FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25 (NEW YORK, NY) — This holiday season, the dazzling cast of HBO’s Emmy Award-nominated Original Drama series The Gilded Age comes together for Voices Of The Gilded Age: The Christmas Album, a new collection of beloved Christmas classics and original songs out Friday, November 6 on Concord Theatricals Recordings. Pre-order the album on digital, CD, and vinyl HERE.

Produced by Latin GRAMMY®-winning songwriter and producer Desmond Child, a longtime fan of The Gilded Age who brought together members of the series’ Tony Award-winning and nominated cast of Broadway and stage veterans for this project, the album features two new original songs, both written by Child, alongside a variety of holiday favorites. The project features Ben Ahlers, Christine Baranski, Laura Benanti, Denée Benton, Carrie Coon, Jordan Donica, Celia Keenan-Bolger, Audra McDonald, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Donna Murphy, Kelli O’Hara, Taylor Richardson, Morgan Spector, Taylor Trensch, and Adrienne Warren.

Today, Concord released the album’s first single, “The World Needs Some Christmas,” performed by 2026 Theatre World Award-winner and SAG Award-nominee Ben Ahlers (Death of a Salesman). The track, which is one of the original songs written by Child for the project, pairs Ahlers’ vocals with sweeping orchestration and a timely message of hope, connection and togetherness. Listen HERE.

“I’ve been waiting my whole life to make this record, and I’m still in awe that I was able to bring it to life alongside some of Broadway’s most extraordinary voices,” says Desmond Child. “Together we’ve created a loving tribute to our favorite Christmas songs, legendary artists, lyricists, composers, and arrangers whose timeless music has warmed our hearts and filled our lives with joy.” 

The tracklist also features Brian Stokes Mitchell performing “It’s The Most Wonderful Time of the Year,” Christine Baranski performing “We Need A Little Christmas,” Audra McDonald, Donna Murphy and Kelli O’Hara performing Stephen Sondheim’s “I Remember,” Kelli O’Hara performing “I’ll Be Home For Christmas,” Adrienne Warren performing “Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas,” Denée Benton and Jordan Donica performing “O Holy Night,” Audra McDonald performing “I Wonder As I Wander,” Taylor Richardson and Taylor Trensch performing “Let It Snow,” Celia Keenan-Bolger and Laura Benanti performing “Wexford Carol,” and Donna Murphyperforming “It’s Been Real,” another original song written by Desmond Child. Carrie Coon and Morgan Spector also bring Clement Clarke Moore’s “‘Twas The Night Before Christmas” to life woven throughout the album.

The album is co-produced by GRAMMY® Award winner Sean Patrick Flahaven, edited and mixed by GRAMMY® winners Ian Kagey and Derik Lee, and mastered by GRAMMY® winner Oscar Zambrano, with art direction by Derek Bishop.

The album will arrive on the heels of the Season 4 premiere of The Gilded Age on Sunday, November 1 on HBO and HBO Max.

VOICES OF THE GILDED AGE: THE CHRISTMAS ALBUM TRACKLIST

1. “It’s The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year” — Brian Stokes Mitchell
2. “We Need A Little Christmas” — Christine Baranski
3. “’Twas The Night Before Christmas (Part 1)” — Carrie Coon & Morgan Spector
4. “The World Needs Some Christmas” — Ben Ahlers *
5. “I Remember” — Audra McDonald, Donna Murphy & Kelli O’Hara
6. “I’ll Be Home For Christmas” — Kelli O’Hara
7. “O Holy Night” — Denée Benton & Jordan Donica
8. “I Wonder As I Wander” — Audra McDonald
9. “’Twas The Night Before Christmas (Part 2)” — Carrie Coon & Morgan Spector
10. “Let It Snow” — Taylor Richardson & Taylor Trensch
11. “Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas” — Adrienne Warren
12. “Wexford Carol” — Celia Keenan-Bolger & Laura Benanti
13. “Just In Time For Christmas” — Laura Benanti
14. “’Twas The Night Before Christmas (Part 3)” — Carrie Coon & Morgan Spector
15. “It’s Been Real” — Donna Murphy *

*original song written by Desmond Child

About Concord Theatricals Recordings

Recent albums released by Concord Theatricals Recordings include the cast album of the 2025 Lincoln Center Theater revival of Ragtime; the GRAMMY® Award-nominated Death Becomes Her (Original Broadway Cast Recording); the GRAMMY® winners Into The Woods (2022 Broadway Cast Recording), starring Sara Bareilles, and Some Like It Hot (Original Broadway Cast Recording) by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman; and the GRAMMY®-nominated Mr. Saturday Night (Original Broadway Cast Recording), starring Billy Crystal, Come From Away (Original Broadway Cast Recording), Amélie (Original London Cast Recording) and Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Carousel (2018 Broadway Cast Recording). Other releases include  the final original Sondheim cast album, Here We Are; SMASH (Original Broadway Cast Recording); Jason Robert Brown’s The Connector; My Favorite Things: The Rodgers & Hammerstein 80th Anniversary Concert (Live from Theatre Royal Drury Lane); Jason Robert Brown & Stephen Sondheim: Live in Concert; Jessica Vosk’s SLEIGH; Shaina Taub’s As You Like It (Original Public Works Cast Recording); Tom Kitt & Brian Yorkey’s The Visitor, starring David Hyde Pierce; Antonio Banderas and Teatro del Soho CaixaBank’s Spanish cast albums of They’re Playing Our Song, Godspell, Company and A Chorus Line; and studio cast recordings of Carmel Dean’s Well-Behaved Women; Zachary & Weiner’s 17 Again, featuring Casey Likes and Eden Espinosa; Douglas J. Cohen’s The Big Time, starring Santino Fontana and Debbie Gravitte, and DRAG: The Musical (The Studio Recording). Theatre artist/songwriter albums include Georgia Stitt’s Bell Tower, Jaime Lozano & The Familia’s Songs By An Immigrant Vols. 2 and 3, Florencia Cuenca Broadway en Spanglish, Darius de Haas’s Let Me Carry You This Christmas, Sondheim In The City by Melissa Errico, and Jason Robert Brown’s Coming From Inside The House, featuring Ariana Grande and Shoshana Bean.Concord Theatricals Recordings is a part of BMG. www.concordtheatricalsrecordings.com

For more information on Voices of the Gilded Age, please contact:

Allison Elbl, Alexa Price, and Dakota Rosen