Christmas: A Season of Love is the sixth studio album and second Christmas album by American singer and actress Idina Menzel. It was released through School Boy and Decca Records on October 18, 2019, and includes duets with Billy Porter, Menzel's Frozen costar Josh Gad, Ariana Grande and Menzel's husband Aaron Lohr.
Composition Menzel's duet with Grande, "A Hand for Mrs. Claus", released as the first promotional single of the album, is an original song by the composers of the Frozen soundtrack, Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez, while Menzel wrote the original song "At This Table" with Jonas Myrin about "inclusion during the holiday season". The album also features a solo recording of the Rent song "Seasons of Love" and the Ladino Hanukkah song "Ocho Kandelikas", which is preceded by a home recording of Idina with her son Walker during Hanukkah.
Promotion In promotion for the album, Menzel has embarked on a three-city concert tour set mainly on the East Coast, including a stop at New York City's Carnegie Hall.
Track listing
Personnel Idina Menzel – lead vocals Walter Afanasieff – production, arrangements, keyboards Rob Mounsey – production William Ross – arrangements Jorge Calandrelli – arrangements Dave Metzger – arrangement of "A Hand for Mrs. Claus" David Reitzas – mixing Nathan East – bass guitar Vinnie Colaiuta – drums Paul Jackson Jr. – guitar Dennis Budimir – guitar Randy Waldman – piano Kenny G – saxophone Kent Smith – trumpet solo Josh Gad – vocal duet Ariana Grande – vocal duet Aaron Lohr – vocal duet Billy Porter – vocal duet Missi Hale – backing vocals Luke Edgemon – backing vocals Monét Owens – backing vocals Tyler Gordon – engineering, programming David Reitzas – engineering Adrian Bradford – engineering Tommy Vicari – orchestral engineering Larry Mah – orchestral engineering Courtney Blooding – production coordination Norman Wonderly – creative direction Ruven Afandor – photography
Charts Chart (2019) Peakposition
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