Audio Cassette review:
Phil Keaggy & London Festiva - Majesty and Wonder

Phil Keaggy & London Festiva - Majesty and Wonder

Band: Phil Keaggy & London Festiva Title: Majesty and Wonder Rating: Release Date: 31 August, 1999 Media: Audio Cassette Tracks: 1: What Child Is This? 2: Jésu, Joy of Man's Desiring 3: Good Christian Men Rejoice 4: Silent Night 5: Coventry Carol 6: O Come, O Come, Emmanuel 7: For Hearth and Home 8: Do You Hear What I Hear? 9: First Noel 10: Nativity Suite: Visitation 11: Nativity Suite: Shepherds' Song 12: Nativity Suite: Flight into Egypt 13: O Holy Night

Editoral Review This instrumental collection fully embodies the mystical marvel and joyful solemnity of Christmas and the light it casts on the dark season in which it falls. Remarkably, Majesty and Wonder is Phil Keaggy's first Christmas-themed album in a career that spans 30-odd years. Original pieces inspired by early-20th-century English classical composer Ralph Vaughn-Williams blend seamlessly with sacred traditionals such as Bach's much loved "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring. " A masterful finger picker, Keaggy plucks lines on guitar, mandolin, and bass that are fluid and graceful. Their texture is accentuated and emboldened by the stately sounds of the London Festival Orchestra, who contribute horns, woodwinds, and strings. Harp adds a heavenly touch, hand bells ring out with simple clarity and Irish flute soars on the upper end. Vocal enhancement is wisely and stunningly limited to elegant harmonies courtesy of Michelle Tumes. Majesty and Wonder speaks to the innocence of awe and unquestioning belief in miracles. --Paige La Grone .. You can see a complete list of all Phil Keaggy & London Festiva discography, or go back to the Phil Keaggy & London Festiva tabs