TracksIt Came Upon a Midnight Clear - Cathie Ryan, Christ Child's Lullabye - Kathy Mattea, Christmastime in Ashland - Cormac Breatnach, Nowel: Owt of Your Slepe Aryse - Anonymous 4, The Mummer's Fig - Christmas Eve - Boys of the Lough, Get Me Through December - Natalie MacMaster, I Saw Three Ships - Maddy Prior, Silent Night - William Jackson, The Snowy Path - Altan, Away in a Manger - El McMeen, Nouel - Ensemble Choral Du Bout Du Monde, Ding Dong Merrily on High - Frankie Gavin, Ceol Nanolag - John Whelan, Seacht Suailci Na Maighdine Muire - Aoife Ni Fhearraigh, Adeste Fidelis (O Come All Ye Faithful) - Bonnie Rideout, Enniscorthy Christmas Carol - Dordan, Leanbh Ghil Mhilis (Bright Sweet Child) - Dordan, Christmas Eve Reel (Tommy Coen's Reel) - Dordan, Mistletoe Waltz - Dordan, Draiocht Na Hoiche (The Magic of the Night) - Dordan, Winter Solstice - Dordan, Oiche Nollag (Christmas Eve) - Dordan, March of the Dreoilin - Dordan, Oiche Chiuin (Silent Night) - Dordan, Failte An Fhanai (The Wayfarer's Welcome) - Dordan, Don Oiche Ud I Mbeithil (Because of the Night in Bethlehem) - Dordan, Polly in the Holly - Dordan, The Gartan Mother's Lullaby - Dordan, Ding Dong Merrily on High - Dordan, Shades of Auld Lang Syne - Dordan
Sub-GenreCeltic
NotesA captivating double disc packed with fiddles, flutes, and Celtic music's brightest stars! Ireland's best-loved traditionalists sing their favorite Christmas carols on disc one (each tune features a different lead instrument or vocal): It Came upon a Midnight Clear Cathie Ryan; Get Me Through December Natalie Macmaster; the Snowy Path Altan; the Mummer's Jig/Christmas Eve Boys of the Lough; Ding Dong Merrily on High Frankie Gavin & the Irish Chamber Orchestra; Christ Child's Lullabye Kathy Mattea (yes, the American country singer!); Ceol NaNolag John Whelan, and more. Disc two highlights the award-winning Galway group Dordan with a collection of jigs and carols, many sung in Gaelic! 30 festive, thoughtful tunes in all.