Sometimes smooth with a festive gloss, mostly tender and nostalgic, Steve Hall's REJOICE makes a superb collection for creating a memorable mood around the holidays. The album features Hall's gentle manner of piano playing at its heart, with accompaniment by rhythm, strings and keyboards on some of the cuts. Hall picked a selection of songs that leans toward the softer side of the Christmas music spectrum, and his tranquil playing is very well suited to these type of cuts. The arrangements are straightforward, with Hall pairing up some of the melodically similar pieces to create medleys. Of note is Hall's very elegant rendition of "The First Noel" and an understated version of Handel's "For Onto Us A Child is Born" that is positively dreamy.
| 1. THE MOST WONDERFUL TIME OF THE YEAR MP3 clip |
| 2. HE IS BORN/THE FIRST NOEL MP3 clip |
| 3. HARK THE HERALD ANGELS SING/GO TELL IT ON THE MOUNTAIN |
| 4. FOR UNTO US A CHILD IS BORN |
| 5. O CHRISTMAS TREE/TOYLAND |
| 6. ASPENGLOW |
| 7. SILVER BELLS |
| 8. ANGELS FROM THE REALMS OF GLORY/ANGELS WE HAVE HEARD ON HIGH |
| 9. STILL, STILL, STILL/VIRGIN SLUMBER SONG |
| 10. HAVE YOURSELF A MERRY LITTLE CHRISTMAS |
| 11. IT CAME UPON A MIDNIGHT CLEAR |
| 12. SNOWFALL |
| 13. INFANT HOLY, INFANT LOWLY/O COME, LITTLE CHILDREN |
| 14. SING WE NOW OF CHRISTMAS/DING DONG MERRILY ON HIGH/GOOD CHRISTIAN MEN REJOICE |
| 15. O LITTLE TOWN OF BETHLEHEM |
| 16. WEXFORD CAROL |
