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℗1998
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1 audio disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in
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Christmas prologue -- Deck the halls / traditional Welsh -- The closing of the year / Trevor Horn ; text, Hans Zimmer -- Tu scendi dalle stelle / traditional Italian -- Walking in the air / Howard Blake -- Adeste fideles / traditional -- Away in a manger / James R. Murray (Marlies King, soprano solo) -- An old-fashioned Christmas / Jimmy Van Heusen ; lyrics, Sammy Cahn -- First of May / Robbin [i.e. Robin], Maurice, Barry Gibb -- Il re Gesù / Plácido Domingo, Jr. -- Medley. Fröhliche Weihnacht / traditional German ; Cantemos rapaces / traditional Spanish ; Christmas is here again / Roger Whittaker ; Child in a manger / traditional Welsh ; Angels from the realms of glory / traditional French ; Another Christmas song / Ian Anderson ; Santa Claus is coming to town / J. Fred Coots ; lyrics, Haven Gillespie ; Happy Christmas (War is over) / John Lennon ; lyrics, Yoko Ono -- Silent night / Franz Xaver Gruber -- First of May (studio version) (with English National Orchestra, Paul Bateman, conductor)
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Music arranged and adapted by Christian Kolonovits
Sarah Brightman, soprano ; Plácido Domingo, Helmut Lotti, Riccardo Cocciante, tenors ; Gumpoldskirchner Spatzen ; Wiener Symphoniker ; Steven Mercurio, conductor
Recorded live at the Rathaus, Vienna, Austria, Dec. 21, 1997
Sung principally in English