Sinfonia di Natale

Sinfonia di Natale
Studio album by
Released13 November 1995 (1995-11-13)
Studio
Genre[1]
Length50:35
LabelDDD – La Drogueria di Drugolo
ProducerGian Piero Reverberi
Rondò Veneziano chronology
Il mago di Venezia
(1994)
Sinfonia di Natale
(1995)
Gian Piero Reverberi Conducts Rondò Veneziano – In concerto
(1997)
Alternative cover
Germany and Europe release as Weihnachten mit Rondò Veneziano – Sinfonia di Natale

Sinfonia di Natale is the eighteenth studio album by Italian chamber orchestra Rondò Veneziano, released in 1995 by DDD – La Drogueria di Drugolo in Italy and distributed in Europe by BMG Ariola.[2]

In France, it was released as Symphonie de Noël and in Germany and Europe as Weihnachten mit Rondò Veneziano – Sinfonia di Natale (with the track 11 renamed as Laudamus Jesus).[3]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Gian Piero Reverberi, except were noted.

No.TitleMusicLength
1."Sinfonia di Natale" 4:48
2."Ave Maria""Ave Maria" (Franz Schubert), "Ave Maria" (Charles Gounod)4:54
3."Weihnacht Suite""Alle Jahre wieder" (Friedrich Silcher), "Gloria in excelsis Deo", "Tochter Zion" (George Frideric Handel), "Adeste fideles4:49
4."Petit Papa Noël"(Henri Martinet, Max Eschig)2:05
5."Suite di Natale""In dulci jubilo", "Süßer die Glocken nie klingen", "Leise rieselt der Schnee" (Eduard Ebel), "Macht hoch die Tür"3:48
6."Händel/Bach""Messiah": Sinfonia, For Unto Us a Child is Born (George Frideric Handel), "Weihnachts-Oratorium": Sinfonia (Johann Sebastian Bach), "Messiah": Hallelujah (George Frideric Handel)6:30
7."White Christmas"(Irving Berlin)3:18
8."Christmas Suite I""Vom Himmel hoch, da komm ich her" (Valentin Schumann), "We Wish You a Merry Christmas", "Es ist ein Ros entsprungen" (Michael Praetorius)3:54
9."Christmas Suite II""Kommet, ihr Hirten", "O du fröhliche", "The Little Drummer Boy" (Katherine Kennicott Davis), "Fröhliche Weihnacht überall"5:59
10."Stille Nacht"(Franz Xaver Gruber)3:24
11."Rondò Veneziano Laudamus Jesus" 3.07
12."Caro Babbo Natale..." 2:42
13."Sinfonia di Natale (Reprise)" 1:10

Personnel

  • Gian Piero Reverberi – producer and sound engineer
  • Glonner Chorbuben – choir
  • Achim Natzeck – artwork
  • Camillo Franchi Scarselli – cover art
  • Klaus Strazicky – sound engineer

Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.[4]

Charts

Chart performance for Sinfonia di Natale
Chart (1996) Peak
position
European Albums (Music & Media)[5] 68
Chart performance for Weihnachten mit Rondò Veneziano – Sinfonia di Natale
Chart (1995–1996) Peak
position
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[6] 15

References

  1. ^ Rondó Veneziano - Rondò Veneziano | Album | AllMusic, retrieved 2025-09-30
  2. ^ Bote, Katrin (2002). Rondò Veneziano – Faszination der Popklassik (in German). BoD – Books on Demand. p. 174. ISBN 978-3-8311-3992-7.
  3. ^ Rondò Veneziano - Sinfonia Di Natale (in Italian), 1995, retrieved 2025-09-06.
  4. ^ Sinfonia di Natale (Media notes). Rondò Veneziano. Italy: DDD – La Drogueria di Drugolo. 1995. 74321 30139 2.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  5. ^ "European Hot 100 Albums" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 13, no. 2. 13 January 1996. p. 12. OCLC 29800226.
  6. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Rondo' Veneziano – Weihnachten Mit Rondò Veneziano – Sinfonia di Natale" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 12 January 2025.