Title : The Three Tenors Christmas
Author : Adam, Adolphe
Release Date : 20001031
Binding : Audio CD
Regular Price : $13.98
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Editorial Reviews : 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.
Buyer Reviews : To start I just want to point out that when hearing this CD, one should not judge it as opera because it just isn't. Some reviewers talked about slow tempis. Hello! christmas songs! This is not Otello! Its magic relies on beautiful songs sung by three of the most beautiful voices ever.
And honestly...it is a great CD with great songs. The only bad thing about it is that sometimes Pavarotti forgets himself and starts siging with enormous power forgetting that he is in a church singing what is supposed to be very soft and light music.
