From All Music Guide: Recording Info: Abbey Road Studios, London, UK; Angel Studios, London, UK; Henry Wood Hall, London, UK; Indice Records Studio, Mexico City, Mexico; Nemo Studios, Hamburg, Germany; Ocean Club Studio, Key Biscayne, FL; Proloton Studio, Hamburg, Germany; South Beach Studio, Miami, FL; Vox Studio, Bendestorf, Germany

From All Music Guide: Ten months after the release of her blockbuster Symphony album, vocalist Sarah Brightman and producer/musical guru collaborator Frank Peterson release the inevitable, Winter Symphony. If only it were really an extension of the overblown, wildly overproduced former album it would work on sheer camp level alone. But alas, while it's excessive it's not so overdone that it's dramatic or exciting, despite the presence of symphony orchestras, gaggles of session players, three choirs, etc. There are a number of traditional selections from the season of Christmas: "Silent Night," "In the Bleak Midwinter," and "Child in a Manger," among them, as well as two versions of "Ave Maria" (one in duet with Fernando Lima). There are also a slew of contemporary pop tunes in the mix, such as Vince Gill's "Colder Than Winter," an overcooked reading of Neil Diamond's "I've Been This Way Before," and inexplicably, one of the only hits ex-Move/Electric Light Orchestra co-founderRoy Wood ever scored on his own...

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