Christmas With the Stars 2
Devout and devotional,Christmas with the Stars, Vol. 2showcases many quality choirs, orchestras, and ensembles with appearances by the groupChanticleer, pop singerNatalie Cole, and Celtic singer composerLoreena McKennitt. Opera stars Placido Domingo, José Carreras, and a handful of others are joined by the critically acclaimed St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra, the BBC Philharmonic, the Choir of New College, Oxford, and the Boston Camerata in uplifting performances that will send spirits soaring. Here's a Christmas record steeped in Old World musical tradition with operatic brilliance and the sonorous comfort and joy of brass, strings, percussion, and the splendor of human voices realized in colorful harmony and veneration.--Martin Keller