Christmas in Vienna CD - out now!

Think music and think Vienna, and your thoughts immediately conjure up the sound of the Vienna Boys’ Choir and the one orchestra in the world that has retained its unique flavour through the changing fashions of time, the Vienna Philharmonic. They are both represented on the CD, the boys’ choir celebrating Mozart’s unique genius in the simple but memorable Ave Verum Corpus, the orchestra surrounding the wonderful glow of Leontyne Price’s voice in Mendelssohn’s Hark, the herald angels sing (surely one of the best loved of all carols) and Silent Night (Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht).

The lyrics of Silent Night were composed by an Austrian priest, Father Josef Mohr and the melody was composed by the Austrian headmaster Franz Xaver Gruber. Leontyne Price performs one of the verses in English and the other in German.

Snowflakes in the air, the crunch of snow beneath your feet, the smell of chestnuts roasting on an open fire. Freezing outside, the warm glow of the fireplace within. The bustle of Christmas markets and the sound of merry carollers in the street. Or the celestial sound of choirs and the healing scent of incense drifting through a little church or mighty cathedral. Imagine all these and you begin to form a picture of Christmas in Vienna.

If you want to be the lucky one experiencing the magic of Christmas in Vienna enter the competition here!

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The CD is now available in selected music stores!