This is an ancient Irish carol and has been covered by dozens, if not hundreds of singers over the years, both from Ireland and elsewhere. It is a very distinctively Celtic air, and it is an amazing achievement by Alison Krauss and a tribute to her versatility that this appears to now be the most popular version on Irish radio over the Christmas season. Well done to all involved.
Much of mountain music was from Scotland and Ireland. You can hear similarities in voices from each area, as well as shared songs. Eerie and beautiful!
@@soccerchamp0511 ...and Allison Kraus isn't from the Smoky mountains, or even that region. She did manage to learn the music styles (singing and fiddling) very well, tho.
This is one of THE most beautiful, most haunting arrangements of any Christmas songs I've ever heard. I would never have thought to put the consort of instruments together to play this song, yet--listen to it: it is magnificent. I love the mysticism, the slightly country/Irish feel to the arrangement. Alison Krauss's voice is perfect for this arrangement. I can think of no singer who could have sung it more exquisitely than she does. What a gift of music into the world for my weary American soul this Christmas of 2020. Phew. I needed that.
Pat Benatar said once in an interview that while examining her vocal chords, her doctor said, "This is why I believe in God. Your vocal chords look just like everyone else's..."
I had not seen this until this Christmas of 2020. It is a soothing balm at the end of a horrific year. Alison Krauss and You-Yo Ma... two of our national treasures.
@@arianebrendaalberskristian5866 it’s not a contest. A lot of people lost their jobs and homes in 2020. 750,000 lost their lives to Covid in America alone and many never got to say goodbye to their loved ones.
Alison Krauss - as mentioned elsewhere, hers is the voice you hear when passing through the gates of heaven. I've never heard the words to this song, I've only played it in my brass quintet, I could not have found a better rendition that this one to hear the words the first time. Wow. No autotune, no over singing just pure natural talent backed by world class musicians playing real music on real instruments. We need MORE of this!
This has to be the most perfect and beautiful rendition of The Wexford Carol I have ever heard. Congratulations to all of the assembled and amazing talent in that room. 👏👏👏❤️❤️
Heard this carol for the first time in my life this week (Dec 2022) and I'm nearly 50 years old and have Irish roots on my mother's side.. I don't know why this song is never played anywhere. What a melody from centuries past!
The tune apparently dates to the 12th century, of The Old World, although the lyrics may have been written later, and the Irish-language version was written later still. The composer, author and translator (from the original English to Irish) are unknown.
I sung this as a child, in Enniscorthy (It is the Enniscorthy Carol, and was long before anyone else got on the bandwagon. It sounds like nothing else, not even any other Irish tune (apart from the three repeated tonic notes at the end of each verse). Word has it that a parish priest heard a farmer singing it, and he wrote it down.
I guess they got it on the first pass!😊 Many thanks to Allison, Yo Yo Ma, and the other artists for this heavenly carol, and ALL THANKS to GOD for sending the Messiah about Whom the carol was written.🙏🏻☝️❤😊
Well said, many of us share that Ireland/British Isles to Appalachia heritage, and nothing satisfies so completely as the haunting music that immigrated with us. It touches me, that's for sure.
Alison Krause continues to amaze me with her versatility and talent !! Wow ! However Yo-Yo Ma is, has long been and I hope shall be for many years, my MOST favorite instrumentalist. Never have I seen him upstage another artist. Even with his incredible talent, he remains humble, funny, gracious and willing to lend his talent wherever it takes him. I am a number one fan!!!!! Thank you for the music and joy you bring to my life!
A great musician needs to have a great ear for music, and therefore _always_ knows exactly where and how to play his notes. Yo-Yo Ma, Alison Krauss, _et al,_ are great musicians.
Every song she sings has a poignant autheniticty that bleeds through in the lyrics. When she is paired up with msical masters such as here it's an amazing marriage.
Despite having never heard the song before, I found it incredibly moving. Alison Krauss continues to have the voice of an angel and whoever put this project together is inspired. Happy holiday to all!
this is real Christmas music. about a supernatural event that changed the world. when I hear this my heart explodes with love for our Lord Jesus and my eyes tear up for this unsaved world. such is the power of music.
That is the fine piper from Galicia Spain, Cristina Pato. She has collaborated with Yo-Yo on several occasions. It really fills out the song beautifully
I have not felt the Christmas spirit this year. This beautiful song and music and then adding Alison's angelical voice just filled me with Christmas spirit. Thank you to all.
Yep. First Christmas carol I've listened to this year, and I'm already well into Christmas day. Any others that I thought of were a little too merry for me this time. Grateful there's one I finally could ease into Christmas with.
Everytime I listen to this hymn, it becomes that much more manifest to express my everlasting humble gratitude as an American of Irish descent for the sublime beauty Alison Krause and Yo Yo Ma have given to it in this particular recording. I'm 68 years old, seen and experienced much, been blessed with a wonderful wife, four adult children and three grandchildren. One would think I might've gotten most of my tears of sentiment out by now; No, never. Because one can never NOT be moved to tears while listening to this recording of an already lovely Irish hymn. While my paternal grandmother, Marie Keane, as a child teenaged child with her sister Bridget, as they left their native town of Belmullet way up in Mayo to head south on a donkey cart towards (then Queenstown, not far from Wexford) to board a ship to take them to the New World. Every time I hear this, I can't help but thinking of them as well as Mary, pondering, ever pondering . . .
Queenstown is now known as Cobh (pronounced Cove) in Cork Harbour - it is a fair distance from Wexford (~100miles) .... major departing point for Irish Emigrants
Yes, Natalie McMaster there too adding a layer to this perfect performance... all of those musicians together. It's so beautiful. I had heard of Alison Krauss but I had not heard her voice until this video... on this Christmas Day in 2022.
Such a lovely version of our (we Irish) glorious Christmas song! Once again Maestro Yo-Yo Ma demonstrates he is the greatest 20th/21st century cellist!
Her tone and vibrato are things of legend,her sensitivity to pitch is genius.Yo-Yo Ma is incredible on his instrument,the collaboration is profoundly impeccable.
Her bell clear pure tone, controlled vibrato and that absolutely perfect pitch ugh. Her ability to flawlessly bend notes like a whammy bar is freakish. I first noticed that on her collabs with RP. Amazing vocalist. 🎙️🎼🫠😍
@@jacquesblaque7728 i attend Bible class; trust me IT CAN BE STUDIED. Only a person with a 3rd grade understanding of religion would conclude that theology cannot be studied.
Sorry bud, but in fact you're quite ignorant, delusional, and presumptuous. Toss in arrogant, too. Only one such could boast of studying what cannot be studied, and blather proudly about it. As an exercise, THINK about it. TTFN.
@@jacquesblaque7728 So why did you even show up here knowing she was going to sing a spiritual song? What you wrote was the equivalent of drawing a swastika on a synagogue--STUPID & THOUGHTLESS!
I think this song really gives the chills and emotion it does because it was originally written in a mode and then switches when they start the chorus compared to the verse.
I cannot love this rendition more, no matter how many times I hear and see it. Poetic beauty in every haunting note. Play this as I lie dying, and I shall die at peace...
Best. Best. Best. She has a magical voice and spirit. Yo Yo Ma has been a gift to me, the most un-musical person, all my life. He is a candle of light and love.
A more angelic voice cannot be found ... and, once more, Yo-Yo Ma is front & center of a beautiful work of art. I’m wondering who the 500+ clowns with thumbs down are, and what they think would be more incredible 🎼❤️
Alison and Yo are amazing, but the rest of the musicians are all in and deserve full credit. This is a deep and beautiful magic -- sheet music scattered on the floor, and all.
My love for Alison Krauss began in the early 1990's after hearing her music on the local country and western radio stations around New Orleans. Her voice personified the melancholy soul of Bluegrass for me. It wasn't until years later that I watched her in a music video that my love for her music was solidified. Alison Krauss has an air of a tortured soul that well played out through her music videos with changes in her appearance and her selection of material. I am drawn to listen to the story she sings because I saw the real struggle in her transformation. She appears to be looking for approval from those she sings too to fill the gaps left in her real life. I will always love her music, but I am truly humbled by her grace.
Allison's folksy vocals take center stage in this and I got chills listening to this song. I would love to hear her do an album of nothing but Celtic folk songs!
Boy! I don’t think I have ever heard a bad note being sung by Allison. The assembly of amazing musicians makes this a perfect song to my old ears. Beautiful!👍👍
Yo Yo Ma, "We'd be so lucky" (to get it on the first pass....) With professionals like Alison Krauss and Yo Yo Ma getting it right the first time was a foregone conclusion! Beautiful work!
I so badly wanted Yo-Yo Ma to say 'you nailed it' after the song. Pure talent! As a singer I know that this song is not as easy as some might think.. Her vocal artistry was perfect. Oh...and the cello player and other musicians. Wink. Amazing to all!!!!
Never heard this carol before this, never even heard OF it. I feel cheated going this many years of my life without it, and yet so lucky to have stumbled upon it once I became a fan of Alison Krauss. This is exquisite, and is instantly one of my favorite Christmas songs. Her voice is so beautiful and the instrumentation so fascinating.
Well, Alison, you got it on the first pass. Upon discovering this carol, I shared with many. Replies were “I needed to hear this carol. Thank you.” I listen all year and remember, Jesus, the Babe, the Messiah, Jesus, is a risen Savior on the/His throne.
What a voice. No shouting , no intrusive loud instruments and one voice. Perfection of a wonderful carol.
yes - reminds me much of Judy Collins.
Agreed. One beautiful voice and a tasteful accompaniment of instruments.
Yes, she is a good singer
@Cletus Anfernee Jackson You know he didn't mean that. Where did you come on this information?
@V Gil Krauss is of Jewish descent x google away )
Very, very, very few voices on Earth deserve the adjective "heavenly". Alison Krauss is one of them.
I totally agree, she is on a different level.
OH! I couldn't agree more!
This is an ancient Irish carol and has been covered by dozens, if not hundreds of singers over the years, both from Ireland and elsewhere. It is a very distinctively Celtic air, and it is an amazing achievement by Alison Krauss and a tribute to her versatility that this appears to now be the most popular version on Irish radio over the Christmas season. Well done to all involved.
Much of mountain music was from Scotland and Ireland. You can hear similarities in voices from each area, as well as shared songs.
Eerie and beautiful!
@@mssrus
You are so correct. Blue grass has it's roots in Scottish and Irish immigration to the Smokey Mountains.
@@mattinsley1721
And the Appalachians!
@@mssrus the Smokey Mountains are part of the Appalachian Mountain Range.
@@soccerchamp0511 ...and Allison Kraus isn't from the Smoky mountains, or even that region. She did manage to learn the music styles (singing and fiddling) very well, tho.
This is one of THE most beautiful, most haunting arrangements of any Christmas songs I've ever heard. I would never have thought to put the consort of instruments together to play this song, yet--listen to it: it is magnificent. I love the mysticism, the slightly country/Irish feel to the arrangement. Alison Krauss's voice is perfect for this arrangement. I can think of no singer who could have sung it more exquisitely than she does. What a gift of music into the world for my weary American soul this Christmas of 2020. Phew. I needed that.
Chill phil
Agreed.
Wow
I feel exactly the same.
so true; expressed perfectly Phil
Amongst the purest female voices alive. Brings me to tears.
Being Celt as I am Irish/Scottish....I too am tearing up indeed. Cheers🙌😊
same. 🫠🎙️😍😞
Most lovely voice. Most haunting tune. Most meaningful song. Most beautiful Savior.
Amen!
❤️
Absolutely beautiful 🌹
Pat Benatar said once in an interview that while examining her vocal chords, her doctor said, "This is why I believe in God. Your vocal chords look just like everyone else's..."
😂😂😂 I guess it’s what we do with them.
I had not seen this until this Christmas of 2020. It is a soothing balm at the end of a horrific year. Alison Krauss and You-Yo Ma... two of our national treasures.
Praying to the Lord for a better 2021 . . .
Horrific is having an atomic bomb dropped on your city.🤷♀️😳
National Treasures?
@@arianebrendaalberskristian5866 it’s not a contest. A lot of people lost their jobs and homes in 2020. 750,000 lost their lives to Covid in America alone and many never got to say goodbye to their loved ones.
@@TheDivayenta Huh? We're all still here on RUclips, griping. "Bad" is a 1930's era depression...
Alison Krauss - as mentioned elsewhere, hers is the voice you hear when passing through the gates of heaven. I've never heard the words to this song, I've only played it in my brass quintet, I could not have found a better rendition that this one to hear the words the first time. Wow. No autotune, no over singing just pure natural talent backed by world class musicians playing real music on real instruments. We need MORE of this!
This has to be the most perfect and beautiful rendition of The Wexford Carol I have ever heard.
Congratulations to all of the assembled and amazing talent in that room. 👏👏👏❤️❤️
Alison Krauss is a gift to the musical world.
Love he
She is a natural genius .. The voice of an Angel.
She's a gift to the world, in general.
Amen.
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This could not be more beautiful
I never hear Alison sing and not leave feeling better for it. She literally moves me to tears. The instrumentals here are spare and perfect.
I love to hear her her sing Down to the River, and actually anything she has sung over the past 30 years.
Not many better
I was in tears from almost the first note...
@@mloftin6472 in 68 .has she aged at all been listening for years truly Angelic
@@andrewpetik2034 CK Angelina Jordan yellow brick road 👍🎶🎹🎵😊
Heard this carol for the first time in my life this week (Dec 2022) and I'm nearly 50 years old and have Irish roots on my mother's side.. I don't know why this song is never played anywhere. What a melody from centuries past!
You and me both!
Nollaig shona dhuit!
The tune apparently dates to the 12th century, of The Old World, although the lyrics may have been written later, and the Irish-language version was written later still. The composer, author and translator (from the original English to Irish) are unknown.
I sung this as a child, in Enniscorthy (It is the Enniscorthy Carol, and was long before anyone else got on the bandwagon.
It sounds like nothing else, not even any other Irish tune (apart from the three repeated tonic notes at the end of each verse). Word has it that a parish priest heard a farmer singing it, and he wrote it down.
It's official. That is the most beautiful Christmas Carol I've heard in my 60 years of Christmas.
It's an old Irish Christamas Carol from our sunny south east corner ( County Wexford 😎 )
I guess they got it on the first pass!😊 Many thanks to Allison, Yo Yo Ma, and the other artists for this heavenly carol, and ALL THANKS to GOD for sending the Messiah about Whom the carol was written.🙏🏻☝️❤😊
Hello Donna, I hope you are doing well? It’s really nice meeting you here
Appalachian music stands on ancient history like this and moves with the wind.
The wild goose...
Appalachian music has it's roots in Irish and Bristish Isle immigrants who emigrated there.
It might have ended up in Appalacia, but it started out in Ireland. If you want to go ancient, go to Wexford.
Well said, many of us share that Ireland/British Isles to Appalachia heritage, and nothing satisfies so completely as the haunting music that immigrated with us. It touches me, that's for sure.
Great comment bro!
That's the lovely and amazing Natalie MacMaster on the fiddle - as big a star in her own musical world as the other two.
i was just reading Psalms 46 and i end up here moved to tears . Thank you Jesus for this morning and your children who shall preavail ! Selah
Sometimes the most simple arrangement is the most meaningful. Just stunningly beautiful.
Alison Krause continues to amaze me with her versatility and talent !! Wow ! However Yo-Yo Ma is, has long been and I hope shall be for many years, my MOST favorite instrumentalist. Never have I seen him upstage another artist. Even with his incredible talent, he remains humble, funny, gracious and willing to lend his talent wherever it takes him. I am a number one fan!!!!! Thank you for the music and joy you bring to my life!
Sorry. I spelled her name correctly: Krauss, and spell checker switched it....
Shame you can't spell her name right - just sayin'
YoYo Ma certainly deserves a mention. As you say not interfering but with value ever present.
A great musician needs to have a great ear for music, and therefore _always_ knows exactly where and how to play his notes. Yo-Yo Ma, Alison Krauss, _et al,_ are great musicians.
@@tombstone3354 Shame you didn't read Christin's comment, posted one year before yours. Just sayin'.
Every song she sings has a poignant autheniticty that bleeds through in the lyrics. When she is paired up with msical masters such as here it's an amazing marriage.
yes and yes and yes!
The Cold Mountain soundtrack: God, thank you for your God's voice - A.K.!!!!! LOVE FROM POLAND ❤
2w26
I've heard this with Allison Krause and YoYo Ma a thousand times and I'm still spell-bound!!
She has such perfect control of every note and pitch. Simply amazing.
Despite having never heard the song before, I found it incredibly moving. Alison Krauss continues to have the voice of an angel and whoever put this project together is inspired. Happy holiday to all!
Welcome to Irish culture, Susan.
(even if it's in English this case)
I come back to this every year. It's surpassingly fine.
Ich höre mir das jetzt zum gefühlt fünfzigsten Mal an, und es wird jedesmal schöner! Magisch!
Allison’s voice is hauntingly beautiful
No auto tuning here. A genuine talent & blessing to our world.
this is real Christmas music. about a supernatural event that changed the world. when I hear this my heart explodes with love for our Lord Jesus and my eyes tear up for this unsaved world. such is the power of music.
The elevator to Heaven plays Allison Krauss.
And Sissel
Really great comment William Jennings
I'll take the stairway.
Yes, William Jennings, I agree. And I whole-heartedly love you.
kazzieloo I
She really does have the voice of an angel, pure as can be. Yo Yo Ma is a wonderful, sensitive musician too. ❄️ 🌲🎆
and yet that countrified husky alto speaking voice- _"mayybe whea'll getit on tha firrst payass..."_ ugh..lol..amazing! 🤔🎼🎙️😍🫠
Beautiful. Being an old Irish hymn, the bagpipe compliments Yo Yo Ma's cello work perfectly, and Alison Krauss...no better voice. I got goosebumps.
God, what a haunting sound those pipes made! This video is a n amazing work of both visual and audio art.
That is the fine piper from Galicia Spain, Cristina Pato. She has collaborated with Yo-Yo on several occasions. It really fills out the song beautifully
The instrumental arrangement is the perfect complement to Alison's singing. Wonderful listen.
I have not felt the Christmas spirit this year. This beautiful song and music and then adding Alison's angelical voice just filled me with Christmas spirit. Thank you to all.
So true...It harkens the soul to reverence...
Me either, then I accidentally found this looking at Yo Yo' s offereings. Now I send it to everyone I know to share in this Christmas!!
from the time I first heard her sing, to now, and hopefully from now on, I never tire of hearing hear her sing, anything!
Yep. First Christmas carol I've listened to this year, and I'm already well into Christmas day. Any others that I thought of were a little too merry for me this time. Grateful there's one I finally could ease into Christmas with.
Everytime I listen to this hymn, it becomes that much more manifest to express my everlasting humble gratitude as an American of Irish descent for the sublime beauty Alison Krause and Yo Yo Ma have given to it in this particular recording. I'm 68 years old, seen and experienced much, been blessed with a wonderful wife, four adult children and three grandchildren. One would think I might've gotten most of my tears of sentiment out by now; No, never. Because one can never NOT be moved to tears while listening to this recording of an already lovely Irish hymn. While my paternal grandmother, Marie Keane, as a child teenaged child with her sister Bridget, as they left their native town of Belmullet way up in Mayo to head south on a donkey cart towards (then Queenstown, not far from Wexford) to board a ship to take them to the New World. Every time I hear this, I can't help but thinking of them as well as Mary, pondering, ever pondering . . .
"No, never". Amen sir. Being moved to tears is a blessing! 🇮🇪
Queenstown is now known as Cobh (pronounced Cove) in Cork Harbour - it is a fair distance from Wexford (~100miles) .... major departing point for Irish Emigrants
This Christmas carol is also known as The Enniscorthy Carol or Carúl Inis Córthaidh (Irish gaelic).
She really does have the voice of an Angel.
And the face of an angel!
Haunting beauty. So glad to have 'found' it on this Christmas Eve during the plague.
Amazing gifts God gave these folks.
Yo Yo Ma and Allison Krause? Come on!
Amazing!!
Yes, Natalie McMaster there too adding a layer to this perfect performance... all of those musicians together. It's so beautiful. I had heard of Alison Krauss but I had not heard her voice until this video... on this Christmas Day in 2022.
Such a lovely version of our (we Irish) glorious Christmas song! Once again Maestro Yo-Yo Ma demonstrates he is the greatest 20th/21st century cellist!
Allison's voice is unique and timeless. Her sound puts you in a time long ago. Beautiful Allison. Thank you for your gift.
She not only sings like an angel, she looks like one! The instrumentals were perfect…all on the first take! Now that’s talent people! Pure talent!✨✨✨
Incredibly beautful........yet haunting at the same time......and what an incredible fusion of musical talents......
The collaboration of two icons. Exquisite. Thank you.
Thank you Alison, Yo Yo Ma and all for this Heavenly gift! Merry Christmas, may our Lord continue to bless you all!
I am continually amazed at the extent of her incredible talent. Her voice is an angelic instrument.
Angelic, or gutsy, or soulful, or wailing vintage country...Krauss can do anything. My admiration for her keeps growing.
I'm sure the angels sing along with her
Yeah, I've been listening to this version several years ago. A beautiful rendition for sure!!!
And let's not forget the percussionist! Very well done in line with the culture of the song as well as the lyrics.
Her tone and vibrato are things of legend,her sensitivity to pitch is genius.Yo-Yo Ma is incredible on his instrument,the collaboration is profoundly impeccable.
Yo-Yo is a consummate professional, who is able let the others in the ensemble have their moments in the spotlight.
Her bell clear pure tone, controlled vibrato and that absolutely perfect pitch ugh. Her ability to flawlessly bend notes like a whammy bar is freakish. I first noticed that on her collabs with RP. Amazing vocalist. 🎙️🎼🫠😍
performed with the simplicity and naturalness of the message.
I honestly dot thik I've heard this before, but Allison's voice is sublime...she just captivates the whole mood of the carol ...
I believe that I just was soothed by the voice of an angel.
Exactly so
Perhaps the definitive version. So hauntingly beautiful. So effortless. Understated yet powerfully rendered.
Voice of an angel. She gets better and better, beautiful.
Haunting, ethereal, echoing in my soul, resonating in my heart, love this
I was also think how ancient and full of reverence this version is. Amazing.
Her voice has a unique resonance all its own. And she pulls off all of the traditional Irish/Celtic vocal ornamentations beautifully!
"Ethereal" is the best word for it.
The vibrations to our soul
What a Blessing to hear such 🎵 Beauty from two of my favorite musicians! Thank You Both! 🙏⭐️❤️🎵👍
I love her lilting voice and the other instruments support it.
This is one of the most perfect songs I have ever heard in all my life!! ❤❤❤❤
Hello Maryanne, I hope you are doing well? It’s really nice meeting you here
Her voice is like none other...just heavenly.
What "The Wexford Carol" lacks in typical jolliness is more than made up for with its beautiful depth of theology. A lovely performance.
Interesting concept- "theology". How do you study what cannot be studied? Back to the plain truth.
I wouldn't think of putting the word 'lacks' in the same sentence as this beautiful traditional melody.
@@jacquesblaque7728 i attend Bible class; trust me IT CAN BE STUDIED. Only a person with a 3rd grade understanding of religion would conclude that theology cannot be studied.
Sorry bud, but in fact you're quite ignorant, delusional, and presumptuous. Toss in arrogant, too. Only one such could boast of studying what cannot be studied, and blather proudly about it. As an exercise, THINK about it. TTFN.
@@jacquesblaque7728 So why did you even show up here knowing she was going to sing a spiritual song? What you wrote was the equivalent of drawing a swastika on a synagogue--STUPID & THOUGHTLESS!
I think this song really gives the chills and emotion it does because it was originally written in a mode and then switches when they start the chorus compared to the verse.
I cannot love this rendition more, no matter how many times I hear and see it. Poetic beauty in every haunting note. Play this as I lie dying, and I shall die at peace...
Fell in love with this woman and her voice 30 years ago, she never disappoints.🥰
Best. Best. Best. She has a magical voice and spirit. Yo Yo Ma has been a gift to me, the most un-musical person, all my life. He is a candle of light and love.
The most beautiful and under-rated Christmas song ever!!
That and the Wendake Carol.
@@philippaul2270 I always loved that carol's tune but the words bother me.
It’s the first time I have understood the lyrics and it is now my favorite Christmas song !!!
@@juliebiddle1636 It´s a Christmas carol. The words are beautiful because the events it speaks of are beautiful.
Regardless if you are religious or not, this is a wonderful performance of this carol. 10/10.
And if you are not religious, you have to wonder, don't you?
Religion is of man's creation for nefarious purposes.
Spiritual is something entirely different and the two are not synonymous ... this was Spiritual.
Not religious, but enraptured by the music and the musicians.
@@twboegel2918 All people are religious, even atheists.
This woman is so unique...her voice is ....heavenly.....if the angels sing....
They do!
Beautiful rendition of this Celtic carol. Beautiful work by all involved.
This is just a lovely arrangement. Alison Krauss and Yo=Yo Ma, exquisite. The music "sounds" like a quiet walk in a winter forest.
Most Beautiful version I've ever heard..very stirring..emotional.. a soothing salve for the open wounds presenting World wide.
So timeless…the voice, the song, the Gospel message.
Yoyo Ma and Alison Krauss absolutely sublime pairing, the musicians all contribute beautifully to this haunting ancient Carol. Magnificent.
Voice of an Angel❤️ my favourite one,
It brings me to the world of peace 😌
A more angelic voice cannot be found ... and, once more, Yo-Yo Ma is front & center of a beautiful work of art. I’m wondering who the 500+ clowns with thumbs down are, and what they think would be more incredible 🎼❤️
The 500+ have no soul!
Alison and Yo are amazing, but the rest of the musicians are all in and deserve full credit. This is a deep and beautiful magic -- sheet music scattered on the floor, and all.
Her voice is perfection.
ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL BEAUTIFUL!
Both YoYo Ma and Allison did a great job!❤️❤️
What perfection, the blending of her angelic voice and his musical genius. It doesn't get better than this.
Alison's performance of this song is beyond words. I am touched to my soul listening to this.
Man, Allison’s tone and trill is truly amazing! It tugs on your heart!
My love for Alison Krauss began in the early 1990's after hearing her music on the local country and western radio stations around New Orleans. Her voice personified the melancholy soul of Bluegrass for me. It wasn't until years later that I watched her in a music video that my love for her music was solidified. Alison Krauss has an air of a tortured soul that well played out through her music videos with changes in her appearance and her selection of material. I am drawn to listen to the story she sings because I saw the real struggle in her transformation. She appears to be looking for approval from those she sings too to fill the gaps left in her real life. I will always love her music, but I am truly humbled by her grace.
Alison's voice is so clear and pure, even haunting on this carol. I love it!
I’ve seen this video many times. Definitely one of the most haunting Christmas carole melodies.
Angelic. The most beautiful rendition of this beautiful carol I have ever heard.
Allison's folksy vocals take center stage in this and I got chills listening to this song. I would love to hear her do an album of nothing but Celtic folk songs!
I would love if she would do that as well.
Perfect voice, crystal clear, beautiful, haunting. Alison is a star in bluegrass for these reasons. She has outdone herself here.
LOVE THIS SONG THAT ALSO
RESONATES IN MY HEART.
BLESSINGS!! MERRY XMAS 💗
Beautiful, she can bend a note alright. This piece is completely in balance, it flows.
So beautiful--both the song and the singer. Alison has the voice of an angel!
This....is Music! All my respect to these wonderful artists!
Boy! I don’t think I have ever heard a bad note being sung by Allison. The assembly of amazing musicians makes this a perfect song to my old ears. Beautiful!👍👍
Angelic voice! Only gets better with time. Yo-Yo always masterful.
Yo Yo Ma, "We'd be so lucky" (to get it on the first pass....) With professionals like Alison Krauss and Yo Yo Ma getting it right the first time was a foregone conclusion! Beautiful work!
This is a very hard song to sing. She does a brilliant job -- so beautiful!
This is one of my favorite carols and this group and arrangement is truly delightful.
So proud to be from wexford at Christmas 🎄
I so badly wanted Yo-Yo Ma to say 'you nailed it' after the song. Pure talent! As a singer I know that this song is not as easy as some might think.. Her vocal artistry was perfect. Oh...and the cello player and other musicians. Wink. Amazing to all!!!!
Yo Yo Ma smiled and nodded, an Asian “you nailed it”
Never heard this carol before this, never even heard OF it. I feel cheated going this many years of my life without it, and yet so lucky to have stumbled upon it once I became a fan of Alison Krauss. This is exquisite, and is instantly one of my favorite Christmas songs. Her voice is so beautiful and the instrumentation so fascinating.
Its a traditional carol from Wexford in the south east of Ireland
@@artgraham606 Thank you, Art.
Well, Alison, you got it on the first pass. Upon discovering this carol, I shared with many. Replies were “I needed to hear this carol. Thank you.” I listen all year and remember, Jesus, the Babe, the Messiah, Jesus, is a risen Savior on the/His throne.
Yo-Yo Ma, the bagpipe player, Alison krauss and all the others made this beautiful music! I listen to it over and over
Hello Deborah, I hope you are doing well? It’s really nice meeting you here.