Phil Keaggy, the nine-fingered virtuoso, released this acoustic tribute to C.S.
Lewis in 1991 to rave reviews from guitar aficionados and to a greatly disappointed CCM audience, who had wanted to hear more of the Beatles-influenced work he had explored with Phil Keaggy & Sunday's Child and Find Me in These Fields.
This is a mature work -- he does not, in a Paganini fashion, write compositions solely to show off his incredible talent.
This is a very musical work with beautiful pieces held together by strong craftsmanship and compositional prowess.
Alternate tunings are the big experiment here, and are pointedly displayed in the liner notes where applicable.
Many of the pieces are also augmented by string quartet or wind instruments, giving this body of work a grand or symphonic feel -- something listeners hadn't heard from Keaggy before.
The finest moments are the ones with additional players, notably "County Down" (featuring Stuart Duncan on fiddle) and "Fare Thee Well." The most outspoken tribute to C.S.
Lewis appears in "Brother Jack" (which opens with the nursery melody "Frère Jacques").
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Symphonic DanceEdvard Grieg | Phil Keaggy | Play | 05:45 | 13 MB | 29 MB |
| 2 | Addison's WalkPhil Keaggy | Phil Keaggy | Play | 04:03 | 9 MB | 19 MB |
| 3 | Fare Thee WellPhil Keaggy | Phil Keaggy | Play | 05:36 | 12 MB | 28 MB |
| 4 | Fragile ForestPhil Keaggy | Phil Keaggy | Play | 04:29 | 10 MB | 19 MB |
| 5 | Brother JackPhil Keaggy | Phil Keaggy | Play | 04:56 | 11 MB | 21 MB |
| 6 | As Warm as TearsPhil Keaggy | Phil Keaggy | Play | 06:04 | 13 MB | 29 MB |
| 7 | A Place of SpringsPhil Keaggy | Phil Keaggy | Play | 06:29 | 14 MB | 29 MB |
| 8 | When Night FallsPhil Keaggy | Phil Keaggy | Play | 03:56 | 9 MB | 17 MB |
| 41 mins | 94 MB | |||||
| 41 mins | 195 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | John Catchings | Cello, Viola |
| 2 | Robert Charles | Assistant Engineer |
| 3 | Ralph Childs | Tuba |
| 4 | David Davidson | Violin |
| 5 | Stuart Duncan | Fiddle |
| 6 | Dennis Good | Trombone |
| 7 | Edvard Grieg | Composer |
| 8 | Don Hart | Ensemble Arranger |
| 9 | Mike Haynes | Trumpet |
| 10 | Phil Keaggy | Arranger, Composer, Guitar, Primary Artist, Producer |
| 11 | Sam Levine | Flute, Flute (Alto), Flute (Bass), Recorder, Woodwind |
| 12 | C.S. Lewis | Liner Notes |
| 13 | Ken Love | Digital Editing |
| 14 | Mark Maxwell | A&R |
| 15 | Farrell Morris | Percussion |
| 16 | L. Arthur Nichols | Creative Consultant |
| 17 | Marianne Osiel | Oboe |
| 18 | John David Parker | Mixing Assistant |
| 19 | Ben Pearson | Photography |
| 20 | Eberhard Ramm | French Horn, Horn |
| 21 | Chris Teal | Violin |
| 22 | George Tidwell | Trumpet |
| 23 | Traditional | Composer |
| 24 | Dristin Wilkinson | Viola |
| 25 | Kristin Wilkinson | Viola |
| 26 | Hank Williams | Mastering |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |