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
Garden City (1989) A Romantic Christmas (1992) Ironman Triathlon (1992)

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 – grand piano
• Paul Viapiano – classical guitar
• Tim Landers – fretless bass (16)
• Joan Elardo – English horn, oboe
• John Reynolds – French horn
• Charlie Bisharat – violin solo (15)
• Vince Denham – saxophone (16)
• Tim Heintz – arrangements (16)

Orchestra section

• Charlie Bisharat – arrangements
• John Bisharat – conductor
• Barbara Nahlik – contractor
• Ed Alton and Dave Stone – bass
• Matthew Cooker, Armen Ksadjikian, Sachi McHenry and Ed Willett – cello
• Katie Kirkpatrick – harp
• Brian Dembow, Karie Prescott, John Scanlon and David Stenske – viola
• Charlie Bisharat, Darius Campo, Juliann French, Berj Garobedian, Peter Kent, Maria Newman, Sid Page, Michele Richards, Anatoly Rosinsky, Bob Sanov, Sheldon Sanov and Roger Wilkie – violin

The Paulist Boy Choristers of California (Tracks 5, 9 & 13)

• Carol Foster – choir director

• Joseph Bertolami
• Matthew Bertolet
• Christian Campos
• Timothy Chew
• Darren Davies
• Hassan Dornayi
• Anthony Fournier
• Cris Garza
• Chris Gough
• Michael Graham
• Andrew Henning
• Gerardo Hernandez
• Eric Hwang
• 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

• Concetta Sellecchia Tesh – executive producer
• John Tesh – executive producer, producer
• Chris Chandler – recording
• Ross Pallone – recording, mixing
• Chris Bellman – mastering at Bernie Grundman Mastering (Hollywood, California)
• Gib Gerard – production assistant
• Vu Tran – art direction
• Charles William Bush – cover photography
• Will McKenzie – make-Up
• Mimi Vodnoy – hair stylist
• Suzie Bagdadi – hair stylist
• Ronny Schiff – research
• Jerry Gross – Scripture selection
• Teri Meredyth – piano technician
• Denxyl Feigelson – management
• Richard Gant – publicity

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.