Artist	Song
Mannheim Steamroller	Galliard No. 5 "The New Year's Gift"
from Chip Davis' Holiday Musik II (2005)
Barry Manilow	It's Just Another New Year's Eve
from Barry Manilow Live (2006)
Lou Rawls	Auld Lang Syne
from Lou Rawls Christmas (2005)
The Jaynells	I'll Stay Home New Year's Eve
from Holiday Hits from Cameo Parkway (2008)
Guy Lombardo	Happy Days Are Here Again
from Auld Lang Syne (1998)
Yo-Yo Ma & Chris Botti	Dona nobis pacem (Give Us Peace) / Auld Lang Syne
from Songs of Joy & Peace (Deluxe Version) (2009)
SHeDAISY	Brand New Year (My Revolution)
from Brand New Year (2006)
The Bottle Rockets	Another Brand New Year
from Brand New Year (2007)
King Curtis	In the Midnight Hour
from King Curtis Plays the Great Memphis Hits (2005)
Mannheim Steamroller	Celebration
from Christmas Celebration (2005)
Vince Gill	Til the Season Comes Around Again
from Let There Be Peace On Earth (1993)
Michael W. Smith	All Year Long
from It's a Wonderful Christmas (2007)
Jars of Clay	Peace Is Here
from Christmas Songs (Bonus Track Version) (2007)
Nat Brown	New Year's Eve
from I'll Be Home for Christmas (2003)
The Pogues	The Parting Glass
from Rum Sodomy & the Lash [Expanded] (2006)
Rent Original Broadway Cast	Happy New Year
from Rent (1996 Original Broadway Cast) [Cast Recording] (1996)
Michelle Jordan	Bringing In a Brand New Year
from Christmas By the Bay (2003)
The Therapy Sisters	New Year's Resolution
from Codependent Christmas (2004)
Brave Combo	Mambo In a Brand New Year
from Holidays! (2005)
Carolyn Arends	New Year's Day
from Feel Free (1997)
George Winston	Peace
from December: Piano Solos - Anniversary Edition (2001)
Carmen Lundy	Happy New Year
from Jazz and the New Songbook: Live At the Madrid (2005)
Roy Milton Solid Serenaders	New Year's Resolution Blues
from Blues, Blues Christmas (1925-1955) (2005)
Slaid Cleaves	New Year's Day
from Wishbones (2004)

Comment:

Not every New Year's celebration involves joining a few dozen thousand of your close personal friends in the frosty Big Apple air. Oh, no. Sometimes it just means chillin' in the crib with one special someone, and that calls for a little mood music of a kinder, gentler sort. Hi-fi doesn't get much hi-er than in recordings from new age founding fathers Mannheim Steamroller, and the orchestral sweep of "Celebration" is so majestic, you'll be shocked that it can fit in your speakers, let alone your earbuds. Smooth jazz pioneers Hiroshima blend ancient Asian koto sounds with 21st-century synth sonics in the airy fusion of "Peace On Earth." And as long as we're on the subject, we bid you peace throughout your new year with pianist George Winston and the muted acoustic tranquility of his instrumental meditation, entitled simply "Peace."

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