This is the best Christmas CD we know about featuring passionate and exotic rhythms from the Middle East. This full length CD includes familiar and new original Christmas songs set to the Middle Eastern rhythms including beladi, ayoub, masmoudi, khaleegy, maqsoum, saidi, bolero, Mid East and Persian 6/8 and rock beladi! Gorgeous flute work, awesome hand drumming, tasteful piano riffs, and the occasional / powerful vocals from Amy Faust combine to create Desert Wind's musical prayer for the new millennium. Oh, did we say, this music is GREAT for dancing ~ anytime of the year! Instrumentation on this album includes: Boston Steinway grand piano, flute, wooden flute, mandolin, mandola, mandocello, guitar, harpsichord, keyboards, sleigh bells, tablas, riq, dumbek, tar, djembe, Persian zarb, trap drums, and vocals. Middle East rhythms Include: Beladi, Ayoub, Masmoudi, Bolero, Khaleegy, Maqsoum, Saidi, Mid-East and Persian 6/8, Rock-Beladi. Published 1999 1. Joy to the World (4:10) 2. The Little Drummer Boy (5:08) 3. Gaudete "Rejoice" (3:30) 4. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen (4:39) 5. Dance of the Angels (5:18) 6. Silent Night (4:25) 7. What Child is This? (4:56) 8. Pachel-BELLS (4:10) 9. Scarlatti Bachman (5:50) 10. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (5:53) 11. O Come, All Ye Faithful (5:44) 12. Christmas Peace (5:38) 13. Amazing Grace (5:05) 14. O Holy Night (5:19) 15. Tikkun Olam (Healing the World) (5:24) |