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. Nanita Nana
11. O Holy Night
12. Great Spirit

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #12166 in Music
• Released on: 1996-09-17
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .20 pounds

Album Description
Peace on Earth is the first holiday album by Kitaro and takes long time holiday favorites and orchestrates them with ethereal overtones, spiritual subtleties and bursts of theatrical effects. Also included is an original Christmas composition composed by Kitaro.

Peace on Earth is an atmospheric and intriguing holiday album that merges the finest of Eastern and Western culture instilling harmony and peaceful co-existence through melodies of passion and drama. Also available on DVD with evocative nature imagery.

Amazon.com
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. --Martin Keller

Customer Reviews

Peace on Earth
I really enjoyed this one by Kitaro. The interesting style all his own mixed with the traditional Christmas hymns all together makes for one beautiful album. Kitaro is a man with an unusual talent, and it is so cool to relax to the soothing sounds of Christmas music.Especially KITARO style.

As good as Christmas caroles get!
GET IT. I don't care if it is the middle of July. I don't care if you don't get into new age. GET IT. Butiful as christmas CAN get. I recomend as A christmas gift. Especally to someone who is suppressed, heart broken, hert, or anything. It is by far as healing as I have ever seen and I have seen far more then avrage. I call it music from Heaven. Great to listen all year around because it's so butiful.

Outstanding
I hate Christmas albums. This collection of traditional music arranged in classical KITARO style is simply superb. A haunting mix of traditional style and the Kitaro signature. Buy it - your heart will sing.