Peaceful Christmas: Solo Piano Music By Craigology

 

Peaceful Christmas: Solo Piano Music

By

Craigology

Written by

Steve Sheppard

 

I can hardly believe that we are nearing the holiday season, and for many Christmas is a time of year that evokes special family memories, many fun times, much music and happiness, and along the way many tunes, songs and compositions will have been heard throughout the decades, here on Peaceful Christmas: Solo Piano Music, Craigology brings his own special and unique flavours to those popular seasonal melodies.

The album is a 10 track walk through of Christmas music history, starting with the classic The First Noel, a piece that I always felt uplifting in its overall narrative, and one that Craigology has raised further in tone and timbre for us all today.

There are many favourites that you will remember including a very creative version of What Child is This, a spectacular rendition of what I always think of as a Christmas lullaby in, Away In A Manager, and one of my personal favourites from the release in Angels We Have Heard on High, an arrangement that has a delightful jazz motif to its construction.

At the half way juncture Christmas standards like Hark! The Herald Angels Sing can be found, and is a creation so fluent with such a deliciously slowed tempo, whilst offerings like O Holy Night grace the album with a musical presence of a calming and soothing nature. A favourite among many is the magical It Came Upon a Midnight Clear, with its hymn like base structure.

However my personal favourite would be the jazzed up styled manifestation of God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen, giving the listener an overview of some of the best piano based work ever from the artist, still the original energy of the piece remains, but in a re-energized format.

The penultimate creation is a clever compilation of Christmas tunes called A Christmas Reflection: A Music Collage of Christmas Carols, one that contains a truly great performance from the artist as he wends his way through time tone and timbre.

The concluding piece is of course the finest of all as Craigology would like to give you the best cheer of all with We Wish You a Merry Christmas. This light and fresh presentation gifts us all a few moments to be grateful for, and of course I too wish you a happy Christmas along with the artist as well.

Peaceful Christmas: Solo Piano Music by Craigology has to be one of the most positively played set of Christmas arrangements I have heard for simply decades, if you would like your home to be filled with seasonal music that will bring you much pleasure and happiness, then you would do yourself a great favour by simply adding Peaceful Christmas: Solo Piano Music by Craigology to your playlist of choice, you will not regret it.