The Darkest Midnight (CD)

Celebrate Christmas in the Irish tradition with The Darkest Midnight, a treasury of rare and authentic Irish Christmas music performed by Noirin Ni Riain and the monks of Glenstal Abbey. Hear this "voice of an angel" recreate a thousand-year-old Irish Christmas musical heritage with carols, hymns, and laments that reflect Ireland's special love for this season. Noirin Ni Riain offers 11 Christmas songs, each carefully selected as a musical treasure and a spiritual document. In the nearly-lost sean nos style of ancient Gaelic singing, Ni Riain's angelic soprano joins the commanding voices of the monks of Glenstal in this true Irish feast of songs to the sacred season. Sung in English, Latin, and Gaelic.