Christmas in Vienna (album)

{{Other uses|Christmas in Vienna (disambiguation){{!}}Christmas in Vienna}}

{{Infobox album

| name = Christmas in Vienna

| type = Live

| artist = Plácido Domingo, Diana Ross and José Carreras

| cover = christmastVienna.jpg

| alt =

| released = 5 October 1993

| recorded = 23 December 1992

| venue = Wiener Rathaus (Vienna)

| studio =

| genre = Christmas, classical

| length = 63:03

| language = Italian, English, German

| label = Sony Classical

| producer = Michel Glotz

| chronology = Plácido Domingo

| prev_title = Gala Lirica

| prev_year = 1992

| next_title = Celebration in Vienna

| next_year = 1994

| misc = {{Extra chronology

| artist = Diana Ross

| type = Live

| prev_title = One Woman: The Ultimate Collection

| prev_year = 1993

| title = Christmas in Vienna

| year = 1993

| next_title = Diana Extended: The Remixes

| next_year = 1994

}}{{Extra chronology

| artist = José Carreras

| type = Live

| prev_title = José Carreras Sings Catalan Songs

| prev_year = 1991

| title = Christmas in Vienna

| year = 1993

| next_title = Celebration in Vienna

| next_year = 1994

}}

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1score = {{Rating|2|5}}{{Cite web|author=Erlewine, Stephen Thomas|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/christmas-in-vienna-mw0000305260|title=Diana Ross – Christmas in Vienna review|website=AllMusic|publisher=Netaktion LLC|access-date=10 October 2021|archive-date=10 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210510145931/https://www.allmusic.com/album/christmas-in-vienna-mw0000305260}}

| rev2 = Encyclopedia of Popular Music

| rev2score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{Cite book|last=Larkin|first=Colin|author-link=Colin Larkin|title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_NNmFiUnSmUC|publisher=Omnibus Press|edition=5th concise|pages=2006|date=2011|isbn=978-0-85712-595-8}}

}}

Christmas in Vienna is a 1993 live album of American soul singer Diana Ross and Spanish tenors Plácido Domingo and José Carreras, released by Sony Classical. The concert was Domingo's first in the televised Christmas in Vienna series. It was recorded on December 23, 1992, at the Rathaus in Vienna with the Vienna Symphony Orchestra and the Gumpoldskirch Boys Choir as ensemble.

Christmas in Vienna charted in the US, peaking at No. 1 on Billboard Classical Crossover Albums for 5 weeks. It sold almost a million copies beyond these markets, reaching Gold status in four countries, Platinum in Austria and Triple Platinum in the Netherlands.

The video recording of the event aired on PBS stations as part of Great Performances the following Christmas season in the US.

Track listing

=CD=

"Jingle Bells" (Pierpont) - 1:37
"Mille Cherubini in Coro" (Schubert) - 3:54
"Amazing Grace" (Newton) - 5:46
"Wiegenlied" (Brahms) - 2:57
"Carol of the Drum (Little Drummer Boy)" (Davis) - 2:58
"The Gift of Love" (Domingo Jr, Reilly) Orchestration by Juan J. Colomer - 3:57
"Navidad" (Fons, Montalban) - 4:05
"White Christmas" (Berlin) - 2:44
"Ave Maria" (Schubert) - 4:56
"Ave Maria" (Mascagni, from Cavalleria rusticana) - 3:38
"It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year" (Pola, Wyle) - 2:42
"Adeste Fideles" (Oakeley, Wade) - 2:42
"If We Hold on Together" (Horner, Mann, Jennings) - 3:31
"O Tannenbaum"/"Minuit, Chrétiens"/"Jingle Bells"/"La Virgen Lava Pañales"/"O Little Town of Bethlehem"/"Tu Scendi Dalle Stelle"/"Joy to the World" (Traditional/Adolphe-Charles Adam/Henry Walford Davies/Lowell Mason) - 13:45
"Stille Nacht" (Gruber, Mohr) - 3:54

=DVD=

"Jingle Bells" (James S. Pierpont) - 1:37
"Mille Cherubini In Coro" (Alois Melichar) - 3:54
"Songs (5), Op. 49: no 4, Wiegenlied" (Johannes Brahms) - 2:57
"The Little Drummer Boy (Carol of the Drum)" (Katherine K. Davis) - 2:58
"Navidad" (Antoni Parera Fons) - 4:05
"Holiday Inn: White Christmas" (Irving Berlin) - 2:41
"Ellens Gesang III, D 839/Op. 52 no 6 'Ave Maria'" (Franz Schubert) - 4:58
"Cavalleria Rusticana: Intermezzo" (Pietro Mascagni) - 3:41
"It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year" (Eddie Pola) - 2:42
"Adeste Fideles 'O Come, All Ye Faithful'" (John Francis Wade) - 2:40
"If We Hold on Together" (James Horner, Barry Mann, Will Jennings) - 3:31
"O Tannenbaum"/"Minuit, Chrétiens"/"Jingle Bells"/"La Virgen Lava Pañales"/"O Little Town of Bethlehem"/"Tu Scendi Dalle Stelle"/"Joy to the World" (Traditional/Adolphe-Charles Adam/Henry Walford Davies/Lowell Mason) - 13:45
"Silent Night" (Franz Xaver Gruber) - 3:54
"The Gift of Love" (Plácido Domingo Jr.) Orchestration by Juan Colomer 3:55
"Amazing Grace" (John Newton) - 5:46

Charts

scope="row" \| Danish Albums (IFPI Danmark){{cite magazine\|date=15 January 1994\|title=Top 10 Sales in Europe \|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1994/MM-1994-01-15.pdf\|magazine=Music & Media\|access-date=8 December 2022\|volume=11\|issue=3\|page=16}} \| 2
class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" \|+ Chart performance for Christmas in Vienna ! scope="col" \| Chart (1993–1994) ! scope="col" \| Peak position
{{album chart\|Austria\|2\|artist=Plácido Domingo / Diana Ross / José Carreras\|album=Christmas in Vienna\|rowheader=true\|access-date=10 October 2021}}
{{album chart\|Netherlands\|4\|artist=Plácido Domingo / Diana Ross / José Carreras\|album=Christmas in Vienna\|rowheader=true\|access-date=10 October 2021}}
scope="row" \| European Albums (Music & Media){{cite magazine\|date=15 January 1994\|title=European Top 100 Albums\|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1994/MM-1994-01-15.pdf\|magazine=Music & Media\|access-date=8 December 2022\|volume=11\|issue=3\|page=17}} \| 6
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{{album chart\|Norway\|4\|artist=Plácido Domingo / Diana Ross / José Carreras\|album=Christmas in Vienna\|rowheader=true\|access-date=10 October 2021}}
{{album chart\|Sweden\|14\|artist=Plácido Domingo / Diana Ross / José Carreras\|album=Christmas in Vienna\|rowheader=true\|access-date=10 October 2021}}
{{album chart\|Switzerland\|7\|artist=Plácido Domingo / Diana Ross / José Carreras\|album=Christmas in Vienna\|rowheader=true\|access-date=10 October 2021}}
{{album chart\|UK2\|71\|date=19931219\|rowheader=true\|access-date=10 October 2021}}
{{album chart\|Billboard200\|154\|artist=Diana Ross\|rowheader=true\|access-date=10 October 2021}}
{{album chart\|BillboardClassical\|2\|artist=Diana Ross\|rowheader=true\|access-date=10 October 2021}}
{{album chart\|BillboardClassicalCrossover\|1\|artist=Diana Ross\|rowheader=true\|access-date=10 October 2021}}

Certifications and sales (incomplete)

{{Certification Table Top|caption=Certifications for Christmas in Vienna}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Austria|type=album|artist=Domingo/Ross/Carreras/|title=Christmas in Vienna|award=Platinum|relyear=1993|certyear=1995|access-date=8 December 2022}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Belgium|type=album|award=Gold|relyear=1993|certyear=1994|certref={{cite magazine|date=22 January 1994|title=Gold New Year in Brussels|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1994/MM-1994-01-22.pdf|magazine=Music & Media|access-date=8 December 2022|volume=11|issue=4|page=1}}|access-date=8 December 2022}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Germany|type=album|artist=Domingo, Ross, Carreras|title=Christmas in Vienna|award=Gold|relyear=1993|certyear=1994|access-date=8 December 2022}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Netherlands|type=album|artist=P. Domingo, D. Ross, J. Carreras|title=Christmas in Vienna|award=Platinum|number=3|relyear=1993|certyear=1997|access-date=8 December 2022}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Norway|type=album|artist=Domingo/Ross/Carreras|title=Christmas in Vienna|award=Gold|relyear=1993|certyear=1996|access-date=8 December 2022}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Switzerland|type=album|title=Christmas in Vienna|award=Gold|relyear=1993|certyear=1993|access-date=8 December 2022}}

References

External links

Christmas in Vienna [https://archive.today/20061112163306/http://www.sonyclassical.com/music/60396/main.html Sony Classical]
Detailed playlist at [http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/album.jsp?album_id=290 Arvik Music]

Category:1993 Christmas albums

Category:1993 live albums

Category:1993 classical albums

Category:Live Christmas albums

Category:Sony Music Christmas albums

Category:Plácido Domingo albums

Category:2007 live albums

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Category:1990s live video albums

Category:Motown live albums

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