In this house, we listen to this and all our Revels recordings throughout the Christmas season, from around Solstice Night all the way to Candlemas, and music by the Revels is a big part of our annual Yuletide celebration. Here is one of our Revels favorites from another land of rich musical tradition: a place I've long loved reading about in A Child's Christmas in Wales by Dylan Thomas.

This performance of music from Wales includes poignant love songs, rousing hymns, tender lullabies, sweet children's songs, jaunty dance tunes, and a stirring march. Featuring adult and children's choruses, a brass ensemble, a folk band, and wonderful vocal soloists. This collection is a real delight.

This is a compact disc, not a download. Here at Convivio Bookworks, we still enjoy popping a disc into a proper stereo and we especially love reading the accompanying liner notes in the analog booklet that comes with the CD. I know. Very old school and not nearly as cool as vinyl... but then again, perhaps we are on the cutting edge of an upcoming renewed interest in CDs. Stranger things have happened.

Full song list for this CD:

1. Overture
2. Ar Hyd y Nos
3. The Old Year Is Dying
4. This Very Day
5. Reels
6. Calon Lan
7. Y Gelynnen
8. Ar Lan y Mor
9. Polkas
10. Dryw Bach
11. Llwyn Onn
12. Men of Harlech
13. Dafydd y Garreg Wen
14. Sospan Fach
15. Suo Gan
16. Come You Home Again
17. Lisa Lan
18. Y Broga Bach
19. Si Hei Lwli ‘Mabi
20. Merch Megan
21. Deffrown, Deffrwon
22. Slip Jigs
23. A Parrot on a Pear Tree
24. Sing we Now