Track Listings (17) - Disc #1| All Artists: John McDermott, Anthony Kearns, Ronan Tynan Title: THE IRISH TENORS: Home for Christmas Members Wishing: 0 Total Copies: 4 Label: Music Matters Original Release Date: 10/5/1999 Re-Release Date: 1/8/2007 Genres: Folk, International Music, Special Interest, Pop, Classical, Broadway & Vocalists Styles: Traditional Folk, British & Celtic Folk, Celtic, Europe, Britain & Ireland, Holiday & Wedding, Vocal Pop, Opera & Classical Vocal, Traditional Vocal Pop Number of Discs: 1 SwapaCD Credits: 1 UPCs: 658926887023, 714151887020 |
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 | John McDermott, Anthony Kearns, Ronan Tynan THE IRISH TENORS: Home for Christmas Genres: Folk, International Music, Special Interest, Pop, Classical, Broadway & Vocalists
The Irish Tenors are an acquired taste that, it seems, nearly everyone has acquired. On Home for Christmas, John McDermott, Anthony Kearns, and Ronan Tynan create a stirring seasonal follow-up to their extremely popular se... more »     |
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Amazon.com The Irish Tenors are an acquired taste that, it seems, nearly everyone has acquired. On Home for Christmas, John McDermott, Anthony Kearns, and Ronan Tynan create a stirring seasonal follow-up to their extremely popular self-titled debut of Irish standards. On this disc, we get some of the best-loved holiday songs performed by the tenors in their trademark, Emerald Isle vocal style. Though the disc boasts a 78-piece orchestra, don't expect big-band arrangements on these tunes; if anything, these are intimate performances, with the tenors front-and-center. Each vocalist gets his own solo turns, but there are plenty of tunes featuring all three: "Joy to the World," "It Came Upon a Midnight Clear," "O Holy Night," The Holy City," "Silent Night," and "Amazing Grace." If you still haven't had your fill of holiday music, check out McDermott's solo Christmas album from 1998, on which the vocalist performs an eclectic mix of standards and lesser-known holiday gems. --Jason Verlinde Similarly Requested CDs
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CD ReviewsHome for Christmas--A Masterpiece Irish Admirer | Hiwasse, AR USA | 05/27/2000 (5 out of 5 stars) "Like millions of others I discovered the Irish Tenors through PBS. I promptly began looking for anything else by these wonderful performers and found this Cd. The music is soul-satisfying as the Christmas music is all sacred (the closest to secular is "Good King Wenceslas"). The arrangements are in turn glorious, tender, and sweet. "Suo Gan" by McDermott, ''Sweet Little Jesus Boy" and "The Wexford Carol" by Kearns are highlights. Of the ensemble pieces, "Silent Night" and "Joy to the World" stand out. But the crowning selection is "The Holy City." We are wearing the album out and it's only May. We'll have to have another copy for Christmas!" The Irish Tenors, Home for Christmas Les Hydle | Littleton, Colorado, U.S.A. | 12/08/1999 (5 out of 5 stars) "This is a powerful album, the best new Christmas CD I've heard in a long while. The songs are traditional, But performed and recorded with a sensitivity and emotion I have not heard in years. I played it three times the first night I brought it home!" THERE ARE ABSOLUTELY NO WORDS................. Les Hydle | 10/19/1999 (5 out of 5 stars) "to describe this wonderful CD. I suspected I, too, had Tenoritis with their first CD, but now I KNOW I have it. This CD is absolutely spectacular - three voices so beautiful, they truly do bring tears to my eyes. My favorite, however, is Anthony Kearns. He is an outstanding talent. His rendition of Ave Maria and Sweet Little Jesus Boy are next to perfection. The group singing O Holy Night is awesome and truly breathtaking. Every song, solo or in group just puts you in another world. I could just go on and on and on....I, too, cannot be objective where these three gents are concerned. Hope they do another concert video soon - very soon. Buy this CD- for sure, you won't be disappointed! You'll want to play it all year through, just not Christmas time."
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