Christmas with The Vienna Choir Boys and Hermann Prey & Placido Domingo

Carl Thiel (Composer), Christmas Traditional (Composer), Anonymous (Composer), Johann Franz von Herbeck (Composer), Franz Xaver Gruber (Composer), Martin Luther (Composer), Ritson Manscript Anonymous (Composer), Henry John Gauntlett (Composer), Cesar Franck (Composer), Michael Praetorius (Composer), Hieronymus Praetorius (Composer), German Traditional (Composer), Peter Cornelius (Composer), Charles Gounod (Composer), Helmuth Froschauer (Conductor), Hans Gillesberger (Conductor), Uwe Christian Harrer (Conductor), Vienna Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra), Vienna Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra), Johann Sonnleitner (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Johann Sonnleitner
• Orchestra: Vienna Chamber Orchestra, Vienna Symphony Orchestra
• Conductor: Helmuth Froschauer, Hans Gillesberger, Uwe Christian Harrer
• Composer: Carl Thiel, Christmas Traditional, Anonymous, Johann Franz von Herbeck, Franz Xaver Gruber, et al.
• Audio CD (October 25, 1990)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: RCA
• ASIN: B000003ESB
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #110,563 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #33 in Music > World Music > Europe > Continental Europe > Austria
  • #77 in Music > Classical > Forms & Genres > Lullabies & Berceuse

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Christmas with the Vienna Boys' Choir by The Vienna Boys' Choir

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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best CD I own, June 21, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Christmas with the Vienna Boys' Choir (Audio CD)

I have purchased and listened to about 15 CD's performed by the Vienna Boys' Choir. I enjoy them all, but this one stands out as my favorite. It is not a collection of traditional Christmas music as you might expect, but one section of Latin mass by Mozart (sung in Latin obviously) and the other is most of a Cantada by Bach (in German). Whoever decided to call this a Christmas CD was apparantly out of his mind, but the music on the CD is wonderful from beginning to end. I especially love the short duet of the two boys harmonizing during the mass, and the longer duet near the end of the CD of the male bass singer and the boy treble. I wish the Vienna Boys' Choir would put out a CD of just duet songs. I give this CD my highest recommedation.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great singing, November 14, 2002

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Yvonne Smith (Apple Valley, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Christmas with The Vienna Choir Boys and Hermann Prey & Placido Domingo (Audio CD)

This recording is a combination of two: "Domingo and the Vienna Boys Choir" and "Hermann Prey and the Vienna Boys Choir," now out of print. I own all three recordings but play this one most. I love the variety of tenor and bass/baratone voices, combined with the boys' voices. All the singers are in top form and the songs are not all the usual trite ones, though there are some familiar titles. Is it possible to have a Vienna Boys Choir Christmas album without "Silent Night?" All in all, this is a wonderful Chrsitmas experience and highly recommended.

8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars superb, July 23, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Christmas with the Vienna Boys' Choir (Audio CD)

Christmas without the Vienna Choir Boys is just not Christmas. Just beautiful.