Women's Classical Groups - Anonymous 4: Wolcum Yole

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A Scots Lilt

Awake and join the cheerful choir

Good people all

The Lamb

The seven rejoices of Mary

Anonymous 4: Wolcum Yole

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In this CD, Anonymous 4 departs from their traditional a cappella, early music style. This nonetheless lovely recording of Celtic and British songs and carols features harp (Irish, Baroque and psaltery) by Andrew Lawrence-King on about half the songs, like "I Saw Three Ships" and "The Cherry Tree Carol" (plus he goes instrument-only on another three tracks). Their all-vocal pieces include very modern "The Lamb" by John Tavener, equally modern "Balulalow" by Richard Rodney Bennett and a debut recording of Peter Maxwell Davies' "A Calendar of Kings." More in keeping with what one expects from Anonymous 4 is sweet "The Holly and the Ivy" and "Grene growth the holy" by Henry VII. Different, but marvelous in its diversity! (66:17 2003)

Song List
Awake, and join the cheerful choir
Good people all
The seven rejoices of Mary
The Lamb (John Tavener)
A Scots Lilt (instrumental)
Balulalow
Balulalow (Richard Rodney Bennett)
The holly and the ivy
The Reel of Tullochgorum (instrumental)
I saw three ships
A Calendar of Kings (Peter Maxwell Davies)
Air: Lá fuar geimhreadh (instrumental)
An teicheadh go hÉigipt
A god, and yet a man? (Geoffrey Burgon)
Grene growith the holy
Wel, dyma'r borau gorau
The Cherry Tree Carol
Can wassel
A New Year Carol (Benjamin Britten)