Various Artists from Windham Hill and More
Be sure to check out my Celtic Music: Christmas lens for CDs by individual artists and groups, most of which are also listed in my Celtic Music: Lenses. For the sounds of Christmas in the English tradition, check out my Nowell Sing We Clear lens.
Celtic Christmas from Windham Hill
There's something about that Celtic lilt, the sound of low whistles, cranky uilleann pipes, and Turlough O'Carolan tunes that instantly conjure up the warmth, quiet, and mysticism of Christmas. -- John Diliberto (from Amazon's review of A Celtic Christmas: Peace on Earth)
Celtic Christmas: A Windham Hill Sampler
Tracks:
1. When the Snow Melts - Loreena McKennitt
2. Solus (Light) - Triona Ni Dhomhnaill
3. On a Cold Winter's Day/Christmas Eve - Traditional
4. The Winter's End - Shaun Davey
5. Ciara - Luka Bloom
6. Nollaig Ma Mban (Women's Christmas, 6th January) - Cormac Breatnach
7. Third Carol for Christmas Day - Traditional
8. Snow on High Ground - Triona Ni Dhomhnaill
9. Galacian Carol - Traditional
10. Soillse Na Nollag (The Lights of Christmas) - Mairead Ni Dhomhnaill
11. King Holly, King Oak - Johnny Cunningham
12. Snow - Loreena McKennitt
13. We Follow a Star - Jeff Johnson
Amazon Price: $7.98 (as of 11/10/2009) 
Celtic Christmas II
Tracks:
1. Chanonry Point - Phil Cunningham
2. Amanecer (Dawn) - Public Domain
3. The Wexford Carol
4. Brid Og Ní Mhaille
5. The Day's Last Light - Seamus Egan
6. Muladach Mi Is Mi Air M'Aineol
7. Listen to the River - Luka Bloom
8. Marbhna Luimní
9. After Aughrim's Great Disaster
10. The Star of the County Down/Sweeney's Buttermilk/Jenny's Chicken's
11. I'll Rock You to Rest
12. Johnny Seoighe
13. Lament - Brian Dunning
14. The Dove's Return - Aine Minogue
Order the CD from Amazon.co.uk: Celtic Christmas, Vol. 2
Amazon Price: $7.98 (as of 11/10/2009)
Celtic Christmas III
Tracks:
1. The Wexford Carol - Traditional
2. Angels in the Snow - David Arkenstone
3. Lully, Lullay - Traditional
4. Circle of Joy - LIsa Lynne
5. Sails of Galway - W.G. Snuffy Walden
6. The South Wind - Traditional
7. A Raven in the Snow - Brian Dunning
8. The Snows - Traditional
9. Home - Lisa Lynne
10. Black Is the Color - Traditional
11. Coinnle an Linoh Iosa - Caoimhin OCinneide
12. Lament - Patrick Cassidy
Order the CD from Amazon.co.uk: Celtic Christmas, Vol. 3
Amazon Price: $7.98 (as of 11/10/2009)
Celtic Christmas IV
Tracks:
1. An Droichead (The Bridge) - Liam O'Flynn
2. Sior-Uaine (Evergreen) - Phil Cunningham;Manus Lunny
3. Derdriu - Maire Breathnach
4. Airdí Cuan - Maighread Ni Dhomhnaill;Triona Ni Dhomhnaill
5. Sweeney's Buttermilk - Micheal O Domhnaill
6. Cradle Song - William Coulter
7. Morning Star - Lisa Lynne
8. Ar Droim Na Gaothe - John Fitzpatrick
9. Whiter Than Snow - Nightnoise
10. St. Stephen's Green - W.G. "Snuffy" Walden
11. December Rain - Brian Dunning;Jeff Johnson
12. Kitty Magennis - Patrick Cassidy
13. Christmas Time's A Comin' - Ricky Skaggs
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A Celtic Christmas: Peace on Earth
Tracks:
1. The Flight into Egypt - Traditional
2. Strathglass - Phil Cunningham
3. The Green Fields of Amerikay - Traditional
4. By the River Shannon - W.G. Snuffy Walden
5. Ga Greine - John Fitzpatrick
6. Flow Gently Sweet Afton - Traditional
7. Barbara Allen - Traditional
8. The Heron - Jam Blennerhassett
9. Carolan's Farewell - Turlough OCarolan
10. No Room at the Inn - Nightnoise
11. An Clar Bog Deil - Traditional
12. Down the Chimney - Jeff Johnson
Order the CD from Amazon.co.uk: Celtic Christmas, Vol. 5: The Millennium Edition
Amazon Price: $7.98 (as of 11/10/2009)
Celtic Christmas Music Compilations
More from Windham Hill and three CDs from WGBH's Brian O'Donovan
The Very Best of Celtic Christmas
Released in the RCA label in 2004, this is a compilation of the best of Windham Hill's five Celtic Christmas CDs.
Tracks:
1. The Wexford Carol - Traditional
2. Cornphiopa Ciorcalach - Maire Breatnach
3. On a Cold Winter's Day/Christmas Eve - Traditional
4. Third Carol for Christmas Day - Traditional
5. Circle of Joy - Lisa Lynne
6. Sior-Uaine (Evergreen) - Phil Cunningham
7. Lully Lullay - Traditional
8. Galician Carol - Traditional
9. King Holly, King Oak - Johnny Cunningham
10. A Raven in the Snow - Brian Dunning
11. Soillse Na Nollag (The Lights of Christmas) - Maire Ni Mhaonaigh
12. I'll Rock You to Rest - Traditional
13. Sails of Galway - W.G. Snuffy Walden
14. On a Winter's Day - Karan Casey
15. Ga Greine (Dart of Light) - John Fitzpatrick
16. The Dove's Return - Aine Minogue
17. Angels in the Snow - David Arkenstone
18. An Droichead (The Bridge) - LIam OFlynn
19. Flow Gently Sweet Afton - Traditional
Order the CD from Amazon.co.uk: The Very Best of Celtic Christmas: a Windham Hill Collection
Amazon Price: $7.98 (as of 11/10/2009)
Celtic Christmas (Silver Anniversary Edt)
A Windham Hill release from 2001.
Tracks:
1. Cornphiopa Ciorcalach - Maire Breatnach
2. Newton Hill - Phil Cunningham
3. Kousket - Traditional
4. Cul A' Dun - Steve Cooney
5. Annaghdown - Mairitin O'Connor
6. Eilí Gheal Chiúin - Traditional
7. Sliabh Na Mban - Traditional
8. Christ Child Lullaby - Traditional
9. Sporting Paddy/Adele - Traditional
10. On a Winter's Day - Karan Casey
11. AR Pont Nevez - Nightnoise
12. Cailin Na Gruaige Doinne - Traditional
13. The Longing - Kathleen Keane
Order the CD from Amazon.co.uk: Celtic Christmas: Silver Anniversary Edition
Amazon Price: $6.99 (as of 11/10/2009)
A Christmas Celtic Sojourn
Native Irishman Brian O'Donovan hosts "A Celtic Sojourn" WGBH FM in Boston, MA from noon to 3 pm on Saturdays. He has put together some Celtic Christmas gems. Listen to the program online anytime here: A Celtic Sojourn
Tracks:
1. It Came Upon a Midnight Clear - Edmund Hamil Sears
2. Gloomy Winter
3. Christ Child's Lullaby
4. Sou Gan
5. Oiche Mhaith Leibh/Good Night to You
6. The Wexford Lullaby - John Renbourn
7. Draoícht Na Hoíche - Mary Bergin
8. Cradle Song
9. Spered Hollvedel
10. Misteriou Joaius
11. Leanbh Ghil Mhilis - Liam De Noraidh
12. A Midwinter Waltz - D Richardson
13. I Saw a Maiden - Edgar Pettiman
14. The Ditchling Carol
15. Personent Hodie/Cantus
16. O Na Kaerra Burzud
17. Silent Night - Franz Gruber
Amazon Price: $14.98 (as of 11/10/2009)
Comfort & Joy: A Christmas Celtic Sojourn
This is a second volume from WGBH's Brian O'Donovan, host of A Celtic Sojourn.
Tracks:
1. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen - Maddy Prior and the Carnival Band
2. The Distressed Soldier/Angels We Have Heard on High - Cherish the Ladies
3. The Wexford Carol - Boys of the Lough
4. Shepherds Arise - The Watersons
5. Babe of Bethlehem
6. Horn Dance - Aine Minogue
7. Three Kings - Robbie OConnell
8. The Little Drummer Boy - Cherish the Ladies
9. Noelenn Brehed - Jef Le Penven
10. Ding Dong Merrily on High
11. The Boar's Head - Andy Watts
12. Christmas Capers - Aine Minogue
13. My Dancing Day - Watts, Andy
14. Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring - J. S. Bach
15. O Holy Night/Cill Chais
16. Pa Voe Ganet (When He Was Born)
17. The Twelfth Day Carol
Listen to a performance of A Christmas Celtic Sojourn as broadcast on WGBH FM 89.7, Boston, Massachusetts
Amazon Price: $14.98 (as of 11/10/2009)
A Christmas Celtic Sojourn, Live
This is the companion CD to the DVD which follows.
Tracks:
1. Song Of Night - Navan
2. Silent Night - Navan
3. Mary's Boy Child - Fionnuala O'Donovan
4. Three Kings - Robbie O'Connell
5. This Time Will Pass - Karan Casey
6. Angels We Have Heard On High - Karan Casey
7. Shalom Aleichem - Billy Novick
8. Miss Fogarty's Christmas Cake - Robbie O'Connell
9. Medley: An Bhutais/The Bucks Of Oranmore - Michelle Mulcahy
10. Oh Holy Night - Karan Casey
11. In the Bleak Midwinter - Fionnuala O'Donovan
12. The First Noel - Navan
13. Christmas In the Trenches - Robbie O'Connell
14. Love To Me - Navan
Order the CD from Amazon.co.uk: Christmas Celtic Sojourn Live
Amazon Price: $14.99 (as of 11/10/2009)
A Christmas Celtic Sojourn - the DVD
A Christmas Celtic Sojourn, Live
Amazon Price: $17.99 (as of 11/10/2009)
What's on the DVD:
1. Amhran Oiche Mhaith (Song of Night) - Navan
2. Intros, Traditional Tunes and Dances - Full Ensemble
3. Silent Night - Navan
4. A Christmas Childhood - Brian O'Donovan
5. Mary's Boy Child - Fionnuala O'Donovan
6. Three Kings - Robbie O'Connell
7. Lindy Hop Hornpipe - Kieran Jordan and Nicholas Yenson
8. This Time Will Pass - Karan Casey
9. Angels We Have Heard on High - Karan Casey with Ensemble and Audience
10. Shalom Aleichem - Tony McManus and Billy Novick
11. Flute Duet and Reels - Shannon Heaton and Louise Mulcahy and Ensemble
12. Miss Fogarty's Christmas Cake - Robbie O'Connell
13. The First Noel - Navan
14. An Bhuatais/The Bucks of Oranmore - Michelle Mulcahy
15. Beannacht (Blessing) / My Lagan Love - Brian O'Donovan
16. Oh Holy Night - Karan Casey and Navan
17. Finale: Traditional Tunes and Dances - Full Ensemble
18. An Bhuatais/The Bucks of Oranmore (Full Version) - Michelle Mulcahy
19. Lady Mary Ann - Karan Casey
20. In the Bleak Midwinter - Fionnuala O'Donovan
21. Gradh Liom (Love to Me) - Navan
22. A West Cork Christmas - Brian O'Donovan
23. Silent Night - Navan and Full Ensemble
24. Behind the Scenes Footage - Ensemble
More Celtic Christmas Music Compilations
A Thistle & Shamrock Christmas Ceilidh
Fiona Ritchie says she chose the tunes on this CD because they reminded her of the holiday socials she attended in her village as a child. They're certainly lively enough tunes, but most aren't particularly tied to Christmas aside from "I Saw Three Ships" and "Auld Lang Syne," so this CD could be played at any time of the year.
It's also available in the United States as an MP3: A Thistle & Shamrock Christmas Ceilidh
You can also order the CD from Amazon.co.uk: A Thistle and Shamrock Christmas Ceilidh
My lens for The Thistle & Shamrock
Amazon Price: $16.98 (as of 11/10/2009)
Narada Presents: The Best of Celtic Christmas
Disc: 1 - Various artists
1. It Came Upon A Midnight Clear - Cathie Ryan
2. Christ Child's Lullabye - Kathy Mattea
3. Christmastime In Ashland - Cormac Breatnach
4. Nowel: Owt Of Your Slepe Aryse - Anonymous 4
5. The Mummer's Fig - Christmas Eve - Boys Of The Lough
6. Get Me Through December - Natalie MacMaster
7. I Saw Three Ships - Maddy Prior
8. Silent Night - William Jackson
9. The Snowy Path - Altan
10. Away In A Manger - El McMeen
11. Nouel - Ensemble Choral Du Bout Du Monde
12. Ding Dong Merrily On High - Frankie Gavin
13. Ceol NaNolag - John Whelan
14. Seacht Suailci Na Maighdine Muire - Aoife Ni Fhearraigh
15. Adeste Fidelis (O Come All Ye Faithful) - Bonnie Rideout
Disc: 2 - Dordan from Galway
1. Enniscorthy Christmas Carol
2. Leanbh Ghil Mhilis (Bright Sweet Child)
3. Christmas Eve Reel (Tommy Coen's Reel)
4. Mistletoe Waltz
5. Draiocht Na hOiche (The Magic Of The Night)
6. Winter Solstice
7. Oiche Nollag (Christmas Eve)
8. March Of The Dreoilin
9. Oiche Chiuin (Silent Night)
10. Failte An Fhanai (The Wayfarer's Welcome)
11. Don Oiche Ud I mBeithil (Because Of The Night In Bethlehem)
12. Polly In the Holly
13. The Gartan Mother's Lullaby
14. Ding Dong Merrily On High
15. Shades Of Auld Lang Syne
Order the CD from Amazon.co.uk: Best of Celtic Christmas
Amazon Price: $14.99 (as of 11/10/2009)
Celtic Christmas
A collectin of seasonal music with a medieval and renassance sound.
Tracks:
1. Balulalow, Sara Stowe & Matthew Spring
2. Verbum patris umanatur, Singscape
3. Nou let us sing, Sara Stowe & Matthew Spring
4. Nos galen, Deck the halls, Ian Giles, Jon Boden, Giles Lewin
5. We wish you a merry Christmas, Ian Giles, Jon Boden
6. Tomorrow shall be my dancing day, Ian Giles, Jon Boden, John Spiers, Giles Lewin
7. The fader of heven, The Choir of Queens College, Cambridge
8. Lullay, lullow, Ian Giles, Jon Boden, Giles Lewin, John Spiers
9. Once in Royal David's City, The Choir of Worcester College, Oxford
10. The First Nowell, Ian Giles, Jon Boden
11. Hark the Herald Angels Sing, The Choir of Worcester College, Oxford
12. See amid the winter's snow, The Choir of Magdalen College, Oxford
13. All sons of Adam, Sara Stowe, Matthew Spring, Jon Banks, Heather Birt
14. Amazing Grace, Niall Mushet
15. Adeste Fideles, Martin Souter
16. Jesu, joy of man's desiring, Sarah Hill
17. The Angel Gabriel, Singscape
18. Scotland the Brave, Niall Mushet
19. The holly bears a berry, Jon Boden, John Spiers, Ian Giles
20. Joy to the world, Ian Giles, Jon Boden, John Spiers, Giles Lewin
21. Auld Lang Syne, Martin Souter
Amazon Price: $16.99 (as of 11/10/2009)
Holiday Favorites: Celtic Harp Christmas
Tracks:
1. Here We Come A Wassailing
2. Love Came Down At Christmas
3. Ding Dong Merrily On High
4. Bring A Torch Isabella
5. The Sussex Carol
6. Dona Nobis Pacem
7. Christ Child Lullaby
8. People Look East
9. Somerset Wassail
10. Mary Wanders Through The Thorn
Amazon Price: $6.98 (as of 11/10/2009)
Only Celtic Holiday Album You Will Ever Need
It's a 2-disc set at a bargain price.
Disc: 1
1. Rorate Coeli Desuper!
2. Balulalow
3. The Old Favorite/The Humors of Ballyloughlin
4. Good People All
5. The Piper in the Meadow Straying/Christmas Eve
6. The Cherry Tree Carol
7. A Christmas Waltz
8. Oikan Ayns Bethlehem
9. Auld Lang Syne
10. Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day
11. An Dro Nevez
12. Taladh Chriosda
Disc: 2
1. We Wish You a Merry Christmas
2. The Little Drummer Boy - Simeone
3. Good King Wenceslas/Traditional Jig
4. Come, All Ye Faithful/We Three Kings
5. Si Beag Si Mor - O'Carolyn, Turloch
6. Highland Laddie/Talis Canon
7. Greensleeves/What Child Is This?
8. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing/Crusaders' March
9. Eibli Geal Ciuin Ni Cearhaill
10. Amazing Grace
11. God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen/Paddy's Leather Breeches
12. Kiss the Child for Me, Mary
13. The First Noel/It Came Upon a Midnight Clear
14. Brian Boru's March
15. Joy to the World
16. Away in a Manger/The Eavesdropper's Jig
17. Auld Lang Syne
Amazon Price: $8.99 (as of 11/10/2009)
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