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Anthology "Wolcum Yule". Celtic and British Songs and Carols Anonymous 4, Andrew Lawrence-King

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HMX2927325
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    Songs and Carols from the British Isles
    harmonia mundi Christmas edition 2011: a special edition of ten CDs exclusively devoted to Christmas! Andrew Lawrence-King’s virtuoso harp joins the voices of Anonymous 4 in a wealth of Yuletide music, favourite and rare, from the British Isles. Juxtaposing pagan and Christian traditions, the programme interweaves English, Irish, Scottish and Welsh ballads and carols with well-loved pieces by John Tavener, Benjamin Britten, and Peter Maxwell Davies.
    'Sumptuous Christmas sounds'
    San Francisco Chronicle (concert review)
    This title was released for the first time in 2003.

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    TRADITIONAL ENGLISH
    · Awake, and join the cheerful choir (4'09)
    TRADITIONAL IRISH
    · Good people all (6'05)
    · The seven rejoices of Mary (3'43)
    JOHN TAVENER
    · The Lamb (3'01)
    ANONYMOUS 17TH CENTURY
    · A Scots Lilt (3'33)
    TRADITIONAL SCOTTISH
    · Balulalow (3'37)
    RICHARD RODNEY BENNETT [1936-]
    · Balulalow (1'39)
    TRADITIONAL ENGLISH
    · The holly and the ivy (3'14)
    TRADITIONAL SCOTTISH
    · The Reel of Tullochgorum (3'45)
    TRADITIONAL ENGLISH
    · I saw three ships (2'54)
    PETER MAXWELL DAVIES [1934-]
    · A Calendar of Kings (6'02)
    TRADITIONAL IRISH
    · Air: Lá fuar geimhreadh (4'13)
    · An teicheadh go hEigipt (3'21)
    GEOFFREY BURGON [1941-]
    · A god, and yet a man? (1'25)
    KING HENRY VIII [1491-1547]
    · Grene growith the holy (3'51)
    TRADITIONAL WELSH
    · Wel, dyma'r borau gorau (3'15)
    TRADITIONAL ENGLISH
    · The Cherry Tree Carol (2'38)
    TRADITIONAL CORNISH
    · Can wassel Wassail Song (2'48)
    BENJAMIN BRITTEN [1913-1976]
    · A New Year Carol (2'14)

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