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

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.

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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