Peace on Earth

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Tracklist

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1Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring
recording engineer:
Gary Barlough and Peter R. Kelsey
assistant engineer:
Daijiro Miyazawa and Steve Mixdorf
executive producer:
Eiichi Naito
producer:
Gary Barlough and Kitaro (new age keyboardist)
mixer:
Peter R. Kelsey
Blaster Beam [Beam], electric guitar, gong, Hammond organ, synthesizer [lead synthesizers] and taiko:
Kitaro (new age keyboardist)
cello:
Kevin Johnson (cellist)
flute:
Kristen Stordahl Kanda
guitar:
Massito
harp:
Pamela Eldridge
keyboard [analog keyboards] and synclavier:
Gary Barlough
keyboard [keyboards]:
Keith Heffner
percussion:
Derek Zimmerman
viola:
Daniel Flick
violin [violin 1]:
Annamaria Karacson (violinist)
violin [violin 2]:
Gyongyver Petheo
choir vocals:
International Peace Choir
conductor:
Keith Heffner
arranger:
Keith Heffner
recorded at:
Mochi House in Ward and NRG Studios in North Hollywood
mixed at:
NRG Studios in North Hollywood
recording of:
Kantate, BWV 147 “Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben”: Teil II, X. Choral “Jesus bleibet meine Freude” (Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring; catch‐all for arrangements and unknown orchestrations)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
arrangement of:
Kantate, BWV 147 „Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben“: Teil II, X. Choral „Jesus bleibet meine Freude“ (Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring)
4:47
2Silent Night
recording engineer:
Gary Barlough and Peter R. Kelsey
assistant engineer:
Daijiro Miyazawa and Steve Mixdorf
executive producer:
Eiichi Naito
producer:
Gary Barlough and Kitaro (new age keyboardist)
mixer:
Peter R. Kelsey
Blaster Beam [Beam], electric guitar, gong, Hammond organ, synthesizer [lead synthesizers] and taiko:
Kitaro (new age keyboardist)
cello:
Kevin Johnson (cellist)
flute:
Kristen Stordahl Kanda
guitar:
Massito
harp:
Pamela Eldridge
keyboard [analog keyboards] and synclavier:
Gary Barlough
keyboard [keyboards]:
Keith Heffner
percussion:
Derek Zimmerman
viola:
Daniel Flick
violin [violin 1]:
Annamaria Karacson (violinist)
violin [violin 2]:
Gyongyver Petheo
choir vocals:
International Peace Choir
conductor:
Keith Heffner
arranger:
Keith Heffner
recorded at:
Mochi House in Ward and NRG Studios in North Hollywood
mixed at:
NRG Studios in North Hollywood
recording of:
Silent Night (Christmas carol, English translation)
lyricist:
Josef Mohr (composer/author) (in 1816)
composer:
Franz Xaver Gruber (composer/author) (in 1818)
translator:
John Freeman Young (in 1859)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 27088)
translated version of:
Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht
4:23
3Angels We Have Heard on High
recording engineer:
Gary Barlough and Peter R. Kelsey
assistant engineer:
Daijiro Miyazawa and Steve Mixdorf
executive producer:
Eiichi Naito
producer:
Gary Barlough and Kitaro (new age keyboardist)
mixer:
Peter R. Kelsey
Blaster Beam [Beam], electric guitar, gong, Hammond organ, synthesizer [lead synthesizers] and taiko:
Kitaro (new age keyboardist)
cello:
Kevin Johnson (cellist)
flute:
Kristen Stordahl Kanda
guitar:
Massito
harp:
Pamela Eldridge
keyboard [analog keyboards] and synclavier:
Gary Barlough
keyboard [keyboards]:
Keith Heffner
percussion:
Derek Zimmerman
viola:
Daniel Flick
violin [violin 1]:
Annamaria Karacson (violinist)
violin [violin 2]:
Gyongyver Petheo
choir vocals:
International Peace Choir
conductor:
Keith Heffner
arranger:
Keith Heffner
recorded at:
Mochi House in Ward and NRG Studios in North Hollywood
mixed at:
NRG Studios in North Hollywood
recording of:
Angels We Have Heard on High
lyricist:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
translator:
James Chadwick (bishop) (in 1862)
version of:
Les Anges dans nos campagnes
5:40
4Joy to the World / The First Noel
recording engineer:
Gary Barlough and Peter R. Kelsey
assistant engineer:
Daijiro Miyazawa and Steve Mixdorf
executive producer:
Eiichi Naito
producer:
Gary Barlough and Kitaro (new age keyboardist)
mixer:
Peter R. Kelsey
Blaster Beam [Beam], electric guitar, gong, Hammond organ, synthesizer [lead synthesizers] and taiko:
Kitaro (new age keyboardist)
cello:
Kevin Johnson (cellist)
flute:
Kristen Stordahl Kanda
guitar:
Massito
harp:
Pamela Eldridge
keyboard [analog keyboards] and synclavier:
Gary Barlough
keyboard [keyboards]:
Keith Heffner
percussion:
Derek Zimmerman
viola:
Daniel Flick
violin [violin 1]:
Annamaria Karacson (violinist)
violin [violin 2]:
Gyongyver Petheo
choir vocals:
International Peace Choir
conductor:
Keith Heffner
arranger:
Keith Heffner
recorded at:
Mochi House in Ward and NRG Studios in North Hollywood
mixed at:
NRG Studios in North Hollywood
medley including a recording of:
Joy to the World (Christmas carol)
lyricist:
Isaac Watts (hymn writer) (in 1719)
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer)
arranger:
Lowell Mason (in 1839)
medley including a recording of:
The First Noël
publisher:
William B. Sandys (in 1823, in 1833)
additional lyricist:
Davies Gilbert (in 1823)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
additional arranger:
John Stainer (in 1871)
arranger:
Davies Gilbert (in 1823)
part of:
The New English Hymnal (hymn book) (number: 36)
arrangement of:
The First Nowell
part of:
Meet Me in St. Louis (1944 musical film soundtrack)
4:37
5Little Drummer Boy
recording engineer:
Gary Barlough and Peter R. Kelsey
assistant engineer:
Daijiro Miyazawa and Steve Mixdorf
executive producer:
Eiichi Naito
producer:
Gary Barlough and Kitaro (new age keyboardist)
mixer:
Peter R. Kelsey
Blaster Beam [Beam], electric guitar, gong, Hammond organ, synthesizer [lead synthesizers] and taiko:
Kitaro (new age keyboardist)
cello:
Kevin Johnson (cellist)
flute:
Kristen Stordahl Kanda
guitar:
Massito
harp:
Pamela Eldridge
keyboard [analog keyboards] and synclavier:
Gary Barlough
keyboard [keyboards]:
Keith Heffner
percussion:
Derek Zimmerman
viola:
Daniel Flick
violin [violin 1]:
Annamaria Karacson (violinist)
violin [violin 2]:
Gyongyver Petheo
choir vocals:
International Peace Choir
conductor:
Keith Heffner
arranger:
Keith Heffner
recorded at:
Mochi House in Ward and NRG Studios in North Hollywood
mixed at:
NRG Studios in North Hollywood
recording of:
Carol of the Drum (aka “The Little Drummer Boy”)
lyricist and composer:
Katherine K. Davis (Katherine Kennicott Davis) (in 1941)
additional composer:
Henry Onorati (in 1958) and Harry Simeone (in 1958)
publisher:
EMI Mills Music (ASCAP-affiliated), International Korwin Corp., Warner Chappell, Warner Chappell Music (publisher as Warner/Chappell Music), Belwin-Mills Publishing Corp. (in 1955) and Mills Music, Inc. (in 1964)
is based on:
Trad. (traditional Czech carol, became “Carol of the Drums”)
5:58
6Jingle Bells
recording engineer:
Gary Barlough and Peter R. Kelsey
assistant engineer:
Daijiro Miyazawa and Steve Mixdorf
executive producer:
Eiichi Naito
producer:
Gary Barlough and Kitaro (new age keyboardist)
mixer:
Peter R. Kelsey
Blaster Beam [Beam], electric guitar, gong, Hammond organ, synthesizer [lead synthesizers] and taiko:
Kitaro (new age keyboardist)
cello:
Kevin Johnson (cellist)
flute:
Kristen Stordahl Kanda
guitar:
Massito
harp:
Pamela Eldridge
keyboard [analog keyboards] and synclavier:
Gary Barlough
keyboard [keyboards]:
Keith Heffner
percussion:
Derek Zimmerman
viola:
Daniel Flick
violin [violin 1]:
Annamaria Karacson (violinist)
violin [violin 2]:
Gyongyver Petheo
choir vocals:
International Peace Choir
conductor:
Keith Heffner
arranger:
Keith Heffner
recorded at:
Mochi House in Ward and NRG Studios in North Hollywood
mixed at:
NRG Studios in North Hollywood
recording of:
Jingle Bells
lyricist and composer:
James Lord Pierpont (in 1850)
publisher:
Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996)
composed at and lyrics written at:
Simpson Tavern in Medford (in 1850)
3:40
7Rosa Mystica
recording engineer:
Gary Barlough and Peter R. Kelsey
assistant engineer:
Daijiro Miyazawa and Steve Mixdorf
executive producer:
Eiichi Naito
producer:
Gary Barlough and Kitaro (new age keyboardist)
mixer:
Peter R. Kelsey
Blaster Beam [Beam], electric guitar, gong, Hammond organ, synthesizer [lead synthesizers] and taiko:
Kitaro (new age keyboardist)
cello:
Kevin Johnson (cellist)
flute:
Kristen Stordahl Kanda
guitar:
Massito
harp:
Pamela Eldridge
keyboard [analog keyboards] and synclavier:
Gary Barlough
keyboard [keyboards]:
Keith Heffner
percussion:
Derek Zimmerman
viola:
Daniel Flick
violin [violin 1]:
Annamaria Karacson (violinist)
violin [violin 2]:
Gyongyver Petheo
choir vocals:
International Peace Choir
conductor:
Keith Heffner
arranger:
Keith Heffner
recorded at:
Mochi House in Ward and NRG Studios in North Hollywood
mixed at:
NRG Studios in North Hollywood
recording of:
Es ist ein Ros entsprungen (original anonymous version)
composer:
[anonymous] (special purpose artist)
publisher:
Dreiklang/Dreimasken
2:57
8It Came Upon a Midnight Clear
recording engineer:
Gary Barlough and Peter R. Kelsey
assistant engineer:
Daijiro Miyazawa and Steve Mixdorf
executive producer:
Eiichi Naito
producer:
Gary Barlough and Kitaro (new age keyboardist)
mixer:
Peter R. Kelsey
Blaster Beam [Beam], electric guitar, gong, Hammond organ, synthesizer [lead synthesizers] and taiko:
Kitaro (new age keyboardist)
cello:
Kevin Johnson (cellist)
flute:
Kristen Stordahl Kanda
guitar:
Massito
harp:
Pamela Eldridge
keyboard [analog keyboards] and synclavier:
Gary Barlough
keyboard [keyboards]:
Keith Heffner
percussion:
Derek Zimmerman
viola:
Daniel Flick
violin [violin 1]:
Annamaria Karacson (violinist)
violin [violin 2]:
Gyongyver Petheo
choir vocals:
International Peace Choir
conductor:
Keith Heffner
arranger:
Keith Heffner
recorded at:
Mochi House in Ward and NRG Studios in North Hollywood
mixed at:
NRG Studios in North Hollywood
recording of:
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear (carol version)
lyricist:
Edmund Sears (American church author)
composer:
Richard Storrs Willis
part of:
The New English Hymnal (hymn book) (number: 29)
is based on:
CAROL (hymn tune)
is based on:
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear (poem)
4:00
9God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
recording engineer:
Gary Barlough and Peter R. Kelsey
assistant engineer:
Daijiro Miyazawa and Steve Mixdorf
executive producer:
Eiichi Naito
producer:
Gary Barlough and Kitaro (new age keyboardist)
mixer:
Peter R. Kelsey
Blaster Beam [Beam], electric guitar, gong, Hammond organ, synthesizer [lead synthesizers] and taiko:
Kitaro (new age keyboardist)
cello:
Kevin Johnson (cellist)
flute:
Kristen Stordahl Kanda
guitar:
Massito
harp:
Pamela Eldridge
keyboard [analog keyboards] and synclavier:
Gary Barlough
keyboard [keyboards]:
Keith Heffner
percussion:
Derek Zimmerman
viola:
Daniel Flick
violin [violin 1]:
Annamaria Karacson (violinist)
violin [violin 2]:
Gyongyver Petheo
choir vocals:
International Peace Choir
conductor:
Keith Heffner
arranger:
Keith Heffner
recorded at:
Mochi House in Ward and NRG Studios in North Hollywood
mixed at:
NRG Studios in North Hollywood
recording of:
God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen (traditional, no arrangement credits here)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 394)
3:51
10A la Nanita Nana
recording engineer:
Gary Barlough and Peter R. Kelsey
assistant engineer:
Daijiro Miyazawa and Steve Mixdorf
executive producer:
Eiichi Naito
producer:
Gary Barlough and Kitaro (new age keyboardist)
mixer:
Peter R. Kelsey
Blaster Beam [Beam], electric guitar, gong, Hammond organ, synthesizer [lead synthesizers] and taiko:
Kitaro (new age keyboardist)
cello:
Kevin Johnson (cellist)
flute:
Kristen Stordahl Kanda
guitar:
Massito
harp:
Pamela Eldridge
keyboard [analog keyboards] and synclavier:
Gary Barlough
keyboard [keyboards]:
Keith Heffner
percussion:
Derek Zimmerman
viola:
Daniel Flick
violin [violin 1]:
Annamaria Karacson (violinist)
violin [violin 2]:
Gyongyver Petheo
choir vocals:
International Peace Choir
conductor:
Keith Heffner
guitar arranger:
Massito
arranger:
Keith Heffner
recorded at:
Mochi House in Ward and NRG Studios in North Hollywood
mixed at:
NRG Studios in North Hollywood
recording of:
La nana, balada al Niño Jesús
lyricist:
Juan Francisco Muñoz y Pabón (in 1904)
composer:
José Ramón Gomis (in 1904)
5:14
11O Holy Night
recording engineer:
Gary Barlough and Peter R. Kelsey
assistant engineer:
Daijiro Miyazawa and Steve Mixdorf
executive producer:
Eiichi Naito
producer:
Gary Barlough and Kitaro (new age keyboardist)
mixer:
Peter R. Kelsey
Blaster Beam [Beam], electric guitar, gong, Hammond organ, synthesizer [lead synthesizers] and taiko:
Kitaro (new age keyboardist)
cello:
Kevin Johnson (cellist)
flute:
Kristen Stordahl Kanda
guitar:
Massito
harp:
Pamela Eldridge
keyboard [analog keyboards] and synclavier:
Gary Barlough
keyboard [keyboards]:
Keith Heffner
percussion:
Derek Zimmerman
viola:
Daniel Flick
violin [violin 1]:
Annamaria Karacson (violinist)
violin [violin 2]:
Gyongyver Petheo
choir vocals:
International Peace Choir
conductor:
Keith Heffner
arranger:
Keith Heffner
recorded at:
Mochi House in Ward and NRG Studios in North Hollywood
mixed at:
NRG Studios in North Hollywood
recording of:
O Holy Night
lyricist:
John Sullivan Dwight (in 1855)
composer:
Adolphe Adam (French composer) (in 1847)
arrangement of:
O holy night (arr. John Ebenezer West)
translated version of:
Cantique de Noël “Minuit chrétiens” (French original of “O Holy Night”)
4:56
12The Great Spirit
recording engineer:
Gary Barlough and Peter R. Kelsey
assistant engineer:
Daijiro Miyazawa and Steve Mixdorf
executive producer:
Eiichi Naito
producer:
Gary Barlough and Kitaro (new age keyboardist)
mixer:
Peter R. Kelsey
Blaster Beam [Beam], electric guitar, gong, Hammond organ, synthesizer [lead synthesizers] and taiko:
Kitaro (new age keyboardist)
cello:
Kevin Johnson (cellist)
flute:
Kristen Stordahl Kanda
guitar:
Massito
harp:
Pamela Eldridge
keyboard [analog keyboards] and synclavier:
Gary Barlough
keyboard [keyboards]:
Keith Heffner
percussion:
Derek Zimmerman
viola:
Daniel Flick
violin [violin 1]:
Annamaria Karacson (violinist)
violin [violin 2]:
Gyongyver Petheo
choir vocals:
International Peace Choir
conductor:
Keith Heffner
arranger:
Keith Heffner
recorded at:
Mochi House in Ward and NRG Studios in North Hollywood
mixed at:
NRG Studios in North Hollywood
recording of:
The Great Spirit
composer:
喜多郎 (Kitaro, new age keyboardist)
5:21

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mastering:Gavin Lurssen (American mastering engineer)