The album was recorded on December 23, 1992 at the Rathaus in Vienna with the Vienna Symphony Orchestra and the Gumpoldskirch Boys Choir as ensemble.
It charted in both the US and UK and was very successful on the Billboard Classical albums chart, reaching #2 and remaining on the chart for 31 weeks. The album sold over 1 million copies and was an example how pop singers and classical singers can sing together.
The video recording of the event aired on PBS stations as part of Great Performances the following Christmas season in the USA.
"It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year" (Eddie Pola) - 2:42
"Adeste Fideles 'O Come, All Ye Faithful'" (John Francis Wade) - 2:40
"If We Hold on Together" (James Horner, Barry Mann, Will Jennings) - 3:31
"O Tannenbaum"/"Minuit, Chrétiens"/"Jingle Bells"/"La Virgen Lava Pañales"/"O Little Town of Bethlehem"/"Tu Scendi Dalle Stelle"/"Joy to the World" (Traditional/Adolphe-Charles Adam/Henry Walford Davies/Lowell Mason) - 13:45