Quadriga Consort - On a Cold Winter's Day - Early Christmas Music and Carols from the British Isles (2013)

Tracklist
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01. A Wassail, a Wassail (English Traditional)
02. 'Twas in the Moon of Wintertime (Huron Traditional)
03. The Moon Shines Bright (English Traditional)
04. Tune No. 176 (Ireland)
05. The Holy and the Ivy (English/French Traditional)
06. A Naoidhe Naoimh (O Holy Child) (Scottish Traditional)
07. To Shorten Winter's Sadness
08. Don Oíche Úd I mBeithil (That Night in Bethlehem) (Irish Traditional)
09. Christmas Eve / Christmas in Killarney / Christmas Day in the Morning / The Day Before Christmas (Irish Traditional)
10. Pat-a-Pan (English/French Traditional)
11. Tàladh ar Slànaighear (Our Saviour's Lullaby) (Scottish Gaelic Traditional)
12. On a Cold Winter's Day
13. A Babe Is Born All of a Maid (English Traditional)
14. This Is the Truth Sent from Above
15. Wexford Carol (English/Irish Traditional)
16. Gower Wassail (Welsh/English Traditional)
17. Drive the Cold Winter Away (English Traditional)
18. Deck the Hall (English Traditional)


Composers
O'Carolan, Turlough (1670-1738)

QUADRIGA CONSORT presents long-forgotten carols and age-old tunes of the festive season.

Early Christmas Music and Carols from the British Isles.

Traditional melodies and songs played on historical instruments like Viola da Gamba flute, baroque cello, and harpsichord.

Quadriga Consort is an early music band on an expedition to the origins of pop music: early ballads and tunes from the British Isles, ranging from rollicking dance music to the Celtic-Gaelic and the courtly song traditions.

The archaic melodies provide the basis for authentic music of today and tomorrow, with interpretations so fresh, that they make many a pop song of today pale in comparison to the enduringly moving ancient songs of love, yearning, joy and sorrow.

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