Christ, observed primarily on December 25 as a Religion, religious and Culture, cultural celebration among billions of people Observance of Christmas by coun ...

concerts recorded in

Vienna Vienna ( ; ; ) is the capital city, capital, List of largest cities in Austria, most populous city, and one of Federal states of Austria, nine federal states of Austria. It is Austria's primate city, with just over two million inhabitants. ...

with Spanish tenor

Plácido Domingo José Plácido Domingo Embil (born 21 January 1941) is a Spanish opera singer, conductor, and arts administrator. He has recorded over a hundred complete operas and is well known for his versatility, regularly performing in Italian, French, ...

. The concert that the recording comes from was the seventh Christmas in Vienna show that Domingo held since 1992, and the sixth concert recording to be released by Sony Classical. (The Erato label released the fourth Christmas in Vienna concert from 1995 that Domingo held with

José Carreras Josep Maria Carreras Coll (; born 5 December 1946), better known as José Carreras (, ), is a Catalan operatic tenor from Spain who is particularly known for his performances in the operas of Donizetti, Verdi and Puccini. Born in Barcelona, ...

and

Natalie Cole Natalie Maria Cole (February 6, 1950 – December 31, 2015) was an American singer, songwriter, and actress. She was the daughter of singer and jazz pianist Nat King Cole. She rose to prominence in the mid-1970s, with the release of her debut ...

.) Recorded in December 1998, it also includes the French singer Patricia Kaas and the Mexican singer

Alejandro Fernández Alejandro Fernández Abarca (; born 24 April 1971) is a Mexican singer. Born in Guadalajara, Jalisco, he is the son of the Mexican singer Vicente Fernández. Nicknamed as " El Potrillo" by the media and his fans, he has sold over 20 million rec ...

with the Vienna Symphony Orchestra directed by Steven Mercurio. The album was released in September 1999.

Track listing

# "Announcing Christmas" (Christian Kolonovits) - 2:48 # "Y nos vamos pa' Belén" ( José María Cano) - 3:02 # "Leise rieselt der Schnee" (Eduard Ebel) - 3:00 # "Canción de cuna (para Jesús)" (Samantha Domingo, Plácido Domingo Jr.) Orchestration by Juan J. Colomer- 3:04 # "Merry Christmas, Baby" (Steven Krikorian, John Keller) - 4:11 # "El niño del tambor" ( Katherine K. Davis) - 4:26 # " It Came Upon the Midnight Clear" ( Richard Willis, Edmund Sears) - 2:34 # "Here Is Christmas" ( Nancy Wilson, Ann Wilson, Richie Zito) - 4:26 # "Amours Eternels ( Midnight in Moscow)" (Vassilji Solovjev-Sedoj, Philippe Bergman) - 4:23 # "Blanca Navidad" (

Irving Berlin Irving Berlin (born Israel Isidore Beilin; May 11, 1888 – September 22, 1989) was a Russian-born American composer and songwriter. His music forms a large part of the Great American Songbook. Berlin received numerous honors including an Acade ...

) - 3:22 # "Por el Valle de Rosas" ( Miguel Bernal Jiménez) - 2:48 Christmas Medley: * 12. " Ihr Kinderlein kommet" (Christoph Von Schmidt,

Johann Abraham Peter Schulz Johann Abraham Peter Schulz (31 March 1747 – 10 June 1800) was a German musician. He is best known as the composer of the melody for Matthias Claudius's poems " Der Mond ist aufgegangen" and " Wir pflügen und wir streuen", and the Christmas c ...

) - 1:53 * 13. "

Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" is a song written in 1943 by Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane and introduced by Judy Garland in the 1944 MGM musical '' Meet Me in St. Louis''. Frank Sinatra later recorded a version with modified lyrics. ...

" (

Hugh Martin Hugh Martin (August 11, 1914 – March 11, 2011) was an American musical theater and film composer, arranger, vocal coach, and playwright. He was best known for his score for the 1944 MGM musical '' Meet Me in St. Louis'', in which Judy Garla ...

Ralph Blane Ralph Blane (July 26, 1914 – November 13, 1995) was an American composer, lyricist, and performer. Life and career Blane was born Ralph Uriah Hunsecker in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. He attended Tulsa Central High School. He studied singing wit ...

) - 2:48 * 14. "Jeg er saa glad hver julekveld" (Traditional) - 1:10 * 15. "Buenos reyes" (Traditional) - 2:15 * 16. "Christmas Must Be Tonight" (

Robbie Robertson Jaime Royal Robertson (July 5, 1943 – August 9, 2023) was a Canadian musician of Indigenous and Jewish ancestry. He was the lead guitarist for Bob Dylan's backing band in the mid-late 1960s and early-mid 1970s. Robertson was also the ...

) - 2:38 * 17. "Hay que sembrar en Navidad" (

Manuel Alejandro Manuel Álvarez-Beigbeder Pérez (born 21 February 1932), better known as Manuel Alejandro, is a Spanish composer of Latin love songs, which are better known as ''ballads''. He has written, composed, and arranged songs for the likes of Luis Migu ...

) - 4:18 * 18. "Il est né le divin enfant" (Traditional) - 1:15 * 19. "

Mary's Boy Child "Mary's Boy Child", also known as "Mary's Little Boy Child", is a 1956 Christmas song written by Jester Hairston. It is widely performed as a Christmas carol. History The song had its genesis when Hairston was sharing a room with a friend. The fr ...

" (

Jester Hairston Jester Joseph Hairston (July 9, 1901 – January 18, 2000) was an American composer, songwriter, arranger, choral conductor and actor. He was regarded as a leading expert on black spirituals and choral music. His notable compositions include " A ...

) - 2:40 * 20. " Ding, Dong Merrily on High" ( George Ratcliffe Woodward) - 2:13

" Encore: Silent Night" ( Franz Gruber) - 5:01

Personnel

* José María Cano – Arranger * Juan Colomer – Arranger *Jacques Dessange – Hair Stylist * Steven Epstein – Audio Production *

– Performer *Ellen Fitton – Editing Engineer *David Foil – Liner Notes *Andy Granger – Recording Technician * Patricia Kaas – Performer *Janush Kawa – Photography *Stephane Kijek – Monitor Engineer *Richard King – Mixing *Christian Kolonovits – Arranger *Bob Rapley – Engineer * Vienna Symphony Orchestra – Performer *Michael Vogts – Sound Technician *Charlote Willer – Make-Up *Tim Wood – Technical Supervisor *Jen Wyler – Assistant Engineer *Axel Zeininger – Photography *Elisabeth Ziegler – Choir Master *Joel Zimmerman – Design

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* {{Authority control 1999 Christmas albums 1999 live albums Live Christmas albums Sony Music Christmas albums Plácido Domingo albums Patricia Kaas albums Alejandro Fernández live albums Christmas albums by Spanish artists Christmas albums by French artists Christmas albums by Mexican artists Classical Christmas albums Vienna Symphony albums

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