Silent Night: A Christmas in Rome

Silent Night: A Christmas in Rome

Silent Night: A Christmas in Rome

Track Listings
 
1. Silent Night (Intro)
2. Overture
3. Hei Lassie
4. Journey to Bethlehem
5. Mitt Hjerte Alltid Vanker
6. Gloria
7. O Holy Night
8. Joy to the World
9. Lullabies
10. Don Oiche Ud I Mbeithil
11. March of the Three Kings
12. Silent Night
13. Shepherds
14. Nedeleg
15. Finale

Editorial Reviews
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Paddy Maloney has spent three decades arranging music for one of the world's great instrumental groups, the Chieftains, which must have given him a hunger to write for the human voice. A Christmas in Rome features either choirs or solo singers on nearly every track. To sing his arrangements of Christmas music, Maloney has assembled an eclectic collection of musicians from around the world, including the Harlem Gospel Choir, the Bulgarian Voices Angelite, the Glenstall Abbey Monks, Maire Brennan from Ireland, Sissel Kyrkjebo from Norway, and Pietro Ballo from Italy. The instrumentation tends toward the orchestral and the vocals toward the ethereal. The Chieftains appear on a few tracks and Maloney plays tin whistle and uilleann pipes on a number of the arrangements. --Michael Simmons

Silent Night: A Christmas in Rome,Paddy Moloney & the Chieftains,RCA,British Folk,Celtic Folk,Christmas,Christmas / Chanukkah,Christmas Music,Irish Folk,Pop,Xmas Instrumental
Sacred Arias [Special Edition with Bonus DVD]
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • A spiritual experience
 Sacred Arias [Special Edition with Bonus DVD]
Andrea Bocelli , Giulio Caccini , Cesar Franck , Charles Gounod , Franz Xaver Gruber , George Frideric Handel , Jean-Paul Lecot , Eric Levi , Steven Mercurio , Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart , Louis Niedermeyer , Gioachino Rossini , Franz Schubert , Giuseppe Verdi , John Francis Wade , Richard Wagner , Myung-Whun Chung , and Santa Cecilia National Academy Orchestra Rome
Manufacturer: Philips
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0000CE9VO
Release Date: 2003-10-14

Tracks:

  1. Ave Maria
  2. Sancta Maria
  3. Ave Maria
  4. Ave Maria
  5. Panis Angelicus - Norbert Balatsch
  6. Cujus Animam
  7. Ingemisco
  8. Ave Verum Corpus
  9. Der Engel
  10. Frondi Tenere... Ombra Mai Fu
  11. Pieta, Signore - Norbert Balatsch
  12. Domine Deus
  13. Mille Cherubini In Coro - Norbert Balatsch
  14. Silent Night
  15. Adeste Fideles (O Come, All Ye Faithful) - Norbert Balatsch
  16. Gloria A Te, Cristo Gesu (The Hymn Of The Great Jubilee)
  17. Agnus Dei
  18. I Believe

Amazon.com

When he was growing up, Andrea Bocelli recalls finding inspiration in a favorite recording of sacred music performed by tenor legend Franco Corelli. Bocelli--who in the meantime has come to inspire millions of fiercely loyal fans himself--returns to the genre as the guiding theme of Sacred Arias. These performances are filled with the singer's phenomenally well-known vocal signature: his flair for long, sweetly floating high notes and the gentle sense of cadence he brings to a melody. It's a mistake to compartmentalize Bocelli into a singer of "operatic" versus "popular" styles: in truth his approach is at heart the same. Lack of color and control in his phrasing remains a drawback, but the emotional empathy Bocelli evokes is never in doubt. The arias collected here sample some of the most famous devotional pieces: Schubert's "Ave Maria" and Mozart's transporting "Ave Verum," as well as an arrangement of "Silent Night" in which Bocelli tries out his English. There's also a decidedly odd choice of bedfellows for a program of "sacred" music, such as a song from Wagner's Wesendonck Lieder (whose "angel" is the object of an overpoweringly erotic attraction) and Handel's figurative ode to a tree, "Ombra mai fu." Still, Bocelli sings with an unfeigned directness that is sure to expand his already enormous following even further. This new special edition includes two bonus tracks on a CD enhanced with a picture gallery as well as a full-length DVD of Bocelli in concert filmed at the Basilica of Santa Maria sopra Minerva in Rome. --Thomas May

Album Description

Special Edition includes enhanced CD with bonus tracks and concert DVD.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars A spiritual experience.......2003-11-27

The DVD is the full 77 minute concert with two featurettes previously released alone. The CD is the full 72 minute concert previously released alone, except that two bonus tracks have been added. The audio quality of each one is quite good. (If you have a Dolby Digital stereo, then you must go into the setup menu on the DVD to select Dolby Digital sound. The default music track is the stereo 2.0 sound.) The video quality of the DVD is astonishing.

The DVD gives the feeling that you are in the church with the other worshippers. It literally sends chills up and down my spine. I highly recommend this CD/DVD combination Special Edition while it is still available.
Silent Night: A Christmas in Rome
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • A wonderful World Christmas music album
  • Love, Love it!
  • Does not at all sound like the Chieftains to me
  • Flawless
  • Not the Chieftains 2nd Christmas album, but...
 Silent Night: A Christmas in Rome
Paddy Moloney & the Chieftains
Manufacturer: RCA
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000007PO2
Release Date: 1999-11-09

Tracks:

  1. Silent Night (Intro)
  2. Overture
  3. Hei Lassie
  4. Journey to Bethlehem
  5. Mitt Hjerte Alltid Vanker
  6. Gloria
  7. O Holy Night
  8. Joy to the World
  9. Lullabies
  10. Don Oiche Ud I Mbeithil
  11. March of the Three Kings
  12. Silent Night
  13. Shepherds
  14. Nedeleg
  15. Finale

Amazon.com

Paddy Maloney has spent three decades arranging music for one of the world's great instrumental groups, the Chieftains, which must have given him a hunger to write for the human voice. A Christmas in Rome features either choirs or solo singers on nearly every track. To sing his arrangements of Christmas music, Maloney has assembled an eclectic collection of musicians from around the world, including the Harlem Gospel Choir, the Bulgarian Voices Angelite, the Glenstall Abbey Monks, Maire Brennan from Ireland, Sissel Kyrkjebo from Norway, and Pietro Ballo from Italy. The instrumentation tends toward the orchestral and the vocals toward the ethereal. The Chieftains appear on a few tracks and Maloney plays tin whistle and uilleann pipes on a number of the arrangements. --Michael Simmons

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars A wonderful World Christmas music album.......2005-12-20

Many of the reviews I have read are misleading. This cd features the Chieftains, but they are not dominant on most tracks. This album features many folk carols from around the world. There are songs from Bulgaria, Italy, France, Norway, Ireland, etc. Maire Brennan and Carolos Nunez are two other familiar artists performing. There is a wide variety of music that gives only a glimpse into Christmas music from other parts of the world. A wonderful album for world music enthusiasts.

5 out of 5 stars Love, Love it! .......2005-12-18

(Except for Joy to the World, which does not match the wonderful angelic sound of the rest of the album. A Gospel arrangement in the middle of heavenly tone of the rest of the music just does not go!)

HOWEVER, this is not your run of the mill, sappy christmas music. It is one of my very favorite albums.

2 out of 5 stars Does not at all sound like the Chieftains to me.......2003-04-27

I am a big Chieftains fan, but this CD has none of that Chieftains sound. The orchestra dominates the sound, and the music is definitely not have the same holiday cheer as the Chieftains' "Bells of Dublin." I would recommend this only if you are diehard Chieftains fan and also would like to listen to some mellow non-holiday music.

5 out of 5 stars Flawless.......2001-12-05

Opening with a haunting a capella rendition of Silent Night, and continuing with delightful lilting Celtic tunes, joyful gospel, sacred chant, and grand orchestral pieces, this album is a journey around the globe, singing in a dozen languages and musical traditions. While each track can stand alone, Paddy Moloney's arrangements blend the disparate styles and languages into an operatic telling of the story of Christmas, with a masterful sense of narrative pacing. Whether you celebrate Christmas, Kwanzaa, Solstice, or Hanukah, this is an essential recording for the season.

5 out of 5 stars Not the Chieftains 2nd Christmas album, but..........2001-12-04

I bought this last year on the strength the Chieftains' Bells of Dublin -- my favorite Christmas album -- and was intially disappointed as this is a very different project. Much of the music seemed too highbrow for my tastes and some of the different styles clashed. But it grew on me upon repeat listenings and I could hardly wait for Advent 2001 to hear it again. The pieces are uniformly joyous and spiritual in a sense that is lacking in the vast majority of "holiday" music.
Christmas à la carte / Bartoli, Domingo, Mutter, Pavarotti, Schäfer, Terfel
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    5. The Nutcracker Suite: Waltz Of The Flowers
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    9. Exsultante, jubilate, K. 165: Alleluja
    10. O magnum mysterium
    11. Messiah HWV 56: 'Thus Saith The Lord Of Hosts', 'But Who May Abide The Day Of His Coming'
    12. Les Patineurs Op. 183 (The Skaters - Waltz)
    13. Good King Wenceslas
    14. The Last Seven Words Of Our Lord On The Cross: 'Qual giglio candido'
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    16. The Holly And The Ivy
    17. The Merry Widow: 'Love Unspoken' (Lippen schweigen)

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