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Track List
01) In Praise of Christmas
02) The Seasons
03) The King
04) Banquet Hall
05) Snow
06) Balulalow
07) Let Us the Infant Greet
08) The Wexford Carol
09) The Stockford Carol
10) Let All That Are to Mirth Inclined
01) In Praise of Christmas
02) The Seasons
03) The King
04) Banquet Hall
05) Snow
06) Balulalow
07) Let Us the Infant Greet
08) The Wexford Carol
09) The Stockford Carol
10) Let All That Are to Mirth Inclined
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1987
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This is Loreena McKennitt's second album, released in 1987. It pays homage to her childhood memories of music for the winter season, the most vivid of which “came from songs and carols recorded in churches or great halls, rich with their own unique ambience and tradition.”
To capture that remembered ambience, McKennitt kept the arrangements sparse, celebrating the beauty of simplicity. She also chose to leave the found sounds of life in the performances, which were recorded on location in churches and great halls: The Church of Our Lady in Guelph, Ontario, Canada; Glenstal Abbey, A Benedictine Monastery near Limerick, Ireland; Annaghmakerrig (The Tyrone Guthrie Centre) in County Monaghan, Ireland.
"The King" features vocals by Cedric Smith. Shannon Purves-Smith plays Viola on two other tracks. Everything else was done by McKennitt.
"Snow" uses the words of the poem of the same name by Archibald Lampman. It was included on a Windham Hill Records album titled Celtic Christmas (1995).
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This is Loreena McKennitt's second album, released in 1987. It pays homage to her childhood memories of music for the winter season, the most vivid of which “came from songs and carols recorded in churches or great halls, rich with their own unique ambience and tradition.”
To capture that remembered ambience, McKennitt kept the arrangements sparse, celebrating the beauty of simplicity. She also chose to leave the found sounds of life in the performances, which were recorded on location in churches and great halls: The Church of Our Lady in Guelph, Ontario, Canada; Glenstal Abbey, A Benedictine Monastery near Limerick, Ireland; Annaghmakerrig (The Tyrone Guthrie Centre) in County Monaghan, Ireland.
"The King" features vocals by Cedric Smith. Shannon Purves-Smith plays Viola on two other tracks. Everything else was done by McKennitt.
"Snow" uses the words of the poem of the same name by Archibald Lampman. It was included on a Windham Hill Records album titled Celtic Christmas (1995).
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