The Three Tenors ChristmasPavarottiDescription: PRODUCT DESCRIPTION Christmas CD Sony Classical SK 89131 2000 21 Track AMAZON Resplendent in voice and manner José Carreras Plácido 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. The performances whether alone or 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' and Brahms' Wiegenlied plus traditional Polish and Spanish pieces the trio also visits Pavarotti's Ave Maria dolce Maria co-written with Vittoriano Benvenuti and Un nuevo siglo written by Domingo's son. Only John Lennon and Yoko Ono's Happy Xmas (War is Over) doesn't quite work in this grand setting. --Martin Keller
