Peace On Earth [Audio CD] KITARO

Product Description New Age guitarist Kitaro aims for the mystical in this assorted international mixture of hymns and carols. Utilizing strings, flutes, harps, voices of an international children's choir, synthesizers, organs, percussion, and guitars, Peace on Earth retains a sort of enigmatic quality that transcends some of the more prosaic arrangements that color such warhorses as Jesu Joy of Man's Desire, It Came Upon A Midnight Clear, and Jingle Bells. Still, Kitaro's finally a great-old fashioned mood setter even as he aims for more ethereal realms, slowing down tempos, shading a phrase, or lyrically bending a line. It's not musical alchemy, but sometimes it's close. TRACK LISTING: 1. Jesu Joy Of Man's Desiring 2. Silent Night 3. Angels We Have Heard On High 4. Joy To The World / The First Noel 5. Little Drummer Boy 6. Jingle Bells 7. Rosa Mystica 8. It Came Upon A Midnight Clear 9. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen 10. A La Nanita Nana 11. O Holy Night 12. The Great Spirit New Age guitarist Kitaro aims for the mystical in this assorted international mixture of hymns and carols. Utilizing strings, flutes, harps, voices of an international children's Peace Choir, synthesizers, organs, percussion and guitars, Peace on Earth retains a sort of enigmatic quality that transcends some of the more prosaic arrangements that color such warhorses as "Jesu Joy of Man's Desire," "It Came Upon A Midnight Clear," and others--even "Jingle Bells!" Still Kitaro's finally a great-old fashioned mood setter even if as he aims for more ethereal realms, slowing down tempos, shading a phrase, or lyrically bending a line. It's not musical alchemy, but sometimes it's close. --Martin Keller