Christmas in New York (album)
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{{Infobox album
| name = Christmas in New York
| type = studio
| artist = Renée Fleming
| cover =Christmas in New York (album).jpg
| alt =
| released = November 3, 2014
| recorded = December 2013–August 2014{{citation needed|date=November 2017}}
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Christmas, jazz
| length = 56:04
| label = Decca
| producer =
| prev_title = Guilty Pleasures
| prev_year = 2013
| next_title = Distant Light
| next_year = 2017
}}
Christmas in New York is an album by soprano Renée Fleming.
Music and release
The music is jazz-pop, instead of Fleming's more usual operatic material.
The album was released by Decca Records on November 3, 2014.[http://www.deccaclassics.com/us/cat/4786770 "Renée Fleming: Christmas in New York"]. Decca Classics. Retrieved December 11, 2016. It was promoted in part by a PBS broadcast led by Fleming on December 4 of that year.[https://www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/blog/renee-fleming-spends-holidays/ "How Renée Fleming Spends Her Holidays"] (November 26, 2014). PBS.
Reception
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{rating|4|5}}Manheim, James [http://www.allmusic.com/album/christmas-in-new-york-mw0002709975 "Renée Fleming: Christmas in New York"]. AllMusic. Retrieved December 11, 2016.
}}
The AllMusic reviewer commented on the sameness of many of the tracks and the diverse expectations of fans of various genres, and concluded, "In all this is a holiday release that is unlikely to disappoint, even as reactions may vary."
Track listing
- "Winter Wonderland" (with Wynton Marsalis)
- "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" (with Gregory Porter)
- "Silver Bells" (with Kelli O'Hara)
- "Merry Christmas Darling" (with Chris Botti)
- "The Christmas Waltz"
- "Who Knows Where the Time Goes?" (with Brad Mehldau)
- "Sleigh Ride" (with Wynton Marsalis)
- "Snowbound" (with Kurt Elling)
- "In the Bleak Midwinter" (with Rufus Wainwright)
- "Central Park Serenade" (with Gregory Porter)
- "The Man with the Bag"
- "Love and Hard Times" (with Brad Mehldau)
- "Still, still, still" (with Kurt Elling)
Charts
Personnel
- Renée Fleming – vocals
- Chris Botti
- Kurt Elling – vocals
- Wynton Marsalis – trumpet
- Brad Mehldau – piano
- Kelli O'Hara – vocals
- Gregory Porter – vocals
- Rufus Wainwright