Strange Wonders - The Wexford Carols Vol II

Strange Wonders - The Wexford Carols Vol II

HERESY 026 (Heresy Records, CD)

FIRST RELEASE (12 November 2021)
Tracks: 11
Booklet pages: 13
℗ 2021 Heresy Records
© 2021 Heresy Records
Main country of recording: Ireland
Reviewer: Keith Bramich
Review of Strange Wonders - The Wexford Carols Vol II published on 23 December 2021

Caitríona O'Leary, voice
Clara Sanabras, voice (tracks 1-5, 9 and 11), baroque guitar (tracks 1, 3 and 5)
John Smith, voice (tracks 1, 2 and 9), guitar (track 8)
Seth Lakeman, voice (track 8), violin (tracks 2 and 7), viola (track 8)
Stile Antico (tracks 3-6, 8, 10 and 11)
Alison Balsom, trumpet (tracks 1, 9 and 11)
Simone Collavecchi, renaissance guitar (tracks 1, 3 and 5), lute (tracks 2, 4, 8, 9 and 11)
Olov Johansson, nyckelharpa (tracks 2, 4, 6-8, 10 and 11)
Deirdre O'Leary, bass clarinet (track 3)
John Hearne, bassoon (tracks 6 and 10)
Mel Mercier, percussion (tracks 1, 3, 5, 8 and 9)
Ethan Johns, percussion (tracks 2 and 7), harmonium drone (tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 9 and 11)

traditional, arranged by Caitríona O'Leary:

1 Ye Sons of Men

2 The Darkest Midnight in December

3 This Great Mysterie

4 On Christmas Night All Christians Sing

5 The Night of the Nativity

6 Saint Stephen Had an Angel's Face

7 St Stephen's Day

8 A Carol for St John's Day

9 Hail Ye Flow'rs of Martyrs

10 This Feast of St Sylvester

11 The Enniscorthy Christmas Carol

Recorded at Grouse Lodge, County Westmeath, Ireland, at St Augustine's Church, Kilburn, London, UK and at St Andrew's, Mells, Frome, Somerset, UK.