Tony Bennett & Vanessa Williams as popular singers with long careers are strong support and Tony Bennett especially was undoubtedly a strong drawing card for the Viennese concert. Obviously, Placido Domingo dominates this concert.probably because he, of the four, has the greatest appeal there. This is a recording of a concert given in Vienna, and the European audiences are going to have a somewhat different taste in music than those of us in America. You'll probably enjoy Placido Domingo & Charlotte Church, or Tony Bennett & Vanessa Williams.I do want to address the comments criticizing the album because Charlotte Church wasn't a greater part of it. However, I doubt that there are many who honestly enjoy all four or even three of the voices represented here. "It's good to hear a Christmas CD that honestly conveys the right spirit with its selection. I just can't bear to purchase a cd with songs from Charlotte Church any more." However, use your own judgement as to whether or not you find this worth the price. It was a shame that Miss Church had to ruin all of our Christmases with her comments about the 9/11 tragedy and a shame that she had to partly ruin this CD. So to a certain extent we can count our blessings. The fortunate part here is that they limited her participation to 2 renditions of Silent Night and a duet with Domingo doing O Holy Night. They may as well have just plucked a choir boy from the local choir and allowed him to join in. She has no range, vocal control, or emotion. Her uninspiring 2-octave soprano voice really poisoned the well here. The only discouraging participant here was Charlotte Church. The voices of Placido Domingo and Vanessa Williams really got me into the Christmas spirit, while Tony Bennett gave me reminders of Christmas past. "After listening to all of the tracks here as well as watching the televised program, I feel that this album was almost a classic bringing together some diverse voices to help us enjoy the holidays.
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