Christmas in Vienna II is a 1994 album released by Dionne Warwick

Dionne Warwick

Dionne Warwick is an American singer, actress and TV show host, who became a United Nations Global Ambassador for the Food and Agriculture Organization, and a United States Ambassador of Health....

 and Spanish

Spain

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 tenor

Tenor

The tenor is a type of male singing voice and is the highest male voice within the modal register. The typical tenor voice lies between C3, the C one octave below middle C, to the A above middle C in choral music, and up to high C in solo work. The low extreme for tenors is roughly B2...

 Plácido Domingo

Plácido Domingo

Plácido Domingo KBE , born José Plácido Domingo Embil, is a Spanish tenor and conductor known for his versatile and strong voice, possessing a ringing and dramatic tone throughout its range...

 for the Sony Classical label. This album was taken from Domingo's second televised Christmas in Vienna concert from 1993.

In the US this album is known as Celebration in Vienna.

The album was recorded live on December 21, 1993 at Hofburg Palace, Vienna

Vienna

Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...

 with the Vienna Symphony Orchestra

Vienna Symphony Orchestra

-History:In 1900, Ferdinand Löwe founded the orchestra as the Wiener Concertverein . In 1913 it moved into the Konzerthaus, Vienna. In 1919 it merged with the Tonkünstler Orchestra. In 1933 it acquired its current name...

 and the Vienna Children's Choir under the direction of maestro Vjekoslav Šutej

Vjekoslav Šutej

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 .

Track listing

1. Smile - Plácido Domingo, Dionne Warwick
2. Hear My Song - Plácido Domingo (Orchestration by Juan J. Colomer
   Juan J. Colomer
   Juan José Colomer is a Spanish composer.- Personal life :Juan Colomer started his music studies at age 8 in his local music school, "Sociedad Musical de Alzira." He continued his studies in the Conservatorio Superior de Música de Valencia, where he graduated in trumpet & composition...
   
   )
3. O Holy Night - Dionne Warwick
4. Golondrinas - Plácido Domingo
5. Over the Rainbow - Plácido Domingo, Dionne Warwick
6. What the World Needs Now Is Love - Dionne Warwick
7. Ultima Canzone - Plácido Domingo
8. As Time Goes By - Dionne Warwick
9. Die Musik - Plácido Domingo
10. Ave Maria - Plácido Domingo, Dionne Warwick
11. Medley: Mary's Boy Child/God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen/Once Again, I - Plácido Domingo, Dionne Warwick
12. Stille Nacht (Silent Night) - Plácido Domingo, Dionne Warwick

See also

• Christmas in Vienna
• Christmas in Vienna III
  Christmas in Vienna III
  Christmas in Vienna III is a 1995 Christmas album released by Spanish operatic tenor Plácido Domingo, French chanson and pop music star Charles Aznavour, and Norwegian crossover soprano Sissel Kyrkjebø on the Sony Classical label.It was recorded on December 22, 1994 at the Alte Winterreitschule in...
  
  
• Christmas in Vienna VI
  Christmas in Vienna VI
  Christmas in Vienna VI is the seventh album in a series of Christmas concerts recorded in Vienna with Spanish tenor Plácido Domingo. The concert that the recording comes from was the seventh Christmas in Vienna show that Domingo held since 1992, and the sixth concert recording to be released by...