Wolcum Yule: Celtic and British Songs and Carols (2003)

About this title: It is difficult to imagine a better celebration of the immense spiritual and historical richness of Yuletide than this multi-faceted and deeply rewarding disc. Accompanied by Andrew Lawrence-King, who plays the Irish harp, Baroque harp, and psaltery with exquisite grace and refined expressiveness, the crystalline voices of the Anonymous 4 weave an extraordinary sonic tapestry and blend to always maintain the right balance and phrasing, their fey voices conjuring up the timeless beauty of a magical holiday. Featuring Celtic and British songs and carols, some traditional, some by contemporary ... read more

Tracks:

1. Awake and join the cheerful choir (English)
2. The Wexford Carol ("Good People All, This Christmastime") (Enniscorthy Carol) (Irish)
3. The Seven Rejoices of Mary (An chéad shuáilce fuair an Mhaighdeon Bheannaithe)
4. The Lamb, for chorus
5. A Scots Lilt (My Lady Binnis Lilt), for harp (Wemyss MS)
6. Balulalow ("I come from hevin to tell") (Scottish)
7. Balulalow, for chorus
8. The Holly and the Ivy (English)
9. The Reel of Tullochgorum
10. I Saw Three Ships
11. A Calendar of Kings, for 4 voices
12. On A Cold Winter's Day (from the O'Neill Collection)
13. An teicheadh go hÉigipt (Flight into Egypt)
14. A god, and yet a man?
15. Green groweth the holly, carol
16. Wel, dyma'r borau gorau (Welsh)
17. The Cherry Tree Carol
18. Can wassel (Wassail Song) ("Nadelek yu gyllys h'an bledhen") (Cornish)
19. Friday Afternoons, children's songs (12) for children's chorus & piano, Op. 7: A New Year Carol

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.