Artist: Quadriga Consort
Album: Winter’s Delights: Early Christmas Music and Carols from the British Isles
Genre: Classical
Release Date: 2015
Audio Format:: FLAC (tracks) 24bit, 96 kHz
Duration: 58:53
Total Tracks: 17
Total Size: 1,10 GB

Tracklist:

01. Quadriga Consort – The First Nowell (04:11)
02. Quadriga Consort – Gloomy Winter (01:18)
03. Quadriga Consort – Leanabh an Àigh (The Blessed Child) (03:39)
04. Quadriga Consort – Tune No. 172 (03:19)
05. Quadriga Consort – The Three Kings (03:06)
06. Quadriga Consort – On This Day (04:40)
07. Quadriga Consort – Noël Nouvelet – Sing We Now of Christmas (03:20)
08. Quadriga Consort – Sweet Baby, Sleep! (04:00)
09. Quadriga Consort – O Come, O Come, Emmanuel (03:37)
10. Quadriga Consort – The Traveller Benighted in Snow (03:31)
11. Quadriga Consort – Early in the Morning/ The Ivy Leaf/ Christmas Comes But Once a Year (03:06)
12. Quadriga Consort – Fare Thee Well, Cold Winter (04:16)
13. Quadriga Consort – Blessed be that Maid Marie (03:59)
14. Quadriga Consort – A Merry Christmas (01:59)
15. Quadriga Consort – Winter’s Delights (03:22)
16. Quadriga Consort – Gloucestershire Wassail (02:56)
17. Quadriga Consort – The Stormy Scenes of Winter (04:24)

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“Summer hath his joys, and Winter his delights” – these words, written by Thomas Campion (1567–1620) perfectly describe the attraction of the winter season. Although nature may be in a slumber, we people have found ways to amuse ourselves with long evenings of conversation, accompanied by music and wine, or snuggling up in front of the fireplace with a big mug of a nice, warm beverage, or with physical activities such as skiing or tobogganing. We’ve also invented a large number of holidays that we can look forward to and rely on to bring cheer into this dark and sun-less period.

However, despite all attempts at merriment, it cannot be denied that winter is a cruel and inhospitable time of year and it is often used as a metaphor for a cold heart or unrequited love in ancient ballads.
It is this contrast that makes winter so intense: cold and warmth, companionship and solitude, affection and rejection, darkness and light – and, ultimately, life and death.