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Festival of the Heart

by John Boswell

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1.
O Come All Ye Faithful 03:30
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2.
What Child Is This? 03:08
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3.
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen 04:32
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4.
O Come, O Come Emmanuel 05:19
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5.
Angels We Have Heard On High 03:38
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Hark! The Herald Angels Sing 04:24
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Festival of the Heart 03:12
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8.
The First Noel 05:52
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It Came Upon the Midnight Clear 03:54
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Little Drummer Boy 06:34
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Oh Holy Night 02:18
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Away in a Manger 03:25
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Coventry Carol 02:16
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Fugue (From the Messiah) 02:18
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Silent Night 03:25
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Eastern Star 04:50
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"John Boswell has made an album of transcendent Christmas music to shine through your Holiday each year. It is beautifully musical, yet spiritual at the same time. It's a MUST for your Holiday stocking!"
- JUDY COLLINS, Singer, Songwriter

John Boswell likes to do things the hard way. Trying to build an identity in the notoriously overcrowded racks of solo piano albums, for example, is like inventing a better burger - possible, but...difficult. Yet the ardent fans of his two solo albums for the short lived Scarlet label ("The Painter", 1988 and "Kindred Spirits", 1989) have already gotten the message: this is an artist of uncommon gifts.

Lyricism, economy, and fullness of emotion are the hallmarks of the Boswell style. Turn this sensibility loose on some of the most cherished melodies of western folk and sacred music, add the tasteful, uncluttered orchestrations of producer BRIAN KEANE, season with a group of talented soloists, and you have the ingredients of a superior holiday album.

Christmas music isn't that easy either. The problem, in a word, is sentimentality. But Boswell and Keane have looked deep into these easily trivialized Christmas songs, discovered the core of beauty and essential emotion hidden under the years of kitsch and tinsel, and given each piece a fresh reading and a new radiance.

It's an exquisitely delicate line to tread. A piano phrase overplayed, a support instrument chosen carelessly, a tempo rushed, and you're off to the land of Welk. Festival of the Heart avoids the cliches and delivers an authentically musical experience. This is one holiday album you can give your grandmother, play for your children, and enjoy yourself.

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released December 1, 1992

John Boswell featuring guest performances by: Brian Keane, Joanie Madden, Omar Faruk Tekbilek, and Peter Wortman.

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Hearts of Space Records | A Valley Entertainment Label

Launched in 1984, this record label was created as an extension of the weekly syndicated radio show Hearts of Space. Centered around contemplative music, the label features music from the ambient, new age, electronic, world, Celtic, classical, and experimental genres. ... more

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