For me, the very best part of Christmas is the beautiful music connected
with the holiday. I don't mean the gooey, schmaltzy stuff,
but the really fine music, performed by the very best musicians.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iM5IDFRRfaY


Probably the greatest voice of the last half of the 20th Century,
singing O Holy Night.

On 12/12/12 8:38 AM, ESAD wrote:
For me, the very best part of Christmas is the beautiful music connected
with the holiday. I don't mean the gooey, schmaltzy stuff,
but the really fine music, performed by the very best musicians.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iM5IDFRRfaY


Probably the greatest voice of the last half of the 20th Century,
singing O Holy Night.


And a tenor thankfully still with us:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBJObglpL9A


The great spinto tenor, Jonas Kaufmann.