Resplendent in voice and manner, José Carreras, Plácido Domingo and Luciano Pavarotti deliver 21 songs of traditional sacred music and secular numbers in a remarkable 1999 live recording from the opulent Viennese concert hall (Konzerthaus), with the Vienna Symphony Orchestra. The performances, whether alone or in tandem, or simply as the threesome that has made them collectively famous, are ...
It certainly seems the BBC has tried to cover most bases with this eclectic compilation of live recordings which have appeared on the Sunday-teatime God-spot Songs of Praise. Beginning with cathedral-style classic carols accompanied by full brass and a thundering organ, the collection moves through some "cheesy-listening" numbers from the Huddersfield Choral Society (a medley of "Winter ...