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Peace on Earth (Kitaro album)

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Length
  
55:17

Release date
  
17 September 1996

Label
  
Domo Records

Artist
  
Kitarō

Producer
  
Kitarō

Genre
  
New-age music

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Released
  
1996, re-released in 2011

Peace On Earth (1996)
  
Cirque Ingenieux (1997)

Similar
  
Kitarō albums, New-age music albums

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Peace on Earth is a Kitaro album of classic Christmas songs taken from cultures around the world. It was released by Domo Records in 1996 and reissued in 2011. The reissue includes a DVD of nature visuals synchronized to music from the album. Peace on Earth peaked at number 4 on the Billboard Top New Age Albums Chart in December 1996.

Contents

Kitaro jesu joy of man s desiring


Track listing

All songs are traditional, except "The Great Spirit", which was composed by Kitaro.

Personnel

  • Kitaro : producer, lead synthesizers, Hammond organ, electric guitar, taiko, gong, beam
  • Annamaria Karacson : violin
  • Gyongyver Petheo : violin
  • Daniel Flick : viola
  • Kevin Johnson : cello
  • Kristen Stordahl Kanda : flute, music contracting
  • Pamela Eldridge : harp
  • Massito : guitar
  • Derek Zimmerman : percussion
  • Keith Heffner : keyboards
  • Gary Barlough : producer, engineer, synclavier and analog keyboards
  • International Peace Choir
  • David Holtom : vocal solo on "Little Drummer Boy"
  • Massito : guitar arrangement on "A La Nanita Nana"
  • Peter R. Kelsey : engineer
  • Steve Mixdorf : assistant engineer
  • Daijiro Miyazawa : assistant engineer
  • Doug Sax : mastering engineer
  • Gavin Lurssen : mastering engineer
  • Dino Malito : mastering engineer (re-issue)
  • Keith Heffner : arranger, conductor
  • Music contracting : Kristen Stordahl Kanda
    • Additional personnel
  • Eiichi Naito : executive producer, management
  • Dino Malito : artists & repertoire, management
  • Howard Sapper : business & legal affairs
  • Hitoshi Saito : marketing
  • Kio Griffith/ 9rpm.com : art direction and design (2012 version)
  • Art Slave : art direction and design (1995 version)
  • Uniphoto Picture Agency : front cover photography
  • Steve Burns : International Peace Choir photography

    • Songs

    1Jesu Joy of Man's Desire4:47
    2Silent Night4:23
    3Angels We Have Heard on High5:40

    References

    Peace on Earth (Kitaro album) Wikipedia
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