A Romantic Christmas

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]

A Romantic Christmas
Studio album by
John Tesh
Released1992
StudioLook at the Lights Studio
GenreHoliday
Length57:02
LabelGTS Records
ProducerJohn Tesh
John Tesh chronology
Garden City
(1989)		 A Romantic Christmas
(1992)		 Ironman Triathlon
(1992)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic [1]

Track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."O Little Town of Bethlehem"
2:30
2."Gesù Bambino"Pietro Alessandro Yon4:20
3."It Came Upon a Midnight Clear"
3:22
4."The First Noel"Traditional3:14
5."Panis Angelicus"César Auguste Franck3:22
6."O Holy Night"
4:52
7."Bring a Torch, Jeannette, Isabella"Traditional3:43
8."O Come, All Ye Faithful"
3:47
9."Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring"Johann Sebastian Bach4:59
10."The Coventry Carol"Robert Croo2:54
11."We Three Kings of Orient Are"John Henry Hopkins Jr.3:37
12."Silent Night, Holy Night"
2:46
13."Gloria in Excelsis Deo" (Plainchant Mode)Traditional2:37
14."The Homecoming"John Tesh3:41
15."In a Child's Eyes"John Tesh3:47
16."The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)"
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
  1. Review at AllMusic. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
  2. "John Tesh Chart History (Holiday Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved May 16, 2021.
  3. "John Tesh Chart History (New Age Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved May 16, 2021.
  4. "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.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
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