Buon Natale: The Christmas Album

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Buon Natale: The Christmas Album
Buon Natale The Christmas Album by Il Volo.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 22, 2013 (2013-10-22)
Genre
Length49:47
LanguageItalian, English, Spanish, Latin, German
Label Geffen
Producer Humberto Gatica, Tony Renis
Il Volo chronology
We Are Love
(2012)
Buon Natale: The Christmas Album
(2013)
The Platinum Collection
(2015)

Buon Natale: The Christmas Album is the third studio album and first Christmas album by Italian operatic pop trio Il Volo, The album features the three singers taking on classic American Christmas songs, many of which are relatively unknown in Italy. The album is the unofficial soundtrack to a PBS holiday television special, Il Volo Buon Natale.

Contents

Il Volo toured North American with this album. The trio’s live performances received standing ovations across the U.S. and critical acclaim. [1]

Charts

Chart (2013–15)Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [2] 162
Italian Albums (FIMI) [3] 20
South Korean International Albums (Gaon) [4] 33
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [5] 97
US Billboard 200 [6] 39
US Top Classical Albums (Billboard) [7] 1
US Holiday Albums ( Billboard ) [8] 1

Year-end charts

Chart (2013)Position
US Top Classical Albums (Billboard) [9] 26

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Italy (FIMI) [10] Gold25,000*

* Sales figures based on certification alone.

Track listing

International Edition

Buon Natale Bundle additional EP [12]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Memory" (From the Broadway Musical Cats - Performed by Ignazio Boschetto) Andrew Lloyd Webber, Trevor Nunn, T. S. Eliot  
2."Where Do I Begin" (Love Theme From Love Story - Performed by Piero Barone) Carl Sigman, Francis Lai  
3."Maria" (From West Side Story - Performed by Gianluca Ginoble) Stephen Sondheim, Leonard Bernstein  
4."Astro del Ciel"Franz Xaver Gruber, Angelo Meli 
5."Bianco Natale"Irving Berlin, Filibello 

Italian Edition

Italian Edition - CD & digital download [13]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Bianco Natale"Irving Berlin, Filibello3:29
2."Astro del Ciel"Franz Xaver Gruber, Angelo Meli3:31
3."Ave Maria"Franz Schubert4:27
4."O Holy Night"Adolphe Adam, Placide Cappeau4:34
5."I'll Be Home for Christmas"Kim Gannon, Walter Kent4:37
6."Christmas Medley: Jingle Bell Rock/Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!/It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year"Joe Beal, Jim Boothe, Sammy Cahn, Edward Pola, Jule Styne, George Wyle3:41
7."Santa Claus Is Coming to Town"John Frederick Coots, Haven Gillespie2:27
8."Mis Deseos/Feliz Navidad" (feat. Belinda)José Feliciano4:25
9."Panis angelicus"Saint Thomas Aquinas, William Ross3:47
10."The Christmas Song" (feat. Pia Toscano)Mel Tormé, Robert Wells4:20
11."Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree"Johnny Marks2:18
12."White Christmas"Irving Berlin3:30
13."Silent Night"Franz Xaver Gruber, Joseph Mohr3:30
14."Stille Nacht"Franz Xaver Gruber, Joseph Mohr4:02

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