1992 studio album by John Tesh 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 ratingsReview 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] ## Contents * 1 Track listing * 2 Personnel * 2.1 Musicians * 2.2 Production * 3 Charts * 4 References ## Track listing[edit] 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[edit] ### Musicians[edit] * 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[edit] * 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[edit] Chart (1995) | Peak position | US Billboard 200[4] | 50 US Top Holiday Albums (Billboard)[2] | 3 US New Age (Billboard)[3] | 8 ## References[edit] 1. ^ Review at AllMusic. Retrieved 16 May 2021. 2. ^ a b "John Tesh Chart History (Holiday Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved May 16, 2021. 3. ^ a b "John Tesh Chart History (New Age Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved May 16, 2021. 4. ^ 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.`{{cite AV media notes}}`: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) *[No.]: Number