Composer: Adolphe Charles Adam, Harold Arlen, Burt Bacharach, Charles Chaplin, Plácido Domingo Jr, Herman Hupfeld, Franz Peter Schubert, Bebu Silvetti, Francesco Paolo Tosti
Performer: Plácido Domingo, Dionne Warwick, Mozart-Sängerknaben
Orchestra: Wiener Symphoniker
Conductor: Vjekoslav Sutej
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Sony
Catalogue: G0100032453986
Release: 2014
Size: 283 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover
01. Chaplin: Smile from ‘Modern Times’
02. Domingo: Hear My Song
03. Adam: O Holy Night
04. Palmerín: Las Golondrinas
05. Arlen: Over the Rainbow
06. Bacharach: What the world needs now is love
07. Tosti: L’ultima canzone
08. Hupfeld: As Time Goes By
09. Schubert: An die Musik D547
10. Silvetti: Ave Maria
11. The Christmas Song
12. Gruber, Mohr: Stille Nacht
Placido Domingo and Dionne Warwick are both great singers, but they are not a natural match. They come from different backgrounds and have different styles, yet they were paired for the holiday record Celebration in Vienna. Given that it’s a Christmas album filled with good cheer, it’s hard to begrudge either artist, but the album doesn’t work as well as one might hope. Individually, both vocalists acquit themselves fairly well, but the duets don’t quite hold up. Nevertheless, there is a certain charm to much of this record that makes it worth hearing for fans of either artist, even if it doesn’t deliver as much as it promises.