A Romantic Christmas

A Romantic Christmas
A Romantic Christmas
Studio album by John Tesh
Released	1992
Studio	Look at the Lights Studio
Genre	Holiday
Length	57:02
Label	GTS Records
Producer	John Tesh
John Tesh chronology

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]

A Romantic Christmas is the fourth studio album and first holiday album by John Tesh. It was released by GTS Records in 1992. The album peaked at No. 3 on the Billboard Holiday Albums chart,^[2] No. 8 on its New Age Albums chart,^[3] and No. 50 on the Billboard 200.^[4]

Track listing[]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"O Little Town of Bethlehem"	Phillips Brooks Lewis H. Redner	2:30
2.	"Gesù Bambino"	Pietro Alessandro Yon	4:20
3.	"It Came Upon a Midnight Clear"	Richard Storrs Willis Edmund Hamilton Sears	3:22
4.	"The First Noel"	Traditional	3:14
5.	"Panis Angelicus"	César Auguste Franck	3:22
6.	"O Holy Night"	Adolphe Adam John Sullivan Dwight	4:52
7.	"Bring a Torch, Jeannette, Isabella"	Traditional	3:43
8.	"O Come, All Ye Faithful"	Frederick Oakeley John Francis Wade	3:47
9.	"Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring"	Johann Sebastian Bach	4:59
10.	"The Coventry Carol"	Robert Croo	2:54
11.	"We Three Kings of Orient Are"	John Henry Hopkins Jr.	3:37
12.	"Silent Night, Holy Night"	Franz Gruber Joseph Mohr	2:46
13.	"Gloria in Excelsis Deo" (Plainchant Mode)	Traditional	2:37
14.	"The Homecoming"	John Tesh	3:41
15.	"In a Child's Eyes"	John Tesh	3:47
16.	"The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)"	Mel Tormé Robert Wells	3:31
Total length:			57:02

Track information and credits adapted from the album's liner notes.^[5]

Personnel[]

Musicians[]

John Tesh – acoustic piano
John Bisharat – conductor
Charlie Bisharat – violin
Juliann French – violin
Maria Newman – violin
Sid Page – violin
Darius Campo – violin
Anatoly Rosinsky – violin
Brian Dembow – viola
John Scanlon – viola
Mathew Cooker – cello
Sachi McHenry – cello
Dave Stone – bass
Joan Elardo – English horn, oboe
Katie Kirkpatrick – harp
Barbara Nahlik – contractor

Berj Garobedian – violin
Bob Sanov – violin
Roger Wilkie – violin
Sheldon Sanov – violin
Peter Kent – violin
Michele Richards – violin
Karie Prescott – viola
David Stenske – viola
Armen Ksadjikian – cello
Ed Willett – cello
Ed Alton – bass
John Reynolds – French horn
Paul Viapiano – classical guitar
Vince Denham – saxophone (Track 16)
Tim Heintz – arranger (Track 16)
Tim Landers – fretless bass (Track 16)

The Paulist Boy Choristers of California, Carol Foster – Director (Track 13)

Joseph Bertolami
Matthew Bertolet
Christian Campos
Timothy Chew
Darren Davies
Hossan Dornayi
Anthony Fournier
Cris Garza
Chris Gough
Michael Graham
Andrew Henning
Gerardo Hernandez
Eric Whang
Jay Johnson

Tyler Klein
Theodorus Laksmana
Matthew Lawrence
Andrew Lumsden
Jon McIlinay
Michael Martner
Dante Nakazawa
Dominic O'Connor
Jesse Ramirez
Brian Sanchez
Jordan Ste. Marie
Ricky Valenzuela
Hank Wilkes

Production[]

John Tesh – Producer, Executive Producer
Concetta Sellecchia – Executive Producer
John Bisharat – Orchestral Arrangements
Ross Pallone – Engineer, Mixing
Chris Chandler – Engineer
Chris Bellman – Mastering
Bernie Grundman – Mastering
Denxyl Feigelson – Management
Richard Gant – Publicity

Gib Gerard – Production Assistant
Vu Tran – Art Direction
Charles William Bush – Cover Photo
Will McKenzie – Make-Up
Mimi Vodnoy – Hair
Suzie Bagdadi – Hair
Ronny Schiff – Research
Jerry Gross – Scripture Selection
Teri Meredyth – Piano Technician

Charts[]

Chart (1995)	Peak position
US Billboard 200^[4]	50
US Top Holiday Albums (Billboard)^[2]	3
US New Age (Billboard)^[3]	8

References[]

^ Review at AllMusic. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "John Tesh Chart History (Holiday Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved May 16, 2021.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "John Tesh Chart History (New Age Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved May 16, 2021.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "John Tesh Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved May 16, 2021.
^ A Romantic Christmas (liner notes). John Tesh. GTS Records. 1992. 3-4569-2.CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

[AM1-1] Review at AllMusic. Retrieved 16 May 2021.

[BB1-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b "John Tesh Chart History (Holiday Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved May 16, 2021.

[BB2-3] Jump up to: ^a ^b "John Tesh Chart History (New Age Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved May 16, 2021.

[BB3-4] Jump up to: ^a ^b "John Tesh Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved May 16, 2021.

[5] A Romantic Christmas (liner notes). John Tesh. GTS Records. 1992. 3-4569-2.CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

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