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Best CD I own:
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.
superb:
Christmas without the Vienna Choir Boys is just not Christmas. Just beautiful.
Impressive:
Nice, didn't know guys could sing that well. Buy this CD, you won't be disappointed.
Great singing:
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.
| Binding: | Audio CD | | EAN: | 0078635793024 | | Format: | Import | | Format: | Best of | | Original Release Date: | 1988-01-01 | | Release Date: | 1988-01-01 | | Running Time: | 73 minutes | | UPC: | 078635793024 |
Tracks:- Adeste Fideles' - Plácido Domingo, The Vienna Choir Boys
- O Tannenbaum (O Christmas Tree) - Hermann Prey, The Vienna Choir Boys
- Good Christian Men, Rejoice - The Vienna Choir Boys
- Frau Nachtigall, Wach Auf (Mrs. Nightingale, Wake Up) - Hermann Prey, The Vienna Choir Boys
- Pueri Concinite - Chorus Viennensis, Plácido Domingo, The Vienna Choir Boys
- Stille Nacht (Silent Night) - Chorus Viennensis, The Vienna Choir Boys
- Von Himmel Hoch, Da Komm Ich Her (From Heaven on High, I Come) - Hermann Prey, The Vienna Choir Boys
- Mighty Fortress Is Our God - Plácido Domingo, The Vienna Choir Boys
- Ding Dong! Merrily on High - The Vienna Choir Boys
- Away in a Manger - The Vienna Choir Boys
- We've Been Awhile A-Wandering - The Vienna Choir Boys
- Coventry Carol - The Vienna Choir Boys
- I Saw Three Ships - The Vienna Choir Boys
- Once in Royal David's City - The Vienna Choir Boys
- Deck the Halls - The Vienna Choir Boys
- Panis Angelicus - Plácido Domingo, The Vienna Choir Boys
- Es Ist Ein Ros' Entsprungen - Chorus Viennensis, The Vienna Choir Boys
- Tochter Zion, Freue Dich (Rejoice Greatly, O Daughter of Zion) - Hermann Prey, The Vienna Choir Boys
- Joseph, Lieber Joseph Mein (Joseph, Dear Joseph Mine) - Hermann Prey, The Vienna Choir Boys
- Lied Der Hirten: Schlaf Wohl, Du Himmelsknabe, Du (Song of the ...) - Hermann Prey, The Vienna Choir Boys
- O Heiland, Reiss Die Himmel Auf (O Saviour, Rend the Skies) - Hermann Prey, The Vienna Choir Boys
- Die Könige (Cornelius, 2nd Setting, 1859) (Drei Kön'ge Wandern Aus ...) - Hermann Prey, The Vienna Choir Boys
- Ave Maria - Plácido Domingo, The Vienna Choir Boys
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