Wolcum Yule

Wolcum Yule
Celtic and British Songs and Carols
Andrew Lawrence-King / Anonymous 4
Harmonia Mundi USA HMU 907325 [CD]
Harmonia Mundi HMU 807325 [SACD]

Contents:

    Trad., England
  1. Awake and join the cheerful choir

    2. Trad., Ireland
  2. 'Good people all this Christmastide'
  3. The seven rejoices of Mary

    4. John Tavener
  4. The Lamb

    5. Anon., 17th c.
  5. A Scots Lilt

    6. Trad., Scotland
  6. Bulalow

    7. Richard Rodney Bennett
  7. Bullalow

    8. Trad., England
  8. The holly and the ivy

    9. Trad., Scotland
  9. The Reel of Tullochgorum

    10. Trad., England
  10. I saw three ships come sailing by

    11. Peter Maxwell Davies
  11. A Calendar of Kings

    12. Trad., Ireland
  12. Air: La fuár geimhreadh (On a cold winter's day)
  13. An teicheadh go hÉigipt (Flight into Egypt)

    14. Geoffrey Burgon
  14. A God, and yet a man ?

    15. Henry VIII
  15. Grene growith the holy

    16. Trad., Welch
  16. Wel, dyma'r borau gorau (Behold, here is the best morning)

    17. Trad., England
  17. The Cherry Tree Carol

    18. Trad., Cornish
  18. Can wassel (Wassail Song)

    19. Benjamin Britten
  19. A New Year Carol

Playing time: 66' 27"

Recording site and date:
Skywalker Sound, Marin County, California, USA [03/2003]; rel. 2003

Performers: Marsha Genensky (voice), Susan Hellauer (voice), Jacqueline Horner (voice), Johanna Rose (voice), Andrew Lawrence-King (harp, psaltery)

Reviewed in:
Diapason (#-p.):
Gramophone (Vol./#-p.): 81/975-42 (january 2004)
Fanfare (Vol./#-p.): 27/3-238 (January/February 2004)
Goldberg (#-p.): 29-98 (2004)

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