Wolcum Yule: Celtic and British Songs and Carols
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This offbeat disc of seasonal songs and carols by the Anonymous 4 will delight their fans and please everyone else. The 19 selections include traditional folk melodies and texts, some of which date back to the Middle Ages, interspersed with fitting selections by contemporary composers including John Taverner, Benjamin Britten, and Peter Maxwell Davies, whose ethereal a cappella A Calender of Kings gets its first recording. Andrew Lawrence-King, playing Irish harp, Baroque harp, and psaltery with his accustomed finesse, is a major reason for the disc's success, accompanying most of the vocals and contributing three lovely solos. The disc is crammed with highlight tracks, like the lilting Cornish Wassail song and the Irish Good people all, and haunting numbers like "Flight into Egypt," sung in Gaelic, and "Behold, here is the best morning," sung in Welsh. Excellent sonics and Harmonia Mundi's typically fine production values also help make this a Christmas disc that will give joy in July. --Dan Davis
Wolcum Yule: Celtic and British Songs and Carols, Music, Anonymous, Johann Sebastian Bach, Richard Rodney Bennett, Benjamin Britten, Geoffrey Burgon, Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, King of England Henry VIII, John Tavener, Christmas Traditional, Irish Traditional, Scottish Traditional, Gunter Kehr, Heribert Munchner, Jörg Faerber, Anonymous 4, Gunther Holler, Andrew Lawrence-King, Christiane Jaccottet, Marga Scheurich-Henschel, Mainz Chamber Orchestra, Southwest Studio Orchestra, Württembergisches Kammerorchester Heilbronn, Dubravka Tomsic, Georg Egger, Jacqueline Horner, Johanna Rose, Marsha Genensky, Susan Hellauer, Baroque Suite/Partita for Orchestra, Chamber, Chamber Music, Choral, Choral Music, Christmas / Chanukkah, Christmas Music, Classical, Classical Artists, Concerto, Concerto Grosso, Concerto for Three Solo Instruments, Keyboard, Miscellaneous, Miscellaneous Music, Music for Keyboard, Orchestral, Prelude and Fugue for Keyboard, Sacred Choral Music a capella
Average customer rating:
- Wolcum Yule
- lovely and unusual Yule album
- Goose Flesh!
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Wolcum Yule: Celtic and British Songs and Carols - Anonymous 4 with Andrew Lawrence-King
John Tavener , Richard Rodney Bennett , Peter Maxwell Davies , Geoffrey Burgon , Henry VIII , Benjamin Britten , Anonymous 4 , and Andrew Lawrence-King
Manufacturer: Harmonia Mundi Fr.
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ASIN: B0000AZKK4
Release Date: 2003-10-14 |
Tracks:
- Awake, And Join The Cheerful Choir
- Good People All
- The Seven Rejoices Of Mary
- The Lamb
- A Scots Lilt
- Balulalow
- Balulalow
- The Holly And The Ivy
- The Reel Of Tullochgorum
- I Saw Three Ships
- A Calendar Of Kings
- Air: La Fuar Geimhreadh
- An Teicheadh Go Heigipt
- A God, And Yet A Man?
- Grene Growith The Holy
- Wel, Dyma'r Borau Gorau
- The Cherry Tree Carol
- Can Wassel
- A New Year Carol
Amazon.com
This offbeat disc of seasonal songs and carols by the Anonymous 4 will delight their fans and please everyone else. The 19 selections include traditional folk melodies and texts, some of which date back to the Middle Ages, interspersed with fitting selections by contemporary composers including John Taverner, Benjamin Britten, and Peter Maxwell Davies, whose ethereal a cappella A Calender of Kings gets its first recording. Andrew Lawrence-King, playing Irish harp, Baroque harp, and psaltery with his accustomed finesse, is a major reason for the disc's success, accompanying most of the vocals and contributing three lovely solos. The disc is crammed with highlight tracks, like the lilting Cornish Wassail song and the Irish Good people all, and haunting numbers like "Flight into Egypt," sung in Gaelic, and "Behold, here is the best morning," sung in Welsh. Excellent sonics and Harmonia Mundi's typically fine production values also help make this a Christmas disc that will give joy in July. --Dan Davis
Customer Reviews:
Wolcum Yule.......2006-01-17
The recording is fine . . . it just didn't appeal to me personally
lovely and unusual Yule album.......2004-01-06
Anonymous 4 has brought us a beautiful selection of 19 traditional songs from England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland. These include a lesser known work by Henry VIII as well as more contemporary songs by John Tavener, Richard Bennett, Geoffrey Burgon and Benjamin Britten, and a piece commissioned for the group from Peter Davies. Andrew Lawrence-King accompanies on Irish harp, Baroque harp and psaltery. There is a short essay on the traditions and legacy of the concept of Yule, a Cetic midwinter celebration, and this and the informative liner notes are given in English, French and German, accompanied by Celtic drawings.
The songs are pure, simple and very beautiful -- a welcome addition to your holiday listening.
Goose Flesh!.......2003-12-09
This is a remarkable quartet, singing with purity and style, from the haunting to the merry, medieval chant to modern settings of Celtic religious texts. Where there are arrangements, they are lovely and the instrumental pieces are simple and beautiful. This is the first time I have heard this group of women, and I am enchanted. It's a cappella at its very best: look to your laurels, King's Singers and Chanticleer, here come the ladies!
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