Tarja Turunen - Dark Christmas (2023)

Tarja Turunen - Dark Christmas (2023)

Tracklist front / back album covers

1. "The First Noel"   3:18

2. "Frosty the Snowman"

Walter E. "Jack" Rollins, Steve Nelson

3:07

3. "O Holy Night"

Adolphe Adam

4:29

4. "Dark Christmas"

Tarja Turunen

4:35

5. "Jingle Bell Rock"

Joseph Carleton Beal, James Ross Boothe

3:52

6. "White Christmas"

Irving Berlin

3:43

7. "All I Want for Christmas is You"

Mariah Carey, Walter Afanasieff

5:18

8. "Wonderful Christmastime"

Paul McCartney

5:31

9. "Last Christmas"

George Michael

4:30

10. "Jingle Bells"

James Lord Pierpont

4:33

11. "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer"

Johnny Marks

4:19

12. "Angels We Have Heard On High"

4:41

Total length:   51:56

Dark Christmas is the 3rd classical and Christmas album, and the ninth studio album released by the Finnish soprano Tarja Turunen. It is the long-awaited sequel to her second Christmas album, From Spirits and Ghosts (Score for a Dark Christmas). The music was arranged and orchestrated by Tarja's frequent collaborators Jim Dooley and Tim Palmer.

The album is the first to include a special children's choir in each song, with the choir also including her own daughter, Naomi Cabuli Turunen. Naomi also plays the drums on some songs.

The album was announced to be specially mixed with immersive Dolby Atmos mixing, and it was announced that there would be pre-listening sessions in cinemas worldwide of the album. Each song was also announced to be receiving its own music video.