Ave Maria: Christmas Favorites

• Booklet languages: English
• Time: 48:10
• Release Date: 1993

Review

Ave Maria: Christmas Favorites is a fine Christmas record, comprised of traditional carols and holiday songs as performed by the Vienna Boys Choir, Placido Domingo and Mario Lanza, among others. It's a strong showcase for their vocal talents and the sound is grandly orchestral, ideal for listeners who like their Christmas records to lean toward the traditional. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

Performances

Composer	Title	Time
John Francis Wade	O Come, All Ye Faithful (Adeste fidelis)	2:57
Christmas Traditional	I Saw Three Ships	2:56
Christmas Traditional	God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen (English)	1:16
Christmas Traditional	Deck the Halls (Welsh)	2:40
Christmas Traditional	O Tannenbaum (O Christmas Tree) (German)	2:01
Franz Xaver Gruber	Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht (Silent Night)	3:32
Adolphe Adam	Cantique de Noël for voice & orchestra "O Holy Night"	5:38
Michael Praetorius	Es ist ein Ros entsprungen (Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming), for chorus	2:21
César Franck	Panis angelicus for tenor, organ, harp, cello & bass	4:50
Christmas Traditional	Ding Dong! Merrily on High (French)	2:07
Christmas Traditional	O Tannenbaum (O Christmas Tree) (German)	1:31
Richard Storrs Willis	It Came Upon a Midnight Clear	2:53
John Henry Hopkins, Jr.	We Three Kings of Orient Are	3:44
George Frederick Handel	Messiah, oratorio, HWV 56 (Hallelujah Chorus)	4:19
Charles Gounod	Ave Maria, for voice & piano (after Bach's Prelude No. 1 from the Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1)	5:25