Paul Plishkahas been a principal artist and starring bass of New York's Metropolitan Opera for over 27 years, with a busy career that has taken him to leading opera-houses throughout North America and Europe.

He was born in Pennsylvania into a family of Ukrainian origin and had his musical training with the Paterson Lyric Opera Theater before joining the National Company of the Metropolitan Opera. While his majestic and powerful voice and impeccable artistry make him one of the world's foremost singers, in the opera-house he is most often associated with the music of Giuseppe Verdi and for his renowned and idiomatic portrayal of the title role in Boris Godunov. His recordings include a release from the Metropolitan Opera on laser disc and video of Verdi's Falstaff, in which he assumes the title role under the baton of James Levine, as well as a number of complete operas, and solo recitals of opera arias and of Ukrainian folk songs. His extraordinary bass voice, heard so often in major operatic roles, also exemplifies the gentleness, warmth and depth of feeling associated with the seasonal music of Christmas. It adds a new dimension to this Christmas release, in which Paul Plishka celebrates the holiday season in a church to which he has developed a very special attachment.


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LÅTAR:
1. It Came Upon A Midnight Clear
2. Away In A Manger
3. O Holy Night
4. Good Christian Men Rejoice
5. Silent Night
6. Angels We Have Heard On High
7. Love Came Down At Christmas
8. He Is Born
9. Lo, How A Rose
10. Hark, The Herald Angels
11. I Saw Three Ships
12. I Wonder As I Wonder
13. O Little Town Of Bethlehem
14. Ukrainian Carol
15. Once Again
16. O How Joyfully
17. Good King Wenceslas
18. Cold December
19. O Tannenbaum
20. When Christmas Morn
21. God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen
22. Go Tell It On The Mountain
23. Infant Holy, Infant Lowly
24. Holly And The Ivy
25. Gesu Bambino
26. We Wish You A Merry Christmas
27. From Heaven Above

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Mediatyp: CD
Produktionsår: 1995
Distributör: NAX
Label: Naxos

Streckkod: 0730099450621
SKU: 273561