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Track Listing
1. We Three Kings
2. It Came Upon a Midnight Clear
3. Santa Claus Is Coming to Town
4. Fairytale of New York
5. I'll Be Home For Christmas
6. Mille Cherubini in Coro
7. O Holy Night
8. Silent Night
9. Little Drummer Boy
10. Winter Wonderland Medley
11. Mary's Boy Child
12. Panis Angelicus
13. Pie Jesu
14. How Great Thou Art
15. Lord's Prayer, The
16. Battle Hymn of the Republic
17. America the Beautiful
| Details | | Producer: | Arnie Roth | | Distributor: | BMG (distributor) | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
The Irish Tenors: Finbar Wright, Anthony Kearns, Ronan Tynan (vocals).
Additional personnel: Czech National Chamber Orchestra.
Recorded at Dvorak Hall, Rudolfinum, Prague and Bennett Studios, Englewood, New Jersey.
Move over, Luciano, Placido, and Jose, here comes the trio from the Emerald Isle. The three esteemed vocalists who make up the Irish Tenors (Finbar Wright, Anthony Kearns, and Ronan Tynan) are no strangers to Christmas songs. One of their earliest efforts was the 1999 album HOME FOR CHRISTMAS.
WE THREE KINGS is a mixed bag of traditional Christmas hymns ("Pie Jesu"), classic holiday pop songs ("Santa Claus Is Coming to Town"), and most unexpectedly, the Pogues chestnut "Fairytale of New York." While it's something of a shock to hear Shane MacGowan's drunken wailing replaced by strong, operatic singing, it works perfectly. Wright, Kearns, and Tynan do a similarly exceptional job throughout the album, offering holiday fare that will, for many, likely be far preferable to some of the more crass Yuletide musical releases so plentiful at the end of the year.
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