Gwen Mairi grew up speaking Welsh in Scotland and now lives in Glasgow where she is, naturally, learning Gaelic. She is a trained harper on the classical pedal harp and the lever harp on which she performs Douze No?ls. Her debut album, Mentro, was a collection of Welsh songs, tunes and poetry but here she has looked further afield. Douze No?ls is a collection of twelve carols from the Basque region first published in 1897. Originally they had words in the Zuberoan dialect which Gwen dispensed with as she completed settings for her students. Having done that she decided to work on them some more and record them herself.
Tracks:
1. Birjina gaztettobat zegoen 02:50
2. Khanta zagun 01:43
3. Hots ainguriekin 02:52
4. Biba Jesus 02:09
5. O Eguberri gaia 03:20
6. Oi Betleem! 02:30
7. Eguberriren jitiaz 03:18
8. Khanta beza 03:25
9. Beude bazter 01:44
10. Jaon handiak 03:18
11. Khiristiak orduda 02:53
12. Hirour erregereki 02:49
