Keith and Kristyn Getty

Awaken the Dawn
Getty Music

The opening strains of “Awaken the Dawn” sounds fantastically similar to the opening strains of Iona’s fantastic 1992 album “The Book of Kells.”

This is a good thing, and soaring orchestration and stirring arrangements indeed define Keith and Kristyn Getty’s latest venture into Celtic-inspired praise and worship.

The beautiful 12-song collection is arranged as if for a worship service — a nice complement to hymns of traditional Irish folk music, an immanently singable style.

As if the pathos achieved with “Awaken the Dawn” wasn’t cinematic enough, the CD comes with a short companion DVD, “Behind the Hymns,” filmed on the North Coast of Ireland. Highly recommended.