''A Gala Christmas in Vienna'' or Christmas in Vienna V is a DVD released in 1998.

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, Sarah Brightman,

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and

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perform traditional, European and American Christmas songs in

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, Austria. The orchestra was the

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, conducted by

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. The CD album of the concert reached No. 26 on the Austrian charts. It also charted in Germany, Belgium (in both Flanders and Wallonia), and the Netherlands.

Cast

– singer * Sarah Brightman – singer *

– singer *

– conductor *

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* Gumpoldskirchner Spatzen * Marlies King

Track listing

A CD of the songs was also released.

CD

# "Christmas Prologue" (medley of traditional tunes) # "

Deck the Halls "Deck the Hall” is a traditional Christmas carol. The melody is Welsh, dating back to the sixteenth century, and belongs to a winter carol, "Nos Galan", while the English lyrics, written by the Scottish musician Thomas Oliphant, date to 1862. ...

" # "The Closing of the Year" (from the ''

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'' film score) # "

Tu scendi dalle stelle "" (; "From Starry Skies Thou Comest", "From Starry Skies Descending", "You Came a Star from Heaven", "You Come Down from the Stars") is a Christmas carol from Italy, written in 1732 in Nola by Saint Alphonsus Liguori in the musical style of a pas ...

" # "

Walking in the Air "Walking in the Air" is a song written by Howard Blake for the 1982 animated film ''The Snowman'' based on Raymond Briggs's 1978 children's book of the same name. The song forms the centrepiece of ''The Snowman'', which has become a seasonal fav ...

" # "Adeste Fideles" ("

O Come, All Ye Faithful "O Come, All Ye Faithful" (originally written in Latin as "") is a Christmas carol that has been attributed to various authors, including John Francis Wade (1711–1786), John Reading (1645–1692), King John IV of Portugal (1604–1656), and a ...

") # " Away in a Manger" # " An Old-Fashioned Christmas" # " First of May" # "Il Re Gesù" (by Plácido Domingo Jr.) # "" # "Cantemos Rapaces" # "Christmas Is Here Again" (by

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) # " Child in a Manger" # "

Angels from the Realms of Glory "Angels from the Realms of Glory" is a Christmas carol written by Scottish poet James Montgomery.Bradley, Ian. ''The Penguin Book of Carols''. Penguin (1999), p27–29. . It was first printed in the '' Sheffield Iris'' on Christmas Eve 1816, ...

" # "Another Christmas Song" (by Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull) # "

Santa Claus Is Coming to Town "Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town" is a Christmas song featuring Santa Claus written by J. Fred Coots and Haven Gillespie. The earliest known recorded version of the song was by banjoist Harry Reser and his band on October 24, 1934. It was then ...

" # "

Happy Christmas (War is Over) "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)" is a Christmas song released in 1971 as a single by John & Yoko/Plastic Ono Band with the Harlem Community Choir. It was the seventh single release by John Lennon outside his work with the Beatles. The song reac ...

" # "

Silent Night "Silent Night" (german: "Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht", links=no, italic=no) is a popular Christmas carol, composed in 1818 by Franz Xaver Gruber to lyrics by Joseph Mohr in the small town of Oberndorf bei Salzburg, Austria. It was declared an ...

" (in 5 languages) # " First of May" (Studio version) – (Bonus track)

Reception

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'' gave the video a C+, writing that "as long as gorgeous-voiced stars like Placido Domingo and Sarah Brightman stick to traditional fare like ''Deck the Halls'' and European carols, all is bright", and cautioned "but when Domingo bellows over Trevor Horn's bombastic ''The Closing of the Year,'' and Brightman attempts to rock on ''Santa Claus Is Coming to Town,'' they're just schlockin' around the Christmas tree."

CD chart performance

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Gala Christmas In Vienna, A Austrian musical films 1998 live albums Live Christmas albums 1998 video albums Plácido Domingo albums

Cast

Track listing

CD

Reception

CD chart performance

See also

References

External links